Arsenal lead the Premier League on goal difference as matchday five continues, level on 12 points with Manchester City after four games apiece. Arsenal’s goal difference of +7 is one better than City’s +6, and both clubs have played a game fewer than several of the sides below them.
Brentford are the best placed of those to have played five matches, sitting third on nine points with a goal difference of +6. Leeds United are fourth on eight points from four games (+4), with Hull City a place behind on the same number of points but a goal difference of +3. Brighton are sixth on seven points, and their goal difference of +8 is the best in the division. Chelsea are seventh, also on seven points but with a goal difference of -2 from five matches.
Liverpool and Everton are level on six points, in eighth and ninth respectively with identical +2 goal differences, while Ipswich Town are 10th on six points despite a goal difference of -3. Nottingham Forest sit 11th on five points with a goal difference of 0, one place and one point better off than Newcastle United, who are 12th on -1.
Manchester United are 13th on four points with a goal difference of 0, Sunderland 14th on four points (-2) and Aston Villa 15th on four points from five games with a goal difference of -5. Bournemouth are 16th on three points (-1) and Crystal Palace 17th on three points (-5).
At the bottom, Tottenham Hotspur are 18th with two points from five games and a goal difference of -6, Fulham are 19th with a single point from four games (-3), and Coventry City are bottom with no points from four matches and a goal difference of -10.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Stoke City and Sheffield United were level at 1-1 in the Championship after Jack McGlynn’s 78th-minute equaliser. At Millwall, West Ham United made it 2-2 in the 80th minute when Konstantinos Mavropanos headed Manor Solomon’s long cross into the top left corner, after a short corner.