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Premier League returning-team baseline
Returning-team results baseline only. Promoted-team strength, transfers, injuries, manager effects, schedule strength and opening prices are not included in the probabilities yet.
- Evidence as of
- 2026-05-24
- Official evidence checked
- 2026-07-16
- Model
- returning-team Monte Carlo baseline v1
- Simulations
- 20,000
- Source
- OddsPadi normalized API-Football standings snapshots
- Season starts
- 2026-08-21
- Season ends
- 2027-05-30
- Confirmed promoted
- Coventry City, Ipswich Town, Hull City
- Opening fixture
- Arsenal v Coventry City, 21 August 2026 at 20:00 BST
Schedule state: The official fixture list now includes UK broadcast times for Matchweeks 2–5 through 20 September; listed fixtures remain subject to change.
Transfer state: The summer window is open from 15 June until 23:00 BST on 1 September 2026; confirmed deal effects remain unmodelled, and this revision does not encode a deal-level squad snapshot.
Manager state: Eight confirmed post-baseline appointments are logged. The Premier League's 13 July line-up confirms all 20 clubs, including Álvaro Arbeloa at Fulham; manager effects remain unmodelled.
Manager changes logged, not modelled: Andoni Iraola — Liverpool (4 June 2026); Pierre Sage — Crystal Palace (15 June 2026); Gary O'Neil — Ipswich Town (23 June 2026); Enzo Maresca — Manchester City (29 June 2026); Marco Rose — Bournemouth (1 July 2026); Xabi Alonso — Chelsea (1 July 2026); Oliver Glasner — Nottingham Forest (6 July 2026); Álvaro Arbeloa — Fulham (7 July 2026).
Official checksPremier League confirms 2026/27 clubs · checked 2026-07-16 ↗All 380 fixtures and current broadcast selections · checked 2026-07-16 ↗Premier League manager line-up complete · checked 2026-07-16 ↗Fulham appoint Álvaro Arbeloa · checked 2026-07-16 ↗Premier League summer window dates · checked 2026-07-16 ↗Premier League summer transfer register · checked 2026-07-16 ↗
Manchester City
30.4%title baselineManchester United
9%title baselineFull returning-team field
Not a betting market · not final squadsProbability bands
| Baseline rank | Club | 2025/26 finish | Title | Top four | Median rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 51.6% | 93.2% | 1 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 2 | 30.4% | 85.2% | 2 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 3 | 9% | 58.9% | 4 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 4 | 3.2% | 35.8% | 6 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 5 | 1.8% | 26.2% | 7 |
| 6 | Bournemouth | 6 | 0.9% | 17.7% | 8 |
| 7 | Brentford | 9 | 0.6% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 8 | Brighton | 8 | 0.5% | 12.5% | 9 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 10 | 0.5% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 7 | 0.5% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 11 | Fulham | 11 | 0.3% | 8.8% | 11 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 12 | 0.2% | 7.1% | 11 |
| 13 | Everton | 13 | 0.2% | 6.4% | 11 |
| 14 | Leeds | 14 | 0.1% | 4.7% | 12 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 0.1% | 3.7% | 13 |
| 16 | Tottenham | 17 | 0% | 1.9% | 14 |
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 0% | 3.1% | 13 |
How to read this: the simulation carries forward 2025 points-per-game and goal-difference strength, then applies season-level volatility. Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City are officially promoted but stay outside this first probability table until calibrated Championship strength is added. Transfers, injuries, managers and opening prices are also pending.
Versioned outlook
Provenance & corrections
- Competition · season
- Premier League · 2026/27
- Included factors
- 2025/26 returning-team results, points-per-game strength, goal-difference strength, season-level volatility
- Missing factors
- promoted-team strength, transfers, injuries, manager effects, schedule strength, opening prices
- Next revision trigger
- Calibrated Championship strength for the three promoted clubs, or any confirmed first-team transfer materially changing a returning club's rating.
- Structural treatment
- Promoted clubs are held outside the field as a separate research object (returning-team-baseline); the complete league ranking is withheld until they are modelled.
Correction history:
- Revision 4 · published 2026-07-16 — Refreshed the manager-change log; probabilities unchanged.
- Revision 3 · published 2026-07-15 — Initial public baseline with promoted clubs excluded from the probability field.
This outlook is not a final ranking and never feeds standings. The official table is a separate, verified surface.
Coverage queue
What updates next
Premier League
Football · 2026/27
Next evidence: Calibrated promoted-team strength, transfers and provider fixture mapCAF Champions League
Football · 2026/27
Next evidence: Confirmed entrants and drawNBA
Basketball · 2026/27
Next evidence: Final rosters and schedule releaseATP / WTA
Tennis · 2026 second half
Next evidence: Tournament fields and active surface keysFixture predictions take over when teams, kickoff times and usable prices are confirmed.
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