How the Premier League table 'should' look... and how it will look!

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And will Arsenal be caught?This week's Between the Lines reveals how the Premier League table should look, according to the Sky Sports xG formula. Get instant access with no contract Live Premier League table Watch FREE Premier League highlights Image: How the current Premier League top-half table 'should' look, according to xG Crystal Palace are rated as the third-best performing team in the division behind Arsenal and Manchester City, while struggling Liverpool should be four places better off in fourth.Newcastle and newly-promoted Leeds are also underperforming significantly.

They sit sixth and seventh in the expected table, eight and nine places better off respectively.Chelsea should be two places worse off, according to the Sky Sports xG formula, which factors expected goals and expected goals against, while Manchester United are also overperforming.Ruben Amorim's side face Everton on Monday Night Football on a five-game unbeaten run in the Premier League but the expected table has them three places worse off in 10th, suggesting their performances haven't been as good as recent results suggest.One team conspicuous by its absence from the top half of the expected table is Sunderland. Image: How the current Premier League bottom-half table 'should' look, according to xG Regis Le Bris' side are flying high in fourth having amassed 19 points from their first 11 games following promotion but the expected table has them a whopping 14 places lower, as the third-worst performers in the Premier League so far, based on xG.Burnley and Fulham should also be in the relegation zone, with bottom side Wolves placing 17th.

Wolves have only taken two points from their first 11 games but their expected points total is nine.Nottingham Forest, like Wolves, should be in a much better position, according to xG, but the expected table is grim reading for Spurs and Aston Villa, who should be nine and 10 places worse off respectively.Arsenal top Sky Sports predicted tableSo, that's how the Premier League table should look.But how will it look at the end of the season?Taking an average from 100,000 simulations of the remaining fixtures, and factoring performance data, fixtures, betting odds and more, the Sky Sports supercomputer predicts leaders Arsenal will emerge as champions, with Manchester City in second. Image: The predicted final Premier League bottom-half table Relegation could become a reality for West Ham, according to our predicted table.