Artificial Intelligence completes the Premier League season: Liverpool win title, Chelsea stay 4th

Coronavirus pandemic hit football, as the domestic leagues around Europe are suspended. Due to the break, much debate circles the completion of the Premier League campaign. Stats Perform Artificial Intelligence (AI) team have been biting the numbers behind the scenes. With all 20 teams having either nine or 10 league matches still to play, their goal was to simulate how the rest of the season would end if the games were played now to produce a predicted 2019-20 table. The data model estimates the probability of each match outcome, based on each team's attacking and defensive quality. The results in the model see Liverpool declared as champions with 101 points. Manchester City are predicted to finish second place with 80 points. The simulation also sees Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City complete an impressive year by finishing third in the table, with a six-point cushion over fifth place, ensuring they play in next season's Champions League. The AI simulation has backed Frank Lampard's Chelsea to finish in fourth place with 63 points. Chelsea are backed to finish two clear of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United, who take a fifth-place finish. Tottenham rise from their current position of eighth to claim sixth. Wolves are seventh with Arsenal having to settle for eighth ahead of Sheffield United. Carlo Ancelotti guides Everton to 10th in the predicted standings. West Ham and Watford are sitting outside the bottom three on goal difference. The current bottom three of Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Norwich City are all simulated to remain in trouble and ultimately suffer the drop. Watford and Bournemouth predicted to finish locked together on 36 points. Brighton and Hove Albion finish just one point above the drop-zone, with West Ham three in front. Newcastle United (13th) and Southampton (14th) finish in their present league positions. Indeed, should Bournemouth be relegated with 36 points, it would be the highest total for a relegated team in four years. Source: AS

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