“Welcome to week three of The Athletic’s Premier League performance table — a ranking system that really does not appreciate tightly-contested matches. In case you missed week one, or week two, this is not the official standings, where results are the only thing that matters. In our performance-based take, it is a clean slate at the start of each gameweek, which means you can go from top to bottom (and vice versa) in the space of a few days, with the one-to-20 rankings assessed purely on how well each team played in their previous match. You can also stay bottom. Sorry, Fulham, we know that you set up camp in the Crystal Palace penalty area on Saturday, but defending at the other end does actually matter. …”
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