Simulating the 20/21 season 100 times on Football Manager - a thread.

Over the last week I've simulated the 20/21 season 100 times on Football Manager (not gone 100 years into the future)

First I'll post the more general findings e.g. winners of the Premier League, winner of the F.A cup etc.

Then I'll look in detail at each Premier League club.

WINNERS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE:

1) Manchester City (46)
2) Liverpool (37)
3) Tottenham (7)
3) Chelsea (7)
5) Arsenal (2)
6) Manchester United (1)

WINNERS OF THE F.A. CUP:

1) Manchester City (28)
2) Liverpool (23)
3) Tottenham (14)
4) Chelsea (9)
5) Arsenal (8)
6) Manchester United (7)
7) Wolves (4)
8) Leicester (3)
9) Sheffield United, Everton, Burnley, Newcastle (1)

WINNERS OF THE CARABAO CUP:

1) Chelsea (19)
1) Manchester City (19)
3) Manchester United (18)
4) Arsenal (17)
5) Liverpool (13)
6) Tottenham (11)
7) Everton, West Ham and Bournemouth (1)

PREMIER LEAGUE TOP SCORER:

1) Sergio Aguero (44)
2) Chris Wood (20)
3) Alexandre Lacazette (18)
4) Harry Kane (7)
5) Mohamed Salah (5)
6) Bernardo Silva (4)
7) Sadio Mane (2)
7) Timo Werner (2)
9) Aubameyang, Mitrovic, Ings, Firmino, Jimenez, Alli, Abraham (1)

PREMIER LEAGUE TOP ASSISTERS:

1) Bruno Fernandes (21)
2) Kevin de Bruyne (12)
3) Ngolo Kante (13)
4) Hakim Ziyech (11)
5) Sadio Mane (6)
5) Mesut Ozil (6)
5) Juan Mata (6)
8) Alex Iwobi (5)
8) James Ward-Prowse (5)
8) Willian (5)

BALLON D'OR WINNERS:

1) Kylian Mbappe (28)
2) Roberto Firmino (17)
3) Robert Lewandowski (10)
4) Cristiano Ronaldo (8)
5) Neymar (7)
6) Bernardo Silva (6)
7) Sergio Aguero (5)
8) Lionel Messi (4)
8) Harry Kane (4)
10) Luis Suarez (3)
10) Harry Kane (3)

LA LIGA WINNERS:

1) Athletico Madrid (36)
2) Barcelona (33)
3) Real Madrid (31)

SERIE A WINNERS:

1) Juventus (70)
2) Inter Milan (23)
3) A.C. Milan (3)
4) Roma (2)
5) Lazio (1)
5) Napoli (1)

BUNDESLIGA WINNERS:

1) Bayern Munich (65)
2) Borussia Dortmund (33)
3) Borussia Monchengladbach (1)
4) RB Leipzig (1)

LIGUE 1 WINNERS:

1) Paris Saint Germain (98)
2) Lyon (1)
3) Marseille (1)

PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERS SACKED/RESIGNED THE MOST:

1) Brendan Rodgers (71)
2) Marcelo Bielsa (69)
3) Roy Hodgson (64)
4) David Moyes (48)
5) Steve Bruce (39)
6) Dean Smith (36)
7) Nuno Espirito Santo (29)
8) Chris Wilder (17)
9) Pep Guardiola (15)
10) Ralph Hassenhuttl (13)

MOST COMMON BIGGEST PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFER:

1) Ruben Dias to Liverpool for £52m (30)
2) Rafa to Manchester City for £69m (24)
3) Leroy Sane to Chelsea for £77m (16)
4) Memphis Depay to City for £56m (6)
5) Moussa Dembele to City for £56m (4)
5) Tonali to City for £55m (4)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS:

1) Liverpool (23)
2) Manchester City (17)
3) Inter Milan (9)
4) Real Madrid (7)
4) Juventus (7)
4) Barcelona (7)
7) Bayern (6)
7) Chelsea (6)
9) Athletico Madrid (5)
9) PSG (5)
11) Manchester United (4)
12) Lazio (2)
12) Borussia Dortmund (2)

TEAMS PROMOTED FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP:

1) Bournemouth (97)
2) Norwich (74)
3) Watford (52)
4) Nottingham Forest(22)
5) Brentford (14)
6) Bristol City (12)
7) Swansea (10)
8) Huddersfield (6)
9) Blackburn (4)
9) Birmingham (4)
11) Stoke (2)
11) Reading (2)
12) Cardiff (1)

PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR:

1) Pep Guardiola (41)
2) Jurgen Klopp (36)
3) Frank Lampard (8)
4) Jose Mourinho (6)
5) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (5)
6) Mikel Arteta (3)
7) Scott Parker (1)

PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

1) Bernardo Silva (26)
2) Harry Kane (24)
3) Sergio Aguero (23)
4) Sadio Mane (10)
5) Roberto Firmino (6)
6) Raheem Stirling (4)
6) Virgil Van Dijk (4)
8) Mohamed Salah (2)
9) Kevin de Bruyne (1)

PLAYERS MOST COMMONLY IN PREMIER LEAGUE TOTY:

1) Virgil Van Dijk (76)
2) Bernardo Silva (69)
2) Sergio Aguero (64)
3) Kevin de Bruyne(56)
4) Andrew Robertson (53)
4) Aymeric Laporte (52)
5) Sadio Mane (51)
6) Roberto Firmino(50)
7) Gini Wijnaldum (46)
7) Raheem Sterling (46)

OTHER FUN THINGS THAT HAPPENED:

James Maddison went to Newcastle for £87m in one save.

