Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[yoseph]

Just finished watching Pallace vs. City. The game ended with a draw and it could prove to be very costly for city. Jesus and Debruyne picked up nasty injuries and now we have to wait for medical reports. Just hope these are not season ending injuries with world cup in the summer as well.

This is the best news i have had in recent weeks and it was rather unfortunate that Crystal Palace failed to win the game after they got a penalty only to miss it in the 92nd minute of playing time. Well they have at least put an end to the winning streak of Manchester City and with both Gabriel Jesus and their number one playmaker injured, i think things will soon come crumbling down for Pep Guardiola's side.

I think that Guardiola would have preferred to lose this match but not risk losing 2 of his best players due to injury!
the Premier League has already been won, but if the 2 injuries are serious they will have a negative effect on the results of the champion's league

Guardiola will not be able to win the Champions League with his currently assembled team at Manchester City, I am sure the likes of PSG. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be able tto beat them quiet easily and they better concentrate on the Premier League which is not over yet.

[tomahawk9]

The inevitable has happened to manchester city, injuries.. Apparently, Gabriel Jesus will be out for 1 or 2 months, according to Man City's official twitter, and KDB might not be able to play against Watford. At least Man City has the squad depth necessary for moments like this.

I think it's time Guardiola begins rotations, especially on key players like KDB, Otamendi, Sterling.

Also, everyone's talking about the injuries, but we forgot that the draw today means that Manchester City finally ended their winning streak record (19 games). A record that will most likely give them the EPL trophy.

[daarul50]

Just finished watching Pallace vs. City. The game ended with a draw and it could prove to be very costly for city. Jesus and Debruyne picked up nasty injuries and now we have to wait for medical reports. Just hope these are not season ending injuries with world cup in the summer as well.

This is the best news i have had in recent weeks and it was rather unfortunate that Crystal Palace failed to win the game after they got a penalty only to miss it in the 92nd minute of playing time. Well they have at least put an end to the winning streak of Manchester City and with both Gabriel Jesus and their number one playmaker injured, i think things will soon come crumbling down for Pep Guardiola's side.

I think that Guardiola would have preferred to lose this match but not risk losing 2 of his best players due to injury!
the Premier League has already been won, but if the 2 injuries are serious they will have a negative effect on the results of the champion's league

Guardiola will not be able to win the Champions League with his currently assembled team at Manchester City, I am sure the likes of PSG. Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be able tto beat them quiet easily and they better concentrate on the Premier League which is not over yet.

I think so too. Manchester City's greatness in the Premier League is because they have never met with strong teams in other leagues. But, if they can beat other teams of leagues other than the Premier League then surely they can get UCL trophies this season. However, I think Manchester City's better to focus on the Premier League even though they are already in the wind to get the trophy this season.

[Lionidas]

And again another bad result for manchester united, even with pogba manchester united still can't make it. If this thing keep happened, i think mourinho will get sacked. 55% ball possession with 15 goal attempts still can't make a single goal for man united.

Didn't watch the game yesterday, but something is obviously wrong in red part of Manchester. I have a feeling they have to bring another big name during transfer window to wake the team a bit and stay in fight for Champions League places next season. City is out of their reach for sure.

Another big name?
They are over their salary cap by leaps and bounds I would imagine with the swede king on injury and now Lukaku.
They are a sinking ship with Mourinho at the helm.
And now matter how much money they can throw they can not save the crew from drowning.

Get rid of the coach is the only resolve if you have spent as much as you can on top players from the other leagues around the globe.

[BitcoinMarshal]

The inevitable has happened to manchester city, injuries.. Apparently, Gabriel Jesus will be out for 1 or 2 months, according to Man City's official twitter, and KDB might not be able to play against Watford. At least Man City has the squad depth necessary for moments like this.

I think it's time Guardiola begins rotations, especially on key players like KDB, Otamendi, Sterling.

Also, everyone's talking about the injuries, but we forgot that the draw today means that Manchester City finally ended their winning streak record (19 games). A record that will most likely give them the EPL trophy.

