Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[FanEagle]

Nkunku being injured is not that much of a big deal breaker for them, he is just going to be missing 4 months, which means that he will be back around November at most, December at worst case, and I believe that nothing major would happen until that point. If they can keep the team competitive until he comes back, he could still provide for a lot of games and he could end up with like 20+ games played for the season, even 30+ games when you consider FA cup as well.

Unfortunately for them they are not going to be in anything else, they are not going to Europe, and that's the trouble for them. If they did, they could have made more money, and by the time he comes back he will reach to either last group stage games, or the last 16 as well and be ready for it.

[borovichok]

It would surely be a surprise to me if City would struggle against a club like Burnley. You seem to think Manchester City depends solely on Haaland to score goals. And it’s somewhat laughable that a just promoted team to the EPL Burnley, would give the current title holders, Manchester City a tough time. I think  Manchester City would win the game and claim this 3 points easily.
City doesn’t depend solely on Haaland and the sooner any team realizes that, the greater chance they’ve got to actually stand a chance against them.
Congratulations to Burnley and Kompany on being promoted to the EPL. Now, they’ve got to face stronger competition.

Winning remained the ultimate priority for the cityzens, absolutely no room for reluctance, always ready to proved themselves in all league games. Pep Guardiola will face his former defender, Vincent Kompany, but this time as a manager. It's definitely going be an easy game for the cityzens. Manchester city facing the New promoted club, however they've been in the league before and they know how the club operates. Burnley will get acquainted with the new standards of the EPL with time, but for now, they would struggle to win games.

[Unsoldier]

Reece James became Chelsea’s captain. I wonder if this will change the game of the London club? Many fans say that Tiago Silva should have been captain. But the coach chose James. We’ll soon know how good a captain James is.

[nelson4lov]

Reece James became Chelsea’s captain. I wonder if this will change the game of the London club? Many fans say that Tiago Silva should have been captain. But the coach chose James. We’ll soon know how good a captain James is.

In my opinion, Vice captain would've been a more fitting role for him. This might be as a result of Trent becoming Liverpool's vice captain. Trent and James have always been set up for head to head comparisons. But since it's Pochettino's decision, I won't question since he knows better than I do. More fitting verteran players like Silva like you suggested or Chilwell – Chilwell in particular really need that role. James is only 23 - A very impressive right back.

[Oluwa-btc]

Man City are traveling to visit the newly promoted side Burnley, is going to be the opener of the EPL. Burnley did very good last season before coming to the EPL and I believe they'd do better this time around in the  EPL but on the other hand Manchester City are the champions and they have their midfield intact but that scoring machine Haaland is not that sharp as of last season, so I don't even see City doing too well like last season in terms of scoring much goals.
So to me I feel City are going to struggle if they see Haaland as the only striker to give them much goals, concerning this fixture against Burnley I feel is going to be a tough one for City to grab all 3pts.

It would surely be a surprise to me if City would struggle against a club like Burnley. You seem to think Manchester City depends solely on Haaland to score goals. And it’s somewhat laughable that a just promoted team to the EPL Burnley, would give the current title holders, Manchester City a tough time. I think  Manchester City would win the game and claim this 3 points easily.
City doesn’t depend solely on Haaland and the sooner any team realizes that, the greater chance they’ve got to actually stand a chance against them.
Congratulations to Burnley and Kompany on being promoted to the EPL. Now, they’ve got to face stronger competition.

Burnley would be hard to beat, that's because they'll want to impress after returning back from Championship. Manchester City depends on the entire squad for goals but last season more goals came from the talented viking.
Manchester City will win the game but then, But then, I'd love to see Vincent Kompany winning at home. With how impotent Erling Haaland was last Sunday, I double doubt he'll be on the score sheet against Burnley, it's a tough prediction, but I'm hoping to see it happening.

[Zlantann]

Nkunku being injured is not that much of a big deal breaker for them, he is just going to be missing 4 months, which means that he will be back around November at most, December at worst case, and I believe that nothing major would happen until that point. If they can keep the team competitive until he comes back, he could still provide for a lot of games and he could end up with like 20+ games played for the season, even 30+ games when you consider FA cup as well.

Unfortunately for them they are not going to be in anything else, they are not going to Europe, and that's the trouble for them. If they did, they could have made more money, and by the time he comes back he will reach to either last group stage games, or the last 16 as well and be ready for it.

