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Premier League table: Every team compared to last season – Chelsea struggle, West Ham top | Football | Sport

West Ham are the most improved Premier League team compared to their tally last season (Image: GETTY)

Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell were both on target as West Ham comfortably saw off Manchester United at the London Stadium.

The result leaves the Hammers fifth in the Premier League, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side comprehensively outscoring their points tally from the 2018/19 campaign.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are at the other end of the scale following their latest defeat to Liverpool and sit eight points off where they were at this stage last season.

Manchester City are also struggling to hit the same heights achieved in the early stages of their 2018/19 campaign but both sides are far from the most underperforming team this season.

Premier League table based on points comparison with 2018/19

20. Watford: -11pts

Many thought the Hornets turned a corner with their fightback from two-goals down against Arsenal but the embarrassing 8-0 defeat to Manchester City means they are currently the worst performing side compared to 2018/19.

19. Chelsea: -8pts

Chelsea ran Liverpool close at Stamford Bridge but remain with just two wins from their opening six matches, leaving them trailing last season’s tally by eight points.

18. Wolverhampton Wanderers: -5pts

Wolves have struggled to juggle their domestic commitments with a Europa League campaign and are still searching for their first win but did manage to salvage a point against Crystal Palace last time out.

17. Tottenham Hotspur: -4pts

Tottenham allowed Leicester back into their match at the weekend and paid the price, with a late winner from James Maddison leaving Mauricio Pochettino’s men playing catch-up.

Tottenham are underachieving compared to their 2018/19 points tally (Image: GETTY)

16. Manchester City: -3pts

A shock defeat to Norwich has left champions City with it all to do this season, although Watford paid the price as they bore the immediate backlash.

15. Norwich City: -2pts (compared to last PL season in 2015/16)

The Canaries pulled off the shock of the season so far with victory over Manchester City but have struggled against the smaller sides and lost to Burnley last time out.

14. Manchester United: -2pts

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are still trailing last season’s points tally after a dismal defeat to West Ham.

13. Arsenal: -1pt

Arsenal are showing new-found steel this season, coming from behind against Aston Villa to earn all three points despite being a man down for much of the match.

Arsenal came from behind to beat Aston Villa (Image: GETTY)

12. Aston Villa: +/-pts (compared to last PL season in 2015/16)

Dean Smith’s side are matching their performances from their relegation season in 2015/16.

11. Bournemouth: +/-pts

The Cherries saw of a poor Everton side at the Vitality Stadium last week and then added to that with three points against Southampton on Friday night.

10. Brighton & Hove Albion: +1pt

A point against Newcastle means the Seagulls continue to match their 2018/19 form, although they arguably should have won on Saturday.

9. Liverpool: +/-pts

Jurgen Klopp’s men have enjoyed another perfect start to the season with six wins from six, but can they maintain that momentum?

Liverpool have a perfect record so far this season (Image: GETTY)

8. Everton: +1pt

The Toffees started the season brightly but have lost the last against Bournemouth and Sheffield United.

7. Crystal Palace: +1pt

The Eagles were denied three points against Wolves by a late goal from Diogo Jota but Roy Hodgson’s men are still performing admirably.

6. Southampton: +2pts

Saints are beating their 2018/19 form, despite losing against Bournemouth.

5. Leicester City: +2pts

There are positive vibes at the King Power under Brendan Rodgers this season, with the Foxes up to third in the table after victory over Tottenham.

Leicester are currently third in the Premier League table (Image: GETTY)

4. Newcastle United: +3pts

Newcastle are still ahead of last season’s tally after picking up a battling point against Brighton.

3. Burnley: +4pts

Burnley bagged another win against Norwich thanks to Chris Wood’s double and have comfortably improved on their displays last season.

2. Sheffield United: +6pts (compared to last PL season in 2006/07)

Sheffield United have got off to the brightest start out of the three promoted teams, beating Palace and Everton while also picking up two more draws.

1. West Ham United: +7pts

The Hammers top the table as the most improved team this season following their excellent win over United.

West Ham have the best points tally compared to this stage last season (Image: GETTY)

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Premier League Picks Week 14

Christian Eriksen will look to quarterback another Spurs win, but he’d be forgiven for being exhausted. Photo Credit: Orlando Ramirez, USA TODAY.

It wasn’t a bank-breaker by any means, but last week’s positive returns take us ever closer to getting out of the red in time for the holidays. It’s a packed weekend ahead, and there is more winning to do, so we’ll dispense with the pleasantries and get right to it.

