Liverpool have forged a 13-point lead in the Premier League this season having gone on an astounding run of form under Jurgen Klopp.

The Reds havent lost in over a year of league football and have two games in hand over second-placed Manchester City.

Despite failing to win the top flight in almost 30 years, Liverpool have a 98 per cent chance of doing so over the next few months.

The experts at fivethirtyeight have crunched the numbers to rate the chances of Klopps side coming out on top having missed out by a point last season, and they are nothing sort of conclusive.

The Merseyside outfit have been tipped to claim 100 points over the course of the season to match Citys record total from the 2017-18 campaign, having only failed to win once in their first 21 fixtures.

In terms of the rest of the table, Leicester will hang on to third as Chelsea grab the final Champions League qualifying spot.

Manchester United will finish a place above Tottenham in fifth while Mikel Artetas Arsenal sit in the bottom half of the table in 11th.

Fivethirtyeight got their predictions from simulating the remaining fixtures 20,000 times, with Norwich, Bournemouth and Aston Villa facing the drop.

Liverpool boss Klopp hasnt won a league title since his Bundesliga triumph with Borussia Dortmund back in 2012, and remains cautious over his chances this time around.

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He said of United ahead of their meeting at Anfield: As a fellow manager it is easy to see the progress they make, although others on the outside are often not so quick to recognise.

They have recruited some exceptional players and the evolution of their squad makes them one of the strongest in Europe, I would say.

Look at their talent from the 'keeper through to the forwards. They have world-class talent in that team and a squad full of match-winners. Big investment has resulted in a very strong group.

Of course, looking to build something takes time. We know this ourselves. But they build with outstanding results and performances as a foundation.

Their win this week in the FA Cup against Wolves was yet more evidence of how dangerous they are.

United compete in four competitions still this says a lot about their quality.

They remain with much to fight for in the league, a semi-final second leg to come in the Carabao Cup, into the fourth round of the FA Cup and the knockout stages in Europe.

You cannot compete as they do in these competitions if they are not an outstanding football team.

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Supercomputer forecasts Liverpool's chances of winning Premier League title - Daily Star