BBC released the statement says that no less than 6 English Premier League clubs were over reporting the match utterances in the 2017/18 season. According to police information the discrepancies between West Ham reports and objective reality was 22%, which is 12,530 fans (club announced 55,309 but police saw only 42,779). Besides the Hammers, there are also Chelsea, Man City, Southampton, Watford and Tottenham placed into the list.

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  • Unfortunately, other 13 clubs of EPL aren’t mentioned in the post
  • The discrepancy in the statistics is explained by the fact that the clubs do not publish data on the real number of fans in the stands, but on tickets and season tickets sold.