Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[Pab]

I think that if Manchester United doesn't win the game tomorrow Mourinho should be the first to resign or if he doesn't do that he should be fired by the club.

I think Arsenal is going to win tomorrow and with a goal difference of more than one goal. If they repeat the gameplay they did against Tottenham they will win against Manchester United too and with goals difference.

Arsenal is much more integrated team
Even if they are down during game they are able to bounce back and win
Emery did really great job
United is unpredictable but Arsenal will not give them a gift like Juve did
So Arsenal to win and Mou blaming everybody around


Bang already 1-0 Arsenal

[tomahawk9]

Burnley - Liverpool: Didn't watch the game but I saw the score at the 60 min and it was 1-0 for Burnley, a quick glance at Liverpool's formation made me wonder: "why are they playing with a 4-3-1-2 system?", and it seems like Klopp realized he messed it up all with that system and decided to go with the usual 4-3-3 by bringing Salah and Firmino onto the pitch and...the game ended 1-3, great result for Liverpool.

Wolves - Chelsea: I didn't expect Chelsea to drop points today, let alone to lose against Wolverhampton...I wonder what happened?

Man Utd - Arsenal: that was a pretty entertaining game, especially because it was so unpredictable, I mean, I certainly didn't expect Arsenal to have a brain fart and concede a goal 30 secs later after going up 2-1...poor performance from both defence. Btw, 4th consecutive game without a win for Manchester United.

[o_e_l_e_o]

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Liverpool's third goal in extra time by Shaqiri was a thing of beauty: https://streamable.com/x5ju4

Allison made a magnificent save, without which the game would likely have ended 2-2. He then kept it in play to deny Burnley a corner, and after he threw it to Sturridge, 4 touches and it was in the back of Burnley's net. Sturridge, Salah and Shaqiri all had beautiful touches. What a great goal.

Compare that goal to the United - Arsenal game, haha. Almost zero fluidity or teamwork on either side, and 4 of the worst goals we've ever seen in the Premier League.

[buwaytress]

Well, how about that? We all knew Wolves are just too good not to be able to beat one of the Big4/6, and remember they did cause City to lose their first two points. They're not only meeting Liverpool soon in the league too, also matched up in 1 of 2 all EPL FA Cup Round 3 ties. It's a crazy next 7 games for Liverpool - United, Napoli and Arsenal to meet, so no suprise we even started with Moreno last night.

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Liverpool's third goal in extra time by Shaqiri was a thing of beauty: https://streamable.com/x5ju4

Allison made a magnificent save, without which the game would likely have ended 2-2. He then kept it in play to deny Burnley a corner, and after he threw it to Sturridge, 4 touches and it was in the back of Burnley's net. Sturridge, Salah and Shaqiri all had beautiful touches. What a great goal.

Compare that goal to the United - Arsenal game, haha. Almost zero fluidity or teamwork on either side, and 4 of the worst goals we've ever seen in the Premier League.

So good to see Bobby come on and score in minutes, and of course Salah got the nice assist to add to Shaqiri's tally (but we should credit Burnley for attacking at 2-1 or we wouldn't have been able to hit on the counter). We've got quite a number of quick counter goals this season, but a sweet win on the road nevertheless, best record in EPL for us keeps getting better. We're still FAR from our best so this is very good news... and City can't seem to rely on Jesus, so Aguero's all they got that's reliable. Just hope they slip up before we meet in January.

[emberbekas]

The first goal created by Jack Cork surprised me a lot. But fortunately Liverpool immediately got up and turned things around. Liverpool showed their class at last night's match even though their opponents were not really in keeping with. Burnley is in the relegation zone. The next fixture will be against AFC Bournemouth, away game, which is more tough than today's game I think.

[swogerino]

The first goal created by Jack Cork surprised me a lot. But fortunately Liverpool immediately got up and turned things around. Liverpool showed their class at last night's match even though their opponents were not really in keeping with. Burnley is in the relegation zone. The next fixture will be against AFC Bournemouth, away game, which is more tough than today's game I think.

