Rankings are based upon the following five variables in descending order of bias: PPG (I weight wins as 4:1, not 3:1); League position from 2015/16 (This will decrease in bias over the first five games, and no longer be used after Week 5’s games are played); Trend (5 games, with descending value per game past); GPG ; GAPG .

Rank Team Score Current League Position 1 Manchester United 3.55 1 2 Manchester City 3.11 5 3 Liverpool 1.97 2 4 Chelsea 1.67 3 5 Swansea City 1.60 6 6 West Bromwich Albion 1.40 7 7 Hull City 1.03 4 8 Tottenham Hotspur 0.66 12 9 Southampton 0.60 10 10 Stoke City 0.56 11 11 Everton 0.53 8 12 Watford 0.50 13 13 Middlesbrough 0.45 9 14 Arsenal 0.42 14 15 Leicester City 0.40 15 16 West Ham United 0.36 17 17 AFC Bournemouth 0.31 20 18 Sunderland 0.31 16 19 Crystal Palace 0.28 19 20 Burnley 0.27 18

Notes

Teams that are new (or returning) to the Premier League this season will suffer in ranking as if they had been 18 th in the league in the 2015/16 season, but this will only last for the first five weeks.

in the league in the 2015/16 season, but this will only last for the first five weeks. Scores are set to average to 1 to reveal parity. This reveals, since it is the first week of the season, the parity differences are small between the teams with a draw; the same goes for the losing teams.

