Rio Ferdinand predicts where every Premier League team will finish with bad news for Man United

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Rio Ferdinand has attempted to predict the Premier League table ahead of the new season using a randomised filter, and he fears that Liverpool will once again be crowned champions

Rio Ferdinand on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast

Rio Ferdinand has made his Premier League predictions in full(Image: YouTube/Rio Ferdinand Presents)

Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand has predicted that Liverpool will retain their Premier League title this season.

The top flight returns after a three-month hiatus on Friday evening, with Arne Slot's side hosting Bournemouth at Anfield. They will be aiming for a strong start following their title win last season, while Andoni Iraola's Cherries will be hoping to cause an upset after narrowly missing out on European competition.

Liverpool are the favourites to win consecutive titles, and Ferdinand believes they'll do just that. He does, however, believe Ruben Amorim's Red Devils will see marked improvements after finishing 15th and climb back into the top half.

Ferdinand used TikTok to predict where each team would finish in the upcoming season, using a filter that randomly selected a team. He continued to place teams on a blank table until it was complete, which led to some mistakes, reports the Mirror.

In total, the former England defender changed his mind about the placement of five different teams immediately after making his predictions, mistakenly placing Tottenham ahead of Newcastle in fifth and positioning Crystal Palace, Brighton and Aston Villa in the lower half of the table.

Nevertheless, he forecast Liverpool to win their 21st English top-flight title, taking them above United on that front. He had the Red Devils finishing in seventh, whilst declaring that his old side could also place in sixth.

Rio Ferdinand predicted the 25/26 season

The Red Devils icon used a filter to make his picks(Image: TikTok)

He also has Arsenal finishing second, with Manchester City and Chelsea completing the top four. At the other end of the table, he has the three promoted sides, Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland, all dropping down. But in between, the selections get a bit fuzzy.

"[Wolves] I'm gonna go 16th. [Nottingham] Forest, because they're in Europe, I'm gonna put them down a little bit this season...I'm gonna go ninth. Everton, I'll go middle of the road somewhere, 13th," began Ferdinand.

"Fulham 10th. Arsenal, No. 2. Burnley just down [18th]. Chelsea fourth and Man City, I'm gonna go third, still on a hangover. I'm gonna go eighth for West Ham.

"Newcastle, now I'm gonna go sixth. Man United seventh, but could be sixth United. Brentford, 17th, lost some good players, man, lost their manager too."

Ferdinand then realised he made an error when choosing his final league table through the randomised format, as he declared: "What am I thinking, Brighton should be eighth, but got to go 11th now.

Arne Slot lifting the Premier League trophy in May 2025

Ferdinand believes that Liverpool will win the league(Image: Getty)

"Liverpool, first, they're gonna win it, unfortunately. Bournemouth 12th. Sunderland, bottom [20th], down. Oh, Spurs, Spurs aren't finishing fifth. Got to put them fifth, but Newcastle should be above Spurs.

"Oh, [Aston] Villa! Another one I've missed. Villa are 14th," he laughed, suggesting he should have put them much higher. "[Crystal] Palace are 15th as well. Leeds, my old team, is 19th, unfortunately.

"I want Leeds to stay up, but I don't think they're capable. All three teams that have come up will go down. I've messed up. You know who I'm confident is gonna finish higher than I've said here.

"Palace will finish higher than 15th. Villa will 100 percent finish higher than fourth and Brighton will finish higher than 11th. All the others are around about where they should be, Spurs are too high actually."