Guardian writers’ predicted position: 16th (NB: this is not necessarily Nick Ames’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)
Last season’s position: 13th
Odds to win the league (via Oddschecker): 750-1
Prospects
Second-season syndrome? Brentford arguably suffered a variant of it in their first. After storming through the opening weeks of their Premier League debut they slumped alarmingly to the extent that, had it not been for the transformative impact of Christian Eriksen, relegation would have loomed menacingly. It means they have experience of pulling themselves up by the…
