Premier League 2020-21

[Kyng]

Okay, I know the 2019-20 season hasn't actually finished yet - but, the 2020-21 season is due to start in less than a month, and we're already getting news on it, so here's the thread .

The first piece of news is that Leeds United have secured promotion, meaning they'll appear in the Premier League for the first time in 16 years:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53449068

Good luck to them - and, hopefully, this season won't be disrupted in the manner that the current one was!

[Path Light]

Welcome back Leeds United to the Premier League!

[Kyng]

Well, now we know the last team being promoted to the Premier League. Fulham will be promoted, after they won their Championship play-off against Brentford:

Brentford 1 - 2 Fulham

Congrats to Fulham! They join Leeds United and West Brom (whom I forgot to mention earlier) - as well as the 17 returning teams from the last Premier League season.

[Kyng]

Well, here's a surprise result:

Manchester United 1 - 6 Tottenham

Admittedly, Man U had to play much of the match with 10 men (after Anthony Martial got sent off for dragging his hand across Erik Lamela's face) - but still, this is quite a drubbing .

[Kyng]

Another result to report:

Leicester City 2 - 0 Chelsea

With this result, Leicester City go to the top of the table - for now . They're not necessarily likely to stay there, because Manchester United are only one point behind with a game in hand, and Man City are only three points behind with two games in hand - but, I'm sure their fans will enjoy it while it lasts!

[Pyrite]

I wonder if the season being truncated may prove to be an advantage to teams like Leicester and Everton. It does seem as though no one side is running away with the title at the moment, so could end up being a close run thing. I think Manchester City will probably end up winning if things stay even, as they always seem to have just a bit more quality than the rest of the teams around them, and Liverpool seem to be having a lot of injury problems this year.

On the other side of the table, I do feel for Sheffield United, although it was encouraging to see them get their first win recently. West Brom might just survive with relegation battle expert Sam Allardyce now in charge, so it'll be curious to see who does go down in the end.

[Kyng]

Yeah, I'm particularly intrigued by Leicester City's title challenge. I thought their 2015-16 title was surely a once-and-done affair, but now I'm starting to wonder: can lightning really strike twice?

Anyway, another surprise result from today:

Liverpool 0 - 1 Burnley

And so, Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run comes to an end.