Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[swogerino]

Do you think Aston Villa have any chances today against Liverpool? I want to believe that Gerrard's team will be able to fight and, ideally, win against Liverpool, but, as I understand it statistically, the bookmakers promise Liverpool a victory of at least 2 goals. Moreover, Liverpool has not lost in the last 14 matches. Fantastic statistics of course.

I think that in theory that would be possible but in practice I find it difficult to happen.No matter that Liverpool was not able to win against Tottenham and is now out of the fight for the Premier League title they still have one of the best teams in the Premier League.Aston Villa is somewhat far behind if we compare their quality to Liverpool and therefore chances are slim.I also don't think Liverpool is down on moral after not being able anymore to fight for the Premier League title but they need to win every game in order to be fit for the final of Champions League which is just behind the corner.I think Liverpool most probably will get a narrow win tonight.

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[buwaytress]

Don't know why but I just went in and upgraded my 3-0 to 4-0. It's not like 3 goals and a clean sheet was already not ambitious enough but I know the Reds (if not Klopp) are aware of the goal difference turnaround advantage City have thanks to Newcastle. If, for some miracle, City lose one game, we'll need to make up for it.

Like Ollie, Coutinho, Gerrard, but I hope they stumble.

[Harkorede]

Don't know why but I just went in and upgraded my 3-0 to 4-0. It's not like 3 goals and a clean sheet was already not ambitious enough but I know the Reds (if not Klopp) are aware of the goal difference turnaround advantage City have thanks to Newcastle. If, for some miracle, City lose one game, we'll need to make up for it.

Like Ollie, Coutinho, Gerrard, but I hope they stumble.

I changed my pick from 2-1 Liverpool, to 2-0 with what I'm very sure was less than 5 seconds to the kickoff, but my chance of getting 3 points last for just 4 minutes, huh. And If Liverpool eventually coming from the deficit to win this again, I hope it be not be 2-1, cause I'll feel terrible, lol.

Maybe it's a good time to take some live bet for Liverpool to win the game, it's around Over 2 Odds now.

EDIT:

Missed the chance to, Liverpool equalised already 🫤

[casperBGD]

Don't know why but I just went in and upgraded my 3-0 to 4-0.
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you are the only one with 0:4
I went with 1:2, not very ambition, but I expect goals tonight

nevertheless, it is really a mess at the top, and third slam point would make a difference, but exact score could mean a lot as well
I am 5 points above position 6, so would like to see myself in top5, not thinking about the top, but looking at best score per round, with 25 still good, looking at current 15.5 in this round, 6 matches to go (is that a paying spot anyway?)

[wildan88]

Aston Villa v Liverpool 1-1 after 10 minutes of play. That bodes well for the rest of the game. But it doesn't say anything of course, this match can also just end in 1-5. Liverpool may have already given up the fight for the championship a bit after last week's draw against Tottenham. They will mainly try not to injure themselves with a view to the Champions League final later this month.

[Trofo]

Don't know why but I just went in and upgraded my 3-0 to 4-0. It's not like 3 goals and a clean sheet was already not ambitious enough but I know the Reds (if not Klopp) are aware of the goal difference turnaround advantage City have thanks to Newcastle. If, for some miracle, City lose one game, we'll need to make up for it.

Like Ollie, Coutinho, Gerrard, but I hope they stumble.

Team without Salah and Robetson in it tells me that Klopp placed his priority on CL final and that he will try to get that with all players at their maximum possible fitness point. Could be Robertson is nursing some injury since he was substituted quite early in the last game and I found that a bit strange. There was no talk about injury though. Maybe he rubbed Klopp the wrong way and got the bench?

Salah missing is actually the strange part since we all know he can play 120 minutes every few days without problems. He is not in some stellar form but then surely you try to get him to score more goals and not preserve his fitness for CL final? He is one of those players with natural fitness off the charts and I am sure he wants to play every game.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Team without Salah and Robetson in it tells me that Klopp placed his priority on CL final and that he will try to get that with all players at their maximum possible fitness point.

