Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[bitgolden]

He was dumped by Chelsea, then Roma took him and turned him into a dangerous winger in Serie A and after that he returned to the EPL but with a different club until finally making Mohammed Salah enter the list of the top 5 top scorers in one EPL club. Who would have thought he would do it with Liverpool and since wearing the Liverpool uniform in 2017 until now he has collected 151 goals in the EPL. In last night's match against Newcastle he scored a brace and at the same time led Liverpool to victory again at Anfield.

I think Mohammed Salah has become a legend for the Reds and even though his teammates like Mane and Firminho have left before him, he still stays at Liverpool to continue the tradition. Even Jurgen Kloop will be very disadvantaged if he loses Mohammed Salah and he still needs time to find a successor to Mohammed Salah at Liverpool. An achievement we rarely see and huge appreciation for Mohammed Salah for reaching this level.

He was already a legend before last nights game, and many goals ago. He is one of the few people that stayed with the club for this many years, when I saw last nights eleven, I thought to myself there are like maybe 3 or 4 players who stayed the same since early days, and the rest are all new, and they are still doing amazing, that should be important because only the great ones stayed, rest left and new players joined instead.

I believe that the yare doing fine, and they should be quite happy with what they have, there isn't really anything that could change all that much. I personally believe that the best thing to do in this case would be making sure that Salah keeps this up, and it may take a few more years before he starts being not so great.

[Minor Miner]

Newcastle United performed well at the start of the Premier League season, winning against big clubs and scoring plenty of goals against their opponent. Since Newcastle United started playing in the uefa champions league, Newcastle United's performance has reduced and they find it hard to win their matches.

I am just surprised to see Newcastle in their current position. They started the season with a very good performance, and I never expected their performance to drop. Newcastle is currently in 9th place with 29 points. Out of the last 6 Premier League matches played, they could only win 1 match and lose 5 matches, which is really a bad one for them. I don’t really think participating in the Champions League is the reason why Newcastle dropped in performance, because since they played their last Champions League match and they lost to AC Milan, they have played 4 Premier League matches and lost 3 out of the 4 matches played. Newcastle is no longer playing the Champions League, so they should be back to form, but their performance keeps on dropping.

I'm not at all surprised by Newcastle's position. This team performed brilliantly in the last season. Everyone was surprised by Newcastle's performance. And this team was able to qualify for the Champions League. This team performed very well. Newcastle should have added more talented players to the squad this season and strengthened the squad. Newcastle's owner is very rich. But he did not provide sufficient funds for the purchase of new players. Several players in the squad have faced injuries this season. And this is why the performance of the team is quite poor now. If Newcastle management had added talented players to the squad before the start of the season, we might not have seen their decline.

[Richbased]

As we await resumption of premier league matches on 13th January, 2024. Here is a recap of how all the matches played out last weekend and the teams positions in the league table.
How last week matches played:

DECEMBER 30, 2023
FT
Luton Town
2
3
Chelsea
FT
Aston Villa
3
2
Burnley
FT
Crystal Palace
3
1
Brentford
FT
Manchester City
2
0
Sheffield United
FT
Wolves
3
0
Everton
FT
Nottingham Forest
2
1
Manchester United

DECEMBER 31, 2023
FT
Fulham
2
1
Arsenal
FT
Tottenham Hotspur
3
1
Bournemouth

JANUARY 1
FT
Liverpool
4
2
Newcastle United

Positions of teams in the premier League table currently

#   Team name   
1   Liverpool
2   Aston Villa
3   Manchester city
4   Arsenal   
5   Tottenham Hotspurs
6   West Ham United   
7   Manchester United
8   Brighton   
9   Newcastle United   
10   Chelsea   
11   Wolves   
12   Bournemouth   
13   Fulham   
14   Crystal Palace   
15   Nottingham Forest   
16   Brentford   
17   Everton   
18   Luton Town
19   Burnley   
20   Sheffield United

Liverpool is topping the league table by 45 points, 3 points above the second in the league table Aston Villa who has 42 points, while Manchester city and Arsenal stands in the third and fourth position with 40 points respectively. Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester city and Arsenal are in the top four of the league table while Luton town, Burnley and Sheffield united rocks the bottom 3 in the relegation zone.

