Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham’s intriguing predicted Premier League final place finishes

The Premier League is now well past the half-way point, but the battle for European qualification is still alive and well

While it looks like the Premier League title looks like it will inevitably stay with current champions Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool could yet launch a late surge for the top spot, should Pep Guardiola’s side hit a poor run of form.

Meanwhile, the race for Champions League football looks set to go to the wire, with West Ham, Spurs and Arsenal all right amongst it as they look to jostle their way past Manchester United into fourth place.

Further down the table, the relegation battle is growing ever more intense, with the likes of Newcastle United, Norwich City, Burnley and Brentford all in danger of slipping down into the notoriously competitive - and difficult to escape - Championship.

While the eventual outcome is far from certain, the stats experts at FiveThirtyEight have once again crunched the numbers, and predicted how the final table will look at the end of the 2021/22 Premier League campaign.

Take a look at the latest predicted Premier League table, which has been updated following the January transfer window’s conclusion:

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