Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Spack17]

In three days, we have a really nice Manchester derby in Old Trafford. I can't say that their last two head-to-heads in this stadium were quite exciting as the results were 0-0 and 2-0. But we can watch a much more exciting match this time I believe. Because we have Ronaldo also and he can still be a game changer. And considering the recent performance of Manchester United, I wonder if they will succeed in winning this derby. Ole tries a new game plan including two forwards on the front. And they scored 5 goals in 2 matches using this game plan. Let's see if they will be successful against Manchester City. I think each team will score.

[cryptofrka]

United is in a good period before the derby. After that heavy loss against Liverpool they bounced back against Spurs, won that one easily and then yesterday scored a crucial goal in the 90th minute in the CL.

However, City is organizationally in a different league. They will have a thorough gameplan on how to hurt them, whereas United is still playing without it.

I expect a City win, I will bet on a handicap one.

[KingsDen]

Even without watching spurs under Conte and Manchester United under Ole, everyone including Ole knows that Conte is better than Ole. If Conte is given the crop of players in Manchester United, he can go ten matches unbeated maybe with two draws. Ole is mismanaging the players, the club and the fans. Till now Sancho has not know his place in the squad and his role is not defined. Till now Maguire is still Ole's best defended and the most referend captain in EPL. Manchester United will only know where they belong when Conte has made Tottenham difficult for any team to play, just as Tuchel did to Chelsea.

Solskjaer is given so many chances because he has a very good relationship with the management, he communicates with Fergewson and everyone probably hoped that Solskjaer would become the next Ferguson, but how infinitely patient are the owners of Manchester United? There is a very good example here, for Orteta in Arsenal they gave a chance and he managed to establish a game in Arsenal, perhaps the same hopes are pinned on Solskjaer, they are waiting for a miracle to happen.

It will be a win - win situation for Manchester United if the miracle miraculously happens
But remember that the expectations of Arsenal and Manchester United is not same in Epl;
The players in Arsenal and Manchester United not same;
The investment of Arsenal and Manchester United in players is not same.
Hence they are not expecting similar results.
I fear, if the Manchester United inconsistency persists, the pressure from fans will be more higher and may lead the management to make some hasty decisions against Ole.

[hahay]

If Conte can really bring success to Tottenham quickly, then surely it will be a regret for United who can't give a quick decision to replace Ole with Conte. Now with Conte, of course Tottenham again have a great opportunity to recover quickly although indeed, chasing to become a title-winning candidate at this time seems impossible, but to get a ticket to the UCL next season, I believe that opportunity is very open for Tottenham with Conte.

In my opinion, the prospects for getting into the top 4 are very illusory, even if Conte can radically improve the game of Spurs. It is very unlikely that any of the big four (Chelsea, United, Liverpool, City) will fail so deeply to give way. And besides these teams, there is Arsenal which is back in the game and some others that can improve their results.
As for Ole, as I read somewhere he plays 4d chess: Spurs were beaten 3-0, which led to a change of coach and now Conte does not threaten Ole's position  

About the threat of Ole's position being rumored to be replaced by Conte is just a joke, imo. So, Conte gets a contract or not with Tottenham, I think Ole's position can still be replaced by another coach if United really want to replace him, this proves United still hopes that Ole can give the best for United. Regarding the top four positions, maybe only one place will be contested by other teams because for the top three teams like Chelsea, Liverpool and City it seems certain. But for position 4, I believe it will still be a struggle until the end of the season, considering their gap is not too far like +10 points gap, because the current gap is only 5 points which of course any changes can still occur.

[rozak]

United is in a good period before the derby. After that heavy loss against Liverpool they bounced back against Spurs, won that one easily and then yesterday scored a crucial goal in the 90th minute in the CL.

However, City is organizationally in a different league. They will have a thorough gameplan on how to hurt them, whereas United is still playing without it.

I expect a City win, I will bet on a handicap one.

