Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[swogerino]

I wonder what is the reason that this week there are only four Premier League games and none of them is interesting at all.Except Manchester City all other big teams are not playing.I think that based on what I have seen before as a regular viewer of the Premier League except Manchester City game these other games can be an under 2.5 goals.

[Globb0]

I found Chelsea vs ManU and Leicester vs Wolves games are the best these days.
Chelsea is good indeed and ManU has good players. Both teams have won only one time in the last five games in EPL with ManU losing 3 times... Chelsea Odds remain better imo but we may see surprises. I think Chelsea 2-1 ManU and Leicester 1-1 Wolves, maybe!

The match will not be held this week but next week.
This week's EPL match will only have 8 clubs competing
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Brighton vs Watford
Sheff Utd vs Bournemouth
Man City vs West Ham
you can see here https://www.premierleague.com/fixtures
In my opinion only the match between Man City vs West Ham is awaited to see if City can win 3 points to reduce the points gap from LFC.

It doesn't matter imo for the city to reduce the gap from Liverpool, it's already over for this season with that 22 points gap. Maybe a win for the spot in champions league.



If Liverpool can win their next 6 matches, they can lift the trophy on crystal palace match.

Its moving backwards it was to be the city game.

Maybe they will win it at Watford?   

[leea-1334]

I wonder what is the reason that this week there are only four Premier League games and none of them is interesting at all.Except Manchester City all other big teams are not playing.I think that based on what I have seen before as a regular viewer of the Premier League except Manchester City game these other games can be an under 2.5 goals.

Winter break is happening for the first time in English Premier League but they are doing it a little differently from the other leagues. I also only know what I read from the Spurs updates but they divided the table into 2 halves and the first half of them is taking the break now, so next week they will come back and these teams playing this weekend will take their break next week. I like it:)

[tokeweed]

I feel like people are undermining the "park the bus" approach of Mourinho too much, I mean dude has made a career out of that type of style of football and basically managed a ton of amazing clubs and now he is a manager for a top 5 football club in premier league.

I get the fact that we do say bad things about any manager if we want to and we can do it and have the right to do so but telling it like it is something marvelously simple that anyone can do it is simply wrong. Plus his style of football is becoming a norm in football nowadays, teams do pass around in their own fields and then just send a big long pass to someone ahead for a counter attack chance or at least make sure the player is 1v1 as much as possible, look at all other teams that does the same thing, nobody plays the tiki taka football of 10 years ago anymore.

I think he's moving away from it (watch City vs Spurs).  His staff behind him are mostly new and he prolly did that to get fresh ideas.  His right hand is a guy who used to work at Lille in Ligue 1.

[FlamingFingers]

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Chelsea next 3 meetings:

1) Chelsea vs Man Utd. (EPL)
2) Chelsea vs Spurs. (EPL)

Tough couple of fixtures. Man Utd would still want to maintain bragging rights. Mourinho on the other hand won't want to be beaten again by someone he was coached and mentored. So at best, A Chelsea draw. otherwise, a Spurs win.  I'm not that sure of Bayern these days. Their performance has been mediocre and lacklustre.

As a Manchester United fan I love this fixture a lot, and I hope that Ole and his boys can beat Chelsea again as they had beaten them comfortably when the season had started. It’ll also be interesting to see Jose vs Lampard once again and if I know Jose well he’ll do everything to beat Lampard, and secure the top 4 spot for Tottenham.

Hopefully Ighalo perform better for Manchester United,  and make a great impact for United,  with the recent form of Man Utd, the game against Chelsea might end up in a draw,  I don't see a wide win margin as we've seen at the beginning of the season

[Lucas*]

Brighton will face Watford, it will be an important game for both teams especially the difference between both teams is just 3 points, Brighton with 26 points in the 15th place and Watford with 23 points in the 19th place, both teams will do their best to win this game and secure the 3 points, I will bet for over 3 goals in this game.

