We’re just hours away from the 2022/23 Premier League campaign getting underway, and predictions are rolling in from all over the place.
Many pundits are expecting the title race to go down to the wire again with the majority seeing the usual duopoly of Liverpool and Manchester City dominating proceedings.
Elsewhere, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Arsenal will all be bidding for Champions Leaguefootball, while newly-promoted Bournemouth, Fulham, and Nottingham Forest will be desperate to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.
But where will City and United ultimately end up?
With the talking heads and bookmakers already having their say, the next logical place to harvest a prediciton from is popular video game franchise FIFA.
Ahead of the new campaign, BonusFinder put together the current squads of each team based on their summer transfer activity in FIFA 22, and simulated the upcoming Premier League season.
They ran the simulation 200 times and produced an average table based on the results.
Check out the final standings, from 20th to first, below...
13. 8th - Tottenham Hotspur - 60 Pts
One word: disaster. Spurs regularly performed below average in the simulation across all seasons. Antonio Conte will not settle for 8th place this campaign. Photo: David Rogers
14. 7th - Manchester United - 65 Pts
New manager, same old Manchester United. Inconsistency is still the issue at Old Trafford, but will Erik ten Hag be able to amend those problems in real life? Photo: Jan Kruger
15. 6th - Wolves - 65 Pts
Probably a surprisingly high position in the table, Wolves haven’t done much in the transfer window so far but the quality they already possess helped them to a spot in Europe. Safe to say most Wolves fans will take a sixth-placed finish before a ball is kicked. Photo: Gualter Fatia
16. 5th - Arsenal - 66 Pts
Arsenal unfortunately have to settle for Europa League once again, but Gabriel Jesus looks a promising prospect for the Gunners. He was their top goal scorer more often than not. Photo: David Price