Power rankings: Which Premier League clubs are over and underperforming this season?

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Each club ranked 

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The Premier League table is ultimately the only stat that matters at the end of the season. Clubs can focus on underlying stats or celebrate the performances of individual stars, but at the end of the day managers are praised or sacked and players are bought or sold based on the numbers of points their teams win in games and put on the league table over the course of the season. 

However, while the season rumbles on, we can still break down the performances of each club and rate their individual performances in the league campaign. And, since Transfermarkt also tracks the market values of each players in the English top-flight, we can also use that as a yardstick to judge each Premier League club. So, based on the overall squad market values of each club, which teams are over-performing and punching above their weight and which clubs are simply not getting enough out of their star-studded squads? 

Which teams have overperformed in the Premier League?

The club that has so far outperformed all others in the Premier League season is undoubtedly Nottingham Forest. Nuno Espírito Santo’s side currently sit fifth in the league table with the twelfth most valuable squad in the English top-flight. As such, our rankings put Forest top of the list with a score of +7. But they aren’t the only club to do remarkably well this season. Alongside Santo’s side are none other than Bournemouth and Fulham, who also sit on an impressive score of +7. Andoni Iraola’s side are currently flying high in eighth place with the fifteenth most valuable squad and Marco Silva has managed to take Fulham up to tenth in the table with a squad that is fourth bottom of the list in terms of overall market value. 

Other notable over-achievers are Brentford (+4) and Leicester City (+3), even though both clubs are in contrasting situations. Thomas Frank’s side continue to punch above their weight despite having the thirteenth most valuable squad in the league. And even though Leicester sit just five points above a relegation spot, that’s still a notable achievement for the second least valuable squad in the English top-flight this season. 

Which teams have underperformed in the Premier League?

To no great surprise, Manchester United remain the most underperforming club in the Premier League based on the market value of their squad. Although Ruben Amorim will be given plenty of time to turn things around at Old Trafford, there’s no getting away from the fact that the Portuguese manager has a fifth most valuable squad in the English top-flight and due their thirteenth-placed predicament, their score sits at -8. Close behind the Red Devils are none other than Crystal Palace. The London club have struggled to emulate last season’s success and Oliver Glasner’s team currently linger in seventeenth place in the league table. Since Glasner can boast the eleventh most valuable squad in England, there’s little doubt that Palace should be doing much better and are therefore stuck in second bottom on -6. 

Interestingly, there are no less than three clubs on a -5 score at this point in the season. Newcastle (twelfth in the table with with the seventh most valuable squad), Tottenham (eleventh in the table with the sixth most valuable squad) and Wolves (nineteenth in the table with the fourteenth most valuable squad) are all sitting precariously on a score of -5, which perhaps perfectly explains why each club currently has a manager that is under pressure to turn results around and get their team back to where they should be.