Premier League: Top at Christmas 2021 Odds

Chelsea are currently favourites to be top of the league on Christmas day with them currently sitting top of the Premier League on 26 points, three points ahead of Manchester City and West Ham United, who are level on points in second and third.

Chelsea have a very good record of winning the league when they have been top on Christmas day, as they have done so five times on Christmas day, and five times they have gone on to win the league.

Chelsea’s success under Tuchel so far has been his ability to make Chelsea into a defensive juggernaut, conceding a league low four goals so far this season through 11 games is very impressive and will be hard to keep up, especially through the busy December perioc.

However, the Champions League holders will be confident they can keep their defensive record through to Christmas and beyond.

Manchester City are currently second favourites to be top of the league on Christmas Day, with them being only three points behind Chelsea and as they only face one other top four teams in West Ham before Christmas, they will be confident to be top on Christmas Day.

Along with Chelsea fans, City fans will be hoping their team will be top on Christmas day for the fact they have never lost the Premier League when being top on Christmas day, but they will also be confident they can win after not being top, with them winning the league twice in 2013/14 and 2018/19 when trailing Liverpool on Christmas Day.

Liverpool currently have the third-best odds at being top of the league on Christmas day, they currently sit fourth in the Premier League after losing to West Ham in their last fixture,.

Liverpool have looked back to their best this season with Virgil van Dijk back in the squad. Currently, they are the top scorers in the league, and have only just lost their first league game this season, which will make them confident that over the busy December period, they can sustain their return to form.

Liverpool haven’t got the best record when being top on Christmas day, being top has only led them to one Premier League title despite being top of the league on Christmas Day five times, but with this team having most of the players that won them the Premier League title in 2019/20 will give fans hope that if they manage to be top on Christmas, they can go onto win the title.

West Ham so far this season have been one of the most impressive teams in the league with them currently flying high in the league in 3rd place, giving them the fourth best odds at being top of the league on Christmas day, which will make West Ham fans excited as they have never topped the table on Christmas day before.
Despite the odds being larger for West Ham to be top on Christmas day, their recent form would suggest otherwise, they have won their last four Premier League games, which included wins over rival Tottenham Hotspur and rival at the top of the league Liverpool.
West Ham’s performances this season have been just as impressive as their results, they are fourth best in both expected goals for and expected goals against, showing that they have stats which show they are one of the best teams in the Premier League so far this season, and with them only being three points behind leaders Chelsea, it isn’t impossible that they could continue their form up until Christmas day.

If you told people after three games that Arsenal will have the fifth-best odds at being top of the league on Christmas day, they would definitely laugh you off, but their current run of eight games unbeaten in the league has led them to be currently fifth in the table.

Even though it is very unlikely that Arsenal will be top on Christmas day, their defensive record after the first three games could give them a chance of keeping up their good run of results, but their chances will have to depend on the teams above them dropping points.

In the three times Arsenal have won the Premier League title, they have never been top of the league on Christmas day in those three seasons, however, they had been top of the league on Christmas day twice but went on to let their lead go to Manchester United on both occasions.