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  "textContent": "Arsenal will seek to defend their Premier League title next season (Picture: Getty)\n\nArsenal have only just lifted the Premier League title – but a Supercomputer has already rated the Gunners’ chances of retaining the title next season.\n\nMikel Arteta’s side finally got their hands on the league trophy last weekend after being confirmed as champions in midweek, ending a 22-year wait for the biggest prize in English men’s football.\n\nAnd while Arsenal can add to their trophy cabinet again next weekend in the Champions League final, attention will soon turn towards preparing to defend their league title next season.\n\nThe club’s owners have already insisted that they won’t take their foot off the gas over the summer as they look to add more quality and depth to Arteta’s side in the transfer market.\n\n##  The countdown is on\n\nOur seven-day guide to the World Cup is live. 48 teams, 104 games, 1104 players – we've got everything you need to know. Sign up now.\n\nBut Arsenal will still have to see off plenty of competition if they are to defend the Premier League title for the first time in the club’s history.\n\nDespite Pep Guardiola leaving this summer, Manchester City will still expect to put up a strong fight as Enzo Maresca prepares to step into the dugout and replace the legendary Spaniard.\n\nMikel Arteta ended Arsenal’s 22-year wait for a Premier League title (Picture: Getty)\n\nManchester United will hope to continue their development under Michael Carrick over the course of a whole season, while Liverpool will hope that a less turbulent pre-season will help them get back to their best under Arne Slot.\n\nDespite all of that, though, a football supercomputer has backed Arsenal and Arteta to go back to back and win the league title again next season.\n\nThe computer model analysed several factors, including player quality, manager quality, historical trends, their form during the 2025/26 season, betting market fluctuations and other variables.\n\nThe Supercomputer predicts Arsenal to be champions and the three promoted clubs to struggle (Picture: BettingLounge)\n\nAnd having simulated every possible game in a season 10,000 times, it believes that Arsenal will ease to a fairly comfortable triumph, finishing eight poins clear of City in second.\n\nLiverpool and United are fancied to complete the top four, with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Tottenham rounding out the European qualification positions.\n\nAt the other end of the table, the supercomputer does not have much faith in any of the three promoted sides from the Championship.\n\nFrank Lampard’s Coventry City are pipped to finish bottom, with Ipswich Town and Hull City finishing 19th and 18th, respectively.\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Premier League Supercomputer predicts the 2026/27 champions as Arsenal bid to defend title"
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