[AprilioMP]

I think in the upcoming match West Ham has a chance to get three points. Moyes' team has an excellent form, plays at home and has no serious problems with the squad. Brighton is a strong and played team, but recently the Seagulls have often lost points. Although in the last round Brighton managed to inflict a defeat on Tottenham. So West Ham is waiting for a tough game.

In four meetings, Brighton was more dominant head to head with 3 wins and 1 defeat which occurred at the last meeting, 26 August 2023, match 3 or the first half of the season.
I don't think it's very encouraging to use head to head statistics for their second match in the second half of the season because West Ham has recently shown a promising game by beating Manchester United and Arsenal.

On the other hand, I also have doubts that West Ham will appear dominant at home to achieve their third win in a row against Brighton.
Judging by the strength of Roberto De Zerbi's team, my gut feeling is more certain that the most likely result in my opinion is a draw.
The reason is, both teams have shortcomings. Mitoma injury. Meanwhile, Lucas Paqueta, who has been an influential player in the West Ham team, also suffered an injury when they beat Arsenal and had to be replaced in the 33rd minute.

[tbterryboy]

I think in the upcoming match West Ham has a chance to get three points. Moyes' team has an excellent form, plays at home and has no serious problems with the squad. Brighton is a strong and played team, but recently the Seagulls have often lost points. Although in the last round Brighton managed to inflict a defeat on Tottenham. So West Ham is waiting for a tough game.

I think Brighton also have some good players. Hammers on other hand are also a tough team. I think both are on equal terms. If we take performance into consideration then obviously West Ham are performing better but make no mistake of undermining Brighton at all because they had crazy last season and are capable of big things for example the last game win against Spurs with 4-2 scoreline. Its hard to pick a winner but I expect both teams to score in this match.

Here I am also favouring West Ham United because in last three games they won with clean sheets and things are turning into good way for them win against Arsenal is surely one of the best for them and with this now player's confident level is also high today's win can bring them to near Tottenham and have 5 points difference from Manchester United which is currently in bad shape and losing points frequently.

Brighton is also very exciting team and their record is also good in last meeting against West Ham United they won and their record against them is also very good which can create good exciting match for the fans with for punters both teams to score and over 2.5 is going to very good with result is not predictable as on match day any team can go through.

[fullhdpixel]

Many people's expectations of Newcastle are too high, so when they experience a decline in performance due to existing problems, it is very noticeable and becomes a lot of discussion and news.
In my opinion, what happened to the Newcastle team is quite normal and a decline in a team's performance because several of their main players suffered injuries is a common thing that other players also experience, but how Eddie Howe was able to bring this team out of its existing problems is something that worth waiting for.
From what Eddie Howe has done so far, since his arrival in charge of the Newcastle team, I think he will also be able to bring Newcastle back from this downturn, I don't doubt that.

I was also expecting very good season for them after their first end in top 4 but suddenly injuries and suspension of Tanoli hurt them badly even they are down but still doing reasonable job currently they are second-worst club with their last five matches performance just one win and 4 loses but no one can give any positive response on this performance even now we have serious talk about sack of Eddie Howe which is also doing good job in these conditions, but owners are not happy, and they are looking for the replacement which is surely not ideal thing because they need to give him chance with having some transfer of players in January as well because still this team can give better results.

After break, they are having match against Manchester City which is surely not easy, but I still want management to keep faith in his abilities and allow him to stay until end of this season because he is a man of vision and can do good fightback in coming weeks.

[Adams0001]

After the first game of 2024, Liverpool is still leading the Premier League. I believe that we should pay close attention to Liverpool because they are making an effort to convey to the public that they will be the team to win the title this season. Their defensive players and even their midfield players are in good shape. The only area in which Liverpool is currently struggling is with a striker who is not as intelligent as Haaland in Manchester City. If he were intelligent, I think no other team could defeat Liverpool and win the Premier League title this season.

