There are few certainties in this life, aside from death, taxes, and Liverpool winning the league in May.
The Reds were among the favourites to go one better than last season after they were pipped to the 2018/19 title by one point at the hands of Manchester City.
However, very few believed they would walk to their first league title in three decades in such rampant fashion.
There's an argument that other teams, notably City, have underperformed.
What makes particularly interesting reading, though, is a table concerning teams' "expected points" - or xPTS.
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Understat have used a tool based on every team's xG (expected goals) and xGA (expected goals against) from all their games so far this term.
For the uninitiated, xG data is judged on the quality of a shot and the likelihood of scoring, based on variables such as proximities to goal, the number of defenders, and the type of assist.
This has allowed for an alternate table working out how many points each side could be 'expected' to have, compared to how many they actually have.
The furtherest column on the left-hand side notes the team's *actual* placing in the current Premier League table.
Let's take a look at the top half:
So, if City had taken their 'expected points, they would be top by four points. Liverpool would be runners-up, Chelsea would be third, and Manchester United would be in the top four.
Astonishingly, Southampton would be sixth - rather than 12th - and Tottenham would be ninth, rather than sixth.
And now to the bottom half:
Newcastle, West Ham and Norwich would be in the relegation zone, when in reality, only the latter are in the bottom three.
Arsenal would be 11th, though that's not far estranged from their actual placing of 10th.
Does it matter? Data fanatics will tell you it does.
The theory is that teams will ultimately revert to their xG, as that's one of the most accurate ways of measuring how many goals they score.
And if not, it means they are underperforming. City, we can see, are not being clinical enough.
Liverpool, on the other hand, are massively over-performing, scoring more and conceding fewer than they ought.
We'll have to wait and see whether any of this sets itself right come the end of the season, though it's now unlikely to have any bearing on the title race. It's too late for that - almost certainly.