The Rio Ferdinand Premier League predictions have been revealed – with the former England man giving his tips on who will win the league, the top four, relegation, top scorer and also how his beloved Manchester United will fare this season.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Predictions: “Liverpool To Dominate”
With the new Premier League season kicking off on Friday all the big pundits are out in force to give their views on the upcoming campaign – including Gary Lineker’s Premier League predictions and also Rio Ferdinand.
The former United defender, turned pundit has lifted the lid on how he expects the new season to pan out – and in terms of the title race, he’s saying it will be more of the same.
Ferdinand says that Liverpool were dominant in the Premier League last season and with top summer signings that include Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerke – plus keeping hold of talisman Mo Salah – they will be hard to stop again.
Liverpool romped away with the title by 10 points last season and the Rio Ferdinand Premier League prediction is for the title to remain on Merseyside.
The football betting sites also agree with Rio Ferdinand – making the Reds the 2/1 favourites, ahead of Arsenal and City.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Prediction (Champions) – LIVERPOOL
What About The Premier League Top Four?
So, we know Ferdinand thinks Liverpool are going to be hard to stop in terms of winning the title – but who will be their nearest challengers?
Unfortunately, the England man thinks it’s unlikely we’ll see any new teams breaking into the Premier League top four.
Saying he thinks it will be the same quartet in those main positions as last year – Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea – in that order.
“I’m going to go Liverpool to win the league. Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea.” said Ferdinand
Which is the exact same tip as the Wayne Rooney Premier League predictions for the season ahead – spooky.
You can back the top three in a straight tricast with the top betting sites (Liverpool/Arsenal/City) at 12/1 if you agree with Ferdinand.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Prediction (Top Four) – LIVERPOOL, ARSENAL, MAN CITY, CHELSEA
Manchester United To Crack Top Eight, Says Ferdinand
We all know Ferdinand still has a soft spot for his old club Manchester United – why wouldn’t he? After all, he played over 300 games for them and won a stack of trophies with them.
But under manager Ruben Amorim United stumbled to a lowly 15th in the Premier League – their worst league finish since 1989-90.
So, how does Ferdinand think the Red Devils will do this season?
In short, he thinks they will improve and “crack the top eight” – but goes onto say anything above that is “ridiculous”
“I think United are top eight, anything above that is ridiculous, like wow, wow, wow compared to what it was. Biggest improvement this season will be Man United.” Said Ferdinand.
United are as short as 1/5 to finish in the top half of the table with the betting sites and 10/11 to hit the top six.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Prediction (Man Utd) – TOP EIGHT
City’s Erling Haaland To Outscore The Rest, Say Ferdinand
When it comes to scoring goals, Ferdinand only managed eight goals – but he was a defender.
But when it comes to ‘finding the back of the net’ in the new season the Rio Ferdinand Premier League prediction is ERLING HAALAND.
The City man had a bit of a ‘stop-start’ campaign last season but still fired in 22 league goals – just seven behind golden boot winner Mo Salah.
However, with a more ‘injury-free’ season, Ferdinand is tipping the Norwegian to outscore the rest.
Plus he also thinks the ongoing Alexander Isak deal to Liverpool might not happen.
When asked about his Premier League top scoring tip, Ferdinand said – “I’m going to go [Erling] Haaland,’ he predicted. ‘I’ve said [Alexander] Isak if he joins Liverpool but I don’t think he’s going to go there, so I’ve gone Haaland.’
Haaland is 6/4 with the betting sites to be the 2025/26 Premier League top scorer, with Isak and Salah next best at 13/2.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Prediction (Man Utd) – TOP EIGHT
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Predictions For Relegation – Former Club To Face The Drop
Finally, the dreaded relegation predictions that the lesser teams in the Premier League won’t want to hear.
When asked what teams he thought would struggling in 2025/26, Rio Ferdinand said it will be ‘more of the same’
Saying he expects more pain for the promoted sides – Burnley, Sunderland and Leeds, who Ferdinand used to play for. With all three to go straight back down.
Just like last season – with all three of the sides that came up from the Championship (Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton) going down.
That said, he did give a glimmer of hope to Burnley under manager Scott Parker – saying.
“Burnley, Sunderland and Leeds all go back down for me,’ he said. ‘Scott Parker maybe could get his team out of it…maybe.”
Sunderland and Burnley are 2/5 to go down and Leeds 11/8. With our AI supercomputer Premier League predictions also tipping these three sides to struggle.
Or you can back the Rio Ferdinand Premier League prediction relegation treble at 3/1.
Rio Ferdinand Premier League Prediction (Relegation) – LEEDS, BURNLEY, SUNDERLAND
