A kakar da ta gabata, Premier League ta samar da matakin gasa wanda bai taɓa kasancewa a cikin manyan gasar Ingila ba tun sama da shekaru ashirin. Jerin ƙididdiga masu ban mamaki suna ba da labarin wannan.

Tazara tsakanin sama da ƙasa tana raguwa

Tun da Premier League ta ragu zuwa ƙungiyoyi 20 a shekarar 1995-96, tazarar maki tsakanin manyan huɗu da ƙananan uku ta riƙa ƙaruwa daga kakar zuwa kakar — wanda ke nuna yadda manyan ƙungiyoyi ke amfanuwa da wasan Turai da kuma kammala a matakin sama kowace shekara. Wannan yanayin ya juya da ƙarfi a shekarar 2025-26, inda tazarar ta faɗi zuwa maki 26 kawai, daga maki 44 a shekarar 2024-25, inda wannan ya zama mafi ƙarancin tazara da aka rubuta a cikin shekaru 23 — tun da maki 25 suka raba sama da ƙasa a shekarar 2002-03.

Wuraren Turai sun zama masu yuwuwar samu ga ƙungiyoyi waɗanda da farko ba a ɗauke su cikin lissafi ba. Aston Villa sun sami gurbi a UEFA Champions League duk da cewa sun tattara maki ɗaya ƙasa da yadda suka kammala a matsayi na bakwai a kakar da ta gabata — wannan lokacin, wannan adadin ya ishe matsayi na biyar. Liverpool sun sami gurbin biyar na ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League da maki 60 kawai, wanda shine mafi ƙarancin adadin da wata ƙungiya ta kammala a wannan matsayi a cikin shekaru 19, adadin da da ya sanya su matsayi na tara a shekarar 2024-25.

Bournemouth sun cancanci wasan Turai a karon farko a tarihinsu. Sunderland sun koma Turai a karon farko tun sama da shekaru 50. Dukkanin ƙungiyoyin sun amfana daga kakar inda ƙarancin maki da ake buƙata don cancanta Turai ya kasance ƙasa fiye da yadda ake saba.

Ƙungiyoyin tsakiyar teburin sun cancanci girmamawa

Ingantawa bai tsaya a rabin sama na teburin ba. Everton sun kammala matsayi na 13 — matsayi da ya fid da rai masu goyon bayansu — amma adadin maki da ke tare da wannan matsayin shine mafi girma ga ƙungiya a matsayi na 13 tun da Toffees kansu suka cimma haka a farkon ƙarni na biyu. Matsayin huɗu da ke ƙasa kai tsaye daga Everton suma sun samar da mafi girman adadin maki a cikin shekaru 23. West Ham United sun faɗo a matsayi na 18 amma sun tattara maki fiye da kowace ƙungiya da ta kammala a can tun shekarar 2010-11.

Gaba ɗaya, ƙungiyoyi 13 daga cikin 20 sun kammala kakar da maki tsakanin 40 zuwa 60 — mafi yawa a cikin kamfen guda ɗaya na Premier League tun shekarar 2003-04, wanda suma ya ga ƙungiyoyi 13 a cikin wannan zangon.

Me ya sa gasa ta ƙaru?

Ko dai ingantawa ya nuna ƙananan ƙungiyoyi sun zama mafi kaifi ko kuma manyan ƙungiyoyi sun ragu, yana da wahala a ce da tabbas. Tashin ƙungiyoyi masu hankali na bincike kamar Brighton, Brentford, da Bournemouth — tare da ƙarfin kashe kuɗi da yanzu ke ba ma ƙungiyoyin rabin ƙasa damar jawo basira daga ƙasashen waje — yana nuna ingantawa na gaske a ƙasan matsayi. Duk da haka, gaskiyar cewa Sunderland, waɗanda suka lashe ta hanyar play-offs, sun kammala sama da ƙungiyoyi 13 masu zaman kansu a kakarsu ta farko ta dawowa tana tashe tambayoyi game da ko manyan ƙungiyoyin sun kasance ƙarfi kamar yadda aka saba.

Huɗu daga cikin ƙungiyoyi bakwai da suka kammala a manyan matsayi bakwai a shekarar 2024-25 — Liverpool zaɓaɓɓu, Chelsea, Newcastle United, da Nottingham Forest — gaba ɗaya sun rasa maki 79 tsakaninsu a kakar da ta gabata. Sunderland da Leeds United, a gefe guda, sun zarce ƙungiyoyin da aka haɓaka waɗanda suka maye gurbinsu da jimlar maki 64.

Sakamakon haka, akwai yanayin da ba a saba da shi kafin kakar 2026-27 : Bournemouth, Brighton, da Sunderland suna da kamfen na Turai da za su gudanar, yayin da Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, da Newcastle United ba su da.

Farashin gasa a ƙasan teburin

Akwai wuri guda inda gasa mai ƙarfi gaba ɗaya ya samar da sakamako mai tsanani — a ƙasan teburin. A tarihi, ƙungiya guda ɗaya ta kasance tana baya sosai kafin ƙarshen kakar. Yanzu ƙungiyoyi biyu suna kammala nesa sosai bayan sauran akai-akai.

Tun 1995-96, ƙungiyoyi biyu kawai da suka kammala matsayi na 19 sun kasa cimma maki 30 a cikin farkon lokaci na shekaru 21 na zamanin ƙungiyoyi 20. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, bakwai daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 10 da suka kammala a wannan matsayi sun kasa kai wannan iyaka. A kowane kakar daga cikin kakar biyu da suka gabata, ƙungiyar da ta kammala ta biyu daga ƙasa — Ipswich Town a kamfen guda da Burnley a wani — ta kammala da maki 22 kawai, mafi ƙarancin adadin da ƙungiya ta taɓa samu a wannan matsayi.

Faɗar wasa don kubuta daga faduwa yanzu mafi yawanci faɗa ce don neman kujera ta ƙarshe a cikin ƙananan uku, sauran biyu sun riga sun yanke shawara kafin ranar ƙarshe — sau da yawa a ɓarnar ƙungiyoyin da aka haɓaka kwanan nan. Coventry City, Ipswich Town, da Hull City za su zo Premier League wannan kakar suna fatan bin misalin da Sunderland da Leeds United suka kafa, su kuma tabbatar da cewa a hau ba lallai ne a koma da sauri ba.