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It’s that time of the year again when the Royal Blue Mersey crew get together and come up with their predictions for the upcoming season in the following categories -
Premier League Top 6, Everton position, Premier League Bottom 3, FA Cup Winner, Everton FA Cup, EFL Cup Winner, Everton EFL Cup, Premier League Golden Boot Winner, Everton Golden Boot Winner, Premier League Player of the Year, Everton Player of the Year.
So here we go with the writers’ 2019-20 Premier League season predictions, let’s have your predictions in the comments section below as well, and then we can compare notes as usual at the end of the season.
2019-20 Season Predictions
| Category | 2018-19 | Adam | Brian F | Brian L | Calvin | Chris | Geno | Matt A | Matthew | Pat | Pete | Rachel | Tom | Zach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 2018-19 | Adam | Brian F | Brian L | Calvin | Chris | Geno | Matt A | Matthew | Pat | Pete | Rachel | Tom | Zach |
| PL 1st | MCI | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City |
| PL 2nd | LIV | Liverpool | Liverpool | Tottenham | Liverpool | Tottenham | Liverpool | Liverpool | Liverpool | Liverpool | Liverpool | Liverpool | Liverpool | Tottenham |
| PL 3rd | CHE | Tottenham | Chelsea | Liverpool | Tottenham | Liverpool | Tottenham | Chelsea | Tottenham | Arsenal | Tottenham | Tottenham | Tottenham | Liverpool |
| PL 4th | TOT | Arsenal | Tottenham | Chelsea | Arsenal | Arsenal | Arsenal | Tottenham | Arsenal | Chelsea | Man Utd | Arsenal | Arsenal | Arsenal |
| PL 5th | ARS | Chelsea | Arsenal | Man Utd | Leicester | Man Utd | Chelsea | Arsenal | Man Utd | Tottenham | Chelsea | Chelsea | Chelsea | Man Utd |
| PL 6th | MUN | Everton | Everton | Arsenal | Everton | Wolves | Everton | Man Utd | Everton | Everton | Arsenal | Man Utd | Everton | Chelsea |
| Everton PL: | 8th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 7th |
| PL 18th | CAR | Newcastle | Crystal Palace | Brighton | Burnley | Sheff Utd | Southampton | Brighton | Crystal Palace | Southampton | Crystal Palace | Norwich | Newcastle | Norwich |
| PL 19th | FUL | Brighton | Sheff Utd | Burnley | Newcastle | Aston Villa | Burnley | Norwich | Sheff Utd | Norwich | Burnley | Aston Villa | Brighton | Southampton |
| PL 20th | HUD | Sheff Utd | Norwich | Norwich | Norwich | Brighton | Sheff Utd | Sheff Utd | Newcastle | Sheff Utd | Sheff Utd | Sheff Utd | Norwich | Sheff Utd |
| FA Cup Winner: | MCI | Tottenham | Everton | Tottenham | Tottenham | Leicester | Man City | Chelsea | Man City | Man City | Man City | Liverpool | Everton | Man City |
| Everton FA Cup: | 4th Rd | Semi Final | Winners | Qtr Final | Semi Final | Semi Final | Qtr Final | 5th Rd | Qtr Final | Qtr Final | Qtr Final | 4th Rd | Winners | Qtr Final |
| EFL Cup Winner: | MCI | Man City | Man City | Man City | Leicester | Liverpool | Wolves | Tottenham | Man City | Leicester | Man City | Man City | Leicester | Tottenham |
| Everton EFL Cup: | 3rd Rd | 4th Rd | Qtr Final | Semi Final | 3rd Rd | Qtr Final | Qtr Final | Qtr Final | Semi Final | Semi Final | Semi Final | 2nd Rd | Qtr Final | Semis |
| PL Golden Boot: | Auba / Mane / Salah | Kane | Aguero | Kane | Kane | Aubameyang | Kane | Salah | Aguero | Kane | Kane | Kane | Aubameyang | Aubameyang |
| Everton Golden Boot: | Richarlison / Sigurdsson | Kean | Kean | Kean | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Sigurdsson | Richarlison | Richarlison | Kean | Kean | Kean | Richarlison |
| PL POTY: | van Dijk | Kane | Aguero | Salah | Sterling | Bernardo SIlva | Bernardo Silva | Salah | De Bruyne | Sterling | Sterling | Salah | De Bruyne | Sterling |
| Everton POTY: | Digne | Digne | Kean | Richarlison | Digne | Michael Keane | Richarlison | Pickford | Richarlison | Digne | Digne | Pickford | Moise Kean | Richarlison |
There does seem to be a glimmer of optimism here with a few of us picking Everton to break into the top six, though the majority still think Manchester City will win again and Liverpool just behind.
Don’t forget to get your predictions submitted in the comments below. One of our favourite end-of-season review pieces to do is looking back at these picks in May to see how smart we were, or more often than not, how misguided we were and that is why we play the games.