Are Liverpool Going to Win the League? Latest Predictions
Arne Slot has had an excellent first season so far with The Reds — but can he get them over the finish line?
The halfway point of the 2024-25 season has passed and Liverpool still have four trophies to fight for. They sit top of both the Premier League and Champions League tables, are the EFL Cup favourites, and look like they’re going to go far in the FA Cup, too. To say it’s been an excellent campaign so far would probably be an understatement, with even the most die-hard Liverpool fans in awe of how Arne Slot has hit the ground running.
Fans of rival clubs were initially hoping that Liverpool would collapse following the farewell of Jürgen Klopp — much like Manchester United experienced back in 2013 when Sir Alex Ferguson finally retired — yet the exact opposite has happened. Against all the odds, Liverpool look stronger than ever and it’s led to the countless Kopites starting to believe their wildest dreams: Liverpool could genuinely win the title for the first time since 2020.
Liverpool Remain Favourites to Win the Premier League This Season
Liverpool are 4/11 favourites with most bookies to win the Premier League title, with many football followers using BettingTools to calculate their bets on this . These odds come following Arne Slot’s Liverpool side storming to the top of the table during the first half of the season, losing just 1 of their first 20 games. While Liverpool have been dominating, Manchester City’s mission to win five titles in a row has collapsed following an injury crisis and Arsenal have lost their attacking prowess, leading to both teams struggling in the league. At least for now, only Nottingham Forest look like they could potentially pull off the shock of all shocks (much like Leicester did back in 2016) by somehow beating Liverpool to the title. However, the Reds are currently 6 points clear of Forest with a game in hand, too, so it would take an incredible deterioration in form from Liverpool for this to happen. The most likely outcome is that Liverpool will indeed win the league, with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, and Newcastle all fighting it out for the Champions League spots.
Why Everything Is Going to Plan for Arne Slot
Since arriving at Liverpool, everything has gone right for Arne Slot as he attempts to quickly fill the boots left behind by legendary manager Jürgen Klopp. Much of the success that Liverpool have had so far this season has to be credited to Klopp himself, who left Slot with an excellent squad that many people forget were (at a certain point last season) competing for a quadruple. The squad is an excellent blend of youth and experience, providing Slot with the perfect springboard to come in, implement his ideas, and go on a title charge, which is exactly what’s happened.
Not too long ago, rumours of a Mohamed Salah move to the Saudi League had some serious credit behind them. However, Salah has instead opted to stay with Liverpool for now and is currently having one of the best seasons of his career; bagging 18 goals and 13 assists so far, much to the delight of Slot. And while Salah has been in the form of his life at the top end of the pitch, Alexis Mac Allister has been putting in some excellent displays in midfield and Virgil van Dijk has been his usual commanding self at the back, making sure the Reds don’t ship too many goals this season.
Let’s not forget that Liverpool also have relatively good squad depth, too, boasting multiple star players in most positions. When the likes of Diogo Jota can’t nail down a starting place, you know you’ve got quality in the team — and this is certainly the case with Liverpool.
Despite opening up a healthy lead at the top of the table and other teams collapsing around them, though, Liverpool winning the league still isn’t a guarantee. Everything is going well at the moment, but if the Premier League has taught us one thing it’s that the tide can change fast.
Slot’s main focus will be maintaining the energy levels of his squad — something that Klopp failed towards the end of last season — while doing everything he can to avoid getting hit with an injury crisis. He might also opt to do a little bit of business in the January window to give his squad an extra boost over the coming months, although this is unlikely considering Liverpool’s lack of January transfer movement over the past decade. Instead, Slot will likely stick with what he has and hope that it’s enough to get the club over the finish line come May.
Summary
Will Liverpool win the Premier League this season? Yes, more than likely. Nottingham Forest won’t have enough in the tank to catch up with The Reds, Manchester City’s season is pretty much already over, and Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are a shadow of their former selves at the moment. It’s perfectly set up for Liverpool to clinch the title, but whether they can win the Quadruple is an entirely different question. For now, a domestic treble — the Premier League, FA Cup, and EFL Cup — is perhaps a slightly more realistic dream for Kopites, although there’s nothing to say that Liverpool can’t go all the way in the Champions League if the squad remains fit enough. Crazier things have happened, so let’s wait to see how the remainder of the season unfolds.