Mikel Arteta, Sean Dyche and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn't leave or get sacked once.

Brandon Williams, Chris Smalling and Johann Gudmundsson got in the Team of the Year once each.

NOW WE MOVE ON TO DETAILED STATS FOR EACH PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM.

So, from worst to best...

20) West Bromwich Albion

-Relegated (63)
-Best Player (Matheus Pereira- 59)
-Average Position (18.59)
-Average Points (28.38)
-Highest-Lowest Position (13th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (43-14)

19) Leeds United

-Relegated (44)
-Best Player (Kalvin Phillips- 59)
-Average Position (16.65)
-Average Points (34.13)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (50-16)

18) Sheffield United.

-Relegated (46)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Sander Berge- 65)
-Average Position (16.42)
-Average Points (33.99)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (55-17)

17) Fulham.

-Relegated (33)
-Best Player (Anthony Knockaert- 40)
-Average Position (15.38)
-Average Points (37.08)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (62-21)

16) Crystal Palace.

-Relegated (21)
-Best Player (Wilfred Zaha- 61)
-Average Position (15.25)
-Average Points (37.53)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (53-27)

15) Newcastle United

-Relegated (16)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Saint-Maximin- 73)
-Average Position (14.34)
-Average Points (39.16)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-19th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (52-23)

14) Brighton

-Relegated (13)
-Best Player (Pascal Grob- 61)
-Average Position (14.15)
-Average Points (39.67)
-Highest-Lowest Position (8th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (54-26)

13) Aston Villa

-Relegated (16)
-Best Player (Mbawana Samatta- 47)
-Average Position (13.68)
-Average Points (40.77)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (57-25)

12) West Ham

-Relegated (14)
-Europa League (1)
-Best Player (Jarrod Bowen- 67)
-Average Position (12.78)
-Average Points (42.81)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (62-25)

11) Southampton

-Relegated (9)
-Best Player (Ryan Bertrand- 39)
-Average Position (12.54)
-Average Points (42.57)
-Highest-Lowest Position (7th-20th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (55-25)

10) Burnley

-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (4)
-Best Player (Chris Wood- 63)
-Average Position (10.56)
-Average Points (47.78)
-Highest-Lowest Position (5th-19th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (72-30)

9) Leicester City

-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (3)
-Best Player (Wilfred Ndidi- 85)
-Average Position (10.45)
-Average Points (48.08)
-Highest-Lowest Position (6th-18th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (66-31)

8) Wolverhampton Wanderers

-Relegated (1)
-Europa League (7)
-Best Player (Joao Moutinho- 35)
-Average Position (9.27)
-Average Points (52.34)
-Highest-Lowest Position (6th-18th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (71-33)

7) Everton

-Champions League (1)
-Europa League (8)
-Best Player (Alex Iwobi- 55)
-Average Position (8.72)
-Average Points (53.92)
-Highest-Lowest Position (4th-17th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (72-38)

6) Manchester United

-Title Winners (1)
-Champions League (34)
-Europa League (52)
-Best Player (Bruno Fernandes- 65)
-Average Position (4.73)
-Average Points (73.54)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-7th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (90-57)

5) Arsenal

-Title Winners (2)
-Champions League (54)
-Europa League (40)
-Best Player (Alexandre Lacazette- 61)
-Average Position (4.5)
-Average Points (73.6)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-8th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (91-53)

4) Tottenham

-Title Winners (7)
-Champions League (54)
-Europa League (42)
-Best Player (Harry Kane- 100!!)
-Average Position (4.32)
-Average Points (75.69)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-9th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (90-51)

3) Chelsea

-Title Winners (7)
-Champions League (70)
-Europa League (28)
-Best Player (Hakim Ziyech- 49)
-Average Position (3.68)
-Average Points (78.12)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-7th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (92-60)

2) Liverpool

-Title Winners (37)
-Champions League (91)
-Europa League (9)
-Best Player (Sadio Mane- 37)
-Average Position (2.13)
-Average Points (84.48)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-6th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (99-71)

1) Manchester City

-Title Winners (46)
-Champions League (96)
-Europa League (4)
-Best Player (Sergio Aguero- 47)
-Average Position (1.87)
-Average Points (86.24)
-Highest-Lowest Position (1st-5th)
-Highest-Lowest Points (103-72)

So the final table according to FM:

1) Man City
2) Liverpool
3) Chelsea
4) Tottenham
5) Arsenal
6) Man Utd
7) Everton
8) Wolves
9) Leicester
10) Burnley
11) Southampton
12) West Ham
13) A.Villa
14) Brighton
15) Newcastle
16) Palace
17) Fulham
18) Sheff Utd
19) Leeds
20) WBA

So.. any questions?