Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Polkeins]

Pochettino did his great management last season but he had to leave Chelsea and now this position belongs to a new coach Maresca. If Pochettino had been still Chelsea coach, Chelsea journey would have been more similar to Arsenal and Arteta.

Teams don't need to have a stable coach before they can start performing better, Liverpool are competing for the title and their coach is a new one that hasn't coached the team before. When a coach is good, he can make a team to become tittle contenders even in his first season. Chelsea coach is a good coach and he has improved the Chelsea squad but there are still many things to do before the team will become title contenders as Arsenal has become. Chelsea goalkeeper is a big problem for Chelsea as he's one of the reasons why they lost against Liverpool. He was just giving the ball away and coyuld save the second goal from Liverpool.

I think we should not blame the goals on the Chelsea goalkeeper, who even though he did not play very confidently, but still it should be noted that most of Liverpool's counterattacks were based on the fact that they easily passed the center of the field, which should have been controlled by Chelsea's supporting midfielders, including Caicedo, who had a bad match, and after Chelsea's substitutions the whole game of the team fell apart and Maresca in general and lost because of the substitutions, which did not strengthen, but on the contrary weakened the game.

[Hewlet]

Pochettino did his great management last season but he had to leave Chelsea and now this position belongs to a new coach Maresca. If Pochettino had been still Chelsea coach, Chelsea journey would have been more similar to Arsenal and Arteta.

Teams don't need to have a stable coach before they can start performing better, Liverpool are competing for the title and their coach is a new one that hasn't coached the team before. When a coach is good, he can make a team to become tittle contenders even in his first season. Chelsea coach is a good coach and he has improved the Chelsea squad but there are still many things to do before the team will become title contenders as Arsenal has become. Chelsea goalkeeper is a big problem for Chelsea as he's one of the reasons why they lost against Liverpool. He was just giving the ball away and coyuld save the second goal from Liverpool.

Honestly, he's not concentrating that much in the post and easily get carried away when the game gets too comfortable for his team. Made a mistake that would have cost the team a big issue because of his reckless pass and still joined in contributing to the second penalty that VAR ruled out. When we you talk of thier defence being poor, he's one of the cause of It and that's part of the things  Enzo maresca would need to work on.

He's tried to work things up from the place pochetino left it and he's done past what most fans expected when pochetino left and he came in as a replacement. What is lacking in the team is maturity and experience and that's what the Chelsea captain Reece James should have been providing but due to his consistent injury and what could be looked at as lack of fitness, he's not helping the team that much. They are on the right track as things stands but it will take them time before they fix all the errors that's currently in the squad.

[len01]

We might want to argue that Manchester City were the lucky team in their encounter at the Molineux against Wolves yesterday but we can't take away the fact that they were the better team and also did press for that winner goal for too long. Personally, I feel it was their persistence to fight for all three points in that game till the last minute that gave them the win instead of being "lucky" like you said.
Pep Guardiola is one manager that's never going to get tired of winning trophies as he always wants to win as  many as possible and after watching Manchester City's away game at Wolves yesterday, I think it'll be extremely difficult to stop them from retaining the English Premier League title this season.

For me, Man City difficulty in locking in yesterday's winning points was indeed Guardiola strategy not to put too much pressure on the team to get a winning score because Pep Guardiola also has goals in other competitions such as the UCL which will appear in a few days.
So the coach only kept the players to be careful in terms of physical condition to stay healthy without injury when approaching the UCL match.
But still, even though it doesn't look optimal, Man City is still a very consistent team in the EPL today.

[Dailyscript]

Pochettino did his great management last season but he had to leave Chelsea and now this position belongs to a new coach Maresca. If Pochettino had been still Chelsea coach, Chelsea journey would have been more similar to Arsenal and Arteta.

Teams don't need to have a stable coach before they can start performing better, Liverpool are competing for the title and their coach is a new one that hasn't coached the team before. When a coach is good, he can make a team to become tittle contenders even in his first season. Chelsea coach is a good coach and he has improved the Chelsea squad but there are still many things to do before the team will become title contenders as Arsenal has become. Chelsea goalkeeper is a big problem for Chelsea as he's one of the reasons why they lost against Liverpool. He was just giving the ball away and coyuld save the second goal from Liverpool.

Even though I dont like blaming anyone when a team scores but majority of Chelsea fans know that the second goal scored by Curtin Jones of Liverpool was literally Robert Sanchez's fault, suppose he was in a better position than the ball to have saved freely. With this I can agree with you that Chelsea does have a good goalkeeper at the moment.

