Old Trafford crowd
Manchester United, whose highest attendance for the season was 73,564 against Chelsea, are considering increasing their ground's capacity, as are several other clubs

For the first time in the history of the competition, the crowd figures for the premier league will pass 15 million.

The final total of people who will attend games in the next two seasons is expected to be more than the number who attended games in the last season unaffected by Covid.

At the end of the year, attendances were restricted for all of the following season.

Despite the sanctions, record figures are expected this season.

The UK government stopped the club from selling any more tickets for home games in March as part of sanctions imposed on owner Roman Abramovich.

He denies that he has strong ties to Putin.

Only season-ticket holders, away fans, and home fans who purchased matchday tickets before sanctions were imposed have been allowed to attend games.

The average attendance for the final five home games of the season has been 32,200, having been 39,900 over the course of the season.

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The data shows that the average ticket price for a home game in the premier league was 2.2 million pounds.