Guardian writers’ predicted position: 7th (NB: this is not necessarily Paul Doyle’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 9th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 250-1 It is advancing nicely, Leicester City’s plan to evolve from blue sky champions into contenders for all seasons. No one expects
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Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 10: Liverpool
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 2nd Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 5-2 Amid the delirium of Liverpool’s Champions League celebrations in Madrid Jürgen Klopp received a call from the man who had pipped
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 7: Crystal Palace
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 16th (NB: this is not necessarily Dominic Fifield’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 12th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 1,000-1 The season is a little over a week away and Crystal Palace find themselves in an all too familiar position. A
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 8: Everton
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 8th (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 8th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 150-1 Grand designs for Everton’s proposed stadium have been unveiled 30 months after Bramley Moore dock was identified as the club’s preferred
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 5: Burnley
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 14th (NB: this is not necessarily Paul Wilson’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 15th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 1,500-1 Burnley finished 15th last season, which is roughly what most people would have expected and would have represented their highest Premier
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 6: Chelsea
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 4th (NB: this is not necessarily Jacob Steinberg’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 3rd Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 33-1 As a player Frank Lampard became a European champion, scored the goals that ended Chelsea’s 50-year wait for a league title
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 3: Bournemouth
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 12th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 14th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 1,000-1 Eddie Howe is not one to hark back; it is against his better nature to bask in a sense of satisfaction
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 4: Brighton
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 19th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 17th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 1,500-1 When the royal blue “El Capitan” mural on the side of Church Street, in the heart of Brighton’s North Laine, was
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 1: Arsenal
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily Nick Ames’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 5th Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 50-1 It was still possible to believe Laurent Koscielny when, among the standard new-signing platitudes, he described Arsenal as “a reference for
Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 2: Aston Villa
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 15th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 5th in the Championship Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 1,000-1 It was a conversation that apparently lasted fewer than 10 seconds but was an early indicator that Aston