Statistik pendahulu ketika Krismas dan juara di penghujung musim

2004-05

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Chelsea	18	43	1	Chelsea	38	95
2	Arsenal	18	38	2	Arsenal	38	83
3	Everton	18	37	3	Man Utd	38	77
4	Man Utd	18	34	4	Everton	38	61

The 2004-05 season was the dominant first year of Jose Mourinho's reign at Chelsea. Trying to dethrone Arsenal's 'Invincibles', the Blues knew they had to start fast to prove beating such a strong side to the title was possible. They had the lead at Christmas after a ruthless start to the season, which set the tone for what was to follow. They never let go from then on, finishing as champions by a clear 12 points.

2005-06

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Chelsea	17	46	1	Chelsea	38	91
2	Man Utd	17	37	2	Man Utd	38	83
3	Liverpool	15	31	3	Liverpool	38	82
4	Tottenham	17	31	4	Arsenal	38	67

As champions, Mourinho's men made an even faster start to the season in 2005-06 and had three points more than the previous year, having played a game less. Remarkably, they led by nine points by the time of festive celebrations and even though their final points tally ended up being lower than before, the gap was far too big for their demoralised title rivals to recover from.

2006-07

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Man Utd	19	47	1	Man Utd	38	89
2	Chelsea	19	45	2	Chelsea	38	83
3	Liverpool	19	34	3	Liverpool	38	68
4	Arsenal	19	33	4	Arsenal	38	68

Chelsea went into the next season as hot favourites to make it three Premier League titles in a row, but Sir Alex Ferguson was a man on a mission and said publicly that to beat the Blues, his side would have to get ahead of them early. Despite being traditionally slow starters, United were able to go on an incredible run of 47 points from a possible 57 to start the campaign and led by Christmas before seeing through a vital title triumph.

2007-08

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Arsenal	18	43	1	Man Utd	38	87
2	Man Utd	18	42	2	Chelsea	38	85
3	Chelsea	18	37	3	Arsenal	38	84
4	Man City	18	34	4	Liverpool	38	76

One of the two years where the leaders at Christmas did not go on to be crowned champions. Arsenal led but then imploded in the second half of the season, winning just one out of eight games in a disastrous spell that included the infamous collapse at Birmingham. Even though the festive leaders didn't go on to secure glory, the 2007-08 season at least proved that if you do lead at Christmas, then it really is your title to lose.

2008-09

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Liverpool	18	39	1	Man Utd	38	90
2	Chelsea	18	38	2	Liverpool	38	86
3	Aston Villa	18	34	3	Chelsea	38	83
4	Man Utd	16	32	4	Arsenal	38	72

At first glance, this campaign appears to make a mockery of the claim you need to be well placed at Christmas to stand a chance of winning the crown. United went from being fourth to champions after a famous late-season surge to deny Liverpool, but in reality things had been close all the way - they held two games in hand over the festive period due to their Club World Cup commitments, having won the Champions League the year before.

2009-10

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Chelsea	18	41	1	Chelsea	38	86
2	Man Utd	18	37	2	Man Utd	38	85
3	Arsenal	17	35	3	Arsenal	38	75
4	Aston Villa	18	35	4	Tottenham	38	70

After three successive United titles, Chelsea knew they had a tough task on their hands if they wanted to stop it from becoming four in a row. New boss Carlo Ancelotti made an impressive start to his career at the helm and he was toasting a four-point lead as he enjoyed his Christmas dinner. That early cushion proved decisive in the end, as only a point separated the two sides come the end of the campaign.

2010-11

December 25th				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Man Utd	16	34	1	Man Utd	38	80
2	Arsenal	17	32	2	Chelsea	38	71
3	Man City	18	32	3	Man City	38	71
4	Chelsea	17	31	4	Arsenal	38	68

This time last year, things were looking very tight in the Premier League at Christmas. Just three points separated the top four, who were all dropping points at an alarming rate, but United had a two-point lead and a game in hand at the top. That advantage, combined with a trademark strong finish to the season, gave them the league by nine points over Chelsea and City in May.

2011-12

Current table				End of season
Pos		P	PTS	Pos		P	PTS
1	Man City	17	44	1	???	38	??
2	Man Utd	17	42	2	???	38	??
3	Tottenham	15	34	3	???	38	??
4	Chelsea	16	32	4	???	38	??

Victory over Stoke has given Man City the festive top spot this time around, taking them onto 44 points, which is the highest tally at this time of the year any side has managed for five seasons.

Given how well the other chart-toppers at this time of the season have done, being ahead of even those past champions could mean this strong start will be decisive for City. A very merry Christmas for the club's fans should, if recent history repeats itself, turn into an even bigger celebration in May. That victory against Tony Pulis' side has just become a little bit more important...




source: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/12/22/2811214/merry-christmas-champions-elect-why-manchester-city-can