If Liverpool was to panic after being in disadvantage they would have risked not only not winning the game but their gap to Manchester City would be even bigger so it is a good thing that Liverpool did turn things around calmly.

Even if they would panic I would understand them, they came from a derby which they won in 96 minute which impacts players when being in disadvantage. It will be a busy time for Premier League now up to January so Liverpool should stay in top form.

[Barcode_]

Even though Arsenal allowed Manchester United to equalize twice in the match yesterday, and the equalizer goal scored by Jesse Lingard might just show the sloppy defense of Arsenal which needs more improvement, but I guess it is still quite acceptable for Arsenal to achieve a draw since they are playing Manchester United at the stadium of Old Trafford. At the very least, Arsenal are still in the race to become one of the top 4 teams on the English Premier League table at the end of this season.

[KingZee]

Even though Arsenal allowed Manchester United to equalize twice in the match yesterday, and the equalizer goal scored by Jesse Lingard might just show the sloppy defense of Arsenal which needs more improvement,

While I absolutely hate how Arsenal gave 2 free goals, (I also don't think it's acceptable compared to their performance so far); I wouldn't blame it all on "sloppy defense". Mourinho probably pushed Utd to play a very aggressive tactic, he didn't let Arsenal have any chances. With 3 yellow cards and 13 fouls, every time Arsenal had a chance of a counter-attack, Utd just fouled to break their momentum and keep them from scoring. De Gea also picked up his pace by a mile at the end, basically saving Utd by a thread twice from ending with a 2-3.. I honestly hated the game but there's no denying it was completely Arsenal's fault for both goals on them.

[tokeweed]

^  Man United would've actually won if not for Rojo's error leading to a goal and an own goal.  Lol.  What a bad night for him.  Oh well...

[Wete]

Even though Arsenal allowed Manchester United to equalize twice in the match yesterday, and the equalizer goal scored by Jesse Lingard might just show the sloppy defense of Arsenal which needs more improvement, but I guess it is still quite acceptable for Arsenal to achieve a draw since they are playing Manchester United at the stadium of Old Trafford. At the very least, Arsenal are still in the race to become one of the top 4 teams on the English Premier League table at the end of this season.

Perhaps fans of Arsenal are disappointed with their defense, but at least with a draw still keeping their hopes of ending this season in the top 4 of the standings. And it is hard for Manchester United to not get up immediately, they are 8 points adrift of the 4th place ranking. if it's still like this I think it's hard for Manchester United to play in the champions league next season.

[yinoye]

Being an arsenal fc fan, I was a little bit disappointed yesterday because we could have come out of the match with a precious win. Lacazette used all he had in him to score that second goal only to have his efforts wasted by a sloppy defence seconds after.

[o_e_l_e_o]

While I absolutely hate how Arsenal gave 2 free goals, (I also don't think it's acceptable compared to their performance so far); I wouldn't blame it all on "sloppy defense".

I agree there was more at play here, but their defense was atrocious. Look at United's second goal (https://streamable.com/ho7f8 starting around 2 minutes). Arsenal's defending looked like when you press the "call another defender" button in Fifa or PES. 4 of them just running blindly at the ball, doing nothing useful, and Kolasinac ends up passing it straight to Lingard. And yeah, yet again De Gea is the only thing saving United from certain defeat.

they are 8 points adrift of the 4th place ranking.

Before the start of the season they were title contenders. Within a few weeks that changed to an easy top 4 finish. Now they are looking like they will struggle for a top 6 spot. I think Mou will be sacked when they are inevitably knocked out of the Champion's League.

[tomahawk9]

I think Mou will be sacked when they are inevitably knocked out of the Champion's League.

Absolutely, that's basically the only thing keeping Mou on the team right now, the board doesn't care about the league anymore since the team is 18 pts behind Man City, the only real objective right now is the Champions League, some people would say the other objective is finishing in the top 4 at the end of the season, but i'd say the board doesn't care about that either since they didn't sack Mou back in 2017 when they finished in 6th place.