There are no point to give everything now since the title just slipped out. CL should be the priority. Watching the match but really not feeling much excitement. We should get three full points anyway.

[cryptofrka]

Team without Salah and Robetson in it tells me that Klopp placed his priority on CL final and that he will try to get that with all players at their maximum possible fitness point. Could be Robertson is nursing some injury since he was substituted quite early in the last game and I found that a bit strange. There was no talk about injury though. Maybe he rubbed Klopp the wrong way and got the bench?

Salah missing is actually the strange part since we all know he can play 120 minutes every few days without problems. He is not in some stellar form but then surely you try to get him to score more goals and not preserve his fitness for CL final? He is one of those players with natural fitness off the charts and I am sure he wants to play every game.

The focus is the FA cup final on Saturday. I agree the Villa game was hugely important but now City is facing 2 difficult away games in a row (Wolves and West Ham). They play both of these before we go away to Southampton so before that game we'll have a clear picture on what we can fight for.

I expect that City might maybe draw one of these but I don't expect them to lose. That Tottenham game will haunt us, it was a perfect game to put insane pressure on them.

[leea-1334]

Team without Salah and Robetson in it tells me that Klopp placed his priority on CL final and that he will try to get that with all players at their maximum possible fitness point. Could be Robertson is nursing some injury since he was substituted quite early in the last game and I found that a bit strange. There was no talk about injury though. Maybe he rubbed Klopp the wrong way and got the bench?

Salah missing is actually the strange part since we all know he can play 120 minutes every few days without problems. He is not in some stellar form but then surely you try to get him to score more goals and not preserve his fitness for CL final? He is one of those players with natural fitness off the charts and I am sure he wants to play every game.

The focus is the FA cup final on Saturday. I agree the Villa game was hugely important but now City is facing 2 difficult away games in a row (Wolves and West Ham). They play both of these before we go away to Southampton so before that game we'll have a clear picture on what we can fight for.

I expect that City might maybe draw one of these but I don't expect them to lose. That Tottenham game will haunt us, it was a perfect game to put insane pressure on them.

If I had known Klopp would rest Salah I might not have put a bet on Liverpool the way I did,,, made a betbuilder for Liverpool score both halves,,, over 6.5 corners and over 19 booking points. Did not meet any of those

The ref made a lot of bad calls, for both sides I guess? He just did not want to give out yellow cards here and there.

[swogerino]

I got the correct score in yesterday night game as I predicted Liverpool would have a narrow win after failing to win against Tottenham.This is OK for Liverpool while they will face two finals,one against Chelsea and one against Real Madrid in the Champions League.I predict that Liverpool will win both these finals while I think they will win fairly easily against Chelsea,they will suffer a bit more against Real Madrid in the Champions League.

[buwaytress]

Don't know why but I just went in and upgraded my 3-0 to 4-0.
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you are the only one with 0:4
I went with 1:2, not very ambition, but I expect goals tonight

nevertheless, it is really a mess at the top, and third slam point would make a difference, but exact score could mean a lot as well
I am 5 points above position 6, so would like to see myself in top5, not thinking about the top, but looking at best score per round, with 25 still good, looking at current 15.5 in this round, 6 matches to go (is that a paying spot anyway?)

Holy hell I made a HUGE overestimation on that one, didn't I? And you're right, slaman took the 3 exact points and has a slam point more than most of us, and he's top. Finally toppling tumi.

This is a far cry from last season when #1 just City'd his way to the end.

Need to look back and see but I think at least Top 5 win prizes as the prize pool is pretty big with Sportsbet's contribution. I say this with full knowledge of Bitcoin markets (haha).

[casperBGD]

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This is a far cry from last season when #1 just City'd his way to the end.

yeah, tight season in the pool, interesting till the last round

Wolves are back, after City scored fast goal, maybe there could be some missed points for City tonight? edit: City is already up again
more goals in first ten minutes of that match, than in all three others for a halftime, it is just Chelsea scored against Leeds, pushing them closer to relegation

[Joca97]

Fight for the first place continues to get even more intresting and i think now its even more intense for top 5 players. Even now the battle to stay in top 10 is really getting close and i was thinking i was safe but still far from it even with my good position so far

[darxiaomi]

What a huge chance Everton gave up in this game, I hope they don't regret it in the future, playing against a relegated team and already knowing the results of your rivals in the relegation zone.

