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For Arsenal fans, each new campaign brings a familiar blend of hope, scrutiny, and ultimately, more dust in the trophy cabinet. Despite the hope surrounding last season, the 2024/25 campaign was ultimately another trophyless year—Arsenal’s fifth in succession—yet there’s an undercurrent of transformation that no one can ignore.
The Gunners have evolved in recent years, securing three straight second-placed finishes in the Premier League and a Champions League semifinal last term. But neither of those achievements brought with them silverware.
But this is Arsenal. Dreams and drama have always gone hand in hand in North London. The question is no longer whether Mikel Arteta’s side can play beautiful football or challenge the elite—they’ve done so, relentlessly—but whether this version can finally lift the silverware that truly cements their progress. With the 2025/26 season on the horizon, every bookmaker, pundit, and fan is asking: What are the real odds Arsenal finally end their drought?
Premier League – 5/2
Arsenal’s quest to recapture English football’s greatest prize is stretching into its 22nd agonising year. Last term, the Gunners amassed 74 points to finish ten behind champions Liverpool. That was still good enough for second place but was a points haul way down on their exploits in the two prior seasons – indeed, a full 15 fewer than in the 2023/24 season.
But despite that, the oddsmakers still make the Londoners contenders next term. They are currently positioned at 5/2, just behind 21/10 favourites Liverpool and just ahead of the 16/5-priced Manchester City. The use of a parlay odds calculator shows just how tight the three frontrunners are at the top of the betting odds charts. A £100 bet on Liverpool would return a potential profit of £210, while the same bet on Arsenal pays £250, and City would cash £320. A lot of folks will be using this kind of odds calculator as things heat up.
Last term, Liverpool’s relentless consistency proved insurmountable, their springtime surge rendering even Arsenal’s best efforts secondary. Injuries tore at the fabric of Arteta’s best-laid plans: Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz both missed critical stretches, upending attacking cohesion at crucial moments, and resulted in central midfielder Mikel Merino being deployed as a makeshift striker.
But this is not a team content to play a supporting cast. The impending arrival of Viktor Gyökeres has electrified the fan base. Here is a striker who, after delivering 54 goals across 52 appearances in all competitions last season, brings both physicality and an insatiable appetite for the net. For a squad that has flirted with perfection and yet fallen short, his presence could tilt the balance. Arteta’s tactical evolution—a high line, breathtaking transitions, and newfound squad depth—suggests Arsenal are not just chasing Liverpool, but ready to set the pace.
Champions League – 8/1
If there’s a spotlight brighter than the Premier League, it shines on Champions League nights. For Arsenal, the Champions League has historically tantalised and tormented in equal measure. Not since the heartbreak of 2006 has the club stood 90 minutes from continental immortality. Yet last season, their October-to-April campaign sent a warning through Europe’s aristocracy.
The high point? A 5-1 demolition of Real Madrid in the quarterfinals—a seismic result that will be replayed in Arsenal households for years to come. The balance of youth and experience, with Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, and Bukayo Saka orchestrating symphonies in midfield, seemed to promise an overdue breakthrough. Yet PSG’s clinical edge in the semifinals reminded Arsenal—and the world—of the razor’s edge between progress and pain.
Bookmakers’ odds of 8/1 reflect that tension: genuine threat, but outsiders behind the perennial giants. The reigning champion Parisians, Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Barcelona still cast long shadows. But here’s the edge: this Arsenal side is one of Europe’s best in transition, their defensive metrics top-tier, and the core battle-hardened. Budapest might be a dream, but after Madrid, who’s writing Arsenal off with certainty?
FA Cup – 6/1
The romance of the FA Cup remains undimmed in Arsenal hearts—a competition that has so often offered salvation, and now tempts again. Four Cup victories in the last decade have cemented their status as England’s most successful club in the tournament’s history. Yet the last two campaigns have been brutal: last season’s limp third-round exit to Manchester United marked a second consecutive early curtain call.
The 6/1 odds show faith from the bookmakers, but also a recognition of how lightly the FA Cup can be lost. Arteta, wrestling with fixture congestion and the demands of Europe, may rotate early, trusting a deep bench stacked with young talent like Reiss Nelson and Ethan Nwaneri. But the brutal truth? Arsenal’s priorities have shifted—paradoxically increasing both their hunger and their vulnerability in the world’s oldest competition.
EFL Cup – 8/1
The EFL Cup is arguably the least important of the four trophies on offer, but as we saw with Newcastle last season, winning it certainly galvanised a fan base. Not since 1993 have the Gunners lifted this curious piece of domestic silverware. Three failed finals in 2007, 2011, and 2018, coupled with last year’s stinging semifinal loss to the eventual winners, have only fueled fan frustrations. Yet the EFL Cup has merit, not merely as a trophy but as a crucible for character: it’s where young stars and fringe players earn their stripes, and where momentum can snowball into bigger triumphs.
Bookies offering 8/1 may seem generous, but it mirrors history: Arsenal always have the firepower, but often lack that last reserve of composure and steel when the lights are brightest. Can the new wave finally deliver the decisive blow?
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