REVEALED: Aston Villa are the Premier League’s largest overperformers

The Premier League‘s largest over and underperformers have been revealed in a brand new handicap desk by Sky Bet – with shock package deal Aston Villa main the standings.

Villa have been a pressure to be reckoned with underneath Unai Emery this season, making their option to fourth within the Premier League and are critical contenders to say a Champions League spot – regardless of being hammered 4-0 at residence to Tottenham.

But whereas their season suffered a hiccup on the weekend, the Villans are nonetheless high of a desk calculating the most important overperformers this season. 

The standings are calculated by taking every crew’s present factors whole to this point this season after 28 video games and including it to their handicap.

The handicap factors are primarily based on their anticipated efficiency for the Premier League season, primarily based on the bookies’ odds for outright league winner. 

Aston Villa are the Premier League’s largest overperformers this season as they sit high of the handicap desk

With that in thoughts, Villa are the very best performers within the league this season. They sit high with a handicap of 31 after 0.82 factors per sport and a complete rating of 77.96.

There is one other shock identify behind them in second. While Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City are scrapping it out for the title, it’s high-flying Wolves, who’ve a handicap of 47, with a complete of 74.72 factors after 41 factors from 28 video games. 

Gary O’Neil’s males have been averaging 1.24 factors per sport.

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool – who’re second within the precise desk – slip one place decrease within the handicap desk, with theirs rated at 11.

Wolves discover themselves in second place after a formidable exhibiting underneath Gary O’Neil

Tottenham held off north London rivals Arsenal to rank above them within the handicap desk – depsite the Gunners being high of the Premier League

West Ham, who’ve a handicap of 39, are in fourth – with their factors per sport labored out at 1.03, giving them a complete of 71.84 factors, summing up their constructive season underneath David Moyes regardless of being tipped to battle.

Just beneath the Hammers are Tottenham in fifth following their encouraging begin to life underneath Ange Postecoglou this time period, and whereas Arsenal are the present league leaders – they’re solely ok for sixth on this desk.

Mikel Arteta’s males began with a handicap of 9 and are calculated at 0.24 PPG, taking their whole to 70.72.

Last season’s Premier League champions and treble winners Manchester City – who began with a handicap of zero and are bang in the midst of the desk in tenth.

Luton – regardless of being 18th within the Premier League desk – are nonetheless punching approach above their weight, being positioned in eleventh within the new standings, having been given a handicap of 57 – the most important of any crew.

Manchester United’s turbulent marketing campaign is mirrored in them being fifteenth within the handicap desk

Chelsea are one of many highest underperformers this season, with the Blues in nineteenth place

This brings us to the most important underachievers. This season’s relegation battlers Burnley are about the identical place – one place beneath their precise place of nineteenth. But there are three notable groups in eye-catching positions after powerful seasons.

Manchester United have had an up and down marketing campaign, regardless of at the moment being sixth within the Premier League desk with 43 factors from 28 video games. 

But with a handicap of 13 and factors per sport of 0.34, Erik ten Hag’s males have slumped to fifteenth within the handicap desk – with their whole at 56.52.

Newcastle, in the meantime, have suffered a fall from grace after clinching a well-known place within the Champions League final season. They’re now tenth within the league and made a fast exit from Europe after being gripped by accidents and inconsistency. That’s mirrored within the handicap desk to place them in 18th. 

Chelsea, nonetheless, have been dealt a worse destiny after one more stumbling season, this time underneath new boss Mauricio Pochettino. 

The Blues – who bought again to profitable methods with a 3-2 win over the Magpies on Monday night time – slotted in at nineteenth with a handicap of 19 and 0.5 PPG – taking their whole to 52.5.