Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 10:54 / Updated Tuesday, August 19, 2025 10:59
Two of the 3 newly promoted 3 matches in the first stage of the championship. In just two other lines, this happened in the history of Premier League.
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In the 33 years of Premier League, only in two other rows it had happened that at least two of the newly promoted start the season with victories.
The same thing happened in this new season with Sunderland and Leeds winning their parties. The exception was Burnley, defeated by Tottenham, 0-3.
Only the third time that two newly-promoted start with victories in the Premier League
According to the statistics from Opta, Only the seasons 1997/1998 and 2021/2022 have started with at least two victories of the new faces in the championship. 28 years ago they won Bolton and Crystal Palace, 4 years ago they started with Brentford and Watford.
In the inaugural round of the new season, Sunderland passed by West Ham in an enthusiastic manner, 3-0with all the goals coming in the second side, and Leeds defeated Everton, 1-0, with a penalty empty.
There are encouraging signs for the bands from Championship, after two catastrophic seasons for newly promoted. In each of the last two seasons the newly promoted teams have also relegated: Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton Town in 2024, Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich Town this year.
