Arsenal – Last betting odds

Portsmouth vs Arsenal

FA Cup · 2026-01-11T14:00:00+00:00 · Bet365

1X2 Winner

Portsmouth 10.00 Draw 6.50 Arsenal 1.20

Both Teams To Score (BTTS)

Yes 2.10 No 1.67

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BTTS & Win

Portsmouth / Yes 19.00 Draw / Yes 8.50 Arsenal / Yes 3.00 Portsmouth / No 17.00 Draw / No 19.00 Arsenal / No 1.83

Double Chance

Home/Draw 4.33 Home/Away 1.11 Draw/Away 1.06

First Team To Score

Portsmouth 3.75 Draw 19.00 Arsenal 1.25

Over & Under 2.5

Over 2.5 1.53 Under 2.5 2.50

Chelsea vs Arsenal

League Cup · 2026-01-14T20:00:00+00:00 · Bet365

1X2 Winner

Chelsea 2.90 Draw 3.40 Arsenal 2.35

Both Teams To Score (BTTS)

Yes 1.70 No 2.05

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BTTS & Win

Chelsea / Yes 5.50 Draw / Yes 4.33 Arsenal / Yes 4.50 Chelsea / No 5.50 Draw / No 11.00 Arsenal / No 4.00

Double Chance

Home/Draw 1.57 Home/Away 1.30 Draw/Away 1.40

First Team To Score

Chelsea 2.10 Draw 11.00 Arsenal 1.83

Over & Under 2.5

Over 2.5 1.90 Under 2.5 1.90

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal

Premier League · 2026-01-17T17:30:00+00:00 · Bet365

1X2 Winner

Nottingham Forest 5.50 Draw 4.33 Arsenal 1.53

Both Teams To Score (BTTS)

Yes 1.95 No 1.80

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BTTS & Win

Nottingham Forest / Yes 10.00 Draw / Yes 6.00 Arsenal / Yes 3.50 Nottingham Forest / No 10.00 Draw / No 12.00 Arsenal / No 2.50

Double Chance

Home/Draw 2.38 Home/Away 1.20 Draw/Away 1.14

First Team To Score

Nottingham Forest 2.88 Draw 12.00 Arsenal 1.44

Over & Under 2.5

Over 2.5 1.91 Under 2.5 1.91

Arsenal arrive at a decisive December stretch as clear market favourites almost everywhere they go, yet their prices also tell a story of expectations that are starting to become unforgiving. The trip to Aston Villa in the Premier League, followed by a Champions League visit to Club Brugge KV and a home game against Wolves, offers three very different contexts – but one constant: the market expects Arsenal to behave like a serious title contender.

League leaders with numbers that justify short prices

In the Premier League table, Arsenal’s position is straightforward: first place after 14 games, with 10 wins, 3 draws and just 1 defeat. They have scored 27 goals and conceded only 7, giving them a goal difference of 20 and 33 points. That is the profile of a side the market is almost obliged to respect, even before looking at individual match odds.

The underlying metrics support the idea that this is not a fragile start built on luck. Arsenal’s “BTTS (Yes)” rate is 36%, and “Over 2.5” also sits at 36%, a combination that hints at controlled games more than chaotic shoot-outs. They tend to start well – scoring first in 64% of their matches – and their timing is notable: the top minute window for goals is between 31 and 45 minutes, accounting for 30% of their scoring.

From a volume point of view, 27 goals from 71 shots on target with a shot conversion listed at 38% suggests a side that does not need to bombard the goal to be effective. At the other end, “Min/Goal (Against)” is recorded at 180 minutes, versus 46.7 minutes for goals scored. For bettors, that gap between attacking and defensive timelines is exactly the type of profile that pushes odds on Arsenal into the favourite territory match after match.

Discipline and set-piece potential also matter when trying to understand why prices are shaped the way they are. Arsenal commit an average of 10.43 fouls per match, receive 1.29 cards on average, and generate 6.14 corners while allowing 3.29. None of those figures scream chaos; if anything, they reinforce the image of a side that exerts control, attacks with a degree of structure and does not live permanently on the disciplinary edge.

How the market sees Aston Villa vs Arsenal

For the visit to Aston Villa on 6 December, the 1X2 market plants Arsenal as the clear favourite but not at the suffocating price you might expect for a league leader. Villa are 4.20 for the home win, the draw is 3.50 and Arsenal stand at 1.90. That 1.90 is still a strong statement: the market is signalling that dropping points here would be a disappointment, not an acceptable bump in the road.

What stands out immediately is that 1.90 at Villa is Arsenal’s longest win price across these three fixtures. Away to Club Brugge in the Champions League they are at 1.33, and at home to Wolves the market goes even shorter at 1.25. In other words, Villa is being treated as the most awkward of the three assignments, even if Arsenal are still expected to find a way through.

The double chance lines underline the point. “Home/Draw” for Villa sits at 1.91, “Home/Away” at 1.28 and “Draw/Away” at 1.22. Those numbers give Villa some respect in terms of not losing, but they still leave Arsenal with a strong safety net: the “Home/Away” and “Draw/Away” combinations show how reluctant the market is to price scenarios in which the league leaders completely collapse.

