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Premier League on Sky Sports: Manchester City have best win percentage

A television camera films goal-scorer, Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min as he applauds after the English Premier League football
Image: Tottenham have won half of their games on Sky Sports over the past two seasons

Bad news for Arsenal fans looking forward to their Monday Night Football showdown with title rivals Manchester City. Manuel Pellegrini's men have the best win percentage of any team in the Premier League when they're shown live on Sky Sports.

We've a taken a look at the results of Sky Live fixtures since the start of the 2014/15 season and Man City have won 55.56 per cent of their games in front of our cameras. 

In contrast, Arsenal have won 70.4 per cent of their Premier League games not shown on Sky - and just 44.4 per cent of games that were shown on Sky Sports. 

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West Ham, Tottenham and Premier League new boys Bournemouth have the joint-second best record, each winning exactly half of their Premier League matches on Sky Sports in that period. 

However, Watford will be looking for their first win on Sky this season when they host Liverpool on Super Sunday. 

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Aston Villa have the worst record of any team which has been in the Premier League for the past two seasons - they've managed to win just 15.38 per cent of their games on Sky. 

Live on Sky v Non-Live on Sky

Team Live on Sky % win Non-Live on Sky % win
Manchester City 55.56% 70.37%
Bournemouth 50% 16.67%
West Ham United 50% 26.32%
Tottenham Hotspur 50% 44.44%
Chelsea 44.83% 68.00%
Arsenal 44.44% 74.07%
Crystal Palace 42.86% 37.50%
Liverpool 42.31% 46.43%
Sunderland 41.67% 11.90%
Swansea City 38.46% 34.15%
Manchester United 37.93% 68.00%
Stoke City 36.36% 39.53%
Leicester City 33.33% 40.00%
Southampton 33.33% 46.15%
Newcastle United 31.58% 22.86%
Everton 27.78% 33.33%
West Bromwich Albion 27.27% 30.23%
Aston Villa 15.38% 21.95%
Burnley 14.29% 19.35%
Queens Park Rangers 12.50% 23.33%
Norwich City 0.00% 23.08%
Hull City 0.00% 25.81%
Watford 0.00% 50.00%

While Man City have won the highest percentage of games on Sky Sports, their record is actually better when they're not on TV. Pellegrini's side have won 62.96 per cent of their Premier League games not shown on Sky Sports. 

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It's Sunderland who turn on the style when the cameras are in town - they've won 41.67 per cent of their Sky Live games but just 18.52 per cent not shown on Sky Sports - a difference of 23.1 per cent. 

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Likewise, Newcastle - who face Villa on Saturday Night Football this weekend - have proven to be better performers in front of the Sky cameras.