The 2024/25 Premier League season kicks off on the 16th of August with three new sides ready to compete for safety. Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton all won promotion from the Championship last season and will be looking to prevent a return to the second tier.
However, it’s not just the new faces who are likely to play their last season of Premier League football this season.
Odds are accurate at the time of writing and subject to change
Leicester will be making their return back to the Premier League after winning the Championship outright last season.
In 46 games in the Championship, The Foxes picked up 31 wins, four draws and 11 losses, leaving them on 97 points, just one point above Ipswich Town.
However, Leicester will be coming into this season without the manager who guided them to promotion. Enzo Maresca made the move to Chelsea at the start of the summer, and Leicester have now turned to Steve Cooper.
The Foxes have been busy in the summer transfer window. Up front, Leicester have signed Issahaku Fatawu from Sporting for £17 million, as well as Bobby De Cordova-Reid on a free transfer from Fulham.
Michael Golding is with Leicester on loan from Chelsea in central midfield and in defence they have signed Caleb Okoli from Atalanta for £14 million, Victor Kristiansen from Bologna and Boubakary Soumare from Sevilla as their loans ended.
However, Leicester have seen many big names leave them this summer. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall followed Maresca to Chelsea for £35 million and Kelechi Iheanacho, Dennis Praet and Marc Albrighton all had their contracts end.
Leicester therefore have @ 1/2 odds of a return to the Championship next season.
Ipswich Town are back in the top tier of English football after a 22-year absence.
The Tractor Boys finished the 2023/24 Championship season in second. In 46 games, Ipswich picked up 28 wins, 12 draws and six losses, which left them on 96 points, just one point from Leicester and six points ahead of Leeds.
Ipswich were the team with the lowest number of losses last season and will be looking to make a statement in their first season in the Premier League.
The Tractor Boys are continuing their journey under the management of Kieran McKenna who joined the club back in 2021 and oversaw back-to-back promotions after leaving Manchester United.
Ipswich have done some good business this summer in the transfer window. After a successful loan spell, Ipswich made Omari Hutchinson a permanent transfer from Chelsea for £23 million. Other signings include, Jacob Greaves from Hull for £21 million, Liam Delap from Manchester City for £17 million, Arijanet Muric from Burnley for £9 million and Ben Johnson on a free transfer from West Ham.
However, Ipswich do also see a number of players leaving. Gassan Ahadme, Idris El Mizouni, Vaclav Hladky, Kayden Jackson, Nick Hayes, Dominic Ball, Panutche Camara and Sone Aluko have all left Ipswich this summer.
Ipswich Town have the odds of 5/6 to be relegated this season.
Southampton took the Play-off route to earn their way back into the Premier League last season.
In 46 games in the Championship, The Saints picked up 26 wins, nine draws and 11 losses, which left them on 87 points and fourth. In the Play-off Semi-finals, Southampton took on West Brom. After a 0–0 draw in the first leg, Southampton won the second leg 3–1 and progressed to the Final.
In the Final, Southampton faced Leeds. A goal from Adam Armstrong gave Southampton the 1–0 win and the spot in the Premier League.
Russell Martin has been very busy this summer. Big name signings for The Saints include Taylor Harwood-Bellis from Manchester City, Flynn Downes from West Ham, Ben Brereton Diaz from Villarreal, Yukinari Sugawara from AZ Alkmaar, Nathan Wood from Swansea and Ronnie Edwards from Peterborough.
Other incoming transfers include, Wellington, Charlie Taylor, Adam Lallana, Juan, Renato Takoka, Kuryu Matsuki, Carlos Alcaraz, Paul Onuachu, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Duje Caleta-Car, Romain Perraud, Lyanco and Mateusz Lis.
The main departure for Southampton is that of Stuart Armstrong.
Southampton have the odds of 6/5 for being one of the relegated sides this season.
Nottingham Forest made a late escape from the relegation scrap last season.
In 38 games in the Premier League, Forest picked up nine wins, nine draws and 20 losses which left Forest on 32 points, six points above the relegation zone.
Nottingham Forest will continue with Nuno Espirito Santo from the beginning of the season and have made a big splash in the summer transfer market.
The players they have shelled the money out for include Elliot Anderson from Newcastle, Nikola Milenkovic from Fiorentina, Marko Stamenic from Red Star Belgrade, Carlos Miguel from Corinthians and Eric da Silva Moreira from FC St Pauli.
However, Forest are also losing a number of players as their loan spells come to an end. Giovanni Reyna will return to Borussia Dortmund, Nuno Tavares to Arsenal, Gonzalo Montiel to Sevilla, Divock Origi to AC Milan and Rodrigo Ribeiro from Sporting.
Nottingham Forest have 2/1 odds to return to the Championship this season
Despite two separate point deductions, Everton managed to survive and earn another season in the Premier League.
Everton are one of six sides who have never been relegated from the Premier League, but they will need to have a strong season to keep this record.
In 38 games in the Premier League, Everton picked up 13 wins, nine draws and 16 losses which left them on 40 points, 14 points above the relegation zone.
So far, this summer transfer window, Everton have signed the following: Jake O’Brien from Lyon for £19 million, Illiman Ndiaye from Marseille for £18 million, Tim Iroegbunam from Aston Villa for £10 million. Also, Jesper Lindstrom has been signed on loan from Napoli.
However, the likes of Amadou Onana, Ben Godfrey, Lewis Dobbin, Andre Gomes, Dele Alli and Arnaut Danjuma are all leaving the club.
Everton have 9/4 odds to finally get relegated from the Premier League.
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