Extracted paragraph from martin tylers column on skysports (this is sure to ruffle a few feathers!!)-DG Reds on the spot Hi Martin, great column, I was just wondering who would be top or even bottom of the league if no teams had been given penalties because I see Liverpool have had a lot of penalties of late which have clinched three points for them. Thanks Marcel (United fan). MARTIN SAYS: I can tell you that Liverpool have scored 10 times from the 12 penalties they have been awarded this season and have conceded three goals from the four penalties they have given away at the other end. Opta have calculated that they would be seven points worse off were it not for those goals and would drop from first to third in the current Premier League table. In contrast Chelsea would only be one point worse off if penalties were removed from the standings. They have been awarded seven penalties this season, but only scored directly from six of them. They have not conceded a Premier League penalty this season and under these criteria would be three points clear at the top of the table. Manchester City would be second, two points worse off having scored six penalty goals and conceded one. Opta have recalculated the Premier League table for you below and as you can see, the table doesnt change too much. The same teams are in the top seven and the bottom three with Liverpool the only side dropping down as a result of these criteria. Premier League table if penalty goals were removed: P W D L F A GD Pts Difference Chelsea 33 22 5 6 59 24 35 71 -1 Man City 31 21 5 5 77 28 49 68 -2 Liverpool 33 21 4 8 80 37 43 67 -7 Arsenal 33 19 9 5 53 34 19 66 +2 Everton 32 17 10 5 50 27 23 61 -2 Man Utd 33 17 5 11 52 36 16 56 -1 Tottenham 33 16 7 10 41 42 -1 55 -4 Newcastle 33 15 4 14 36 47 -11 49 +3 Southampton 33 12 10 11 47 41 6 46 -2 Swansea 33 10 9 14 43 45 -2 39 +6 West Ham 33 10 9 14 35 39 -4 39 +2 Stoke 33 10 8 15 34 43 -9 38 -2 Norwich 33 10 7 16 25 49 -24 37 +5 West Brom 32 6 17 9 35 42 -7 35 +3 Hull 33 8 10 15 31 37 -6 34 -2 Crystal Palace 32 10 3 19 19 33 -14 33 -1 Aston Villa 32 8 8 16 32 45 -13 32 -2 Fulham 33 8 4 21 31 70 -39 28 +1 Cardiff 33 6 8 19 29 64 -35 26 0 Sunderland 31 5 8 18 25 51 -26 23 -2
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:29:15 +0000