Title Race 2020/21

[SkyBlueCanuck]

Half season and end of season points totals since 17/18:

17/18
City - 55/100
Liverpool - 35/75
United - 42/81
Spurs - 34/77
Leicester - 27/47

18/19
City - 44/98
Liverpool - 51/97
United - 32/66
Spurs - 45/71
Leicester - 28/52

19/20
City - 38/81
Liverpool - 55/99
United - 28/66
Spurs - 29/59
Leicester - 39/62

I have bolded where there has been a significant (5+ points) improvement over the 2nd half of the season. It doesn't really happen. Most of the time, 1st half season form is continued through the 2nd half of the season.

20/21
City - 41
Liverpool - 34
United - 40
Spurs - 33 (18 games)
Leicester - 38

I am predicting that 85 points wins the league comfortably but as low as 80 points might do it. It also means Liverpool probably need to win 15 of their remaining 19 games to even challenge.

City sits 1st with 41, and our prior three second half point tally totals were 45, 54 and 43.

Using the least of these (43) would give us 84 points and would require City to finish at a rate of 2.26 Points Per Game which would then force our rivals to do the following to be level on points:

-Liverpool to produce at least 50 from their 19 remaining (2.63 ppg)
-Spurs to produce at least 51 from their 20 (2.55 ppg)
-Leicester to produce at least 45 from their 18 (2.5 ppg)
-United to produce at least 44 from their 18 (2.44 ppg)

We're in the box seat. Good thing too considering the fixture crunch.

edit:maths

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Half season and end of season points totals since 17/18:

17/18
City - 55/100
Liverpool - 35/75
United - 42/81
Spurs - 34/77
Leicester - 27/47

18/19
City - 44/98
Liverpool - 51/97
United - 32/66
Spurs - 45/71
Leicester - 28/52

19/20
City - 38/81
Liverpool - 55/99
United - 28/66
Spurs - 29/59
Leicester - 39/62

I have bolded where there has been a significant (5+ points) improvement over the 2nd half of the season. It doesn't really happen. Most of the time, 1st half season form is continued through the 2nd half of the season.

20/21
City - 41
Liverpool - 34
United - 40
Spurs - 33 (18 games)
Leicester - 38

I am predicting that 85 points wins the league comfortably but as low as 80 points might do it. It also means Liverpool probably need to win 15 of their remaining 19 games to even challenge.

100/98/99 is some insane title winning points, some going that.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Would be nice to just keep this impetus going and establish a 6 point lead at the top (7 with goal diff). That will put the squeeze on the rest of the top 6.

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Voting for any other team other than city should be considered blasphemy. Doesn't matter who wins in the end, but only one team gets my vote

 

[OrigamiNinja]

100/98/99 is some insane title winning points, some going that.

The one that stood out most of all for me was the performance of City in the 2nd half of 18/19. Having 44 points at the halfway point and finishing on 98 was ridiculous.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

The one that stood out most of all for me was the performance of City in the 2nd half of 18/19. Having 44 points at the halfway point and finishing on 98 was ridiculous.

And to do that with the dippers right up our arse makes it more impressive.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

City sits 1st with 41, and our prior three second half point tally totals were 45, 54 and 43.

Using the least of these (43) would give us 84 points and would require City to finish at a rate of 2.26 Points Per Game which would then force our rivals to do the following to be level on points:

-Liverpool to produce at least 50 from their 19 remaining (2.63 ppg)
-Spurs to produce at least 51 from their 20 (2.55 ppg)
-Leicester to produce at least 45 from their 18 (2.5 ppg)
-United to produce at least 44 from their 18 (2.44 ppg)

We're in the box seat. Good thing too considering the fixture crunch.

edit:maths

and beating those 4 teams makes it 31 from 15 games which is 2.07 ppg for us.

Meanwhile it makes the task for the others more difficult:

Liverpool 50 from 18 (2.78 ppg)
Spurs 51 from 19 (2.68 ppg)
Leicester 45 from 17 (2.65 ppg)
Rags 44 from 17 (2.59 ppg)

Those games are key in the title race. The next month playing 3 of them and Arsenal is where we need to show our 18/19 mettle.

 

[alexmcity]

The one that stood out most of all for me was the performance of City in the 2nd half of 18/19. Having 44 points at the halfway point and finishing on 98 was ridiculous.

18 wins from the last 19 games. Probably the best run in the history of the big European leagues? Barca and Madrid and Juventus have never won so many games in the 2nd half of a season.

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

Liverpool genuinely might not make top 4. For all the complaints we've had over the years, we've not missed Champions League football in a decade. No other team even comes close. United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal have all missed it at least 3 times by my count.

 

[LGWIO]

Liverpool genuinely might not make top 4. For all the complaints we've had over the years, we've not missed Champions League football in a decade. No other team even comes close. United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal have all missed it at least 3 times by my count.

So true, a real mad season but very very exciting.
It is also good from a reality check (dickhead check) as makes people tone down all the bullshit and bluster.
Havent been on for the last couple of weeks due to work being mad, but how the table has changed in that time. With other teams games in hand its very possible we will be 7th or 8th by this time next week.
City overall quality shining through, KDB out but others stepping up. Never really thought that much of Gundogan but he is certainly doing the business and is doing what Pep wants.
.....And got up this morning without having seen any results last night and just smiled when i saw what Sheffield did. Juts hope I will be smiling later tonight