league table premier league: Arsenal top, mid-table packed tight
The league table premier league for 2025-26 ends with Arsenal on top by seven points, while the race from fifth to 10th is squeezed into just eight. That gives the final standings a clear split: a title settled at the top, and a crowded block where every point mattered.
According to football-data.org at 2026-05-27 19:01 UTC, the final top 10 is set below.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal FC | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | +44 | 85 |
| 2 | Manchester City FC | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | +42 | 78 |
| 3 | Manchester United FC | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | +19 | 71 |
| 4 | Aston Villa FC | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | +7 | 65 |
| 5 | Liverpool FC | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | +10 | 60 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | +4 | 57 |
| 7 | Sunderland AFC | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 54 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | +6 | 53 |
| 9 | Brentford FC | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | +3 | 53 |
| 10 | Chelsea FC | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | +6 | 52 |
Arsenal’s 85 points and +44 goal difference edge Manchester City’s 78 points and +42 GD shows how narrow the title margin was. The gap on points is seven, but the goal difference is only two, which underlines how close the top two finished across 38 matches.
how the table splits into two bands
The top four are spread over 20 points, from Arsenal’s 85 down to Aston Villa’s 65. Manchester United’s 71 put them six points clear of Villa, which kept third and fourth from getting pulled into the tighter mid-table pack.
That middle band is where the standings compress. Bournemouth finish sixth on 57, Sunderland seventh on 54, and Brighton and Brentford both end on 53.
Brighton take eighth because of goal difference, finishing on +6 to Brentford’s +3. Chelsea close the top 10 on 52, which means the five clubs from Liverpool to Chelsea are separated by only eight points.
points gaps at the sharp end
| Segment | Teams Covered | Points Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 1st vs 2nd | Arsenal vs Manchester City | 7 |
| 1st vs 4th | Arsenal vs Aston Villa | 20 |
| 5th vs 10th | Liverpool vs Chelsea | 8 |
The numbers tell the story cleanly: Arsenal won the league by seven, the top four stretched over 20, and the fifth-to-10th block was packed into eight. That is why Liverpool, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Brighton, Brentford and Chelsea finish in one tight cluster rather than in separate tiers.