Our victory over Tottenham at the other end of Seven Sisters Road on Sunday was our seventh London derby win in the Premier League this season, ensuring we will finish top of the ‘London League’ this season.
More than a third of the teams in the Premier League are based in the capital, resulting in 12 London derbies during the campaign – Sunday’s match was our last of 2023/24.
We have taken 24 points from those 12 games, meaning we can’t be surpassed at the top, despite Chelsea having two derbies remaining.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 24 |
| Chelsea | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Fulham | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 15 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 |
| West Ham United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 14 |
| Brentford | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 12 |
| Crystal Palace | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 |
Our first away game this season was a 1-0 win victory at Crystal Palace, and that was followed immediately by a 2-2 draw at home to Fulham. In fact Fulham are the only London team we didn’t beat this season, having lost 2-1 at Craven Cottage on New Year’s Day.
Our home draw with Fulham was the first of three consecutive 2-2 draws in derbies (also at home to Tottenham and away to Chelsea). We then earned a late 1-0 win away to Brentford in late November – then came our only two derby defeats this season, in the space of four days at the end of 2023.
A thumping 5-0 win at home to Crystal Palace though signalled the start of a magnificent run early in 2024, we then thrashed West Ham 6-0 at the London Stadium in February, completed the double of Brentford at Emirates Stadium the following month, before running out 5-0 winners over Chelsea at home last in April.
That was followed by the weekend’s win, in which we scored our 30th goal against London opposition this term.
We also topped the London mini-league last season (with an unbeaten record) and remain top of the all-time Premier League London standings, 16 points ahead of Chelsea, with a record of P316 W170 D81 L65 F566 A326.
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