Football’s biggest points gaps between one position and the next | The Knowledge
14-Feb-2024 08:00:33 | Guardian
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“Without points deductions, what is the biggest points gap between two positions in a high-ish level European top flight?” tweets Daniel Storey. “I ask because this is second to third in Turkey, as it stands.”
Galatasaray are now top of the Super Lig, though Besiktas remain 24 points behind the team in second, now Fenerbahce with 64 points. As Eoghan Kelly points out, there was an even bigger gap between second and third in the Premier League in 2018-19, when Liverpool were runners-up to Manchester City, with 97 points. The best of the rest were Chelsea, who finished 25 points behind Liverpool.
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