5 occasions when the Premier League has been won early

#1 Manchester United (2000/01, Five matches remaining)

With five matches to spare, United recorded the earliest title win ever in Premier League

Games remaining before title victory: Five

Matches won/lost: 24/6

Last 6 matches results:

14 April 2001 - Win(Manchester United 4-2 Coventry City)

21 April 2001 - Draw (Manchester United 1-1 Manchester City)

28 April 2001 - Win (Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United)

5 May 2001 - Lost (Manchester United 0-1 Derby County)

13 May 2001 - Lost (Southampton 2-1 Manchester United)

19 May 2001 - Lost (Tottenham Hotspurs 3-1 Manchester United)

Pumping 4 goals against Coventry City, United secured their third successive and seventh Premier League title overall since 1992. But this victory was made even better, as Manchester United became the first and as of March 2018, the only team in 25 years of Premier League to win the title with five games to spare.

United grabbed a total of 80 points (10 points over second-placed Arsenal). With this, United registered the earliest title win ever in the history of Premier League!

How did the season pan out?

Seven weeks into the season, United's 1-0 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury saw Leicester City leading the table at the start of October. However, a run of bad results saw the Foxes slip up, while Arsenal and Manchester United battled for the top spot.

By Christmas, most of the bookmakers had closed their books on anyone catching Manchester United, and most of those who believed otherwise were silenced on 25 February when they crushed their nearest rivals Arsenal 6–1 at Old Trafford.

Six weeks later, second-placed Arsenal crashed to a 0-3 home defeat to Middlesbrough.

Meanwhile, up north, Manchester United condemned Coventry City to a 4-2 defeat, which was more than enough for the league leaders to secure their seventh Premier League title with five games to spare.

With this, for the third year running, Arsenal found themselves finishing second to Manchester United.