City still has to play in the Champions League tomorrow. not to mention the last game of City in the league which lost 0-2 to Crystal Palace, with 1 red card for City defenders.
both have quite a solid match before this weekend's match starts. I hope both of them have a good strategy and rotation of players. because in this match, will present an interesting match.

because it will be very unattractive if one of the teams is burdened by the tight schedule of matches and injuries to players. maybe, it would be a one-sided match.
in this situation, if all is at its best. I will bet for City. there won't be many goals.

[Minor Miner]

If Conte can really bring success to Tottenham quickly, then surely it will be a regret for United who can't give a quick decision to replace Ole with Conte. Now with Conte, of course Tottenham again have a great opportunity to recover quickly although indeed, chasing to become a title-winning candidate at this time seems impossible, but to get a ticket to the UCL next season, I believe that opportunity is very open for Tottenham with Conte.

In my opinion, the prospects for getting into the top 4 are very illusory, even if Conte can radically improve the game of Spurs. It is very unlikely that any of the big four (Chelsea, United, Liverpool, City) will fail so deeply to give way. And besides these teams, there is Arsenal which is back in the game and some others that can improve their results.
As for Ole, as I read somewhere he plays 4d chess: Spurs were beaten 3-0, which led to a change of coach and now Conte does not threaten Ole's position  

About the threat of Ole's position being rumored to be replaced by Conte is just a joke, imo. So, Conte gets a contract or not with Tottenham, I think Ole's position can still be replaced by another coach if United really want to replace him, this proves United still hopes that Ole can give the best for United. Regarding the top four positions, maybe only one place will be contested by other teams because for the top three teams like Chelsea, Liverpool and City it seems certain. But for position 4, I believe it will still be a struggle until the end of the season, considering their gap is not too far like +10 points gap, because the current gap is only 5 points which of course any changes can still occur.

I wouldn't say that Conte coming to United instead would have been a better option for him maybe.  But whatsoever, you are right that 3 spots in the top 4 are somewhat reserved by Chelsea, Liverpool, and City as Arsenal seem like they won't be able to score the top 4 and United has been very inconsistent recently. And so far, Westham has been very prolific from the start of the season and I won't be surprised if they finish top 4 instead of United. But I'm expecting Conte to change things in Spurs and maybe they can also give a fight for the top 4 spots as they are only 5 points short.

[oHnK]

Westham has been very prolific from the start of the season and I won't be surprised if they finish top 4 instead of United. But I'm expecting Conte to change things in Spurs and maybe they can also give a fight for the top 4 spots as they are only 5 points short.

Several times Westham matches have shown very good results until they are in the top 5 standings.  However, in these fixtures they have to face Liverpool who are in quite a good position as well.  Many think that Liverpool will beat them until the odds this time represent the prediction of Liverpool's victory later.  But to be honest, I still think there is hope that the game will be won by Westham with a trip.  so far.  Previously Liverpool were only able to draw with their opponents and did not rule out even worse results for them if they did not have a good strategy.

[Avirunes]

Several times Westham matches have shown very good results until they are in the top 5 standings.  However, in these fixtures they have to face Liverpool who are in quite a good position as well.  Many think that Liverpool will beat them until the odds this time represent the prediction of Liverpool's victory later.  But to be honest, I still think there is hope that the game will be won by Westham with a trip.  so far.  Previously Liverpool were only able to draw with their opponents and did not rule out even worse results for them if they did not have a good strategy.

Both teams have their respective Europa and CL matches ahead of their PL fixtures so the players won't be 100% fit for the match. West Ham are a very good side and there are some players to look out for in that team. They are not just average team of PL now and last season they proved that after they won a ticket to Europa. I still think it would be quite some challenge to mount as they have to score goals against Liverpool and also keep Liverpool attackers at bay at the same time.

[Sterbens]

I wouldn't say that Conte coming to United instead would have been a better option for him maybe.  But whatsoever, you are right that 3 spots in the top 4 are somewhat reserved by Chelsea, Liverpool, and City as Arsenal seem like they won't be able to score the top 4 and United has been very inconsistent recently. And so far, Westham has been very prolific from the start of the season and I won't be surprised if they finish top 4 instead of United. But I'm expecting Conte to change things in Spurs and maybe they can also give a fight for the top 4 spots as they are only 5 points short.

