LONDON — Predicting the top four clubs at the end of the 2008-09 Premier League season is relatively easy.
Guessing the order in which they will finish is a different matter.
The English quadopoly of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool over the rest is illustrated by these statistics. They have been the top four for the past three years. And since 1995, when Blackburn was the champion, United has finished first on eight occasions, Arsenal three times and Chelsea twice.