Getting ready for the North London Derby like…#TheGrinch in cinemas now pic.twitter.com/tZQQYRFV2S

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) November 30, 2018

ARSENAL v. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Two clubs that have treated me quite well as of late. It’s difficult to pick one over the other, but I don’t duck the tough matchups here. The eye-opening statistic I happened upon in my research for this piece was this one:

.@SpursOfficial last 7⃣ results in @premierleague London derbies:

W W W W W W W

Best run of PL London derby wins for any club since @Arsenal in 2007-08

See the North London rivals clash on Sky Sports Premier League, coverage from 2pm on Sunday pic.twitter.com/w1mXs6JRVV

— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) November 30, 2018

Seven derby wins in a row for Spurs, who are doubtlessly still feeling pretty good about their league form after easily dispatching Chelsea last week to hop into third place in the league table. Arsenal’s recent history hosting the North London Derby isn’t so great, either: a win last season but three draws before that.

The deciding factor in this analysis is recent exertion. Arsenal sent a second-team side to Ukraine to claim an easy 3-0 victory over Vorskla in Europa League qualifying on Thursday, whereas Spurs had to play their very best on Wednesday to scratch out a 1-0 win over Inter Milan via Christian Eriksen’s 80th-minute strike in Champions League qualifying. Spurs didn’t have to travel, but the toll that match took on their legs is apt to show in this match.

It’s tempting to grab Arsenal to win at 6/4, but the smartest wager on the board looks like Arsenal to win (draw no bet) at 4/5.

MANCHESTER CITY v. BOURNEMOUTH

The irresistible force against the movable object. After beating Fulham on October 27, Bournemouth had 20 points and was challenging for the European places. A month and three straight league losses later, Bournemouth has the same point total but are sliding down the table toward their more likely middle-of-the-pack placement. What Bournemouth really need is a week off; what Bournemouth is getting is the exact opposite.

Manchester City is still unbeaten in league play, with only two draws marring an otherwise perfect record through 13 matches. City did travel to France mid-week to secure Champions League knockout round qualification, but a quick survey of their league results following their first four Champions League qualification matches this season reveals three wins and a lone draw at Anfield against Liverpool. City is 1/10 to win, so again we need to pull the odds down by adding a contingency.

Manchester City vs. Bournemouth recent Premier League head-to-head record (last 5 games – W5 D0 L0):

City 4-0 Bournemouth

Bournemouth 1-2 City

Bournemouth 0-2 City

City 4-0 Bournemouth

Bournemouth 0-4 City

pic.twitter.com/W7OCWTIno0

— City Watch (@City_Watch) November 30, 2018

City have jumped inferior sides at the Etihad this season and have posted far more clean sheets than wins tarnished by opposition goals. In Bournemouth’s only visit to a top-4 Premier League club this season, they were blanked at Stamford Bridge in a 2-0 Chelsea win. And look at that Tweet above — the last five times City have played Bournemouth in the league, they have won without conceding. It should be another win and another shutout for Ederson — take City to win to nil at 20/23.

SOUTHAMPTON v. MANCHESTER UNITED

Here’s another statistic that jumped off my Twitter feed. United supporters, maybe look away:

Romelu Lukaku is one half of football away from going 1,000 minutes without scoring for Man Utd

Since his last goal at Old Trafford:

Man City have scored 83 goals

Real Madrid have had 3 managers

Alexis Sanchez has picked up £12,000,000 in wages pic.twitter.com/lgoBmc3PSW

— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) November 29, 2018

But if Lukaku is so impotent in front of goal, why is he only 13/8 to score at St. Mary’s tomorrow? Why does he have the lowest payout of any United player to score in this match? Marcus Rashford is 2/1, Paul Pogba is 21/10, Jesse Lingard is 3/1…they’ve all been far more prolific for United than Lukaku these last couple of months.

Then you do a little bit of research, and you see that in the last two league matches between these clubs, the only goal scorer was…Lukaku. And the goal came at St. Mary’s. So take Lukaku to score at 13/8, and once he does, you can switch this otherwise uninspiring matchup off.

Good luck this weekend.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

Both teams to score in Spurs/Chelsea at 8/15: WIN

Under 3.5 goals in West Ham/Man City: LOSS

Arsenal over Bournemouth at 21/20: WIN

LAST WEEK: +$58

TOTAL TO DATE: -$634

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