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Season 2026/27
The season in numbers
Worked out from every completed match in the competition.
Second halves
What half-time is actually worth
Taken from the half-time and full-time scores of 50 matches.
Nobody else prints this
Four tables the league does not keep
Points rescued from losing positions
Behind at the break, points on the board anyway.
Points thrown away from winning ones
Ahead at the break, and it cost them.
The second-half league
Man City13 pts
Brighton Hove13 pts
Arsenal12 pts
Liverpool11 pts
Everton9 pts
If every match kicked off level at half-time.
The first-half league
Bournemouth11 pts- Man City10 pts
- Brighton Hove9 pts
Brentford9 pts
Hull City8 pts
If every match ended at the break.
By club
Habits, not results
Clean sheet percentage
- Arsenal60%
- Hull City60%
- Everton60%
- Brighton Hove60%
- Liverpool60%
Home comforts
- Everton5 pts
- Brentford5 pts
- Brighton Hove4 pts
- Man City3 pts
Newcastle2 pts
How many more points at home than away. The bigger the number, the worse the travellers.
Goals after the break
Coventry City100%
Tottenham100%
Man United88%
Aston Villa75%
Nottingham75%
Share of a club's goals scored in the second half.
Fixtures
The weekend, both ways
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Sections
Every club has its own page
Man City1st · 15 ptsArsenal2nd · 12 ptsBrighton3rd · 10 ptsBrentford4th · 9 pts
Leeds United5th · 9 ptsLiverpool6th · 9 ptsEverton7th · 9 ptsHull City8th · 8 ptsNewcastle9th · 8 pts
Chelsea10th · 7 pts
Ipswich Town11th · 6 ptsMan United12th · 5 ptsNottingham Forest13th · 5 pts
Sunderland14th · 4 pts
Crystal Palace15th · 4 ptsAston Villa16th · 4 ptsBournemouth17th · 3 ptsCoventry City18th · 3 pts
Fulham19th · 2 ptsTottenham20th · 2 pts
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