Wesham has the right to occupy the 4th position as one that is quite likely. Those with their hard work are quite comparable, we would agree for some clubs after Wesham is good for Manchester United even if Ole can push his players. However, ole brings Manchester with a distant target, while the desire of the Manchester United players is to rank 3rd shifting ManCity position.

The competition is quite tight, then can Manchester United come back with its performance? just because holding Atalanta to a draw yesterday was not enough to add to the collection of goals in the Premier League which might have prevented Manchester United from being eliminated more quickly. Hope you can fight passionately according to your expectations.

[poldanmig]

In three days, we have a really nice Manchester derby in Old Trafford. I can't say that their last two head-to-heads in this stadium were quite exciting as the results were 0-0 and 2-0. But we can watch a much more exciting match this time I believe. Because we have Ronaldo also and he can still be a game changer. And considering the recent performance of Manchester United, I wonder if they will succeed in winning this derby. Ole tries a new game plan including two forwards on the front. And they scored 5 goals in 2 matches using this game plan. Let's see if they will be successful against Manchester City. I think each team will score.

English Premier League derby matches are always very interesting to watch, especially now the Manchester United duo will face each other to prove who is the real ruler of Manchester, but I see that the advantage is on Manchester United's side later, because apart from playing at home, Manchester United is now starting to show again positive results in the match against tottenham last week and compared to the case with manchester city which lost against crystal palace, besides that some core manchester city players are rumored to be absent from the match, I think they should be able to take advantage of this to be able to win and of course Ronaldo will again be the mainstay of Manchester United to be able to break into the Manchester City goal.

[arallmuus]

English Premier League derby matches are always very interesting to watch, especially now the Manchester United duo will face each other to prove who is the real ruler of Manchester, but I see that the advantage is on Manchester United's side later, because apart from playing at home, Manchester United is now starting to show again positive results in the match against tottenham last week

There is no advantage at all because Pogba is not going to be playing in this match and Varane is currently injured (again). Some minor reason on why Manchester United won the last match against Tottenham was because Varane was playing a good part defending the goal line so yeah its going to be another struggle against Manchester City

Aside from that, some fans are still mad with Ole so the atmosphere in Old Trafford would be intimidating even for Ole so that would really put some pressure on him. If Manchester United somehow win this one then Ole can still breathe for few more upcoming matches though

[Pulsar77]

The most important game of the week will be the Manchester United - Manchester City derby in Old Trafford this time as it seems. Three days to go for this big game and I'm already quite excited about the performances and the result. This is one of the games that Manchester United must win. Because they are thriving for gathering themselves up. And this is one of the best ways to do. Winning a big game helps a team get better a lot. But I still am favoring Manchester City in this game. I think that both teams will score but City will be the victorious side at the end. My score prediction is 1-2.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Manchestsr United 3-5-2 formation, Sir Fergie idea and not that of Ole.

I was so surprised that Ole could come up with that formation. But after I understood that Sir visited the training ground yesterday, I knew he suggested the formation.
Ole on his own cannot remember to pair Ronaldo and Cavani. Since after getting Ronaldo, he decided that Cavani should die on bench.
This has also proven that Ole is the reason Fred doesn't play well for Manchester as much as he does for Brazil. Because of the formation played today, Bissaka and Shew took parts of the pressure made for Fred and Mac Tommny, you could not see those rubbish passes of Fred.
I know Ole will have to stick to this formation until he is bursted by all coaches 

Manchester United has got new players, in Ronaldo. You need to find a system that fits him and not the regular 4-2-3-1 formation. Ronaldo alters every plan in that attack. The 4 2 3 1 was built for a striker like Haaland and not Ronaldo. Looking at the Tottenham game, I actually think that 3 at the back will suit United better and offer them the much needed solidity that they've so craved for. Just look at it, for the first time in a long while, United were keeping a clean sheet... one that came without even conceding a shot on target. I think it should be the way going forward for United.

