Sunday, February 1, 2026

PL: Man City and Aston Villa slip in the title race

Arsenal now >90% chance on the title and on average they win the league with more than 10 points. The CL battle is starting to become a three-horse race between Liverpool, Chelsea, and Man United. Next week we have important matches in the race for European competitions where Fulham play Everton and Newcastle play Brentford.

Hot Teams
Man United: 11 points in the last 5 matches, 4.3 more than expected
Bournemouth: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 3.5 more than expected
Forest: 8 points in the last 5 matches, 2.5 more than expected
Brentford: 9 points in the last 5 matches, 2.4 more than expected
Chelsea: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 2.0 more than expected

Cold Teams
Tottenham: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 4.8 less than expected
Crystal Palace: 2 points in the last 5 matches, 3.7 less than expected
Man City: 6 points in the last 5 matches, 3.3 less than expected
Aston Villa: 7 points in the last 5 matches, 2.0 less than expected
Liverpool: 6 points in the last 5 matches, 2.0 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
53Arsenal82.5+46< 1%100%>99.99%>99.99%99.99%92%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
47Man City71.6+34< 1%99.87%99.51%98.2%94%5%< 1%1.5%98.3%
46Aston Villa70.8+18< 1%99.72%99.04%96.5%90%2.5%< 1%1.9%97.9%
39Liverpool63.8+15< 1%93%85%68%44%< 1%3.6%22%71%
40Chelsea62.8+20< 1%91%82%63%38%< 1%4.6%26%65%
41Man United62.0+11< 1%85%73%51%28%< 1%8%33%51%
36Brentford55.2+5< 1%36%19%8%2.6%< 1%16%29%8%
33Newcastle54.3+3< 1%29%14%6%1.7%< 1%16%24%8%
34Fulham53.0-2< 1%19%8%3.0%< 1%< 1%13%17%3.0%
34Everton52.2-3< 1%15%7%2.5%< 1%< 1%11%12%2.4%
33Bournemouth52.0-4< 1%14%6%2.0%< 1%< 1%11%11%2.0%
31Brighton50.5+2< 1%10%4.2%1.4%< 1%< 1%8%10%1.4%
29Tottenham47.5+01.1%3.3%1.1%< 1%< 1%< 1%3.7%2.8%2.1%
33Sunderland47.5-131.4%2.3%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.8%2.5%< 1%
29Crystal Palace46.5-82.3%1.6%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.4%34%< 1%
26Forest43.7-147%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%6%
26Leeds43.7-148%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.9%< 1%
20West Ham34.5-2784%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.1%< 1%
15Burnley30.1-2995.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
8Wolves20.9-4199.96%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%


Titles
TeamLeagueFA CupLeague CupEurope


Arsenal92%37%55%30%
Man City5%18%39%9%
Aston Villa2.5%10%
40%
Liverpool< 1%11%
9%
Chelsea< 1%9%4.4%6%
Man United< 1%


Brentford< 1%4.1%

Newcastle
2.8%1.4%2.8%
Fulham< 1%2.9%

Everton< 1%


Brighton
1.5%

Tottenham


1.7%
Sunderland
< 1%

Crystal Palace


33%
Forest


6%
Leeds
1.6%

West Ham
1.1%

Burnley
< 1%

Wolves
< 1%

Important matches for title race
Arsenal vs Sunderland (1.2%)Home Win (83%)Draw (11%)Away Win (6%)
Arsenal93%88%84%
Man City4.5%8%10%
Aston Villa2.2%4.1%5%
Important matches for CL race
Man United vs Tottenham (3.2%)Home Win (54%)Draw (22%)Away Win (24%)
Man United59%45%38%
Chelsea63%67%69%
Liverpool69%72%74%
Wolves vs Chelsea (3%)Home Win (24%)Draw (22%)Away Win (54%)
Chelsea53%60%73%
Man United55%53%48%
Liverpool74%72%69%


Important matches for EL race (EL or CL)
Newcastle vs Brentford (5.3%)Home Win (55%)Draw (22%)Away Win (23%)
Brentford30%39%53%
Newcastle39%26%20%
Fulham vs Everton (4.3%)Home Win (49%)Draw (23%)Away Win (27%)
Everton9%14%24%
Fulham27%16%12%

  

Important matches for Europe race (ECL, EL or CL)
Fulham vs Everton (6.1%)Home Win (49%)Draw (23%)Away Win (27%)
Everton18%25%39%
Fulham42%28%21%
Newcastle vs Brentford (6%)Home Win (55%)Draw (22%)Away Win (23%)
Newcastle56%41%33%
Brentford46%55%70%

Important matches for avoiding relegation
Burnley vs West Ham (3.6%)Home Win (46%)Draw (24%)Away Win (30%)
West Ham11%15%25%
Burnley7%3.1%1.7%
Leeds93%93%90%
Forest94%94%91%
Leeds vs Forest (2.6%)Home Win (47%)Draw (24%)Away Win (30%)
Leeds95.9%91%87%
Forest90%93%97.1%