We've all watched and wondered. We've all felt hard done by. We've all cursed the sliver of fortune and happenstance that turns victory into defeat. That's what prompted ESPN and the team led by Dr. Thomas Curran, at the London School of Economics, to compile the Luck Index, which returns for a second season.
The 2018 version found that luck had a profound effect on the top of the table. It gave Liverpool, the unluckiest side, an additional 12 points, which would have catapulted them from fourth to second. It also found that the gods were harsh on Arsene Wenger's final Arsenal side, who lost eight points due to misfortune, while being very kind to Jose Mourinho's Manchester United, gifting them six points: take them away and rather than finishing second, they would have been fourth.
