15-12-2015, 00:20
Read an interesting article on this a bit ago. They did a bunch of statistical analysis of the points required for relegation, the results pretty much went like this:
33 points guarantees relegation
37 gives you a chance to survive
43 guarantees survival
West Ham I think hold the record since the prem went to 20 teams by going down with 42 points, hence why 43 "guarantees" survival, and in fact they are the only team to be relegated when getting to 41 points or more. Of course records are there to be broken and occasionally there will be that season that defies all the maths in the world but that 40 point mark is still valid.
33 points guarantees relegation
37 gives you a chance to survive
43 guarantees survival
West Ham I think hold the record since the prem went to 20 teams by going down with 42 points, hence why 43 "guarantees" survival, and in fact they are the only team to be relegated when getting to 41 points or more. Of course records are there to be broken and occasionally there will be that season that defies all the maths in the world but that 40 point mark is still valid.