English Premier League Power Poll: Week 30

Michael CummingsJun 8, 2018

If the Premier League title race wasn't already over, it surely is now. Meanwhile, the B/R English Premier League Power Poll keeps on keeping on.

Everton's home win over Manchester City helped Manchester United go 15 points clear atop the table—so the Red Devils are obviously No. 1 in our poll.

But who's second this week? And which clubs fill out the bottom of the rankings?

Keep reading to find out. Click here for the league table.

How It Works

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Eight B/R personalities ranked all 20 Premier League clubs. A first-place vote counted as 20 points, a second-place vote as 19—and so on.

In each slide, "Points" refers to the number of points accumulated by each team via the voters. "Previous" refers to each team's ranking in the previous edition of our poll.

The voters this week were:

Aliko Carter: B/R front page editor, @AlikoCarter

John Greely: B/R world football assistant editor, @johnwgreely

Adam Hirshfield: B/R deputy editor, @ahirshfield

Dan Levy: B/R national lead writer, @DanLevyThinks

Karl Matchett: B/R world football full-time writer, @karlmatchett

Sean Swaby: B/R featured columnist coordinator, @seanswaby

Will Tidey: B/R world football lead writer and editor, @willtidey

Michael Cummings: B/R world football lead writer and poll organizer, @MikeCummings37

Complete Rankings

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1. Manchester United

2. Chelsea

3. Arsenal

4. Everton

5. Manchester City

6. Tottenham Hotspur

7. Fulham

8. West Bromwich Albion

9. Liverpool

10. (tie) Aston Villa

10. (tie) Southampton

12. Swansea City

13. Newcastle United

14. Norwich City

15. Stoke City

16. Wigan Athletic

17. West Ham United

18. Sunderland

19. Queens Park Rangers

20. Reading

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Points: 17

Previous: 20

Result: Lost 1-0 at Manchester United

Next: At Arsenal, March 30

Manager out, same result: Reading have lost five straight, only four of which they can blame on Brian McDermott.

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19. Queens Park Rangers

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Points: 19

Previous: 12

Result: Lost 3-2 at Aston Villa

Next: At Fulham, April 1

Manager Harry Redknapp said QPR need five wins to stay in the Premier League (via BBC Sport). With eight matches remaining, Rangers have won only four times all season.

Dan: Just when we thought it was safe to go outside...

18. Sunderland

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Points: 43

Previous: 19

Result: Drew 1-1 home to Norwich

Next: Home to Manchester United, March 30

Sunderland under pressure? You bet: The Black Cats have not won in the league since Jan. 19.

17. West Ham United

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Points: 45

Previous: 13

Result: Lost 2-0 at Chelsea

Next: Home to West Brom, March 30

West Ham's recent run has been almost as poor as Sunderland's. The Hammers have lost five of seven in the league.

16. Wigan Athletic

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Points: 55

Previous: 18

Result: Won 2-1 home to Newcastle

Next: Home to Norwich, March 30

Wigan remain in the relegation zone but have a game in hand on the three teams directly ahead. Plus, the Latics have won two of three.

Now if their chairman would stop saying crazy things.

Dan: A huge win in the relegation battle over Newcastle. Will it matter? It should.

15. Stoke City

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Points: 56

Previous: 17

Result: Drew 0-0 home to West Brom

Next: At Everton, March 30

Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to West Brom was Stoke's sixth scoreless draw of the season.

14. Norwich City

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Points: 64

Previous: 14

Result: Drew 1-1 at Sunderland

Next: At Wigan, March 30

Norwich suddenly can't stop drawing matches. After earning a hard-fought draw with 10 men at Sunderland—their fifth in seven matches—the Canaries have drawn 13 times this season, joint most in the league (with Stoke, of course).

13. Newcastle United

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Points: 67

Previous: 9

Result: Lost 2-1 at Wigan

Next: At Manchester City, March 30

Newcastle lost the match against Wigan, but a more egregious outcome is the FA's decision not to ban Callum McManaman for that tackle. Filthy, absolutely filthy.

12. Swansea City

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Points: 71

Previous: 11

Result: Lost 2-0 home to Arsenal

Next: Home to Spurs, March 30

Swansea have lost three of five and have another tough match coming up against Spurs. Regardless of how the season finishes, though, it's been a successful one already for Michael Laudrup and company.

10. (tie) Southampton

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Points: 79

Previous: 16

Result: Won 3-1 home to Liverpool

Next: Home to Chelsea, March 30

Beating Liverpool was not just glamorous for Southampton; it kept the Saints four points above the drop zone in the suddenly white-hot relegation scrap.

10. (tie) Aston Villa

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Points: 79

Previous: 15

Result: Won 3-2 home to QPR

Next: Home to Liverpool, March 31

Villa have won two in a row and three of five. They're out of the relegation zone. Is the sun starting to shine in England's second city?

Sean: All's not lost for Villa, after all. Consecutive wins over relegation rivals will do that.

9. Liverpool

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Points: 93

Previous: 3

Result: Lost 3-1 at Southampton

Next: At Aston Villa, March 31

In an attempt to answer Sean's question below, we'll cite a couple stats. Liverpool have won two or more games in a row three times this season and have not lost back-to-back matches a single time.

So, in other words, maybe.

Sean: Is there a more infuriatingly inconsistent team than Liverpool?

8. West Bromwich Albion

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Points: 100

Previous: 7

Result: Drew 0-0 at Stoke

Next: At West Ham, March 30

West Brom have been rather inconsistent themselves. The Baggies have won 13 times and lost 12.

7. Fulham

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Points: 105

Previous: 10

Result: Won 1-0 at Spurs

Next: Home to QPR, April 1

Dimitar Berbatov has scored 11 goals, tied for 12th place in the league this season. Yeah, we thought his total was higher too.

6. Tottenham Hotspur

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Points: 106

Previous: 4

Result: Lost 1-0 home to Fulham

Next: At Swansea, March 30

Spurs have lost back-to-back games in the league and three straight overall. Uh oh.

Dan: At least now Spurs fans know the match they can look back on this season if it all falls apart.

Adam: Where would they be without Gareth Bale? Well, Bale was far from dominant on Sunday in Spurs' loss to Fulham. So...

Sean: So are these those wobbly late-season Spurs that Arsenal fans have been waiting for?

5. Manchester City

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Points: 122

Previous: 2

Result: Lost 2-0 at Everton

Next: Home to Newcastle, March 30

Now that the title challenge is really, really, definitely over, expect City to focus on the FA Cup—and clearing out the squad this summer.

Adam: They're not going to catch United, but when Joe Hart is at his best, City still may be the most solid side in England front to back. Of course, Hart has been ehhhhhh for much of the campaign.