Several clubs of the English Premier League are suspected of overstating attendance at home matches.

Last season clubs of the English Premier League artificially inflated the attendance of their home matches, reports BBC.

The edition managed to obtain from the police information about the attendance of the matches of the seven clubs of the Premier League, after which they compared them with the numbers announced by the clubs.

According to the police, the average attendance of West Ham's home matches was 42,779, while the "hammers" claimed an average attendance of 55,309 people.

In addition, the attendance of their matches has inflated more clubs, which managed to get information from the police - Manchester City, Southampton, Tottenham, Chelsea and Watford.

The only club of seven, which provided not inflated information, was Manchester United.

Average Attendance Club Information Club Information Police Difference West Ham 55,309 42,779 12,530 Manchester City 53,274 45,792 7,482 Southampton 29,906 25,660 4,246 Tottenham 61,843 58,103 3,740 Chelsea 40,593 37,088 3,505 Watford 20,319 17,171 2,602 Manchester United 73,575 73,575 0 Do you want to learn the top football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our site on Facebook and Twitter.