Liverpool get ultimate reality check as final Premier League table shown by supercomputer
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Liverpool have endured a turbulent campaign despite heading into the 2025/26 season as defending Premier League champions, and a supercomputer has predicted where Arne Slot's side will finishLiverpool will finish sixth in the Premier League in May, if a supercomputer's predictions ring true. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageThe software simulated the league seasons 100,000 times taking into account all match results from this pre-season and the current season, projecting the the season based on both pre-season expectations, fixture difficulty and xG earned both for and against during the season.It also integrates team financial data and player values from Transfermarkt to provide a more nuanced understanding of team capability and potential performance variation.
And its findings predict that Liverpool will finish this season sixth, if all goes to plan.BETSiE believes that Liverpool will win 17.8 matches, draw 8.7 and lose 11.4, finishing on 62.2 points - meaning that the club will have to be nigh-on perfect to just miss out on the top five come season's end.Elsewhere, it predicts that Arsenal will lift their first league title in more than two decades come the end of the season with 84.4 points. If the software rings true, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Chelsea will make up the rest of the top five, with Liam Rosenior's Blues finishing the season on 62.3 points.Liverpool do at least have a 100 per cent chance of achieving a top-half finish this season, as well as an 84.6 per cent chance of making the top six.
Missing out on the top five may not be the be all and end all for Liverpool's hopes of securing Champions League football in 2026/27, however.That's because the Reds are through to the quarter-finals of this year's instalment, thanks to a 4-1 aggregate thumping of Galatasaray earlier this week. Learn moreSky has slashed the price of its Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle for the 2025/26 season, saving £336 and offering more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.Sky shows at least 215 live Premier League games each season, an increase of up to 100, plus Formula 1, darts, golf and more.