The 2022 Premier League desk

A busy 2022, which included the first-ever winter World Cup, is within the footballing rear-view mirror.

Often there’s barely any time for reflection in soccer, as the brand new 12 months brings the opening of the winter switch window and a countdown to the latter phases of the Champions League.

However some, like us right here at 90min, prefer to delve again into the previous 12 months and chew over as many statistics as doable. One topic of explicit curiosity is how the calendar 12 months has performed out in a few of Europe’s greatest home leagues – often as a result of it is a good indicator of which groups are making essentially the most constant strides.

From a Premier League perspective, there’s maybe no shock that Manchester Metropolis had been high canine in 2022, though they solely edge out Liverpool – who’ve faltered badly within the first half of the 2022/23 season – on objective distinction.

It is also been a powerful 12 months for present table-toppers Arsenal, in addition to Newcastle – who misplaced simply six instances underneath Eddie Howe throughout 2022. The Magpies chalked up a powerful objective distinction of +26 and accrued 72 factors, which is Champions League qualification materials.

Manchester United and Chelsea weren’t so spectacular, and there is a lot to be mentioned concerning the 12 months’s of Aston Villa, West Ham, Wolves and Leeds – all of whom chalked up way more defeats than they might have preferred.

Everton and Southampton are statistically the worst two groups to have performed within the division all 12 months.