[poldanmig]

English Premier League derby matches are always very interesting to watch, especially now the Manchester United duo will face each other to prove who is the real ruler of Manchester, but I see that the advantage is on Manchester United's side later, because apart from playing at home, Manchester United is now starting to show again positive results in the match against tottenham last week

There is no advantage at all because Pogba is not going to be playing in this match and Varane is currently injured (again). Some minor reason on why Manchester United won the last match against Tottenham was because Varane was playing a good part defending the goal line so yeah its going to be another struggle against Manchester City

Aside from that, some fans are still mad with Ole so the atmosphere in Old Trafford would be intimidating even for Ole so that would really put some pressure on him. If Manchester United somehow win this one then Ole can still breathe for few more upcoming matches though

Varane absence is indeed quite painful for manchester united, but I think Eric Bailly will be an ideal replacement for varane to guard Manchester United defense in that match, for pogba itself, I actually see if pogba has not been able to show his best performa in the last few games, especially when they were beaten by liverpool and drew against atlanta, you can see that pogba made a lot of mistakes in that game and maybe it would be better if pogba didn't play in the derby later.
Even though he lost in the derby match later, it looks like Ole will still be maintained by Manchester United, because Conte who is rumored to be a strong candidate to replace Ole, has now officially coached Tottenham, so Manchester United only has a few options now in my opinion.

[Igebotz]

If Conte can really bring success to Tottenham quickly, then surely it will be a regret for United who can't give a quick decision to replace Ole with Conte.

Conte was one of the coaches mentioned as a possible replacement for Ole, though I doubt he was their first choice. The Manchester United board wanted Zidane, while the fans wanted Conte. Lol.

Now with Conte, of course Tottenham again have a great opportunity to recover quickly although indeed, chasing to become a title-winning candidate at this time seems impossible

Conte is not a wizard; the entire Tottenham club is in shambles right now, and the only thing Conte can do now is try not to make things worse; he is here to manage the situation for next season, and it will take some time to re-motivate the players. It's preferable if Spurs fans drop their expectations as soon as possible.

But to get a ticket to the UCL next season, I believe that opportunity is very open for Tottenham with Conte.

Every qualification spot is wide open, the league is still fresh, and there has already been a lot of upset.

[Smartvirus]

Manchestsr United 3-5-2 formation, Sir Fergie idea and not that of Ole.

I was so surprised that Ole could come up with that formation. But after I understood that Sir visited the training ground yesterday, I knew he suggested the formation.
Ole on his own cannot remember to pair Ronaldo and Cavani. Since after getting Ronaldo, he decided that Cavani should die on bench.
This has also proven that Ole is the reason Fred doesn't play well for Manchester as much as he does for Brazil. Because of the formation played today, Bissaka and Shew took parts of the pressure made for Fred and Mac Tommny, you could not see those rubbish passes of Fred.
I know Ole will have to stick to this formation until he is bursted by all coaches 

It's definitely a Sir. Alex Ferguson's idea. If there is anything that this goes to prove, its the rumour that continues to travel the space and Internet that, the problem with Manchester United is in the Ole's management. His just been surviving in the team with these little aids from either Ronaldo as we had it in the UCL yesterday against Atalanta or as we had it over the weekend with Sir. Alex Ferguson. The thing is, he @Ole would soon run out and the board would have no other option than to drop him. Tottenham just made changes with Conte on there team, Manchester United would follow suit soon.

[Fesatmas]

Manchester United has got new players, in Ronaldo. You need to find a system that fits him and not the regular 4-2-3-1 formation. Ronaldo alters every plan in that attack. The 4 2 3 1 was built for a striker like Haaland and not Ronaldo. Looking at the Tottenham game, I actually think that 3 at the back will suit United better and offer them the much needed solidity that they've so craved for. Just look at it, for the first time in a long while, United were keeping a clean sheet... one that came without even conceding a shot on target. I think it should be the way going forward for United.

