We asked ChatGPT to predict the rest of the Premier League season - Here’s why it’s wrong

The Premier League season is well past the halfway mark, with the 25th round of matches set to kick off this weekend.

That leaves 14 games for each of the 20 teams to determine their fates, whether it's Arsenal finally fulfilling their title aspirations or any of the current bottom three clubs escaping the drop.

Only time will tell how it will all end up, but DAZN News decided to take out our crystal ball — or at least the 21st century version of such — and jump ahead in time to see which sides will be celebrating and which will be in despair.

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Ahead of Matchweek 25, we asked ChatGPT to predict the rest of the Premier League season. Here's why it's wrong — and why it's right.

Here's the league table that ChatGPT returned to us when we entered the prompt, "Predict the rest of the Premier League season." For some teams an exact point total and goal difference was given while others had an estimated range, in which case we chose the highest number. 

At first glance, it looks pretty reasonable — barring one massively glaring error at the bottom. Let's dive into things a little deeper.

ChatGPT's projected Top 4

As mentioned, things look pretty reasonable at the top of the table at first glance. Arsenal are currently leading the Premier League and should be favoured to continue along that path, while Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea round out the clubs who will earn a Champions League berth.

A look at the current table supports this projected finish, although a few things would need to go right (and wrong) for this to happen.

Here's why it's wrong

First off, Arsenal fans will be thrilled if their side wins by any margin, let alone the 17-point gap projected by ChatGPT. However, while the Gunners hold a six-point cushion at the moment, their recent play hasn't indicated that they will be able to pull away into double-digit territory any time soon.

Additionally, it should be expected that Man City will push Arsenal as hard as possible right to the end. Yes, the Sky Blues have fallen off lately, but their pedigree and manager are not likely to allow the Gunners to get as comfortable as ChatGPT suggests.

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Here's why it's right

Arsenal and Man City are likely to finish first and second, but maybe not in that order. The third and fourth spots are up for grabs, and ChatGPT expects Liverpool and Chelsea to win those races.

This is entirely reasonable based on both teams' overall play this season, although Aston Villa could have something to say about that. The Villans' recent inconsistency probably influenced ChatGPT's projected drop out of the top four, and it's up to the team to prove the AI wrong.

Of course, there's another obvious omission here, as current fourth-place side Manchester United are projected to finish all the way down in 12th place. That's harsh given the resurgence the Red Devils have seen under Michael Carrick, especially since ChatGPT seems to think they'll only collect eight more points over the rest of the campaign. 

However, we do expect Man United to fall back to Earth a bit and out of the top four by the end of the season. So ChatGPT got that one partially right.

ChatGPT's projected Bottom 3

Moving down to the other end of the table, ChatGPT predicts that Burnley, Leeds United and Sunderland will drop down to the EFL Championship after this season.

It's probably no coincidence that all three of those clubs won promotion from the second tier less than a year ago.

Here's why it's wrong

Remember that massively glaring error that was alluded to earlier? Well, this is an example of how AI can get something incredibly wrong.

Let's just get this out of the way: there is absolutely no way Sunderland will finish last this season. The Black Cats are currently in ninth place and have shown to be an incredibly stubborn side who have already taken points from Arsenal, Man City, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool this season, among others. While they aren't going to outscore many of the top teams, they have shown that they can compete with just about any side in the Premier League.

That's not to mention the expected point total. Sunderland are currently on 36 points and ChatGPT projects them to finish on that exact same number. 

Are we to believe that Sunderland will lose each of their next 14 matches? Let's be serious.

As for Leeds, they are also unlikely to fall back into the relegation zone, but there is a much shorter fall than Sunderland's would be.

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We're not done with why ChatGPT is wrong on the projected bottom three.

Rather comically, Wolves are projected to escape relegation and finish on 42 points. They currently have eight points after 24 matches, meaning they would need to earn 34 more points over the final 14 games.

That's a 2.43 points per game average, better than league-leading Arsenal's current 2.21 PPG pace.

Again, let's be serious.

Here's why it's right

Sorry Burnley fans, the one thing the AI got right about the bottom three is your club's existence among the relegated sides.

The Clarets have looked every bit a Championship side playing in the Premier League. They're currently on a 15-game winless streak and would have given Wolves a real run for the title of worst team in league history if not for a handful of wins earned in the first half of the season.

The rest of the table as projected by ChatGPT

Here's why it's wrong

A Nottingham Forest climb from their current spot in 17th place all the way up to 11th would be epic, but it hardly seems possible. The Tricky Trees would need to nearly double their current point total in less than half the matches, which doesn't seem likely.

In the same vein, a Crystal Palace leap back up to seventh place on 57 points is a bit of a fantasy. The feat could be pulled off by the Palace from the first few months of the season — when they still had their best players and a head coach that wasn't also plotting his exit — but certainly not by their current iteration.

Here's why it's right

Much of the "mushy middle" of the table is up for grabs, with many teams unlikely to make too many waves in either direction.

However, we could see Newcastle (currently 11th) climbing up to sixth place as projected by ChatGPT. In recent years, that area of the table seems to be where the Magpies are most comfortable, and they have the personnel and experience to pull it off. They're only six points off sixth right now, so this is well within the realm of possibility. 

Similarly, both Brighton and Bournemouth are currently outside the top half of the table but are projected to finish just inside the top 10. Both sides are within a result or two of that goal, and have shown that they belong among the upper 50% of the league.

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