Currently these injuries cannot stop Manchester City because they already much ahead of other opponents but Guardiola need to be very careful as now crucial time in Premier League for them today first game end in draw after long time but good thing we have some other draw games also

[DIA7]

And again another bad result for manchester united, even with pogba manchester united still can't make it. If this thing keep happened, i think mourinho will get sacked. 55% ball possession with 15 goal attempts still can't make a single goal for man united.

Didn't watch the game yesterday, but something is obviously wrong in red part of Manchester. I have a feeling they have to bring another big name during transfer window to wake the team a bit and stay in fight for Champions League places next season. City is out of their reach for sure.

Another big name?
They are over their salary cap by leaps and bounds I would imagine with the swede king on injury and now Lukaku.
They are a sinking ship with Mourinho at the helm.
And now matter how much money they can throw they can not save the crew from drowning.

Get rid of the coach is the only resolve if you have spent as much as you can on top players from the other leagues around the globe.

I don't think that they are going to sack Mourinho yet after somehow a successful season and this season wasn't that bad . They had been in a much worser situations and they didn't change their mangers the first sack for Moyes was when they lost at home against Moyes previous team Everton and it costed them no European Competition for that season and for LVG he was sacked after not fulfilling his target by getting a Championsleague spot I wouldn't be surprised if Mourinho stays even if he misses to achieve something this season .their last transfer news suggests that Pogba is helping them negotiation over Paulo Dybala getting him will definitely boost their offensive statues with him they wouldn't just relay in Lukaku to score goals.

[arallmuus]

Currently these injuries cannot stop Manchester City because they already much ahead of other opponents but Guardiola need to be very careful as now crucial time in Premier League for them today first game end in draw after long time but good thing we have some other draw games also

For now they have more points compared with the others but that doesnt mean they will continue like that. Dont you know that there will be alot more schedule for them in 2018? That means Guardiola will need to have some reserve player otherwise fatigue might be taking its toll for his player.

They are gradually losing the momentum here will one injury but if they handle it properly by signing some player then it wont really be a snowball effect for them but we'll see how thing goes

[brascopck]

What a stupid pinalty from Crystal palace, imagine if they can make a goal on that pinalty. Manchester city will stopped and not get 1 points. but congrats for palace, they succes stop man city winning streak and also many important player injured like de bryune.

[tokeweed]

What a stupid pinalty from Crystal palace, imagine if they can make a goal on that pinalty. Manchester city will stopped and not get 1 points. but congrats for palace, they succes stop man city winning streak and also many important player injured like de bryune.

And Gabriel de Jesus.  He's out for a month and a half according to some reports.  The good thing about it is City will have no choice but make Aguero their premier striker once again (yes!).  

Anyway, I would expect some unpredictable results for these midweek fixtures since the players could be so fatigued due to their schedule by now.

[Trofo]

Anyway, I would expect some unpredictable results for these midweek fixtures since the players could be so fatigued due to their schedule by now.

Premier league really has hectic schedule around New Year. Yesterday Arsenal played finished with their game and closed one gameweek and today we already have another one starting at 13:30. Most teams are playing games every 2 days. Impossible for players to recuperate, but great for us, the supporters

[Vasilije69]

What do you guys think, does Virgin Van Dijk really worth that much money?

My personal opinion is that whole transfer market went crazy, so that might not be too much for great defender. We will see if he will show that potential.

Even Neymar was not worth the price. Neymar's crazy transfer will be the start of many players who have high prices. Virgil Van Dijk has started. I doubt if Neymar is not appreciated that expensive, Van Dijk would not be that expensive. I would not be surprised if there will be a lot of players who are not so good but have a high price.

the need of Liverpool of a Defender have pushed them to get him for that tremendous fee in my opinion his worth in the Current time is something close to 50million Euros. And Liverpool needs him now more then ever because they know that the fight for top 4 will require from them to be more stable at the back and if they managed to finish in top 4 they would payed the extra 35million Euros via qualifications to Championsleague by then he would probably prove that he worth something if he is not worth it and they got him for like 10Million it would have been a waiste of time ad money the best thing is that they know they have a problem at the back and now they will do whatever to fix it.