Another issue is defenders. Chelsea is managing the defenders they have now but if they want to be title contenders then they have to work better with their defense. They need more and better defenders than they have now. Tosin Adarabioyo is one inconsistent defender Chelsea's has right now. His work rater was low yesterday, he is not someone who can be relied on to win duels. And lastly Levi Colwill. Though he tried yesterday some little mistakes can cause a lot of damage. He made a bad challenge in his box on Jones that almost could have been a penalty.

[Weawant]

Liverpool was lucky to have that penalty so early in the game as that changed everything and gave the momentum to Liverpool. Chelsea played so well despite being at Anfield that every club is always afraid to visit. Chelsea lost but they made the fans happy. When I was watching the game, I also was looking at social media and alot of individual are happy that Chelsea weren't afraid but played well against Liverpool. Chelsea had their chances to equaliser as Nkunku almost scored a goal at the closing hours of the match but he miss timed his runs and couldn't covert the chance. Look at the statistics, Chelsea were better but they couldn't score more goals.

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea can be considered lucky in this game as both team had a really good play to the point i can say for a fact it was a very balanced game and such that can not be said one side played better and the winner was lucky, they did had good attempts and dominance at different points which made it  good reason enough for them to have almost equal chances, i even find it difficult to fault any position in that game as every was fully functional and productive, it was a good competition and exercise if strength as expected of both teams been of good caliber and interestingly Liverpool still tops the table.

[abhiseshakana]

We might want to argue that Manchester City were the lucky team in their encounter at the Molineux against Wolves yesterday but we can't take away the fact that they were the better team and also did press for that winner goal for too long. Personally, I feel it was their persistence to fight for all three points in that game till the last minute that gave them the win instead of being "lucky" like you said.
Pep Guardiola is one manager that's never going to get tired of winning trophies as he always wants to win as  many as possible and after watching Manchester City's away game at Wolves yesterday, I think it'll be extremely difficult to stop them from retaining the English Premier League title this season.

For me, Man City difficulty in locking in yesterday's winning points was indeed Guardiola strategy not to put too much pressure on the team to get a winning score because Pep Guardiola also has goals in other competitions such as the UCL which will appear in a few days.
So the coach only kept the players to be careful in terms of physical condition to stay healthy without injury when approaching the UCL match.
But still, even though it doesn't look optimal, Man City is still a very consistent team in the EPL today.

I don't think John Stones's late goal was just luck. It may seem like that, but actually, when the game was in the final minutes, composure and concentration played a major role. So whoever has more will have a greater chance of scoring a goal. Apart from that, I think Man City is definitely quite confident if they can turn things around, therefore they consistently put pressure on their opponents, so they have more space to build up, and when the opportunity comes, they will be able to make good use of it.

[Frankolala]

That was terrible news for Manchester United at this moment of their poor performance. Mainoo is an important player for Manchester United, even though they have lost points this season, Mainoo has improved their performance since the previous season, so he might be in good shape by the end of next month. However, the absence of Kobbie Mainoo did not affect their performance in their last match against Brentford, Manchester United was losing in the first half and then made an impressive comeback by scoring two goals to win the game, but this doesn't mean that Manchester United is in good form because Brentford is an average team in the league.

It doesn't matter much what score Manchester United won this match, as Flick recently said, even if a team wins 1-0, they still get 3 points, so in this case it was important for ten Hag to get 3 points, it's good that they managed to do it. The obvious problem with Manchester United is their attack, they have scored only 7 goals in 8 rounds. This is one of the worst indicators in the league, this needs to be addressed and worked on.

Of course, their attack is the problem they are having which makes it difficult for them to score much goals leading to points drop. Another problem Manchester united is having is their defense which is not strong, and this makes them not to be able to defend their goals when they are on the lead, which gives their opponents the chance of equalizing the goal or win the match.

[rahmad2nd]

That was terrible news for Manchester United at this moment of their poor performance. Mainoo is an important player for Manchester United, even though they have lost points this season, Mainoo has improved their performance since the previous season, so he might be in good shape by the end of next month. However, the absence of Kobbie Mainoo did not affect their performance in their last match against Brentford, Manchester United was losing in the first half and then made an impressive comeback by scoring two goals to win the game, but this doesn't mean that Manchester United is in good form because Brentford is an average team in the league.

What you said is very right because I also still see that Manchester United are not in a very good condition because they still have to improve their way of playing in other matches so that there is an increase in points and their position in the standings so that it will be considered a good thing for improving performance. But for now Manchester United still haven't done that even though they were able to win at home when hosting Brentford which is a team that is not competitive enough in the League this season.

