Premier League Mid-Season Report: Liverpool With One Hand On Title And Arsenal's Diminishing Hopes

With the 2024-25 Premier League season having crossed the halfway mark, teams will scramble over the course of the next month to try and apply the finishing touches.

With the 2024-25 Premier League season having crossed the halfway mark and the January transfer window having opened, teams will scramble over the course of the next month to try and apply the finishing touches to their squad in hopes of flying through the upcoming congested fixture schedule.

Is the title race already sealed?

With Manchester City going through what has been their worst season under Pep Guardiola, the league is in unprecedented territory. In recent years the Mancunian side has been within touching distance of the league leaders, if not at the top themselves, but with their injury crisis, the four-time defending champions are 14 points behind league leaders Liverpool.

Heading into the season, Liverpool were expected to enter into the transition period under new head coach Arne Slot, but the Dutch coach has so far passed his trial through fire, having lost only one of their first 18 games so far. It's important to point out that Liverpool have been the luckiest of the title contenders when it comes to injuries. The two vital cogs of the side in Mohamed Salah and club captain Virgil Van Dijk have made it through unscathed when compared to Arsenal, who were without Martin Odegaard for a long period and Bukayo Saka, who has recently suffered a torn hamstring, and Manchester City, whose midfield was left tattered with injuries to Rodri and Kevin de Bruyne.

With Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca remaining adamant that his side is not in the title race, and having dropped points in their last three league outings, the Italian head coach's comments may be springing to life. Realistically speaking, that leaves the Gunners as the only side who can potentially chase down the Reds.