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Who will the Premier League this season
The English Premier League kicked off in August Friday night in a tense match opener Leicester City 1-2 Manchester United which saw Paul Pogba becomes the first goal scorer for the 2018/19 campaign finding the back of the net through a penalty kick in the 3rd minute of the first half. For this Premier League special we teamed up with the experts of FootballPredictions
So far gone now with several matches have been played and Liverpool is currently topping the table, which is starting to raise some eyebrows hence debate on what club will emerge victor in the 2018/19 Premier League campaign.
According to a reports from Talk Sports, a Super Computer had predicted who could win the Premier League this season.
The super computer premier league predictions gowith Manchester City becoming the Champions for the second successive season with Liverpool tagging along and Manchester United & Chelsea taking the third and fourth spot.
Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar jr also laid down his prediction for the Premier League leaving out Liverpool in the top four spot.
“Who will in it? Woah, that’s difficult,” he said.
“It’s very hard, it’s very difficult, but Manchester City will win it.
“Second will be United, third is Chelsea. Fourth is Tottenham.”
With all these predictions we will like to add ours too.
Liverpool:
Last year we saw what the Jurgen Klopp team is capable of flourishing and fighting their way to reach the Champions League final.
With that being that, the Reds got the best out of the summer transfer window as they brought in Naby Keita(from RB Leipzig), Fabinho(from AS Monaco) and Xherdan Shaqiri(from Stoke City).
The ability to reach the Champions League final also means that they are capable of winning the League if they put their mind and heart to it.
Liverpool could see themselves win the English top Flight this season as they were the only weakness the defending champions have.
Manchester City:
Second on the list is the defending Champions Manchester City. Two seasons ago Pep Guardiola was being thought how to play in the Premier League.
His second season with the Citizens proved he learnt his lesson as he lifted the English league and EFL Cup at the end of the season.
The Citizens are in contend for the Premier League but might just not be winning the league this season as Guardiola will be having his eyes set on the Champions League this campaign so will have to settle for the second position.
On the third and fourth place will be Manchester United and Chelsea.
Jose Mourinho team is full of talents but are seeming to lack something else in motion to push them forward to go further in the league.
While the Blues teams which is also full of talents but will be taking sometime for the squad to finally adapt to Maurizio Sarri’s style of football.
The Premier League is a competitive league as it is almost unpredictable as to who could finish at the top.
Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt contingent, comprising players, technical crew, backroom staff, and officials, depart the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos State on Wednesday, bound for Kinshasa, DR Congo.
The team is set to face FC Les Aigles du Congo in the first-round first-leg match of the CAF Champions League.
This was contained in a press release signed by the media officer of the club, Charles Mayuku and made available to Tidesports on Wednesday.
He said that the highly anticipated match is scheduled to take place at the 80,000-capacity Kinshasa-Complexe Omnisports Stade des Martyrs on morrow with kickoff slated for 3:30pm.
According to the statement the encounter marks the first-ever meeting between both sides in any competition, adding that an air of excitement and unpredictability to the fixture.
“As the Pride of Nigeria embarks on this crucial journey, the team is determined to return with a decent result that will set them up favorably for the second leg on Sunday, 28th September” the statement said.
The new rankings, released via FIFA’s official X handle on Thursday, reflect the team’s continued struggles under Coach Eric Chelle amid a stuttering 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.
This marks a second consecutive decline after the Nigerian side dropped from 43rd to 44th in August on the back of poor outings in recent international matches.
Despite Nigeria’s setback, several African teams made progress. Morocco remains the continent’s highest-ranked side, sitting 11th in the world after winning eight of their last nine matches. Senegal, Egypt, Algeria and Côte d’Ivoire complete Africa’s top five.
Lesotho slipped to 153rd place, while Benin Republic, Nigeria’s upcoming opponent, climbed to 93rd. South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, who held the Super Eagles to a 1-1 draw in June, rose to 55th, strengthening their bid for World Cup qualification.
Zimbabwe had the biggest slide down the ranking table, dropping nine places to 125th position in the world.
The rankings highlight Nigeria’s struggle to regain form on the global stage as key rivals continue to surge ahead.
Similarly, the Super Falcons of Nigeria remain 36th best in the world], while the Spanish female national team replaced the USA at the top of the women’s ranking.
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