( CNN ) The English football season is n't over until May , but you can bet your bottom dollar that Chelsea will finish top of the table . That 's according to a leading football simulator , which is predicting that Jose Mourinho 's team will pip defending champions Manchester City to the Premier League title . Football Manager is a computer game which allows players to take control of their favorite team . Using the game 's encyclopaedic database , which contains data on nearly a quarter of a million players from around the world , its makers have simulated the remaining matches of the 2014-15 campaign . This included factoring in the various injuries and suspensions EPL teams have picked up since the game 's initial release in November last year . And it 's Chelsea who emerged victorious , finishing three points clear of defending champions City in second place . Manchester United , under the guidance of Louis van Gaal , came in third ahead of Liverpool in fourth . This would spell disaster for Arsenal , who finished fifth in the fantasy table . If replicated in real life , it would Arsene Wenger 's team missing out on Champions League football for the first time in 18 years -- unless of course the London side win Europe 's premier competition . Arsenal faces Monaco in the last 16 next month with Chelsea and Manchester City also reaching the knockout stage . Despite their early season promise , and despite sitting pretty in third place in the actual league table , Southampton 's charge up the table will stutter and end in a seventh-place finish , according to the game 's manufacturers Sports Interactive . However , there is better news for City when the January transfer window is factored into the equation , a period during the season when European clubs can add to their rosters . The Football Manager team ran a second simulation which included speculated transfer targets for each team and in this version of the league it 's City who take the title from Chelsea on goal difference .
Computer game predicts Chelsea to win English Premier League . Title holders Manchester City in runners-up spot . Score: 6 Chelsea tops current standings by five points .