Yes, it's true that Liverpool seems very confident with its current performance, it even looks like the strongest team in the EPL, even though teams like Man City and Arsenal still have a chance to shift their position, but it doesn't seem easy if Liverpool is on a winning trend, so I think there is still enough competition in the EPL. fierce and Man City is still trying to repeat the title like the previous season but this season is experiencing a bit of difficulty due to injuries to important players.
Arsenal actually had opportunities like last season but unfortunately towards the end Arteta failed to take advantage of them and it seems the same is the case this season if you look at Arsenal not being strong enough to challenge Man City and Liverpool to win the title.

How this season is progressing I believe Liverpool will win the Premier League because they are in real great form this season, whereas Arsenal is not in great form and is losing matches, which is why football can be predicted. When Arsenal started this season new, many people predicted that they would win the trophy because they were winning matches and even defeating Manchester City, who were giving them a headache in the competition. However, they are currently losing to minor clubs that no one expects they will do that.

I hoped they would do well in the Champions League versus Porto, because Porto are in terrific form and have more Champions League experience than Arsenal, who use to qualify every season. So I think Arteta needs to tighten his bet and improve his players performances, but I don't think they'll win a trophy this season because they've missed their chances. I think they'll have another chance to top the league table if Liverpool misbehaves, but that won't be an easy task because I don't believe Liverpool will lose any points now.

[masulum]

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 If Newcastle management had added talented players to the squad before the start of the season, we might not have seen their decline.

Newcastle become a rich club in the EPL, but players are still not sure about Newcastle's future potential. If this season Newcastle can improve its performance and at least can finished in 4th position, maybe in the summer transfer window, Newcastle can find better players than at the start of this season. Because there are prospects shown by Newcastle if they successfully compete in the UCL for two consecutive seasons.

[deathcode]

I think in the upcoming match West Ham has a chance to get three points. Moyes' team has an excellent form, plays at home and has no serious problems with the squad. Brighton is a strong and played team, but recently the Seagulls have often lost points. Although in the last round Brighton managed to inflict a defeat on Tottenham. So West Ham is waiting for a tough game.

In four meetings, Brighton was more dominant head to head with 3 wins and 1 defeat which occurred at the last meeting, 26 August 2023, match 3 or the first half of the season.
I don't think it's very encouraging to use head to head statistics for their second match in the second half of the season because West Ham has recently shown a promising game by beating Manchester United and Arsenal.

On the other hand, I also have doubts that West Ham will appear dominant at home to achieve their third win in a row against Brighton.
Judging by the strength of Roberto De Zerbi's team, my gut feeling is more certain that the most likely result in my opinion is a draw.
The reason is, both teams have shortcomings. Mitoma injury. Meanwhile, Lucas Paqueta, who has been an influential player in the West Ham team, also suffered an injury when they beat Arsenal and had to be replaced in the 33rd minute.

The best possibility for this match is a draw. But I think West Ham has a bigger chance of winning if they maintain their mentality and performance in their last two matches when they beat Arsenal and Man United.
Brighton is not a weak team, but I believe West Ham will have several advantages in the match.

[zaim7413]

I think in the upcoming match West Ham has a chance to get three points. Moyes' team has an excellent form, plays at home and has no serious problems with the squad. Brighton is a strong and played team, but recently the Seagulls have often lost points. Although in the last round Brighton managed to inflict a defeat on Tottenham. So West Ham is waiting for a tough game.

I see the match as very even. Both teams have played strongly recently and are also very close to each other in the table. I have placed a bet on the game, on a draw with 2+ goals, as both teams play very offensively and therefore several goals are to be expected.

If I were you, I would place a bet on West Ham winning rather than choosing a draw. The results obtained by West Ham in the last few matches are more promising than those achieved by Brighton. This game will also be played at West Ham headquarters, of course it will further arouse the players enthusiasm to extend their winning record.
The positions of these two teams are very close in the standings, West Ham is three points ahead of Brighton. Their very fragile defense makes it very difficult for Brighton to win points in this game, especially since West Ham's attack line is in its best form.

[lixer]

Fullham is weaker than Arsenal so if they can win the match against a big opponent like Arsenal, they will take every chance they can have. Whatever tactics is used to beat Arsenal is not too important for Fullham. How many points they get is more important and they got maximum 3 points from the match.

It is a very big success for Fullham and 3 points from Arsenal, helped Fullham to move farther from the delegation zone. With 24 points, they are safe with their temporary position and point differences against Sheffield, Burnley and Luton. It will lit up their fight for survival to stay in Premier League.

