"Image source, Getty Images We are now over a quarter of the way through the Premier League season, with each team having played 10 games. So what can we read into it? History suggests the answer is quite a lot. Last season, for instance, only two teams finished more than five places away from their position at this stage. And already at least one title contender and relegation battler would have to do something nobody has ever done before. BBC Sport has a look."
"Arsenal lead City by six points, which is the exact most points a team have ever come from behind at this stage to win a title. Manchester United in 2002-03 and Manchester City in 2013-14 are the two to do that. But if you believe in omens, this might not be a good one for the Gunners... That season City did it, they had 19 points and Arsenal had 25. The exact same totals as this season. The Gunners ended up finishing fourth."
Arsenal sit top of the Premier League on 25 points after 10 games, roughly matching the average points total champions have at this stage. Manchester City are second on 19 points, with Liverpool, Sunderland and Bournemouth on 18. Fourteen of 33 Premier League seasons have seen the early leader go on to win the title, while only seven champions had 18 or 19 points after 10 games. A six-point lead equals the largest comeback margin achieved by eventual champions in past seasons. Wolves on two points have always faced relegation, while Forest and West Ham occupy precarious lower-table positions from which survival has been achieved before.
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