{"id":781276,"date":"2026-09-24T17:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:12:16","slug":"premier-league-bermuda-triangle-do-stats-back-brighton-bournemouth-brentford-social-media-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781276\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Bermuda Triangle: Do stats back Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford social media theory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In fact, the Opta data suggests Brighton<\/a> are the main reason the theory has gained such traction.<\/p>\n

Since Fabian Hurzeler took charge, only Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn have recorded a better points-per-game return against the traditional Big Six among managers of non-Big-Six clubs with at least 10 matches.<\/p>\n

The popularity of the Bermuda Triangle idea may say as much about perception as results.<\/p>\n

When it comes to recruitment and spending, Bournemouth<\/a>, Brighton<\/a> and Brentford<\/a> operate in a different world to the Premier League’s biggest clubs. They cannot simply outspend Arsenal<\/a>, Liverpool<\/a> or Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That makes their victories more memorable. Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.<\/p>\n

The meme is not entirely without foundation, although the evidence is considerably stronger for Brighton<\/a> and Bournemouth<\/a> than it is for Brentford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brentford<\/a>‘s overall record is weaker, although a series of eye-catching victories under Thomas Frank and now Keith Andrews have helped cement their reputation as a difficult opponent for elite clubs. And the start to this season has helped: their Chelsea<\/a> success added to by an opening day 3-0 rout of Spurs<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In fact, the Opta data suggests Brighton are the main reason the theory has gained such traction. Since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}