Arsenal are 5/4 with bet365 to win the Premier League again in 2026/27, and the Premier League winner odds make Mikel Arteta’s champions clear favourites to go back-to-back. The Gunners ended a 22-year wait for the title in May, finishing seven points clear of Man City with the best defence the division has seen in years, and they have since added Bruno Guimaraes for £75million. Man City are 7/2 under Enzo Maresca, with Liverpool 5/1 and Man Utd 7/1.
Premier League winner odds 2026/27
The teams at the top of the market
Arsenal (5/4)
Arsenal have kept the squad that won the title together and improved it. Bruno Guimaraes arrived from Newcastle United for £75m on a four-year deal, Piero Hincapie’s loan was made permanent and Christos Tzolis joined from Club Brugge for £34m. Leandro Trossard, Jakub Kiwior and Christian Norgaard have left. The evidence of the Community Shield was emphatic: a 3-0 win over Man City, with Riccardo Calafiori scoring after 23 seconds and Tzolis assisting twice on his full debut. The defensive base is the reason to back them. The question is whether a side that scored 71 goals, fewer than Man City, has enough attacking margin if Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz share the No.9 role again.
Man City (7/2)
City are into the post-Pep Guardiola era with Maresca in charge and the price reflects both the squad and the uncertainty. Elliot Anderson cost a club-record £116m from Nottingham Forest, but Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Manuel Akanji and James Trafford have all gone, and Barcelona’s interest in Rodri is unresolved. City conceded 35 goals last season against an Expected Goals Against of 44.21, which suggests they were flattered by their defensive record rather than let down by it. They still have Erling Haaland, who scored 27 league goals, and 7/2 about the club that won six of the previous nine titles is fair rather than generous.
Each-way candidates
Liverpool (5/1)
Liverpool are a project rather than a contender at this price. They finished fifth on 60 points, 25 behind Arsenal, and Andoni Iraola replaced Arne Slot in June on a two-year deal after three seasons at Bournemouth. Alexander Isak’s first season at Anfield produced three league goals in 14 appearances. Iraola has been open about needing more bodies, and his high-intensity approach requires a squad that struggled physically last season to be rebuilt on the run. There is upside if the recruitment lands, but a 25-point gap is a lot to close in one summer.
Man Utd (7/1)
The most improved side in the division last season. Carrick took Man Utd to third on 71 points and back into the Champions League, scoring 69 goals along the way. The concern is the other end: 50 conceded was the worst record in the top five. Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko give them a forward line that can hurt anyone, and a first full pre-season under Carrick should help. Third to first is a big jump, but this is the biggest price of the five that could realistically be justified by a fast start.
Chelsea (8/1)
Xabi Alonso is starting from scratch after a 10th-place finish on 52 points. Joao Pedro scored 15 league goals in his first season and has been Chelsea’s stand-out performer in pre-season, while Cole Palmer remains the creative hub. The squad is deep, young and expensively assembled, and Alonso’s record at Bayer Leverkusen shows what he can do with a group in one summer. Chelsea missed out on Europe altogether last season, though, and 8/1 asks them to leapfrog four clubs at once.
Verdict
Arsenal are the right favourites. Europe’s best defence does not disappear over one summer, with the squad strengthened rather than picked apart, while the Community Shield highlighted the gap to a Man City side in transition.
At 5/4 the price is short for a nine-month market, but the case is sound.
All odds from bet365, correct at the time of writing.
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