Fallen Nottingham Forest Shake Up Top Five; Hypothetical Premier League Standings Without Mistakes - Man Utd Gain Advantage
Manchester United's fortunes surge in the Premier League, while Nottingham Forest falter due to mistakes.
Goalkeepers and defenders fervently hope their slip-ups leading to goals can be wiped from memory.
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Numbers whizzes at AceOdds.com have made that chimera possible by eliminating all blunders leading to goals that stemmed from individual errors.
A whopping 186 boneheaded errors have been banished, and it shifted the outcomes of 65 matches throughout the season.
Brighton rocket up the league rankings to fifth, nabbing themselves a Champions League berth.
These sea-dwelling chaps owe a significant chunk of their success to their No1 Bart Verbruggen, who blundered more often (five times) than any other keeper, leading to goals.
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Manchester United and Southampton are the other big movers in the league standings.
Ruben Amorim's lads shot themselves in the foot far too many times, costing them a whopping eight points.
United would have finished in 13th place if it weren't for these errors.
And the Saints weren't far behind, throwing away 11 points due to individual blunders.
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The boost would have even been enough to see them come out as the league's bottom feeder, as Ipswich would have clinched last place instead.
Nottingham Forest had their eyes set on Champions League qualification until the final day, only to eventually settle for a Conference League spot.
While not quite Champions League worthy, they were adept at capitalizing on their opponents' mistakes better than any other team in the division.
Excoriating those goals would have sent Forest plummeting down to 11th place and recorded 13 fewer points.
Similarly, Arsenal collected eight extra points due to their rivals' defensive flubs.
Without those gifted points, Mikel Arteta's lads would have lagged behind Liverpool, Manchester City, and Chelsea.
Manchester United's improved performance in the Premier League, thanks to fewer individual errors, might have seen them finish in a lower position if it weren't for the mistakes they capitalized on. Southampton, too, could have ended up as the season's last-placed team if not for their opponents' blunders, which granted them 11 extra points.
