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“An open race? I do not have any problem with that. That’s absolutely fine. “
Jurgen Klopp is ready for a ding-dong battle for the Premier League title. He claims there are eight teams with a chance and he has ruled out any possibility of Liverpool breaking records In this age. He, like many of us, hopes that the congested list of matches will be reflected in a Premier League group. But how does the table compare at this stage with that of previous years? Thanks to the excellent www.11v11.com for the tables.
2020-21
Currently, eight points separate Leicester in first place and Leeds in 15th in the Premier League. That’s the same as the gap between Liverpool and Man City in first and second at this stage last season.
A win for any of the top six this weekend could take them to the top of the table and a first win at Old Trafford for Manchester United could see the country’s fourteenth best team rise to the top half, wouldn’t it? ? beautiful?
The bottom five are in very real danger of being adrift, even at this early stage.
2019-20
There was the same eight-point dominance between 15 places as this season, from City in second place to Newcastle at 16.
By that logic (yes, logic) we can expect Leicester to win the title by as many points as Man City were ahead of third place last season. Congratulations Foxes – you will claim the crown for 15 points.
Having said that, City scored 27 goals after eight games and are only one point better than Arsenal even though the Gunners scored only 13 and conceded two more, it suggests that Pep Guardiola’s team had some kind of false tally of points (which of course doesn’t make sense).
In short, City was always going to break with the pack; Leicester is unlikely to do the same.
2018-19
The top five remained in the top five, but in a different order, with City beating Liverpool by one point. Definitely a title race, but not an open one: Chelsea finished 25 points behind Liverpool in third place despite being level at this stage.
2017-18
More absurd scorer of Man City to start a season in which the first three remained as they were. City crossed it, as seven wins and a top-eight draw would suggest.
West Brom, ranked tenth, finished at the bottom of the table. Watch out, Pep.
2016-17
Once again, the top five teams finished as such, but they changed places. Chelsea worked their way to the top with Antonio Conte on Matchday 12 and stayed there.
There was no gap greater than two points between two adjacent teams: a congested table that resulted in a surprise winner. Promising.
2015-16
The 2015-16 chart is perhaps the most comparable to 2020-21, which bodes very well.
The leaders were at 18 points and the vast majority of teams are covered by a relatively small number of points (10 from first to 17). Delicious congestion.
This was, of course, the season in which the Premier League regulations were gloriously removed. So the question is: who becomes Leicester this time?
I’m going to put a pound in Southampton.
Will ford is on twitter
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