As the new league season is about to commence later on in this month of September and teams are recruiting to gear up for better performance in 2020/21 season, it is imperative to take a look into some astonishing records of last season - the longest of it's kind which was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liverpool emerged champions after three decades of the Premier League formation.
Relegated Teams
Watford
Bournemouth
Norwich City
Games played - 380 matches
Goals scored - 1,034 goals
Goalscorers - 317 different players scored
Top scorers
Jamie Vardy (Leicester) - 23 goals
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) - 22 goals
Danny Ings (Burnley) - 22 goals
Most Assists
Kevin Bruyne (Man City) - 20 assists
(equalling the assist record for a single season which was held by Thierry Henry in 2002/03 season).
Most clean sheets
Ederson Moraes (Man City) - 16 games
Top Tacklers
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Man United) -129 tackles
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) - 129
Ricardo Pereira (Leicester) - 119
Most interceptions
Diego Rico (Bournemouth) - 84
Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) - 80
Declan Rice (West Ham) - 78
Longest unbeaten run
Liverpool - 27 games
Longest losing run
Norwich City - 9 games
Longest winless run
Watford - 11 games
Biggest home win
Man City 8-0 Watford (21 September, 2019)
Biggest away win
Southampton 0-9 Leicester City (25th October, 2019)
Yellow cards issued - 407
Most yellow carded team
Arsenal FC - 77 yellow cards
Most red carded team
Arsenal FC - 5 red cards
Most penalty given away by a player
David Luiz (Arsenal) - 5 penalties
Corners - 1206 corners
Offside calls - 400 offsides.
Six different Managers were sacked
Promoted Teams
Leeds United
West Bromwich Albion
Fulham
The new EPL season will start on September 12, 2020.
Which team will emerge as champion in the 2020/21 season?
Fabiyi Ridwan
Sports Writer and Analyst
