Ahead of the start to the 2015/16 Premier League season, English football columnist Richard Jolly predicts the league table, from 20th to the title. Click through the arrows below for the picks.
20 – Leicester City
Richard's crucial factor: Team spirit. Leicester maintained their unity and belief during their 140-day stay at the foot of the Premier League, enabling them to mount their rescue bid. Claudio Ranieri has to ensure the spirit Nigel Pearson fostered is not lost. Read the full analysis.
19 – Bournemouth
Richard's crucial factor: Finding the right balance. Eddie Howe has an attractive, attacking style of football. He invariably plays with two strikers and Bournemouth scored 98 goals last season. Yet they might have to be more conservative against better teams. Read the full analysis.
18 – Norwich City
Richard's crucial factor: Away form. Cliché has it that relegation strugglers must prosper at home but Norwich's record on their travels in 2004/05 and 2013/14, the last two times they were demoted from the Premier League, consists of a mere two wins in 38 games. They can't afford a repeat. Read the full analysis.
17 – Aston Villa
Richard's crucial factor: Goals. Villa averaged under one a game in Paul Lambert's reign and mustered a mere 12 in 25 league matches before his sacking last season. Tim Sherwood made them more prolific but, with Christian Benteke gone, the risk is that Villa stop scoring again. Read the full analysis.
16 – Watford
Richard's crucial factor: Christmas. Between December 19 and January 2, Watford face Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester City in the space of four games. Lesser sides in the Premier League can often go on extended losing runs; Watford have to ensure they do not go into freefall then. Read the full analysis.
15 – Sunderland
Richard's crucial factor: Start as they finish. Sunderland won four of their last five games in 2013/14. They took 12 points from their final eight matches last season. In both cases, they passed a test of character. Yet for much of those seasons, they have hovered around, or less than, a point a game. That form has got them into relegation trouble. Read the full analysis.
14 – West Ham United
Richard's crucial factor: Slaven Bilic. The Croatian's predecessor amounted to a guarantee West Ham would not be relegated. His successor could make them better but runs the risk of making them worse. He is untried in England and has to keep the club up. Read the full analysis.
13 – West Bromwich Albion
Richard's crucial factor: Reducing the load on Saido Berahino. The young Englishman scored 14 league goals last season. Brown Ideye was the next best with four. That explains why Tony Pulis has shown interest in attackers this summer. Read the full analysis.
12 – Newcastle United
Richard's crucial factor: The mood. Will Steve McClaren be tainted by association with Mike Ashley? Alan Pardew, who has since excelled at Crystal Palace, was in his final year. The ill-feeling at the club gave the players a reason to underachieve under John Carver, too. Read the full analysis.
11 – Southampton
Richard's crucial factor: The Europa League. Everton struggled in the Premier League until they were out of Europe and Southampton are strangers to the difficult Thursday-Sunday routine. Ronald Koeman will have to navigate his way through the season cleverly. Read the full analysis.
10 – Stoke City
Richard's crucial factor: Preventing shock results. Stoke had an excellent season last year but, had they not lost at home to Aston Villa, Leicester, Burnley and Crystal Palace, it would have been still better. Had they won those games, they would have finished fifth. Read the full analysis.
9 – Swansea City
Richard's crucial factor: The big games. Garry Monk felt Michael Laudrup's team were too timid against the top teams. His side changed that by beating both Arsenal and Manchester United home and away. Such landmark wins are a huge boost to morale. Read the full analysis.
8 – Crystal Palace
Richard's crucial factor: Home form. Palace were terrific on their travels last season, winning more away games than Manchester United, but a counter-attacking team suffered a league-high 10 home defeats. This year they have to get the majority of their points at home. Read the full analysis.
7 – Tottenham Hotspur
Richard's crucial factor: The defence. Despite goalkeeper Hugo Lloris's excellence, Spurs conceded more goals than relegated Hull last season. Bringing in Toby Alderweireld, fellow centre-back Kevin Wimmer and right-back Kieran Trippier is a sign Mauricio Pochettino realised they must tighten up. Read the full analysis.
6 – Everton
Richard's crucial factor: Home form. Everton went three months without a league win at Goodison Park last season, when some of the crowd started to show dissent against Roberto Martinez. They only won seven home league games in 2014/15, compared to 13 the previous campaign. Read the full analysis.
5 – Liverpool
Richard's crucial factor: The start. Liverpool begin by visiting Stoke, where they lost 6-1 in May. By the end of October, they will have faced five of last season's top seven, plus had a Merseyside derby. There is the potential for things to go very wrong. Read the full analysis.
4 – Manchester United
Richard's crucial factor: How quickly they gel. Louis van Gaal has a raft of new signings but his first season at Old Trafford showed United only found their best form and formation for a few weeks in spring. They will need to be more convincing earlier this year. Read the full analysis.
3 – Manchester City
Richard's crucial factor: Manuel Pellegrini. The spectre of Pep Guardiola looms over the Chilean, who is in the final year of his contract. Pellegrini's obdurate faith in 4-4-2 backfired in big games last season. He needs to be more flexible this term – and ignore stories about his future. Read the full analysis.
2 – Arsenal
Richard's crucial factor: Keep their new-found nous. Long deemed naive and criticised for their poor record against their peers, Arsenal have won away at both Manchester clubs in 2015 and been more streetwise. They need to make such results regular occurrences. Read the full analysis.
1 – Chelsea
Richard's crucial factor: The big games. Jose Mourinho is at his best as a tactician on the major occasions and has an outstanding record against Arsene Wenger, Manuel Pellegrini, Louis van Gaal and Brendan Rodgers. They will have to outwit him if they want to dethrone Chelsea. Read the full analysis.