Although still young, Kobbie Mainoo has taken his teammate's position as the main starter, unfortunately he had to sit out due to a hamstring injury. However, in the match against Brentford, Eriksen and Casemiro performed quite well as a double pivot. If United's players can be stable, especially the midfielders, they should be able to continue on the right track to get full points from match to match. Indeed, it is difficult to predict the performance of Manchester United's players, they often play underperform, like a team that has lost direction and spirit. Maybe a victory over Brentford could have a big influence on raising the motivation, spirit and mentality of all United players. Ten Hag's job is to do it, and keep his team on the right track. We'll see when Manchester United visits Turkey, visiting Fenerbahce's headquarters. If the Europa League match is important for United, getting full points should be their target. In addition to maintaining the consistency of the players, victory after victory can add enthusiasm to move on the right track.

[shinratensei_]

I don't really know if Arsenal are having a different way the referees in the EPL are officiating their games or is there something we're not getting? Arsenal played against Bournemouth and they lost with a player (Saliba) being sent off and the game between Liverpool vs Chelsea we saw a similar situation where Tosin had to tackle one of the Liverpool players but he wasn't shown a red card but a yellow and it got me worried that the way some decisions are being made by the refs is not suppose to be, similar situation but different punishment, why is it like that? Arsenal have suffered so much this very season with 3 red cards this season. Is the EPL refs fair in making decisions this season or they have teams they target to issue red cards?

Man, just accept the truth. Saliba's case is totally different compared to Tosin. He was so harsh; it was an exact scoring goal opportunity by Bournemouth's player. That's why he was sent off by the referee after received a red card.

And in Tosin's case, the ball was heading wide; he was not the last man. Also, it's not an exact scoring goal opportunity for Salah. So, he got yellow

If we're seeing it closely, there are some differences, but yeah, it's very similar.

[JahriMeayer]

We might want to argue that Manchester City were the lucky team in their encounter at the Molineux against Wolves yesterday but we can't take away the fact that they were the better team and also did press for that winner goal for too long. Personally, I feel it was their persistence to fight for all three points in that game till the last minute that gave them the win instead of being "lucky" like you said.

No doubt Manchester City is stronger team than Wolves. They proved their ability in many matches, won six matches out of eight including the match held yesterday and now they gained the 2nd top at the qualifying table with 20 points. While Wolves standing at the bottom position of the qualifying table with 1 point, they didn't won a single match yet. Lost seven matches out of eight lol. But if we analysis the match between Manchester City vs Wolves,, J. Strand Larsen scored a first goal at 7th minutes behalf of wolves. Afterwards  man city gave their best effort, took the control and scored their first goal by J. Gvardiol at 33 minutes and 1st half result was draw. Then in 2nd half, Manchester City started the Match with same pattern and tried their best and dominate most of the time like 78% time but failed to score any goal earlier. But when a team score a goal in the last minutes, people called it luck instead of strong or persistence as you said. Although i think, it was really their persistence that they controlled Their mindset and keep focused on their target till their last breath and that's why they able to scored a goal in last minute

[mammusu]

I don't really know if Arsenal are having a different way the referees in the EPL are officiating their games or is there something we're not getting? Arsenal played against Bournemouth and they lost with a player (Saliba) being sent off and the game between Liverpool vs Chelsea we saw a similar situation where Tosin had to tackle one of the Liverpool players but he wasn't shown a red card but a yellow and it got me worried that the way some decisions are being made by the refs is not suppose to be, similar situation but different punishment, why is it like that? Arsenal have suffered so much this very season with 3 red cards this season. Is the EPL refs fair in making decisions this season or they have teams they target to issue red cards?

What happened to Saliba continues to be a debate that I think will give rise to a lot of controversy on social media, even the red card obtained by the Saliba began to be linked to Arsenal next match against Liverpool in the Premier League, because like a lot of speculation circulating at the moment the VAR referee between Bournemouth vs Arsenal is a Liverpool fan, so maybe he is trying to weaken Arsenal when facing Liverpool later, the controversy was further strengthened when there was a significant difference in the penalty received by Saliba and that received by Tosin in the Chelsea vs Liverpool match, to be honest when I saw Howard Webb in the VIP stands and speaking through the mic, it seems that there is indeed a conspiracy to prevent Arsenal be as championship, because in recent seasons Howard Webb has never been friendly towards Arsenal when he was a referee and even when he was he is served as chairman of PGMOL now,many referee decisions are actually detrimental to Arsenal.

[Luzin]

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea can be considered lucky in this game as both team had a really good play to the point i can say for a fact it was a very balanced game and such that can not be said one side played better and the winner was lucky, they did had good attempts and dominance at different points which made it  good reason enough for them to have almost equal chances, i even find it difficult to fault any position in that game as every was fully functional and productive, it was a good competition and exercise if strength as expected of both teams been of good caliber and interestingly Liverpool still tops the table.

