Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[mv1986]

Kelvin De Bruyne's absence was felt very much in the game and Manchester City's side couldn't create much of a chance, leaving Haaland unfeded with passes that resulted in a city not performing as expected in this game.
Arsenal did incredibly well towards the end of the match and therefore deserves this victory.

Not Kelvin De Bruyne, but Kevin De Bruyne. 

De Bruyne and Rodri's absence from the Manchester City squad in the big matchday 8 match against Arsenal was really felt. However, that doesn't have to be the reason to justify the absence of Pep Guardiola's two important players in the narrow defeat to Arsenal.
In the absence of Kevin De Bruyne, who plays an important role for Manchester City, Rodri can replace him. Rodri's disappearance from the Manchester City squad made the situation worse.

Rodri, who was absent due to a red card due to a mistake he made while playing against Nottingham Forest on matchday 6, made it difficult for Pep Guardiola to find a replacement.

Silva and Haaland, who usually appear with good statistics in every match, couldn't do much against Arsenal. Haaland, who is usually very good at taking advantage of every opportunity with running speed and good positioning, couldn't do much in this match.
Arsenal deserved to win. That's the point.

Or maybe Kalvin De Klein? Enough of the jokes but I have been thinking this for a while now. Regarding results Manchester City has been mostly efficient in their games, but it wasn't the same Manchester City as last season with a Kevin De Bruyne and Gundogan in extraordinary shape. That makes a huge difference and now this becomes evident in almost every game. It is particularly obvious when Manchester City is having problems to find the final opener for the game and that is when players like De Bruyne or Gudogan were always there last season. Alvarez has been doing this a couple of times now, but against the very strong opponents missing a player like Dee Bruyne hurts even more.

But it was a deserved win for Arsenal. They haven't been lucky or anything. I was quite sure it will be a close game and ok, if one team scores a few minutes before the end it could always be called luck to some degree, but looking at the whole game Arsenal was definitely the better team and hence deserved full points here.

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[flyingcarpet]

Hmmm... I hope this is not just a victory, but a whole turning point in the current season. If you look at the game schedule, you can see that by this time City’s game calendar was quite easy (at least easier than that of their opponents). And now they have fewer points than Arsenal and Tottenham. I hope that in future more difficult games City will continue to lose points and some other club will win the title.
I'm really looking forward to the bookmakers' quotes - to be fair, Arsenal should already be the favorite.

This could definitely be a big turning point for Arsenal especially. Because I don't think they were in the second position so far in this season. And being able to beat the best team in the league, Manchester City is definitely going to give them a big boost in confidence. I personally believe that they have the ability to beat Tottenham as well. But the thing is they will have to be consistent throughout the whole season. They cannot just be performing well at the start and not win matches towards the end. so far, we have seen that happening in two seasons. I hope in this season, Arsenal will be able to consistently perform and not drop easy points.

Arsenal performed well last season, but have lost consecutive points in recent weeks. I don't think they will make the same mistake again this season. Therefore, today's win will motivate them a lot.

Haaland's performance has not been good in recent weeks. He has not been able to use the physical superiority we have seen in previous matches lately. Of course, this is because rivals are taking special precautions for Haaland. Although his one-shot ability is very good, he could not show it in the last matches. At City, I see a general lack of performance in the team. They will recover soon.

[Bobrox]

Unfortunately, Manchester City have got their second loss in a row on Premier League after last match defeated by Wolves and tonight Arsenal as second teams make City loss three points. Its not good result for Citizen because they have loss two matches in a row and make their position standing drop to 3rd placed behind 2 points remaining from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
On other side, Arsenal continues with impressive performance after defeating Manchester City and success become Premier League team who still unbeaten and follow with Tottenham Hotspur performance without get loss yet.

[Doell]

Mikel Arteta bringing on Gabriel Martinelli for Leandro Trossard in the 47th minute was a good choice and their attack became more dangerous in the second half, and had several chances. I saw Gabriel Martinelli feel disappointed several times when his team gave him an inaccurate ball and also when he asked him to give it too late.
Gabriel Martinelli became a hero for Arsenal. Apart from winning this match, Arsenal also just won against Manchester City after 12 meetings.

And I didn't feel bored with this great match, because they played tactically and very carefully. And I am sure that if Arsenal is consistent with their performance and without any of their main players being injured they will definitely lead the standings this season.

