Liverpool is champions. Chelsea, Newcastle and 17th placed Tottenham came to Arsenal and Manchester City by qualifying for the Champions League. And the three promoted teams immediately went back to the championship. Again.
While the dust settles on the Premier League campaign of 2024/25, we choose some of the themes, trends and peculiarities that defined the season, from the top-five race to an increasing gorge at the bottom.
An almighty Champions League scramble
The title race and the relegation of the Premier League were arranged weeks in advance, but the fight for Champions League qualification kept things interesting.
Only three points separated third place in Manchester City and the seventh -placed Nottingham Forest and entered the final round of competitions. Aim an almighty clambering to cross the line.
The Premier League provided an extra place in the competition thanks to its UEFA coefficient and Newcastle were the beneficiaries, and finished fifth despite a loss of the last day at home in Everton.
Chelsea also made it and finished fourth thanks to their victory over Forest, who had to settle for a conference competition, while the controversial loss of Aston Villa against Manchester United left them sixth.
The seventeenth placed Tottenham brought the number of Premier League teams in the Champions League from next season to six with their Europa League-final victory, giving Ange Postecoglou a potential lifeline.
But those who missed it are left to count the costs financially. The seventh -placed finish of Forest is still eligible as over performance, but feels painful seeing how many of the season they have spent in the top five places.
In the meantime, Villa has to settle for a Europa League place that will probably influence their summer expenditure plans, although glasses of semi-skimmed Villa fans may say that it gives three times the winner Unai Emery a better shot to win silverware.
Fast breaks about Pep-Ball?
Pep Guardiola's arrival in Manchester City led to a stylistic revolution in the Premier League, while teams embraced his short passing and patient structure. But has his influence decreased?
This season, a growing emphasis saw direct attacks and fast counters, characterized by parties such as Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth and Nuno Espirito Santo's Nottingham Forest.
The increasing emphasis on direct game can be seen up and down on the Premier League and it is reflected in the numbers. Fast breaks happen more often than ever before.
At 2.04, the average number of fast breaks per game is more than three times higher than in 2017/18 because teams are increasingly preferable to speed and directness.
Super Salah!
Mohamed Salah left it late, but his 84th minute equalizer against Crystal Palace on the last day brought him to a record-similar 47 Premier League objectives.
He is one of only three players who totally affected the history of the competition and it is important to note that the others, Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole, did this in 42-game seasons.
Salah was the excellent player of the Premier League and his interest in Liverpool's title Triumph shines in the number of points that won his goals and assists in the side.
'The Egyptian King' was also at the top of the Sky Sports Power Rankings. A beautiful individual campaign. Liverpool will hope that much more will come from him after he had signed a new contract in Anfield in April.
Hamstring injuries in the elevator?
Injuries have been a common theme this season, in which players miss more than 25,000 days because of setbacks. That is the equivalent of 70 years.
Hamstring problems were good for more than 21 percent of all lost days due to injuries in the Premier League, with knee injuries that are in second place for a long time behind the category.
Arsenal lost all of Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Gabriel from long -term hamstring problems. Havertz lasted three months to recover, Saka needed four – and Gabriel is still out.
The hamstring injury of Marcus Rashford ruled him from the Run-in Aston Villa, while Nicolas Jackson of Chelsea also missed a large part of the season.
Why are they so common? Well, workload can be a reason.
For some parties there are more competitions than ever before due to extensive European campaigns after Euro 2024. How Manchester City and Chelsea manage the Club World Cup this summer, also under the microscope.
But the intensity of the Premier League also goes up. After a few years of a steady climb, it has increased at a much sharper pace.
The top flight of England can be viewed more in that respect than ever, but can his own players – and specifically their hamstrings – deal with?
The long throw is back!
The legacy of Rory Delap lives on – and no, we are not talking about the goals of his son Liam's exploits at Ipswich.
This season the long throw has returned to fashion. Four seasons ago, throwing the ball into the box was a rarity, with long throws that came on average about three a week. Now we are on average about 10 every competition day in the Premier League, because more and more teams add to their set piece Arsenals.