Congratulations, Liverpool won but it was a bit strange. I saw the stats even Chelsea had better possession. Chelsea had more passes and were more accurate. This condition is quite good, meaning that Chelsea performed well even though they didn't win they were just ineffective. In addition, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez performed below his best.

While the other problem is Ten Hag, the victory Man United over Brentford slightly postponed the issue of dissatisfaction with him. But it seems that this is only temporary. There will still be many difficult matches, if Man United get another bad result I think many supporters will tell Ten Hag to leave.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Congratulations, Liverpool won but it was a bit strange. I saw the stats even Chelsea had better possession. Chelsea had more passes and were more accurate. This condition is quite good, meaning that Chelsea performed well even though they didn't win they were just ineffective. In addition, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez performed below his best.

While the other problem is Ten Hag, the victory Man United over Brentford slightly postponed the issue of dissatisfaction with him. But it seems that this is only temporary. There will still be many difficult matches, if Man United get another bad result I think many supporters will tell Ten Hag to leave.

This situation is normal in big matches so if one of them conceded then they will try to equalize the score or catch up so don't be surprised if Chelsea have ball possession and more effort moreover only one goal adrift. Here I highlight Liverpool who have accuracy shots and attacks so they deserve to win the match, exactly as we predicted before it's just that we didn't expect that Chelsea would give a fierce attack because I think Liverpool will win with a difference of 2 goals.

Competition in the Premier League standings is getting fierce when Liverpool and Manchester City are pursuing each other, previously Manchester City also won the match through luck yeah Manchester City scored in the 95th minute and end the match with a score of 2-1. I can't imagine if Man City only drew this means that Liverpool are certainly more confident.

[bias]

While the other problem is Ten Hag, the victory Man United over Brentford slightly postponed the issue of dissatisfaction with him. But it seems that this is only temporary. There will still be many difficult matches, if Man United get another bad result I think many supporters will tell Ten Hag to leave.

Every week, the only thing that Man United fans discuss is when Ten Hag will get fired, and not if he will get fired.
IMO, you can't be Man United and celebrate a win against Brentford (no offense to Brentford supporters) in your home ground like you win the title. The team lacks chemistry, leadership, and a clear plan/ strategy. For everything, the biggest share of responsibility lies with Ten Hag. He is the manager, he has to be the captain, and he signs the players. Unless he didn't make these choices and somebody else is the real "captain."

[Polkeins]

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea can be considered lucky in this game as both team had a really good play to the point i can say for a fact it was a very balanced game and such that can not be said one side played better and the winner was lucky, they did had good attempts and dominance at different points which made it  good reason enough for them to have almost equal chances, i even find it difficult to fault any position in that game as every was fully functional and productive, it was a good competition and exercise if strength as expected of both teams been of good caliber and interestingly Liverpool still tops the table.

Congratulations, Liverpool won but it was a bit strange. I saw the stats even Chelsea had better possession. Chelsea had more passes and were more accurate. This condition is quite good, meaning that Chelsea performed well even though they didn't win they were just ineffective. In addition, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez performed below his best.

While the other problem is Ten Hag, the victory Man United over Brentford slightly postponed the issue of dissatisfaction with him. But it seems that this is only temporary. There will still be many difficult matches, if Man United get another bad result I think many supporters will tell Ten Hag to leave.

Quite rightly noted about Chelsea that it was Chelsea who had the initiative, but Liverpool won the game. Sanchez showed not the best match, but he is certainly not the main culprit of the defeat, because Liverpool scored goals after the counterattack, when Liverpool players passed the center of the field without resistance and I think that if Chelsea scored another goal and equalized the score, Liverpool could have scored more, because it was obvious that Liverpool did not play not at the limit of their capabilities, but as if saving energy.

[bering]

Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace

The last match of week 8 will be helded today between Nottingham Forest vs Crystal Palace and although Nottingham Forest has just get 1 loses during this season but i couldn't says their performance were impressive because Nottingham Forest got too many draw results which is they got 4 times draw and this makes them losing points from previously matches so that's why Nottingham Forest position is out from top 10

For Crystal Palace i don't get it why this season they were so weak even their position currently at relegation zone with only collect 3 points from 7 matches but although from the recent performance Nottingham Forest is much better but i don't think they will be able to beat Crystal Palace moreover they still not consistent because they got too many gets draw results

According to the squad conditions for both teams i have seen some of players potentially will be absense and head to head statistics has been showed that in the last 3 meetings both teams have to playing draw and for this match too i think most likely it will ended to draw again and this option has high odds to bets @3.30 or under 2.5 goals also good pick

[Fivestar4everMVP]

While the other problem is Ten Hag, the victory Man United over Brentford slightly postponed the issue of dissatisfaction with him. But it seems that this is only temporary. There will still be many difficult matches, if Man United get another bad result I think many supporters will tell Ten Hag to leave.

