Only four Premier League clubs have given English players more than 50% of game time in the opening seven matches of the 2016/17 season.
A study conducted by the CIES Football Observatory shows that less than a handful of sides in England's top flight give local players opportunities as foreigners continue to take over the competition.
According to the study, AFC Bournemouth have handed English players 81% of minutes so far this term which is a testament to young manager Eddie Howe, who has kept his playing group relatively homegrown.
Next on the list is Sean Dyche's Burnley on 62%, while Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace has had 53% of it's game time controlled by Englishmen. Everton, despite having a Dutch manager in Ronald Koeman, are fourth on 52%.
At the other end of the scale, Walter Mazzarri's Watford has given English players a mere 9% of minutes while fellow Italian Antonio Conte has offered a paltry 16% to Chelsea's local boys.
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City also have little time for the UK bred while Arsene Wenger , as always, uses a fairly solid base of foreign players.
Check out the table below:
% of domestic league minutes by national players
1. AFC Bournemouth - 81%
2. Burnley - 62%
3. Crystal Palace - 53%
4. Everton - 52%
5. Middlesbrough - 46%
6. Leicester City - 45%
7. Hull City - 39%
8. West Bromwich Albion - 38%
9. Liverpool - 37%
10. Southampton - 34%
11. Sunderland - 33%
12. Tottenham Hotspur - 28%
=13. Swansea City - 26%
=13. Manchester United - 26%
15. Stoke City - 25%
16. West Ham United - 24%
17. Arsenal - 23%
18. Manchester City - 17%
19. Chelsea - 16%
20. Watford - 9%
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