On Saturday, Arsenal host Crystal Palace in the English Premier League and a win in that game will draw them level with third placed Aston Villa and second placed Manchester City who currently have have played the same number of games with Arsenal. They're currently five points behind league leaders Liverpool having played the same number of games and that means that mathematically, Arsenal are still very much in contention for the English Premier League title this season.
But personally, I don't consider Arsenal as a major title contender for the league title this season and that's because of their inconsistent results and performances. I'll be happy if they prove me wrong by winning the league title at the end of the season but that I think will be a very difficult one for Mikel Arteta's men
With just under half the games left to play this season, I think the next few matches will make it clear how serious Arsenal are, let's look at their consistency. But don't forget about Liverpool too, they are very strong now and will fight for sure, since they managed to secure the first place even in the middle of the season
Arteta doesn't want to learn from the past, last season they had a good start but in the end many players were injured so they were overtaken by Man City and this season Arsenal looks like they will repeat the same thing but not because their players are injured. but because they don't buy players. so they don't have enough players, let alone goal-hungry strikers. Arsenal played well but still had difficulty scoring goals so it would not be surprising if they dropped to fourth place in the standings in the middle of the season. From the start of the season until the Premier League started this season, I was actually not sure that the Arsenal squad could win the EPL.
This month there has also been no movement from Arsenal to buy players. I suspect it's not that Arsenal doesn't want to buy players, it's just that they love the money plus the danger of being subject to FFP sanctions. So I am pessimistic that this season Arsenal can become EPL league competitors because they cannot be consistent with the current squad.