How the table could look at the end of the season: 3, 4 and 5

By Darren Spencer, @darrenspencer95

After a nail-biting last 20 minutes during the Arsenal game and an enjoyable 35 minutes when Spurs were trailing against Everton, it turned out to be a good weekend! We didn't play as well as we did last week but we showed our toughness and ground out the 3 points. Spurs were not the same team without Bale and were fortunate to get a point against Everton.


But now we look to the future. Currently the race for the Champions League spots look like this:

The fixtures for Arsenal:

Norwich (H)
Everton (H)
Fulham (A)
Man United (H)
QPR (A)
Wigan (H)
Newcastle (A)

The fixtures for Spurs:

Chelsea (A) (postponed)
Manchester City (H)
Wigan (A)
Southampton (H)
Stoke (A)
Sunderland (H)

The fixtures for Chelsea:

Tottenham (H) (postponed)
Fulham (A)
Liverpool (A)
Swansea (H)
Man United (A)
Aston Villa (A)
Everton (H)

Points to think about:   

• Chelsea and Spurs are still both involved in the Europa League.
• Chelsea is still in the FA Cup.
• Bale is injured, even if only temporarily.
• Rafael Benitez sucks.
• Spurs choked last year.
• Chelsea has the most difficult last few games, Spurs remaining fixtures are pretty tough and Arsenal has a relatively easy run-in.

I am an extreme optimist and always expect Arsenal to win but after trying to take an objective view I have made the following (reasonable) predictions:

Results for Arsenal:

Norwich (W)
Everton (D)
Fulham (W)
Man United (L)
QPR (W)
Wigan (W)
Newcastle (W)

Results for Spurs:

Chelsea (D)
Manchester City (L)
Wigan (W)
Southampton (W)
Stoke (W)
Sunderland (W)

Results for Chelsea:

Tottenham (D)
Fulham (W)
Liverpool (W)
Swansea (W)
Man United (L)
Aston Villa (W)
Everton (D)

Final table:

Goal difference could definitely be important and both Chelsea (28) and Arsenal (27) have a far superior goal difference to Spurs (15).

After this weekend’s results Chelsea (1/4) are favourites to finish inside the top 4, Arsenal (3/10) is the next favourite and Spurs are 11/8 outsiders according to bet365.

Hopefully Arsenal can continue their great run of form which started after the 2-0 win over Bayern Munich and grab that immensely important Champions League spot. Walcott and Wilshere, but especially the latter, returning soon will be a good boost for the team.