Who sprinted most in the Premier League season?published at 10:01
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Chris Collinson BBC Sport statistician
Crystal Palace wing-back Daniel Munoz ranked second in distance covered (242 miles) last season and he also made the most sprints in the Premier League with 907.
Bryan Mbeumo and Milos Kerkez also rank highly, just behind Fulham's American speedster Antonee Robinson.
Newcastle's Anthony Gordon completes the top five.
While Gordon ranked fifth for sprints overall across the season, he sprinted more often than any other player, averaging 29 sprints per 90 minutes.
What's in a name? Well if the name's Anthony (or Antonee) then it is sprinting, with Gordon, Elanga and Robinson all in the top five.
Munoz is here again, coming in at fourth, behind Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson.
When will the 2025-26 Premier League fixtures be released? published at 08:21
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The BBC's Ask Me Anything team have done all of the research ahead of the announcement detailing next season's Premier League matches.
The fixtures for the 2025-26 season will be released at 09:00 BST on Wednesday,18 June 2025 and the release will include the weekly schedule of all 380 matches.
The season will begin with a single fixture played on Friday, 15 August 2025 and conclude on Sunday, 24 May 2026, when all matches will be played at 16:00 BST. There will be 33 weekend rounds of fixtures, plus five midweek rounds.
The exact date and time at which individual matches are played during each weekend will be determined at regular intervals throughout the season, based on TV selections made by broadcasters.
'The year when things changed for Crystal Palace'published at 15:53 28 May
15:53 28 May
Alex Howell BBC Sport football news reporter
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A first major trophy lifted with victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley. This will be the season that supporters can point to as when things changed for Crystal Palace.
The start of the campaign was tough and it took Palace until October to win their first Premier League match, but hardly anyone will think about that when looking back on this campaign.
Palace did the double over their rivals Brighton, beat Millwall in the FA Cup on the way to lifting the trophy and are now set for their first season in Europe.
Oliver Glasner has continued to build his reputation as an exciting manager in the league and his 3-4-2-1 system has become synonymous with how the Eagles play.
Jean-Philippe Mateta, Ismailia Sarr and Eberechi Eze will go down as one of the Eagles' most exciting forward lines in recent memory.
And Eze has cemented himself in Crystal Palace history as the scorer of the goal that brought them their first piece of major silverware.
Your Crystal Palace player of the seasonpublished at 13:11 28 May
13:11 28 May
We asked you to select your Crystal Palace player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan contributor.
And with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is...Daniel Munoz!
Crystal Palace's marathon man, tirelessly covering the length of the right flank from wing-back. No player makes this formation function more than Munoz.
A two-way player, he is not only the leading tackler but the fourth highest scorer in all competitions, with an FA Cup final assist.
The players who run and run...published at 12:34 28 May
12:34 28 May
Chris Collinson BBC Sport statistician
Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes covered the most ground this season, running 261 miles (St James' Park to Wembley is 271 miles).
He retains the award after racking up 263 miles in the competition last season.
Josko Gvardiol, Daniel Munoz, Bryan Mbeumo and Milos Kerkez complete the top five for most distance covered across the Premier League season.
Taking time on the pitch into account (out of players that played over half the available minutes), Guimaraes was pipped by Newcastle team-mate in the list by team-mate Sandro Tonali who covered more ground per 90 minutes than the Brazilian…although Bruno still ran 7.2 miles per 90 minutes!
Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski ran harder than any other player this season, covering 7.7 miles per 90 minutes on average.
West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek ran an average of 7.5 miles per 90 minutes, while Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (7.3) and Brighton's Yasin Ayari complete the top five.
Which teams put a shift in this season?published at 08:03 28 May
08:03 28 May
Chris Collinson BBC Sport statistician
Bournemouth and Tottenham were the most physical teams in the Premier League this season when considering the distance they covered and the number of sprints performed.
The results might explain why they had a lot of injuries.
Newcastle and Brighton were not too far behind though, with Brighton actually covering the most ground in the league, with fewer sprints.
Chelsea and Liverpool's style of play saw them sprint a lot but not cover a lot of ground, while Manchester City and Arsenal were the opposite (ran a lot but didn't sprint a lot).
Nottingham Forest very much had their own style of play this season as they both ran and sprinted the least.
Fan scorecard: Unsung hero? Ideal signing?published at 09:53 27 May
09:53 27 May
Alex Pewter Fan writer
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Season rating: 10/10. Winning the FA Cup felt like an unattainable, lifelong goal for fans, and the team delivered that. That would have overridden any failures in the league, but the squad rallied well to finish the season.
Happy with your manager? Absolutely. The FA Cup win alone makes Oliver Glasner one of the greatest managers in the club's history. The squad's mentality has shifted from survival first to the pursuit of success, and it is clear that he wants more.
The 12th-place finish in the league, despite a club record points tally, was still below his standards, courtesy of the slow start. A big summer is ahead, and there is a sense that Glasner can take this team as far as the board is willing or able to back him in the transfer market.
Unsung hero: Chris Richards. Nobody expected Trevoh Chalobah's loan to be terminated early so that he could return to Chelsea in January. This could have been unsettling to the team but, if anything, the back trio has been more resilient since Richards took over the right centre-back role.
