Bayan wasanni hudu na farkon sabuwar kakar Premier League, Arsenal da Manchester City sun riga sun rabu da sauran ƙungiyoyi — kuma giɓin na ƙaruwa.

Kulob ɗin biyu suna da maki 12 daga wasanni hudu, maki hudu sama da Hull City da suke matsayi na uku, da maki biyar sama da sauran masu fafatawa. Ko da yake yana da wuri sosai a ce an ƙare tseren, shaida ta farko tana nuna fafatawar kulob biyu ne kawai.

Fara ƙarfin Arsenal da City

Arsenal suna zuwa a matsayin masu riƙe da kofin, bayan sun kawo ƙarshen jiran shekara 22 ƙarƙashin maneja Mikel Arteta a kakar da ta gabata. Sun bude kamfen ɗinsu da nasara ta 3-0 a kan Manchester City a Community Shield, sannan suka ci Coventry, Aston Villa, Chelsea, da Sunderland a gasar, tare da ci Napoli a UEFA Champions League.

Wannan silsila ta kai nasarorinsu a jere a gasar zuwa wasanni tara. Karshen asarar da suka sha a mintuna 90 a kowace gasa ya kasance a kan City a ranar 19 ga Afrilu.

Manchester City, a nasu bangaren, sun gudanar da sauyi mai mahimmanci. Bayan kofuna shida — ciki har da Treble — a cikin shekara goma, Pep Guardiola ya tafi kuma Enzo Maresca, mataimakinsa na da, ya karɓi ragamar ƙungiyar. Maresca ya jagoranci City zuwa nasarori a kan Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, da Coventry a gasar, da kuma Porto a UEFA Champions League.

Nasararsu ta huɗu ta zo cikin takaddama, sakamakon 1-0 a wasan Manchester United Lahadi wanda burin Erling Haaland na kawai daga baya jiki masu tsara kwallon ƙafa na Premier League sun yarda da shi cewa ya kamata a soke shi saboda offside.

Lambobi suna nuna hoto mai sarƙaƙiya

Duk da cikakken tarihinsu, Arsenal da City ba sa mamaye gasar a ƙididdiga. Brighton sun jefa ƙwallaye 13 kuma Chelsea goma — fiye da takwas da kowannen ƙungiyoyin biyu na farko ya ci. Game da harbe-harbe, Arsenal suna matsayi na 10 kuma City matsayi na 11 a gasar.

Wurin da dukkan ƙungiyoyin biyu suke fice shi ne a tsaro. Arsenal sun karɓi kwal ɗaya kawai kuma City biyu, suna ba su ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun rikodin tsaro a gasar.

Masu fafatawa suna gwagwarmaya

Kulob ɗin da masu caca suka annabta za su fafata — Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, da Tottenham Hotspur — sun samu fara wahala.

Chelsea, ƙarƙashin sabon maneja Xabi Alonso, suna matsayi na biyar da ƙwallaye 10 da aka jefa amma tara da aka karɓa — rikodin tsaro na huɗu mafi muni a gasar. Sun karɓi ƙwallaye biyu ko fiye a kowannen wasanninsu na farko huɗu — wani abu da bai faru ba tun 2015-16.

Liverpool, da Andoni Iraola ke jagoranta, suna matsayi na bakwai ba tare da sun sha kashi ba amma sun ciyar da wasanni uku daga cikin huɗu. Wannan karo na uku ne kawai a cikin kakarori 63 da ba su yi nasara a kowannen wasanninsu na farko biyu na gida ba a gasar.

Manchester United, ƙarƙashin Michael Carrick, suna matsayi na 13 da maki huɗu — daidai da mafi munin farawa na kulob a Premier League tun 1992-93. United sun harbe fiye da kowane kulob (84) kuma sun karɓi ƙarancin harbe-harbe na biyu (41), duk da haka sun ci kuma sun karɓi ƙwallaye bakwai kowanne.

Tottenham Hotspur, da Roberto de Zerbi ke jagoranta, suna matsayi na 17 — matsayin da suka ƙare da shi a cikin kowane ɗayan kakarori biyu da suka gabata. Abin da ya fi damuwa shi ne, ba su ci kwal a kowane ɗayan wasanninsu na farko huɗu ba — wani abu da bai taba faruwa a tarihin kulob din ba.

Tarihi ya ce me

Baya bayan nan na tarihi ba ya ba da ta'aziyya ga masu fafatawa. Daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 80 a tarihin manyan gasar Ingilishi da suka ci wasanninsu na farko huɗu, 24 ne kawai suka ci kofin. A zamanin Premier League musamman, tara daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 28 da suka fara haka ne suka ci taken — na karshe shi ne Manchester City a 2023-24.

Mafi mahimmanci, kulob biyu ne kawai suka ci Premier League bayan sun kasance a baya da maki biyar ko fiye bayan wasanni huɗu: Manchester United sun yi haka sau biyar ƙarƙashin Sir Alex Ferguson, kuma Pep Guardiola's Manchester City sun samu hakan a 2020-21. Ga duk sauran masu fafatawa, dutsen ya tabbatar da tsayi sosai.