Leeds is now the most complicated really. Burnley at leats have a good moral right now.

[Harkorede]

What a huge chance Everton gave up in this game, I hope they don't regret it in the future, playing against a relegated team and already knowing the results of your rivals in the relegation zone.

Leeds is now the most complicated really. Burnley at leats have a good moral right now.

A huge miss for the Everton, a win here would have almost guaranteed their stay, and which opponent would have been better to face at this point, I still think they'd stay up though and Leeds would be the last team to join Watford and Norwich down the drain.

Fight for the first place continues to get even more intresting and i think now its even more intense for top 5 players. Even now the battle to stay in top 10 is really getting close and i was thinking i was safe but still far from it even with my good position so far

It's a very competitive one this year, I'm currently at 7th position, even though I'm quite sure of finishing in of the top 10 positons, I'm only less than 10 points behind 1st position which show how much everything could change with just a game round, and now more than ever, those extra 0.5 point for close or 1.5 points for exact, and slam points matters a whole lot.

[slaman29]

Just saw your post and really was I in first? I didn't check until now when putting in some picks for coming weekend but unfortunately I'm not in top position. tumi still by half a point!

I have all my 3 slam points now I guess that's one of the thing that everyone else also got 3 points and maybe I got it earlier which is a shame as no extra slams for over 10 correct outcomes predicted.

One last game in this round and a big chance for many of you to get 1 extra slam point I love this slam point thing because I'm the Big Slam.

Lol.

[buwaytress]

Well, any glimmer of hope Arsenal might have had to salvage something from a tight game went with Holding getting sent off... I keep thinking Arteta's solved the discipline issue in the squad and they keep proving me wrong every now and then. Think this season they've thrown games away numerous times just by getting themselves a man down.

Still not sure why I went for the draw.

[casperBGD]

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Still not sure why I went for the draw.

same here, hoped for a draw, seeing Arsenal in CL next season almost for sure
and did not think that there are chances for Arsenal to win tonight

and both teams are known that do not plays draws, while Tottenham already played one this weekend, with Liverpool, so no draw here
and still, I have put 1:1

to be honest, Everton situation last night frustrated me a bit, one of better matches lately, and could not score against Watford, hopefully, there will be a win against Brentford or Palace, to secure next Premier league season

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

same here, hoped for a draw, seeing Arsenal in CL next season almost for sure
and did not think that there are chances for Arsenal to win tonight

I had the same thinking to go with draw. I had 1 - 1. But after watching the result on flashscores I was like F**k me. I usually do not settle into draw. This always seem risky to me but today I wanted to be brave and it went south LOL

Still unhappy about Liverpool missing the chance of winning the title.

[Welsh]

Two games left, and I still have a little hope for Liverpool, call me deluded . Although, it looks like City will win, they have a tough two games ahead of them. I know they absolutely smashed Newcastle, but it makes you wonder with the injuries starting to rack up, and the fact that Kevin has been somewhat carrying them for a few games now.

Everton look to have survived the drop, and I don't know how I feel about it. Leeds looking the most likely to go down, which it was only a couple of weeks ago, that they looked home, and dry. That's the unpredictability of he league I guess.

I think we can now start looking at next season, and yeah I'll probably be joining, and actually properly participating, even if I have to set one day to guess the entire season results. Anyway, City strengthening with Haaland, probably means making predictions with them will be a lot easier, since I find that the lack of a striker has caused a few hiccups this season in terms of predicting the correct score. They should score a little more freely next season. Whereas, Liverpool haven't had any solid links with anyone yet, but we're going to need to look to improve, despite myself looking at the squad, and thinking we probably have world class players in every position, and if it wasn't for City, we would be running away with the league for years to come. I'm glad we have city for that reason though.