2024-25 English Premier League predictions: Picks, forecast for all 20 teams

The end of the last English Premier League season feels like a lifetime ago after a summer packed full of international games. Now the Prem is suddenly back, with the planet's most popular and competitive domestic circuit scheduled to kick off on Aug. 16 when Manchester United hosts Fulham and USMNT standout Antonee "Jedi" Robinson at Old Trafford.

For the fourth consecutive year, Manchester City is the defending champion. Yet plenty has changed elsewhere heading into 2024-25, most notably at Liverpool, which has a new manager in Arne Slot after the beloved Jürgen Klopp stepped down following his ninth season on Merseyside.

There are three newly promoted clubs in Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton. And there are plenty of potential new stars, like West Ham striker Niclas Füllkrug and Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori. 

It's an awful long time until the season concludes in May. But on the eve of the new campaign, here's how we see things shaking out. 

Even after selling Argentine forward Julian Alvarez to Atlético Madrid, there is little reason to believe that City won't better their own record and add an unprecedented fifth straight Prem title next year. They still have the deepest and most experienced squad in England, if not the world. And they still have arguably the best manager in the game in Pep Guardiola, who is in the final year of his contract and could leave next summer after nine years at the helm. What a mic-drop that would be, especially if the Citizens can also claim their second Champions League crown in three seasons. If Erling Haaland can stay a little healthier this year, don't bet against it. 

If City doesn't win it all again, surely the Gunners will. Arsenal has been outstanding over the