The Premier League is now past the half way point of the season, so it is time to take stock and look at some of the kits worn and some of the data behind the kits.

Kit Log:

What the teams have worn so far:

We have seen the 57 of the 58 registered kits (There is no Watford or Wolverhampton Wanderers 3rd kits registered), the only kit yet to be seen is Tottenham Hotspur’s away kit, it has made an appearance in the League Cup at West Ham United.

Forget the 39th game, as Kit enthusiasts we have a 59th Kit…. Fulham have also used a Black 4th Kit twice this season at Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town (in different variations).

Kit Usage:

• Home Kit – 73% (65% Full kit, 8% Variation)
• Away Kit – 17% (12% Full Kit, 5% Variation)
• 3rd/4th Kit – 10% (7% Full Kit, 3% Variation)

Kit Variations:

So far in the 2018/19 season we have seen the 20 teams use 98 different kit variations.  There is no surprise to see that the team with the most variations used is Fulham, with 9 different kit variations used, 4 Home kits, 2 Away kits, 1 3rd kit and 2 4th Kits used in their 21 games so far.

Everton, Manchester United and West Ham United have each used 7 variations of kits.

On the other end of the spectrum, Watford with 2 variations have only used their Home and Away kits so far this season.

Result Data:

Another area I like to look into is the results when different kits are worn, is a team more successful in their away colours than their home, etc.  For this I have combined any variations and only looking at Home, Away and 3rd (4th) kits.  I have created a league table of the kits and based position on a “Points Per Game” basis.

Home Kits

No surprise to see current league leaders Liverpool on top here, having picking up 44 points from the 17 games where they have worn their Home Kit, only dropping 7 points here (including their first defeat of the season against Manchester City on 3rd January).

The rest of the table very much reflects the current league standings, with the only real difference is Fulham who perform much better in their Home kit and sees them in 16th place rather than their current 19th place.

Away Kits

The Away kit table gives us a different leader with Newcastle United, who only using their away kit once so far this season (at Huddersfield Town) and winning, giving them a maximum points per game of 3.

Leicester City, who in wearing their current away kit of grey with gold detail, have won 3 and drawn 1 in the kit’s four appearances and sit 2nd in the Away Kit league with 2.5 P.P.G. average.

At the bottom we see both Everton and Fulham, who have suffered defeats in their two outings in their away kits this season.

3rd (4th) Kits

Finally in the 3rd (4th) Kit table, we see both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur with 3 wins in 3 in the 3rd Kits, there are also 100% records for Chelsea and Manchester City, however these kits have only made 1 appearance so far this season.

AFC Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City and West Ham United are yet to score a point so far this season their 3rd kits.

Kit Grid:

An overview of who wore what against whom.

A larger version can seen on my Twitter account – here

So there we have it, a (slightly late) mid season review of the Premier League kits worn so far this season, some of my kit highlights:

• Fulham using a 4th Kit (and 9 different variations)
• Interesting variations (mash ups) used, Southampton Away shirt with black shorts/socks at Crystal Palace, Arsenal using red socks with away kit at Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool using home socks with grey 3rd kit at Burnley.
• Wolves in all Gold
• Everton using their 3rd kit in 4 different combinations

Let me know your highlights and views on the comments or via twitter @Kit_Geek