The Premier League is known as the best football league in the world and the 2025/26 season starts this weekend.
Liverpool are the defending champions heading into the season. The club were able to overcome Arsenal to crown themselves the winners of the season.
The summer transfer window has seen the likes of the biggest clubs in the Premier League splash extravagantly in the market in a bid to improve their squad. English clubs are also massively involved in European club football this season, with as many as 8 teams participating in the various UEFA competitions.
We at Essential Football asked ChatGPT to predict the winners of the 2025/26 season, and the results may surprise you even shock you a little depending on your team.
So let’s get into it:
The predictions for relegation
Burnley, Sunderland and Leeds United will be facing the drop at the end of this season and will have to fight their way back to the Premier League.
Sunderland, in particular, have invested massively in building their squad with as many as 10 signings at the club so far.
Here is how the Bottom 3 points table will look –
Burnley 37
Leeds United 36
Sunderland 32
We shall see if AI is right but it looks like another dinger of a PL season ahead. Teams like Brentford and Nottingham Forest look like they may have tough seasons but will likely have enough to avoid relegation but you can see West Ham having their issues avoiding the drop too.
Top 4 PL finishers
Chelsea
The Blues will be finishing 4th – as predicted by artificial intelligence. The club have worked quickly in the transfer market and will be looking to add to their trophy cabinet after winning the Club World Cup in USA.
Enzo Maresca’s has built a Chelsea side with plenty of goals in them will be finishing the season with 64 points and also sealing their fate for next season’s UEFA Champions League.
Manchester City
The Citizens will yet again be involved in a tightly contested title race and will miss out on the eventual title by a meagre 3 points. Pep Guardiola would be left gutted at the end of the season after asserting dominance in the Premier League in the last decade.
Injuries to pivotal players like Rodri affected Manchester City’s chances of winning the Premier League title last season.
Arsenal
The Gunners were closely involved until the last few weeks of the season in the title race and eventually conceded to Liverpool. Unfortunately for the Emirates faithful, this season repeats the misery for them and further prolongs their quest for a league title in over two decades.
So much depends on Viktor Gyokeres who Arteta expects to hit the ground running.
Mikel Arteta’s men will narrowly miss out on the title to Liverpool with 72 points predicted for their tally – just 1 point short of the Reds.
Liverpool
A dream run in the Premier League for Arne Slot. Artificial intelligence predicts that the Liverpool tactician will be able to successfully defend the title.
Liverpool have invested heavily in overhauling their squad in the summer, and it seems like they will reap the benefits for it when the season progresses. The Reds will finish the season with 73 points, 1 more than Arsenal and 3 more than Manchester City.
If Liverpool land another striker look out for the Reds.
Here is how the Top 4 of the 2025/26 Premier League season will look –
Liverpool 73
Arsenal 72
Manchester City 70
Chelsea 64
We shall see if AI is right but it is hard to see Man Utd, Spurs, Newcastle or Aston Villa making it into the top 4 given the quality of the teams above but you never know – one team will surprise us for sure.