With Arsenal, this defeat is very bad for them and now they already drop to the fourth position with 5 points less than Liverpool, 2 points less than Aston Villa and same 40 points as Manchester City that have one extra match to play.

Arsenal's defeat is certainly very detrimental. Apart from being behind Liverpool by five points, they are also behind Man City and Aston Villa. This was a bad start to the year for Arsenal because they were immediately in fourth place in the standings.

Arsenal lost the most important thing that he had at the beginning of the championship stable game and to lose two consecutive games to average teams, when the fight is for every tournament point is very strange. Ahead of Arsenal have a cup game with Liverpool and then games with Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, and both teams have won their games and are in high spirits, unlike Arsenal, which after the game with Liverpool in general unclear in what condition will be, which only complicates the situation for Arsenal

I think Manchester City will soon overtake both Arsenal and Aston Villa and move up to second place in the league. 

Due to sudden decline into their performance and having 3 defeats from 5 games with 1 draw and 1 win is surely never been ideal, but this happens into middle of the season which is good instead of happening near the end of season and losing title like last year currently they are at the fourth spot with 5 points difference from leaders Liverpool and chance of fightback is available, but they need to work on their weakness like they fail to score goals in their last 2 games and have only 3 goals from 5 games, and they concede 6 goals which bring their defense down which is also needs to be fixed.

Liverpool is surely currently at their best with Manchester City is also already at the third spot and their next game can bring them to the second, but we can expect fierce fight for the top spots in these teams which are having quality players and good performance but need to be consisted of.

[poodle63]

The remaining match on Matchday 20 is the West Ham vs Brighton match.

I think this match will be really interesting to watch. And I think this match will be a match with more than 2 goals. Because I see that both teams are now in better confidence. After they managed to get full points in the match on Matchday 19. Namely, Brighton managed to beat Tottenham, and West Ham managed to beat Arsenal. And now the two will compete. Well this really makes me curious about who will win. whether it was Brighton who succeeded in beating Tottenham or West Ham who succeeded in beating Arsenal. At the moment I will not favor any team. I would rather hope there are lots of goals in this match.

An important match tonight. Goals will be coming in as if there will be no solid defensive strategy, these clubs are mediocre but they're differ in performance and not taking any slight opportunity of not winning. Westham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion, what do we expects to happen? It's a GG on the scores because both clubs wouldn't afford to defend or play without aleast netting a goal. David Moyes will be ready to shake hands with Roberto De Zerbi at London stadium. It's important for both clubs to win and there is the presence of top actions.

Im only expecting westham to win the match caused by brighton will be making some mistakes started from its backpass strategy. Brighton was a club that is very often in building its attack from the bottom, which is having very big risk to be countered through low blcok strategy owned by westham. Westham was also very often pressuring the defenders too. Brighton shall be so careful with it. It's caused by the main weakness of zerbi's strategy can be read easily. If Westham increases the pressure on the opposing players when they attempt a back pass, it is likely that the players will lose control of the ball.

It's not my first time to see that brighton was making mistkae when it was doing back pass. Zerbi needs to make sure his team will not be very often in doing backpass. The club that is aware of the main weakness of brighton will be intensively pressuring the defenders when they were building from the bottom.The goal keeper must always be ready to face the worst situation when the defenders will be missing the ball. This is the main weakness owned by brighton that needs to be solved as soon as possible before the match.

[Jaycoinz]

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 If Newcastle management had added talented players to the squad before the start of the season, we might not have seen their decline.

Newcastle become a rich club in the EPL, but players are still not sure about Newcastle's future potential. If this season Newcastle can improve its performance and at least can finished in 4th position, maybe in the summer transfer window, Newcastle can find better players than at the start of this season. Because there are prospects shown by Newcastle if they successfully compete in the UCL for two consecutive seasons.

Well if you come to look at it, they have actually tried very well themselves although they have the money like you said and having money is something like an advantage because they can buy the players they want but you can credit the management of the team because they have done exceedingly well compared to teams like Chelsea who had all the money and bought players but still can't put the Working formula together.

