Following almost three months with no Premier League action, Liverpool and Bournemouth have the honour of getting the newest top-flight season underway at Anfield on Friday evening.
The Reds have one mission for the 2025-26 Premier League season - win back-to-back titles for the first time since the days of the old First Division and overtake Manchester United at the top of the all-time charts - while Bournemouth may have European aspirations despite having their defence ravaged.
A new season means new predictions, and here at Sports Mole, our team have been busy submitting their predicted Premier League tables for the 2025-26 season, which we have now averaged out to create one final standing.
Here, Sports Mole shares its predicted Premier League table for the 2025-26 season.
2025-26 Premier League predicted table
1. Liverpool
2. Manchester City
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Aston Villa
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Manchester United
8. Newcastle United
9. Brighton & Hove Albion
10. Crystal Palace
11. Nottingham Forest
12. Bournemouth
13. Everton
14. Fulham
15. West Ham United
16. Brentford
17. Wolverhampton Wanderers
18. Sunderland
19. Leeds United
20. Burnley
The vote was not quite unanimous, but overall, Arne Slot's Liverpool are backed to make it two in a row in 2025-26, thus overtaking Manchester United for a new grand total of 21 English top-flight successes.
However, there may be a changing of the guard in the silver medal position, as Manchester City have been predicted to pip Arsenal to the 'best of the rest' label, as the Gunners fall further behind the leading pack in third place.
Backed as title dark horses by some, our team believe that Chelsea will wind up in the fourth and final guaranteed Champions League spot, although fifth-placed Aston Villa could benefit from UEFA coefficient to sneak in too.
The Lions are projected to sneak into the top five ahead of Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, who may have to accept Conference League football, while Newcastle United will be out of the top seven entirely.
Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace complete the top half, while Nottingham Forest suffer a fall from grace but still wind up comfortably in mid-table alongside Bournemouth, Everton and Fulham.
Further down the division, West Ham United are predicted to endure another season of struggle, as will a Bryan Mbeumo and potentially Yoane Wissa-less Brentford, but the Bees will survive the drop.
The same goes for Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are backed to retain their top-flight status even in the wake of Matheus Cunha's exit, which spells danger for the three newly-promoted sides.
In spite of their heavy summer outlay, Sunderland are expected to fail in their survival mission alongside Leeds United and rock-bottom Burnley, meaning that all three promoted teams could be sent straight back down for the third season running.
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