Hi friend! It’s just three weeks until the Premier League returns, and GOtv will be bringing the heat. As part of our “Best Friend Football Guide”, let’s have a look at what exactly it takes to survive in this cutthroat league that’s fully available for Supa+ package subscribers to feast and joy.
The Premier League consists of 20 teams in England and different finishes on the log reap different benefits. Obviously, whoever finishes first wins the title, but finishing in the top four is a great consolation prize for those who miss out as it secures automatic qualification for the ultimate club competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League.
69 points is usually the benchmark in that regard, but the race for the top four has always come with twists and turns. The Premier League has been no stranger to that, with each final day of the season producing drama that lives on in the memory of fans forever.
Qualifying for European football gives clubs more room for growth as it attracts sponsorships, awareness, and most importantly, quality players who will want to join the team to participate. From fifth to seventh, those teams will take part in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League. Although not as big as the Champions League, it’s still a shot at continental silverware, so it’s an added bonus.
And then of course, there is automatic relegation to the second division for the clubs that finish in the bottom three. What’s the average number of points needed for a Premier League team to stay up you say? Well, that would be 40 points and that is regarded as the “magic number”. This is because only three sides have been relegated on more than that amount of points since the top-flight switched to having 20 teams in 1995.
The most points that a team has recorded in the Premier League was by Manchester City in Pep Guardiola’s second season in charge. It was 100 points to the good for the Citizens in the 2017/18 season, marking a revolution that English football didn’t see coming. To top it all off, with their clinching of the league title for the fourth time in a row last season, City made history once again.
Get a chance to see football in action and not in numbers, get your season long football ticket on GOtv. Get GOtv Max or upgrade to GOtv Max to get access to England’s top-flight – will City march on to their fifth or will another team finally give them a piece of humble pie? So, what are you waiting for? Come back to GOtv and stay connected, make sure you don’t miss out on the drama, entertainment and emotion that awaits. Get involved with football entertainment that brings the world to you. GOtv, love it! And with GOtv Stream, the added bonus is that you’ll still be able to tune into your favourite football team’s matches even when you’re on the go and not at home.