I am fairly convinced that Chelsea will, but I am a Chelsea fan so am probably a little biased. What does everyone else think?

Btw, it seems funny that just a few months ago Fergie said chelsea were not title contenders, but United were. How things changed!

Btw sorry for the typo in the title! Autocorrect...grrrrr

At this rate, Chelsea look like winners. City have the CL as a preoccupation, and they'll definitely try to focus on both competitions. Chelsea only really have the PL to worry about. The cups are important, but I think Chelsea fans would not give two sh*ts about how they performed in the cup if they win the EPL.

When I just think about few factors, it's starting to look like Chelsea will win it 500% surely.

• Form
• Conte's team spirit
• Conte won't let this good gap slip, he's master of defending and don't think there is any possibility he'll flop big time
• fu*king 9 point gap to Arsenal
• NO UCL

I've lost hope on Arsenal. But on the other hand, even one loss for Chelsea (if they'll even lose anymore this season..?) would get City & Liverpool big momentum boost. But as said, I can't even see it happening.
But when I look at Chelsea, besides Hazard, Kante & Costa, there are hardly even top class players in the team in my opinion (Courtois was few years ago and I don't rate Pedro or Willian).

chelsea, no ucl main reason

City.

@decentK I guess team work and spirit is much more important than star players. Atletico is doing very well in UCL every year without having more than 2-3 star players in their team.

Chelsea.. :(

Way too early to say. Don Conte is a flippin' genius and his passion is contagious, but this winning streak isn't going to last forever. As soon as it snaps, these polls will look a lot different.

i agree with @decentk, but this is the EPL, anything can happen. I remember when Real Madrid in 2014 were in 22 win game streak. We were in a situation just like Chelsea are now, winning all the games. But soon after the Winter break, we lost our first game against Valencia. Though injuries killed us, Ramos, Modric and Caravajal were out so we were barely managing.

If Chelsea wants to win, they need to not get overexcited about the point difference and try to not be reckless and get any injuries, a single injury can be fatal and cause a big blow to the team.

Too early to say but we look really good at the moment.

@kyoekyar Yep!

Guys, I got some fixtures copied that shows January will be one hell of a month for the title challenge! Arsenal HAVE to get 15pts, nothing less will satisfy. If Chelsea can manage those 5 games with 13-15pts it'll be over! If they don't, they'll lose momentum and it's all open again!

Chelsea:
Dec. 31: Stoke (H)
Jan. 4: Tottenham (A)
Jan. 14: Leicester (A)
Jan. 22: Hull (H)
Jan. 31: Liverpool (A)

Manchester City:
Dec. 31: Liverpool (A)
Jan. 2: Burnley (H)
Jan. 15: Everton (A)
Jan. 21: Tottenham (H)
Feb. 1: West Ham (A)

Liverpool:
Dec. 31: Manchester City (H)
Jan. 2: Sunderland (A)
Jan. 15: Manchester United (A)
Jan. 21: Swansea (H)
Jan. 31: Chelsea (H)

Arsenal:
Jan. 1: Crystal Palace (H)
Jan. 3: Bournemouth (A)
Jan. 14: Swansea (A)
Jan. 22: Burnley (H)
Jan. 31: Watford (H)

Even if Chelsea don't get 13-15 points, the other teams (city and liverpool) will still drop points (very likely since their fixture is very tough too (especially Liverpool). Arsenal has the easiest fixture but they are 9 points away from Chelsea, so Chelsea can still lose 1 extra game (for Arsenal).

Among Chelsea, City and Liverpool, I think Chelsea has the easiest fixtures. Yes, they have to play Spurs and Liverpool away but I think only these 2 games will give troubles for them. Leicester will lose Silmani and Mahrez and they are in very bad form. So, Leicester away won't be a problem for them.

Liverpool has the most difficult fixtures (IMO) and they will lose Mane for African Cup (and Coutinho is still not fit yet too). City's fixtures is very tough too. Liverpool away, Everton away, West Ham away are very dangerous games. Spurs at home is not easy either.

@decent you are right. If Chelsea can get 13-15 points, it will be very tough for other teams to catch them. I think they probably can do it. They can win Stoke, Leicester, Hull, Spurs and draw Liverpool.

@decent Those fixtures though.. Feels like anything can happen, and we all have to remember that only half the season has gone by.

But when I look at Chelsea, besides Hazard, Kante & Costa, there are
hardly even top class players in the team in my opinion (Courtois was
few years ago and I don't rate Pedro or Willian)

Azpilicueta and Luiz should be included there. They're both class. Maybe maybe even Moses.. I mean even barca are looking at him now..

I think that if Chelsea maintain roughly a 15 point lead in the beginning of February, then the title race is as good as done. City will still have to focus on CL, United and Spurs are too far behind, Arsenal are as inconsistent as my ex's periods (scary sh.t), and Chelsea still have no CL to worry about. This upcoming January is crucial for Conte's men.