2020–21 Premier League

29th season of the Premier League

The 2020–21 Premier League was the 29th temper of the Premier League, the exceed English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. The season was initially scheduled to start on 8 August 2020 and end on 16 May 2021, [ 2 ] but this was delayed until 12 September as a consequence of the delay of the previous season ‘s termination ascribable to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 3 ] Liverpool were the defend champions, having won their first Premier League and nineteenth English league title the former season. Manchester City secured a fifth Premier League title and one-seventh English league title overall with three matches to spare ; it was besides the club ‘s third base entitle in the last four seasons. [ 4 ]

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drumhead [edit ]

affect of COVID-19 pandemic [edit ]

At the begin of this season, as was the event at the end of the former season, there was limited or no attendance at matches besides each team ‘s staff and personnel. [ 5 ] On 23 November 2020, it was announced that some fans would be allowed to return to stadiums in low-risk areas at the end of the second national lockdown on 2 December 2020. [ 6 ] The announcement of a one-third national lockdown on 4 January 2021, though, signalled a return to matches being played behind closed doors. [ 7 ] On 22 February 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced as the third base step of recovery from the lockdown imposed on 4 January, that subject to certain criteria being met on vaccines, contagion rates and new coronavirus variants, large football stadiums would be allowed to reopen on 17 May with a maximum of 10,000 spectators or 25 % capacity, whichever was higher. [ 8 ] This entail that the final polish of fixtures scheduled for the 23 May would see spectators return to the stadium. To ensure all clubs played their final home game in front man of fans, the penult round of fixtures were rearranged to take place on 18–19 May. No away fans were permitted for these matches. [ 9 ]

Season compendious [edit ]

The 2020–21 season began on Saturday 12 September, good seven weeks after the decision of the 2019–20 season. [ 10 ] Liverpool were the champion champions, having won their nineteenth league title the former temper, their first in the Premier League earned run average. [ 2 ] As primitively planned, the 2020–21 season was to be the moment Premier League season with a mid-season rupture in February, whereby five games of a normal turn of ten would be played on one weekend and the remaining five the surveil weekend. [ 11 ] however, due to the late begin of the league and fastness congestion, the winter break was scrapped. [ 12 ] It is besides the second Premier League season to use VAR ( Video Assistant Referee ). [ 13 ]

The race for first locate [edit ]

The top of the table was tight for the first months of the season, with Arsenal, Leicester City, Everton, Liverpool and Southampton all having occupied first side by early November. [ 14 ] The top six were separated by only three points at that stage. [ 15 ] Tottenham Hotspur became the sixth different leader belated that month, [ 16 ] but Liverpool overtook them again mid-december, following a suffer between the two clubs at Anfield which resulted in a 2–1 winnings to Liverpool. [ 17 ] By Christmas, Liverpool had opened up a five-point opening following a 7–0 away win against Crystal Palace. [ 18 ]

Liverpool ‘s deplorable home run [edit ]

In the newly year, Liverpool suffered from a meaning slump in shape, dropping to 8th place by early March. [ 19 ] They suffered their foremost home defeat in 68 games with a 1–0 frustration to Burnley, [ 20 ] which began a run of six back-to-back losses at Anfield, following losses to Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester City, Everton, Chelsea and Fulham. [ 19 ] Manchester United took the lead at the clear of the table in mid-january with a 1–0 off win against Burnley, [ 21 ] but they were in twist replaced by Manchester City at the end of the month as a 5–0 Manchester City win over West Bromwich Albion was followed by a 2–1 home defeat for Manchester United against Sheffield United. [ 22 ] [ 23 ]

Manchester City becoming the champions [edit ]

This was to prove the concluding deepen of team at the crown, as Manchester City went on a 15-match winning streak which saw them 15 points clearly of second-place Manchester United after a 4–1 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 March. [ 24 ] They went on to secure the title on 12 May 2021 with three matches to spare, following a home frustration for Manchester United against Leicester. It was the club ‘s fifth Premier League title and seventh English league entitle overall, vitamin a well as their third gear title in the past four seasons. [ 25 ]

UEFA Champions League last two slots [edit ]

The remaining two slots for Champions League qualification were taken by Liverpool and Chelsea. Although Liverpool were 8th with ten games remaining, a rivulet of eight wins from their concluding ten games, including a 95th hour achiever scored by goalkeeper Alisson against West Bromwich Albion, saw them recover their position to finish 3rd and qualify for a fifth straight season. [ 26 ] Chelsea endured a difficult startle to the season under Frank Lampard, who was sacked in January with the cabaret in 9th position and replaced by Thomas Tuchel. The club ‘s form improved under Tuchel to secure a second consecutive ending in 4th place, despite a concluding day kill to Aston Villa. [ 27 ] They, however, won in that season ’ randomness Champions League final examination the future week, in the contest ’ s third base all-English final against champions Manchester City .

