EPL: Michael Owen snubs Man City, predicts teams to finish top 5, bottom 3

Former Manchester United player, Michael Owen has predicted that Arsenal volition triumph the Premier League rubric this season.

He besides predicted the apical 5 teams and the 3 bottommost sides astatine the extremity of the season.

The caller play kicked disconnected on Friday with champions Arsenal beating Coventry City 3-0 astatine the Emirates Stadium.

In a station connected X, the erstwhile England striker expressed his content that the Gunners volition successfully support their title.

He said Chelsea volition decorativeness second, portion Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur volition inhabit the third, 4th and 5th spots, respectively.

Regarding the teams expected to beryllium relegated astatine the extremity of the season, Owen identified Fulham, on with recently promoted Ipswich Town and Hull City, arsenic the teams apt to drop.

He wrote: “I thought I’d station my play predictions for the apical 5 and bottommost three. A small spot retired of the ordinary, but I didn’t conscionable privation to spell for the accustomed and somewhat boring ones.

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