"The top four teams in the Premier League have played eight games over the past two matchdays. Care to guess how many combined points they've won? It's six. That's six out of a potential 24 points -- a rip-roaring pace of 0.75 points per game. West Ham United are currently on a 0.77-point-per-game pace. They're also currently in 18th place and just about every oddsmaker that attempts to predict these things gives them a much-greater-than-50% chance of getting relegated."
"Across those eight matches, Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa, and Liverpool have combined for zero wins. Meanwhile, West Ham, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, and Everton have ripped off four combined wins and 14 combined points over that same stretch. But if we stop picking on the top four for a second and zoom out, a couple more incredible facts become clear."
Over the past two and three weeks, no Premier League team has won more than one game, and the top four have combined for just six points from eight matches. Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool recorded zero wins across those matches while clubs like West Ham, Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Everton secured four wins and 14 points. West Ham sit 18th with a 0.77 points-per-game rate and face high relegation odds. This pattern reflects lower attacking quality alongside a higher average team quality, producing widespread point drops across the league. Power rankings are being used to assess relative team strength.
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