That's right, Arteta decision was very good, also he played Kai Havertz who was a substitute for Nketiah. Kai Havertz was very calm in giving a pass to Martinelli, and Martinelli can take advantage of opportunities to score a goals very well. But also if the ball hadn't hit the City player's head, maybe I think this match will end without a goal because both of team are quite solid. But anyway, Arsenal are really a great to beat City, I personally was happy to see that because with this victory, the mentality of Arsenal players will increase to consistent for the title.

[RockBell]

Back to back EPL defeats for Pep Guardiola and City, i know Pep is a tactical genius, but i don't think he got his tactics right this time, it was almost like City were playing for a draw at some point. Arsenal were more daring and i think they deserved the win, i know the match was somewhat 50-50, but i think they controlled the game better and had most of the desire to go on and win the game, which they did.

City have missed Rodri immensely, they have lost the 3 games he missed (vs Newcastle, Wolves and Arsenal), this just goes to show how important the Spaniard is to City. After he lost his head and got sent off against Nottingham Forest, the question was if City would pay for it, which they did. Rodri would be available for their next game against Brighton after the international break, but City are going to have a tough run of big games in the next couple of weeks and we'd have to see how well City react.

For a very long time, today has been my happiest day. This isn't due to anything in particular rather, it's because Arsenal upset Manchester City. I wish I could celebrate, but we need more victories of this caliber from Arsenal. And pep is not always a lucky charm that will work. Many Arsenal haters won't be able to speak anymore because they never anticipated it. Everyone anticipated a draw, and even Manchester City had that as their goal for the game's conclusion. But in the end, we came out on top. Also Arsenal has the ideal opportunity to grab the lead as Manchester City appears to be hurt owing to the absence of some players. Things won't be simple for the Premier League even with Rodri present.

[MinoRaiola]

Tottenham really made a big surprise, the majority of EPL fans didn't think they could be unbeatable in the hands of this new coach, i wonder how long Tottenham will be at the top of the EPL standings, it seems Pep Guardiola has to use a new strategy.

8 games in the Premier League and no one lost, this are 1st place in the league. I think that Harry Kane currently congratulate his ex teammates. He is in 3rd place in the German League. Who would have thought that Manchester loses today. The next two top games are on 04.11. against Chelsea and 02.12. against Manchester City. Heung-Min Son is with 31 years one of the most important players at Tottenham, in 8 games he scored 6 goals.

[KTChampions]

Hmmm... I hope this is not just a victory, but a whole turning point in the current season. If you look at the game schedule, you can see that by this time City’s game calendar was quite easy (at least easier than that of their opponents). And now they have fewer points than Arsenal and Tottenham. I hope that in future more difficult games City will continue to lose points and some other club will win the title.
I'm really looking forward to the bookmakers' quotes - to be fair, Arsenal should already be the favorite.

This could definitely be a big turning point for Arsenal especially. Because I don't think they were in the second position so far in this season. And being able to beat the best team in the league, Manchester City is definitely going to give them a big boost in confidence. I personally believe that they have the ability to beat Tottenham as well. But the thing is they will have to be consistent throughout the whole season. They cannot just be performing well at the start and not win matches towards the end. so far, we have seen that happening in two seasons. I hope in this season, Arsenal will be able to consistently perform and not drop easy points.

Before last year's title, Napoli also took a lead but failed at the end of the season. I hope that Arteta has finally formed a championship team (it looks like it) and this year they will last for the whole season. City (due to the KDB and maybe not only because of it but also for “natural” reasons) is experiencing a decline and this will be an additional help in achieving the goal. The next games will show what we can count on - they are very difficult for City.

[knowngunman]

EPL this round ended up with weird results starting from the victory of teams that failed in past like Chelsea and Manchester United then the failure of top teams like Manchester City and the draw of Liverpool and Newcastle.
Arsenal managed to get 3 points from Manchester City after scoring a late goal. City didn't play well in this match and gunners deserved to win.
The table right now look interesting with Spurs and Arsenal in the lead followed by Manchester City and Liverpool. With every round, we will see a different table for a while tho.

