Arsenal favourites for Premier League crown – Burnley favourites to be relegated

Other than Liverpool and Arsenal in the top two positions, respectively, and Manchester United sitting in abject mid-table misery, this year’s Premier League table has a somewhat different air to it. 

Crystal Palace sit in third position, having won half of their games. While Spurs, who finished last season one position above the drop zone, are in fourth. Man City and Chelsea, who finished 3rd and 4th last time, are down in 7th and 8th, firmly behind freshly-promoted Sunderland. 

There have been some surprises, even this early in the campaign, and this has led to some notable changes in the bookmaker’s odds – at both ends of the spectrum.

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Premier League champion odds

Although Liverpool sit top of the league, having invested nearly half a billion pounds in the summer transfer window, bookmakers believe Arsenal are more likely to lift the trophy. The Gunners have played Manchester United, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Manchester City, coming through reasonably unscathed, and they have a much easier run to the November international break. 

As such, while Liverpool’s odds have come in slightly to 7/4, from their preseason 2/1, Arsenal are now on top in the eyes of bookmakers. They have been given odds of 5/4 to take the title from Liverpool.

Away from the top 2, Manchester City have been priced as third favourites, at odds of 9/2, with Chelsea (28/1), Tottenham (401/), and then Crystal Palace (80/1) next.

Premier League champions odds, correct at the time of writing, from Ladbrokes.

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Premier League relegation odds

At the other end of the table, there is less of an air of familiarity about it. Typically, we expect to see the freshly promoted teams all scrapping to pick up points, even by this stage of the season. In the past two seasons, all three newly promoted teams have been relegated in their first seasons. 

It is somewhat surprising, then, that Burnley is the only newly promoted team in or anywhere near the bottom three.

Wolves have had a dismal start, picking up a single point in six games. Because of their poor performance, they are priced at 1/2 to go down. But, surprisingly, they aren’t the favourites. That dubious honour is reserved for Burnley, who are 3/1 to be back in the Championship next season. 

West Ham, who currently sit between them in the league standings, are next, at 11/8 with Sunderland (7/4), Leeds (11/4), and Brentford (10/3) rounding out the top six. 

Notably, Manchester United are 25/1 to get relegated, which means the bookmakers believe it is four times more likely than them winning the league. 

Odds on teams being relegated from the Premier League, correct at the time of writing, from Ladbrokes.

Odds correct at time of writing.