Chelsea go to Arsenal with outside chance of winning title by record margin
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By Brian Sears 24 April 2015 Chelsea lead the Premier League by 10 points and remain on course to finish the season with one of the biggest points margins over the second-placed team ever seen. Whether they get close to the record (18 points) may well depend on how they perform this weekend against Arsenal. Win at the Emirates and and they could go close, with a potential total tally of 94 points on offer. Draw or lose and it starts to look a big task. This is the 34th season that a league win in English football has been awarded with three points. (It was two points before that). In the "three-point era" the biggest margin of victory between first and second place has been 18 points, in 1999-2000, when Manchester United won the title with 91 points and Arsenal in second managed only 73. In only eight of the 33 completed "three-point" seasons have the leaders had a double-digit advantage at the end of the season. Only once has the gap been bigger than 13 points and that was United at the turn of the century with Man Utd 18 points clear of Arsenal. In six of the 33 seasons, the gap between first and second has been as narrow as a single point or zero points ... an unlikely outcome this time.
Chelsea go to Arsenal with outside chance of winning title by record margin
Chelsea go to Arsenal with outside chance of…
Chelsea go to Arsenal with outside chance of winning title by record margin
By Brian Sears 24 April 2015 Chelsea lead the Premier League by 10 points and remain on course to finish the season with one of the biggest points margins over the second-placed team ever seen. Whether they get close to the record (18 points) may well depend on how they perform this weekend against Arsenal. Win at the Emirates and and they could go close, with a potential total tally of 94 points on offer. Draw or lose and it starts to look a big task. This is the 34th season that a league win in English football has been awarded with three points. (It was two points before that). In the "three-point era" the biggest margin of victory between first and second place has been 18 points, in 1999-2000, when Manchester United won the title with 91 points and Arsenal in second managed only 73. In only eight of the 33 completed "three-point" seasons have the leaders had a double-digit advantage at the end of the season. Only once has the gap been bigger than 13 points and that was United at the turn of the century with Man Utd 18 points clear of Arsenal. In six of the 33 seasons, the gap between first and second has been as narrow as a single point or zero points ... an unlikely outcome this time.