A look at the numbers and history behind three-horse title races as Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal tussle to be crowned champions
Tension, at last, genuine tension! Not the words of Victorian industrialist Stephen Perry straight after inventing the rubber band — but an involuntary response to looking at the table after 26 games. There are two points between , , and with over two-thirds of the season gone — and all three are in ominous form, with just one league defeat between them in 2024. That defeat, incidentally, came when two of them played each other, Arsenal defeating Liverpool 3-1 on February 4.
8 points. Why? For one thing, it is taking more points to win the league. The table below shows the number of points won by the league winners in every Premier League season. There is a steady growth — capped by City earning 100 points in 2017-18 and Liverpool achieving 99 points in 2019-20. Over the Premier League’s first 10 years, the average points gained by its winners was 83.7 . Over the last 10 seasons, that number has grown to 91.2 — close to three extra wins each season.
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