Premier League experts predict final 2025-26 table - it's not good news for Newcastle United

We’re almost at the halfway point of the 2025-26 Premier League season, and few could have expected Newcastle United to be where they are.

The Magpies’ campaign took another disappointing turn on Boxing Day after losing 1-0 to an understrength Manchester United side. Patrick Dorgu’s 24th-minute volley decided it.

And results elsewhere in recent days have saw United drop to 14th in the table after 18 matches. Somehow, Eddie Howe’s side are still only six points off the top five, but there is little evidence to suggest they will ever make up that gap.

Newcastle are struggling to create chances and at the same time unable to keep a clean sheet. Their last one in the Premier League came when they beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 on October 5.

And when you’re talking about the Magpies struggling, nothing says that more than their away record. Newcastle have won just one of their last 12 away league games, which was a 4-1 victory at Everton last month.

Next up... another away trip, this time to second bottom Burnley on Tuesday evening.

In a world where statistics dominate the football agenda, British gurus Opta emerged as the leading stat geeks in an increasingly crowded field. An official Premier League partnership - as well as the internet explosion - saw them become a trusted source for everything you never needed to know about the beautiful game.

An Opta-powered supercomputer has predicted the outcome of the 2025-26 table - and here it is in full:

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