At their present rate of points per game Manchester City (2.51) and Liverpool (2.5) will achieve final tallies of 96 and 95 points respectively, which, in terms of points per game and adjusted throughout to three points for a win, would be the third and joint-fourth best campaigns in top-flight history. There are two 16-point gaps in the Premier League table — from second to third positions and from sixth to seventh: there have never been two such large gaps in a final table since the change to three points for a win in 1981-82. If Watford do not beat Arsenal tonight it will ensure that this will be the first top-flight case of three seasons in a row with the same teams filling the