2020–21 Premier League
The 2020–21 Premier League is the 29th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. Liverpool are the defending champions, having won their nineteenth league title the previous season, their first in the Premier League era. The season was initially scheduled to start on 8 August,[2] but this was delayed until 12 September as a consequence of the postponement of the previous season's conclusion due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 12 September 2020 – 23 May 2021 |
Matches played | 220 |
Goals scored | 598 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mohamed Salah (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | Manchester United 9–0 Southampton (2 February 2021) |
Biggest away win | Crystal Palace 0–7 Liverpool (19 December 2020) |
Highest scoring | Aston Villa 7–2 Liverpool (4 October 2020) Manchester United 9–0 Southampton (2 February 2021) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Manchester City |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Manchester City Manchester United |
Longest winless run | 17 matches Sheffield United |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Sheffield United |
Highest attendance | 2,000[1] 14 matches |
Total attendance | 28,000 (excluding matches played behind closed doors)[1] |
Average attendance | 2,000[1] |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 6 February 2021. |
It was scheduled to be the second Premier League season to have a mid-season break in February, whereby five games of a normal round of ten would be played on one weekend and the remaining five the following weekend.[4] However, due to the late start of the league and fixture congestion, the winter break was scrapped.[5] It is also the second Premier League season to use VAR.[6] As was the case at the end of the previous season, at the start of this season, there was limited or no attendance at matches besides each team's staff and personnel.[7] On 23 November 2020, it was announced that some fans would be allowed to return to stadiums in low-risk areas at the end of the second national lockdown on 2 December 2020.[8] The announcement of a third national lockdown on 4 January 2021, though, signalled a return to matches being played behind closed doors.[9]
Teams
Twenty teams compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams are Leeds United, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham, after respective top flight absences of sixteen, two and one years. They replaced Bournemouth, Watford (both teams relegated after five years in the top flight), and Norwich City (relegated after only a year back in the top flight).
Stadiums and locations
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Bromwich Albion | Slaven Bilić[60] | Sacked | 16 December 2020 | 19th | Sam Allardyce[61] | 16 December 2020 |
Chelsea | Frank Lampard[62] | 25 January 2021 | 9th | Thomas Tuchel[63] | 26 January 2021 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manchester City | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 13 | +26 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Manchester United | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 45 | |
3 | Leicester City | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 42 | |
4 | Liverpool | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 40 | |
5 | West Ham United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
6 | Everton | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 37 | |
7 | Chelsea | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 36 | |
8 | Aston Villa | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 35 | |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 33 | |
10 | Arsenal | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 31 | |
11 | Leeds United | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 29 | |
12 | Southampton | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 29 | |
13 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 29 | |
14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 26 | |
15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 25 | |
16 | Newcastle United | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 25 | |
17 | Burnley | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 23 | |
18 | Fulham | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 15 | Relegation to the EFL Championship |
19 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 52 | −34 | 12 | |
20 | Sheffield United | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[64]
Results
Season statistics
- As of 6 February 2021
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[65] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 15 |
2 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | 13 |
Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | ||
4 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 |
Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
6 | Patrick Bamford | Leeds United | 11 |
Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | ||
8 | Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa | 10 |
Callum Wilson | Newcastle United | ||
10 | Wilfried Zaha | Crystal Palace | 9 |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | Leeds United | 4–3 (H)[66] | 12 September 2020 |
Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | West Bromwich Albion | 5–2 (H)[67] | 19 September 2020 |
Son Heung-min4 | Tottenham Hotspur | Southampton | 5–2 (A)[68] | 20 September 2020 |
Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | Manchester City | 5–2 (A)[69] | 27 September 2020 |
Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa | Liverpool | 7–2 (H)[70] | 4 October 2020 |
Patrick Bamford | Leeds United | Aston Villa | 3–0 (A)[71] | 23 October 2020 |
Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | Burnley | 5–0 (H)[72] | 28 November 2020 |
- Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Most assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[73] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | 11 |
2 | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | 10 |
Jack Grealish | Aston Villa | ||
4 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | 9 |
5 | Lucas Digne | Everton | 6 |
Marcus Rashford | Manchester United | ||
Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
8 | Patrick Bamford | Leeds United | 5 |
Aaron Cresswell | West Ham United | ||
Mateusz Klich | Leeds United | ||
James Maddison | Leicester City | ||
Andrew Robertson | Liverpool | ||
Jamie Vardy | Leicester City | ||
James Ward-Prowse | Southampton | ||
Callum Wilson | Newcastle United |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[74] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ederson | Manchester City | 13 |
2 | Emiliano Martínez | Aston Villa | 11 |
3 | Édouard Mendy | Chelsea | 10 |
4 | David de Gea | Manchester United | 8 |
Bernd Leno | Arsenal | ||
Kasper Schmeichel | Leicester City | ||
7 | Łukasz Fabiański | West Ham United | 7 |
Alex McCarthy | Southampton | ||
Nick Pope | Burnley | ||
10 | Hugo Lloris | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
Illan Meslier | Leeds United | ||
Club
- Most yellow cards: 43[77]
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | References | |||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
September | Carlo Ancelotti | Everton | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | James Maddison | Leicester City | [79][80][81] |
October | Nuno Espírito Santo | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | Manuel Lanzini | West Ham United | [82][83][84] |
November | José Mourinho | Tottenham Hotspur | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | Ola Aina | Fulham | [85][86][87] |
December | Dean Smith | Aston Villa | Sébastien Haller | West Ham United | [88][89][90] |
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