Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

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As the season approaches its end and places are being decided, we can take a look at the lower division to see the clubs most likely to be playing in the premier league next season. The current holders of the EFL championship trophy have already been relegated from the EPL and a number of teams are competing to fill their spots and the two others which will open up;



The first and second placed teams would be automatically promoted to the premier league.
The third-sixth placed teams would be involved in the playoffs; a series of knockout matches to decide the third team to be promoted.
As it stands only 4 points separate the 6th and 12th placed teams, so the opportunity is still open to a number of clubs to get into the playoffs and also lots to play for at the summit of the table for the automatic slots.

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

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[Rikafip]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

[BitSat19]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

I am also watching Championship after break and my feeling is Leeds and Bredford both will join Premier League directly and then third team most chances are going with WBA as they are also good but Fulham can upset them but my gut feeling is still with WBA as they are also in good shape.

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It's going to be a very nervy end to the season for WBA, couple of slip ups since the restart has opened up the space for Brentford to possibly enter an automatic spot which makes for a more dramatic season finale, but their destiny is still in their hands with two games to go. I however think that they (Brentford) would be playing in the top flight next season whichever route they follow.
I remember Bilic from his time at Westham, quite andl eccentric manager, would love to see him again in the EPL.

[Indymoney]

Right now we have two matches in one in Premier League and Second in Serie A with all four teams are same quality but one thing is really different Chelsea 74% Ball Possesion and 15 Shots on goal result just one goal on other hand Atlanta 66% Ball Possesion and just 6 Shots on goal result 5 goals guys what your comments about this difference from top quality teams.

[arallmuus]

Honestly, at the moment I am very afraid to exaggerate Chelsea, the EPL is currently full of big surprises "LOL".  yesterday (MU vs Southampton) it still hurts my heart, a dramatic draw because it happened in the final minutes.  but of course, I will bet for Chelsea today.  hopefully, the big surprise won't happen again..

Manchester United was playing against Southampton while Chelsea is playing against Norwich, there are so many differences between Southampton and Norwich and you cant really compare both of these matches. Besides that, the first goal from Southampton happened because of Pogba was careless otherwise It wouldnt really had happened.

The score was 1 - 0 for Chelsea and it was expected for Chelsea to win and a clean sheet for Chelsea. There isnt significant goal difference but it is still 3 points for Chelsea and one step closer to secure the champions league spot  , bad news for Manchester United

[Captain Corporate]

 Honestly even 1-0 for chelsea looks to be scary, normally when you are talking about one of the best teams in premier league to the team thats at the very bottom, you would expect a bigger score. This is the league we saw 9-0 this year, obviously a record and rarely ever seen, but 1-0 for this game looks quite dangerous and with just lucky attack Norwich could have gotten away with a draw as well. I think chelsea should have won a lot easier, like 3-0 or so and they had the talent to do that over Norwich normally.

 Premier league is getting more interesting but also ending very soon. Chelsea managed to get a very important win, they guaranteed their third spot for at least one more week, even if leicester beats sheffield they are going to stay at fourth. But there is 2 more games left, lets see what will happen with those ones.

[snipie]

 Honestly even 1-0 for chelsea looks to be scary, normally when you are talking about one of the best teams in premier league to the team thats at the very bottom, you would expect a bigger score. This is the league we saw 9-0 this year, obviously a record and rarely ever seen, but 1-0 for this game looks quite dangerous and with just lucky attack Norwich could have gotten away with a draw as well. I think chelsea should have won a lot easier, like 3-0 or so and they had the talent to do that over Norwich normally.

 Premier league is getting more interesting but also ending very soon. Chelsea managed to get a very important win, they guaranteed their third spot for at least one more week, even if leicester beats sheffield they are going to stay at fourth. But there is 2 more games left, lets see what will happen with those ones.

Yea Chelsea winning with 1 goal wasn't good... Waited to see 2 or 3 goals at least which should boost the team and reassure fans 
Anyway they got the expected 3 points and secured temporarily the 3rd spot.

[nelson4lov]

Premier league is getting more interesting but also ending very soon. Chelsea managed to get a very important win, they guaranteed their third spot for at least one more week, even if leicester beats sheffield they are going to stay at fourth.

That's why Premier League is regarded as the best league (If it hasn't changed)  in the world. It's packed with a lot of action. Unlike other leagues, you have to struggle real hard to stay afloat and dominate. Norwich didn't really have anything to lose. Their fate is already sealed for relegation.

With yesterday's win, Chelsea is one step closer (just needs at least 2 points) to cement their place in the 3rd spot. It's now left for Leicester city and Man united to battle it out since they both wasted their opportunities.  

