The damning stat Newcastle have gone from Prem’s best to worst for exposed

It’s been a far less enjoyable season for Newcastle than last time out, with their downfall exposed by one particularly damning statistic.

Newcastle drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest on Sunday, despite taking the lead with just 16 minutes plus stoppage time to go. Occurrences like that are where their undoing is becoming apparent.

Eddie Howe’s side have now dropped 27 points from winning positions this season, which is the worst record in the Premier League.

Last season, they only dropped seven points from winning positions, which was the best record in the Premier League.

The team that dropped the most points from winning positions last season were Tottenham with 29.

If, for example, Newcastle lose one more game they take the lead in between now and the end of the season, they would surpass that tally.

There’s still a chance they could equal their highest number of points dropped from winning positions in a Premier League season, which is currently the 31 they let slip in the 2004-05 season, when they finished 14th.

The 27 points they have dropped from winning positions this season represents their worst return since.

Newcastle’s points lost from winning positions this season

Their first offence was on matchday six, when Nick Woltemade gave them the lead against Arsenal but they lost 2-1 after conceding in the 84th and 96th minutes.

In November, they lost 3-1 to West Ham and Brentford after opening the scoring in both games.

They were twice in front against Tottenham in December, but drew 2-2. Later the same month, they were two goals to the good against Chelsea, but once again drew 2-2.

At the end of January, their heaviest defeat of the season – 4-1 against Liverpool – came in a game they took the lead in. The following week, they opened the scoring against Brentford but lost for the second time this season.

During the spring, Newcastle fell to back-to-back 2-1 defeats to Sunderland and Crystal Palace, each time after taking the lead.

And now they have dropped another two points by letting their former academy graduate Elliot Anderson equalise against them for Forest.

Newcastle are clear of the relegation zone enough to be safe, but it has been the kind of season to undo their progress of recent years.

And if they are to get heading back in the right direction, they need to find a fix for how they manage leads.

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