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Villa Park has been the least full stadium in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa have been filling an average of just 77.7 per cent of the stadium’s capacity this season, which equates to 9,521 empty seats per league game.
The club’s average attendance has been 33,161, according to the Premier League’s official figures, in a stadium with a capacity of 42,682.
Sunderland have the next lowest ratio at 88.6%, with an average of 5,550 empty seats a game.
Burnley come next (89.5%) followed by Hull (92.1%), Southampton (94.1%) and West Brom (94.8%).
The most occupied ground in the Premier League is Manchester United’s.
The average attendance of 75,329 represents 99.6% of the stadium’s overall capacity.
Arsenal and Chelsea also have high occupancy rates at 99.5% and 99.4% respectively.
Queens Park Rangers have the fourth highest average occupancy rate at 99%.
Swansea, West Ham and Liverpool are tied in fifth place with an average of 98.6%.
No ostriches, but plenty of lions
Nigel Pearson might be pleased to know that there are no ostriches amongst the football league’s 92 sides - but there are plenty of lions and the odd unicorn.
With the Leicester City manager helpfully clearing up the rumours that large flightless birds had infiltrated the nation’s sporting press, the Trinity Mirror Data Unit have taken a look to see which animals are in fact endemic in our national sport.
Lions feature more prevalently on the club badges of the 92 football league sides than any other animal.
A total of 25 of the safari park favourites appear on a total of 17 different clubs’ badges.
That goes up to 27 lions if you include ones that are winged.
York City have as many as five lions on their badge, Tranmere have three while Sunderland have two (black ones of course), as do Yeovil.
A host of other clubs feature a lion in varying prevalence, but a lion is the main focus of Aston Villa’s badge, Chelsea’s, Middlesbrough’s, Millwall’s and Shrewsbury’s.
After lions come dragons.
The mythical creature features a total six times across the badges of Cardiff, Carlisle, Northampton and Leyton Orient.
Eagles are the next most common animal, appearing five times for the likes of Coventry, Crystal Palace, and Manchester City.
Stags appear four times, such as for Watford, while there are also a total of four bees - two for Brentford and two for Burnley.
A total of 16 mythological animals appear on club crests.
Aside from the aforementioned dragons and winged lions, a griffin rides high on the badge of Barnsley.
Bristol City have two unicorns, and the pegasus appears twice on Exeter’s badge.
With the Leicester City manager helpfully clearing up the rumours that large flightless birds had infiltrated the nation’s sporting press, the Trinity Mirror Data Unit have taken a look to see which animals are in fact endemic in our national sport.
Lions feature more prevalently on the club badges of the 92 football league sides than any other animal.
A total of 25 of the safari park favourites appear on a total of 17 different clubs’ badges.
That goes up to 27 lions if you include ones that are winged.
York City have as many as five lions on their badge, Tranmere have three while Sunderland have two (black ones of course), as do Yeovil.
A host of other clubs feature a lion in varying prevalence, but a lion is the main focus of Aston Villa’s badge, Chelsea’s, Middlesbrough’s, Millwall’s and Shrewsbury’s.
After lions come dragons.
The mythical creature features a total six times across the badges of Cardiff, Carlisle, Northampton and Leyton Orient.
Eagles are the next most common animal, appearing five times for the likes of Coventry, Crystal Palace, and Manchester City.
Stags appear four times, such as for Watford, while there are also a total of four bees - two for Brentford and two for Burnley.
A total of 16 mythological animals appear on club crests.
Aside from the aforementioned dragons and winged lions, a griffin rides high on the badge of Barnsley.
Bristol City have two unicorns, and the pegasus appears twice on Exeter’s badge.
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