Think Newcastle will fall off at some point but one of Liverpool or Chelsea will catch up. We are yet to goto Liverpool , Newcastle, Spurs and Arsenal. At this point, it's as open as you can get.
Did a game by game predictor til the end of the season. Had Liverpool eventually finishing 1 point above United, about 6-7 points clear of Newcastle, and then another 7 points or so to Spurs and Chelsea and Brighton all close to each other.
It's open, but I do think Chelsea and Spurs are just too far away in terms of performances, the way they're trending, squad, coaching, morale etc. I don't think they'll get to 70's while I think United and Liverpool will be close to 80 points, and Newcastle in the low to mid 70's mark. Had Arsenal drop off a bit and end mid 80's, with City top on 91.
A big thing is definitely fixtures. After the next 3 games, after half a season, United will have a ton of home games to come against bottom half sides, and will have played Arsenal and City both home and away. We'll have Liverpool, Brighton, Newcastle, Spurs and West Ham away and Chelsea at Old Trafford as our tough on paper games for the 2nd half of the season. Maybe Palace away too. That's 12/19 games that are easy on paper though. Just ending the season with winning those easy games, and 3 draws and 4 losses from the 7 "difficult games" would give us 39 points, and we'd end the season on 75 points (with 4 points from the next 3 games). Honestly, I'd be surprised if we get fewer than mid 70's points wise when you break down our fixture list, and that's always good for top 4.