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Each team has played ten games so far in the Premier League season, which is over a quarter of the way through.
What then can we infer about it?
The answer seems to be quite a lot, according to history.
Only two teams finished more than five places off the top of their current standings last year, for instance.
And already there would be at least one title challenger and relegation battler, who would need to do something unheard of.

Is history at Arsenal?
On 25 points, Arsenal leads the Premier League, which is roughly the average (24.7%) for the eventual champions after 10 games.
The top team in this league season has won the title in 14 of its 33 matches so far.
However, after ten games, has a team scored the title, a team has only seven times, the tally of second-placed Manchester City, or 18 points.
Nobody has ever attempted it with fewer points, which would “exclude” any other hopefuls.
Arsenal leads City by six points, which is the most points a team has ever scored from behind at this point in a title race.
The two who did that were Manchester City in 2013 and Manchester United in 2002-2003.
This might not be a good thing for the Gunners, though, if you believe in omens.
City scored 19 points and Arsenal scored 25 in the same season. exact same totals as this season.
Are there any prospects for Wolves?
Every time there is a Premier League relegation, Wolves’ two-game winning streak after ten games has meant that.
At this point, four teams, including Wolves last year, have done it from a position of three points.
Under Gary O’Neil, Vitor Pereira assumed control and provided safety. O’Neil and Pereira have just been fired, and Molineux’ advanced discussions have ended.
What about the promoted teams?
The three promoted teams have gone straight back up without much of a fight in each of the previous two seasons.
However, they are far better this year, and they have yet to win any of their ten games.
Fourth place is Sunderland in the table. No promoted team has ever recovered from a 10-game losing streak after accruing 18 points.
Both Leeds (11 points) and Burnley (10) are already in double figures and two places above the relegation zone.
Cardiff in 2013-14 was the last promoted team to earn 11 or more points after 10 games and relegate itself.
What changed during the previous season?
Only two teams finished last season more than five positions short of their 10-game mark.
Tottenham dropped from seventh to 17th place as a result of Ange Postecoglou’s appearance of priority in the Europa League.
Wolves moved up four spots, while Nottingham Forest dropped the same amount, while Newcastle moved six places to fifth, Crystal Palace moved up five, and Wolves moved up four.
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- 17 October
 


Source: BBC

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