I won’t do this after every game, but it’s probably worth looking at how things are going this season in comparison with last year every 5 or so games. There’s two comparisons that can be made:-

1. Chronological – i.e. compare the first 5 games this season with the first 5 last season, regardless of opponent.
2. Apple for Apples – compare identical fixtures from last season, regardless of when they occurred.  Since 3 teams are relegated and 3 promoted each year this isn’t possible across all 19 opponents so I’ve made the following translations – West Brom = Birmingham City, Middlesbrough = Burnley and Newcastle = Wolves.

Here’s the table, I think you’ll agree that although it’s early days, so far so good.

We’ll do this again in another 5 or 6 games and see where we are.