Premier League Top Four Odds, Predictions, Picks 2025

• The Premier League 2024/25 season began on August 16 and ends on May 25

• The campaign will feature 38 rounds of fixtures spread over more than nine months

• Several teams are in contention for a top-four finish in the 2023/24 season

The 2024/25 Premier League season is past the two-thirds mark, with 20 teams competing for various goals between now and May.

Several of those sides will be targeting a top-four finish, which would bring with it a place in the Champions League. Fifth spot will be enough to qualify for that competition too, but the betting market remains for the top four.

The champions Liverpool are already guaranteed a top-four finish and Arsenal are on the verge of joining them. The Gunners have a five-point buffer above fifth-placed Chelsea with just two games left to play, so Mikel Arteta’s men are almost over the line.

Newcastle United beat Chelsea 2-0 in a significant six-pointer on Sunday. That result moved the Magpies up to third place on 66 points. Manchester City are a point behind after a surprising 0-0 draw with Southampton at the weekend, while Chelsea and Aston Villa are both on 63 points, with Nottingham Forest one behind that duo.

Premier League 2025 Top Four Odds

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Who Will Finish in the Premier League Top Four 2025?

Manchester City

Title favorites at the beginning of the campaign, Manchester City are enduring a dismal season by their sky-high standards. A 2-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday was just the latest setback suffered by Pep Guardiola’s side.

City added to their squad in January and they looked rejuvenated in a 4-0 thrashing of Newcastle United the weekend before last, but Guardiola’s team seems unable to go on a consistent winning run. They are by no means guaranteed a top-four finish.

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Chelsea

Chelsea were viewed as possible title contenders as recently as two months ago, but they are now up against it in their bid to qualify for the Champions League. Enzo Maresca must oversee an upturn in fortunes soon.

The Blues were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa at the weekend. Confidence in the camp is low and Maresca’s tactics have come in for criticism. Back-to-back home games against Southampton and Leicester City at least give the Blues a chance to get back on track.

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Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest are the surprise package of the Premier League campaign. Relegation candidates in the last two seasons, they are up to third in the standings in February 2025. That is a remarkable feat. 

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have used a counter-attacking game plan that many opponents have struggled to deal with. But their away form is faltering and they have a major battle on their hands to finish in the top four from here.

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Newcastle United

Newcastle United have had their fair share of ups and downs so far this season, but they look to be finding form at the right time. Eddie Howe’s team ran out 4-3 winners against Nottingham Forest in their most recent top-flight outing.

Newcastle were way down in 12th place a few weeks ago, but they are now up to fifth and are outside the top four on goal difference alone. The Magpies have momentum behind them and that could be a decisive factor.

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Bournemouth

Andoni Iraola is doing a sensational job down on the south coast. Bournemouth were seen as relegation candidates at the beginning of last season. Now they are genuine contenders for Champions League qualification. 

Sixth in the standings at the time of writing, the Cherries are just one point adrift of the top four. They lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend, though, and the sportsbooks have them down as outsiders for the top four.

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What Happens to the Top Four Teams in the Premier League?

The top four teams in the Premier League automatically qualify for the group stage of the following season’s Champions League. It is therefore a prize worth fighting for, even though the goal of many clubs at the start of the season is to win the Premier League title.

In previous seasons, the top three teams automatically reached the group stage of the Champions League, and the fourth-place finisher entered the qualifying phase. 

That changed at the start of the 2017/18 campaign when UEFA handed more automatic qualification spots to Europe’s biggest leagues, including England’s top flight.

This season five teams could qualify for the Champions League, but that depends on how well English clubs perform in continental competition in 2024/25.

Which Clubs Have the Most Finishes in the Premier League Top Four?

When it comes to winning the title and finishing in the top four, Manchester United are the most successful side in Premier League history in that regard. Arsenal moved further clear of the chasing pack in second thanks to their second-place finish last term.

Manchester City are still relatively low down this list due to the fact that their first Premier League top-four finish came in 2010/11. They will probably continue to close the gap on the teams above them in the next few seasons.