Premier League 2023-24 team to finish higher odds: The crown duel

Welcome to the all-new bet365 Premier League betting hub, where we take a closer look at the latest odds in some of the most interesting ante-post betting markets ahead of the new season that starts on Friday August 11.

Which team will finish higher this season? 

This interesting ante-post betting market enables bettors to select any Premier League team to finish above a particular rival in the 2023-24 season. 

The market closes when the first match of the season – Burnley vs Manchester City at Turf Moor – kicks off at 8pm on Friday August 11. 

There are 380 possible permutations you can choose, so we have hand-picked two for each club below. However, the full market can be found here.  

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Team higher finish odds – 2023/24

This market is one of the most intriguing to take advantage of ahead of the new Premier League season as it allows you to bet on one team to finish higher than any other.

Prices are available for every side in the Premier League and if you think one of the teams will spring a surprise then there are some enticing odds available.

Where could the value lie in this market? 

Arsenal were one of the surprise packages last season, emerging as serious title contenders before fading towards the end of the campaign.

Mikel Arteta’s side will be hoping to go one step further this time around and are 4/1 to stay the distance and finish above Manchester City in 2023-24. Finishing above City doesn’t necessarily mean they will win the title, of course, but it’s probably as close to a guarantee as you will find in football.  

Arsenal’s rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, are 5/2 to finish above the Gunners and it has been all change in N17. Former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has arrived, along with former Leicester City midfielder James Maddison and a raft of other signings, although keeping Harry Kane will be key to their hopes.

Whether they can leapfrog Arsenal remains to be seen, though, with the Gunners firm favourites to replicate last season’s dominance over their rivals at 2/7 in the betting to finish higher. 

Top-four rivals hard to separate 

Last season this market would have thrown up some surprises in the race for Champions League qualification, with Liverpool (fifth), Spurs (eighth) and Chelsea (12th) all missing out – in the case of the two London clubs by 11 and 27 points respectively. 

Newcastle United did secure a top-four finish and should continue to develop under the majority ownership of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund.

They finished fourth last term and are priced at 5/6 to finish higher than the Blues again this time around, which looks good value on the evidence of last term.

However, Chelsea are the same price to finish above Newcastle and have a new manager in Mauricio Pochettino, who has Premier League credentials from his time at Southampton and Tottenham.

The Blues have signed strikers Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson, welcome back Levi Colwill from his successful loan spell at Brighton, and will hope last summer’s signings Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk can start to live up to their expensive transfer fees.

Elsewhere, Liverpool are 5/6 to finish higher than Manchester United and under Jurgen Klopp you can’t rule out another push for the title following a disappointing campaign last time out. The Reds will still need to strengthen their core in the summer due to their Europa League commitments. 

One of the clubs that surprised everybody last season is Brighton, who made a smooth transition as Roberto De Zerbi succeeded Graham Potter.

The Seagulls are 2/1 to finish above Newcastle and have already conducted some typically shrewd transfer business this summer, signing James Milner from Liverpool and Mahmoud Dahoud from Borussia Dortmund, both on free transfers, plus Brazilian Joao Pedro for £30m from Watford.

Relegation battle set to be tightly contested

Plenty of interest in this market will centre on those clubs for whom survival will be the aim of the game in 2023-24, among them the promoted trio of Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton Town.

Under Rob Edwards, Luton showed great fight to go up via the play-offs. They are 3/1 to finish above Wolves, who struggled last season and have lost key midfielder Ruben Neves. 

Nottingham Forest are priced at 11/8 to finish higher than Everton – as they did last season when the two were 16th and 17th respectively. Forest manager Steve Cooper has remained at the City Ground and his side’s home form may again be key to their chances of survival, as will the form of Morgan Gibbs-White and Brennan Johnson, who racked up 13 goals and 11 assists between them last season.

Burnley are another side who could surprise the Premier League this season after winning promotion from the Championship with 101 points. Vincent Kompany is a good manager with excellent contacts and has already raided former club Manchester City to sign England U21 goalkeeper James Trafford. 

The Lancashire side are 5/2 to finish above West Ham United this season, which is an attractive selection given the Hammers will have Europe to contend with and a pretty light-looking squad.