Only Arsenal know how the f*** it is because Bournemouth have a 3/10 chance of beating the Gunners to the title.

Bournemouth’s 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday means that Antony Arevala is second in the Premier League after nine games. But can they stay the course?

Of Bournemouth’s position, Irraola said after the game: “We’re not there by luck – it’s not given to us. We’ve worked hard and we wish we could enjoy this moment, but we need to work hard to end up where we want to be at the end of the season.”

They just played Three of their nine games against sides in the top half of the tablewhich suggests it may be a mispositioned object, as it does His XPTs stats 14.31, which is his seventh.

Areola’s time in charge has also fluctuated dramatically, with a perfect chance for a heavy run of defeats, usually at the point where the Spaniard is at his heaviest with the Big Six club currently in greatest crisis. Liverpool, anyone?

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Last season, for example, an unbeaten run of seven wins and four draws between November and February left them in seventh place, behind fourth-placed Manchester City and set for a Champions League qualification battle.

His 18 points (P9 W5 D3 L1) are their highest at this stage of a top-flight season after nine league matches, eclipsing the 17 points they picked up in 2018/19 under Eddie Howe (P9 W5 D2 L2), when they were sixth, before falling dramatically to 14th with just 45 points.

But Areola and Bournemouth fans will be hoping their current second-placed position in the table provides a more accurate forecast for this season, as we’ve gone through the last ten Premier League campaigns to see which teams are second at this stage and where they’ve finished.

And although their 18 points are the second-fewest of any team in the last ten seasons, it’s time for the Cherries to get Geddy at the base of the arsenal that finished second out of the Champions League places after nine games. The side went on to win the title on three occasions.

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2024/2025: Liverpool – 22 points
Premier League Finish: Champions – 84 points

2023/2024: Manchester City – 21 points
Premier League Finish: Champions – 91 points

2022/2023: Manchester City – 23 points
Premier League Finish: Champions – 89 points

2021/2022: Liverpool – 21 points
Premier League Finish: 2nd – 92 points

2020/2021: Liverpool – 20 points
Premier League Finish: Third – 69 points

2019/2020: Manchester City – 19 points
Premier League Finish: 2nd – 81 points

2018/2019: Liverpool – 23 points
Premier League Finish: 2nd – 97 points

2017/2018: Manchester United – 20 points
Premier League Finish: 2nd – 81 points

2016/2017: Arsenal – 20 points
Premier League Finish: 5th – 75 points

2015/2016: Arsenal – 19 points
Premier League Finish: 2nd – 71 points