Comparing every Premier League club’s points & goals tallies to the same stage last season
Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest are the Premier League’s most-improved sides of 2024-25 when you stack up their points tallies to the same stage last season, while Tottenham, Crystal Palace, Wolves, Arsenal and Manchester City compare the least favourably.
It’s still early days so far this season, but it’s been anything but predictable at this stage. Liverpool have opened up a five-point gap at the summit over perennial champions Manchester City, while Chelsea and Arsenal are a further four points behind.
The likes of Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Fulham are all upsetting the odds to sit up near the Champions League qualification spots, ahead of bigger-spending clubs including Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester United.
Behind Liverpool and City, things remain incredibly congested and yet to take shape. Just four points separate Chelsea up in third and Manchester United down in 13th.
But which sides are doing best when you compare it to the standards set last season? And which are doing the worst?
We’ve jumped in our time machine to go back to the same date last year to see how things shaped up after 11 matches last season.
The most striking differences to the table today were Tottenham riding high up in second, still riding high after Ange Postecoglou’s excellent start.
On the inverse, Chelsea were down in 10th following a slow start made by Mauricio Pochettino, while Forest and Fulham were languishing in the bottom half of the table.
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We’ve compared every Premier League club’s record and taken a closer look at how it compares to the same stage last season, obviously ignoring the three newly-promoted sides.
Here’s how the numbers break down in full for every club:
1. Liverpool
Points: +4
Goals for: -3
Goals against: -4
Position: +2
2. Manchester City
Points: -4
Goals for: -6
Goals against: +5
Position: -1
3. Chelsea
Points: +4
Goals for: +4
Goals against: +1
Position: +7
4. Arsenal
Points: -5
Goals for: -5
Goals against: +3
Position: =
5. Nottingham Forest
Points: +6
Goals for: +3
Goals against: -5
Position: +8
6. Brighton
Points: +1
Goals for: -5
Goals against: -5
Position: +1
7. Fulham
Points: +6
Goals for: +7
Goals against: -4
Position: +8
8. Newcastle United
Points: -2
Goals for: -14
Goals against: =
Position: -1
9. Aston Villa
Points: -4
Goals for: -8
Goals against: -2
Position: -4
10. Tottenham
Points: -10
Goals for: =
Goals against: =
Position: -8
11. Brentford
Points: =
Goals for: +3
Goals against: +8
Position: -1
12. Bournemouth
Points: +9
Goals for: +6
Goals against: -12
Position: +7
13. Manchester United
Points: -3
Goals for: =
Goals against: -4
Position: -5
14. West Ham
Points: -2
Goals for: -5
Goals against: -1
Position: -2
16. Everton
Points: -1
Goals for: -1
Goals against: -2
Position: =
18. Crystal Palace
Points: -8
Goals for: -2
Goals against: -2
Position: -7
19. Wolves
Points: -6
Goals for: +2
Goals against: +8
Position: -5