Premier League Table: Week 19 Standings, Full Recap After Tuesday's Scores

We're one game away from being halfway through the Premier League season—Liverpool and Sunderland play on Wednesday—and it has been an unpredictable ride up to now.

Leicester City are competing for the title, Crystal Palace are fighting for Champions League qualification and Chelsea are trying to avoid relegation.

Who saw any of that coming?

With Week 19 almost wrapped up, let's take a look at the updated table and a look back at the week's biggest results.

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	19	12	3	4	33	18	15	39
2	Leicester City	19	11	6	2	37	25	12	39
3	Manchester City	19	11	3	5	37	20	17	36
4	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	8	2	33	15	18	35
5	Crystal Palace	19	9	4	6	23	16	7	31
6	Manchester United	19	8	6	5	22	16	6	30
7	West Ham United	19	7	8	4	28	23	5	29
8	Watford	19	8	5	6	24	20	4	29
9	Stoke City	19	8	5	6	20	19	1	29
10	Liverpool	18	7	6	5	21	22	-1	27
11	Everton	19	6	8	5	35	28	7	26
12	Southampton	19	6	6	7	26	23	3	24
13	West Bromwich Albion	19	6	5	8	18	24	-6	23
14	Chelsea	19	5	5	9	23	29	-6	20
15	Norwich City	19	5	5	9	22	32	-10	20
16	Bournemouth	19	5	5	9	22	34	-12	20
17	Swansea City	19	4	7	8	16	24	-8	19
18	Newcastle United	19	4	5	10	19	34	-15	17
19	Sunderland	18	3	3	12	19	37	-18	12
20	Aston Villa	19	1	5	13	15	34	-19	8

Arsenal go into the halfway point atop the table, though only by goal difference, ahead of Leicester City. The BT Sport crew favour the Gunners to come out on top this season:

Arsenal have heated up, with six wins and a draw in their last eight fixtures in all competitions. They've managed to do so despite battling with injuries all over the pitch, and if they are able to get some key performers healthy—and if they add some depth during the January transfer window—they'll be tough to beat.

At the moment, Mesut Ozil looks like the Premier League's best player, while Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott have offered a scoring touch. Aaron Ramsey has also been excellent. Once they get Alexis Sanchez back, a club that just beat Bournemouth 2-0 will have even more bite on the attack.

Leicester City and Manchester City are nipping at their heels. The clubs played to a somewhat disappointing scoreless draw on Tuesday, though both sides had their chances. And both can take positives from the performance, though both may be a bit unhappy with the point as well.

"I think we did more than Leicester to win the game," manager Manuel Pellegrini said after the match, per the NBCSN broadcast. "I thought we had more possession, more clear options. But it was a good game against good opposition away from home. I always say if you can't win it, don't lose it."

For Leicester, it was another indication that they can hang with the big boys, as Oliver Holt of the Daily Mail noted:

For City, earning a point away from home against a team in top form like Leicester was something to build on.

City seems to be constructed on a shaky foundation at the moment, of course. The club is winless in their last six away matches in the league (three draws, three losses) and has taken just eight of a possible 27 points against clubs in the top half of the table. They are also likely still smarting from a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal on Dec. 21 in a game where the Gunners were clearly the better side.

Tottenham remains in striking distance in the title race, meanwhile, following a 2-1 win over Watford on Monday. Given the struggles of other big clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, Spurs certainly have put themselves in an excellent position to qualify for Champions League football.

United and Chelsea played to a scoreless draw of their own on Monday, a result that did little to boost the confidence for two struggling clubs. United, at 30 points, still can turn their season around and even get back into the title race.

Chelsea, on the other hand, needs to be in full desperation mode in the second half of the season. With just 20 points, the Blues are just three points clear of the relegation zone. That's ridiculous for a club that has the wealth of talent the Blues possess. 

Axing Jose Mourinho, as the club did, may help to turn things around. But at this point, the Blues will need to be nearly flawless to qualify for European football next year. 

Liverpool's margin for error is pretty small, as well. Beating Sunderland on Wednesday would shoot the Reds up three spots on the table and leave them tied with United in points. They may yet have a push for European football in the tank under the energetic manager Jurgen Klopp, but the young Reds look like a club that may not have the experience or consistency to compete with the big boys this year.

Given some time to get his program in place, however, Klopp should do wonders at Anfield. Just perhaps not this season.