Do Premier League sides suffer a European hangover? How teams struggle domestically following Champions League and Europa League games
Many Premier League sides find to tough to cope with their European commitments and then return to league action just a few days later.
Away matches can be thousands of miles and then leaving little time to prepare.
A new study has found that English teams drop points in nearly half of their fixtures following a European game over the last decade.
After the last round of Champions League and Europa League matches, Manchester City, Tottenham and Manchester United all lost.
Betting-Directory.com conducted a study that found Premier League sides dropped points in 47.3 per cent of league fixtures after a European match since the start of the 2009/10 season.
Premier League's big six points dropped since 2009/10
The percentage of games sides did not win following Champions League or Europa League games
- Arsenal – 39.7 per cent (98 games)
- Manchester City – 39.7 per cent (85 games)
- Manchester United – 41.6 per cent (91 games)
- Liverpool – 44.3 per cent (83 games)
- Chelsea – 45.3 per cent (94 games)
- Tottenham – 48.2 per cent (89 games)
Some teams are able to cope with others with Manchester City and Arsenal faring the best as they only drop points in 39.7 per cent of their games.
Out of the ‘big six’, Tottenham have struggled the most as they either lost or drew in 48.2 per cent of their post-European fixtures.
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