Premier League 2026-27
Premier League analysis
The table in numbers - what the arithmetic can already say, and what it cannot say yet.
Wed, Nov 4
Premier League table 2026-27 after matchday 9: Arsenal win at Liverpool and go three clear with a title number of 85, Chelsea take back the fourth top four number and the line falls to 103
As of the November 3 update, with round nine complete and all 20 clubs on nine matches with 29 left. Arsenal won 1-0 at Liverpool while Manchester City lost 1-0 at home to Brighton, so Arsenal lead by three on 24 and hold the only title clinch number, 85. Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 and took Liverpool's top four number, now 87, every point they have left. The top four line fell from 104 to 103 and the safety bar from 97 to 95, where Coventry gained a safety number and Manchester United and Crystal Palace lost theirs. Nothing is clinched or eliminated.
Mon, Oct 26
Premier League table 2026-27 after matchday 8: Manchester City lose at Aston Villa, Arsenal draw level on 21, Liverpool take Chelsea's top four number and the line falls to 104
As of the October 26 update, with round eight complete and all 20 clubs on eight matches with 30 left. Manchester City lost for the first time, 2-1 at Aston Villa, while Arsenal beat Everton 2-0, so the two are level on 21 and City no longer have a title clinch number. Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 and gained a top four number of 89, and Chelsea lost theirs at home to Tottenham. The top four line fell from 106 to 104 and the safety bar from 99 to 97, where Fulham gained a safety number and Coventry lost theirs. Nothing is clinched or eliminated.
Tue, Oct 20
Premier League table 2026-27 after matchday 7: Chelsea gain a top four clinch number, the line falls to 106, and Bournemouth and Tottenham get a safety number
As of the October 20 update, with round seven complete and all 20 clubs on seven matches with 31 left. Chelsea won 2-0 at Everton while Brentford lost to Liverpool, so four clubs now hold a top four clinch number instead of three. The line came down from 107 to 106, and of the 93 points still available Manchester City may drop 8, Arsenal 5, Brighton 3 and Chelsea none. The safety bar fell from 100 to 99: Bournemouth and Tottenham won and gained a safety number, while Nottingham Forest and Sunderland lost and lost theirs. Nothing is clinched or eliminated.
Wed, Oct 14
Premier League after six matches: the top four line falls from 109 to 107, Brighton get 2 points to spare, nothing is clinched
As of the October 13 update, with round six complete and all 20 clubs on six matches with 32 left. Brentford, Everton, Leeds and Liverpool all dropped points, so the top four clinch line came down from 109 to 107 and Manchester City may now drop 7 of the 96 points still available, Arsenal 4 and Brighton 2. The safety bar fell from 103 to 100 and Coventry have a safety number again. Nothing is clinched or eliminated, and the next round cannot change that.
Sun, Sep 20
Premier League table after five matches: Man City need 97 of the last 99 points to clinch the title
As of the September 21 update, with all 20 clubs five matches into a 38 match season. Manchester City have won all five and are the only club with a title clinch number. The top four clinch line sits at 109 points and only three clubs can still reach it. Every club in the division still has a reachable range of 1 to 20.
Sun, Sep 20
Leeds United top four chances 2026-27: ceiling 108, clinch line 109, and two blank columns
As of the September 21 update, Leeds are fifth on 9 points from five matches with 33 left, level on points with fourth-placed Brentford. Their top four clinch number and their top four tragic number are both empty, and the two blanks come out of opposite ends of the same tie rule. Leeds can reach 108 points and the clinch line is 109, while only three clubs have more points than them and four are needed to push them out.
Sun, Sep 20
Premier League top four and relegation explained: goal difference breaks ties, clinch math ignores it
As of the September 21 update, with 50 of the season's 380 matches played. Twenty clubs, 38 matches each, four Champions League places at the top and three clubs relegated at the bottom. Level clubs are separated by goal difference, and goal difference is the one figure the clinch numbers on this site never look at, which is why Manchester City are asked for 112 points to settle a title Arsenal can only reach 111 to contest.
Sun, Sep 20
Premier League relegation 2026: Fulham, Tottenham and Coventry have no safety number at all
As of the September 21 update, with all twenty clubs on five matches and no fixture until October 10. The safety bar is 103 points, and four clubs cannot reach it. Bournemouth, Coventry City, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur have no safety number at all, and the three clubs just above them need 99 points out of the 99 still available, which is every remaining match won. Five matches in, none of these figures is a target anyone is chasing.
Sun, Sep 20
Premier League table September 21: three clubs can clinch the top four, only Man City can drop points
As of the September 21 update. Three clubs can still clinch a top four place on their own results, and what separates them is how much they may drop of the 99 points still available: Manchester City 5, Arsenal 2, Brighton none. All twenty clubs are on five matches with 33 left each, and the league does not play again until October 10.