Intelligent punter's guide to the Premier League 2014/15

They're off – and the wise money goes not on the likely winners, but on who'll be relegated

Manchester City with the Premiership trophy last season
(Image credit: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

The new Premier League season is here and for the intelligent punter one thing is as clear as ever: it's very unlikely the winner will be any team outside the top seven: Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Spurs and Manchester United.

There's also a very good chance that the bookies' favourite – Chelsea - will win the league or at least come second. The favourite has won in five of the last nine seasons and you‘ve got to go back to 2003/4 for the last time the favourite didn't finish either first or second.

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is a writer, broadcaster and blogger who writes The Week’s Intelligent Punter’s Guides. He is co-founder of the Campaign For Public Ownership. He tweets on sport @MightyMagyar and on politics and other subjects @NeilClark66