Manchester City prime of desk for largest variety of empty seats in Premier League
Manchester City sit top of the table for largest number of empty seats in any Premier League ground this season
Pep Guardiola’s all conquering team are on the hunt for their fifth straight league title.
They sit second in the table and are unbeaten this season.
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But they are on top when it comes to fans not going to games.
A whopping 4.04% of the Etihad Stadium is being left vacant on match day.
Despite the clubs on the pitch success the 55,000 seater stadium still sees an average of 2,228 empty seats so far this season.
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Fulham come in at second place, with 4% of Craven Cottage left unoccupied on match days.
However, the 1,081 average empty spots are affected by the accessibility of the ground’s new Riverside Stand that is still not fully open.
Relegation-threatened Southampton are in third despite their return to the top flight this season.
During match days St Mary’s Stadium sees 3.85% of their 32,384 seater stadium left empty, with a whopping 1,247 vacant seats on average.
South-London based Crystal Palace sit at the fourth spot, with 3.44% of Selhurst Park being left vacant.
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The Eagles ground has seen an average of 897 empty seats during match day.
Wolverhampton Wanderers who sit rock bottom of the Premier League, have the fifth most empty stadium this season.
In total, 3.38% of the 32,050 Molineux stadium is left empty, with an average of 1,083 seats vacant.
Despite Cole Palmer’s brilliance on the pitch Stamford Bridge still has its fair share of empty seats.
Chelsea are in sixth place with an average of 1,325 empty seats per game, making up 3.24% of their 40,853 seater stadium.
Top-four chasing Aston Villa have an average 1,227 empty spot each match day with 2.87% of Villa Park being empty.
Tottenham Hotspur average 2.28% of their ground being empty with the state-of-the-art stadium averaging 1,434 per home game.
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Manchester United ’s dull start to the season hasn’t seemed to put off fans with only 1.78% of Old Trafford being empty on match day.
The Red Devils have an average of 1,339 empty seats per match.
Nottingham Forest’s stadium the City Ground has an average 505 empty spots, with 1.65% of the stadium empty.
With Everton entering their final year at Goodison park, the ground is seeing an average of just 1.59% – 636 – being left empty.
Home of Brentford, the Gtech Community Stadium sees 1.51% (262) of the capacity left unused on match day.
Leicester City ’s King Power Stadium has an average of 1.48% (480) of the ground being left vacant.
The smallest ground in the league, the Vitality Stadium, home to Bournemouth sees an average of 1.02% – 116 – of the capacity left unoccupied.
The Amex, home to Brighton & Hove Albion, has an average of 0.91% – 290 – of the ground left empty.
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Known for its electric atmosphere Liverpool’s Anfield stadium has a measly 0.75% – 459 – of the ground left vacant on match day.
Title contenders Arsenal have rectified The Emirates atmosphere with fans leaving just 0.66% – 400 – of the stadium empty this season.
Ipswich Town’s historic return to the Premier League has been celebrated with fans turning up in numbers.
Just 0.63% – 190 – of Portman Road is left empty on match day.
Newcastle’s St James’ Park is always bouncing during the match with just 0.22% (120) of the ground left unused.
With the best attendance record in the Premier League so far this season sits West Ham.
Despite the Hammers poor start to the campaign, the Olympic stadium has seen just 0.05% – 32 – of capacity left unoccupied.
The figures were worked out by comparing the official match day attendances with the stadiums’ capacities.
