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Premier League long ball 2016/17 table revealed: Is route one the answer? From most to least this season

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Is the long ball game a thing of the past?

The latest wave of technical, possession-based managers have seen Premier League sides increasingly being encouraged to pass the ball out of the back, but data this season suggests otherwise.

Sports statistics giants Opta have recorded 11,471 long balls played in the Premier League up to, and including, matchday 21 - when broken down into individual teams, does this correspond to their position in the table?

talkSPORT has arranged a table by numbers, from most long balls played to least in this season's top flight.