A PREMIER LEAGUE supercomputer has predicted that the title will be decided by just ONE point.
After major summer transfer splurges by the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, the top flight title race for the 2025/26 season looks as competitive as ever.
All of those clubs have maintained a perfect record after the first two rounds of games, while Tottenham beating Manchester City also keeps them in that exclusive club.
And it isn’t just the title which looks set to be a real dog fight.
The expanded European qualification positions are set to be hotly contested by at least six clubs, including Manchester United, Spurs, Newcastle and Aston Villa.
Meanwhile, the money-spinning reward for staying in the Prem has also seen clubs invest heavily in a bid to retain their spot – including Sunderland spending over £140million on new players.
But how are all of these teams expected to fare?
Aceodds’ supercomputer BETSiE has simulated the rest of the season 100,000 times to find a probable end result integrating team and player data.
And that simulation has revealed that the title will go down to the wire – with just a point separating the top two.
However, Arsenal fans will be disappointed to find that for the fourth season in a row they will fall down on the bottom side of that points difference.
The supercomputer has predicted Liverpool to win the title with 79 points, five fewer than they scored last season, while Arsenal will go close with 78 points.
Man City and Chelsea will then complete the top four on 71 and 69 points respectively.
Newcastle and Tottenham are predicted to make up the top six by scoring 63 and 61 points.
But there is then a shock as Man Utd are predicted to finish seventh on 57 points despite their winless start to the season.
They are backed to finish ahead of Villa in eighth, with Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest making up the top 10.
Forest edge out Brighton from the top half on goal difference, while the Seagulls are set to have bragging rights by finishing a point higher than rivals Crystal Palace in 12th.
Brentford, Fulham and Everton will be solid sides in midtable and escape a major relegation scare, although the same cannot be said for Leeds and West Ham.
Newly-promoted Leeds will just scratch the magic 40-point mark to secure safety.
Meanwhile, West Ham – who have endured a record-low start under Graham Potter – will hit 39 points and only survive the drop due to a marginally better goal difference.
Wolves are predicted to be the team on the wrong side of the drop zone.
Newly-promoted Burnley and Sunderland will not fare as well, as they are both predicted to finish on 32 points.
But it will be the Black Cats who face the ignominy of being bottom, with a -30 goal difference just one lower than the Clarets.
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