Our writers and editors have put their heads together to come up with where each team will finish in the upcoming campaign
The new Premier League season is finally upon us, with fans up and down the country filled with hope and expectation for the next nine months will bring. After a slow start, the transfer window has been in full swing for the past few weeks, while a host of new managers are keen to show exactly why they were hired.
So how will the 2024-25 campaign play out? Here at GOAL, we've aimed to answer that question by asking each of our writers and editors to predict the full Premier League table for the upcoming season. We then worked out the average position for each team to come up with our overall 1-20.
Check out the results below, and let us know in the comments which teams we got right and which we have got horribly wrong…
Getty Images20Southampton
Southampton could be this season's Burnley: a newly-promoted side intent on playing a progressive brand of football under a young coach but nonetheless doomed to drop right back down to the Championship. They have been very active in the transfer market, though, bringing in several free agents, including Adam Lallana, while Taylor Harwood-Bellis has been signed on a permanent basis from Manchester City after impressing during his loan spell at St. Mary's.
Despite the signing of Ben Brereton Diaz, goals could be a problem if Adam Armstrong doesn't maintain the form that helped Southampton secure promotion via the play-offs.
AdvertisementGetty Images19Leicester City
After securing an immediate return to the Premier League by winning last season's Championship, Leicester initially looked the best equipped of the newly-promoted sides to stay in the top flight. However, Enzo Maresca promptly left for Chelsea and the Italian coach took Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with him to Stamford Bridge.
The Foxes have some real experience in their ranks (Jamie Vardy is still knocking about!) but there's a very strong possibility that they'll be hit with a points deduction for a previous breach of financial regulations, which would only make survival all the more difficult for new coach Steve Cooper.
Getty Images18Nottingham Forest
Despite all of the chaos of last season, which included a four-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR), Nuno Espirito Santo led Forest to safety after succeeding Cooper as manager in December. Improvement is unquestionably required, though, as it's unlikely that 32 points will secure safety this time around.
Forest have been relatively quiet in the transfer market – at least compared to the last two summers – but ex-Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenkovic could prove a bargain buy at £12m. Of even greater importance, though, is the fact that Forest have retained the services of Murillo and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Getty Images17Ipswich Town
Ipswich would probably consider their summer a success simply for the fact that they managed to hold onto manager Kieran McKenna, who was linked with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea after sensationally guiding the Tractor Boys back to the Premier League via back-to-back promotions.
Of course, staying in the top-flight would arguably be an even greater feat. They have managed to hold onto their best players, at least, while they've also signed some promising youngsters, including Liam Delap and Omari Hutchinson, while Kalvin Phillips looks to be on the way from Manchester City.
