[1]Who's The Favorite And Who's A Sleeper In The English Premier
  League?:

    The Premier League, which kicks off Friday afternoon, is often
    regarded as the most competitive league in the world, if not the
    best. In fact, both of those assumptions might be false: While the
    Premier League boasts four of the top 10 and six of the top 15 teams
    in the world according to our [2]Soccer Power Index rankings, only
    one other team cracks the top 50.[3]^1

    This imbalance shouldn't come as a shock: Aside from Blackburn
    Rovers in 1994-95 and Leicester City in 2015-16, [4]only four teams
    have won the Premier League since its inception in 1992-93. And if
    you [5]look at the table for every Premier League season -
    especially for the past decade - the top six spots are more likely
    than not occupied by some or all of the same six teams currently
    ranked in the world top 15.

    If you're hoping that the upcoming season will offer some
    vicissitude at the top of the table, don't hold your breath:
    According to our [6]Premier League predictions, Manchester City is a
    good bet to repeat as champions. And the five spaces below the
    Citizens will likely be occupied by - you guessed it! - Liverpool,
    Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United. After we ran
    20,000 simulated seasons, the closest any team got to the top six
    was Crystal Palace - still 16 points off the pace.

    … The top six teams in the Premier League are among the [7]richest
    sports franchises on earth. All that money means they can afford to
    pay often ludicrous fees to attract the world's best players. Money
    turns into results in major competitions, and results in major
    competitions turn into more money. And that new money turns into the
    buying of yet more of the world's best players, and the top six
    feedback loop endures.

  (Via [8]Features - FiveThirtyEight)

  I get why the world gets energized by the World Cup, but remind me why
  anyone cares about the Premier League? It makes football more boring
  than American football (for the championship contenders).
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References

  1. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whos-the-favorite-and-whos-a-sleeper-in-the-english-premier-league/
  2. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/global-club-soccer-rankings/
  3. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whos-the-favorite-and-whos-a-sleeper-in-the-english-premier-league/#fn-1
  4. https://www.premierleague.com/history
  5. https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=210&ha=-1
  6. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-predictions/premier-league/
  7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2018/06/12/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2018/#2853e1ed45c8
  8. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/feed/
  9. https://twitter.com/TokyoGringo/status/1029350555314003968
 10. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=1455

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