Arsenal arrive at the run-in chasing a first Premier League title in 22 years after a narrow victory that restored their lead to five points. Manchester City\u2019s hard-fought win at Elland Road the evening before intensified the stakes, and Arsenal relied on a pair of set-piece goals in a tight contest to claim the pivotal three points.<\/p>\n
The fixtures ahead underline contrasting tests for the top two. Arsenal sit on 64 points; Manchester City have 59. The immediate schedules are:<\/p>\n
Arsenal (64 points)
\nBrighton (A) \u2013 March 4
\nEverton (H) \u2013 March 15
\nBournemouth (H) \u2013 April 11
\nMan City (A) \u2013 April 18
\nNewcastle (H) \u2013 April 25<\/p>\n
Man City (59 points)
\nNott’m Forest (H) \u2013 March 4
\nWest Ham (A) – March 14
\nChelsea (A) \u2013 April 11
\nArsenal (H) \u2013 April 18
\nBurnley (A) \u2013 April 25<\/p>\n
After two London derbies, Arsenal travel to face Brighton & Hove Albion, who have won two games on the bounce after a wretched start to 2026. Last season the Gunners dropped points at the Amex following a controversial penalty decision after William Saliba clashed heads with Jo\u00e3o Pedro.<\/p>\n
Everton return to the Emirates on March 15. David Moyes\u2019s side may be struggling at their shiny new home, but they have been enjoying their form on the road, and they will aim to buck a poor record at the Emirates.<\/p>\n
Arsenal have almost a month between the Everton match and their next Premier League fixture because the Carabao Cup final arrives before the first international break of 2026. Bournemouth travel to north London before the crucial Manchester meeting on April 18.<\/p>\n
For City, a gritty win in Erling Haaland\u2019s absence further emboldened their title tilt. The Cityzens will be expected to take maximum points from their next two league fixtures against West Ham United and Nottingham Forest as they look to eat into Arsenal\u2019s advantage ahead of the Manchester clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arsenal lead by five with crucial fixtures ahead; Man City aim to close the gap by April 18. in all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,1056,969],"tags":[1162,1066],"class_list":["post-7182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-man-city","category-premier-league","tag-analytics","tag-carabao-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}