English parties even brought their long -term exploits to other competitions. Thomas Partey van Arsenal had 11 long throws in the semi-final second stage of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain, while Crystal Palace caused the all kinds of problems of Manchester City through the throws of Chris Richards in the FA Cup-final, and did not see one goal from this method.
This season Brentford has laid out on set pieces and scored six of the eight goals from long throws in the Premier League. Bournemouth and Leicester also spread from them in the back of the season.
Remember that Thomas Frank's side has also added goals, from kick -off to their scoring methods. Set pieces are not only corners and free kicks, you know …
The return of No. 10S as 4-2-3-1 touches new heights
In the last games of the games, Premier League teams 408 occasions in a 4-2-3-1 were set up-11 more than in the previous season.
On average, this set-up was in 54 percent of the starting formations, which marked the highest user percentage for each system, because 4-4-2 registered 54 percent in 2008/09, before he dropped to only 12 percent in 2013.
No other system came close to 4-2-3-1 this season. The 4-3-3 was used 114 times, dropped from 172 last year, while the 3-4-2-1 of Ruben Amorim appeared 117 times 4-3-3 to become the second most popular formation.
The first half of the season of Man City collapses
Many turn Manchester City to keep their crown and win a fifth consecutive Premier League title at the start of the season, but their challenge collapsed during a period of unprecedented turbulence between November and December, when they won one competition in nine.
Pep Guardiola's side went from a statistically calculated 95 percent chance to win the title in September for a one percent chance only three months later.
Rodri's ACL injuries, rising against Arsenal in September, was undoubtedly a key factor in the collapse, but a broader rebuild has already begun. City recovered to achieve a Champions League spot, but a major improvement will be needed to return to their previous level.
Home Advantage almost always comes to the all time
Of the 10 games that were played on the last day of the season, only two ended as home wins. Home Comfort is just not what they used to be.
Home Advantage continued to decrease this season, with only 40.8 percent of the matches won by the home team, compared to 34.7 percent won by the road team.
With the exception of the period in which competitions were played behind closed doors during Lockdown, the percentage of home wins in the top layer of England this season was lower than in an earlier campaign that goes back to 1888, which continued an intriguing trend.
End of the 'Big Six'?
Is this the season that the 'Big Six' concept died?
Their cumulative total of 378 points was their lowest, because the clubs all finished in the top six for the first time in the Premier League history in 2010/11.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea consisted of the top four of the Premier League, but the other two, Manchester United and Tottenham, finished 15th and 17th respectively.
It was Newcastle and Aston Villa who finished fifth and sixth and there are other teams that performed at even higher levels, if you have the underlying data instead of the Premier League table.
Based on the expected goal formula from Sky Sports, Bournemouth, who finished ninth, was the third best performing team in the division this season.
The same data still has Manchester United and Spurs in the bottom half, at 11th and 14th.
It may be time to re -assess the so -called 'Big Six'.
The wait is over!
Of course it is not just about the Premier League itself. This season also saw several teams ending with a long trophy waiting.
Newcastle celebrated their first major trophy in 70 years by beating Liverpool to win the Carabao Cup.
Crystal Palace won the first piece of silverware in the 119th anniversary of the club by beating Manchester City to lift the FA Cup.
Then there was Tottenham and ended a waiting period of 17 years, while putting their domestic battle on the one hand to claim Europa League Glory by beating Manchester United in the final.
Note the gorge!
For the second consecutive season, all three promoted parties immediately went back.
Read Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester for Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton.
It is a phenomenon that had taken place earlier in the Premier League history earlier, in 1997/98, and it underlines the growing gap between the Premier League and the championship.
Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester registered the lowest combined point total by the three degraded teams of each season in the Premier League history
The image below shows how net spending usually correlates with survival, but this season proves that it may not be saving you.
Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester had a much higher net spending yields than Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton last season, but it was still not enough to keep them in the division.
Good luck then, Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland. Recent evidence suggests that you may need it.