PREMIER LEAGUE REPORT CARD - PART TWO: Man United face a relegation battle, City are a shambles, and who's going to stop Liverpool?
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The 2024-25 campaign has brought a sense of unpredictability that we haven't seen in the Premier League for years. Who would have thought in August that, at the half-way point of the season, Man City would be struggling to stay afloat in the Champions League and be on the fringes of the top six?.
![[League-leaders Liverpool have steamrolled the competition in Arne Slot's debut season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/11/93706749-14246713-image-m-70_1735904063061.jpg)
Man United are seven points off the relegation zone, Nottingham Forest are looking like the real deal in third place, and Southampton are at risk of breaking Derby's unenviable record of holding the lowest points tally in a top-flight season (11). At the top of the table, Arne Slot is well-positioned to become the fifth manager in Premier League history to win the title in his first season in charge.
![[Man City have dropped off massively in the past couple of months and are down in sixth place]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/11/93706785-14246713-image-m-71_1735904074041.jpg)
Liverpool maintain a comfortable six-point margin over Arsenal in second, and still have a game in hand, in their bid to match United's record of winning the most top-flight titles in history (20). Here at Mail Sport, we kicked off our Premier League report cards by assessing Arsenal all the way through to Ipswich Town. Sadly, fans of the other 10 Premier League clubs have had to wait to see the grade their side has been given.
![[Leicester replaced Steve Cooper with Ruud van Nistelrooy but have dropped in the table since]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/10/93705625-14246713-image-m-38_1735901337098.jpg)
That wait is now over: here is the second batch of mid-season report cards for you to sink your teeth into. Man United have had a nightmare first half of the 2024-25 campaign and lie in 14th place. League-leaders Liverpool have steamrolled the competition in Arne Slot's debut season.
![[Liverpool have dominated and statistically have the best attack and defence in the league]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/03/10/93674041-14246713-image-m-40_1735901374438.jpg)
