It’s the time of year when newspapers start predicting teams’ final finishing places in the Premier League, and the Mirror’s effort is not great news for Chelsea fans hoping for an exciting end to a dreadful season.
They used a “supercomputer” to predict the remaining results of the season all round, and come up with a predicted points total for each side.
Here is their final predicted table:
Manchester City – 90
Manchester United – 74
Tottenham Hotspur – 69
Liverpool – 66
Newcastle United – 65
Brighton & Hove Albion – 65
Brentford – 57
Aston Villa – 55
Fulham – 54
Chelsea – 47
Leicester City – 42
Leeds United – 38
Wolverhampton Wanderers – 36
Crystal Palace – 36
Bournemouth – 35
West Ham United – 34
Nottingham Forest – 34
Everton – 32
Southampton – 30
As you can see, it would mean Chelsea are a full 5 points clear of Leicester, who are the top team in a 9 team relegation battle, and 7 points behind Fulham, the bottom team in a 10 team tussle for European places.
That basically leaves us as the only side with nothing to play for – apart from the Champions League, of course…
