Where Manchester City, Liverpool and Spurs will finish in the Premier League - based on fans’ confidence
Here is how the Premier League table will finish if it was based on the confidence of each fanbase.
With less than three weeks to go until the Premier League resumes, football fans are eagerly awaiting another campaign of excitement and drama.
A number of high profile signings have been made in the top tier and supporters have already been throwing this season’s predictions around.
After yet another Premier League title, Manchester City are continuing to feel on top of the world following the arrival of Erling Haaland.
Ahead of the new campaign, Sky Bet and YouGov have teamed up and completed a survey as part of their Fan Hopes campaign.
The research asked fans of each Premier League club a series of questions to determine how confident they were feeling about their team’s chances this time round.
As a result of the survey, we can see which fanbases are the most and least hopeful about the season ahead from a scale of 1-10 (1 being not optimistic at all, 10 being very optimistic).
Here is how the Premier League table will look if it was based on these ratings (from lowest to highest)...
After yet another Premier League title, Manchester City are continuing to feel on top of the world following the arrival of Erling Haaland.
5. Wolves - 5.9
Wolves had an up-and-down season last time out and ended up finishing mid-table, but fans definitely aren’t feeling very optimistic this time round. So far the Midlands club have brought in Nathan Collins from Burnley, while Hee-chan Hwang’s transfer became permanent.
6. AFC Bournemouth - 6
Given they are hot favourites to be relegated, Bournemouth fans aren’t quite as pessimistic as you would expect. The Cherries were last promoted in 2015 and spent another five years in the Premier League.
7. Leeds United - 6.2
After narrowly avoiding relegation last season, Leeds United have now sold their two best players in Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips and it’s no surprise that fans are feleling sceptical.
8. Aston Villa - 6.4
Despite the arrival of Diego Carlos and Boubacar Kamara, as well as the permanent signing of Philippe Coutinho, Aston Villa fans don’t appear to be too confident this season.