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Chelsea have been crowned the dirtiest team in the history of the Premier League.
A new study, conducted by Spreadex, revealed that the Stamford Bridge club top the charts for their ill-discipline, with Derby County, on average, running in second.
Teams have been awarded 10 points for a yellow card and 25 for a red card and adding up the sums saw Chelsea accrue a whopping 18,360 points, blowing away their rivals.
In the table of total points, rather than the second study focused on averages, Everton, Arsenal and Tottenham finish in the Champions League places.
Manchester United finished outside the top four, ending up fifth with 16,570, while West Ham came sixth.
Table-toppers Liverpool appear to be one of the more disciplined staples of the Premier League’s main order with Jurgen Klopp’s side pulling in at ninth in the all-time rankings.
In addition, Klopp’s side have had the lowest average bookings or dismissals per game from all 20 teams in the last three campaigns.
But as well as one study looking at the cumulative amount of points since the Premier League began in 1992, there was a second study to look at the average number of booking points a side has. This study has knocked Chelsea off the top and instead Derby take the crown with an average of 21.82 booking points per game based on the 266 Premier League matches they have played.
Sunderland, who played 608 games in the top flight, came second on average with Hull City, Watford, Barnsley and Stoke completing the top six.— Daily Mail.
