Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers will both be playing in the English top flight again next term, albeit with very different objectives.
Unai Emery’s side crushed all expectations by finishing fourth and clinching Champions League qualification in 2023/24 and it’s hoped they can replicate that success again. It’ll be difficult to do so with plenty of other teams likely to improve after drop-offs, but it’s definitely possible.
The Old Gold, meanwhile, finished the recent season 14th after a struggling start, strong middle and withering end. Most will have taken that at the beginning as Wolves were tipped as relegation candidates rather than mid-table contenders. Financial restrictions make things tricky but a slight improvement year-on-year will be the target.
Manchester City were crowned champions on the final day, making history by becoming the first team to ever win four successive English top-flight titles. Arsenal were very close, though, and next year is likely to be similar. Liverpool could once again entry the fray, too, under the new stewardship of Arne Slot.
Sheffield United, Burnley and Luton Town were all relegated in their first campaigns since rising from the Championship. Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton will replace them, creating a similar look to the 2022/23 campaign.
With so much up in the air, a transfer window to come and more than two months remaining until the start of the season, it’d be bonkers to now predict how things will go, right?
Well, you’d be wrong as punters can already try and cash in on their very premature inklings. Here’s a table-style run-through of all 20 clubs’ likelihoods of winning the title, from the top to the bottom.