Liverpool in the relegation zone, but Aston Villa and Chelsea are flying high – How every Premier League club has been affected by closed stadiums

It’s hard to watch football and not see fans in stadiums up and down the United Kingdom.

We know, for now, it’s a sacrifice we have to make, although their is a strong belief we can get some supporters back with social distancing.

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It seems like an age since fans were celebrating goals in stadiums

Fans are the 12th player. It’s a bit of a cliche but in reality we know they really do make a huge difference.

The passion of supporters, with their energy and their noise, can spur sides on and intimidate their rivals.

And without them we’re certainly seeing a difference in all areas of the beautiful game.

BettingOdds.com have analysed statistics from the 140 Premier League games played behind closed doors since June 17, 2020 and compared them to the last 140 games prior to that date.

Football without fans in stadiums is hard to get used to

The purpose of the study was to establish how sides have been affected, for either the better or worse, with fans not allowed in Premier League grounds

And it turns out it may have made a huge difference for some clubs’ form, although Leicester’s has remained exactly the same.

So, which teams are seemingly benefiting from a lack of fans on the terraces and who are struggling?

Find out below…

Liverpool, without the Anfield faithful, appear to have been one of the biggest losers, along with Sheffield United, who must fear a case of second season syndrome right now.

But at the top of the table it seems Aston Villa, Southampton, West Ham, and Chelsea are coping really well without their supporters.

The study also revealed there has only been a minimal 0.08 points per game drop for home sides and, interestingly, away sides are now scoring 0.34 more goals per game than they did prior to the loss of fans, while they have also seen a 0.91 per cent rise in the amount of possession they have per game.

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Aston Villa stars Ollie Watkins (right) and Ross Barkley (centre) and Jack Grealish (left) are having a great start to the season

In total, there has been 0.48 more goals in every Premier League match, but that is despite there being 1.24 less shots in each encounter – has no fans really made strikers more clinical?

It would appear so, although no one has told Alexandre Lacazette…

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