Premier League points difference over last two seasons

The league desk by no means lies however that does not imply that it’s constant.

Whether it’s a results of a devastating switch window – in both sense of the phrase – a run of surprising fortune, good or unhealthy, or just a regression to the imply, there are invariably hefty swings in points hauls from one season to a different.

At the merciful conclusion of the seemingly endless 2022/23 Premier League marketing campaign, the difference for some golf equipment has been notably dramatic.

Chelsea hosted Newcastle on the ultimate day of the marketing campaign, battling again to a 1-1 draw that did little to salve the injuries opened up by a dire season. Both golf equipment have accomplished the primary full season below extravagantly rich new possession however every set of riches has introduced dramatically completely different outcomes.

Newcastle rose from eleventh last time period to a lofty fourth this yr, gobbling up 22 extra points within the course of – greater than every other membership within the division.

Despite spending extra on switch charges this season than any facet on the continent, Chelsea posted a pitiful 44 points – the membership’s lowest haul since they had been relegated from the outdated First Division in 1988. This tally is a grand 30 fewer than Thomas Tuchel managed throughout the 2021/22 season.

In the historical past of the Premier League, solely three golf equipment have ever recorded a bigger drop-off in points from one season to the subsequent – by the way, Chelsea share the report after a dire 2015/16 marketing campaign introduced 37 fewer points than the yr earlier than.

Leicester recorded the very same plummeting return in 2016/17. The trendy iteration of the Foxes solely collected 18 fewer points this season nevertheless it was sufficient to ship them out of the lure door. No facet within the historical past of English soccer has been relegated greater than Leicester (12 instances).

After recording greater than 90 points in three of the earlier 4 campaigns, Liverpool slumped to a meagre 67 this time period. Had it not been for a run of seven consecutive victories between mid-April and May, the Reds would have been even additional away from last season’s haul of 92. As it turned out, Jurgen Klopp’s facet secured Europa League soccer regardless of the 25-point decline.

Manchester United managed to fend off Liverpool’s late surge in the direction of the highest 4 over the last six weeks of the season. Erik ten Hag lauded the “huge progress” his facet has made which might be crystallised right into a 17-point enchancment upon last season’s poor return.

“Bring your passports,” was the message John McGinn boomed out to the gang at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon. Aston Villa secured European soccer with a 2-1 victory over Brighton on the ultimate day, the membership’s tenth win from the ultimate 15 league video games of the season.

Unai Emery inherited a facet outdoors the relegation zone on purpose difference however impressed them to 61 points – 15 greater than Steven Gerrard managed after arriving halfway by means of last season. With a full season below the Basque coach to return, there could also be room for additional enchancment.

At the halfway level of the season, Arsenal boasted 50 points. The Gunners wobbled their method to a good 84 – essentially the most the membership have managed since going unbeaten all through the 2003/04 marketing campaign – which represents a 15-point leap from the 2021/22 classic. However, it was not sufficient to carry off Manchester City‘s late cost – even when Pep Guardiola’s facet did end with 4 points lower than last yr.

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