Points lead after 15 matches over the past 25 years.

Points lead after 15 matches over the past 25 years. 39 points would have been sufficient for first place all but 3 times prior to 2017. City make it brutally tough.

2018: City 41, Liverpool 39

2017: City 43

2016: 37

2015: 32

2014: 36

2013: 35

2012: 36

2011: 38

2010: 31

2009: 36

2008: 34

2007: 37

2006: 38

2005: 40

2004: 36

2003: 38

2002: 32

2001: 33

2000: 39

1999: 38

1998: 29

1997: 40

1996: 35

1995: 42

1994: 39