The injury of Nkunku is a big blow to the Chelsea squad. He is a new signing for God's sake and the club was expecting to have a full squad to start the chase for trophies. Nkunku's absence for four months would affect the performance of the club because he is expected to play an important part in the plan of coach Mauricio Pochettino. In the Premier League, every game is important so not having Nkunku for four months is a big deal. Now the club will have to rely on Nicolas Jackson to lead the attack with other players like Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk, and Noni Madueke. 

Winning remained the ultimate priority for the cityzens, absolutely no room for reluctance, always ready to proved themselves in all league games. Pep Guardiola will face his former defender, Vincent Kompany, but this time as a manager. It's definitely going be an easy game for the cityzens. Manchester city facing the New promoted club, however they've been in the league before and they know how the club operates. Burnley will get acquainted with the new standards of the EPL with time, but for now, they would struggle to win games.

Vincent Kompany succeeded as a player and now he has started making marks as a coach. After the former Burnley coach Sean Dyche's was sacked so many key players left Burnley. With relatively young and inexperienced players Kompany build a strong football team that worked hard to make it to the premier league. The match against Manchester City and Burnley is unpredictable because Burnley is coming to make a mark in the EPL. Pep will be facing his formal player and captain, now as a coach.

[Iroh]

Burnley would be hard to beat, that's because they'll want to impress after returning back from Championship. Manchester City depends on the entire squad for goals but last season more goals came from the talented viking.
Manchester City will win the game but then, But then, I'd love to see Vincent Kompany winning at home. With how impotent Erling Haaland was last Sunday, I double doubt he'll be on the score sheet against Burnley, it's a tough prediction, but I'm hoping to see it happening.

Sure, they would want to make a statement and what better statement is there to make by beating the current title holders of the EPL. No doubt, a lot of Manchester City goals last season came from Haaland. He’s the striker and put there to score goals. All those goals scored last season won’t be possible without the amazing teamwork of the entire team. 
I still doubt Burnley would be hard to beat. They would surely play at their best but it might not be enough to keep City from going ahead to win the game.

[Stable090]

Man City are traveling to visit the newly promoted side Burnley, is going to be the opener of the EPL. Burnley did very good last season before coming to the EPL and I believe they'd do better this time around in the  EPL but on the other hand Manchester City are the champions and they have their midfield intact but that scoring machine Haaland is not that sharp as of last season, so I don't even see City doing too well like last season in terms of scoring much goals.

This is just the beginning of the season and that will be the first match for the two clubs, the match is going to be interesting but am not expecting anything special from Manchester City, it’s just the beginning and they might not even put much effort, Burnley have just been promoted to premier league, am expecting them to perform well in the match against Manchester City since it will be their first match in premier league. seriously the match is going to be interesting and I can’t even afford to miss the match.

So to me I feel City are going to struggle if they see Haaland as the only striker to give them much goals,

All Manchester City strikers are talented and Manchester city those not depend on only Haaland to score for them, at the end of last season, most clubs didn’t give Haaland opportunity when playing, but Manchester City still won most of those matches, if Haaland is properly attacked, you will see that he won’t be able to perform well, but that those not still mean Manchester City won’t will win the match.

[skarais]

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The problem is that Harry Kane is the hope for Tottenham to have goal productivity in his matches, we see that, but what power players do Tottenham have, the performance is uneven, which causes them to not develop rapidly to compete with other teams, especially in the English league which today is very tight. competition, so the decision to move to another strong league team like Bayern Munich was the right decision to carve out his achievements in his career as a football player, if he continues to remain silent at Tottenham, he must accept that he became a legend without a trophy in his career in the big league .
But if you think about it, if Tottenham do sell him, they will suffer enough to lose Harry Kane and their hopes will be even narrower to be in the top 3 of the Premier League standings.

Tottenham is a team that can provide good competition in the Premier League because of the quality and ability of its players. But unfortunately Tottenham have so far not been able to win the Premier League title even though they have proven their game consistency several times and collected many points. Tottenham finished runners up in the Premier League in the 2016-2017 season, but they have also managed to qualify for the Champions League 5 times out of the last 9 seasons.

Tottenham completely failed last season even though Kane managed to score a lot of goals. Kane can't do much for his team because I don't think Tottenham have the good mentality to win the Premier League. They failed many seasons, and that is one fact that hurts.

