They say 40 points is the magic number a Premier League team needs to reach if it is to avoid relegation.
While that is usually true, it’s not a given. Since switching to 20 teams in 1995, the top flight has seen three teams relegated on 40 points or more: Sunderland in 1997, Bolton Wanderers in 1998, and West Ham United, who went down with 42 points in 2003.
So this figure will more often than not be enough for clubs seeking to avoid the drop, but often that much is not even needed to stay up. In 19 of the last 27 seasons, the 17th-placed team survived on less than 40 points, in some cases a good bit less.
The Premier League clubs with the fewest points to survive: 
=5. Bradford, Fulham, West Brom, Southampton, Brighton, Everton – 36 points Multiple teams have survived with just 36 points, so we’ve grouped them all here together. Unsurprisingly most of these teams completed what you might consider ‘Great Escapes’, avoiding relegations in the unlikeliest of circumstances.

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Bradford City were responsible for one of the all-time great final day moments when they defeated Liverpool, who were chasing Champions League qualification, in 2000. They held on for dear life after David Wetherall scored the game’s only goal in the 12th minute, securing their place in the top flight for another year.

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