[DeathAngel]

Brighton will face Watford, it will be an important game for both teams especially the difference between both teams is just 3 points, Brighton with 26 points in the 15th place and Watford with 23 points in the 19th place, both teams will do their best to win this game and secure the 3 points, I will bet for over 3 goals in this game.

Huge game at the bottom of the table, Watford can’t really afford to lose this one. If Brighton win it’d be huge for them as it’d take them further away from the bottom.

[cytpoway121]

<snip>
Chelsea next 3 meetings:

1) Chelsea vs Man Utd. (EPL)
2) Chelsea vs Spurs. (EPL)

Tough couple of fixtures. Man Utd would still want to maintain bragging rights. Mourinho on the other hand won't want to be beaten again by someone he was coached and mentored. So at best, A Chelsea draw. otherwise, a Spurs win.  I'm not that sure of Bayern these days. Their performance has been mediocre and lacklustre.

As a Manchester United fan I love this fixture a lot, and I hope that Ole and his boys can beat Chelsea again as they had beaten them comfortably when the season had started. It’ll also be interesting to see Jose vs Lampard once again and if I know Jose well he’ll do everything to beat Lampard, and secure the top 4 spot for Tottenham.

Hopefully Ighalo perform better for Manchester United,  and make a great impact for United,  with the recent form of Man Utd, the game against Chelsea might end up in a draw,  I don't see a wide win margin as we've seen at the beginning of the season

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

Irregardless for manchester united form, they have been very impressive while playing in the big games, and chelsea i would say has been a good team for manchester united.
I see a straightforward victory for united, perhaps a 1-3 or 0-2 victory.

Chelsea selection will be weird considering the champions league match, lets see whatever Lampard does.

[Upgrade00]

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

As a Nigerian I would love to see him flourish at United. United are no longer the dominant team which the once were and in matches they find themselves spending lots of time without the ball. Ighalo would be a perfect fit as he plays with space picking out the chances and finishing it off.

Chelsea selection will be weird considering the champions league match, lets see whatever Lampard does.

Difficult to pick which fixture should get priority. The race for top four is heating up, and the blues would not want to drop points to the reds.

[Naida_BR]

Chelsea selection will be weird considering the champions league match, lets see whatever Lampard does.

I think that Lampard is going to do rotation.
He shows big interest in Champions League games.
Bayern is going to be tired after the derby against Leipzig so it is a great chance for him to get an advantage in this knockout.

[BitSat19]

Chelsea selection will be weird considering the champions league match, lets see whatever Lampard does.

I think that Lampard is going to do rotation.
He shows big interest in Champions League games.
Bayern is going to be tired after the derby against Leipzig so it is a great chance for him to get an advantage in this knockout.

Now Lampard is doing good as in start too much problems for him but as time is running and he is gaining good experience which is helping him now they can stay in last four which is good for him in first season but still Bayern is big challenge which they can handle even its going to be very tough.

[DIA7]

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

As a Nigerian I would love to see him flourish at United. United are no longer the dominant team which the once were and in matches they find themselves spending lots of time without the ball. Ighalo would be a perfect fit as he plays with space picking out the chances and finishing it off.

Chelsea selection will be weird considering the champions league match, lets see whatever Lampard does.

Difficult to pick which fixture should get priority. The race for top four is heating up, and the blues would not want to drop points to the reds.

yeah ighalo had great two seasons with Watford where he scored 20 in his first and 15 in the second one he may not be as good as Rashford for United this season but he will do better with them as they are not doing well right now lacking that finishing touch but what is most important then ighalo is Bruno Fernandes this guy if he manages to keep doing what he have done in Portugal united will surely snatched that 4rth place this season or win the Europa league.

[nelson4lov]

Brighton will face Watford, it will be an important game for both teams especially the difference between both teams is just 3 points, Brighton with 26 points in the 15th place and Watford with 23 points in the 19th place, both teams will do their best to win this game and secure the 3 points, I will bet for over 3 goals in this game.

Huge game at the bottom of the table, Watford can’t really afford to lose this one. If Brighton win it’d be huge for them as it’d take them further away from the bottom.

