Who will win the Premier League?

The Soccer Saturday panel is split between Chelsea and Manchester City for the Premier League title, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Leicester overlooked.

The four pundits will be back in the studio alongside Jeff Stelling for Saturday’s show, live on Sky Sports News HQ from 12pm, as Leicester begin their title defence at Hull City, live on Sky Sports 1 HD at 12.30pm.

The Foxes’ chances of repeating their memorable triumph are doubted at 28/1 with Sky Bet, albeit significantly shorter odds than their price of 5,000/1 quoted this time last year.

So who will be crowned champions in 2016/17? Here is what the pundits are predicting…

Phil Thompson predicts: Manchester City (9/4 with Sky Bet)

Under Pep Guardiola they’ll keep possession and yet still be aggressive, two very important things in the Premier League.

We saw how effective the high-pressing game was with Tottenham last season and Pep was the brains behind the six-second rule of winning it back once you’ve lost it.

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