Player you would most like to sign: Logical hat on, attempting to get Ben Chilwell back on loan would simplify the summer's transfer tasks.
With European competition ahead for Palace, they desperately need wing-back depth. Tyrick Mitchell and Daniel Munoz played over 40 matches, which feels like an unsustainable workload. Chilwell is already settled into the squad and system. Signing him permanently would be beyond the club's finances, but Chelsea will still seek to offload him in any form.
Right now, my overriding emotion from the season is: There is still a sense of shock and disbelief about how this season ended. Winning the cup, the parade at Selhurst Park, the prospect of European games. It feels alien, but it is something we could get used to.
'Onwards and upwards for the Eagles'published at 09:48 27 May
09:48 27 May
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Here's my quick assessment of Crystal Palace's Premier League season - and a return to my August predictions.
Ended the season: 12th
Pre-season prediction: 10th
A historic season at Crystal Palace under Oliver Glasner as they won the FA Cup, the first major trophy in their history. That was after a nightmare start, with their first victory not coming until their ninth Premier League game.
Exciting in attack with Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta, solid in defence with Marc Guehi, and with the outstanding Adam Wharton in midfield, Palace have been such a good watch.
The FA Cup was a deserved reward for great fans. Glasner has proved an inspired appointment and if they keep this team together, it is onwards and upwards for the Eagles.
What I said in August: "Glasner's all-out attacking approach has every chance of making it another entertaining, enjoyable season at Selhurst Park."
Best of the trophy celebrations - in pictures and videopublished at 19:13 26 May
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The party began on the streets of SE25
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Steve Parish, one of the masterminds behind the scene, has his moment
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Super Oliver Glasner!
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The celebrations continued into Selhurst Park
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Daniel Munoz picks up the player of the year and players's player of the year awards
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The perfect send-off for Joel Ward
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An unforgettable day in South East London
The party continues in south Londonpublished at 16:27 26 May
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We asked you to send in your pictures from Crystal Palace's FA Cup victory parade and party at Selhurst Park.
Here are some of your images:
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Jake: Just amazing. The cup run was superb and the joy it has given our supporters is amazing. Oli is a legend.
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Ian: At Selhurst Park with my 90-year-old mother, who went to her first game in 1952 and took me to my first game in 1969. She has her 1976 Fedora on and was at all three finals in 1990, 2016 and 2025. Neither of us can still quite believe Palace have won a trophy in our lifetime! Europe here we come.
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Chris: Just fabulous.
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Victoria: So great to celebrate with all the fans - such a community!
The party beginspublished at 13:35 26 May
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Jon: Starting to fill up around the stadium and the singing is just getting started
'Best time as a Palace fan since the 1960s'published at 09:52 26 May
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We asked for your views on Crystal Palace's performance against Liverpool, and the season as a whole.
Here are some of your comments:
Neil: Serious silverware, record top-level points delivered by a group of players capable of taking on the very best with a highly watchable brand of football. Oliver Glasner is a truly gifted managerial talent. A momentous season. Now batten down the hatches, shut up shop, bring them ALL back in August fit and ready for greater success.
Steve: Such a shame, Palace couldn't hold on to the lead. But I'm being ultra critical. They played well, especially after such an emotional week. The question we are all asking: will the manager and the players stay at the club? The sooner this is resolved the better. The club needs certainty, not the messy pre-season of last year. The future looks bright.
Paul: Plenty of evidence that long-term thinking is paying off. I've been following Palace since the 1960s and this is the best time beyond any doubt at all.
Gary: Excellent second half of the season - topping it off with the FA Cup. Disappointing performance though here. Defensively, we were very good, but we gave the ball away too often in midfield and up front. 'On the beach' for some of the players. Disappointing as I didn't expect that from a Palace side. Had we been on it, we would have won. Glasner was not happy after the game and I don't blame him.
Paul: Been a Palace fan since 1977 and thought we would never win a major trophy, but what a season. Under Glasner, it seems every game counts now and every player has their part to play. We look like a real team under him.
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace - a day of celebrationpublished at 18:49 25 May
18:49 25 May
Gary Rose BBC Sport journalist at Anfield
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Crystal Palace fans are not going to forget this final week of the season for a while.
Last weekend they made history by winning the FA Cup - their first major trophy and they carried the momentum from that into their final two Premier League games - beating Wolves 4-2 and then earning this draw at the home of the champions.
It meant that Palace fans, like Liverpool supporters, were at Anfield just to party but they can be once again proud of the performance their players put in.
It is encouraging signs for the future but the key question now is how much of this talented squad can Oliver Glasner keep hold of?
If the answer to that is the majority then Palace fans can look forward with optimism.
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace - send us your thoughtspublished at 18:02 25 May
18:02 25 May
So the curtain has come down on a historic Crystal Palace season with an impressive draw against championsLiverpool at Anfield.
The Eagles finish in 12th but winning their first major trophy in the FA Cup and producing such a strong second half to the league season means these are special times at Selhurst Park.
How are you feeling after the game and at the end of a long campaign?
