Comparing every Premier League club’s points and goals tallies to the same stage last season

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Nestor Watach
27th November 2023

Aston Villa, Liverpool and West Ham are among the Premier League’s most improved sides when you compare their points tallies to the same stage last season.

This time last year Aston Villa were languishing around the relegation zone, with Steven Gerrard struggling to get a tune out of his players. Fast forward 12 months and Unai Emery has transformed Villa into one of the Premier League’s most formidable sides.

There’s also been a dramatic turnaround for Liverpool, who made a slow start last term and didn’t get much better as they stuttered to their worst placing of the Jurgen Klopp era.

The Reds did improve in the final weeks of the 2022-23 campaign, though, and only narrowly missed out on the top four – and now they look like a side transformed with a new-look midfield after their summer rebuild.

Somewhat surprisingly, Tottenham have an almost identical record than they had at the same stage last season.

Ange Postecoglou’s side enjoyed a lightning-fast start, but they’ve now lost their last three league matches as their injury list has continued to accumulate of late.

Spurs flattered to deceive somewhat in the early stages of last season and were found eventually as they ended up failing to qualify for European football entirely. There’s hope that these results will be somewhat more sustainable this time around.

Nottingham Forest are languishing near the bottom of the table, but they’ve made a considerably better start than they did last year – when they required to muster something of a great escape in the second half of the season to avoid relegation.

It’s a similar story for Manchester City, Newcastle, Brighton, Manchester United, Brentford and Bournemouth – all of whom are within three points of their tally from the same stage last term.

West Ham and Wolves have all made encouraging progress from last year, while Chelsea and Fulham are the sides with a markedly worse record.

Everton have managed to match their points tally from last season, but as a result of a 10-point deduction they now find themselves 19th in the table and in danger of going down.

We’ve compared every Premier League club’s record after 13 games and seen how it compares to the same stage last season. In the case of Wolves and Fulham, we have compared their record after 12 games.

Here’s how the numbers break down in full for every club:

1. Arsenal
Points: -4
Goals for: -4
Goals against: -1
Position: =

2. Manchester City
Points: -3
Goals for: -6
Goals against: -1
Position: =

3. Liverpool
Points: +9
Goals for: +3
Goals against: -5
Position: +5

4. Aston Villa
Points: +16
Goals for: +20
Goals against: -2
Position: +12

5. Tottenham
Points: =
Goals for: -1
Goals against: +1
Position: -2

6. Manchester United
Points: +1
Goals for: -2
Goals against: -3
Position: -1

7. Newcastle United
Points: -1
Goals for: +7
Goals against: +4
Position: -2

8. Brighton
Points: +1
Goals for: +6
Goals against: +6
Position: -2

9. West Ham
Points: +7
Goals for: +12
Goals against: +10
Position: +4

10. Chelsea
Points: -5
Goals for: +5
Goals against: +4
Position: -3

11. Brentford
Points: +1
Goals for: =
Goals against: -4
Position: =