[bitzizzix]

I think in the upcoming match West Ham has a chance to get three points. Moyes' team has an excellent form, plays at home and has no serious problems with the squad. Brighton is a strong and played team, but recently the Seagulls have often lost points. Although in the last round Brighton managed to inflict a defeat on Tottenham. So West Ham is waiting for a tough game.

I see the match as very even. Both teams have played strongly recently and are also very close to each other in the table. I have placed a bet on the game, on a draw with 2+ goals, as both teams play very offensively and therefore several goals are to be expected.

If I were you, I would place a bet on West Ham winning rather than choosing a draw. The results obtained by West Ham in the last few matches are more promising than those achieved by Brighton. This game will also be played at West Ham headquarters, of course it will further arouse the players enthusiasm to extend their winning record.
The positions of these two teams are very close in the standings, West Ham is three points ahead of Brighton. Their very fragile defense makes it very difficult for Brighton to win points in this game, especially since West Ham's attack line is in its best form.

If you look at the performance of the two teams, West Ham has recently been better than Brighton and besides that the match will be held at West Ham's home ground which is an advantage for the hosts. And the most important thing we have to know is that West Ham always wins when playing at home, and the opposing team always has difficulty scoring goals when playing at West Ham's home ground.
However, Brighton will also be a difficult opponent for West Ham, because in five matches the two Brighton teams managed to achieve three wins, one draw, and West Ham only won one win. And the head to head results of the two teams and the performance conditions of the two teams will make betting confusing. Because both teams have the same chance of winning and it will be more difficult to choose a draw, what is certain is that both teams will definitely have the ambition to get full points and will play very carefully.

[ancafe]

Liverpool have never lost at Anfield and everyone knows that, Newcastle also didn't play with their key players of course the betting market also gives high odds on Newcastle compared to Liverpool, I wouldn't take the risk in betting on this match considering Liverpool seems to really want to win. get the full three points and solidify their position at the top of the current standings. I'm sure Liverpool will win against Newcastle today.

Liverpool again showed a positive trend after defeating Newcastle with a large enough score and this increasingly showed how Liverpool could give messages to some of their competitors in the standings. Salah returned to being a player who played a role in bringing Liverpool to win the match because thanks to the two goals printed, Liverpool could secure three points and the remaining two other goals were scored by Jones and Gakpo.

Newcastle really lost the shape of the game as usual and the injury of some players made everything change and now they are only able to get 29 points from 20 matches. If this condition continues, I am sure that Eddie Howe's foster children will get worse at the bottom of the standings and this condition is not good for them.

[$crypto$]

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 If Newcastle management had added talented players to the squad before the start of the season, we might not have seen their decline.

Newcastle become a rich club in the EPL, but players are still not sure about Newcastle's future potential. If this season Newcastle can improve its performance and at least can finished in 4th position, maybe in the summer transfer window, Newcastle can find better players than at the start of this season. Because there are prospects shown by Newcastle if they successfully compete in the UCL for two consecutive seasons.

What I do know is that Newcastle will not spend excessively on players despite being a wealthy club with its acquisitions.

Newcastle are actually a little unfortunate, when buying Tonali from Milan he had to be sentenced to 10 not due to gambling that I know and now they bought several players but not star players and they can only rely on the strategy of coach Eddie Howe to make changes with makeshift players can be said so.

[AakZaki]

Top 5 Premier League Scorers while on season break.
1. Mohamed Salah 14 goals2. Erling Haaland 14 goals
3. Son Heung-min 12 goals4. Dominic Solanke 12 goals
5. Jarrod Bowen, 11 goals
Mohamed Salah is one of the players who can make the most goals and assists. It means Mohamed Salah is a player with very good statistics for a forward.

[dezoel]

Liverpool want a difference from themselves this season and last season because we know last season they had a lot of gaps that made them thrown out of the Champions League competition which can be said to be actually a subscription for them.

Currently Klopp does not want the same incident last season to happen again this season so they try to do their best. The midfield overhaul proved to be very influential for them this season because with the presence of Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Endo and Gravenberch it proved very helpful for their attacking line.
On the other hand, Gakpo also seems to be more confident in making movements and this is very different from the previous season. The presence of Jota and Luis Diaz, which last season was almost invisible, made the situation better for Liverpool, only in this case Liverpool's problem is still in Nunez. He still hasn't shown good performance until now, especially in the productivity of goals given so there needs to be a better push from Klopp so that he can shine because if not it is certain that he is a failed player for Liverpool.

