EPL 2023-2024: A Vintage Three Horse Race?

The EPL 2023/2024 looks like a proper three-horse title race, with Arsenal, City, and Liverpool all separated by one point with ten matches to play. Having a three-horse race in the EPL is such a rare occurrence in European soccer. I have long held that one or two teams eventually always fall off. This could still happen, but it seems unlikely. I did this blogpost to show how rare of an occurrence is, and how blessed EPL followers are to be witnessing this spectacle. Since 2008, only once have three teams finished within four points of each other in the EPL. In 2008, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal all finished within four points of each other. 2008 EPL title finish In every other season, in the EPL, it has either been two teams duking it out for the title, or one team sauntering to the league well ahead of the competition. Indeed, even across the top leagues in Europe, a three-horse race happens once in a blue moon. According to my desktop research, over the pas...