So, last season we saw:
- 296 wins, 168 draws
- 1064 goals, 942 inside the box, 122 outside the box, 36 own goals
- 9731 shots, 253 hit the woodwork
- 1455 offside
- 109 penalties, 82 scored, 17 saved, 10 missed
- 1392 yellow cards
- 41 red cards
And the teams to blame the most and/or least for those stats are:
TOP TEAMS
Chelsea were the main gainers of course, the champs, 43 points and 9 places better off than last season!Tottenham and Liverpool were the next best improvers, going from strength to strength, both with 16 points more, finishing one and four positions higher respectively.
Everton were worth mentioning too, 14 points and 4 spots stronger and higher.
Here is the full comparison table how all teams did 2016-17 in comparison to the season before.
Most wins were produced accordingly by the Blues with 30, Spurs 26, Arsenal and Manchester City with 23 each.
Least defeats were suffered by Tottenham with 4, Chelsea and Manchester United with 5 each and City and Liverpool with 6 each.
Top scorers were Spurs with 86 goals, followed by the champions Chelsea with 85 and Sky Blues with 80.
Tottenham produced most of those goals from inside the box (74), followed by Chelsea and City (73) and Arsenal (70).
Top scorers from outside the box were Liverpool with 13, Chelsea and Spurs with 12 and Leicester with 9.
Most shots also came from Tottenham with 669, the Reds and Sky Blues the next best with 640 and 633 respectively.
Liverpool, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough avoided putting the ball into the back of their own net.
Spurs, the Eagles and Blues conceded the least spot kicks with only 2 each.
Swansea were flagged offside only 49 times, Boro 51 and Bournemouth 53.
Least cautions went to the Cherries with only 52 yellow cards, the Reds with 54 and Swans with 56.
Chelsea, Spurs, LFC, West Brom, Palace and Sunderland were clean with no names on the red cards list.
The most action-packed weeks were: Follow the links to read and relive my picks of that week.
Most goals: 37 in week 14 & week 38
Most shots: 295 in week 1 & week 10
Wrote most: week 13 & week 14, week 31 & week 32
FLOP TEAMS
Leicester are the biggest losers, 36 points and 11 places worse off, oh Claudio!Southampton and West Ham deflated by 17 points, two and four positions respectively.
Sunderland imploded/dissolved/destroyed completely, relegated having dropped 15 points and three spots.
Here is the full comparison table how all teams did 2016-17 in comparison to the season before.
Least wins came from Middlesbrough with just 5, Sunderland 6 and Hull City 9.
Most defeats crushed The Black Cats with 26, The Tigers with 22 and Swans 21.
Boro found the net the least with only 27 goals, followed by Sunderland with 29 and Hull with 37.
The Smoggies also recorded the least number of goals from inside the box with 26, outside the box with just 1 and shots with 351, the Black Cats following them nearly as miserably with 387, 26 and 3 respectively.
Burnley didn't give their fans much more to shout about with just 31 attempts converted from inside the box, Hull 33.Crystal Palace don't like distance with only 2 goals from outside the box and Everton 3.
Most own goals went to Bournemouth, Hull, Stoke and Swansea with 5 each.
Hull City topped the penalty list with 13 conceded, followed by Arsenal with 10 and Southampton and Swansea with 9 each.
Burnley saw the offside flag most, a whole 101 times, whilst United missed out on the century with 99 and Arsenal 95.
Watford collected most bookings with 84 yellow cards, followed by West Brom with 80 and MUFC, Sunderland and the Hammers with 78 each.
Hull, Watford and West Ham saw red most with 5 sent off each.
Weeks to forget were: Follow the links to read and relive my picks of that week.
Least goals: 14 in week 28 (5 games postponed) & 16 in week 35
Least shots: 123 in week 28 (5 games postponed) & 158 in week 34 (3 games postponed) & 174 in week 9.
Biggest rant: week 36
TOP PLAYERS
Tottenham's front man Harry Kane tops the league scorers list with 29 goals, followed by Everton striker Romelu Lukaku with 25 and Arsenal forward Alexis Sánchez with 24.Manchester City's boomer Sergio Agüero produced most chances with 139 shots, Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen and Gunner Sánchez just behind him with 133 and 129 respectively.
Most assists came from Manchester City's winger Kevin De Bruyne with 18, Spurs man Eriksen the next best with 15 and Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson with 13.
De Bruyne has also hit the woodwork most with 9 smackers, United's Paul Pogba saw 6 come off the bar, Eriksen, Sánchez and team mate Jack Wilshere 5 times each.
Chelsea full-back César Azpilicueta has seen most of the ball with 2,459 passes, Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka behind him with 2,299 and Citizen Fernandinho with 2,180.
Burnley keeper Tom Heaton has spoilt most chances with 141 saves, followed by relegated Sunderland (now Everton) stopper Jordan Pickford with 135 and Swansea saviour Lukasz Fabiański with 117.
FLOP PLAYERS
Watford midfielder José Holebas has been cautioned most for his indiscipline with 14 yellow cards, followed by Leicester right-back Danny Simpson with 12 and a whole bunch of players with 11 bookings each (Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter, Everton middle man Idrissa Gueye, Arsenal centre back Shkodran Mustafi and Saints defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu).
Watford centre back Miguel Britos, City's Fernandinho and Gooner Xhaka are the most convicted serial offenders with two red cards each.
WHO IS IN? WHO IS OUT?
A few weeks to go and we already know:Arsene Wenger is in, for another two years. Happy Gunners?
Mauricio Pellegrino replaces Claude Puel. Change of fortune for the Saints?
Big Sam says bye bye, hello Frank de Boer at Palace. Boom or boo?
Watford welcome Marco Silva as their new boss replacing Walter Mazzarri after the Portuguese saw Hull drop down into the Championship. Ha or hm?
Rafa's back with Championship winners Newcastle! Brighton and Huddersfield joining them on the promotions list. Yay or nay?
Red Devils skipper Wayne Rooney has returned back to his Toffee roots... Whilst Lukaku went the other way. Part of a swap deal or not, good or bad? Happy or sad? Mad either way!
Big bosses Pep Guardiola (MCFC), José Mourinho (MUFC) and Jürgen Klopp (LFC) will feel the pressure to step up and heat up the competition and keep title winner Antonio Conte (CFC) on his toes next season. They're all busy bees in the transfer market and rumour mill that's for sure!Can Spurs do it again? Or even top the outstanding season they had? All eyes will be on Mauricio Pochettino and co...
To be or not to be... Which Leicester will turn up? Only Craig Shakespeare knows...
Whatever will happen, I know one thing: I CANNOT WAIT!!!
Most facts and stats were taken from the official Premier League website.
Pictures were taken from my weekly Premier League Picks blogs.
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