As fashionable soccer continues to evolve, the usual of Europe’s elite leagues will get more and more greater. England’s prime tier is not any totally different, with the nation’s wealthiest and most well-established golf equipment in a position to make investments and enhance yr after yr. With that in thoughts, here’s a have a look at the highest three highest level totals within the historical past of the Premier League.
98 factors – Manchester Metropolis, 2018-19
The 2018-19 season had two prime entries for whole factors amassed, with Liverpool ending the season with 97 factors however nonetheless having to accept second. That’s as a result of Pep Guardiola’s rampant Manchester Metropolis didn’t let up all season, not solely totaling a degree greater than their Merseyside counterparts but in addition scoring a whopping 95 objectives with a mere 23 conceded in flip. Guardiola’s facet received their final 14 video games on the bounce, with standout outcomes together with a 6-0 demolition of Chelsea and a 4-1 victory over Brighton on the ultimate day.
This yr, Metropolis entered the worldwide break second within the league and 5 factors behind Mikel Arteta’s high-flying Arsenal. Nonetheless, followers putting an on-line wager will nonetheless discover Guardiola’s males at 2/5 to go on and be victorious as soon as once more. The staff’s power in depth and expertise on the highest degree signifies that they’re many pundits’ sports activities predictions to be prime of the Premier League on the finish of the season, regardless of the Gunners beginning so strongly. If Metropolis finishes the 2022-23 marketing campaign as they did in 2018-19, Arsenal might not even stand an opportunity.
Just one level separates Liverpool and Man Metropolis for the reason that begin of the 2018-19 season 🤯 pic.twitter.com/TxBh1eqzdG
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 17, 2022
99 factors – Liverpool, 2019-20
Whereas Liverpool’s 97 factors had been solely adequate for second place the season earlier than, their sum of 99 a yr later was sufficient at hand them the primary Premier League title in their historical past. Klopp’s facet misplaced simply three video games all season, totaling 32 wins and scoring 85 objectives within the course of. Whereas the blue facet of Manchester led the best way when it comes to objective distinction – 67 in comparison with Liverpool’s 52 – Jurgen Klopp’s males went on to complete prime by a staggering 18 factors, a stark distinction to the season earlier than.
In 2019-20, the Reds’ amassed an unbeaten document spanning till late-February, when a 3-0 defeat away was their first level dropped in a whopping 27 video games. Throughout the course of the season, stand-out outcomes included a 5-3 thriller towards Chelsea on a penultimate day, 4-0 drubbings of Crystal Palace, Southampton, and Leicester, in addition to a complete 5-2 win towards Everton within the first Merseyside derby of the season. A whole efficiency from begin to end from Klopp’s males that was topped with a deserved Premier League title.
2016-17: Man Metropolis third, Liverpool 4th
2017-18: Man Metropolis 1st, Liverpool 4th
2018-19: Man Metropolis 1st, Liverpool 2nd
2019-20: Liverpool 1st, Man Metropolis 2nd
2020-21: Man Metropolis 1st, Liverpool third
2021-22: ❓The sixth season of Klopp vs Guardiola within the Premier League 🍿 pic.twitter.com/ySyFwRWcLM
— GOAL (@objective) August 13, 2021
100 factors – Manchester Metropolis, 2017-18
Whereas spectacular, that whole remains to be not sufficient to win the highest spot on this listing. That document was set once more by Metropolis in a season through which Guardiola’s nearest opponents had been their Manchester rivals. Jose Mourinho led United to second place – a feat he would later argue was his most spectacular as a supervisor – though they had been a staggering 19 factors off Guardiola’s males in first.
In 38 video games, Metropolis received 32 of them, drawing 4 and shedding simply two. A whopping 106 objectives had been unfold largely between the membership’s prime scorer Sergio Aguero (21), adopted by Raheem Sterling (18) and Gabriel Jesus (13). Notable capitulations by the hands of the Sky Blues included every week in September which noticed successive 6-0 and 5-0 wins towards Watford and Palace, respectively, whereas in addition they put seven objectives previous Stoke. With a mess of objectives unfold between a big variety of gamers, Metropolis’s ‘Centurion’ factors whole in 2017-18 is but to be overwhelmed.
Man Metropolis have scored 100+ objectives throughout all competitions in every of Pep Guardiola’s 4 seasons:
2016/17: 107 objectives
2017/18: 143 objectives
2018/19: 169 objectives
2019/20: 100 objectives*The Centurions for a cause. 😉 pic.twitter.com/3FXG2oDwEV
— Squawka (@Squawka) January 26, 2020
The latest nature of those three entries displays a heightened impetus on attacking soccer in recent times, but in addition means that the Premier League is beginning to be dominated by one or two groups. Nonetheless, it stays to be seen whether or not Arsenal can take favorites Metropolis all the best way this season, and even prime the league’s factors whole while they’re at it.