Manchester United runners-up in Premier League table determined by Dream Team points – West Ham up to 7th!
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With all eyes on the Premier League as the campaign draws to a close, with fierce competition for European places and a desperate relegation scrap seemingly destined to go down to the wire, we’ve created an alternate league table, one based purely on Dream Team points.
That is the real quiz, after all.
Only Manchester City have produced more Dream Team points than Manchester United this season
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE DETERMINED BY DREAM TEAM POINTS
Manchester City – 2,727 pts
Manchester United – 2,224 pts
Arsenal – 1,901 pts
Liverpool – 1,664 pts
Newcastle – 1,552 pts
Brighton – 1,459 pts
West Ham – 1,432 pts
Tottenham – 1,351 pts
Brentford – 1,126 pts
Chelsea – 1,118 pts
Fulham – 999 pts
Aston Villa – 935 pts
Leicester – 893 pts
Wolves – 828 pts
Crystal Palace – 811 pts
Nottingham Forest – 684 pts
Leeds – 617 pts
Everton – 604 pts
Southampton – 594 pts
Bournemouth – 552 pts
As you would expect, Man City’s treble quest puts them in a league of their own – it helps that Erling Haaland (£10.4m) has plundered 430 points on his own.
The big story at the top of the table, however, is that Man United are comfortably the second-most successful team in the realm of Dream Team this season.
Arsenal held top spot in the Premier League for the majority of the campaign but Erik ten Hag’s side have made hay in the additional competitions – they lifted the Carabao Cup in February and are due to meet Pep Guardiola’s side at Wembley in the FA Cup final in a fortnight’s time.
Marcus Rashford (£7.2m) and company also fulfilled four more European fixtures than the Gunners by virtue of their Europa League knockout play-off and quarter-final.
A cursory glance at the Dream Team rankings underlines how the best-performing Old Trafford assets have edged out their Arsenal counterparts across every position.
David de Gea (£3.6m) is 57 points ahead of Aaron Ramsdale (£3.3m); Luke Shaw (£4.2m), Diogo Dalot (£3.7m) and Lisandro Martinez (£4.7m) are all above Mikel Arteta’s best defenders; Bruno Fernandes (£6.7m) reigns supreme among midfielders, while Rashford is second only to runaway leader Haaland up front.
GETTYBukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard have been excellent but Bruno Fernandes is Dream Team’s top midfielder[/caption]
Elsewhere, West Ham are the team most flattered by our alternative table.
In reality, the Hammers have only just crawled away from the relegation dogfight in the last few weeks but we’ve got them nipping at the heels of Brighton, a whole eight places above their actual position!
Once again, this illustrates the potential returns available to Dream Team gaffers prepared to squeeze the schedule for all it’s worth.
David Moyes’ side may have underwhelmed domestically but they’re on the brink of the Europa Conference League final with the likes of Jarrod Bowen (£4m) and Said Benrahma (£3.8m) having regularly cashed in on Thursday nights.
GETTYDon’t underestimate the Europa Conference League[/caption]
Looking ahead, one wonders what the Seagulls and Newcastle can achieve next season with European fixtures to bolster their schedule.
If Dream Team points are anything to go by then Everton seem more likely to suffer relegation than Leeds or Leicester (the Foxes are up to a lofty 13th in our ranking) but, then again, we’ve got the Cherries dead last despite the fact they’ve already preserved their top-flight status.
For all the differences in our league table, there’s something strangely comforting about the fact Chelsea remain solidly in mid-table – surely the Blues will improve in 2023/24, right?
