By Brian Sears 27 November 2015 Just over a third of this Premier League season is complete and still the number of away wins remains unusually high, in fact on a par with the number of home wins. Of 130 games played, 48 have been away wins (the same as home wins), with 34 draws. We keep on […]

By Brian Sears 28 August 2015 This is the 24th season of the Premier League and the previous 23 seasons have involved 466 teams collectively starting campaigns. That’s 22 teams for the first three seasons, then 20 for each of the past 20 seasons. Of those 466 teams, only 18 of them, or 3.9%, began […]

By Brian Sears 15 May 2015 As the graphic above attests, Premier League goal scoring has slumped to a six-year low, and barring a deluge in the final week of the season, we will finish with the lowest rates since 2008-09. Tthe 20 teams have scored 916 goals combined this season so far at a rate of […]

By Brian Sears 20 March 2015 Liverpool are not just the form team in the Premier League since the start of the year but have a better league record in 2015 so far than any team among the 92 in the top four divisions. Brendan Rodgers’ side have won eight, drawn two and lost none […]

By Brian Sears 27 February 2015 Sunday’s two big games in the Premier League throw up contrasting challenges for the two Merseyside clubs, with Liverpool outsiders at home against a team they have a brilliant home record against (Manchester City), and Everton outsiders away against a team that history says will thump them. The history […]

By Brian Sears 6 February 2015 Saturday’s matches in the Premier League begin with a major derby (Tottenham v Arsenal at lunchtime) and end with a major derby (Everton v Liverpool at tea-time). Both home sides have found it tough against the neighbours over the course of the Premier League era as a whole. And […]

By Brian Sears 30 January 2015 West Ham are above Liverpool in the Premier League table and go to Anfield this weekend looking for a result that will keep them there and still in contention for a top-four finish. But it’s been a long time since West Ham won a league match at Anfield. A […]

By Brian Sears 23 January 2015 The formation of the Premier League from the 1992-93 season marked a major change in English football as the gap between the new top division and the rest of football quickly became a gulf. At a glance the first graphic below pretty much sums up what happened in financial […]

By Brian Sears 12 December 2014 Manchester United have the best home record across the Premier League era of any of the 46 clubs to have played in the Premier League, whichever measure is used. They have played 432 PL games, won 320, drawn 70 and lost 42. That’s more wins than anyone (320); a […]

By Brian Sears 29 August 2014 Played two, won two, scored five, conceded none, and both games in challenging London derbies. Tottenham’s start to the Premier League season under new manager Mauricio Pochettino could not have gone better. Wins over West Ham then QPR leave them top of the table before the third round of […]