In last season injuries give them big setbacks, and they were not able to recover from them until end of season which bring them down as they were not having suitable replacements but now in this season we have good work from Jürgen Klopp, and he is working on good strategy which is helping them for keeping things at their best level currently we are crossing halfway of the season, and they are at the top even difference is narrow but still things are going good for them, and they can go through at the top for few more weeks.

Nunez is good with Gakpo and others are also giving their best contribution which is having good impact on overall team performance Mohammad Salah is currently at the top of goalscorers list, and now he is having his name in top five goalscorers as well in English Premier League hopefully his contribution could be important for the win of title in this season while Manchester City is having troubles but still things are going into their favour, and they can give tough challenge to Liverpool.

[rahmad2nd]

How this season is progressing I believe Liverpool will win the Premier League because they are in real great form this season, whereas Arsenal is not in great form and is losing matches, which is why football can be predicted. When Arsenal started this season new, many people predicted that they would win the trophy because they were winning matches and even defeating Manchester City, who were giving them a headache in the competition. However, they are currently losing to minor clubs that no one expects they will do that.

I hoped they would do well in the Champions League versus Porto, because Porto are in terrific form and have more Champions League experience than Arsenal, who use to qualify every season. So I think Arteta needs to tighten his bet and improve his players performances, but I don't think they'll win a trophy this season because they've missed their chances. I think they'll have another chance to top the league table if Liverpool misbehaves, but that won't be an easy task because I don't believe Liverpool will lose any points now.

Remember, there are still at least 18 games left until this season ends. along the way, the ups and downs of a team are sometimes unavoidable. yeah, like Arsenal who were able to beat City, but fell to a team that was far below their ranking, either based on player depth or based on standings. and this is football, sometimes it's hard for us to guess. plus, it's not uncommon for the coach to make a mistake by underestimating his opponent. against Fulham, we really regret Arsenal's defeat. moreover, Arteta did not play his core line-up. but that fact doesn't apply, after all Arsenal lost at home for the first time. City is currently in 3rd place with 40 points, 5 points behind Liverpool. but City have one game postponed which they might use in good time to get full points. plus, City has one meeting at Anfield, Liverpool's headquarters. this match is a crucial match that can widen the point gap between the two. moreover, the competition in the top four currently still looks exciting because the difference in points is not significantly different. which means that if Liverpool slip up in the next two matches, this will give the team below them a chance. talking about Arsenal's match against Porto in the Champions League, actually this match still has a time lag. so, Arteta will prepare his team and try to find his opponent's weak points. based on the temporary odds provided by the bookies for these two teams, Arsenal is superior to the home team. at least, we have some idea for now about both teams. although usually, before the match, what the bookie offers has the potential to change. let's just follow and enjoy everything Arsenal does. moreover, this squad is my favorite team in the premier league.

[Nheer]

The remaining match on Matchday 20 is the West Ham vs Brighton match.

I think this match will be really interesting to watch. And I think this match will be a match with more than 2 goals. Because I see that both teams are now in better confidence. After they managed to get full points in the match on Matchday 19. Namely, Brighton managed to beat Tottenham, and West Ham managed to beat Arsenal. And now the two will compete. Well this really makes me curious about who will win. whether it was Brighton who succeeded in beating Tottenham or West Ham who succeeded in beating Arsenal. At the moment I will not favor any team. I would rather hope there are lots of goals in this match.

West Ham and Brighton have been one of the best entertainers of the league, we have seen how they play and the two teams playing against each other will really be an interesting match and i aslo expect over 2.5 goals in the match. It is difficult to predict a winner because they are good sides with good players and non of them would want to go easy on each other. Their past meetings have always been full of goals and they hardly play draw, I wonder who would win. I think West Ham have te upper hand of winning as they are playing at home and will have the support of their home fans and wouldn’t wan to lose at home.

West Ham are very good team and we know how well they play when facing a strong side they will not be an easy team to defeat.