{"id":5965,"date":"2024-12-22T21:13:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/premier-league-do-the-team-top-at-christmas-usually-win-title\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T21:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T21:13:30","slug":"premier-league-do-the-team-top-at-christmas-usually-win-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/premier-league-do-the-team-top-at-christmas-usually-win-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League: Do The Team Top At Christmas Usually Win Title?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liverpool are top of the table at Christmas for the 21st time in English football history – more than anyone else<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Emlyn Begley<\/p>\n

BBC Sport journalist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Liverpool will celebrate Christmas Day top of the Premier League table <\/b>after a 6-3 win at Tottenham<\/b>, with Southampton looking up at everyone else from bottom spot.<\/b><\/p>\n

But who sits where and what can we read into it? <\/p>\n

And how often do teams stay in the key slots if they occupy them before Boxing Day matches?<\/p>\n

BBC Sport has a look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How do teams usually fare when they are top?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Exactly half the time – in 16 seasons out of 32 – the team top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day goes on to win the title.<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s record though is much, much worse than that.<\/p>\n

This is the seventh time the Reds have stood first on 25 December – but their only success since the top-flight’s 1992 rebrand was in 2019-20.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have been in this position more than anyone else in English football history – 21 times, winning 11 of the previous 20.<\/p>\n

On being top at Christmas, boss Arne Slot said: “It tells you we are a very good team. <\/p>\n

“Still three games to go until halfway, but we are a hard team to beat. If it was easy to win the league then every team would do it.”<\/p>\n

Going back to the Premier League era, Arsenal led the table over Christmas for a fourth time last season – and, like the previous three occasions, failed to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n

In contrast Chelsea and Manchester City – plus one-time winners Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City – have always won the title when they have led the pack at this stage.<\/p>\n

On four occasions a team have been outside the top four at Christmas and won the title – including last season. Manchester City were fifth at the time – six points behind Arsenal, albeit with a game in hand, and finished champions for a fourth successive time.<\/p>\n

The others to do so were Manchester United, having been fifth in 1996-97, Arsenal (sixth in 1997-98) and Pep Guardiola’s City again (eighth in 2020-21).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Who sits in the European places?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The top four are currently Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and… Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth, who sit fifth, could land a bonus Champions League place depending on how English teams fare in Europe this season.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa are sixth and Manchester City seventh – which could be the Europa and Conference League places, depending on who wins the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.<\/p>\n

Last season only West Ham (in sixth) were in the top seven at Christmas, but dropped out of it, with Chelsea (who were 10th) taking their place. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What about the relegation zone?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Ipswich, Wolves and Southampton occupy the relegation slots, with the latter two very recently changing managers.<\/p>\n

It is quite rare for the relegation zone to contain the same three teams at Christmas and on the final day – but it did happen last season.<\/p>\n

Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United were 18th, 19th and 20th respectively on 25 December and 19 May.<\/p>\n

The other seasons the bottom three remained the same (albeit not necessarily in the same order) were 2001-02 (Derby, Leicester, Ipswich), 2012-13 (Wigan, QPR, Reading) and 2020-21 (Fulham, West Brom, Sheffield United).<\/p>\n

The odds are similar for the bottom team on Christmas Day staying up – four in 32.<\/p>\n

West Bromwich Albion (2004-05), Sunderland (2013-14), Leicester (2014-15) and Wolves (2022-23) were the four teams to manage it.<\/p>\n

Southampton are currently in a bad situation, eight points adrift, but who else could be in danger?<\/p>\n

Well, two teams have been in the top 10 at Christmas and gone down – Norwich, who were seventh in 1994-95, and Blackpool, who were 10th in 2010-11.<\/p>\n

Which team occupy seventh spot now? Manchester City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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More on this story<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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