November 14 – Matchweek 11 offered another reminder of the Premier League’s pulling power, even as the numbers showed a growing gap between the league’s most reliable home crowds and those struggling to keep pace.
Across the ten games, the round delivered a league-wide average attendance of 97.94%, comfortably above the season’s running mark of 97.64% and the second-highest figure of the campaign behind Matchweek 4’s 98.18%. In raw terms, 427,960 of the 436,793 available seats were filled – a strong return as the winter chill begins to creep in and casual attendance usually starts to dip.
What stood out this week was the spread between clubs. Several continue to operate at the very edge of capacity: West Ham (99.92%), Brentford (99.75%), Nottingham Forest (99.54%) and Everton (99.47%) all came within touching distance of full houses once again, reflecting both steady demand and well-honed ticketing systems.
But that consistency wasn’t universal. While the top performers almost carried the round on their own, a handful of lower returns elsewhere pulled the average back from what could have been a season-leading figure. It’s a reminder that even in a league as commercially dominant as the Premier League, attendance patterns can still fluctuate from club to club.
Even so, the headline remains positive. Nearly 98% capacity in early November speaks to a competition whose matchday appeal rarely weakens, regardless of weather, form, or fixture congestion. Matchweek 11 won’t go down as a record-breaker, but it sits comfortably within the league’s remarkably consistent attendance curve – a curve few competitions anywhere can match.
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