Opta's supercomputer has tipped Manchester City to lift the Premier League trophy for a record fourth consecutive time after predicting the league table ahead of the start of the new season.
The statisticians ran 10,000 simulations of the Premier League season to find the average points total of the 20 clubs vying for the title - or simply survival - over the next seven months, using betting odds and Opta Power Rankings to estimate the probability of each match outcome.
But in almost all eventualities, one side stands head and shoulders above the rest of the pack.