The 2024/25 Premier League season is previous the half manner level and the race for Europe is up within the air.
Liverpool are big favourites to win the title, however the battle for the highest six seems to be extremely tight, with 4 factors presently separating Nottingham Forest (44 factors in third) and Bournemouth (40 factors in seventh).
With that in thoughts, it’s attention-grabbing to see how the consultants at Opta see it panning out based mostly on their projections heading into the ultimate 15 video games of the season.
In response to the statisticians at Opta, Newcastle will pip Chelsea to a top-four end – however their present projections look extremely tight.
At present, they consider Newcastle are on observe to complete fourth, forward of Chelsea (fifth), Nottingham Forest (sixth) and Bournemouth (seventh). Nonetheless, their predicted level tallies are very shut, as proven under:
High half
As for the underside half, Opta consider Man Utd will end the season down in twelfth and again Wolves to inish three factors away from the drop zone, seeing newly-promoted trio Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton go down.
Backside half
As issues stand, the highest 5 are set to qualify for the Champions League based mostly on the present UEFA coefficient rankings, that means sixth and seventh could qualify for the Europa League; though that is dependant on the winners of home cup competitions.
At present, we sit three behind Nottingham Forest, degree on factors with a Man Metropolis facet exhibiting indicators of a resurgence and one forward of each Chelsea and Bournemouth.
Aston Villa – predicted to complete eighth by Opta – additionally misplaced floor on Newcastle over the weekend, falling 4 factors behind us after they adopted our 3-1 win at Southampton with a 1-1 draw at residence to West Ham.