The tracker/s are not established to account for points requirements for each season's supposed target. It's a guide to measure progress throughout the season. The staying up requirement of the tracker is 40 points. That won't be required this season either.
If you divert attention away from the tracker, we've now nearly played half a season, and the only two teams we're yet to play are Muff and Palace, and we could easily pick up three, four, even six points from those two fixtures. Six would take us to 33 at the halfway stage (and I'm well aware...
Taking teams from the top 11, this shows:
Arse, ManU, Brentford and us are doing even better than expectations and -- with Arse excepted -- our positions in the table
Fulham aren't doing quite as well as their position suggests, and City really aren't (might this suggest an Arse title?)
I think they are factored in already (ie no PL fixtures for at least the next few rounds of the FA Cup) -- that's what normally happens but, then again, this is an unusual season.
Edit: just had a look at Saturday's programme and the weekends are free for FA Cup fixtures in rounds 3 (6-9 Jan)...
I've been concerning about this too. I suspect they're waiting for the two rounds of the FA Cup in January before making a decision as, potentially, dates could emerge as a result of that.
I'm trying to work out why those in credit or above the tracker amounts to 47 points, and those behind have -17 points. I'd have thought it would be round about level (taking into account draws collectively amounting to teams getting two points, and a win/loss three). What am I missing?