Predicting Every Premier League Team's Final Position with 1 Month to Go | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

8th: Manchester United

Remaining Fixtures: Sheffield United (h), Burnley (h), Crystal Palace (a), Arsenal (h), Newcastle United (h), Brighton (a)

An eighth-placed finish would represent Manchester United's worst-ever season in the Premier League, and their worst performance in the English top flight since 1989-90.

Frankly, the Red Devils will be glad it wasn't much worse.

United have looked in disarray at times this season, with manager Erik ten Hag seemingly one result from the sack any given week. A minus-1 goal difference after 32 games perhaps speaks to why the season has been so disappointing for the fans.

Injuries, particularly at the back, can perhaps mitigate for some of the results, but even then a club of United's stature shouldn't settle for eighth place.

However, if the Premier League is granted five Champions League spots, Europa Conference League games could be on the club's schedule next season. They could yet earn a spot in the Europa League if they win the FA Cup, though.

7th: Chelsea

Remaining fixtures: Arsenal (a), Villa (a), Spurs (h), West Ham (h), Forest (a), Brighton (a), Bournemouth (h)

Eighth and seventh place in this prediction could flip in a heartbeat because of the erratic form of both clubs, and Chelsea mainly get the nod here because it has a game in hand and a goal difference that is at least in positive figures.

Billions spent on players and another shiny new manager in Mauricio Pochettino brought great promise for the campaign, but it's been a weird year in west London.

Like United, signs a corner had been turned have quickly been met with a "go back three spaces" square. It might come together next year, but it also seems just as likely it could get worse.

6th: Newcastle United

Remaining Fixtures: Crystal Palace (a), Sheffield United (h), Burnley (a), Brighton (h), Manchester United (a), Brentford (a)

After returning to the Champions League following a fourth-place finish last season, sixth place and Europa League qualification might seem like a bump down in stature. However, Newcastle shouldn't be too disappointed given the state of the club in the last 10 years.

It's a kind run of fixtures to the end of the season, but the Magpies won't quite gather enough points to jump much higher. They've rounded into form at a good time, but a 10-point deficit to the closest team above is too much to overcome at this stage of the season.

To consolidate European football and to break up the supposed "big six" again is a decent way to end the year, though.

5th: Tottenham Hotspur

Remaining Fixtures: Arsenal (h), Chelsea (a), Liverpool (a), Burnley (h), Manchester City (h), Sheffield United (a)

Spurs are the most interesting club as we reach the season's dying embers. They can play both kingmaker and heartbreaker in the next few weeks, with matches against all three title challengers and two of the clubs struggling against relegation.

Finishing fifth is a huge improvement on a drop to eighth last year, and that has been achieved even after the loss of the best English striker in a generation in Harry Kane.

Postecoglou's positive, aggressive style has brought the Australian a number of new fans, and a place in the Europa League for next season seems just about right for a club steadily climbing back up the ladder. If it ends up being a Champions League spot, though, Spurs won't complain.

4th: Aston Villa

Remaining Fixtures: Bournemouth (h), Chelsea (h), Brighton (a), Liverpool (h), Crystal Palace (a)

What a campaign it's been for Aston Villa. Unai Emery was appointed last season to drag the club away from a potential relegation battle, and now he's taken the team to the brink of a Champions League spot. The Spaniard should just claim it, too.

Villa's end to the season is a little more serene in terms of upcoming opponents and just a little less congested than Spurs', so the Midlands club should snag a first appearance at Europe's top table since 1982—when Villa won the European Cup with a narrow victory over Bayern Munich.

The gap to the three clubs above them remains cavernous, though.