This weekend will see the 2019-20 Premier League season take flight, with Liverpool hosting Norwich City at Anfield on Friday evening in the opener.
With pre-season complete and the English transfer window shut—meaning squads are fully assembled—it's the perfect time to produce a predicted 1-20 of the Premier League table. It's a task that's both fun and thankless in equal measure.
It's also a ranking, of sorts, and we'll go in ascending order, starting with relegation, rising into midtable and ending with our top-four finishers and title winner. We've also included a best XI for each side, giving you an idea of their collective strength—though in building those we've left out long-term injured players, such Ruben Loftus-Cheek (ruptured Achilles) and David Brooks (ankle surgery).