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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’ 2020-21 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.
2020/21 Season Predictions
| Category | 2019-20 | Matthew | Pete | Pat | Geno | Brian F | Trent | Tom | Brian L | Ian | Calvin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 2019-20 | Matthew | Pete | Pat | Geno | Brian F | Trent | Tom | Brian L | Ian | Calvin |
| PL 1st | Liverpool | Liverpool | Man City | Chelsea | Man City | Man City | Man City | Man City | Liverpool | Man City | Liverpool |
| PL 2nd | Man City | Man City | Liverpool | Man City | Chelsea | Liverpool | Liverpool | Chelsea | Man City | Liverpool | Chelsea |
| PL 3rd | Man Utd | Chelsea | Man Utd | Liverpool | Liverpool | Chelsea | Chelsea | Liverpool | Man Utd | Chelsea | Man City |
| PL 4th | Chelsea | Man Utd | Chelsea | Arsenal | Tottenham | Man Utd | Arsenal | Arsenal | Chelsea | Man Utd | Arsenal |
| PL 5th | Leicester | Arsenal | Wolves | Tottenham | Man Utd | Arsenal | Man Utd | Man Utd | Arsenal | Arsenal | Wolves |
| PL 6th | Tottenham | Tottenham | Tottenham | Everton | Arsenal | Tottenham | Everton | Everton | Tottenham | Tottenham | Man Utd |
| Everton PL: | 12th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 7th |
| PL 18th | Bournemouth | Aston Villa | Burnley | West Ham | Brighton | West Brom | West Brom | West Ham | West Ham | Aston Villa | West Brom |
| PL 19th | Watford | Brighton | West Brom | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | Aston Villa | Southampton | West Brom | Burnley | Fulham | Brighton |
| PL 20th | Norwich | West Brom | Fulham | Fulham | West Brom | Fulham | Fulham | Fulham | Brighton | West Brom | West Ham |
| FA Cup Winner: | Arsenal | Man City | Everton | Chelsea | Man Utd | Everton | Man Utd | Man Utd | Liverpool | Sheffield Utd | Arsenal |
| EFC FA Cup: | 3rd Round | Quarters | Winners | Quarters | Quarters | Winners | Quarters | Quarters | Quarters | Semis | Semis |
| EFL Cup Winner: | Man City | Man City | Man City | Everton | Wolves | Man City | Everton | Everton | Tottenham | Wolves | Wolves |
| EFC EFL Cup: | Quarters | Semis | Quarters | Winners | Semis | Quarters | Winners | Winners | Rd of 32 | Quarters | Quarters |
| PL Golden Boot: | Vardy | Aubameyang | Sterling | Werner | Werner | Werner | Aubameyang | Aguero | Kane | Aubameyang | Werner |
| EFC Golden Boot: | DCL/Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | DCL | DCL | DCL |
| PL POTY: | De Bruyne | De Bruyne | Sterling | Werner | De Bruyne | De Bruyne | Mane | Fernandes | Salah | Mane | Werner |
| Everton POTY: | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Richarlison | Allan | Doucouré | Richarlison | Digne | Doucouré | Richarlison |
So as you can see, there is some optimism that in Carlo Ancelotti’s first full season the Blues will finally break their ages long trophy drought and lift some silverware - three votes for the EFL Cup (aka Carabao Cup) and two for the FA Cup.
As far as league finishes go though, there’s not too much hope that the Blues can make it higher than sixth place in the league table. Apart from the solitary Chelsea vote, everyone else pretty much expects either Manchester City or Liverpool to lift the Premier League title again.
Richarlison seems almost the unanimous vote for Everton’s Player of the Year, clearly none of the crew thought that James Rodriguez is ready to make an immediate impact on the Toffees. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has a few shouts for the club’s Golden Boot for most goals scored, so they’re also expecting his improvement to continue.
Don’t forget to write in your predictions below!
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