Arsenal’s favourable fixture run could boost their title race

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·23 August 2026

Arsenal’s favourable fixture run could boost their title race

Arsenal currently sit at the top of the Premier League following game one of the 38-match season as the current “Champions of England”, after defeating Coventry City 3-0 last week.

The Gunners have a tremendous stretch of games in which to collect maximum points, stretching into the first day of November. If played correctly, it could see them stay in the lead of the title race for almost half the season.

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In the Gunners’ next seven matches, they could quite easily secure a total of 21 points, which perhaps other teams in their position would struggle to do. Arsenal overcame all of those sides last season, either home or away.

Arsenal have already shown they can beat these teams

On August Bank Holiday, the Gunners face Aston Villa away from home, who admittedly they lost to 2-1 in the same game last season when Emiliano Buendia bagged a last-moment winner up in the Midlands.

However, within three weeks, the return of the Villans at the Emirates saw a 4-1 thrashing of former Arsenal manager Unai Emery’s side, who eventually claimed the Europa League five months down the line.

On Sunday, 6th September, Arsenal host London rivals Chelsea in the north of the nation’s capital, who they squeezed past in the same match last campaign 2-1, all due to a flying Jurrien Timber header midway through the second half.

A week later, the Gunners travel the eight-hour round trip to Sunderland, who admittedly held them to a late 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light last campaign, before Arsenal beat them 3-0 at home courtesy of two crucial Viktor Gyokeres strikes and a solo finish from Martin Zubimendi.

In Arsenal’s final game of September, on the 19th, Brighton will be visiting N5 from the South Coast. They were marginally beaten 2-1 with the help of captain Martin Odegaard and an own goal from the visitors to wrap up victory.

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Could Arsenal still be top going into November?

Once the international break comes to an end, the men in red and white come up against Leeds United on the 10th of October, who we hammered 9-0 on aggregate across both encounters last season impressively and surely don’t stand a chance against the one and only Arsenal this season?

Within eight days, Nottingham Forest call Arsenal to the City Ground. They held us to a 0-0 draw at theirs last campaign, after we had dismantled them comfortably 3-0 in the early weeks of the 2025/26 Premier League-winning season.

Before stepping into November, Arteta’s Arsenal stage Everton, who they stole six points from across both tussles.

The most prominent of the two wins was the 2-0 breakdown of the Toffees at home, when Max Dowman found the back of the net in the final minutes to break the record for the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at the age of 16 years and 73 days, incredibly.

Let’s pray the Arsenal keep up their winning ways and steer the title race in the right direction again this campaign, making the most of their good form and favourable fixture list.

COYG!

Liam Harding

Do you agree that Arsenal have a favourable run ahead of them? How many points do you think the Gunners should be targeting from these seven games, and could they still be sitting top of the Premier League going into November? Let us know in the comments.

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