{"id":46962,"date":"2026-08-15T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46962"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:45:22","slug":"sky-sports-supercomputer-predicts-2026-27-premier-league-table-as-arsenal-retain-title-and-liverpool-jump-back-above-man-utd-between-the-lines-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46962","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports supercomputer predicts 2026\/27 Premier League table as Arsenal retain title and Liverpool jump back above Man Utd &#8211; Between the Lines | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Will Arsenal retain the title? What&#8217;s in store for Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea under their new managers? And which teams are going to be relegated?<\/p>\n<p>As the new Premier League season draws closer, featuring 215 games to be shown live on <em>Sky Sports<\/em>, we&#8217;ve fired up the<em> Sky Sports<\/em> supercomputer to predict the final table.<\/p>\n<p>Find out where your team finishes as we take a look at the risers and fallers in <em>Between the Lines<\/em>, the <em>Sky Sports <\/em>strand unpicking the data behind the biggest stories in football.<\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal top, Man Utd fourth<\/h3>\n<p>Our predicted table, which is based on 10,000 simulations and factors historic performance, transfer business and betting odds, has <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> as champions for a second year running.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-predicted-table-graphic_7319022.jpg?20260811145127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/384x216\/skysports-predicted-table-graphic_7319022.jpg?20260811145127 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-predicted-table-graphic_7319022.jpg?20260811145127 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-predicted-table-graphic_7319022.jpg?20260811145127 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/2048x1152\/skysports-predicted-table-graphic_7319022.jpg?20260811145127 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Gunners, champions for the first time in 22 years, are tipped to become only the fourth side in Premier League history to retain the crown after Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Their expected points total of 85.2 is almost identical to their title-winning 85-point haul last season and puts them nearly four points clear of <strong>Manchester City<\/strong>, who are predicted to be runners-up again as they begin a new era following Pep Guardiola&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>City, who have signed Elliot Anderson for a club-record \u00a3116m fee, are predicted to finish closer to Arsenal than last season, when they lagged seven points behind. The supercomputer also expects improvement from <strong>Liverpool<\/strong>, where Andoni Iraola has taken over following a fifth-placed finish under Arne Slot.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are predicted to climb two places to third, with an expected points total of 76.8, putting them just ahead of <strong>Manchester United<\/strong>, who are predicted to drop a place to fourth despite finishing last season strongly under Michael Carrick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"63afd5c1-bbc1-4157-a3c7-3ccfcea12230\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Champions Arsenal unveiled new \u00a375m signing Bruno Guimaraes\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_63afd5c1-bbc1-4157-a3c7-3ccfcea12230\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7317541\" data-sdc-video-id=\"63afd5c1-bbc1-4157-a3c7-3ccfcea12230\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:63afd5c1-bbc1-4157-a3c7-3ccfcea12230\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-bruno-guimaraes-arsenal_7317550.jpg?20260809141723\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-bruno-guimaraes-arsenal_7317550.jpg?20260809141723 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-bruno-guimaraes-arsenal_7317550.jpg?20260809141723\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_63afd5c1-bbc1-4157-a3c7-3ccfcea12230\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Champions Arsenal unveiled new \u00a375m signing Bruno Guimaraes<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong>, whose list of summer signings includes the \u00a3117m they paid for Morgan Rogers, as well as a new manager in Xabi Alonso, are predicted to climb five places to fifth, ahead of sixth-placed <strong>Spurs<\/strong>, who are tipped to climb 11 places following a summer of transfer spending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> are predicted to drop out of the Champions League places and finish seventh, with<strong> Bournemouth<\/strong>, <strong>Brighton<\/strong> and <strong>Brentford<\/strong> completing the predicted top half.<\/p>\n<h3>Promoted trio doomed? Forest at risk?<\/h3>\n<p>At the other end of the table, the <em>Sky Sports<\/em> supercomputer predicts newly-promoted sides <strong>Coventry<\/strong>, <strong>Ipswich<\/strong> and <strong>Hull <\/strong>will go straight back down to the Championship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-sky-sports-predicted-table_7319118.jpg?20260811165933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/384x216\/skysports-sky-sports-predicted-table_7319118.jpg?20260811165933 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-sky-sports-predicted-table_7319118.jpg?20260811165933 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-sky-sports-predicted-table_7319118.jpg?20260811165933 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/2048x1152\/skysports-sky-sports-predicted-table_7319118.jpg?20260811165933 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frank Lampard&#8217;s Coventry are tipped to mount the strongest survival challenge, with an expected points total only fractionally lower than <strong>Nottingham Forest&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forest, 16th-placed finishers last term,<strong> <\/strong>have appointed former <strong>Crystal Palace<\/strong> boss Oliver Glasner as their new head coach but are predicted to finish a place below his old club in 17th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle <\/strong>are also expected to endure another difficult season. The Magpies slumped to a disappointing 12th-placed finish last term. Following a turbulent summer in which they have sold key players Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon and replaced Eddie Howe with Matthias Jaissle, they are predicted to come 13th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"6ed6f21c-3129-4e5c-8919-80c0d14780cf\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Matthias Jaissle talks about Newcastle's new era after replacing Eddie Howe\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_6ed6f21c-3129-4e5c-8919-80c0d14780cf\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7315334\" data-sdc-video-id=\"6ed6f21c-3129-4e5c-8919-80c0d14780cf\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:6ed6f21c-3129-4e5c-8919-80c0d14780cf\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-football-newcastle_7315373.jpg?20260806135952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/768x432\/skysports-football-newcastle_7315373.jpg?20260806135952 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/08\/1600x900\/skysports-football-newcastle_7315373.jpg?20260806135952\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_6ed6f21c-3129-4e5c-8919-80c0d14780cf\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Matthias Jaissle talks about Newcastle&#8217;s new era after replacing Eddie Howe<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The only positive for Newcastle is that they are predicted to finish ahead of rivals<strong> Sunderland<\/strong>, who will come 15th this season, according to the <em>Sky Sports<\/em> supercomputer, despite achieving an historic seventh-placed finish last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everton<\/strong>, up from 13th to 11th, are the only team in our bottom half with a predicted position for the new season higher than their actual finishing position last term. The other spots in the bottom half are taken by <strong>Fulham<\/strong>, in 12th, and <strong>Leeds<\/strong>, in 14th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"datawrapper\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" style=\"--width: 7; --height:4;\">\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body\">\n        <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-title\">Datawrapper<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-description\"><br \/>\n                This content is provided by <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\" 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compared<\/h3>\n<p>Adding probability percentages to the predicted table provides further context on the title, top four and relegation battles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal&#8217;s <\/strong>50.6 per cent chance of winning the title, according to the <em>Sky Sports<\/em> supercomputer, is nearly twice as high as any other side&#8217;s, underlining their status as strong favourites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"datawrapper\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" style=\"--width: 7; --height:4;\">\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body\">\n        <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__title\" data-testid=\"consent-roadblock-title\">Datawrapper<\/span><br \/>\n            <span 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