Liverpool has been predicted to win the Premier League title this season after a supercomputer crunched the numbers and the data — surprisingly suggesting that the Reds could come top without breaking 80 points.
Arne Slot's men finished on 86 points last season (and only twice has a team won the league with fewer than 80 — Manchester United in 1997/98 and 1998/99) but could have got over 90 had it come to it. The Dutchman was able to rotate heavily in the last four games with the league title already wrapped up.
After the first round of matches was completed, Liverpool is being tipped to win the league again this time. Slot's side beat Bournemouth 4-2 with Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah netting late goals.
The Ace Odds algorithm has predicted that Liverpool will end up on 78.2 points, ahead of Arsenal in second on 76.6. Manchester City is predicted to come third on 73.9.
The model also predicts that Liverpool will score around 18 more goals than Arsenal despite the arrival of Viktor Gyokeres. The Gunners, it says, will concede around 10 fewer.
On the opening weekend of the campaign, Arsenal won 1-0 away at Manchester United. Manchester City hammered Wolves by four goals to nil at Molineux.
Hugo Ekitike celebrates scoring his first goal for Liverpool.
Hugo Ekitike celebrates scoring his first goal for Liverpool. (Image: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea is predicted to finish 10 points off the pace in fourth, with Newcastle United completing the Champions League spots in fifth. Manchester United, interestingly, is suggested as coming sixth.
At the other end of the table, Leeds United is seen as the most likely team to stay up. It is predicted to finish ahead of both West Ham United and Wolves, with the latter heading down to the Championship alongside Sunderland and Burnley.
Liverpool was far too open at times during the Bournemouth game, with Antoine Semenyo netting twice on the counter-attack. But Slot insisted at the final whistle that he wasn't concerned.
"Normally, you can complain about our players not sprinting back hard enough, but they did," Slot said in his post-match press conference. "The only thing you need to do better — but it's in an ideal world — is where do you lose the ball?
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"The first ball there is something I can say about that, losing the ball with a trick if you're 2-0 up is not necessary, maybe if you're 1-0 down or you really need a goal and you want to force something. But in that moment, I think it's not the way to lose the ball like Dominik [Szoboszlai] did.
"The second goal, we are a team that likes to attack. We are a team that wants to score goals. The rest defense was in order the moment we lost the ball, we were two-v-one against their number nine, but instead of what Mo usually does, which is getting a cross in or getting a shot in, he squared it just behind.
"Then give credit to the other team with how many bodies they sprinted to our 18-yard box. It's fine margins and the best way is to not lose the ball and if you do lose it then lose it with a shot or it ends up in a corner kick or in a goal-kick. But do not lose it at your own 18-yard line or where Dominik lost it.
"But I always judge how hard they sprint back, and in both situations, they sprint back really hard. They gave it all but credit to Bournemouth, who are a very, very fit team as well like us, because we managed to come back after the 2-2. "
Liverpool.com says: The Reds need to get the balance right between defense and attack. Do that, and they will rightly be favorites to go all the way.