Still lucky they have Ronaldo who can save from destruction against Atalanta. I think they must be motivated to get up and regain their identity with all the shortcomings they currently have. Ole must change formations and be more sensitive to the struggles of every Manchester United player who already looks like he wants to rise from adversity. 5th position at the moment, Manchester United should be more motivated.

[borovichok]

In three days, we have a really nice Manchester derby in Old Trafford. I can't say that their last two head-to-heads in this stadium were quite exciting as the results were 0-0 and 2-0. But we can watch a much more exciting match this time I believe. Because we have Ronaldo also and he can still be a game changer. And considering the recent performance of Manchester United, I wonder if they will succeed in winning this derby. Ole tries a new game plan including two forwards on the front. And they scored 5 goals in 2 matches using this game plan. Let's see if they will be successful against Manchester City. I think each team will score.

English Premier League derby matches are always very interesting to watch, especially now the Manchester United duo will face each other to prove who is the real ruler of Manchester, but I see that the advantage is on Manchester United's side later, because apart from playing at home, Manchester United is now starting to show again positive results in the match against tottenham last week and compared to the case with manchester city which lost against crystal palace, besides that some core manchester city players are rumored to be absent from the match, I think they should be able to take advantage of this to be able to win and of course Ronaldo will again be the mainstay of Manchester United to be able to break into the Manchester City goal.

I didn't agree with you, you can't tell me that,just because Manchester United won Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester city lose to crystal palace that United we win the derby,city we put more misery in Ole head this weekend I know is a derby  and susprises always happens but city always have the advantage to win whenever they are playing any premier League games,they are this good.

[blackened515]

In three days, we have a really nice Manchester derby in Old Trafford. I can't say that their last two head-to-heads in this stadium were quite exciting as the results were 0-0 and 2-0. But we can watch a much more exciting match this time I believe. Because we have Ronaldo also and he can still be a game changer. And considering the recent performance of Manchester United, I wonder if they will succeed in winning this derby. Ole tries a new game plan including two forwards on the front. And they scored 5 goals in 2 matches using this game plan. Let's see if they will be successful against Manchester City. I think each team will score.

English Premier League derby matches are always very interesting to watch, especially now the Manchester United duo will face each other to prove who is the real ruler of Manchester, but I see that the advantage is on Manchester United's side later, because apart from playing at home, Manchester United is now starting to show again positive results in the match against tottenham last week and compared to the case with manchester city which lost against crystal palace, besides that some core manchester city players are rumored to be absent from the match, I think they should be able to take advantage of this to be able to win and of course Ronaldo will again be the mainstay of Manchester United to be able to break into the Manchester City goal.

I didn't agree with you, you can't tell me that,just because Manchester United won Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester city lose to crystal palace that United we win the derby,city we put more misery in Ole head this weekend I know is a derby  and susprises always happens but city always have the advantage to win whenever they are playing any premier League games,they are this good.

I think Manchester City didn't take their match against Crystal Palace serious, because they had a tough Champion League match ahead of them. Which they however won today. Them losing their last Premier League match, will surely boost their morale about winning their next EPL match which is against Manchester United. Talking about Manchester United having more advantage against Man City. Remember, that out of their last 5 Premier League matches, Manchester United was only capable of winning only one, which was against Tottenham, so we can't just conclude that Manchester United is now in their best form. Their performance in their next matches will determine that. Although, honestly, I don't know who will definitely win the match, but I think both team will probably score.

[Yogee]

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I didn't agree with you, you can't tell me that,just because Manchester United won Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester city lose to crystal palace that United we win the derby,city we put more misery in Ole head this weekend I know is a derby  and susprises always happens but city always have the advantage to win whenever they are playing any premier League games,they are this good.

You probably missed the rumor that he said about core Man City players not playing on the Manchester derby. I would also favor United if that turned out to be true. No team is that good if they are missing some key pieces.

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I think Manchester City didn't take their match against Crystal Palace serious, because they had a tough Champion League match ahead of them.

I doubt that. Every point in the PL is as crucial in the CL since they don't have the lead so they can't afford to waste any game. They simply lost.