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# Six Points Clear, and Arsenal Knows What That Means
- URL: https://theprecedentmedia.com/six-points-clear-and-arsenal-knows-what-that-means/
- Published: 2026-11-11T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T10:32:23.000Z
- Description: Arsenal leads the Premier League by six points in November. Three seasons ago it led for 248 days and still finished second.
- Author: Bob Sloop
- Tags: Precedent Notes

Arsenal has won nine of its first 10 games, with 27 points, and leads the Premier League by six. Its only loss came at Brighton in September; it has won five straight since. Manchester City is second on 21 after losing 3-1 at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, its third league loss in a row. Arsenal is first in The Precedent Ratings. City is fifth, behind Brighton, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Arsenal knows better than anyone what a lead like this is worth. In 2022-23 it sat on top of the Premier League for 248 days, the most in English top-flight history for a team that did not win the title. Manchester City caught it late, won the league, and Arsenal finished second, five points back.

The near-misses ended last season. Arsenal won the 2025-26 title, its first since 2004, and City's draw at Bournemouth with a game left is what clinched it. So this season Arsenal leads as the champion, not the chaser.

That changes the story but not the calendar. Ten games is a quarter of the season, and a six-point lead is two results. In 2022-23 it was City that won the run-in. The two meet at the Emirates on November 29.

A November lead is where a title race starts, not where it ends. Arsenal has seen both versions of it.

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