For Aston Villa have been visibly incredible with their performances in the English Premier League for the last two seasons but just like you, I don't think they can win the league this season and my opinion is based on the fact that they're not just playing in domestic competitions but also in the UEFA Champions League competition. For Chelsea, I thought they possess the quality squad to contend for the English Premier League title this season. The depth in the squad is very solid which I think gives them an added advantage but they'll need to be more consistent than they've been this season to achieve that
Overall we have not been able to predict one of the teams that will win the title it's just that we can see candidates based on their performance, for example, for now Arsenal and Manchester City are teams that have never lost so they deserve to be candidates as competitors. Liverpool certainly should not be ignored because they also have the ability even though they lost once, they could still secure the top of the standings, yeah at least 3 of these teams look more prominent at this time.
No, I think we can predict the two teams that will definitely end up lifting the EPL trophy this season looking at the performance of the teams in the league. There's no way Manchester City will not come to the back of your mind as the favourite to win the league even though Arsenal and Liverpool is not doing bad this season.
Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool are the best team for the trophy this season but Pep Guardiola has a master class in finishing very strong even when his team has faced so many difficulties either in the beginning, or the middle of the season unlike the other teams that can easily drop form and not be able to catch up with others again when the league gets tough.