Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News 
February 21 – West Ham United once more led the way in which within the Premier League attendance desk, recording a season-high 99.94% capability on the London Stadium.
The stats present that Premier League attendances stay regular, with match week 25 delivering a 97.91% capability fee—simply shy of the 98% season common.
Graham Potter’s Hammers additionally boasted the biggest total attendance of the week, with 62,467 followers filling the stands. Their sturdy off-pitch exhibiting was a silver lining after a slim 1-0 dwelling defeat to Brentford.
Leicester and Aston Villa be part of the Hammers within the unique 99% membership, every outfitted with the highest assist this week in what was a largely sturdy exhibiting from followers of England’s elite – bar three main outliers.
Fulham, who’ve been cemented to the foot of the capability tracker attendance rating because the starting of the season, comes as no shock. The predictably weak attendance, standing at 95.31%, didn’t do the consequence justice as Marco Silva’s males clutched a giant win over excessive fliers Nottingham Forest, which lastly noticed £34 million summer season signing Emile Smith Rowe return to goalscoring type.
Becoming a member of the Cottagers are Southampton (95.84%), whose wavering attendance doesn’t come as a shock because the staff have had a depressing season and look doomed to return to the championship come Could regardless of a uncommon win in opposition to Ipswich final spherical. This week’s defeat was significantly bitter, although, as Juric’s aspect suffered a 3-1 loss to south coast rivals Bournemouth. The hole to security stays at eight factors.
Manchester Metropolis (95.33%) type the third staff within the underperforming trio, whose attendances have frankly fallen off a cliff this season. Recording a gentle 98% common final season, the place Pep Guardiola’s males clutched a fourth successive Premier League title – this season has informed a really totally different story, and the stands mirror it. Since Metropolis’s type curtailed in November, the membership have averaged a measly 96% capability – by far the bottom within the large six and the third-lowest within the Premier League this season.
While they could be out of the title race, 17 factors adrift of Liverpool, Metropolis’s on-pitch type might decide whether or not their followers return in full drive—or whether or not the empty seats will proceed to inform their very own story.
Contact the author of this story, Harry Ewing, at moc.l1740146104labto1740146104ofdlr1740146104owedi1740146104sni@g1740146104niwe.1740146104yrrah1740146104