[QueenVera]

It would surely be a surprise to me if City would struggle against a club like Burnley. You seem to think Manchester City depends solely on Haaland to score goals. And it’s somewhat laughable that a just promoted team to the EPL Burnley, would give the current title holders, Manchester City a tough time. I think  Manchester City would win the game and claim this 3 points easily.
City doesn’t depend solely on Haaland and the sooner any team realizes that, the greater chance they’ve got to actually stand a chance against them.
Congratulations to Burnley and Kompany on being promoted to the EPL. Now, they’ve got to face stronger competition.

Burnley would be hard to beat, that's because they'll want to impress after returning back from Championship. Manchester City depends on the entire squad for goals but last season more goals came from the talented viking.
Manchester City will win the game but then, But then, I'd love to see Vincent Kompany winning at home. With how impotent Erling Haaland was last Sunday, I double doubt he'll be on the score sheet against Burnley, it's a tough prediction, but I'm hoping to see it happening.

The decision of the outcome of the match between Burnley and Manchester is slightly tough for me to decide, because it's a match between a club legend and  his former coach and both would be lookikg to have a win, Burnley just got promoted into the league and would be very tough and defend most of the time against big teams making it tough for them to score easily, however Mancity are the defending champions and would want to have a win from the beginning of the league not minding who they're playing against losing the start of the season is one thing Guardiola won't likely tolerate.
 But one thing i know is that no matter how tough Burnley acts or how defensive his team plays they might only get a draw and not win City because so far Guardiola's midfield is intact with Debruyne and kovacic included then a goal or two must definitely get in, Guardiola would always be Guardiola and won't fail to get 3points with a good goal margin when he sees a chance to.

[klidex]

Nkunku being injured is not that much of a big deal breaker for them, he is just going to be missing 4 months, which means that he will be back around November at most, December at worst case, and I believe that nothing major would happen until that point. If they can keep the team competitive until he comes back, he could still provide for a lot of games and he could end up with like 20+ games played for the season, even 30+ games when you consider FA cup as well.

Unfortunately for them they are not going to be in anything else, they are not going to Europe, and that's the trouble for them. If they did, they could have made more money, and by the time he comes back he will reach to either last group stage games, or the last 16 as well and be ready for it.

Bad start to the season even though Nkunku is one of talented player who can be relied upon at chelsea but unfortunately he has to rest until appointed time.
Although some people say this will not be a big problem for chelsea and they still have reserve player, but performance is not as good as Nkunku, but what if this has happened, Mauricio pochettino must work hard to find ways to improve situation.

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The decision of the outcome of the match between Burnley and Manchester is slightly tough for me because a match between a club legend on his former coach and both would be lookikg to have a win, Burnley just got promoted into the league and would be very tough and defend most of the time against big teams making it tough for them to score easily, how Mancity are the defending champions and would want to have a win from the beginning of the league not minding who they're playing against losing the start of the season is one thing Guardiola won't likely tolerate.
 But one thing i know is that no matter how tough Burnley acts or how defensive his team plays they might only get a draw and not win City because so far Guardiola's midfield is intact with Debruyne and kovacic include then a goal or two must definitely get in Guardiola would always be Guardiola and won't fail to get 3points with a good goal margin when he sees a chance to.

Of course the first match will be difficult to predict the final result. However, seeing the depth of the two teams, there is no doubt that Manchester city is the favorite to win this match. I think Burnley got a pretty strong opponent in their first match in the Premier League this season. Kompany could make a big surprise if he can guide Burnley to victory against Manchester City.

I think Erling Haaland is still a player that the Burnley bottom line is quite wary of. Because the Burnley defenders must be able to turn off the space for Erling Haaland so that Manchester City will have difficulty scoring goals in this first match. But I'm sure Manchester City can get 3 points in this match.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Nkunku being injured is not that much of a big deal breaker for them, he is just going to be missing 4 months, which means that he will be back around November at most, December at worst case, and I believe that nothing major would happen until that point. If they can keep the team competitive until he comes back, he could still provide for a lot of games and he could end up with like 20+ games played for the season, even 30+ games when you consider FA cup as well.

Seems you haven't been watching the Chelsea pre-season games, this season was going to be built around Nkunku as he's the best player we have at the moment, you could see him bringing direct attack to the team when they playing but all that is going to be missed, we needed Chelsea to start the season on a statement making note by then wining Liverpool and go unbeaten atleast for the first 10 games before we can be thinking of drawing but all that hopes is gone. We don't have a direct replacement for Nkunku and all the club has been signing this window are just youngsters that mightn't be ready for the next couple of seasons. Imagine we start poorly this season because of the absence of Nkunku, do you think him coming back can just bring back the confidence, No

Reece James became Chelsea’s captain. I wonder if this will change the game of the London club? Many fans say that Tiago Silva should have been captain. But the coach chose James. We’ll soon know how good a captain James is.