Goals, BTTS and Arsenal’s attacking profile

Given Arsenal’s season numbers, the goals markets around these fixtures are particularly interesting. In the league, BTTS “Yes” is at 36% and “Over 2.5” also at 36%. That is not the profile of a side whose matches are guaranteed to explode; instead, it points to a team that tends to manage games, score first and limit the chaos at the other end.

Against that backdrop, the Villa match shows a certain hesitation in calling the game either wide open or cagey. BTTS “Yes” is priced at 1.91 and “No” also at 1.91 – a pure coin toss in market terms. “Over 2.5” is 2.10, while “Under 2.5” is 1.73, suggesting a slightly more conservative expectation in terms of total goals.

Compare that to the trip to Brugge, where “Over 2.5” is just 1.57 and “Under 2.5” moves out to 2.38. Here, the market is much more comfortable with a game that could open up, perhaps reflecting a perceived gap in quality. Against Wolves, “Over 2.5” is 1.67 and “Under 2.5” is 2.20, again signalling a stronger tilt towards a game with multiple goals.

From Arsenal’s perspective, the symmetry in BTTS pricing at Villa and Brugge is notable. The team’s season-long tendency to score first and concede relatively rarely sits slightly at odds with the idea of both teams scoring as often as the odds imply. That tension between statistical profile and market pricing is often where more opinionated bettors try to take a stance.

BTTS & Win, first goal and what the market expects from Arsenal

Where the market becomes more aggressive is in the BTTS & Win combinations. At Villa Park, “Arsenal / Yes” (Arsenal to win and both teams to score) is 4.33, while “Arsenal / No” is 3.25. Against Brugge, those same outcomes drop to 2.88 and 2.25, and at home to Wolves they move again to 3.25 and 1.83 respectively.

These prices tell a fairly blunt story. In Europe, the market is comfortable with a straightforward Arsenal victory without needing drama; in Brugge, “Arsenal / No” is clearly favoured over “Arsenal / Yes”. At Villa, the gap between the two outcomes is smaller, reflecting a more competitive game, while against Wolves at home the 1.83 on “Arsenal / No” reflects the expectation of a routine win where Arsenal may not even need to trade goals.

The “First Team To Score” markets add another layer. At Villa Park, Arsenal are 1.67 to score first, Villa 2.50 and the draw outcome 9.00. In Brugge, the away team are an even shorter 1.33 to strike first, with Club Brugge at 3.25 and the draw at 15.00. Against Wolves at home, Arsenal go shorter again at 1.28, with Wolves 4.00 and the draw 13.00.

When you put these numbers alongside the season statistic that Arsenal score first in 64% of their matches, the alignment is obvious. The market expects them to start on the front foot everywhere: away to Villa, away to Brugge, and even more so at home to Wolves. A slow start in any of these games would go against the current pricing logic and quickly change the live picture.

Recent form and the risk behind short prices

Arsenal’s form line across all competitions adds context to why bookmakers are prepared to take such strong positions in their favour. The last five matches include a 2–0 result against Brentford, a 1–1 draw with Chelsea, a 3–1 win over Bayern München, a 4–1 victory against Tottenham and a 2–2 draw away to Sunderland. It is a sequence that mixes dominant home displays with more demanding away trips, but crucially, it offers little evidence of a team collapsing.

That run is also consistent with the defensive metrics. Conceding at a rate of 180 minutes per goal is the kind of number that justifies making Arsenal a strong favourite in most contexts, particularly when combined with an attacking output that puts 27 goals on the board in 14 league games. It is not surprising that the market feels comfortable pushing Club Brugge out to 9.00 for a home win and Wolves to 13.00 at the Emirates.

There is, however, a subtle risk baked into such consistently short prices. When a team is rated at 1.33 away in Europe and 1.25 at home in the league, any draw or defeat is immediately framed as a negative event. The market is not leaving much room for off-days; Arsenal are being priced as if the standard they have set in the opening 14 league fixtures has to be maintained almost every week.

December scenarios: what these odds would mean for Arsenal

After Aston Villa, the schedule brings Club Brugge away, Wolves at home, then further league games at Everton and at home to Crystal Palace. The upcoming odds only cover the first three fixtures, but the pattern is already clear: Arsenal are being treated as strong favourites away and overwhelming favourites at home. In that context, even a single mis-step at Villa Park would shift the narrative from “stable leaders” towards “suddenly vulnerable”.

A convincing win at Villa, backed up by taking care of business in Brugge and against Wolves, would confirm the market’s current reading: a team that scores first often, concedes rarely and justifies being odds-on more often than not. A flat performance or a dropped result, especially in the league, would raise legitimate questions about whether these prices are slightly ahead of reality.

For those trying to place Arsenal’s odds in the broader Premier League landscape, it is useful to see how their prices sit alongside other premier league betting tips, but the core story here is simple. The numbers say Arsenal deserve to be favoured in all three of these matches; the real test will be whether they can keep playing at a level that makes those short prices feel justified rather than optimistic.