Leicester's incredible turnaround: Premier League leaders' remarkable results since April 4, 2015

By Simeon Gholam

Leicester's 1-0 win over Southampton on Sunday took them seven points clear at the top of the Premier League table and leaves them as strong favourites to win the title. But one year ago they were rock bottom of the table.

On April 4, 2015, a 2-1 win over West Ham sparked a remarkable revival for the Foxes, who had until that point seemed doomed for relegation. 

The turnaround saw Nigel Pearson's side win seven of their final nine Premier League games and climb to safety.

However, Leicester's upturn in form didn't end there - they continued that momentum into the 2015/16 campaign and, as a result, one year on, they have collected 91 points from 41 Premier League games. That's at least 18 more than any other side in the top flight.

Premier League table as it stood before April 4 fixtures

PL position Team Games played Points
15 Hull 30 28
16 Aston Villa 30 28
17 Sunderland 30 26
18 Burnley 30 25
19 QPR 30 22
20 Leicester 29 19

Tottenham and Arsenal have picked up 73 points apiece in that period with Manchester City one point further back.

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Leicester have also won 27 games in that time, five more than second-most-victorious Man City, who top the scoring charts with 77 goals.

Image: Since April 4, Aston Villa have won fewer points than Bournemouth , Norwich and Watford - despite playing far more games

Unsurprisingly, of all the sides that have been in the Premier League since last April, Aston Villa have collected the fewest points (26 points from 40 games), while promoted trio Bournemouth (38 from 32), Watford (37 from 31) and Norwich (31 from 31) have managed more despite playing fewer games.

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Manchester United have managed 64 points from 38 games during this time, winning 18 games, drawing 10 and losing 11.

As for last season's champions Chelsea, they too have accrued 64 points during the time period - a whopping 27 adrift of Leicester, the team that will be hoping to seize their crown in the coming weeks.

Premier League table since April 4, 2015

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals Conceded GD Points
Leicester 41 27 10 4 74 38 36 91
Tottenham 40 20 13 7 65 33 32 73
Arsenal 39 21 10 8 65 35 30 73
Man City 39 22 6 11 77 42 35 72
Chelsea 40 17 13 10 61 48 13 64
Man Utd 38 17 10 11 48 37 11 61
Stoke 40 16 11 13 50 47 3 59
West Ham 39 14 14 11 53 47 6 56
Southampton 40 15 9 16 53 45 8 54
Liverpool 38 14 11 13 54 57 -3 53
Everton 37 13 12 12 61 49 12 51
West Brom 39 13 12 14 41 49 -8 51
Swansea 40 13 11 16 45 53 -8 50
Crystal Palace 39 13 7 19 45 52 -7 46
Sunderland 39 9 12 18 44 64 -20 39
Bournemouth 32 10 8 14 38 54 -16 38
Watford 31 10 7 14 30 36 -6 37
Norwich 32 8 7 17 35 56 -21 31
Newcastle 38 7 8 24 38 73 -35 29
Aston Villa` 40 6 8 26 34 80 -46 26
Burnley 8 2 2 4 2 4 -2 8
QPR 8 2 2 4 11 19 -8 8
Hull 8 2 1 5 5 11 -6 7
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