If Man City doesn't win the title this season, who are the second favorites to win the title?

Vipul Garbyal

studies at Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi (2019)

22w ago

Firstly if Man City doesnt win the title being 12 points clear on the top as on 10th of November 2017 the day I am writing this answer then they should probably jump from their Private team Etihad Jet.

To lose such a magnificent gap between them and the 2nd place team(you know who) will be just stupid.I mean come on…seriously…come on.

The dog race for the 2nd place is just brutal.

Chelsea can finish as runner ups if they find their title winning form back.which is really hard.

Tottenham Hotspurs who are known to apply pressure on the league could be doing just that but you never know…its WEMBLEY.(Sorry Spurs fans but fuck off)

Manchester United-Well…my best bet is that the team in the 2nd place right now could be the team finishing 2nd at the end of the season.But as the question is for winning the league lets just keep on moving.

Liverpool-Do you hear anyone laughing their balls out?

That's me on Liverpool's title hopes.

But not to worry,next year is their year.

Arsenal-Do you hear anyone crying their guts out?

That's also me.I am an Arsenal fan and this is the worst start to a season under Arsene Wenger.

Do i need say more?

Leicester City-lol(Its the premier league you never know)

Akash A Mishra

Senior Analyst at Capgemini (2015-present)

22w ago

Wow!! As thing stands, ‘IF’ is questionable because Manchester city are running away with the title. They are not just winning, they are demolishing teams.

But, IF they will slip during the christmas period like they did in the last two seasons, I would fancy Manchester United to just nick it. Some of you would argue after Liverpool game and even their loss to Chelsea that they have some cracks to fill or defensive approach of Jose against top 6. But at the moment in the top 6 with their key players missing most noticeable Paul Pogba, they are the most balanced side apart from obviously Man city.

Jose has a plan, and he sticks to it no matter people like it or not. He always finds a way to nick points. And I think if city drop points, he will capitalize.

S Adarsh Mahadevan

Team Member at TEDx Thiruvananthapuram (2016-present)

23w ago

Wow that's a pretty big if.

“I think that, now, there is a big problem for all the teams that want to fight for the title, and this big problem is Manchester City,”

This was Antonio Conte in a presser 3 days back. A title winning manager of last season, who to his own credit ran away with the title last season, saying this should speak volumes.

City are already 8 points ahead of the nearest rival in United and Chelsea.

If indeed they do have a howler, then logically you'd think either Chelsea or United would be second favourites followed by Spurs ofcourse.

In all honesty, as much as it hurts to admit, Liverpool and Arsenal are now at a tier below the aforementioned 4.

Upendra Ravipati

MBA PGDM in Operations, Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad (2018)

23w ago

Chelsea or Tottenham Spurs

Man City are already 8 points ahead of Man United and I don’t see another team even coming close to them. They have an extraordinary team and a strong bench.

But with the recent performances from Chelsea and Spurs we can see a tough fight if City starts dropping points in the mid season.

Being a Man United fan I cannot see United staying in the second spot for long with the results against big teams(Spurs win was lucky). Maybe the team could get stronger when Pogba and Ibra return but there’s still something missing in the team.

Anything is possible in EPL

Atharva Khaire

22w ago

I know I know many people are going to go with United or Chelsea but I think if there’s a team which is stronger than Chelsea and also very much organised and booming with confidence is the Pochettino’s boys.

Believe me when I say it if you have watched them play the last two seasons they’ve been that good, being close to winning the league is not a mistake or a joke by any means, they had almost crossed the line.

Now why do Tottenham look better than Chelsea for me? Firstly Tottenham have a good squad depth which Chelsea doesn’t have, Chelsea has no cover for Marcos Alonso, and also Bakayoko is not well equipped to do the Kante job just yet, we could all see how disorganised Chelsea were without Ngolo, and also the defence, they’ve been leaking goals which with their quality which they showed over the last season one would be fairly surprised as to how open their defence has been on more than one occasions. Also why I think Tottenham are better is because they’ve been better defensively than Chelsea, even though they lost against United, they played a fairly good game and if Alli would’ve scored they would’ve won the game.

Also not to mention they just beat mighty Real Madrid at Wembley, Tottenham also look better going forward with Dele Alli scoring goals if Kane isn’t or Son who plays like a second striker and can chip in with some goals, which Chelsea lack in a way, they seem reliant on Morata to bail them out.

Also Tottenham have better cover for defensive positions rather than Chelsea, Tottenham have two quality full backs in Trippier, Aurier and also have Ben Davies who’s been excellent so far. Which Chelsea clearly lack.

Ofcourse Chelsea could still be strong in finish the league but there’s a good chance Tottenham might just pip them to it and also they need to be lucky with injuries they get, if Kane can stay fit they’ve a very good chance of grabbing the chance if and when City falter.

Ankit Nagar

Entrepreneur. Blogger. Footballer. CEO-Founder-WeekInWeakOut

23w ago

Tottenham Hotspur.

They are growing stronger day by day and their win against Real Madrid just showed that they mean business and are here challenging for the prestigious UCL title. They are the most exciting young squad in the world and I really can't wait to see how these next few months and years will unfold.

Prateek Gupta

23w ago

Man city are going to win PL title by 15 points this season.

If sanchez and a LB buy happens in January then City could win it by max points in history of PL.

Somehow Stones, Ota, Ederson, Augero all got injured at same time then United has a good chance with Pogba, Ibra due to come in Dec.

Would love to see tottehnam to win it too but dey don’t have squad depth.

Man city clear fav fro coming seasons too.

Upamanyu Manjrekar

works at N.M College

22w ago

Definitely,has to be Chelsea FC if you look at the fixture list till new year.United and Spursnhave a few tough games and I expect Chelsea to leapfrog them and challenge for the title assuming everyone at Chelsea is fit.The major problem for Chelsea is the lack of a backup striker as Michi Batshuayi seems to have injured himself.But expect a firm title charge from Conte's men.