UEFA Europa League qualification [edit ]

Leicester enjoyed a successful season, spending more time in the top four places than any other clubhouse ; however, three defeats in their final four games, including a dwelling defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on the final day, saw them narrowly finish in 5th for a second straight season. [ 28 ] Having narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, West Ham United surprised many by finishing 6th, their highest finish since 1998–99. [ 29 ] Both these clubs earned qualification to the Europa League for the follow season. Despite leading the postpone in November, Tottenham suffered a string of poor results from December onwards. Manager Jose Mourinho was sacked in April with the club in 7th space, with Ryan Mason taking over as interim director for the rest of the season. Mason was ineffective to improve the club ‘s position and they finished 7th, their lowest polish since the 2008–09 season, but calm beneficial adequate to qualify for the trade name new third base tier Europa Conference League competition. [ citation needed ] interim, their traditional North London rivals Arsenal endured an even worse campaign ; eight defeats in their beginning 14 games left them in 15th barely before Christmas and apparently in danger of being sucked into a delegating battle. Whilst they would pick up enough points thereafter to pull away from the buttocks half of the table, inconsistency remained a huge problem and the Gunners could only finish 8th for a second consecutive season, only this time they failed to qualify for european competition for the first time since the 1994–95 season .

relegation [edit ]

On 17 April 2021, Sheffield United were confirmed to be the foremost team to be relegated to the Championship following a 1–0 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers with six games remaining, ending their biennial top flight tenure. [ 30 ] On 9 May 2021, West Bromwich Albion became the second team to be relegated following a 3–1 get the better of aside to Arsenal, with three games remaining, immediately returning to the Championship after a season ‘s presence in the top trajectory. [ 31 ] On 10 May 2021, Fulham were the third and final team to be relegated following a 2–0 frustration at family against Burnley with three games remaining, besides immediately returning to the Championship after a season ‘s presence in the top flight. This besides marked the foremost time in the Premier League era that all three teams have been relegated with more than two games to spare. [ 32 ] In contrast, the final examination promoted team, Leeds United, finished in 9th with 59 points, the highest points run for a newly promoted side since Ipswich Town in 2000–01 ( 66 points ). [ citation needed ]

Teams [edit ]

Twenty teams compete in the league – the exceed seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promote teams are Leeds United, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham, after respective top flight absences of sixteen, two and one year ( sulfur ). They replaced Bournemouth, Watford ( both teams relegated after five years in the lead flight ), and Norwich City ( relegated after only a class back in the clear flight ) .

Stadiums and locations [edit ]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Personnel and kits [edit ]

managerial changes [edit ]

League table [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[92]
( C ) Champion; ( roentgen ) Relegated
Notes: reservoir : Premier League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal deviation ; 3 ) Goals scored ; 4 ) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions can not be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1 ) Points gained in head to head record between such teams ; 4.2 ) Away goals scored in steer to capitulum read between such teams ; 4.3 ) Play-offsChampion ; RelegatedNotes :

^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 FA Cup, Leicester City, besides qualified for the Europa League based on league stead, the second Europa League group stage moor allocated to England was transferred to the sixth-placed team .
^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 EFL Cup, Manchester City, qualified for european rival based on league side, the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the EFL Cup winners was transferred to the highest-placed Premier League team not already qualified for european rival, the seventh-placed team .

Results [edit ]

Season statistics [edit ]

Scoring [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
	Liverpool	Leeds United	4–3 (H)[95]	12 September 2020
Read more: Riccardo Orsolini – Wikipedia	Everton	West Bromwich Albion	5–2 (H)[96]	19 September 2020
4	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton	5–2 (A)[97]	20 September 2020
	Leicester City	Manchester City	5–2 (A)[98]	27 September 2020
	Aston Villa	Liverpool	7–2 (H)[99]	4 October 2020
	Leeds United	Aston Villa	3–0 (A)[100]	23 October 2020
	Manchester City	Burnley	5–0 (H)[101]	28 November 2020
	Arsenal	Leeds United	4–2 (H)[102]	14 February 2021
	Leicester City	Sheffield United	5–0 (H)[103]	14 March 2021
Chris Wood	Burnley	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0 (A)[104]	25 April 2021
	Tottenham Hotspur	Sheffield United	4–0 (H)[105]	2 May 2021
	Manchester City	Newcastle United	4–3 (A)[106]	14 May 2021