[bering]

Although Arsenal are not get full point because they were draw against Manchester United several weeks ago but at least they still unbeaten 20 games in all competitions and i think Unay Emery has been make this team more better than Wenger and if Arsenal consistent then they will be strong contender for race title this season

[LFC_Bitcoin]

This weekends fixtures below (all kick off times GMT)

Liverpool can go top with a win against Bournemouth in the early kick off, be good to put the pressure on Man City.


Sat 8 Dec 2018
Bournemouth vs Liverpool - 12:30pm
Arsenal vs Huddersfield - 3pm
Burnley vs Brighton - 3pm
Cardiff vs Southampton - 3pm
Man Utd vs Fulham - 3pm
West Ham vs Crystal Palace - 3pm
Chelsea vs Man City - 5:30pm
Leicester vs Spurs - 7:45pm

Sun 9 Dec 2018
Newcastle vs Wolves - 4pm

Mon 10 Dec 2018
Everton vs Watford - 8pm

[tokeweed]

Anybody here know of any good streams for the EPL and the CL?  Thanks.

And if anybody in here is a Kodi user which recent addon is good to watch live EPL/CL?  I haven't used Kodi in a while now since the crack down.

[dmamigo]

Although Arsenal are not get full point because they were draw against Manchester United several weeks ago but at least they still unbeaten 20 games in all competitions and i think Unay Emery has been make this team more better than Wenger and if Arsenal consistent then they will be strong contender for race title this season

I think Man. City, Totts and Liverpool have a fair chance of claiming this season cup and the league title. Arsenal is playing good, no doubt but the top 3 currently is playing way better. Though we cannot deny this is EPL and making a 100% prediction is nearly impossible. I am looking to see Totts or Liverpool claiming the league title, not my favorite, just like there gameplay this season.

[o_e_l_e_o]

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I disagree. The season will go to either City or Liverpool. Spurs haven't been beating the big teams, losing to Liverpool, City and Arsenal so far this season (although they did beat Chelsea). Arsenal are in the same boat, losing to City and Chelsea, and drawing to Liverpool and United. Both Spurs and Arsenal have been mostly consistent against the rest of the table, but with both Liverpool and City being unbeaten so far, and conceding less goals combined (City on 7 and Liverpool on 6) than either Spurs (16) or Arsenal (20), I really don't think they have a chance for top spot unless both City and Liverpool have a complete meltdown.

I've never really had a team in the Premier League, but I love Klopp and Salah won me Fantasy Football last year, so I'd love to see Liverpool take it.

[hilariousetc]

This weekends fixtures below (all kick off times GMT)

Liverpool can go top with a win against Bournemouth in the early kick off, be good to put the pressure on Man City.

I think they've got a good chance of going top, but both are difficult fixtures and I could see draws in both of them.

Anybody here know of any good streams for the EPL and the CL?  Thanks.

And if anybody in here is a Kodi user which recent addon is good to watch live EPL/CL?  I haven't used Kodi in a while now since the crack down.

Just buy an IPTV package. Plenty of people selling them on the forum here for a reasonable price. I'll never buy Sky Sports unless they start showing all the 3 o'clock kick-offs.

Although Arsenal are not get full point because they were draw against Manchester United several weeks ago but at least they still unbeaten 20 games in all competitions and i think Unay Emery has been make this team more better than Wenger and if Arsenal consistent then they will be strong contender for race title this season

I think Man. City, Totts and Liverpool have a fair chance of claiming this season cup and the league title. Arsenal is playing good, no doubt but the top 3 currently is playing way better. Though we cannot deny this is EPL and making a 100% prediction is nearly impossible. I am looking to see Totts or Liverpool claiming the league title, not my favorite, just like there gameplay this season.

Spurs are certainly still in with a shot, but it's pretty much a two team race between Liverpool and City now unless either of them screw up which I can't see many teams taking points from either of them. I want Liverpool to win the title but I think City might be a bit too strong for them. They're both playing each other on the third of Jan so that could be the decider.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

@hilarious - It’s getting to that time of year when there’s a lot of games. Tiredness will be a factor, as you said it wouldn’t surprise me to see what some might call unexpected results. There will be some points dropped by the big teams.