The Premier League this season is perhaps one of the many seasons that is arguably quite peculiar. After Covid-19 pandemic caused most leagues to close last season quickly, others, including the Premier League, continued with the league which delayed its schedule until mid-July. Not to mention that there are those who still have to work in the Champions League and Europa League which are also delayed.
This made the start of the league season so late that it only started in mid-September. This makes some clubs have to play matches almost every 3 days, especially those that don’t only play in the League, but also in the Champions League and Europa League.
Apart from the disruptions that have existed since the Covid 19 pandemic, there is something quite interesting in the Premier League this season, starting from the inconsistency of the traditional “Big 6” team where only Liverpool are in the top position (2nd position) and the rest are scattered in the middle of the standings.
Chelsea in 9th position, Arsenal in 10th position, Tottenham Hotspur in 11th position, and the duo of Manchester City and Manchester United in 13th and 15th position as reported, Manchester United’s 1-6 massacre over Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa which won a landslide 7- 2 against Liverpool, to Everton who are at the top of the standings, there are interesting facts after Everton suffered a 0-2 defeat to their guests at Goodison Park, and the day before, Aston Villa were slaughtered 0-3 by the promotion team of Leeds United at Villa Park.
The defeat of Everton and Aston Villa made all teams in the Premier League have tasted defeat from 6 matches so far. As it turns out, this is nothing new, and is like repeating the Premier League 53 years ago. As reported by various sources, this season is the first season since the 1967 – 1968 Premier League season where all Premier League contestants have lost.
Also interesting is that, as reported by RSSSF, the majority of the teams in the 1967 – 1968 Premier League also played in the Premier League this season, with only Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion missing from the 1967 – 1968 season. at that time it was still with a 22 team format and 2 points won, and their position was replaced by 4 other teams such as Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Stoke City and Coventry City.
If this season is a repeat of the 1967 – 1968 season, it is also interesting to wait whether this season will be exactly the same as 53 last season, in which Manchester City won the league with 56 points, beating Manchester United in 2nd place by 2 points. and Liverpool are in 3rd place with 1 point difference from Manchester United. Will this season be the same as 53 years ago?
To be sure, if the top zone of the standings is unlikely (or even impossible) like 53 years ago, it looks like 2 out of 3 relegation zone positions look like they can be sure to be filled the same as 53 years ago, where the relegation zone was occupied by Fulham and Sheffield United, who currently occupying the last 2 positions in the Premier League this season with both just winning 1 point. The question is, who is one more team that will follow them down to the Championship division? We’ll just wait and see.
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