Premier League 2020-21 predictions and odds: champions, top four, relegation

Premier League 2020-2021 season predictions

A look at what the football media has to say ahead of the new season

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published 11 September 2020

After just 48 days Premier League football is back this weekend.

A total of 380 matches will be played in the top-flight during the 2020-2021 season with clubs battling for the title, European qualification and trying to avoid relegation.

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“Tough task to maintain the sort of standards and momentum Liverpool have gathered in winning the Champions League and the title in the last two seasons, but this is a team without any obvious weaknesses and an array of world-class players in key positions. It is also tough to retain the Premier League but I reckon Liverpool have the mental strength and ability to do it. Champions again - but this season will be very close.”

“This is said with a heavy heart as Fulham is a wonderful club back in the Premier League and it would be a real pleasure to eventually eat humble pie on this one. [West Brom boss Slaven] Bilic still has time to put together a squad to ensure safety but needs some good work to avoid struggles. Always an element of risk suggesting any team with Roy Hodgson in charge will go down - but they [Crystal Palace] had a dreadful end to last season. This is one where the crystal ball may be a bit cloudy but Hodgson needs a good start.”

Miguel Delaney: “Fulham, West Brom, West Ham United - the issue with making predictions like this is that so many of the at-risk clubs are likely to make mid-season managerial changes, thereby changing everything. It is why it’s difficult to make much of a call on clubs like Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and even West Ham, so it then comes down to squad quality and cohesion - which is where these could fall.”

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Mike Starling is the former digital features editor at The Week. He started his career in 2001 in Gloucestershire as a sports reporter and sub-editor and has held various roles as a writer and editor at news, travel and B2B publications. He has spoken at a number of sports business conferences and also worked as a consultant creating sports travel content for tourism boards. International experience includes spells living and working in Dubai, UAE; Brisbane, Australia; and Beirut, Lebanon.