Alan Shearer: 'Chelsea the team to beat but title race will be tight'

Chelsea will be the team to beat in this season's Premier League, but the title race will be a lot tighter than last year, according to Alan Shearer.

By Colm Hayes, Reporter

Published: July 30 2015 | 10:40

BBC pundit Alan Shearer has said that Premier League champions Chelsea will be the "team to beat" this season.

Jose Mourinho's side won their fifth league title in 2014-15, ending the season eight points ahead of Manchester City.

"Chelsea won at a canter last season, certainly from February on, but it will be tighter," Shearer told BBC Sport.

"[Chelsea] will still be the team to beat."

The ex-England captain also predicts that the top four of Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal and Manchester United will be the same as last year, but possibly in a different order.

Chelsea play Arsenal in the Community Shield on Sunday.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	11	9	1	1	21	6	15	28
2	Manchester City Man City	11	7	2	2	22	13	9	23
3	Chelsea	11	5	4	2	21	13	8	19
4	Arsenal	11	5	4	2	18	12	6	19
5	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	11	5	4	2	15	10	5	19
6	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	11	5	4	2	19	15	4	19
7	Fulham	11	5	3	3	16	13	3	18
8	Newcastle United Newcastle	11	5	3	3	13	11	2	18
9	Aston Villa	11	5	3	3	17	17	0	18
10	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	11	5	1	5	23	13	10	16
11	Brentford	11	5	1	5	22	22	0	16
12	Bournemouth	11	4	3	4	15	15	0	15
13	Manchester United Man Utd	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	11	3	3	5	13	19	-6	12
15	Leicester City Leicester	11	2	4	5	14	21	-7	10
16	Everton	11	2	4	5	10	17	-7	10
17	Ipswich Town Ipswich	11	1	5	5	12	22	-10	8
18	Crystal Palace	11	1	4	6	8	15	-7	7
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	11	1	3	7	16	27	-11	6
20	Southampton	11	1	1	9	7	21	-14	4