For the record, on the way to London on Friday, before a ball had been kicked in the new season, Jake and I both made our Premier League predictions for the end of the season, and this is how they look:
| Me | Jake | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man City | Man City |
| 2 | Spurs | Liverpool |
| 3 | Liverpool | Spurs |
| 4 | Chelsea | Chelsea |
| 5 | Man Utd | Arsenal |
| 6 | Arsenal | Man Utd |
| 7 | Everton | Everton |
| 8 | Leicester | Wolves |
| 9 | West Ham | Leicester |
| 10 | Wolves | West Ham |
| 11 | Watford | Newcastle |
| 12 | Southampton | Bournemouth |
| 13 | Burnley | Watford |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace |
| 15 | Aston Villa | Aston Villa |
| 16 | Bournemouth | Burnley |
| 17 | Norwich | Southampton |
| 18 | Sheffield Utd | Brighton |
| 19 | Brighton | Norwich |
| 20 | Newcastle | Sheffield Utd |
Interesting to note some of the consistencies between our predictions. We have 5 teams in the same place, 7 within one of each other, and 4 within two, leaving only 4 further apart (Southampton, Burnley, Bournemouth and Newcastle). It should be noted that I have a downer on Newcastle, but I do think that Jake has been a little optimistic on their behalf putting them in 11th. Also I've optimistically put Spurs in 2nd, as well as having Norwich stay up. Jake obviously doesn't fancy either of these chances.
We will have to check in against these predictions as the season progresses!