The Novel Coronavirus has caused a series of lock-down and shutdown of global events, the English Premier League is no left out. This as been a huge let down to fans of football, especially the “you shall never work alone” fans, as they are having a great season so far. Many fans would want to know how the season would end on the table, but the lock-down as been tough on all of us. Well, thanks to AI this question as already been answered.

Opta the soccer stats firm produced their final English Premier League table by analyzing four years of historic results to predict the likely outcome of each match. Liverpool thrashed other teams and were comfortably champions of the league. What were you expected from a team that had one loss and one draw?

HOW OPTA’S ANALYZED THE TEAMS
Opta analyzed the attacking and defensive qualities of each team and gave the results of the recent matches into consideration. Then the stats firm examined the difficulty level of the remaining matches and used goal predictions to guess the results. After running 10,000 simulations of the leftover fixtures, they worked out the probability of every team’s final league position. The results were out.

Don't be surprised when you see the position of your team.

OPTA’S AI EPL 2019/20 FINAL LEAGUE TABLE
1st: Liverpool – 101 points

2nd: Manchester City – 80 points

3rd: Leicester City – 67 points

4th: Chelsea – 63 points

5th: Manchester United – 61 points

6th: Tottenham Hotspur – 58 points

7th: Wolverhampton Wanderers – 56 points

8th: Arsenal – 56 points

9th: Sheffield United – 55 points

10th: Everton – 50 points

11th: Burnley – 49 points

12th: Crystal Palace – 49 points

13th: Newcastle United – 46 points

14th: Southampton – 44 points

15th: West Ham United – 39 points

16th: Brighton & Hove Albion – 37 points

17th: Watford – 36 points

18th: Bournemouth – 36 points

19th: Aston Villa – 32 points

20th: Norwich City – 29 points

Some ardent football fans wouldn’t like this. What position is your favorite team? Drop your comment below.

semid4lyfe, honeric01

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Nairaland Fc doesn't have a football team am not surprised