Premier League 25/26 predictions: Pundits pick champions, top four and relegated teams

After three long months, the Premier League is finally back - and pundits already think they know exactly how the season is going to go. Liverpool get the campaign underway as they welcome Bournemouth to Anfield as defending champions.

Arne Slot's side start the season as favourites and will be desperate to become back-to-back champions for the first time since 1984. But they’ve got some serious challengers this time around, with Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal having all spent big in their bid for silverware.

And then you’ve got Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United who have also invested in an effort to recover from their woeful season last time out.

At the other end of the table, Burnley, Sunderland and Leeds are all back in the Premier League and will be hoping to end the trend of all three of the promoted clubs going straight back down.

But will they manage it? Who will win the title? Which sides are going to be the Premier League’s Champions League representatives this time next year? Pundits have all had a look into their crystal balls to try and work it out…

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Alan Shearer

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea

Relegated: Leeds, Sunderlands, Burnley

Harry Redknapp

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea

Relegated: Sunderland, Burnley, Wolves/Brentford

Gary Lineker

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City

Relegated: Burnley, Sunderland, Leeds

*If one stays up it will be Burnley, with either Wolves or Brentford going

Who will win the Premier League this season? Share your predictions in the comments below

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Champions: Man City

Top four: Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea

Relegated: Sunderland, Burnley, Brentford

Joe Cole

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City

Relegated: Sunderland, Leeds, Wolves

Wayne Rooney

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea

Micah Richards

Champions: Liverpool

Relegated: Leeds, Sunderland, Brentford or Wolves

Theo Walcott

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea

Steven Gerrard

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea

Ben Foster

Champions: Arsenal

Top four: Man City, Liverpool, Man United

Relegated: Wolves, Sunderland, Burnley

Ally McCoist

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City

Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Wolves

Robbie Fowler

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal

Relegated: Brentford, Sunderland, Burnley

Jermain Defoe

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal

Opta Supercomputer

Champions: Liverpool

Top four: Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea

Relegated: Burnley, Leeds, Sunderland

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