⚽ Matchday 12 - Premier League Discussion Thread 2025/2026

[salad daging]

The risk of playing for the national team, some players not getting permissions from clubs because clubs dont want to lose their players because of injured. But, for players, playing for national team become their dream. of course for the club if their player back to clubs with injured conditions, the coach must thinking about subtitution quickly. Arteta will do the same, he will find from his reserve players to subtite injured player during national team match. Maybe Arsenal strength will not the same, but Arteta will try to give the best to continue Arsenal domination. This season, they have a chance to be the champion again, after several times failed to get the title, because of their bad form in last few games at the end of season, hopefully this injured player not affect Arsenal too much again,

The international break will indeed worry the club for fear that after it is over the players will become injured.
However, Arteta must be prepared for everything that has happened, maybe there are still some players who can be relied on and we don't know how bad the injury is still uncertain but hopefully he will recover after the league starts.

The upcoming match Arsenal play at home against Spurs is likely to win if my own prediction.

[abhiseshakana]

The risk of playing for the national team, some players not getting permissions from clubs because clubs dont want to lose their players because of injured. But, for players, playing for national team become their dream. of course for the club if their player back to clubs with injured conditions, the coach must thinking about subtitution quickly. Arteta will do the same, he will find from his reserve players to subtite injured player during national team match. Maybe Arsenal strength will not the same, but Arteta will try to give the best to continue Arsenal domination. This season, they have a chance to be the champion again, after several times failed to get the title, because of their bad form in last few games at the end of season, hopefully this injured player not affect Arsenal too much again,

The international break will indeed worry the club for fear that after it is over the players will become injured.
However, Arteta must be prepared for everything that has happened, maybe there are still some players who can be relied on and we don't know how bad the injury is still uncertain but hopefully he will recover after the league starts.

The upcoming match Arsenal play at home against Spurs is likely to win if my own prediction.

Playing for the national team is the dream of most players (especially young players) because it will be a source of pride when they can contribute to their respective countries. But for the club, it will always be a challenge, because there will always be the potential for injury, and I don't know if it's just me who feels that football players tend to get injured when they play for their national team.

Mikel Arteta doesn't seem to be able to relax during the international break, as many of his players have been called up for international duty in November, so he must be anxiously monitoring everything because if one of them gets injured, it will be additional homework for him. Arsenal will face Tottenham in the following match, and this will be a tight battle as that is how the Derby is supposed to be, and a draw seems the most likely outcome.

[masulum]

Arsenal will face Tottenham in the following match, and this will be a tight battle as that is how the Derby is supposed to be, and a draw seems the most likely outcome.

If draw become the final results of this match, I think that can be a big loss for Arsenal. Because Man City currently on fire, with only 4 points behind Arsenal, the can take an advantages from Arsenal conditions. Of course Newcastle will not give 3 points for City with easy. But, if Arsenal lose, and City playing one hour after Arsenal matches, i think lose or draw from Arsenal will make City player have a reason to break their limit to get 3 points.

[kbhutto]

Arsenal will face Tottenham in the following match, and this will be a tight battle as that is how the Derby is supposed to be, and a draw seems the most likely outcome.

If draw become the final results of this match, I think that can be a big loss for Arsenal. Because Man City currently on fire, with only 4 points behind Arsenal, the can take an advantages from Arsenal conditions. Of course Newcastle will not give 3 points for City with easy. But, if Arsenal lose, and City playing one hour after Arsenal matches, i think lose or draw from Arsenal will make City player have a reason to break their limit to get 3 points.

The current problem is that the Arsenal team is facing problems with the main player, Gabriel Magalhaes, who is injured while strengthening the national team, and their opponent this week is Tottenham, of course this is a difficult match and they must be able to win so that the points affair will be further away from Manchester City, but from Tottenham there are also injured players so both clubs will play with the hope of getting maximum points, if they draw or lose then Manchester City can be able to narrow the gap in the standings if they can win when facing Newcastle, we just wait for this week's match, of course the competition in the standings will be even more exciting.

[Distraction]

I've found stats by Opta regarding projected points at the end of the season.



This is technically a plain logic though.    Let's take Arsenal as an example. There are 27 more matches to go. 27 x 2.36 = 63.72. When we add this to their current points we find an amount around 90.

There isn't such thing as the league will go on like this until the end. But I would really like to see Arsenal finally lifting the PL trophy after 20+ years...

[qurbanshah02]

Arsenal will face Tottenham in the following match, and this will be a tight battle as that is how the Derby is supposed to be, and a draw seems the most likely outcome.

