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The past Premier League season has been anything but predictable. Manchester City secured their third-straight title success, but the rest of the top four was unexpected. Even the 23 BBC pundits who had a go at picking who would finish in the Champions League places, and in the right order, before a ball was kicked back in August were wrong. Only 13 of them predicted City to finish top, while 10 thought Liverpool would be champions. Eight pundits correctly thought Arsenal would make the top four for the first time since 2016, but none thought they would be higher than fourth. No-one saw Newcastle making it, and only three backed Manchester United. Tottenham and Chelsea’s multiple managers and even more unexpected defeats meant the best any of the pundits managed overall was two teams out of four, and only five of the 11 who managed that also picked City to finish top. Rob Green, who had City first and United third, came out of this best, while ‘professional’ predictor Chris Sutton – who picks Premier League scores for BBC Sport on a weekly basis – went for Liverpool to win… and was right with only one of his four selections. Thousands of you picked the final Premier League table on the BBC website back in August and, although 54% did pick City as champions, the rest of your top four was (in order): Liverpool. Leicester and Arsenal. In case you missed it, the Foxes ended up 18th, 41 points behind third-placed United and will be playing in the Championship next season, not the Champions League. Mind you, on the same predictions page, more of you thought Mohamed Salah (26%) would be the top-flight’s top scorer rathern than Erling Haaland (25%), while Bournemouth, Fulham and Nottingham Forest were your picks to go down, and England won the vote about ‘who will win the World Cup?’. The past Premier League season has been anything but predictable. Manchester City secured their third-straight title success, but the rest of the top four was unexpected. Even the 23 BBC pundits who had a go at picking who would finish in the Champions League places, and in the right order, before a ball was kicked back in August were wrong. Only 13 of them predicted City to finish top, while 10 thought Liverpool would be champions. Eight pundits correctly thought Arsenal would make the top four for the first time since 2016, but none thought they would be higher than fourth. No-one saw Newcastle making it, and only three backed Manchester United. Tottenham and Chelsea’s multiple managers and even more unexpected defeats meant the best any of the pundits managed overall was two teams out of four, and only five of the 11 who managed that also picked City to finish top. Rob Green, who had City first and United third, came out of this best, while ‘professional’ predictor Chris Sutton – who picks Premier League scores for BBC Sport on a weekly basis – went for Liverpool to win… and was right with only one of his four selections. Thousands of readers also had a go at predicting the top four before a ball was kicked back in August, but they did even worse than the pundits. Although 54% did pick City as champions, the rest of their top four was (in order): Liverpool. Leicester and Arsenal. In reality, Leicester ended up 18th, 41 points behind third-placed United and will be playing in the Championship next season, not the Champions League. On the same predictions page, more readers thought Mohamed Salah (26%) would be the top-flight’s top scorer rathern than Erling Haaland (25%), while Bournemouth, Fulham and Nottingham Forest were their picks to go down, and England won the vote about ‘who will win the World Cup?’. It is clear that no one saw this season coming and our coverage of your Premier League club is bigger and better than ever before – here’s everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment.