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)...
17. Chelsea - 7.5
Chelsea’s recent takeover has led to a lot of excitement at the club. Todd Boehly has so far invested very well in Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly and could also be on his way to snapping up Jules Kounde. | Getty Images
18. Newcastle United - 7.7
It comes as no surprise to see Newcastle fans are some of the most confident in the league this summer. The Magpies are preparing for their first full campaign since their takeover and are expected to perform much better than the first half of last season. | Getty Images
19. Liverpool - 8.8
After another successful season under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool fans are once again feeling confident despite the departure of Sadio Mane. They clearly have high hopes for a new front three of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah. | AFP via Getty Images
20. Man City - 9
As expected, Man City fans are the most hopeful ahead of the new season. They are once again expected to smash the Premier League and Erling Haaland is likely to play a key role in their success. | Getty Images