The Premier League is back this weekend with the final international break of the calendar year done and dusted.
The domestic action will continue until mid-March as the international fixtures take a back-seat over the coming months. Manchester City face Newcastle United at St James’ Park at 5.30pm on Saturday on their return to action.
They have the chance to close the gap at the top of the table to just one point as Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, if other results go their way over the weekend, Manchester United can move up to third in the Premier League table if they beat Everton on Monday night at Old Trafford.
With the action set to get back underway, a Premier League Supercomputer, conducted by CasinoHawks has forecast where each Manchester club will finish. The forecast is is a probability model, not determined by human predictions or bias.
The Supercomputer estimates the outcome of each remaining fixture based on a team’s strength - including factors such as league position and form and betting market odds.
The machine then simulates the remaining games in a season 10,000 times and constructs an average league table from the 10,000 simulations, to rule out anomalous results. Here’s what it came up with...
Predicted points - 31
1. 20th: Wolves
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Predicted points - 32
2. 19th: Burnley
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Predicted points - 37
3. 18th: Leeds United
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Predicted points - 41
4. 17th: Everton
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