Two wonders in the Premier League standings: 5 teams are tied with 18 points, and the 12th place is only 3 points away from the top four.

All 10 games in the 11th round of the Premier League have been played. After this round, two major wonders have appeared in the Premier League standings: First, starting from 5th-placed Tottenham to 9th-placed Bournemouth, 5 teams have 18 points; secondly, 12th-placed Brentford has 16 points, but is only 3 points behind 4th-placed Sunderland. And with the arrival of the international match day, the Premier League will be temporarily suspended, which also means that these two spectacles in the Premier League standings will continue for at least 10 more days.

Wonder 1: 5 teams have a total of 18 points. The teams currently ranked 5th to 9th in the standings are Tottenham, Villa, Manchester United, Liverpool and Bournemouth. They all have 18 points, but each team's goal difference and number of goals are different. Tottenham's record in 11 games is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, scoring 19 goals and conceding 10 goals, with a goal difference of 9; Villa's record is also 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, scoring 13 goals and conceding 10 goals, with a goal difference of 3; Manchester United's record is also 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, with the same number of 19 goals as Tottenham, but conceding 18 goals and only 1 goal difference.

Liverpool has a record of 6 wins and 5 losses in 11 games. It is the only team in the Premier League without a draw this season. They scored 18 goals and conceded 17 goals. The goal difference is also only 1. Slott still adheres to the style of either you die or I die. Bournemouth's record is also 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, scoring 17 goals and conceding 18, with a goal difference of negative 1. They are also the only team among the top 11 teams in the Premier League with a negative goal difference. The sale of the entire defense in the summer window still has a great impact on them.

Wonder 2: The 12th place is only 3 points away from the top four. After 11 rounds of the Premier League, the traditional BIG6 teams of Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham have all entered the top eight. Aston Villa, which has been in the top six in the previous two seasons, is currently ranked sixth. Apart from this, the only dark horse is the newly promoted team Sander, currently ranked fourth. Lan, coincidentally, Sunderland ranked 4th in the English Championship last season, and finally broke into the Premier League through the promotion play-offs. After being promoted to the Premier League, Leeds United and Burnley, the runner-up of the English Championship at the time, are currently ranked 16th and 17th in the Premier League respectively. The rankings are 12 places behind Sunderland.

There are five teams behind Sunderland with 18 points, ranked 5-9, namely Tottenham, Villa, Manchester United, Liverpool and Bournemouth mentioned earlier, followed by 10th-placed Crystal Palace with 17 points, 11th-placed Brighton and 12th-placed Brentford with 16 points. The points difference between Sunderland and Brentford is only 3 points, which is a gap of one win, but the ranking has gone from 4th to 12th, a full 8 places difference, from the Champions League to the bottom half of the standings.

In addition, the Premier League standings form an irregular arithmetic sequence from 3rd to 13th, with Chelsea at 20 points, Sunderland at 19 points, Tottenham, Villa, Manchester United, Liverpool and Bournemouth at 18 points, Crystal Palace at 17 points, Brighton and Brentford at 16 points, and Everton at 15 points. There are teams on the score ladder for 6 consecutive levels, and no one has failed. Especially the 18-point level is crowded with 5 teams, and the level of crowding is comparable to the college entrance examination score ranking.

The two wonders of the Premier League standings are unique among the five major leagues. In the Serie A standings, there are only two teams with the same points at most. The 4th-placed Napoli and the 12th-placed Torino are 8 points apart; in the French Ligue 1 standings, there are 3 teams with 20 points and 3 teams with 10 points. Strath, the 4th place There is an 8-point difference between Fortuna and 12th-placed Le Havre; there are three teams in the La Liga standings with 15 points, and a full 10-point difference between 4th-placed Atletico Madrid and 12th-placed Rayo Vallecano; in the Bundesliga standings, there are only two teams with the same points at most, with a 12-point difference between 4th-placed Stuttgart and 12th-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The reason why the Premier League standings can see such a spectacle is that the overall level of Premier League teams is increasing day by day. The gap between traditional strong teams and weak teams is shrinking sharply. The two Premier League champions in the previous two seasons, including Manchester City and Liverpool, may lose to any team, including newly promoted teams. For example, last season's champion Liverpool lost five games in a row after 11 rounds, losing to Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Manchester United, Brentford and Manchester City. This is unique in La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

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