The 2020–21 Premier League season begins on Saturday, with Fulham Arsenal opening the curtain at a stadium that cannot accommodate enthusiasts and lacks one of its 4 stands.
This is a wonderful symbolism for the next campaign: is anyone in a position to play football?The activity of half-movements, pre-season filling and a break abroad that interrupted an important preparation time would not recommend.
But, oh, we’re moving.
Football is an activity that wants to continue and, as football taught us after the lockout in June, it will only take a few matches for everyone to return to the court and things will return to normal. Christmas.
All these uncertainties and unknowns make predicting the Premier League table for the next crusade even more unlikely than usual, but have we moved away from a challenge?So let’s take a look at it!
20th West Bromwich Albion
Summer activity has been forged and well thought out, but as many have noticed promoted in recent years, the improvement in quality is serious.
It’s hard for West Brom’s collection of strikers (Charlie Austin, Kenneth Zohore and Callum Robinson) to score the goals that keep them going, while the first round of matches (Leicester City, Everton, Chelsea, Southampton, Burnley) is difficult.
Once you have entered a downward spiral in the Premier League, it is difficult to get out.
19. Fulham
Fulham has been promoted as a much more sedentary unit than in 2018, allowing them to have a much more fluid summer, but as with West Brom, it turns out that what they have done (so far at least) is probably not enough.
That may replace in the coming weeks, but considerations about the strength of the attack and the defense’s ability to cope are correct. Captain Tom Cairney wants to shine much brighter than he did two years ago: injuries have played a role in his fight before.
18. Brighton and Hove Albion
You’re going to start to feel a theme here: when it comes to Brighton, who scores the goals?
Apart from Neal Maupay, who pitched a forged 10 last season, the Seagulls want Leandro Trossard to take it a step further and for talented Alexis Mac Allister to explode.
There is much to love in this aspect of Brighton under Graham Potter, however, it is difficult to escape the feeling that they do not feel threatening. They are one of 4 transparent competitors for the 18th, and it is a difficult position to follow. However, they are the choice.
17th Crystal Palace
Palace is committed to refreshing their appearance and rejuvenating a little in the moving market, which is a step for them; it was as if they were sleeping until the descent in recent years.
Eberechi Eze will take the attention of rival defenses and keep them fairer with Wilfried Zaha on the opposite side. That, plus Roy Hodgson’s reliable clutch training, is probably what helps keep them going.
16th Villa Aston
Summer was nervous for Villa as her search for a striker came to a s certain point after a sniff, but Ollie Watkins nevertheless signed and remodeled her clients in the last third.
It adds its speed and strength to the fact that this organization of players continues to meet all the demanding situations that are thrown at them – the recent high being a remarkable 8 numbers in 4 matches to relegation in July – and it is ridiculous to bet against. for them, especially with Jack Grealish still there.
15th West Ham
Possibly the hardest team to position on the board, West Ham is literally an assumption.
Only in terms of skill will they be more than good; Lukasz Fabianski, Issa Diop, Declan Rice and Michail Antonio form a wonderful backbone, Tomas Soucek is David Moyes’ new Marouane Fellaini, and they have an overabundance of game creators to spread.
The challenge is how lively the club is. When your captain tweets angry about player sales, you know things very well, and it’s a constant risk to the Hammers and puts them in a downhill conflict.
14th Newcastle United
A planned table compiled two weeks ago would probably have put Newcastle in the relegation zone. There is more than much fortune tied to many of its effects last season, and if the same camp had continued in 2020-21, it probably would not have done so. have gone well.
But the club has obviously said so and, in recent days, has controlled a number of turn signals in the moving market. Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser and Jamal Lewis followed Jeff Hendrick (Steve Bruce’s all-time top player), dramatically strengthening the team and solving problems.
Now it’s easy to see magpies get to safety.
13th Leeds United
A newly promoted team that finishes 13th is no longer such an ambitious prediction, especially as far as Sheffield United’s first half last season is concerned, but will take a surprise.
Simply put, it’s all about the technician, Marcelo Bielsa, figure presented as tactical inspiration for Mauricio Pochettino, Pep Guardiola and more, his abrasive and urgent tactics will take a lot of wonder and time to adapt.
Add that to the fact that they bought well, Rodrigo and Robin Koch are very players, and a quick start (apart from this opening game opposite Liverpool) that will see them sail towards protection is coming.
12 Sheffield United
Oh yes, the season of the moment of being worried. Many promoted groups suffer because it can be very difficult to maintain momentum during a break and in some other campaign.
A final in 12th place would be a four-position drop for the Blades last season, but the top enthusiasts would settle for a stabilization campaign. They will be less unknown but just as difficult to face in midfield, just as difficult to break and equally physically powerful at the front.
11 Burnley
There is no bachelor signature in sight for Burnley, which is a concern.
