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The 2015/2016 English premier league season has continually thrown up names like Chelsea, Leicester, Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, in what seems like the most dramatic season of all time.

The results, the table positions and the woes of the defending champions have pitched this season as the most unpredictable season in over 20 years.

In the past twelve months, the history of premier league has changed drastically – though some analysts would beg to disagree.

How are the mighty fallen!

Within this period, defending champions, Chelsea football club, has dropped from its prestigious top to the 14th position, three points shy of the drop-off zone, while Leicester has soared from ‘zero to hero’.

Chelsea’s title defence run has been the worst in premier league history, with 15 points in 15 games.

Charts by BBC Sports show obviously that the battle for the top five this season is fierce and unpredictable, with six points separating the first from the fifth – first time in six seasons.

The season has also shown little respect for the teams who finished top of the table in the previous season, with Chelsea losing eight games and Manchester City tasting defeat in four games, cumulatively the worst in  over 10 years.

The Away Magic

In premier league history, of the 9,130 games played, only 2488 games have been won by the away team, amounting to a 27.25 percent win by the away team.

But in the 2015-16 season, 51 away victories have been recorded in 150 games played so far. That accounts for 34 percent of the total games played.

The newcomers off drop-zone

Bournemouth outclassed Chelsea on Saturday to a lone goal victory, swimming out of the relegation zone, leaving Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa at the drop-off zone.

The three promoted teams, Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich are all currently out of the relegation zone, just after 15 games.

This has happened twice in the last six years, Newcastle United, West Brom and Blackpool were above the drop zone by this time in 2010-11, as were QPR, Norwich and Swansea in 2011-12.

In the past decade however, this has happened just three times – predictable or not?

Is relegation Chelsea’s problem?

This unpredictable season is talking away the revered specialty of the special one, Jose Mourinho, as he talks about relegation and a top six finish.

“I am concerned, obviously. I was concerned before this game because I am not happy about our position. You can imagine now after this result at home,” he told Sky Sports.

“Obviously Chelsea will not be fighting for relegation – no chance. Chelsea will win matches and come out of that area. That’s not the point and not the problem. The problem is our objective is to finish top four.”

If Chelsea continues on its current form, it would have garnered 38 points in 38 games – the same number of points it took Sheffield United to relegate in 2007.

2010-11 Season

Wolverhampton wanderers and Blackpool had more than 38 points in the 2010-11 season – yet could not survive the premier league.

History says Leicester most likely to win the league

History teaches that in the past 11 seasons that the team at the top of the table after 15 games has a 72.7 percent chance at clinching the top prize.

In Premier League history however, the team top after 15 games has gone on to win the title 47.8 percent of the time.

According to BBC, Manchester United have been top after 15 games eight times – and have converted that into a title on six occasion.

Of the eight different clubs to be top at this stage, only three – Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea – have gone on to win the title.

Would you go with history that Leicester would win the Barclays premier league?