Both Arsenal and manchester city played woefully in today's clash, perhaps it's because both teams are suffering from injury set back in their key players. The absence of KDB in Manchester city squad has reveal a lot about Man city and the impact is obvious. Haaland who's known to be goal machine has silently go off and ghost himself in big games. He was completely a minus today for city. I don't know what's wrong with Pep when he decides to subbed off Alvarez who's been making some attempt instead of Haaland.

On Arsenal side, injury has taken down their major wingers and it affected their performance too. Jorginho deserves some applaud for his performance today as he hold the midfield together. Arsenal goal keeper lacks confidence and it'll be very dangerous to give him back pass. He would have caused Arsenal downfall today but lucky enough, they managed to get the late winning goal.

However, the league is still fresh to talk about the table but who knows if this is Spurs season? Lol

[borovichok]

Tottenham really made a big surprise, the majority of EPL fans didn't think they could be unbeatable in the hands of this new coach, i wonder how long Tottenham will be at the top of the EPL standings, it seems Pep Guardiola has to use a new strategy.

I've a feeling about this 2023/2024 EPL campaign, because there's alot of surprises and actions against standard and average team. Tottenham Hotspur and Gunners remained unbeaten this season, records an outstanding performance against their opponents. Spurs new boss, Angelos Postecoglou have done an incredible job for Tottenham Hotspur in his first season in charge. The Spurs remained unbeaten in games and ranked #1 on EPL table after their tremendous winning against Luton Town despite playing 10 men at Kenilworth Road stadium. If Spurs continue to push harder, they will maintain a good spot this season.

[Jossque]

Liverpool drew away to Brighton and left 2 points on the table. Despite leading at half time they couldn't hold on to their lead and drew. I wouldn't have expected Brighton, who conceded 6 goals against Aston Villa, to be too focused in the Liverpool game but it looks like they recovered from that heavy defeat with ease. Both teams had European commitments during the week and were visibly tired.
In another game with the same scoreline Newcastle drew 2-2 away to West Ham. Newcastle, who managed to beat PSG with an excellent game during the week, failed to win this away game despite taking the lead. Despite losing the first half, Newcastle started the second half fast and scored 2 goals in 5 minutes with Isak, but they couldn't prevent the goal in the last minutes and drew.

[QueenVera]

I expected Liverpool sharing points with Brighton but I wasn't having enough balls to stake on the game,  though I managed to go with both team scoring.
 Wolves Aston Villa was very clear to me and I selected that for a full time draw result.

Without Bias, I've always wanted Arsenal to win the Premier League last season but they got the Premier League ursurped by Manchester City.
Today, I'm still down for Manchester City dropping points. Arsenal should win this game with three goals to one.

Arsenal have defeat City for the 2nd time and they did it without their star player Saka, there performance today was superb and I think they deserved to win the game, I love the way Arsenal players were very serious today and they played like they were in a final match, last season Arsenal almost won the league but bottled it, by allowing City to overtake them on the standings, however this season they're very serious and are taking every games by storm, they're among the only 2 teams to be unbeaten this season, and  won't be suprised if either of the 2 Current unbeaten teams win the league.

 The absence of Rodri in the squad has really caused problem for Mancity in 2 games now and I think Pep Guardiola needs to adjust his game play else they might keep dropping points, they tried against Arsenal today but were unlucky to concede at the late minutes of the game, there next match is against Brighton, they're playing at home but needs to be careful.

[sana54210]

Arsenal continues with impressive performance after defeating Manchester City and success become Premier League team who still unbeaten and follow with Tottenham Hotspur performance without get loss yet.

Definitely an important win for Arsenal, first the cup thing and now the league game, they are really figuring out what City is doing and then abusing the weakness they have. City had only ONE shot on goal all game long, that is really the first time I saw that, I can't remember any time before where they had such a terrible game, whatever Arsenal is doing definitely is working and at this point Tottenham is leading the league and we all know that they won't continue like that, Arsenal now is ahead of City as well and at second position.

Not that it means anything, it is been just 8 games so far and I am sure that it is not going to be all that important, but we need to remember that it s going to be something that takes time to adjust. Arsenal had so many weeks in a row when they were the leader last season and still failed, who knows maybe they will end up with the same thing this season as well, so it is not like they are guaranteed at all after one win.

