Football Manager 2022: Predicting the 2022/23 season using the game

The Premier League season is not far away and the best thing to do to prepare is this: Predict the season on Football Manager 2022!

The Sports Interactive hit is one of the greatest management simulations of all time, and offers players the chance to do whatever they want in the footballing world.

So, as a result, we’ve taken the required steps to accurately predict the 2022/23 season.

With thanks to FMInside.Net’s Transfer Update, which has tracked all of the transfers and contract extensions up to July 20th, and also recorded all of the promotions and relegations, we’ve been able to make this the most realistic simulation possible.

It means Erling Haaland is at Manchester City, Darwin Nunez is at Liverpool, Robert Lewandowski is at Barcelona and Raheem Sterling is at Chelsea.

Let’s take a look at exactly what went down.

Who won the Premier League?

Manchester City. Helped by Haaland’s ridiculous goalscoring form, City ended the season with 87 points, four points clear of second-placed Liverpool.

They lost just five games all season – twice to Wolves, twice to Liverpool and once to Manchester United.

Liverpool were second, four points further back, and they also lost five games through the season; they were beaten by Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, United, Chelsea and West Ham.

Chelsea and Manchester United made up the rest of the top four, with Arsenal and Spurs in fifth and sixth.

Who got relegated?

Crystal Palace, Brentford, and Fulham.

Fulham only won five games all season – beating Bournemouth, Brentford, Southampton, Wolves and Arsenal, and ended the season with 23 points.

Brentford took 30 points, while Palace, shockingly, only took 31.

It means both Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth both avoided dropping down