Completely. After that I think the biggest lead we had was 5 points (had the chance to be 7 but drew with Leicester after they had lost to Newcastle).
Correct - it was 4 points for one game (WD18). it was 6 points for one game immediately before (WD19) it went up to 7, then we drew, they lost, to make it 7 (WD20); and then immediately after it went back to 4 points. Then for one more matchday (MD24) it went back up to 5 as we drew, they lost; and then from that point it went to 0 (as they had an extra fixture that week, vs everton, due to the League Cup final a couple weeks later, and we drew our match, whilst they won both theirs) then WD27 (the week of the League cup final) was when we drew to Utd, so bringing it to 1 point ahead having played the same number of games. And then WD29 was when we dropped the key points vs the terrible Everton team, going to 1 point behind where we'd remain.
So, we were top by 6 points for 1 MD and 4 days, 7 points for 1 MD and 4 days, 5 points for 1MD across 7 days and 4 points for 1MD across 6 days. We never went more than 7 ahead at any point, unless you include games where we played the day before/earlier in the day, and spent 4 or more points ahead for a total of 4 Match Days across the entire season. We have already spent 4 match days 5 or more clear already this season, so better than the entirety of last season as 5/5/5/8 is more impressive than 4/5/6/7. We're guaranteed at least 1 more, so we'd have spent more time, as well as more point clear, no matter what happens vs Utd - and a draw vs them will guarantee another 1 too.#