The 2024/25 Premier League season was a rollercoaster filled with many unforgettable highlights. Surely, it’s a season Liverpool fans won’t forget as they lifted the league title for the 20th time in their history, the most times for a club in England.
For other clubs, it was an okay season. Chelsea finished in 4th place after a gruelling run at the end of the season. For Arsenal, it was another ‘should’ve been season. The Gunners finished second in the Premier League table for the third time in a row while Manchester City, uncharacteristically, finished in third place.
For Tottenham and Manchester United, the less said, the better, and it could’ve been worse. The season was one to remember, and here, we take a hard look at some moments and stats from the 2024/25 season that changed the tide and were just simply remarkable.
Key Stats and Takeaways
There were 1115 goals in the Premier League last season, and Liverpool scored the most (86) while relegated Southampton got the least (26).
Southampton were the worst-performing club in the league as they finished at the bottom of the log with 12. They managed to escape the record for the lowest points recorded in the Premier League, which Derby County set in the 2007/08 season (10).
Liverpool won the title with 84 points and their talisman, Mo Salah claimed both the top scorer and assists awards for the 2024/25 season after scoring 29 goals and recording 18 assists.
David Raya and Matz Sels got the golden boot awards after recording 13 clean sheets each. Southampton conceded the most goals last season (86). Ipswich and Leicester finish 2nd and 3rd in this category, conceding 82 and 80 goals respectively. The club with the least conceded goals is Arsenal (34) followed by Liverpool and Chelsea who conceded 41 and 40 goals respectively.
Liverpool finished the season with the most wins, securing all three points 25 out of 38 times. City finished with 21 wins while Arsenal, Newcastle and Chelsea finished the season with 20 wins from 38 while the top five clubs with the most losses were Southampton (30), Leicester (25) , Ipswich (24), Spurs (22), Wolves (20).
While the 2024/25 Premier League season may have ended a while ago, there are few lessons that fans and many clubs can take away from it.
One of such lessons is the mid-table club revolution.
The Premier League has a top six which refers to the most successful and powerful sides in Premier League football, comprising Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. This season, Newcastle and Aston Villa finished in the top six, earning their place in Europe next season.
In five of the eight Premier League seasons between 2014 and 2022, the “Big Six” clubs filled every top-six spot in the table.
However in the three years since 2022, not once have those six clubs occupied all of the positions from one to six. In fact, the same number of top-six places have gone to clubs not in the “Big Six” in the last three years as in the previous eight years combined (five).
The 2024/25 season also highlighted the challenges faced by newly promoted teams in adapting to the Premier League.
Ipswich Town, Leicester City, and Southampton all struggled to make an impact, ultimately succumbing to relegation. Collectively, they managed 59 points, a total similar to Leeds United’s in the 2020/21 season. This raises questions about the quality and preparedness of promoted sides, as well as the growing gap between them and established Premier League teams.
The struggles of the promoted teams are a recurring theme, and it’s clear that more needs to be done to bridge the gap between the Championship and the Premier League.
Southampton narrowly avoided the stigma of being the worst-ever Premier League side, while Leicester City’s season was marred by the loss of Enzo Maresca to Chelsea. Ipswich’s £120 million summer spending spree yielded disappointing results, with the team finishing second from last.
As the relegated teams head back to the Championship, the question on everyone’s mind is: can Burnley, Leeds United, and Sunderland do better next season? Only time will tell, but one thing is certain – the Premier League will continue to be a fiercely competitive and unpredictable league, with teams constantly adapting and evolving to stay ahead of the game.