Yes, you are right. THey needed to rush for him, because they needed to fix problems in defence. Just look at Lovren, his defence is criminal.

[Juggy777]

Anyway, I would expect some unpredictable results for these midweek fixtures since the players could be so fatigued due to their schedule by now.

Premier league really has hectic schedule around New Year. Yesterday Arsenal played finished with their game and closed one gameweek and today we already have another one starting at 13:30. Most teams are playing games every 2 days. Impossible for players to recuperate, but great for us, the supporters

It is really pathetic on the part of premier league to have such kind of fixtures, how is one team even supposed to be completely ready to recover and try and win, this way it will be all draws and more injuries. I feel its time supporters and clubs made their voice clear, that such chaotic scheduling needs to be stopped and done away with. I do hope for Jose Mourinho sake Man Utd wins it tonight or his sack is almost confirmed, it will be only a question of if not when. He's really disappointing these days<  

[Vasilije69]

So, finally someone ended City's winning streak. That needed to happen once, but, personally, I didn't think Crystal Palace would be that team.
Maybe it's due to long schedule and fatigue.

[joebrook]

So, finally someone ended City's winning streak. That needed to happen once, but, personally, I didn't think Crystal Palace would be that team.
Maybe it's due to long schedule and fatigue.

There shouldn't be any excuse for that at all, Roy Hodgson had a great strategy and it worked very well, Manchester City could managed just four shot on target during the entire game and that goes to show how Crystal Palace didn't get them the chance to play their kind of football.

[emberbekas]

So, finally someone ended City's winning streak. That needed to happen once, but, personally, I didn't think Crystal Palace would be that team.
Maybe it's due to long schedule and fatigue.

There shouldn't be any excuse for that at all, Roy Hodgson had a great strategy and it worked very well, Manchester City could managed just four shot on target during the entire game and that goes to show how Crystal Palace didn't get them the chance to play their kind of football.

The hectic schedule of leagues in the UK makes big teams struggle to rotate their players. The previous result was not so bad for me. Despite failing to win the game, at least Manchester City wasn't lost the game and still leads the standings with the difference in points that are fairly distant.

[aso118]

The first match of the New Year is Brighton vs Bournemouth. The teams are placed almost at par in the league tables, with only 2 points separating them. Brighton has taken an early lead in this match, with a goal in the fifth minute by Anthony Knockaert.

[Vasilije69]

My bet for today is: Burnley-Liverpool over 2.5 goals.
Considering last Liverpool's matches, this bet should be easy one.
Who consider themselves braver, try over 3.5 goals.

[DIA7]

Burnley did not get a win in the past 4 games they still a solid team and they possible to push for a draw against Liverpool. They know it will be a difficult to stop the reds from scoring but with their star Mohamed Salah in Doubt for appearances so I think we wouldn't see a lot of goals in this game Burnley have a strong back side though to crack through they showed us that against Manchester United also clarets side managed to grab a point in the first meeting between those two at anfield so my betting tip for this game is under 2.5 goals as the hosts only conceded 6 goals at home and scored 7 across 10 games in the league.

[cho99]

My bet for today is: Burnley-Liverpool over 2.5 goals.
Considering last Liverpool's matches, this bet should be easy one.
Who consider themselves braver, try over 3.5 goals.

I think Liverpool match is a tricky game because Liverpool was never a team with a winning streak . They always hit a wall after 2  or 3 good game and considering Burnley last game's record it will not be an easy game for Liverpool . I see no many goals in this game and maybe to drop this game is the best thing to do

[ralle14]

Liverpool looks shaky last saturday. I'll take Burnley +1 looking at their past 10 results they only lost by more than a goal and it's against Tottenham. I took Burnley as my play because after what happened against Liverpool last weekend. The last time they faced last year it end with a draw who knows it could happen again.