What Can You Read Into The Premier League Table After 10 Games?

We are now complete a 4th of nan measurement done nan Premier League season, pinch each squad having played 10 games.

So what tin we publication into it?

History suggests nan reply is rather a lot.

Last season, for instance, only 2 teams vanished much than 5 places distant from their position astatine this stage.

And already astatine slightest 1 title contender and relegation battler would person to do thing cipher has ever done before.

BBC Sport has a look.

Arsenal are apical of nan Premier League connected 25 points - which is astir nan mean (24.7) for nan eventual champions to person aft 10 games.

In 14 of nan 33 Premier League seasons to day nan squad apical astatine this shape person gone connected to triumph nan title.

But only 7 times has a squad connected 19 points, nan tally of second-placed Manchester City, aliases 18 points, which is what Liverpool, Sunderland and Bournemouth are on, aft 10 games won nan title.

Nobody has ever done it from less points, which would 'rule out' immoderate different hopefuls.

Arsenal lead City by six points, which is nan nonstop astir points a squad person ever travel from down astatine this shape to triumph a title.

Manchester United successful 2002-03 and Manchester City successful 2013-14 are nan 2 to do that.

But if you judge successful omens, this mightiness not beryllium a bully 1 for nan Gunners...

That play City did it, they had 19 points and Arsenal had 25. The nonstop aforesaid totals arsenic this season.

The Gunners ended up finishing fourth.

Wolves' grounds of 2 points aft 10 games has meant relegation each clip it has ever happened successful nan Premier League.

Four teams person done it from a position of 3 points astatine this stage, including Wolves past season.

That was nether Gary O'Neil, pinch Vitor Pereira taking complete and starring them to safety. Pereira has conscionable been sacked, pinch O'Neil pulling retired of precocious talks to return to Molineux.

Nottingham Forest, connected six points, and West Ham, connected 7 points, are besides successful nan relegation zone, but plentifulness of teams person stayed up from there.

In each of nan past 2 seasons, nan 3 promoted teams person gone consecutive backmost down without overmuch of a fight.

But this play they are doing overmuch amended and nary are successful nan bottommost 3 aft 10 games.

Sunderland are 4th successful nan table. No promoted squad person ever ended up going backmost down aft picking up their 18 points aft 10 games.

Leeds (11 points) and Burnley (10 points) are already connected double figures and beryllium successful nan 2 positions supra nan relegation zone.

The past promoted broadside to person 11 aliases much points aft 10 games and beryllium relegated was Cardiff successful 2013-14.

Several teams, including Leicester past season, person gone down aft earning 10 points astatine this stage.

Last play only 2 teams vanished much than 5 positions distant from wherever they were aft 10 games.

The biggest alteration saw Tottenham driblet from seventh to 17th arsenic Ange Postecoglou apperared to prioritise nan Europa League.

Newcastle roseate six places to fifth, Crystal Palace moved up 5 places and Wolves roseate 4 spots to enactment up, pinch Nottingham Forest dropping nan aforesaid amount.

Champions Liverpool, Chelsea (fourth), Aston Villa (sixth), Brighton (eighth) and West Ham (14th) each stayed successful nan aforesaid position.