Premier League bold predictions: Examining Liverpool's title bid, what to expect from Aubameyang

With nearly 20 percent of the Premier League season complete, how are our predictions shaping up?

The Premier League is back again after the international break but with seven games played, now seems a prime moment to look back at my predictions for the start of the season and compare them to the early trends that we're seeing played out across the competition. Let's see how accurate I was. 1 Manchester City 14.57 4.01 10.56 2 Liverpool 17.24 8.24 9 3 Everton 10.66 6.53 4.13 4 Wolves 11 6.94 4.06 5 Chelsea 11.77 8.57 3.2 6 West Ham 12.42 9.31 3.11 7 Manchester United 11.14 8.27 2.87 8 Brentford 9.99 7.99 2 9 Brighton 7.77 6.92 0.85 10 Crystal Palace 8.54 7.7 0.84 11 Aston Villa 8.17 7.91 0.26 12 Southampton 8.67 10.76 -2.09 13 Leicester City 7.99 11.09 -3.1 14 Burnley 7.36 11.27 -3.91 15 Watford 5.76 10.02 -4.26 16 Leeds 7.74 12.43 -4.69 17 Arsenal 7.52 12.21 -4.69 18 Newcastle 8.52 13.65 -5.13 19 Tottenham 6.97 12.31 -5.34 20 Norwich 5.87 13.53 -7.66

Eight games into the season is around the time where we can look at an expected goals (xG) table and consider some of the underlying trends in the Premier League. Around this stage of the season, xG serves as a valuable tool to give us an indication of performances that points accrued may not. It is important to assess both and we remain just about in the stage where the uncharacteristic game could warp the standings significantly.