Everton’s season looks a lot worse when compared to last year’s results…
It’s easy to look at the table and assume a team is doing well, but in reality some teams have had much harder fixtures than others. It’s only by look at how teams are performing compared to how they did in the same fixtures last year that we can really establish whether a side has got better or worse.
Here are the Premier League teams ranked by that metric:
(data provided by InfoStrada)
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16. Everton – Eleven points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
14=. West Brom – Nine points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
14=. Liverpool – Nine points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
12=. Arsenal – Seven points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
12=. Crystal Palace – Seven points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
11. Manchester United – Five points less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
9=. Tottenham Hotspur – One point less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
9=. Hull City – One point less than from the equivalent fixtures last year
8. Newcastle United – One point more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
7. Southampton – Three points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
5=. Manchester City – Four points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
5=. Sunderland – Four points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
4. Swansea City – Five points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
2=. Aston Villa – Six points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
2=. Chelsea – Six points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year
1. West Ham United – Fourteen points more than from the equivalent fixtures last year