Premier League Table as on 1st January 2025 (New Year’s Day) | Standings after 19 games (half way stage)

Here is a look at the Premier League table as it stood on 1 January 2025 (at the beginning of the New Year). This is also the PL log at the halfway stage of the current 24/25 season (19 game weeks had been played at this stage of the 38 game season)

This table is after the Brentford 1-3 Arsenal game on New Year’s day. Every team has played 19 rounds, with the exception of Liverpool & Everton (who have a game in hand because of Storm Darragh postponing their fixture earlier in the season)

EPL Standings at the beginning of 2025 | Premier League 24/25 table at half way mark

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Week 16- Premier League Table after Manchester derby 2024-25 | Chelsea 2 points behind LFC

Here is a look at the Premier League table after 16 games in the current 2024/25- also the EPL standings after the Manchester derby which was won in stunning fashion by Ruben Amorim’s Man United.

Chelsea are now just two points behind leaders Liverpool, although the latter do have a game in hand (their fixture against Everton that was postponed due to Storm Darragh)

Manchester City’s loss to Man United has seen Pep Guardiola’s team fall out of the top 4, with Nottingham Forest taking their spot.

EPL log after Round 16 (24/25 season)

EPL Standings after Week 16 2024-2025 season

Another surprise entrant in the top six are Bournemouth, who have taken advantage of Aston Villa (away loss to Forest) and Brighton (home loss to Crystal Palace) in GW15. The Cherries drew 1-1 with West Ham last night, but it was enough to catapult them into 6th place.

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French Newspaper Player Ratings Arsenal vs AS Monaco 2024 Champions League- L’Equipe & Nice Matin

Here are the player ratings for Arsenal vs Monaco in the Champions League (MD6) from the big French newspapers- renowned sports one L’Equipe as well as local paper Nice Matin (Monaco Matin)

Arsenal 3-0 Monaco (Bukayo Saka*2, Kai Havertz)

L’Equipe player ratings Arsenal vs Monaco UCL December 2024

Not surprisingly, Bukayo Saka’s brace had him as Arsenal’s best player on the evening, but L’Equipe tend to be notoriously harsh in giving out player ratings, and the winger got a 8/10. No other Arsenal player got as much, but coach Mikel Arteta got the same rating for his tactics.

Arsenal vs Monaco 2024 Player Ratings L'Equipe

The lowest rated Arsenal players in L’Equipe’s players were defender Jakub Kiwior and winger Gabriel Martinelli (both 5/10), with Arsenal as a team getting a rating of 6.3/10

On the Monaco side, former Liverpool player Takumi Minamino got a good rating from the bench (6/10) and was their best performer on the evening, along with Lamine Camara. The worst ASM players, according to L’Equipe, were central defender Salisu (2/10) and forward Breel Embolo (3/10)

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