Supercomputer Predicts Premier League Table After Man Utd Fall Into Relegation Zone

"It doesn't matter, the table," Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso insisted heading into the second international break of the season. Many of his Premier League counterparts with far fewer points may heartily agree.

When to look at the top-flight table without the sort of scorn saved for an Uber driver's conspiracy theories is a matter of taste. Some like to wait until Christmas, while former Manchester United striker Andrew Cole always claimed: "The season doesn't get started until Easter.

For those unwilling to wait until April, Opta 's supercomputer offers a statistically informed insight into how the table could look once everyone has accepted its validity by the end of May. Unfortunately for Cole's former employers, the season may be over by Easter.

Supercomputer Predicts Man Utd's Chances of Relegation It's not looking great for Man Utd. Crystal Palace 38.54 49.52% We're in November," Michael Carrick was keen to remind everyone after Manchester United's position in the relegation zone was confirmed with a4-4 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday.

While the Red Devils boss has correctly identified his spot on the calendar, the fact that United are 18th at this stage of the season is damning enough. This is a historically poor run of form for the club.

Thanks to the November international break, United will spend a minimum of 15 days in the relegation zone, the club's longest stretch since the autumn of 1986. No team has gone from finishing in the top three to winning just one of their first 10 league games since Arsenal 73 years ago.

In more than one-fifth of Opta 's 10,000 of simulations, this ruinous iteration of Manchester United get relegated for the first time in half a century. Rather than rely upon their own quality, United can take some comfort from the quantity of teams considered worse than them-even if it is a dwindling list.

As Manchester City discovered, Nottingham Forest appear to have finally shaken off the finishing woes which disguised their strong underlying numbers. Fulham, unbeaten in four, are also on the up while all three newly promoted clubs currently find themselves above United in the actual league table.

Supercomputer Predicts 2026-27 Premier League Title Winner Sliding into the break top 😮‍💨pic. Chelsea 58.20 0.61% Remarkably, Opta consider Manchester United's chances of a first relegation since 1974 to be better than any other club's aspirations of wrestling the Premier League title off Arsenal.