History on City's side as EPL title race heads into last day

Manchester City has history on its side ahead of the final-day title showdown with Liverpool in the English Premier League.

Sunday will mark the ninth time in the Premier League era — since 1992 — that the title race has been decided in the last round.

On each of the previous eight occasions, the team in first place before kickoff went on to clinch the championship.

City leads Liverpool by one point and they both finish with home games — against Aston Villa and Wolverhampton, respectively.

Every league leader playing at home to finish the season has won that game, most famously City in 2012 when Roberto Mancini's team scored twice in stoppage time to defeat Queens Park Rangers 3-2 and beat Manchester United to the title.

A look at the eight Premier League seasons to go the distance:

1994-95

Blackburn won its first — and so far only — title in the Premier League era despite losing on the final day at Liverpool 2-1. Manchester United started the day two points behind in second place and could only draw 1-1 at West Ham, whose goalkeeper Ludek Miklosko produced a slew of magnificent saves.

1995-96

Alex Ferguson's Man United bounced back to win the title the following year, this time having no problems on a final-day fight with Newcastle's team of entertainers under Kevin Keegan. United had a two-point lead and won at Middlesbrough 3-0 while Newcastle, which led the standings by 12 points in February, drew with Tottenham 1-1.

1998-99

Another title for Man United, which needed to come from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 at home and hold off Arsenal by a point. Arsenal did its job by beating Aston Villa 1-0 and was given hope by Les Ferdinand's early goal for Tottenham. David Beckham equalized for United and Andy Cole's deft lob