I love the fact that he was trusted to be captain, we know it should have been Mason Mount but he want to chase other desires of his which is an increase in salary but I don't blame him for that because football as we know has changed and now if you don't take the opportunity that present itself for you to make a good salary for yourself you might never get the same  opportunities in the future. Tiago silver doesn't need the armband to be a captain in the dressing room but on the field we need someone that loves the club and we can start a new chapter with. Tiago silver is leaving very soon and can't play every game but Reece James can (excluding when he's injured). Congratulations to Reece James, he's going to make a good captain and follow the full steps of the like of John Terry.

[ShowOff]

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Of course the first match will be difficult to predict the final result. However, seeing the depth of the two teams, there is no doubt that Manchester city is the favorite to win this match. I think Burnley got a pretty strong opponent in their first match in the Premier League this season. Kompany could make a big surprise if he can guide Burnley to victory against Manchester City.

I think Erling Haaland is still a player that the Burnley bottom line is quite wary of. Because the Burnley defenders must be able to turn off the space for Erling Haaland so that Manchester City will have difficulty scoring goals in this first match. But I'm sure Manchester City can get 3 points in this match.

Burnley vs Manchester City match is an easy match to predict. Burnley are very likely to play defensively and will try to counterattack, but it doesn't appear to be a game for them. It's hard to expect Burnley to be able to secure 3 points from their visitors in the Premier League's first match, that's clear because Manchester City is a favorite team that is difficult to stop.

I'm sure Manchester City will have a good game and result for the first match at the start of the 2023-2024 season, it will be great to increase the confidence of players. I hope Haaland can score in the first game next season, that's expected.

[Frankolala]

The decision of the outcome of the match between Burnley and Manchester is slightly tough for me because a match between a club legend on his former coach and both would be lookikg to have a win, Burnley just got promoted into the league and would be very tough and defend most of the time against big teams making it tough for them to score easily, how Mancity are the defending champions and would want to have a win from the beginning of the league not minding who they're playing against losing the start of the season is one thing Guardiola won't likely tolerate.
 But one thing i know is that no matter how tough Burnley acts or how defensive his team plays they might only get a draw and not win City because so far Guardiola's midfield is intact with Debruyne and kovacic include then a goal or two must definitely get in Guardiola would always be Guardiola and won't fail to get 3points with a good goal margin when he sees a chance to.

Of course the first match will be difficult to predict the final result. However, seeing the depth of the two teams, there is no doubt that Manchester city is the favorite to win this match. I think Burnley got a pretty strong opponent in their first match in the Premier League this season. Kompany could make a big surprise if he can guide Burnley to victory against Manchester City.

I think Erling Haaland is still a player that the Burnley bottom line is quite wary of. Because the Burnley defenders must be able to turn off the space for Erling Haaland so that Manchester City will have difficulty scoring goals in this first match. But I'm sure Manchester City can get 3 points in this match.

I will give the winning to Manchester united in this one because I don't think that Manchester city will live to see themselves defeated by Burnley. Manchester City will use the defeat of last weekend by Arsenal as a reason for them to win the match because all eyes are on them since they are the defending champions.

Burnley on the other hand might be able to win Manchester City if they can be able to come up with a strategy that will get the City players confused on the field and take advantage of that. If they are lucky on that day the match will be in their favour. I will place my bet on Manchester city with confidence and if they get defeated,I will see it as bad luck.

[rahmad2nd]

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Its good news for Premier League and actually for Tottenham Hotspur's fans because can watching Harry Kane exist in Primer League and get chance become top scorer after losing his position last season taking by Haaland. Daniel Philip Levy as Tottenham Hotspur chairman have been rejected with € 100 million proposal opening by Bayern Munich for signing Harry Kane and we are lucky available watching Kane scoring many goal in Premier League next season.

Tottenham Hotspur against Brentford on the first match, after Bayern Munich proposal rejected right now Harry Kane can totally focus with Spurs and waiting his contribution for helping teams finish on top fourth standings placed.

Don't be happy yet, because Bayern plans to make a fourth bid for Kane. at least, that's according to several recent sources after Levy's rejection of €100m of Bayern's bid. as I posted before, if Bayern will prepare a fourth bid with an estimated value of £ 95 million. even according to the Times report, said that Tottenham are increasingly resigned to selling Harry Kane to Bayern Munich.

