Manchester City players celebrate with trophy after winning the 2022 English Premier League title at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, May 22, 2022. (PHOTO / AP)

LONDON - Manchester City have one Premier League point less than they had after 12 games last season but according to data analysts Opta are overwhelming favorites to claim a fourth successive title.

The number crunchers at Opta Analyst have predicted where each of the 20 teams will finish the season based on 10,000 simulations of the 2023-24 campaign, based on form and remaining fixtures, fed into a supercomputer.

And the outlook looks good for Pep Guardiola's side and worryingly grim for Burnley.

Manchester United, currently in sixth place, are predicted to finish seventh and only have a 5.9 percent chance of finishing in the top four, although that has risen slightly of late

City, according to Opta Analyst, have an 84.6 percent probability of lifting the trophy again with Liverpool given only a 9.1 percent chance and last season's runners-up Arsenal on 5.6 percent.

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Back-to-back defeats for Tottenham Hotspur mean that, according to Opta, their title hopes are virtually non-existent at 0.3 percent, the same as Aston Villa.

Manchester United, currently in sixth place, are predicted to finish seventh and only have a 5.9 percent chance of finishing in the top four, although that has risen slightly of late.

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Newcastle United have a 25 percent chance of a second-successive top-four finish while Chelsea are predicted to finish ninth.

Opta's calculations also suggest that the bottom three, currently the three clubs promoted last season, will all go down with 20th-placed Burnley given an 86.9 percent chance of relegation.