[baeva]

City have lost two English Premier league games in a row and have drooped to the third position. I am happy that Arsenal won this game because it will make the league more open and competitive. Arsenal showed the champions no respect and gave them little or no chance to control the game. The Gunners had greater ball possession and created good chances. My best player in this game is Declan Rice because he was just outstanding and has proved that he is worth his high transfer fee.  

i see Man City has 51% of the ball possession and Arsenal only has 49% of the ball possession, as the host, Arsenal really played very well and directed, Arsenal even succeeded in making 12 'shots throughout the match, the goal was scored by Martinelli in the 86th minute, Arsenal emerged victorious, Declan Rice is indeed one of the best wing midfielders in the EPL at the moment, Arsenal is lucky enough to have him, Arsenal's opponent on the next matchday is Chelsea, i'm curious whether Havertz will make another assist in next week's match.

In general, the possession of the ball in a taco match does not say much, it was obvious that the match was absolutely equal and only at the end it was possible to determine the winner. Manchester City have suffered their second consecutive defeat and have dropped to third place. Tottenham unexpectedly moved up to first place. It will be funny if they win the league right after Kane leaves.

[Jossque]

Wolves have managed to score in all but the first game in the league. Today, Wolves managed to score against Aston Villa and drew 1-1. Aston Villa were too tired from Europe to focus much on the game. Obviously they could have scored more goals but it didn't happen.
In the last match of the day, we saw 2 championship hopefuls sharing the title. The match was an average match so obviously neither team played very well. City dominated the first half but Arsenal took the upper hand in the second half. Arsenal managed to get the benefit of their pressure with a goal in the last minutes and gave their opponent their 2nd defeat in the league.

[Cookdata]

EPL this round ended up with weird results starting]from the victory of teams that failed in past like Chelsea and Manchester United then the failure of top teams like Manchester City and the draw of Liverpool and Newcastle.
Arsenal managed to get 3 points from Manchester City after scoring a late goal. City didn't play well in this match and gunners deserved to win.
The table right now look interesting with Spurs and Arsenal in the lead followed by Manchester City and Liverpool. With every round, we will see a different table for a while tho.

Both Arsenal and manchester city played woefully in today's clash, perhaps it's because both teams are suffering from injury set back in their key players. The absence of KDB in Manchester city squad has reveal a lot about Man city and the impact is obvious. Haaland who's known to be goal machine has silently go off and ghost himself in big games. He was completely a minus today for city. I don't know what's wrong with Pep when he decides to subbed off Alvarez who's been making some attempt instead of Haaland.
 

Is it not fair to say that Manchester City and Arsenal are equal in players that were absent? Kelvin Bruyne wasn't around which happrb to be one of their great Midfielder but Arsenal also has Saka that was absent as well which is Arsenal main project and favorite as winger, what more do we need to measure standard of this match between Arsenal and Manchester City. Each teams on both ends played nicely but Arsenal were able to change the mood of the match in end of second half that led them to Manchester City with a goal to nill.

On Arsenal side, injury has taken down their major wingers and it affected their performance too. Jorginho deserves some applaud for his performance today as he hold the midfield together. Arsenal goal keeper lacks confidence and it'll be very dangerous to give him back pass. He would have caused Arsenal downfall today but lucky enough, they managed to get the late winning goal.

However, the league is still fresh to talk about the table but who knows if this is Spurs season? Lol

Jorgino deserve some hand shake and a hug but don't forget the effort of Rice, he was there at every place providing good support in converting pressure to long passes for the forward men,  his today performance gave him man of the match and I must say that it's a deserving award for him and Arsenal today.

Arteta is a smart manager to say, he watch his men played against Manchester City all the time but after watch Trossard the whole time and he was quick to notice he is the one is not doing much for the club and immediately he substituted him with Martineli, a goal was score in the second half.

[lalabotax]

Both Arsenal and manchester city played woefully in today's clash, perhaps it's because both teams are suffering from injury set back in their key players. The absence of KDB in Manchester city squad has reveal a lot about Man city and the impact is obvious. Haaland who's known to be goal machine has silently go off and ghost himself in big games. He was completely a minus today for city. I don't know what's wrong with Pep when he decides to subbed off Alvarez who's been making some attempt instead of Haaland.

