EPL Season 2020-21 Champions, point table, award and facts

EPL Season 2020-21 was the 29th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992 and the 122nd season of top-flight English football overall.
The season was initially scheduled to start on 8 August 2020 and end on 16 May 2021, but this was delayed until 12 September due to the postponement of the previous season’s conclusion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Liverpool were the defending champions, having won their first Premier League and nineteenth English league title the previous season.
In a season largely played behind closed doors, Manchester City secured a fifth Premier League title and seventh English league title overall with three matches to spare. It was also the club’s third title in the last four seasons.

Champions: Manchester City, (5th title)
Top Goal Scorer: Harry Kane, 23 goal
Best Goalkeeper: Ederson, 19 clean sheets

EPL Season 2020-21 annual award

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City
Player of the Season	Rúben Dias	Manchester City
Young Player of the Season	Phil Foden	Manchester City
Goal of the Season	Erik Lamela	Tottenham Hotspur
PFA Players' Player of the Year	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
PFA Young Player of the Year	Phil Foden	Manchester City
FWA Footballer of the Year	Rúben Dias	Manchester City
PFA Fans' Player of the Year	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool

EPL Season 2020-21 point table | standings

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Point	Qualification | Relegation
1	Manchester City	38	27	5	6	83	32	+51	86	Qualify to UCL
2	Manchester United	38	21	11	6	73	44	+29	74	Qualify to UCL
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	68	42	+26	69	Qualify to UCL
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	58	36	+22	67	Qualify to UCL
5	Leicester City	38	20	6	12	68	50	+18	66	Qualify to Europa League
6	West Ham United	38	19	8	11	62	47	+15	65	Qualify to Europa League
7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	8	12	68	45	+23	62	Qualify to Conference League
8	Arsenal	38	18	7	13	55	39	+16	61
9	Leeds United	38	18	5	15	62	54	+8	59
10	Everton	38	17	8	13	47	48	−1	59
11	Aston Villa	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	55
12	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	46	62	−16	45
13	Wolves	38	12	9	17	36	52	−16	45
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	8	18	41	66	−25	44
15	Southampton	38	12	7	19	47	68	−21	43
16	Brighton	38	9	14	15	40	46	−6	41
17	Burnley	38	10	9	19	33	55	−22	39
18	Fulham (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28	Relegated to EFL Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	5	11	22	35	76	−41	26	Relegated to EFL Championship
20	Sheffield United (R)	38	7	2	29	20	63	−43	23	Relegated to EFL Championship

EPL Season 2020-21 top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	23
2	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	22
3	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	18
4	Patrick Bamford	Leeds United	17
5	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	17
6	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Everton	16
7	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	15
8	Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	14
9	İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City	13
10	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal	13

EPL Season 2020-21 most assist provider list

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	14
2	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	12
3	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	12
4	Jack Grealish	Aston Villa	10
5	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	10

EPL Season 2020-21 most clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Ederson	Manchester City	19
2	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea	16
3	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa	15
4	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	12
5	Bernd Leno	Arsenal	11
6	Illan Meslier	Leeds United	11
7	Nick Pope	Burnley	11
8	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City	11
9	Alisson	Liverpool	10
10	Łukasz Fabiański	West Ham United	10
11	Rui Patrício	Wolves	10
12	Jordan Pickford	Everton	10
13	Robert Sánchez	Brighton	10

EPL Season 2020-21 PFA Team of the Year

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Ederson	Manchester City
Defender	João Cancelo	Manchester City
Defender	Rúben Dias	Manchester City
Defender	John Stones	Manchester City
Defender	Luke Shaw	Manchester United
Midfielder	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
Midfielder	İlkay Gündoğan	Manchester City
Midfielder	Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United
Forward	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
Forward	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur
Forward	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur

EPL Season 2020-21 Team information and sponsor

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit Manufacturer
Arsenal	Mikel Arteta	Aubameyang	Adidas
Aston Villa	Dean Smith	Jack Grealish	Kappa
Brighton	Graham Potter	Lewis Dunk	Nike
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Ben Mee	Umbro
Chelsea	Thomas Tuchel	César Azpilicueta	Nike
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	Luka Milivojević	Puma
Everton	Carlo Ancelotti	Séamus Coleman	Hummel
Fulham	Scott Parker	Tom Cairney	Adidas
Leeds United	Marcelo Bielsa	Liam Cooper	Adidas
Leicester City	Brendan Rodgers	Wes Morgan	Adidas
Liverpool	Jürgen Klopp	Jordan Henderson	Nike
Manchester City	Pep Guardiola	Fernandinho	Puma
Manchester United	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Harry Maguire	Adidas
Newcastle United	Steve Bruce	Jamaal Lascelles	Puma
Sheffield United	Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker)	Billy Sharp	Adidas
Southampton	Ralph Hasenhüttl	James Ward-Prowse	Under Armour
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason (caretaker)	Hugo Lloris	Nike
West Bromwich Albion	Sam Allardyce	Jake Livermore	Puma
West Ham United	David Moyes	Mark Noble	Umbro
Wolves	Nuno Espírito Santo	Conor Coady	Adidas

EPL Season 2020-21 Summary
The 2020–21 Premier League season began on Saturday, 12 September, just seven weeks after the conclusion of the 2019–20 season. Liverpool were the defending champions, having won their nineteenth league title the previous season, their first in the Premier League era. As originally planned, the 2020–21 season was to be the second Premier League season with a mid-season break in February, whereby five games of a normal round of ten would be played on one weekend and the remaining five the following weekend. However, due to the late start of the league and fixture congestion, the winter break was scrapped. It was also the second Premier League season to use VAR (Video Assistant Referee).

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
At the start of this season, as was the case at the end of the previous season, there was limited or no attendance at matches besides each team’s staff and personnel. On 23 November 2020, it was announced that some fans would be allowed to return to stadiums in low-risk areas at the end of the second national lockdown on 2 December 2020. However, the announcement of a third national lockdown on 4 January 2021 signaled a return to matches being played behind closed doors.
As fans initially were not allowed to attend matches, an agreement was made for all matches to be televised up until at least the October international break. The league’s major broadcast partners, Sky Sports and BT Sport, broadcast the vast majority of the matches between them, while Amazon Prime Video and the BBC were also allotted additional live matches during the season. Following the October international break, Sky and BT trialed a revised format with the launch of a pay-per-view service for matches not selected for live broadcast on their main channels. However, following strong opposition from fans, the format was discontinued after the November round of international matches, and all matches were again shown across the league’s four broadcast partners. This continued for the remainder of the season, making this the first Premier League season in which all matches across the entire campaign were televised.
On 22 February 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, as the third step of recovery from the lockdown imposed on 4 January, that subject to certain criteria being met on vaccines, infection rates, and new coronavirus variants, large football stadiums would be allowed to reopen on 17 May with a maximum of 10,000 spectators or 25% capacity, whichever was higher. This meant that the final round of fixtures scheduled for 23 May would see spectators return to the stadiums. To ensure all clubs played their final home game in front of fans, the penultimate round of fixtures was rearranged to take place on 18–19 May. No away fans were permitted for these matches.