Opta predicts Man City 84 per cent likely to win Premier League again

The number crunchers at Opta Analyst have predicted where each of the 20 teams will finish the season based on 10,000 simulations of the 2023-24 campaign, based on form and remaining fixtures, fed into a supercomputer.

And the outlook looks good for Pep Guardiola's side and worryingly grim for Burnley.

City, according to Opta Analyst, have an 84.6 per cent probability of lifting the trophy again with Liverpool given only a 9.1 per cent chance and last season's runners-up Arsenal on 5.6 per cent.

Back-to-back defeats for Tottenham Hotspur mean that, according to Opta, their title hopes are virtually non-existent at 0.3 per cent, the same as Aston Villa.

Manchester United, currently in sixth place, are predicted to finish seventh and only have a 5.9 per cent chance of finishing in the top four, although that has risen slightly of late.

Newcastle United have a 25 per cent chance of a second-successive top-four finish while Chelsea are predicted to finish ninth.

Opta's calculations also suggest that the bottom three, currently the three clubs promoted last season, will all go down with 20th-placed Burnley given an 86.9 per cent chance of relegation.