2021-22 Premier League: attendance for Matchday 16 (35,986 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 16 of the 2021-22 Premier League season drew an average of 35,986 spectators per game, from Friday 10 to Sunday 12/12/2021. The average fill rate was 97%.

Arsenal FC - Southampton FC (3-0), on Saturday 11/12/2021 (kick-off at 15:00 local time, 16:00 CET), was the game that posted the best attendance of the matchday with 59,653 spectators at the Emirates Stadium (60,260 capacity), for a fill rate of 99%. Two other matches drew more than 50,000 spectators. Brighton & Hove Albion FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC was postponed due to too many players of the London club's players testing positive for Covid-19.

The average attendance of the Premier League is 39,697 spectators per match after 16 matchdays, for an average fill rate of 96.3%.

• The 20 Premier League clubs posted an average of 39,350 spectators per match in 2019-20 (over 29 matchdays) for a fill rate of nearly 98%.
  • The last nine matchdays of the season were played behind closed doors when the league resumed in June 2020.
• The 2020-21 Premier League season took place almost exclusively behind closed doors.

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