English Premier League Form Table: Ranking All 20 Teams
Michael Cummings@MikeCummings37World Football Lead WriterMarch 26, 2012English Premier League Form Table: Ranking All 20 Teams
Manchester United sit atop the real table. But are Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devils the form team of the English Premier League?
There's only one way to find out. Read on for club-by-club form rankings of all 20 English Premier League clubs.
Rankings reflect the last eight matches up to and including Monday's game between United and Fulham.
First, though, here's the key to the form guide:
W=Home win
L=Home loss
D=Home draw
w=Away win
l=Away loss
d=Away draw
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20. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Form guide: lLLldLwL
Form points: 4
Goal differential: -19
Comments: Negative-19 goal differential? In eight games? Geez.
This team is going down. Can't see it any other way.
19. Queens Park Rangers
Form guide: lWlDLlLd
Form points: 5
Goal differential: -5
Comments: Beating Liverpool was nice, but QPR will need more results like it to avoid the drop.
18. Liverpool
Form guide: LlWlLlDw
Form points: 7
Goal differential: 1
Comments: Poor Liverpool. Thankfully for their fans, the silverware drought is over.
17. Stoke City
Form guide: DdlWWlLl
Form points: 8
Goal differential: -2
Comments: What a strike by Peter Crouch, huh?
16. Aston Villa
Form guide: lWddLlDw
Form points: 9
Goal differential: -3
Comments: Villa are eight points above the drop zone. Just throwing that out there.
15. Chelsea
Form guide: DlWlWlDd
Form points: 9
Goal differential: 0
Comments: So, is the revival over, or do Chelsea have another run in them? Fourth place is still five points off, but Spurs are struggling too.
14. Tottenham Hotspur
Form guide: dDlLlWdW
Form points: 9
Goal differential: 1
Comments: This had been such a promising season. Were the Harry Redknapp-for-England rumors that much of a distraction?
13. Blackburn Rovers
Form guide: lWwDlWlL
Form points: 10
Goal differential: -7
Comments: Could Blackburn really survive? It's looking more and more likely.
12. Bolton Wanderers
Form guide: WWllLlDW
Form points: 10
Goal differential: -4
Comments: That win over Blackburn needs only one adjective: Inspirational.
11. Wigan Athletic
Form guide: wDdLDwDl
Form points: 10
Goal differential: -2
Comments: For a team that had been rooted to the bottom of the table for some time, Wigan have shown pretty good form lately. More of the same will be needed to avoid relegation.
10. Norwich City
Form guide: WlDlLwWl
Form points: 10
Goal differential: -2
Comments: Mid-table mediocrity, through and through. For Norwich, though, that's not a bad thing right now. More progress can come later.
9. Fulham
Form guide: lLlWwWlD
Form points: 10
Goal differential: -1
Comments: Fulham actually had chances against United, and that sure seemed like a penalty to me.
8. West Bromwich Albion
Form guide: LdlWWwLd
Form points: 1
Goal differential: 4
Comments: This team is impossible to figure out. They made Newcastle look like absolute world-beaters during the first half the other day.
7. Sunderland
Form guide: WlWdlLwW
Form points: 13
Goal differential: 0
Comments: Same for Sunderland. You never know which team will turn up, as their eight-game goal differential suggests. This weekend, we saw the good version of the Black Cats.
6. Swansea City
Form guide: LwWwlLwD
Form points: 13
Goal differential: 2
Comments: Swansea lost at home over the weekend to Everton, one of the few sides even hotter than the Swans right now.
5. Newcastle United
Form guide: wWlDDlWw
Form points: 14
Goal differential: 0
Comments: The Magpies looked pretty strong against West Brom over the weekend. They're quietly level on points with Chelsea for fifth place.
4. Everton
Form guide: wLlWdWdW
Form points: 14
Goal differential: 2
Comments: Everton have lost just twice in their last eight matches. They beat Swansea away over the weekend and climbed up to ninth.
3. Manchester City
Form guide: dWlWWwWl
Form points: 16
Goal differential: 8
Comments: Still perfect at home, City aren't nearly as good on the road. They earned a point against Stoke, but easily could have lost.
2. Manchester United
Form guide: WwWwwWdW
Form points: 22
Goal differential: 14
Comments: Even with yet another win, this one on Monday night against Fulham, United didn't have enough to overtake Arsenal at the top of the form table.
1. Arsenal
Form guide: WwWwWwWd
Form points: 22
Goal differential: 16
Comments: Arsenal are purring right now. Question is, where was this the rest of the season?