[-CryptoViking-]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

I watch WBA matches as of late, mostly because of Slaven Bilic and Goran Ivanisevic  I hope Bilic gets another chance in Premier , I would love to watch that so I'm betting on WBA and Leeds to go through directly.

Bielsa "El Locco" is one of my favorite coaches , love his approach to high pressing football, even watched quite a lot of his coaching seminars and that men is a genius. If you add them them to Premier you can clearly see that they will have fun matches to watch.

[Swordsoffreedom]

 Honestly even 1-0 for chelsea looks to be scary, normally when you are talking about one of the best teams in premier league to the team thats at the very bottom, you would expect a bigger score. This is the league we saw 9-0 this year, obviously a record and rarely ever seen, but 1-0 for this game looks quite dangerous and with just lucky attack Norwich could have gotten away with a draw as well. I think chelsea should have won a lot easier, like 3-0 or so and they had the talent to do that over Norwich normally.

 Premier league is getting more interesting but also ending very soon. Chelsea managed to get a very important win, they guaranteed their third spot for at least one more week, even if leicester beats sheffield they are going to stay at fourth. But there is 2 more games left, lets see what will happen with those ones.

Yea Chelsea winning with 1 goal wasn't good... Waited to see 2 or 3 goals at least which should boost the team and reassure fans 
Anyway they got the expected 3 points and secured temporarily the 3rd spot.

you are right . chelsea is not played good in this match .  we expected  a much better performance from chelsea. because we know that norwich city is not that much good team like chelsea .  so i expected chelsea to easily win by 2 or 3 goals . chelsea are  loosing their nobility  . chelsea need to be more stable . chelsea players need to work more harder .

[casperBGD]

 Honestly even 1-0 for chelsea looks to be scary, normally when you are talking about one of the best teams in premier league to the team thats at the very bottom, you would expect a bigger score. This is the league we saw 9-0 this year, obviously a record and rarely ever seen, but 1-0 for this game looks quite dangerous and with just lucky attack Norwich could have gotten away with a draw as well. I think chelsea should have won a lot easier, like 3-0 or so and they had the talent to do that over Norwich normally.

 Premier league is getting more interesting but also ending very soon. Chelsea managed to get a very important win, they guaranteed their third spot for at least one more week, even if leicester beats sheffield they are going to stay at fourth. But there is 2 more games left, lets see what will happen with those ones.

Yea Chelsea winning with 1 goal wasn't good... Waited to see 2 or 3 goals at least which should boost the team and reassure fans 
Anyway they got the expected 3 points and secured temporarily the 3rd spot.

you are right . chelsea is not played good in this match .  we expected  a much better performance from chelsea. because we know that norwich city is not that much good team like chelsea .  so i expected chelsea to easily win by 2 or 3 goals . chelsea are  loosing their nobility  . chelsea need to be more stable . chelsea players need to work more harder .

agree that Chelsea was not great, but for them, three points are three points that leave them alone on spot three on the table, and now when City is back in Europe, for CL spot they need to be third or fourth, so this is the most important thing for them

it is better to win when you are not at your maximum, then to win with a great margin and best performance that you have, champions are winning when they are not great (not a Chelsea fan, but this is a fact)

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Very poor performance from the boys if you ask me, yeah we won but leading by just one goal in a game as importance and decisive as it was, was a very risky one. Giroud needs to up his game, he could have easily scored more goals if he finished properly by hitting the ball well and had. Williams has been superb since the restart of the league and I think he deserves the 3 years contract he's seeking for instead of the 2years Lampard has offered him.

We have very tough opponents next in all competition back to back, from United to Liverpool, wolves and bayern but judging from the way the boys played yesterday, I'm not convinced if we can win all matches. I was just disappointed last night but happy we got the 3 points anyway.

[Naida_BR]

Very poor performance from the boys if you ask me, yeah we won but leading by just one goal in a game as importance and decisive as it was, was a very risky one. Giroud needs to up his game, he could have easily scored more goals if he finished properly by hitting the ball well and had. Williams has been superb since the restart of the league and I think he deserves the 3 years contract he's seeking for instead of the 2years Lampard has offered him.

We have very tough opponents next in all competition back to back, from United to Liverpool, wolves and bayern but judging from the way the boys played yesterday, I'm not convinced if we can win all matches. I was just disappointed last night but happy we got the 3 points anyway.

It is the end of the season and it is normal for them to think and plan about the next season.
Indeed the performance was very poor and they might have lost the point in the end but we look on the positive side. Keep it up for the third position blues.

