Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[Avirunes]

Wolverhampton would be moving into the 6th position if it finishes like this. Level on points with Manchester United just one place above. As the seasons trickles to an end and the race for top four gets tougher teams would begin to count the gap.

Wolverhampton Wonderers!  What a team!
They have a very thin squad, still very active in the ever tiring Europa League schedule, and yet they are still aggressively competing for that champion's league spot with no signs of backing down. Credit to them for that never say die attitude.

I love they way they link up their plays. Their midfield is so well and Jimenez is also doing a great job making his efforts.

It's the second time I have seen them bounce back from 1-2 goals down and then win the match. Anyone recall the City one ? 

[ampere]

Wolverhampton would be moving into the 6th position if it finishes like this. Level on points with Manchester United just one place above. As the seasons trickles to an end and the race for top four gets tougher teams would begin to count the gap.

Wolverhampton Wonderers!  What a team!
They have a very thin squad, still very active in the ever tiring Europa League schedule, and yet they are still aggressively competing for that champion's league spot with no signs of backing down. Credit to them for that never say die attitude.

I also admire the Hardwork of that Wolves e team, they have a unique fitness level and frankly, other medical teams should learn from them.

The victory over spurs was a hard fought victory, with mourinho doing his best to maximize the potentials in the Tottenham team.

The race for the 4th, 5th and 6th position is alive

[bassbity]

If you are a Spurs fan like me then your heart is ripped apart. I know we had three tough teams in a row, but I thought surely we should have been able to win at least one, or draw even one maybe but to lose all of them and by those margins, especially the last one really hurt because we threw away our lead.

Not being a blind fan here but this was a tough fixture list, we will get through this.

Of course you as a Tottenham fan will be torn apart to see a match like that with Wolves. This is a big threat for Spurs because it will be difficult again to qualify for the championship league next season, managed by Morunhi, not even better but not strong enough to compete tightly with Wolves.
Will Tottenham continue to be 7-8? I fear this victory will continue to hamper Spurs.

[swogerino]

I am really sad that Liverpool lost against Watford but I am also happy.I am sad because they lost their title of invincibility but I am happy because this suggests that they are fully focused on the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid that is why they didn’t play full power against Watford.

[bassbity]

I am really sad that Liverpool lost against Watford but I am also happy.I am sad because they lost their title of invincibility but I am happy because this suggests that they are fully focused on the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid that is why they didn’t play full power against Watford.

Maybe that could happen because Liverpool will focus more on the champions league next week so the match with Watford must be defeated by a landslide score of 3 goals, I'm afraid that yesterday's defeat will spread to CL so that defeat will continue to happen to Liverpool but I'm here thinking positively will be with athletico madrid in the second round.

[Daniel91]

I am really sad that Liverpool lost against Watford but I am also happy.I am sad because they lost their title of invincibility but I am happy because this suggests that they are fully focused on the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid that is why they didn’t play full power against Watford.

I don't agree with you.
They played with full power against Watford and didn't rest any main player.
It's fact that in the last a few weeks Liverpool didn't play well and it was obvious that soon or later they will loose somwhere.
Now they should quickly recover because very soon they will play against Atletico and it's their the most important match in the year.

[tokeweed]

^  Liverpool had an off day (fatigue looks like, cos of the style they play).  It's just one of those days...  It is what it is.

[Naida_BR]

^  Liverpool had an off day (fatigue looks like, cos of the style they play).  It's just one of those days...  It is what it is.

Fatigue however may last too long even months.
Wouldn't this be disastrous for Liverpool. If fatigue remains for months then it is possible that they are going to lose the Premier League title supposing that City is going to have a big winning streak.

[darewaller]

Seriously Spurs hired Mourinho to be their savior and Mourinho was again looking like he is going to disappoint a premier league team. Dude was hired by united as well last year and he couldn't find a job until Spurs hired him, if he continues like this until the end of the season and do not change stuff around I am pretty sure that his coaching career will take a HUGE hit.

You can't be hired middle of the season to save a team and lose two in a row, you have a huge team in your hands and you need to be in top 5 if you are seen a manager at that level. Wolves is good too do not get me wrong, they are definitely one of the better teams in the league but Spurs has to be better if Mourinho wants to keep his job.

[Avirunes]

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Cut him some slack. Spurs are without Kane and Son who had scored majority of goals for Spurs and plays a crucial role in attacking build up. So without them it's quite difficult and so is for Mourinho to find someone better to do the same job without them.

[DeathAngel]

Mourinho needs time, you can’t judge him yet, he’s only been at Spurs 5 minutes. Give him at least until this time next season before he’s judged.

He needs at least a transfer window or two to bring his own players in.

[tomahawk9]

Fa Cup tomorrow: Chelsea vs Liverpool.

What do you guys think? Is Klopp gonna use the kids from the U21 in a fa cup game again? The unbeaten record is gone so there's no need to rest the entire 1st team squad, or at least that's what I think...Btw, i'm looking at the odds right now and: Home team to win @2.31, away team @2.75?? Liverpool just lost their first game in the league so surely they'd be looking to bounce back from that, while Chelsea are on a downtrend lately in terms of performance...so why such odds?

[snipie]

Fa Cup tomorrow: Chelsea vs Liverpool.

What do you guys think? Is Klopp gonna use the kids from the U21 in a fa cup game again? The unbeaten record is gone so there's no need to rest the entire 1st team squad, or at least that's what I think...Btw, i'm looking at the odds right now and: Home team to win @2.31, away team @2.75?? Liverpool just lost their first game in the league so surely they'd be looking to bounce back from that, while Chelsea are on a downtrend lately in terms of performance...so why such odds?