Both teams settled for a draw. With only 12 games left to play, I feel Watford may be leaving the premier league for good. A quick look at the 2018/2019 season table shows that they finished 11th with 50 points not the best but it meant they could stay for yet another season but it looks as though that current campaign has come to an end. They better get back to winning ways once you go to championship, there's only a slight change that you'll be coming back in 2-3 years. Brighton did well to come back for the draw. It's one point or nothing at times like this

[snipie]

I found Chelsea vs ManU and Leicester vs Wolves games are the best these days.
Chelsea is good indeed and ManU has good players. Both teams have won only one time in the last five games in EPL with ManU losing 3 times... Chelsea Odds remain better imo but we may see surprises. I think Chelsea 2-1 ManU and Leicester 1-1 Wolves, maybe!

The match will not be held this week but next week.
This week's EPL match will only have 8 clubs competing
Everton vs Crystal Palace
Brighton vs Watford
Sheff Utd vs Bournemouth
Man City vs West Ham
you can see here https://www.premierleague.com/fixtures
In my opinion only the match between Man City vs West Ham is awaited to see if City can win 3 points to reduce the points gap from LFC.

Yeah i figured this out the hard way and I am disappointed this weekend... City game will be best than nothing tho... They should win by +2 or else they better find a way to play football correctly again!

[logfiles]

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

I have a feeling he won't live up to the expectations at Manchester United. He's already 30. A much younger Lukaku even looked more promising before he joined United and guess what happened. I think there is a lot that needs to change at Old Trafford before the glory get back there.

[ampere]

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

I have a feeling he won't live up to the expectations at Manchester United. He's already 30. A much younger Lukaku even looked more promising before he joined United and guess what happened. I think there is a lot that needs to change at Old Trafford before the glory get back there.

Likewise, i feel like there's so much disorder in the manchester united team.
Which is why I like Ole handles the team, any one that takes over from Ole will have something solid to build upon.

The medical team in mufc is not up to task, while they have a toxic fanbase.

But Ighalo should supercede the expectations and do well, 15 goals is not too much to ask

[joniboini]

But Ighalo should supercede the expectations and do well, 15 goals is not too much to ask

He's probably a short-term fix. 15 goals are a lot (if you're serious about this). Even Pepe only made 3 goals irrc. I don't think there's a huge expectation & task like that. At least he should do better than Lingard and score one or two goals in an important match.

[Harkorede]

But Ighalo should supercede the expectations and do well, 15 goals is not too much to ask

He's probably a short-term fix. 15 goals are a lot (if you're serious about this). Even Pepe only made 3 goals irrc. I don't think there's a huge expectation & task like that. At least he should do better than Lingard and score one or two goals in an important match.

15 goals could be asking to much from Ighalo, but Pepe and Ighalo shouldn't be compared I'd because Pepe is playing on the wing, with either Aubameyang or Lacazette or both leading the line, Ighalo would be playing as the no 9, Another thing is that it was Pepe maiden season at England, while Ighalo have been around for a couple of years, that should be an added benefit.

[Coyster]

Latest news coming from the Etihad now is that the Manchester city Vs West Ham game has been postponed "due to extreme weather conditions", for the fans who would have made their way to the Etihad this evening as well as millions of footballing viewing centers worldwide, they will have to wait for when the game will be rescheduled, I don't think pep and his team would like this development, they would just have wanted to get this game over with.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11929935/manchester-city-vs-west-ham-off-as-storm-ciara-hits-uk

[leea-1334]

I believe Ighalo will be an instant hit at manchester united, and will provide the attacking spark and goal scoring threat that has been often missing in the United frontline.

I have a feeling he won't live up to the expectations at Manchester United. He's already 30. A much younger Lukaku even looked more promising before he joined United and guess what happened. I think there is a lot that needs to change at Old Trafford before the glory get back there.

Sorry guys but Ighalo is not for me going to make an impact, I agree. Benteke is to me a player a lot like him and even so he struggles to make big impact, is slow and not super creative. I do not doubt his finishing but if you do not very good suppliers around you, then do not expect to have many opportunities to convert,,,