Opta predicted final 2024/25 Premier League table – Reassessed after Villa beat Newcastle United | OneFootball

What do you predict with the final 2024/25 Premier League table?

Just five weeks of the season still left to go.

In 35 days time Newcastle United will conclude their season with a home game against Everton on Sunday 25 May with a 4pm kick-off.

Newcastle United had won six matches (all competitions) in a row, including five Premier League victories on the bounce.

However, that winning run came to an end at Villa Park.

Not the best of Saturday’s for Newcastle United, including what happened elsewhere…

Premier League results on Saturday 19 April 2025:

Brentford 4 Brighton 2

Palace 0 Bournemouth 0

Everton 0 Man City 2

West Ham 1 Southampton 1

Villa 4 Newcastle 1

This is how the Premier League table now currently (morning of Sunday 20 April 2025) looks after that NUFC defeat at Villa:

When it comes to predicting what that final Premier League table will look like after the 38th round of fixtures in May 2025, Opta have done some updated analysis after Saturday’s matches, reassessing how things are forecasted to turn out.

Using their latest data simulations, Opta analysis has shown this as the most likely 2024/25 Premier League table come the end of the season – Predicted final table as at 20 April  2025:

As you can see, despite Newcastle United remaining third in the Premier League table, the Opta predictions for the end of the season have seen United and Man City swap places, after Newcastle’s defeat at Villa and Man City’s late win at Everton.

Newcastle United now predicted by the Opta model to end the season in fourth place on 67 points, forecast to finish a point and one place behind Man City.

Forest then predicted to end up on 66 points, one behind NUFC, Villa sixth on 64 points, Chelsea seventh on 62.

Some big games upcoming in the next seven days for those competing for the Champions League places.

Sunday 20 April – Fulham v Chelsea

Monday 21 April – Spurs v Forest

Tuesday 22 April – Man City v Villa

Saturday 26 April – Chelsea v Everton, Newcastle v Ipswich

Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 1 – Saturday 19 April 2025 5.30pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Schar 18

Villa

Watkins 1 Maatsen 64, Burn OG 73, Onana 75

Possession was Newcastle 51% Villa 49%

Total shots were Newcastle 10 Villa 23

Shots on target were Newcastle 3 Villa 9

Corners were Newcastle 7 Villa 7

Touches in the box Newcastle 36 Villa 31

Newcastle team v Aston Villa:

Pope, Trippier (Krafth 76), Schar (Targett 82), Burn, Livramento, Joelinton, Tonali, Bruno, Barnes (Willock 76), Isak (Wilson 76), Murphy (Gordon 65)

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