Match of the Day
Very little to play for - other than stacks of place money Well at least we got a nine goal thriller. And Lamela scored twice!
Lucas Moura records the 50th 4-assist game in EPL history on the final day of the season, matching Spurs teammate Eriksen who did the same trick on the last day of 2016/17
Man City Records
City set a plethora of records including for wins, points and goals in an EPL season. They were also only the second team (Man. Utd. 1999/00) to have six players reach the 20 Goals and Assists combined mark
They also very rarely trailed in games
and the total of 156 minutes total time in arrears is the lowest in Premier League history
Here is every team’s record for time up/down/even over a full season
In spite of their dismal start, Palace scored at least two goals at home on eleven occasions, bettering teams like Spurs(9) and Chelsea(8)
Leaving with a Bang
Well Swansea certainly didn’t as they went from appearing safe - with a fall-back position of the final two home games against Southampton and Stoke - to the drop
On the other hand, Stoke and, to a greater extent, WBA at least made it interesting. Here are the number of losses relegated teams (since the 38 season began) have suffered in their final five games
Swansea leave the division on the back of five consecutive defeats, a rarity even for the poorest sides
It is the only season in which two teams only lost once at the end. Both Stoke and WBA suffered at the hands of Crustal Palace
Tweet of the Week
#AFC no away points after 7 #EPL games in 2018
— Andrew Clark (@pssGuy) May 10, 2018
Previous years range from 6 -19 (2002)@ArsenalFanTV pic.twitter.com/Xa8VzG5N44
Totally Football and Guardian Weekly Review Podcasts
Results and Table
Final Factoid
Burnley’s, Dwight McNeil was the only debutant on the last day - the fewest since there were none in 2011/12. He came on in the 89th minute and Bournemouth scored the winner a minute later
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