Every Premier League club’s top five fiercest rivals – as voted for by fans
Such is the tribal nature of football, every club has at least one other team they hold a fierce rivalry with.
Using David Dubas-Fisher’s survey ‘The League of Love and Hate’, fans were able to vote for the five clubs they dislike the most.
We’ve collected the top five for every Premier League club, which throws up some interesting results.
Arsenal
1. Tottenham – 87%
2. Man Utd – 62%
3. Chelsea – 62%
4. Stoke – 22%
5. Liverpool – 21%
Aston Villa
1. Birmingham – 76%
2. West Brom – 44%
3. Wolves – 33%
4. Man Utd – 25%
5. Coventry – 23%
Bournemouth
1. Southampton – 79%
2. Portsmouth – 62%
3. Brighton – 59%
4. Reading – 52%
5. Leeds – 34%
Brighton
1. Crystal Palace – 85%
2. Portsmouth – 34%
3. Southampton – 33%
4. Bournemouth – 31%
5. Man Utd – 18%
Burnley
1. Blackburn – 84%
2. Preston – 72%
3. Bolton – 60%
4. Bradford – 46%
5. Blackpool – 42%
Chelsea
1. Tottenham – 66%
2. Man Utd – 56%
3. Arsenal – 52%
4. Liverpool – 49%
5. Man City – 24%
Crystal Palace
1. Brighton – 77%
2. Millwall – 44%
3. Charlton – 34%
4. Watford – 31%
5. Man Utd – 30%
It's only been run by a few of our titles so far but here are the results for the main clubs they cover pic.twitter.com/e7BiK09aIr
— David Dubas-Fisher (@dubasfisher) July 24, 2019
Everton
1. Liverpool – 86%
2. Man Utd – 31%
3. Chelsea – 24%
4. Man City – 20%
5. Newcastle – 16%
Leicester City
1. Nottingham Forest – 72%
2. Derby – 60%
3. Coventry – 55%
4. Aston Villa – 40%
5. Tottenham – 32%
Liverpool
1. Man Utd – 84%
2. Chelsea – 43%
3. Man City – 39%
4. Everton – 38%
5. Arsenal – 14%
Man City
1. Liverpool – 79%
2. Man Utd – 78%
3. Tottenham – 28%
4. Chelsea – 25%
5. Arsenal – 13%
Man Utd
1. Liverpool – 88%
2. Man City – 66%
3. Chelsea – 43%
4. Leeds – 38%
5. Arsenal – 31%
We expanded our Rivalry League this season so that fans can pick a rival from any division in the country, not just their own. The Leeds Live version revealed that Leeds fans consider Manchester United their biggest rivals, and by quite some distance https://t.co/GhnnPl7tD4 pic.twitter.com/96H5OjDX1H
— David Dubas-Fisher (@dubasfisher) August 8, 2019
Newcastle
1. Sunderland – 72%
2. Middlesbrough – 45%
3. Liverpool – 37%
4. Man Utd – 37%
5. Aston Villa – 16%
Norwich
1. Ipswich – 70%
2. Colchester – 40%
3. Wolves – 40%
4. Leeds – 33%
5. Middlesbrough – 23%
Sheffield United
1. Sheffield Wednesday – 83%
2. Leeds – 58%
3. Barnsley – 54%
4. Rotherham – 38%
5. Doncaster – 29%
Southampton
1. Portsmouth – 91%
2. Bournemouth – 56%
3. Brighton – 53%
4. Reading – 38%
5. Tottenham – 32%
Tottenham
1. Arsenal – 87%
2. Chelsea – 73%
3. West Ham – 53%
4. Liverpool – 38%
5. Man Utd – 37%
Watford
N/A
West Ham
1. Tottenham – 82%
2. Millwall – 52%
3. Chelsea – 44%
4. Man Utd – 34%
5. Liverpool – 22%
Wolves
1. West Brom – 72%
2. Aston Villa – 66%
3. Birmingham – 53%
4. Coventry – 31%
5. Stoke – 31%
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