If draw become the final results of this match, I think that can be a big loss for Arsenal. Because Man City currently on fire, with only 4 points behind Arsenal, the can take an advantages from Arsenal conditions. Of course Newcastle will not give 3 points for City with easy. But, if Arsenal lose, and City playing one hour after Arsenal matches, i think lose or draw from Arsenal will make City player have a reason to break their limit to get 3 points.

I don't think Arsenal's performance is good because they are at the top of this league, so we should also see their performance as good and hard-working. Tottenham's performance is also quite good, but they can neither draw nor win against Arsenal. Although their performance is also of great interest to us, we should consider Arsenal better. You are absolutely right and this is a great opportunity for Manchester City to improve their points with a draw or defeat by Arsenal, but Arsenal will definitely win this match because we know Arsenal's hard work and success. As far as Arsenal is concerned, they look a little weak, but Arsenal will not tolerate giving points to Manchester City.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I don't expect any point loss by Arsenal in the London derby. It's at Emirates above all else. Do you know how dominant they are vs Tottenham there? They haven't lost to Tottenham home in the PL since 2010! 

And now Arteta's club is having a dream season. But the bad news is that Gabriel also got injured during international duty. Injuries have been a huge headache for Arteta until now. But still I think he'll find a way to win this game.

The current injury list for Arsenal:

Havertz - knee
Madueke - knee
Odegaard - knee
Jesus - knee
Martinelli - knock
Gyökeres - muscle
Gabriel - groin

Jesus might not return before the new year. Gabriel is expected to be out for at least a few weeks. The rest is likely to return in even less than a week.

[$crypto$]

I don't expect any point loss by Arsenal in the London derby. It's at Emirates above all else. Do you know how dominant they are vs Tottenham there? They haven't lost to Tottenham home in the PL since 2010! 

And now Arteta's club is having a dream season. But the bad news is that Gabriel also got injured during international duty. Injuries have been a huge headache for Arteta until now. But still I think he'll find a way to win this game.

The current injury list for Arsenal:

Havertz - knee
Madueke - knee
Odegaard - knee
Jesus - knee
Martinelli - knock
Gyökeres - muscle
Gabriel - groin

Jesus might not return before the new year. Gabriel is expected to be out for at least a few weeks. The rest is likely to return in even less than a week.

Convincing for Arsenal to win at home especially since they haven't lost since 2010.
And the odds offered by the gambling agency @1.41 - @8.00 even though Arsenal players are injured the possibility of winning is still high because Arteta will find a winning solution even though the players are injured due to international matches.

[yixichloro2xx]

I've found stats by Opta regarding projected points at the end of the season.



This is technically a plain logic though.    Let's take Arsenal as an example. There are 27 more matches to go. 27 x 2.36 = 63.72. When we add this to their current points we find an amount around 90.

There isn't such thing as the league will go on like this until the end. But I would really like to see Arsenal finally lifting the PL trophy after 20+ years...

It can surely happen only if Arsenal continue their winning consistency, and pray ... Coz if teams like Manchester City manage to get opportunity for that first position, they won't waste their chances.

[Pulsar77]

The injury list might get even longer for Arsenal.    Timber took a knock during the Netherlands - Lithuania match. He still played after that though but his availability against Tottenham isn't certain for now.

Losing Gabriel and Timber both would be a nightmare for Arteta in his defense. A really tough schedule is ahead for Arsenal:

• Tottenham (H)
• Bayern Munich (H)
• Chelsea (A)

How many points do you expect them to collect from these fixtures? 2 London derbies in a row and one of the toughest matches in the CL are waiting for them.

[masulum]

As far as Arsenal is concerned, they look a little weak, but Arsenal will not tolerate giving points to Manchester City.

Too much players getting injured on Arsenal side, even they have good squad, but if their main players injured, they will face any match more harder than usual. Of course, Arteta will doing anything he have to get 3 points. But if Arsenal only getting 1 points, i think it acceptable for that match because losing a lot of players Arteta unable to give best formations for this derby.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I've found stats by Opta regarding projected points at the end of the season.



This is technically a plain logic though.    Let's take Arsenal as an example. There are 27 more matches to go. 27 x 2.36 = 63.72. When we add this to their current points we find an amount around 90.

There isn't such thing as the league will go on like this until the end. But I would really like to see Arsenal finally lifting the PL trophy after 20+ years...

Opta's accuracy was questionable. They favored Arsenal a few times, but it's always wrong. This time they are doing it again. I won't be trusting them anymore. So many people are also giving the same reaction on their x.
If you're also considering the player injury list as a factor to lift the trophy, you will see how Arsenal gets more players injured. They will miss Gabriel and Timber due to the serious injuries.

That can also explain why Opta's prediction is not even accurate.