Predicted Premier League table and what Arsenal win and Liverpool defeat means for title race

Arsenal are now top of the Premier League, already overcoming a five-point deficit at this still very early stage of the season. The Gunners defeated West Ham over the weekend to take advantage of Liverpool’s defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

That was a big win for Chelsea, who are back within three points of the top four, while Spurs are currently in third after defeating Leeds United over the weekend. Crystal Palace dropped to sixth after their first defeat of the season, against Everton, and lower down we have Fulham in 14th, Brentford in 16th and West Ham in 19th.

After the weekend’s action, OPTA have updated their predicted final Premier League table, which is calculated with various simulations based on results up to this point, current form and remaining fixtures. Take a look below.

Predicted Premier League table

1. Arsenal - 77.11

2, Liverpool - 74.91

3. Man City - 69.75

4. Chelsea - 61.53

5. Crystal Palace - 60.85

6. Newcastle United - 58.71

7. Bournemouth - 57.65

8. Tottenham - 57.04

9. Aston Villa - 56.09

10 Brighton - 55.19

11. Everton - 51.13

12. Man Utd - 49.64

13. Brentford - 46.63

14. Fulham - 46.30

15. Nottingham Forest - 40.13

16. Sunderland - 39.50

17. Leeds United - 39.33

18. West Ham - 37.21

19. Wolves - 34.06

20. Burnley - 32.94

What Mikel Arteta has said

Asked about making a statement in the upcoming fixtures, Arsenal boss Arteta said over the weekend: “We know how difficult those games are going to be but we wanted to come here because we had some very difficult fixtures, playing some of the top teams, some of them away and with some big injuries as well.

“We had to adjust a lot of things with some players who were coming as well from big injuries and surgeries in the first few weeks of the season. So it's been a challenge but the team has been, I think, very convincing in performances and results and it's a good platform now to continue.”

What Arne Slot said

After seeing his side lose a third straight game across all competitions, Liverpool boss Arne Slot said: “Another disappointing loss. That's clear. Another game similar to the Palace game, although the game was completely different because the playing style of both teams are completely different. But not similar to the Palace game where in the first half I think we played not our best football but still were able to create three big chances. They've only had one and they've immediately scored it, which was completely different to the Palace game, where Palace created a lot of chances in the first half.

“And the second-half performance, like in Palace, I liked, we've created more than enough chances to score more than one goal – last week and today. I think there was a period of the game where I felt, 'Now we're going to win it.' We came a lot of times very close with chances but also with moments where we had four-versus-three in our favour, not outplaying it well enough in the last pass. And in the last 10 minutes, it was an end-to-end game, both teams could have won it. We didn't and Chelsea did.”

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