2016-17 Premier League
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 250 |
| Goals scored | 704 (2.82 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Alexis Sánchez (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
AFC Bournemouth 6–1 Hull City (15 October 2016) Chelsea 5–0 Everton (5 November 2016) Liverpool 6–1 Watford (6 November 2016) Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Swansea City (3 December 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Stoke City 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur (10 September 2016) West Bromwich Albion 0–4 Manchester City (29 October 2016) West Ham United 1–5 Arsenal (3 December 2016) Swansea City 0–4 Arsenal (14 January 2017) West Ham United 0–4 Manchester City (1 February 2017) Crystal Palace 0–4 Sunderland (4 February 2017) Sunderland 0–4 Southampton (11 February 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Swansea City 5–4 Crystal Palace (26 November 2016) Everton 6–3 AFC Bournemouth (4 February 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 13 matches Chelsea |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Manchester United |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches Swansea City |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Crystal Palace Hull City |
| Highest attendance | 75,326 Manchester United 2–0 Southampton (19 August 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 11,029 AFC Bournemouth 6–1 Hull City (15 October 2016) |
| Total attendance | 8,948,737 |
| Average attendance | 35,794 |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 13 February 2017.
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The 2016–17 Premier League is the 25th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2016 and is scheduled to end on 21 May 2017. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 15 June 2016.
Leicester City are the defending champions. Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull City have entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015–16 Football League Championship.
On 9 February 2016, the Premier League announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2016–17 season, the competition will be known simply as the Premier League, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of their rebranding, a new logo was introduced.
From the beginning of the 2016–17 season, ticket prices for away fans will be capped at £30 per ticket.
Twenty teams are competing in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the Championship.
Burnley became the first club to be promoted after a 1–0 win against Queens Park Rangers on 2 May 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place. They return to the League after only a season's absence. Middlesbrough became the second club to be promoted, after a 1–1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion meant they finished above them on goal difference and secured the second automatic spot. They play Premier League football for the first time since the 2008–09 season.Hull City became the third and final club to be promoted, following a 1–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016, to secure their return to the Premier League after only a season's absence.
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