[leea-1334]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

Leeds missed out last season but it looks like they managed to stay on track this time and I think they might be feeling better that they did not immediately promote or they might end up like Norwich back down. I think they need one more win, but WBA just drew so that does leave the door still open for another 2nd place finish.

In fact a lot more teams could win playoff stage. Too bad Derby (Rooney) cannot make it it looks like.

[Daniel91]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

I watch WBA matches as of late, mostly because of Slaven Bilic and Goran Ivanisevic   I hope Bilic gets another chance in Premier , I would love to watch that so I'm betting on WBA and Leeds to go through directly.

Bielsa "El Locco" is one of my favorite coaches , love his approach to high pressing football, even watched quite a lot of his coaching seminars and that men is a genius. If you add them them to Premier you can clearly see that they will have fun matches to watch.

I also hope that WBA will win direct promotion but it will be very difficult.
WBA now has just 4 points advantage (probably it will be only 1 point from today ) and 2 difficult matches to play until the end.
Brentford is very good at the moment and WBA didn't play well in the last 2 matches.
This league is probably the most difficult in the world but hoping the best for WBA mainly because of Bilic 😀
Would like to see him as coach again in Premier League 

[Rikafip]

It's going to be a very nervy end to the season for WBA, couple of slip ups since the restart has opened up the space for Brentford to possibly enter an automatic spot which makes for a more dramatic season finale, but their destiny is still in their hands with two games to go. I however think that they (Brentford) would be playing in the top flight next season whichever route they follow.

I think that WBA is still pretty solid lately, but problem for them is that Brentford is kicking asses lately, if you count that one win before break, they are on the 6 in a row. And yeah I agree,  even if Brentford doesn't secure that 2nd sport, they should win the promotion through playoff (if they keep playing like this, but Fulham is pretty good as well ).

I remember Bilic from his time at Westham, quite andl eccentric manager, would love to see him again in the EPL.

Bilic is not your average manager that can only talk about football and has no clue about anything else. Guy has law degree and plays guitar in rock band so he really sticks out. Classy and cool guy, football needs more managers like him.

[-CryptoViking-]

Which team(s) are you most looking forward to seeing in the EPL next season?

I sure hope that Leeds and WBA get those promotions. Leeds because I like that club since late 90s and that  crazy guy Bielsa that they have on the bench. Regarding WBA, they play some nice attacking football + they have Bilic whom i like as a coach.

While I think that Leeds will almost certainly win direct promotion, it's hard to predict 2nd one. WBA has 4 points advantage and 1 game more played (they just played 0-0 vs Fulham tonight), but Brentford is on a winning streak, winning all 5 games since season restarted and they have 3 easy games (at least on paper) until the end.

I watch WBA matches as of late, mostly because of Slaven Bilic and Goran Ivanisevic   I hope Bilic gets another chance in Premier , I would love to watch that so I'm betting on WBA and Leeds to go through directly.

Bielsa "El Locco" is one of my favorite coaches , love his approach to high pressing football, even watched quite a lot of his coaching seminars and that men is a genius. If you add them them to Premier you can clearly see that they will have fun matches to watch.

I also hope that WBA will win direct promotion but it will be very difficult.
WBA now has just 4 points advantage (probably it will be only 1 point from today ) and 2 difficult matches to play until the end.
Brentford is very good at the moment and WBA didn't play well in the last 2 matches.
This league is probably the most difficult in the world but hoping the best for WBA mainly because of Bilic 😀
Would like to see him as coach again in Premier League 

Yeah Championship is one crazy hard league to play in. It's for die hards only, there is no mercy, tons of matches, tough tackles and duels. At least it build characters for young players which is extremely important. If more leagues were like that we would have much higher quality of football to watch, concentration of quality and few points difference between 6th and 12th says it all.

About WBA , despite having few tough matches left, their destiny is in their hands after all, all they need to do is win     Simple and yet quite complicated 

[Globb0]

Lots of football today,



and now its the run in, few games to go

[cryptofrka]

Anybody thinking about 5+ goals in today's game between Liverpool and Arsenal?
Both offensive and dynamic teams with nothing to play for, and with a tendency of high scoring games between them in the past.

Arsenal is a team that suits Liverpool's style and I think Liverpool will score a few, but Arsenal is also a team that can score a few in quick succession and they have Aubameyang fighting for the golden boot.

Over 5,5 goals is placed at 8,50, I really think it's worth the gamble. Over 4,5 is at 4,35, also great odds for a bit safer bet.