What a difference a year makes.

This time last season, after 25 Premier League matches, Leicester City were rock bottom of the table. A 2-1 loss at Arsenal – their 16th defeat of the season – had left the Foxes on just 17 points, five adrift of safety.

Boss Nigel Pearson and his staff had reportedly been sacked by one owner of the club two days earlier, only for another to re-instate them three hours later.

Fast forward 12 months and Leicester, under the management of Claudio Ranieri, are five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a remarkable 3-1 win at Manchester City. After 25 games this season, Leicester have 53 points – 36 more than they had at this point in 2014/15.

But Leicester aren’t the only club to have seen their status transform in the space of a year.

Swansea have suffered one of the biggest falls in league position

Chelsea had a seven-point advantage at the top of the Premier League after 25 games last season. Now they’re down in 13th, 29 points worse off.

Tottenham (up four places and five points better off), Arsenal (up two places, three points), West Ham (up two places, one point), Everton (up four places, eight points) and Crystal Palace (up one place, five points) have all seen an improvement this season after 25 games.

However, Manchester City (down two places, five points), Manchester United (down two places, six points), Southampton (down three places, nine points), Liverpool (down two places, seven points), Swansea (down seven places, seven points), Newcastle (down six places, eight points), Sunderland (down four places, four points) and Aston Villa (down two places, six points) have all suffered drops.

Stoke are also one place worse off than they were at this stage last season, despite winning the same number of points, while, conversely, West Brom are in the same position as they were after 25 games in 2014/15, despite having three points more.

Sky