AI predicts every Premier League result - and here's where Newcastle United finish in the table
AI has predicted how the race for Champions League qualification between Newcastle United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
Newcastle United took full advantage on Saturday with three of their four Champions League qualification rivals not in Premier League action.
The Magpies avoided a slip-up by beating 18th-place Ipswich Town 3-0 at St James’ Park, as goals from Alexander Isak, Dan Burn and Will Osula saw them climb to third in the Premier League table.
Prior to kick-off, Eddie Howe’s side had dropped to sixth after Chelsea edged past Everton in Saturday’s early game, however their victory put them back above the Blues, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest ahead of the final four matches.
It also saw Newcastle open up a five-point lead on seventh-place Aston Villa, not the news Unai Emery’s men would have wanted less than half an hour before taking to the Wembley pitch for their FA Cup semi-final meeting against Crystal Palace.
As it happened, Villa were battered in the capital, with an Ismaila Sarr brace and a stunning opener from Eberechi Eze setting up a cup final with Man City, who beat Nottingham Forest 24 hours later, on Saturday, May 17.
So, how will the race for the top five play out? We asked AI to predict every remaining Premier League game this season and apply the results to give a final league table:
Premier League matchday 34
Thursday, May 1: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Brentford
Premier League matchday 35
Friday, May 2: Manchester City 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Saturday, May 3: Aston Villa 2-1 Fulham
Saturday, May 3: Arsenal 3-1 AFC Bournemouth
Sunday, May 4: Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Newcastle United
Sunday, May 4: Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool
Monday, May 5: Crystal Palace 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Premier League matchday 36
Saturday, May 10: Southampton 0-3 Manchester City
Saturday, May 10: AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Aston Villa
Sunday, May 11: Newcastle United 2-2 Chelsea
Sunday, May 11: Nottingham Forest 3-0 Leicester
Sunday, May 11: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
Premier League matchday 37
Friday, May 16: Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
Sunday, May 18: Aston Villa 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Sunday, May 18: West Ham United 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Sunday, May 18: Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle United
Sunday, May 18: Manchester City 3-1 AFC Bournemouth
Monday, May 19: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Liverpool
Premier League matchday 38
Sunday, May 25: Fulham 1-3 Manchester City
Sunday, May 25: Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace
Sunday, May 25: Manchester United 2-2 Aston Villa
Sunday, May 25: Newcastle United 2-1 Everton
Sunday, May 25: Nottingham Forest 2-1 Chelsea
Sunday, May 25: Southampton 1-3 Arsenal
Final Premier League table
1st: Liverpool - 91 points
2nd: Arsenal - 77 points
3rd: Nottingham Forest - 75 points
4th: Manchester City - 73 points
5th Newcastle United - 67 points
6th: Chelsea - 65 points GD+19
7th: Aston Villa - 65 points GD+7
Champions League qualification set to go down to the wire
Newcastle boss Howe expects the race for Champions League qualification to go down to the wire.
Speaking after the Ipswich game, Howe said: “When you’re running out of games as we are, you want to get back into the positions that you want to be in. We know how tight it is, we know the quality of clubs we’re competing against, but all we can do is try to win our games and it was a big step forward today.
“It will go down to the wire. The important thing today was that we bounced back from last week. We have been very consistent and now we have four huge games.”