Every week, the only thing that Man United fans discuss is when Ten Hag will get fired, and not if he will get fired.
IMO, you can't be Man United and celebrate a win against Brentford (no offense to Brentford supporters) in your home ground like you win the title. The team lacks chemistry, leadership, and a clear plan/ strategy. For everything, the biggest share of responsibility lies with Ten Hag. He is the manager, he has to be the captain, and he signs the players. Unless he didn't make these choices and somebody else is the real "captain."

You are very correct and I've also been of the same opinion in all my previous comments that is related to this same topic.
I agree that discussions about Ten hag and when he is going to be relieved off his job of managing Manchester united may likely subside for now due to the team's recent performances against Aston Villa at first which they managed to hold Austin villa to a draw, and now, they defeated Brentford.
I personally will celebrate Manchester united's draw against Aston Villa much more than I will even consider them beating Brentford as an achievement to jubilate over.
Brentford is a small club with rather weak players, I would have been more surprised if Manchester united didn't win their match against, but all the same, it's good as it helped Ten Hag to keep his job atleast, the end of this season.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I don't think John Stones's late goal was just luck. It may seem like that, but actually, when the game was in the final minutes, composure and concentration played a major role. So whoever has more will have a greater chance of scoring a goal. Apart from that, I think Man City is definitely quite confident if they can turn things around, therefore they consistently put pressure on their opponents, so they have more space to build up, and when the opportunity comes, they will be able to make good use of it.

I agree with this because actually Liverpool were quite calm entering the match almost to the end so that the combination of attacks they made was successfully completed by John Stones to score a goal. Chelsea have done everything but it must be admitted that Liverpool are much more prepared to win the match. In another match, Man City were behind because they conceded first, but because of their calmness they finally managed to equalize and score an additional goal for victory.

[X-ray]

Neither Liverpool nor Chelsea can be considered lucky in this game as both team had a really good play to the point i can say for a fact it was a very balanced game and such that can not be said one side played better and the winner was lucky, they did had good attempts and dominance at different points which made it  good reason enough for them to have almost equal chances, i even find it difficult to fault any position in that game as every was fully functional and productive, it was a good competition and exercise if strength as expected of both teams been of good caliber and interestingly Liverpool still tops the table.

Congratulations, Liverpool won but it was a bit strange. I saw the stats even Chelsea had better possession. Chelsea had more passes and were more accurate. This condition is quite good, meaning that Chelsea performed well even though they didn't win they were just ineffective. In addition, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez performed below his best.

I agree. Chelsea lost narrowly to Liverpool. But, they showed they can compete for a top 4 spot. They were even equal with Liverpool, but the ref ruined their chance. They're always being robbed by the referee. It was a clear pen for Sancho after he was fouled by TAA in the penalty box.

The ref was totally blind. Corrupt PGMOL was always recruiting incompetent refs to handle the game. Hopefully, they can move on asap.

[Solokan]

Yep, Wolves was suffering lose streak and Manchester City is completely dominated the match, but they only scored 2 goals. There are so many chance Manchester City have, without Rodri and De Bruyne, they can have this kind performance is already good.

Wolves tend to play defensive when they meet Manchester City, that's why they have very low ball possession and only take advantage over counter attack.

It's really a shame for Wolves, they always play with consecutive defeats, but of course I see that despite that, Wolves always makes it difficult for the team that is playing against them, like Liverpool, where at that time, if there were no penalty kicks, the match could have ended in a draw and in the last one match. Wolves played Brentford with a score of 5-3, of course it was also exciting because Wolves were really able to score 3 goals, but of course Wolves controlled more of the ball, but unfortunately, Wolves lost that match with a score of 5-3.

Yes, the 2 goals scored by Manchester City in the match against Wolves were certainly good, because even without De Bruyne and Rodri, of course Manchester City could still play well, and indeed this is an extraordinary thing that Manchester City has shown. But yes, it was a shame that Haaland didn't score in that match, even though I really wanted to see him score.

Yes, the game shown by Wolves was defensive, but I see that is the right way to compete against Manchester City because if you use non-defensive techniques, I think Manchester city will definitely easily score lots of goals against Wolves. I think I'm curious about Wolves' next match and I'm sure Wolves will not be underestimated by the EPL team.