Pochettino, Klopp and Guardiola will be hoping their sides improve even further in the second half of the campaignWe’re at the halfway stage of the Premier League season with 19 games down and 19 to go — Liverpool are sitting pretty at the top, six points clear of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, while Manchester City’s poor form has seen them drop to third with 44 points. It seems these three teams will be in the mix for the title come May, but what does history tell us about who finishes strongly in the second half of the campaign, and who might fall by the wayside? Tottenham HotspurSpurs have improved their average points per game in the second half of all of their seasons under Mauricio Pochettino bar one, in 2015-16, and in that campaign they “only” achieved in matching their efforts, with 1.84…

Source: The Times December 28, 2018 12:02 UTC