The Premier League season has almost reached the halfway point with teams settled into their rhythms and some huge storylines set up for the second half of 2018/19.
Liverpool have gone top of the tree for Christmas, with Manchester City lagging behind – but which teams have improved or fallen most since this stage last season?
Manchester United sailed to a 5-1 victory over Cardiff at the weekend in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first game in charge, but overall they are enduring a very poor season.
They are the second-most disappointing team in the top flight, but one team is 20 points off the pace they set last year, while Liverpool continue to improve.
Express Sport has rounded up how many points every Premier League team has compared to this stage last season.
Premier League table compared to last season
17. Burnley: -20pts
16. Manchester United: -12pts
15. Huddersfield: -11pts
14. Manchester City: -8pts
13. Southampton: -3pts
12. Leicester: -1pt
11. Everton: -1pt