EPL table 2016-17: Premier League top four predictions - who will finish in the Champions League places?

In or Out | Who will make the top four?
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Standard Sport24 March 2017

While Chelsea lead the Premier League table by 10 points with just eight games remaining, the real excitement is in seeing who will miss out on a top-four finish.

Champions League football is on the line with six clubs other than Chelsea competing for the three remaining spots in the competition via the domestic route.

Tottenham still retain faint hopes of lifting the title despite Chelsea's dominance, though a top-four finish seems increasingly likely despite Harry Kane's injury layoff as Spurs look to say goodbye to White Hart Lane in style.

Arsenal are in serious trouble of missing out on Europe's elite club competition for the first time in 20 years, although Manchester United can still qualify for the Champions League via the back door if they go all the way in the Europa League.

Pep Guardiola arrived in Manchester as the heavy favourite to win the title, but City's pereformances - as with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool - have lacked consistency in the long run.

With so much at stake, use our chart to see how Standard Sport's experts think the top four will look at the end of the season...

James Olley

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham
3 Manchester City
4 Liverpool
5 Arsenal
6 Manchester United

Tom Collomosse

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Liverpool
5 Manchester United
6 Arsenal

Simon Johnson

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Manchester City
4 Liverpool
5 Arsenal
6 Manchester United

Giuseppe Muro

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Manchester City
4 Arsenal
5 Liverpool
6 Manchester United

John Dillon

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Manchester United
4 Manchester City
5 Liverpool
6 Arsenal

James Benge

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Arsenal
5 Liverpool
6 Manchester United

Vaishali Bhardwaj

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Liverpool
5 Manchester United
6 Arsenal

Sam Long

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham
3 Manchester City
4 Manchester United
5 Liverpool
6 Arsenal

Alex Young

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Manchester United
5 Arsenal
6 Liverpool

Richard Parry

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Manchester United
5 Arsenal
6 Liverpool

Tom Dutton

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Manchester United
5 Liverpool
6 Arsenal

Tom Doyle

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Manchester City
4 Manchester United
5 Liverpool
6 Arsenal

Ken Dyer

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Tottenham Hotspur
4 Liverpool
5 Manchester United
6 Arsenal

Meaning, Standard Sport's final reckoning is that the Premier League will finish like this...

1 Chelsea
2 Tottenham Hotspur
3 Manchester City
4 Liverpool
5 Manchester United
6 Arsenal

There are no surprises when it comes to the champions, with every single vote going for Chelsea.

Nobody sees either Spurs or City missing out on the Champions League, but there is plenty of debate over the fate of United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

What do you think? Have your say in our poll below...

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