In the 2025/26 Premier League season so far, it has become clear that tactics - and the way teams go about winning - have gone back in time. Tony Pulis and others were heavily criticised in recent years for relying on route-one football and set-pieces to grind out results, but suddenly, everyone seems to be doing it.

Arsenal have beaten Brentford 2-0 in the Premier League, extending their lead atop the table to five points over Manchester City.

Leeds, though, will be no pushovers.