Wenger insists lower points total will secure title success

ARSENAL’S hopes of closing to within a point of leaders Chelsea may have been frustrated by the weather last night but Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has predicted that less could prove more in this season’s title race.

Arsenal’s clash with Bolton at the Emirates Stadium was the latest game to fall victim to the weather last night but Wenger believes his team are on course to pick up between 78 and 83 points, a tally that in previous years might not have been good enough to even secure second spot but one which the Frenchman believes will be sufficient to win the league this season.

The last six championship-winning sides have mustered an average of 90.3 points, ranging from Chelsea’s 95 in 2004/05 to Manchester United’s 87 in 2007/08.