The 2025-26 Premier League season is a half-dozen games old now (for most of the 20 clubs) and even though it’s still extremely early, it’s never too early to start thinking about the UEFA Champions League race.

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For the sake of this argument, let’s go ahead and assume that the nine sides competing in European competitions this season will accrue enough coefficient points to earn the extra Champions League place for next season, bringing the total to five. Barring a complete collapse, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City look like pretty safe bets to finish in the top five (and four, and three), but from there on down the table it’s really anyone’s best guess, because…

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