Premier League in numbers

- points for last season’s champions City, one of a host of records they broke. – City are odds-on favourites with the bookmakers to win the title again, with Liverpool (4/1) and United (13/2) viewed as the main challengers. – years since a team last retained the title, a note of caution for Pep Guardiola and his side. Only United and Chelsea have ever achieved the feat. – winners of the Premier League since its rebranding. - the goal landmark reached by Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (32) and Tottenham’s Harry Kane (30) last season. There have now been a dozen 30-goal Premier League seasons by 10 different players only Alan Shearer has achieved it more than once. – half-a-dozen clubs have been ever-present in the Premier League since its inception in 1992 – Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, United and Tottenham. – points collected by Cardiff in their only previous Premier League season. No team averages fewer points per season, though Swindon’s matching record came in a 42-game season. – Premier League seasons for fellow newcomers Wolves, with two relegations and an average of 34 points. - play-off winners Fulham’s best Premier League finish, in 2008-09. It earned them a place in the inaugural Europa League and Roy Hodgson took them all the way to the final. – Harry Kane shares Steven Gerrard’s record for the most Premier League player of the month awards. Gerrard’s six were spread over 13 years; Kane’s have come since January 2015.