Also, as I said in the previous post. If we refer to Romano's report, it seems that Kane is giving Bayern a hard code by saying a deal must be made this weekend before the league competition is restarted. that means, Bayern still have a chance to bring Kane to the Bavarians. Kane also did not forget to say that the final decision rests with Levy and Bayern Munich. supposing, Spurs end up keeping Kane for the 2023/2024 season.  that means, Levy must be prepared with the consequences.
The reason is, Kane is reportedly reluctant to extend his contract and that means he will leave as a free agent in the summer. and this is not in line with the wishes of the Spurs owner who said, if Kane is not willing to renew his contract, he does not want to release the star on a free agent status. I wonder if Lavy will insist and accept the consequences. if so, you can be sure that Kane will stay with Spurs only until this season ends.

[lalabotax]

Tottenham is a team that can provide good competition in the Premier League because of the quality and ability of its players. But unfortunately Tottenham have so far not been able to win the Premier League title even though they have proven their game consistency

Their performance is still not stable and consistent. They are actually a competent enough club to compete again, but sometimes their inconsistency causes them to lose a number of points. But who knows, maybe things will be different this season.

Burnley vs Manchester City match is an easy match to predict. Burnley are very likely to play defensively and will try to counterattack, but it doesn't appear to be a game for them. It's hard to expect Burnley to be able to secure 3 points from their visitors in the Premier League's first match, that's clear because Manchester City is a favorite team that is difficult to stop.

I do garee very much. Man City should not have high difficulties against Burney. As long as they don't udnerestiate the opponent, I'm sure that Man City will win. Likewise with Arsenal, they should not encounter difficult things in their first game.

What's interesting is the first meeting in the first EPL match between Chelsea vs Liverpool. This will be the first match which will be quite tense.

[Nheer]

All Manchester City strikers are talented and Manchester city those not depend on only Haaland to score for them, at the end of last season, most clubs didn’t give Haaland opportunity when playing, but Manchester City still won most of those matches, if Haaland is properly attacked, you will see that he won’t be able to perform well, but that those not still mean Manchester City won’t will win the match.

Thats guardiola’s style of play he is never dependent on one player and he build his squad in a way that anyone can score goals especially when the striker is struggling to score. Because Haaland failed to score towards the end of last season doesn’t mean he won’t score in the premier league again, he can even suprise us all and still end up winning the award for highest goal scorer. Guardiola lost some few players to the transfer and he is yet to find replacements but i have no doubt he will find replacements before the league starts.

[Sakanwa]

Tottenham is a team that can provide good competition in the Premier League because of the quality and ability of its players. But unfortunately Tottenham have so far not been able to win the Premier League title even though they have proven their game consistency

Their performance is still not stable and consistent. They are actually a competent enough club to compete again, but sometimes their inconsistency causes them to lose a number of points. But who knows, maybe things will be different this season.

Burnley vs Manchester City match is an easy match to predict. Burnley are very likely to play defensively and will try to counterattack, but it doesn't appear to be a game for them. It's hard to expect Burnley to be able to secure 3 points from their visitors in the Premier League's first match, that's clear because Manchester City is a favorite team that is difficult to stop.

I do garee very much. Man City should not have high difficulties against Burney. As long as they don't udnerestiate the opponent, I'm sure that Man City will win. Likewise with Arsenal, they should not encounter difficult things in their first game.

What's interesting is the first meeting in the first EPL match between Chelsea vs Liverpool. This will be the first match which will be quite tense.

We cannot just conclude on the results of Arsenal and Manchester city just yet,we all know how the premier league is,and it will be too early to conclude on those games because we don't know what might have happened during the summer transfer window,I know Arsenal and City have recruited players,but Forest and Burnley have also done thesame as well.Everybody wants their team to win,and despite the fact that they give city and Arsenal small odds against those teams,I still think those games are not just going to be a workover like that, especially the City vs Burnley game,Vincent kompany knows exactly what Pep is capable of doing,therefore he will still device means of winning that game or atleast drawing City.

[Velvet78]

Chelsea - Liverpool is going to be a pretty interesting matchup on the first week of the new season already. It is pretty hard to predict which side would come out on top here. It is more like a tie game to me for now. Chelsea were much worse last season maybe but I hope not to see them the same this season too.

I believe Pochettino will do a better start for Chelsea. But still it is really difficult for them to win this game. Liverpool have made good progress in the recent rimes of last season. If they maintain that they wouldn't lose here easily. I expect a draw at the end and both teams to score as well.