ARSENAL are no longer favourites to finish fourth and qualify for the Champions League.
Monday night’s humbling 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace meant Mikel Arteta’s side failed to leapfrog ahead of Tottenham in the Prem table.
The Gunners are currently fifth in the league, having fallen behind Spurs after Antonio Conte’s side beat Newcastle 5-1 on Sunday.
And now a supercomputer has predicted them to stay there for the remainder of the season, and NOT qualify for the Champions League.
The final table was forecasted via an SBK algorithm, and the final result not good news for Arsenal fans.
Bitter rivals Spurs are now leading the race to qualify for the Champions League ahead of the Gunners.
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The two sides are currently locked on 54 points, but a seven-goal swing over the weekend means Conte and Co are ahead on goal difference.
The Gunners do have a game in hand, but that is away at Chelsea.
It means the recently rescheduled North London Derby set for Thursday, May 12 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, has something of a Champions League decider feel about it.
Conte’s side are also set to benefit from a slightly easier run in for their final eight games.
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Fellow Champions League chasers Manchester United and West Ham will also fall short in their challenge, with Ralf Rangnick’s Red Devils predicted to finish fifth, and the Hammers sixth.
Elsewhere the supercomputer has predicted Manchester City to retain their title, and beating Liverpool at home this Sunday would go some way to doing that.
And down at the bottom of the table there is not predicted to be any change to the current bottom three.
Norwich, Watford and Burnley are all tipped for the drop, with Frank Lampard’s struggling Everton to stay up by the skin of their teeth in 17th.
