We are now more than a quarter of the way through the Premier League season, with each team having played 10 games.

So what can we read into it?

History suggests the answer is quite a lot.

Last season, for instance, the top two - and two of the eventual bottom three - were in the exact spots at this stage that they in finished six months later.

BBC Sport has a look.

Arsenal are top of the table on 27 points - which is higher than the average number of points (23) champions have after 10 games.

In fact, only four teams have taken more points from their first 10 fixtures than the Gunners, and all four have gone on to win the league.

One small quirk that means Arenal fans should not start making plans for a parade just yet is that the only two previous sides to post exactly 27 points at this point of the campaign both failed to win the title - including the Gunners in 2022-23.

In 15 of the 34 Premier League seasons to date, the team top at this stage have gone on to win the title, so less than half the time.

While on 14 previous occasions, teams on 21 points, the tally of second-placed Brighton, or fewer after 10 games won the title, so there is still hope for the Seagulls.

However, the less good news for Fabian Hurzeler's side is that, bizarrely, the team in second after 10 games have won the title in just one of the past 18 seasons - that was Manchester City in 2022-23.

The fewest points any side has had at this stage and gone on to win the league is 18 - so City, on 21, and Liverpool, on 18, could still have a say.

Arsenal lead Brighton by five points, one fewer than the most points a team have ever come from behind at this stage to win a title.

Manchester United in 2002-03 and Manchester City in 2013-14 are the two to do that.

But Mikel Arteta and co can take comfort knowing the leaders at this stage have gone on to win the title in the past two seasons - after failing to do so in the previous four years.

Crystal Palace are propping up the table having lost their past four league matches, but the stats suggest their position is far from terminal.

In total, 14 teams have stayed up having been bottom of the table at this point in the season - most recently Wolves in 2024-25.

Moreover, the fewest points a team has had after 10 games and stayed up at the end of the season is three.

That same Wolves team are the most recent of the four teams to have achieved that feat.

Sunderland, who climbed off the foot of the table with victory over Chelsea, had just four points at this stage in 2013-14 but still ended up finishing 14th.

Palace can also count themselves a little unfortunate to have amassed seven points and find themselves in 20th.

Only Bolton in 2002-03 have had more points (eight) after 10 games and been bottom - and that was in a situation when a number of other sides had played 11 matches.

Overall, 88 teams have previously had seven or fewer points after 10 Premier League games and 37 managed to stay up.

There is good news for Ipswich and Hull in that every promoted side since 2015-16 to take 11 points or more from their first 10 games - and there have been 14 of them - has survived.

The most recent promoted side to make as bright a start and go down were Cardiff in 2013-14, who were 12th with 12 points but finished bottom on 30 points.

The outlook is a little bleaker for Coventry.

Only two promoted sides in the past 11 seasons have taken fewer than 11 points and survived - Bournemouth in 2015-16 (eight) and Nottingham Forest in 2022-23 (five).

Frank Lampard's men are also the seventh promoted side to take exactly nine points from their first 10 games - two of the previous six survived (Wolves in 2009-10 and Leicester in 2014-15).

A long way to go then, still plenty of time for things to change. But how much do things really change from this point?

Well, not a great deal if we look at last season, when 15 of the 20 teams finished with three places of where they were after 10 games.

Aston Villa made the biggest jump, going from 11th at this stage to secure a top-four finish with time to spare.

So Champions League qualification remains well within grasp for Unai Emery's side, who are currently in 10th.

On the other extreme were Tottenham, riding high in sixth after 10 games before plummeting 11 places down the standings to finishing 17th, only securing survival on the final day.

As mentioned earlier, the top two and two of the eventual bottom three were already in their final positions by this point, while Burnley - the third relegated side - were only a place above the drop zone in 17th.

Perhaps Manchester United are in a relegation battle after all...?