FACTS
Burnley, Everton, Luton and Sheffield United all lost their opening three Premier League games this season, the first time in English top-flight history as many as four different clubs have done so.
None of the first 46 Premier League games this season ended 0-0. It’s the joint-longest run without a goalless draw from the start of a PL campaign (level with 2020-21).
The English Premier League thinks of itself as the biggest and the best in the world. With the money available to all 20 clubs, it is certainly able to attract a lot of the top talent from across the globe. But there has been a very familiar story in the last few years as far as the title race goes. Typically, Manchester City will have some competition for a while but Pep Guardiola’s men will eventually pull away at the top and claim yet another championship. It is fair to say that this season has been a little different.
Many neutral fans will have watched Arsenal’s valiant, but ultimately unsuccessful, attempt
