The Premier League’s 2023-24 season is heading towards the final stretch as Manchester City seeks a fourth-straight Premier League crown.
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That’s never been done, and is no sure thing this season thanks to sublime seasons for Liverpool and Arsenal. But both sides fell at home in Week 33 to throw the door open for Manchester City’s return to throne room.
Arsenal entered the weekend back atop the Premier League table on goal differential over Liverpool and by a point more than Manchester City, as the Gunners control their own destiny after Liverpool dropped points at Manchester United. City won its Saturday game to retake the top spot, and Arsenal fell apart late versus top-four chasing Aston Villa.
There’s a crowded field of European chasers and there isn’t much between these teams in a massive scrap for elbow room. City is definitely the club looming large with reputation and experience but Arsenal are in the driver’s seat and Liverpool have the easiest schedule of the three title contenders.
Here is a link to the Premier League table from the 2022-23 season, as Manchester City surged to a third-straight Premier League title after Arsenal led the way for most of the campaign.
Mikel Arteta and mentor Pep Guardiola know they can rival Jurgen Klopp for the crown. Liverpool have navigated just two defeats all season long and Arsenal have kicked on as they have 10 wins and one draw from their 11 leagues games so far in 2024.
Aston Villa and Tottenham are still in the top four hunt with Manchester United lurking. West Ham have recovered well after a mid-season wobble and are pushing for European qualification, while Brighton and Newcastle United were in the top four hunt but schedule congestion and depth issues have hit hard. Both juggled European campaigns (and Brighton still have that to come in the early spring too) and that has sent them backwards on the table and they’re battling for a Europa League spot. Watch out for Chelsea, Wolves and even Bournemouth who could all make a late charge for seventh.
New boys Luton Town, Burnley, and Sheffield United are fighting to stay in the Premier League, while Nottingham Forest, Everton and Brentford look like they could be struggling with Forest and Everton both hit with points deductions. Brentford are relying on Ivan Toney to score the goals to get them out of trouble but they have been on a horrendous run of injuries to big players and somehow not winning games despite performing extremely well. The rebuilds for both Manchester United and Chelsea are short of the top four and pressure is mounting on Erik ten Hag and Mauricio Pochettino respectively. Tottenham, again, look much further ahead and Ange Postecoglou has created one of Europe’s most exciting teams to watch and they’re pushing hard to finish fourth.
After being given a 10-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules, Everton appealed and had it reduced to six. But they have also been deducted a further two points due to another charge for breaching PSRs. Sean Dyche has the Toffees two points clear of the relegation zone. But will they stay there? Can they avoid a first-ever relegation from the Premier League? Right now the Toffees are scrapping away but it feels like they’re treading water and the future sanctions hanging over them continue to cast a dark cloud over Goodison Park.
As for Nottingham Forest, they have received a four-point deduction for also breaching PSRs and they have appealed that decision. Forest are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.
We’ll update the 2023-24 Premier League table in this space all season, as American fans sees which of their USMNT players can finish highest on the table amongst Matt Turner and Gio Reyna (Nottingham Forest), Auston Trusty (Sheffield United), Tyler Adams (yet to feature in the PL for Bournemouth due to ongoing hamstring issues) and both Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson of Fulham. Burnley’s Luca Koleosho is USMNT-eligible and represented the U.S. at the U-15 level but has since represented Italy at two youth levels and after a bright start to his first-ever Premier League campaign the teenager has suffered a serious knee injury.
Place — Club — W-D-L — GF-GA — GD — Points
**Everton was penalized with a 6-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules and received a further 2-point penalty for another breach of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.
***Nottingham Forest was penalized with a 4-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules.
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