Actually, the competition is very tight. However, Arenal does have a bigger chance, here they can attack Man City's defense more than Man City. It could be said that Arsenal's midfielders contributed very well by supporting the front players. The only goal by Martinelli in the minutes made it a prestigious victory for Arsenal, because after all, this match was a very prestigious match, beating Man City. No matter what the score, winning is still winning.

On the other hand, some matches in the EPL are not very satisfying. Like Newcastle, I think they will win, because they have just played so impressively in the UCL. However, it only ended in a 2-2 draw. West Ham was able to hold Newcastle who were on fire to a draw, very good.

[JoyMarsha]

Hmmm... I hope this is not just a victory, but a whole turning point in the current season. If you look at the game schedule, you can see that by this time City’s game calendar was quite easy (at least easier than that of their opponents). And now they have fewer points than Arsenal and Tottenham. I hope that in future more difficult games City will continue to lose points and some other club will win the title.
I'm really looking forward to the bookmakers' quotes - to be fair, Arsenal should already be the favorite.

The fact that Manchester City lost to Arsenal is a clear indication that they will be unable to retain their premier league crown season after season. I sincerely doubt that Manchester City will once again be a premier league powerhouse. Premier League teams are starting to figure out how to neutralize Manchester City's dominating strategies in every game. Currently, Haaland is playing less effectively in games as a result of Kelvin Bruyne's injury absence. Those lovely passes that Manchester City employs to score against their opponent are not being made by anyone on the team.

[Oluwa-btc]

Tottenham really made a big surprise, the majority of EPL fans didn't think they could be unbeatable in the hands of this new coach, i wonder how long Tottenham will be at the top of the EPL standings, it seems Pep Guardiola has to use a new strategy.

8 games in the Premier League and no one lost, this are 1st place in the league. I think that Harry Kane currently congratulate his ex teammates. He is in 3rd place in the German League. Who would have thought that Manchester loses today. The next two top games are on 04.11. against Chelsea and 02.12. against Manchester City. Heung-Min Son is with 31 years one of the most important players at Tottenham, in 8 games he scored 6 goals.

When giving praises, do well to praise who's worthy. Son Heung - Min have been praised why not so same for James Madison? Just like KDB Said, he wants to see him at a top club before he rates him higher.
Son has only been a better nine/ striker and that's because he has a very good attacking midfielder ( James Madison )
Madison has been so busy creating chances, I watched him so closely for the first time as they locked horn with Luton Town on Saturday to go top of the Premier League Table.

No need mocking Harry Kane, he was never the problem with the squad. He did score twenty plus goals for that club almost every season he shouldn't be disrespected. He will have a great season regardless with Bayern Munich.

[gabbie2010]

Hmmm... I hope this is not just a victory, but a whole turning point in the current season. If you look at the game schedule, you can see that by this time City’s game calendar was quite easy (at least easier than that of their opponents). And now they have fewer points than Arsenal and Tottenham. I hope that in future more difficult games City will continue to lose points and some other club will win the title.
I'm really looking forward to the bookmakers' quotes - to be fair, Arsenal should already be the favorite.

The fact that Manchester City lost to Arsenal is a clear indication that they will be unable to retain their premier league crown season after season. I sincerely doubt that Manchester City will once again be a premier league powerhouse. Premier League teams are starting to figure out how to neutralize Manchester City's dominating strategies in every game. Currently, Haaland is playing less effectively in games as a result of Kelvin Bruyne's injury absence. Those lovely passes that Manchester City employs to score against their opponent are not being made by anyone on the team.

Apart from Kevin DeBruyne that was injured, Rodri is another Man City influencial player that was out due to Red card against Wolves meanwhile Guordiola allowed Gundogan and Mahrez to be sold thus his action had created a big vacuum in the club thus the club won't be able to defend their title this season with just few matches played they had lost two matches back.to back which is indeed a big blow to the team having considered plenty matches to be played and I am very sure they can't win of their remaining matches

[EFS]

Thanks to Martinelli, that goal was much needed. Finally Arsenal beat Manchester City. The more important thing is, they didn't give many positions to City. That means City is not an unbeateble team. When you play with right tactics and give your all, you can beat them.
Spurs and Gunners have same points now. City is 2 points behind. The league will be very long, the team that maintains continuity comes forward. It's important to have a winning streak and win big games like that. Everything looks alright for Arsenal now.