But Sean Dyche and his men are bomb-proof; a legion of other people have predicted that they will minimize each and every season since the promotion (this he did last year) and continually challenge those suggestions.
They have a strong and physically powerful spine, England’s most productive goalkeeper, a perfect perspective for Dwight McNeil, and an attacking force that intimidates defenses.
10th Everton
A tenth position would probably disappoint Everton, but the gap between where they are and where they should be is certainly huge, bigger than they think.
Signing Allan, Abdoulaye Doucoure and James Rodriguez is a transcendent company, but we’re holding back a little bit on the Toffees because there’s a lot to put in position before they take off. We have to see him.
9. Southampton
If football after the blockade is about to be done, Southampton is an emerging force that seems ready to reach the 2020-2021 campaign.
His problems in got herera in general (18) took a step forward only through the two Manchester clubs, as Ralph Hasenhuttl’s concepts materialized and his team swept the parties to the conflict one by one.
A ninth-place finish will want Danny Ings to return in sane form, Che Adams to hold his own and the defense to remain as strong and reliable as it was in June and July.
8th Leicester City
We won’t talk about Leicester City here in eighth place, because its seasonal customers are much bigger.
Their post-blocking fall saw them move from third to fifth place, without the Champions League as things went a little. It’s an unknown story wherever Brendan Rodgers is involved, and the tendency is that when that happens, Rodgers has struggled to get it back. .
With a tight schedule due to the Europa League and not Ricardo Pereira (injury) or Ben Chilwell (transferred), although Timothy Castagne is a perfect player, we’re a little at the Foxes this season.
7 Tottenham Hotspur
From a skill point of view, the Spurs are among the five most sensitive.
But the club faces others this season out of their control, namely the surely ridiculous game schedule they face due to their participation in 4 competitions.
Thanks to the prequalifications of the Europa League and the 3rd circular of the Carabao Cup, they were able to play seven matches in September, the first being 13th. The template as it is cannot handle that; it takes 3 or 4 more to physically meet the demands ahead.
Maybe the seventh is too tight, and without the schedule, the Spurs would be superior, but it turns out that Tottenham will play to their full potential.
6th Wolverhampton Wanderers
While the Spurs calendar has been filled, the Wolves’ calendar seems clean, we tilt it as a difference between the two.
Even after wasting Matt Doherty on the Spurs, the Wolves are one of the most powerful clubs in the division, and now they can concentrate only on domestic matters, they go up to the table.
The quality of Raúl Jiménez, Joao Moutinho, Rubén Neves and Adama Traoré is undeniable, and the defense will be as combative as ever.
5th Arsenal
Arsenal 5th is a big decision, but they’re definitely on the rise, and there’s a lot I like about what Mikel Arteta has done in 2020.
Willian’s addition to an already strong attack framework gives them incredible flexibility in the way they line up, while Gabriel Magalhaes’ addition goes largely despite everything propping things up in the back.
With Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in command of a tactically strong and intriguing team, they are online for a season.
4. Manchester United
United was sometimes very smart in 2020, with Bruno Fernandes representing the last piece of what has a very, very intelligent XI.
But it’s clear they want more players to take a big step forward this season. As soon as one of the 11 players they relied on in this goal-filled race after the lockout retires, the team will take a step back.
Placing them in fourth position is a sign of respect for their talent, but also the popularity they want 3 or more new faces to be able to hold such points in the campaign. Oh and . . .
3. Chelsea
. . . Chelsea, you’ve been busy, haven’t you?
Six signings, five of which directly the first team, have plunged enthusiasts into a frenzy of optimism and hope Can they set a challenge for the title, or at least close the frankly cavernous gap with the first two of last season?
The first is still impossible, but the moment is at your fingertips, if you can shoot within 10 or even 15 numbers of Liverpool and Manchester City (finished 33 numbers of the name in 2019-20), on the wings of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, is the cornerstone of a long-term challenge for yours.
2. Liverpool, 1. Manchester City
The dying wait for her first Premier League name is over; The 2019-20 campaign, however tumultuous, felt like a “mission accomplished” for Liverpool and its jubilant fans.
It will be very attractive to see his name on the defense, given the course of this summer: while the Reds have opted for a left-back relay, they have outperformed Timo Werner and threaten to do the same with Thiago. Alcantara, Manchester City have bought more aggressively and are threatening to continue, according to Dean Jones of B/R.
So Liverpool are 5% flatter, having reached the maximum, the City will be quite the opposite. They will be hungry in 2020-21 after a past crusade that was in fact disappointing; The last time Pep Guardiola had a disappointing season, he recovered with a hundred points.
None of this is to discredit the Reds’ motivation or professionalism, however, in such a tight race between two elite teams, 5% of anything one way or another can decide. We’ll give the City, the injured animal, a point to prove to get the name back this quarter.
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