The Premier League fixtures have been announced with Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City all gunning to win the title as Burnley, Leeds and Sunderland bid to secure survival
A supercomputer has tipped Liverpool to retain their Premier League title ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal after the fixtures for the new season were released. The schedules for all 20 top-flight clubs were announced on Wednesday morning.
The Reds stormed to their first title since 2020 last season in what was boss Arne Slot’s first campaign as manager after replacing Jurgen Klopp. Arsenal finished as the runners-up for the third successive year, while City’s hopes of defending their crown for a fifth successive year ended in tatters.
Nottingham Forest were the surprise package of the year, securing qualification to the Europa Conference League. Down at the other end of the table, relegated Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton have been replaced by Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland.
Anticipation for the new season will only be growing as the summer goes on, with the summer transfer window in full swing. Liverpool have been working hard to give Slot the best chance of leading a successful title defence.
They have already signed Jeremie Frimpong, with Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez on their way into Anfield. And it appears that those moves may well pay off for the Reds.
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According to a supercomputer from BettingLounge.co.uk, Liverpool will finish top of the league for a second successive year. The supercomputer is a probability model, not determined by human predictions or bias.
It instead estimates the outcome of each remaining fixture based on a team’s current strength (based on factors such as league position and form) and betting market odds. The machine then simulates the remaining games in a season 10,000 times and constructs an average league table from the 10,000 simulations, to rule out anomalous results.
Slot’s side have been backed to lose just four games and win 24 matches to claim the title. Their closest challengers are tipped to be City, who are predicted to finish three points behind the Reds.
Arsenal are expected to drop down to third, with the supercomputer tipped them to end up a mammoth 10 points adrift of the champions. Having missed out on the Champions League last season, Aston Villa are predicted to return to Europe’s premier competition by finishing fourth.
Newcastle are tipped to round out the top five as they continue to impress under Eddie Howe. Those two will be on the rise at Chelsea’s expense, with the Blues set to drop to sixth under Enzo Maresca.
While they have lost boss Thomas Frank, Brentford will not feel his absence, with the Bees tipped to end up seventh. Brighton and FA Cup winners Crystal Palace will take up the two places just behind the Londoners.
And Bournemouth are predicted to round out the top half, despite losing a raft of players in this summer’s window. With European football to deal with, Nottingham Forest are set to suffer and drop down to 11th in the table.
Fulham are also tipped to find things tougher going this season and end up 12th. In their first full campaign under Graham Potter, West Ham are expected to improve slightly to end up 13th.
There will be no such luck for Ruben Amorim and Manchester United though, who finished 15th last season. They are tipped to win just 12 games and end up only 14th in the table.
Just behind them, Frank’s first season at Tottenham could be difficult, with the Europa League winners predicted to only manage a 15th place finish. United and Spurs are set to finish just four points outside the relegation zone.
Everton and Wolves will be the other teams to secure survival, with the Midlands side ending up in 17th. That is bad news for the three promoted sides, who are all set to go down.
Burnley will put up the toughest find, amassing 40 points, with 19th place Leeds six points behind them. Rock bottom Sunderland are tipped to be cut adrift, ending up 19 points from safety.
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