November 28 – This week’s capacity tracker findings show a damning reflection of Manchester City’s poor form, after the Premier League holders received season-low turnout for the club’s four goal lashing at home to Spurs. With the usually strong attendance regressing each week, the already poor 95.4% figure no doubt dwindled as the game went on.
This is the first time that a big-six side have tallied bottom of the weekly attendance capacity chart, worsened by the fact that City won the title just five months ago and are ranked the number one club in the world by FIFA.
Southampton are also struggling to fill the stands, tallying 1,106 empty seats for their clash with Liverpool on Sunday. The south coast side ended up on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller but showed plenty of heart despite the club’s slowly reducing attendance this season.
Armed with some low scores across the board, match week 12 showed a slight decline in attendance from before the international break but still sits close to the average attendance percentage this season.
On the positive side, Arsenal continued their strong attendance pattern as more than 60,000 watched the side’s impressive 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday. They look back to their best now that star midfielder Martin Odegaard has returned. The Norway international was sidelined for two months with a sprained ankle, which saw Arsenal’s usually high standards slump slightly.
Newcastle United yet again recorded a week-winning attendance score of 99.6%, although struggled on the pitch with a 0-2 loss to an out-of-form West Ham side. Regardless of how the team performs, Newcastle fans continue to lead the Premier League in percentage capacity with an average of 99.5% across the season so far, compared to the league average of 97.9%.
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