Where Aston Villa & Wolves could finish in the Premier League this season - according to the supercomputer

Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers have both endured difficult starts to the new Premier League season, with both teams gaining only five points collectively.

A third defeat in four matches has left Steven Gerrard fighting to save his job, while Bruno Lage is under pressure to perform as they sit 19th in the table.

Wolves managed a top half finish last season, while Villa sat behind in 14th - however both could be set to slip down the table if things don’t improve.

Ahead of the fifth league match of the season, data experts FiveThirtyEight have crunched the numbers and used their Forecasts and Soccer Power Index (SPI) ratings to predict how the final Premier League table will look come next May.

We take a look at their predicted final finishing positions, where Aston Villa and Wolves could feature and how many points each side is expected to earn.

1. Man City - 86 pts

• Win Premier League: 58%

• Qualify for UCL: 94%

• Relegation: <1%

2. Liverpool

• Win Premier League: 20%

• Qualify for UCL: 79%

• Relegation: <1%

3. Tottenham

• Win Premier League: 7%

• Qualify for UCL: 53%

• Relegation: <1%

4. Arsenal

• Win Premier League: 7%

• Qualify for UCL: 50%

• Relegation: <1%

5. Chelsea

• Win Premier League: 5%

• Qualify for UCL: 44%

• Relegation: <1%

6. Brighton

• Win Premier League: 2%

• Qualify for UCL: 23%

• Relegation: 1%

7. Manchester United

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 14%

• Relegation: 3%

8. Newcastle United

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 10%

• Relegation: 6%

9. Crystal Palace

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 9%

• Relegation: 7%

10. Brentford 

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 5%

• Relegation: 11%

11. Aston Villa

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 4%

• Relegation: 12%

12. Leeds United

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 3%

• Relegation: 14%

13. West Ham

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 4%

• Relegation: 14%

14. Leicester

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 3%

• Relegation: 16%

15. Wolves

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 2%

• Relegation: 24%

16. Fulham

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 2%

• Relegation: 24%

17. Southampton

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 1%

• Relegation: 27%

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: 1%

• Relegation: 31%

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: <1%

• Relegation: 50%

• Win Premier League: <1%

• Qualify for UCL: <1%

• Relegation: 55%