Since Klopp said Chelsea gonna win then it will gonna win 
Fa Cup isn't very important and an injury for one of the main players like Mani or Salah...will be dramatic especially when you have a serious game next week VS ATM in champions league which they have to win it

[ampere]

Seriously Spurs hired Mourinho to be their savior and Mourinho was again looking like he is going to disappoint a premier league team. Dude was hired by united as well last year and he couldn't find a job until Spurs hired him, if he continues like this until the end of the season and do not change stuff around I am pretty sure that his coaching career will take a HUGE hit.

You can't be hired middle of the season to save a team and lose two in a row, you have a huge team in your hands and you need to be in top 5 if you are seen a manager at that level. Wolves is good too do not get me wrong, they are definitely one of the better teams in the league but Spurs has to be better if Mourinho wants to keep his job.

It is hard to judge mourinho
He lost son and Kane to injuries, pivotal team goalscoring and creative unit.

Likewise, remember the number on matches city lost when Laporte was injured??

How Manchester united suffered when martial and pogba were injured??

Mourinho will do well, with a fit and complete squad

[Furious 7]

Fa Cup tomorrow: Chelsea vs Liverpool.

What do you guys think? Is Klopp gonna use the kids from the U21 in a fa cup game again? The unbeaten record is gone so there's no need to rest the entire 1st team squad, or at least that's what I think...Btw, i'm looking at the odds right now and: Home team to win @2.31, away team @2.75?? Liverpool just lost their first game in the league so surely they'd be looking to bounce back from that, while Chelsea are on a downtrend lately in terms of performance...so why such odds?

Since Klopp said Chelsea gonna win then it will gonna win 
Fa Cup isn't very important and an injury for one of the main players like Mani or Salah...will be dramatic especially when you have a serious game next week VS ATM in champions league which they have to win it

Although Klopp has said so, but the players with the collar will win, well, I know there are a number of major players who will not be shown because of the preparations for the Champions League last week, so they will not focus on this match for Klopp.
But my prediction liverpool will still win this FA Cup Cup with Chelsea and in the EPL League also Chelsea will face Everton so it is really hard according to him.

[leea-1334]

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Cut him some slack. Spurs are without Kane and Son who had scored majority of goals for Spurs and plays a crucial role in attacking build up. So without them it's quite difficult and so is for Mourinho to find someone better to do the same job without them.

Thank you for all those words a lot of you are saying about Spurs and Mourinho. He took over and we were in 10th place. We have a target of 4th and we had a bad run but he brought a lot of hope back into the squad. Even made Dele Alli score again, so I think some credit is due. Without our main strikers and losing Eriksen we can still score goals, so it is not like Mou went like he usually does in the old days!

[bullrun2024bro]

Mourinho needs time, you can’t judge him yet, he’s only been at Spurs 5 minutes. Give him at least until this time next season before he’s judged.

He needs at least a transfer window or two to bring his own players in.

Exactly this.. I also don't understand when people start judging new coaches after a few weeks. How should a new coach be able to form a team if he doesn't have time? There are matches basically every 3 days - obviously not enough time to form a prepare the team. He needs the summer break to adjust the team and buy some news players which are hungry and fit to his idea of the squad. In addition to that there are plenty of players playing at Tottenham right now, which aren't hungry anymore. A change is desperatly needed - at this point its clearly not Mourinhos fault that Tottenham isn't showing their best performances. Nevertheless they won 3 of their 5 last games in the EPL, so even now you can see there is some kind of uptrend.

[DeathAngel]

Not PL but involving some PL teams we have the following FA Cup games tonight -

Chelsea vs Liverpool
Reading vs Sheff Utd
West Brom vs Newcastle

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

On the other two games, I picked wolves to win tottenham and Everton to draw United but hoping they can win too. Both clubs are capable of upsetting the top4 chasers and as a chelsea fan, I just hope they can successfully achieve that.

^^Yeah totally. Everton are on a a good run since Ancelotti came in. I expect an upset for United but am unsure of Spurs and Wolves right nw.

Chelsea are really going on off with luck I suppose. Abraham and Pulisic are both out with injuries. Plus Kante is out as well. Timing is really bad with CL on their hand and them slowly losing the gap for the 4th spot to others. Chelsea should have get 1-2 attacking players this transfer window.

Thankfully my prediction, came out as predicted in regards to the outcome of the matches. Wolves won tottenham as predicted and Everton were able to hold united to a draw. Lampard should utility the availabilities of Ruben Loftus Cheek , our midfield can function without kante so that's not much of a loss.

Where Lampard got it all wrong was his inability to sign an experience striker that can score lots of goals to work with Abraham. Giroud is an experience player but lack goals. Batshuayi is inexperience just like Abraham therefore he can't be relied on.

[qomariah95]

Not PL but involving some PL teams we have the following FA Cup games tonight -

Chelsea vs Liverpool
Reading vs Sheff Utd
West Brom vs Newcastle

It seems that not many people pay attention to the FA trophy, even though this is a good title for a team too. Arsenal vs Portugal match is over and Arsenal get the win.

3 This most interesting match is definitely Chelsea vs Liverpool. So far there has not been a line up of the two teams, but this is truly a difficult match to predict. I'm still happy if Liverpool get the victory.