Premier League teams played their fourth matches in the Champions League league round in this mid-week.
The performance of the Premier League teams has reflected the positive trends of EPL clubs getting the better of La Liga’s sides.
This season, eight wins out of nine meetings is the highest share of victories for PL sides against La Liga teams in a Champions League campaign since the 2008-09 season.
Chelsea’s 3-0 win against Barcelona with Estevao as the highlight of this match made it eight wins from the nine meetings for Premier League’s teams against La LIga clubs in the Europe’s 1st tier Competition.
The Brazilian teenager transfer from Plameiras to Chelsea last season instead of going to Real Madrid or Barcelona like a lot of Brazilian bright young talents do can indicate that right now Premier League’s increasing charisma over the biggest teams in La Liga.
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After the match against Barcelona, Robert Sanchez was interviewed and asked about the positive trends that Premier League sides have over La Liga’s Teams by the Spanish media.
Sanchez said “Well, in the end, everyone’s great until they come to the Premier League, right? That’s what I always say.”
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Since Real Madrid’s 2018 title, the English team have won the title three times, and it is the most of any country and just one more than Spain. The current holder of the title is Paris Saint Germain of France.
This season, five English teams are competing in the Champions League. And they have all won in a single round of fixtures on two different occasions. Before this season, this kind of thing had never been seen in the Champions League.
In the past, with the dominance of Real Madrid and Barcelona, PL clubs never had more than 60% win ratio against La Liga’s teams in a single Champions League campaign. The two Spanish giants always find a way to beat PL teams in home and away.
Reasons Behind Premier League’s Team Current Positive Trends
Part of this positive trend is the spending power that EPL teams have. TV rights are one of the massive incomes generated by EPL teams. With that enormous revenue from TV broadcasts alone, English teams can outspend even the big teams from other European countries.
Last summer alone, Premier League teams spent a massive £3 billion on the transfer fee. That’s a record for money spent in a single transfer window. That amount of money even beat the total money spent by other top five European leagues for a in the last summer transfer window.
Liverpool, last season’s Premier League’s champion, spent more than £400 million this summer to rebuild their squad. Arsenal who currently sit on top of PL’s table spent £250 million to strengthen their squad depth. Arsenal also top of the Champions League’s league phase table followed by Bayern Munich on the second position.
The spending power of the English side that could overspend the entire continent make Premier League teams could spend more in signing the best players from any parts of the world. Also, the money generated is used to make a better facility to support the players.
Fans also important in this change of trend. The fans of Premier League teams around the world could easily access the matches and because of the match time happen mostly in the afternoon, the fans from different time zone can enjoy the matches in a reasonable hour.
With more fans watching the games, the income generated from the broadcast will surely keep on coming and make teams can do more especially off the field, with players signing or better facilities.
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Current Matchweek 13
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal ARS | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Manchester City MCI | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Chelsea CHE | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Aston Villa AVL | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Brighton and Hove Albion BHA | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Sunderland SUN | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Manchester United MUN | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool LIV | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace CRY | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Brentford BRE | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Bournemouth BOU | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur TOT | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | Newcastle United NEW | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Everton EVE | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Fulham FUL | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest NFO | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | West Ham United WHU | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Leeds United LEE | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 11 |
| 19 | Burnley BUR | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 10 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers WOL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -21 | 2 |
