24/38 matches of the 2019/20 season and it clear who will be picking up the Premier League title.
Manchester City could be handing over the crown to Liverpool sooner than anticipated.
Liverpool stay 16 points clear at the top of the league after extending their winning streak. 14 matches
Liverpool remains unbeaten 23 wins in 24 matches with a match in hand to make it a 19 point lead in the Premier League title race.
Chelsea failed to seal a win against a numerically disadvantaged Arsenal side. The cost to Chelsea was allowing Leicester City to widen the gap between the two teams to 8 points.
With the three teams at the top picking up wins while the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Wolves, Sheffield United failing to pick up a victory over the round, the gap between the ‘top 3’ positions and the remainder of the lead has been widened.
How massive is Liverpool’s lead in the title race?
There is a 27-point gap between Liverpool and third place Leicester City.
A 33-point gap between Liverpool and Chelsea, Manchester United, and Tottenham. (Three teams that are traditional top 6 sides in the Premier League). 33 points is also what each of those teams have been able to accumulate after each playing a game more than Liverpool.
Tottenham picked up their first league victory of the year and are now equal on points with Chelsea and Manchester United.
Arsenal remains seated at the middle of the league table.
Norwich, Watford, and Bournemouth remain in the relegation zone, but Bournemouth used a victory against Watford to push close to the exit.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) remains top scorer with his 17 goals, but after (possibly) picking up an injury against West Ham, there is a good chance that Vardy might lose the lead.
Everton blows a lead and falls a position in the league. 11th to 12th.
The only change in the top 6 is Tottenham joining at 6th to replace Wolves.
Premier League
Bournemouth 3-1 Brighton
Bournemouth – Harry Wilson 36’ Pascal Gross 41’(og) Callum Wilson 74’
Brighton – Aaron Mooy 81’
Aston Villa 2-1 Watford
Aston Villa – Douglas Luiz 68’ Tyrone Migs 90+5’
Watford – Troy Deeney 38’
Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton
Southampton – Nathan Redmond 22’ Stuart Armstrong 48’
Everton 2-2 Newcastle
Everton – Moise Kean 30’ Domnic Calvert – Lewin 54’
Newcastle – Florian Lejeune 90+4’ 90+5’
Sheffield United 0-1 Manchester City
Manchester City – Sergio Aguero 73’
Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Chelsea – Jorginho 28’(pen) Cesar Azpilicueta 84’
Arsenal – Gabriel Martinelli 63’ Hector Bellerin 90+1’
Leicester City 4-1 West Ham
Leicester City – Harvey Barnes 24’ Ricardo Pereira 45+5’ Ayoze Perez 81’(pen) 88’
West Ham – Mark Noble 50’
Tottenham 2-1 Norwich
Tottenham – Dele Alli 38’ Heung-Min son 79’
Norwich – Teemu Pukki 70’(pen)
Manchester United 0-2 Burnley
Burnley – Chris Wood 39’ Jay Rodriguez 56’
Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Wolves – Raul Jimenez 51′
Liverpool – Jordan Henderson 8′ Roberto Firmino 84′
Bournemouth avoided three consecutive defeats in the league by knocking down Brighton by 3 goals to one.
Watford suffered their first defeat in 7 matches after Aston Villa came from a goal down to win the match. It was Villa’s first win in four competitive matches, including two league matches.
Southampton returned with winning ways by bouncing from defeat to Wolves in the last round with a win on the road against Crystal Palace.
A ‘2-1’ win against West Ham on December 26. 2019 is Crystal Palace’s only victory in their last 10 competitive matches.
Kean and Lejeune scored their debut goal for their clubs, but it was Everton who felt like the loser after a ‘2-2’ draw at home against Newcastle.
Everton somehow managed to blow a 2-goal lead at home against Newcastle in the final minutes of injury time.
Florian Lejeune scored his first two goals for Newcastle to pick up an unlikely point at Goodison Park.
Moise Kean scored his first goal for Everton but that was only good enough for his team to earn a point at the end of the match.
Sergio Aguero came off the bench to grab his 16th goal of the Premier League season and secure all three points for Manchester City against a stubborn Sheffield United.
A 10-man Arsenal side managed to drag a point out of Stamford Bridge.
Hector Bellerin injury time winner allowed Arsenal to grab a deserved point against Chelsea.
Ayoze Perez scored two second-half goals to ensure Leicester City finish with a comfortable ‘4-1’ win against West Ham.
Dele Alli scored Tottenham’s first goal of 2020 in Tottenahm’s first league win of the year through a ‘2-1 win against Norwich.
Burnley grabbed the first Premier League victory at Old Trafford in a ‘2-0’ victory against Manchester United.
