Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Raflesia]

Chelsea - Manchester United

cristiano ronaldo won't be playing at the beginning of the game, what does the new coach want to see with ronaldo's absence?

Most recently, it was the case that Ronaldo did very little work defensively, tying up more players in midfield and making ManU's game more difficult, especially in midfield. Maybe the coach wants to see how it goes when everyone is working at the back, which could make ManU's game more variable.
Overall, however, Chelsea dominates the match at the moment. And only because of De Gea, ManU is not yet behind.

Carrick tried to take this decision how to play without Ronaldo in big games and trust Rashford and Sancho more but I think Carrick will definitely play Ronaldo's role in the second half to start the attack with the goals he wants but at the moment Man United are still holding out despite dominating the same Chelsea.
But for me Carrick is still confident enough for his team to defend even though the attacking pressure is still being carried out by Chelsea, this will take advantage of opportunities and gaps to become goals when Man United attacks.

[Smartvirus]

Chelsea United starts without Ronaldo in the starting lineup. I wonder if this is some kind of idea of the coach, or is Ronaldo not completely ready for the match?

I think it's all Carricks idea as, CR7 has been stressed lately, from there last game in the EPL with Watford that ended in a disaster over the last weekend and there won UCL game against the Spanish side Villarreal for which, Ronaldo became there saving grace. It's not very surprising to find him on the bench in such an important game. Its a bug decision from the management indeed but, is it really for the best on the part of the team? The first half is gone already and is a Chelsea dominance as expected and should they want a chance at this game, they've got to let CR7 loose now else, there is a little he could do once the goals starts coming from Chelsea's end.

[tulusikhlas]

City follows the pattern of Bayern Munich - a huge advantage in the game, but a rather modest final score. Are the teams already experiencing some kind of failure in functional readiness?
Chelsea United starts without Ronaldo in the starting lineup. I wonder if this is some kind of idea of the coach, or is Ronaldo not completely ready for the match?

It seemed that what the coach had planned for Ronaldo in the second half gave the attack an added boost. By not playing in Ronaldo first half, of course in the first half it was worrying at least Manchester United had to survive without Ronaldo for a while. It turns out that so far, they can survive without Ronaldo enough to withstand Chelsea's attacks.

[gabbie2010]

Chelsea - Manchester United

cristiano ronaldo won't be playing at the beginning of the game, what does the new coach want to see with ronaldo's absence?

Most recently, it was the case that Ronaldo did very little work defensively, tying up more players in midfield and making ManU's game more difficult, especially in midfield. Maybe the coach wants to see how it goes when everyone is working at the back, which could make ManU's game more variable.
Overall, however, Chelsea dominates the match at the moment. And only because of De Gea, ManU is not yet behind.

All Man Utd players collectively played defensively, they are able to choke up pressure mounted by Chelsea, I can now see why Carrick benched Ronaldo, meanwhile Fred, matic and Mctominay holding the midfield tight atleast the match worked according to man Utd game plan and kudos to Degea for making some crucial saves that kept the visitors clean sheet, I hope Man Utd to up their game in the second half and play more attacking football maybe they might get a scoring chance  if Ronaldo islater  introduce  in the match.

[KingsDen]

Chelsea - Manchester United HT

First I was astonished by the formation presented by Carrick but I was happy that he has the confidence to make some changes in formation.
Manchester United has not improved yet but we are no longer where we used to be. By now under Ole, two goals should be against us.
I want to query the Fred option in the team, he could not build up any game. I think Matic would have been better than Fred ahead because of control.
I really need to see Ronaldo in and Bruno fall back to build the game up from midfield.

[panjul07]

Quite a bold decision from a Carrick, he chose to put Ronaldo on the bench in a big game against Chelsea. If the opponent is not a big team, maybe giving Ronaldo time off is a reasonable option but what Man United is facing is Chelsea, which incidentally is an opponent that must be fought with a full squad.

That's part of the strategy from Carrick, put Ronaldo on the bench and have more players in the midfielder.
It is an indication that Carrick knows who is his opponent and how is his own squad's condition.
As tyz said previously, Ronaldo is a type of striker who wont be able to work to defense too much, most of the time he will stay in front.
It is clear that Carrick chose super defensive strategy against Chelsea, and I guess Ronaldo will play in the 2nd half to replace Rashford as I do not think Carrick will play 2 strikers against Chelsea.

[Prince Malik]

Total domination for Chelsea in the first half, 10 goal attempts and 68% possession lets say that its a great half for Chelsea but i feel that many things will happen in the second half and Manchester will begin the offensive work since they have nothing to lose today

[W Jr.]

I can't watch Chelsea v Manchester United. I have to say that I was very surprised when I looked at the statistics. Manchester United took a 1-0 lead with a goal from Jadon Sancho. Chelsea had taken 11 shots up until this minute of the game. Manchester United took only 2 shots and scored. Chelsea also have the upper hand in ball-handling statistics. Let's see what will be the result of the match. Will Manchester United win the match? What do you think?

[Smartvirus]

Wow! Can't believe Chelsea is loosing!! It's indeed shocking how they get to play so well against other EPL teams but when it comes to Manchester United, they get to make little blunders that could be quite costly. You can  imagine what Jorginho did in the time that it mattered not and just like that, its Jordan Sancho on the score sheet, putting the Chelsea team on pressure as, they can't afford to loose this one and equate points with Manchester City. It could mean there one time ticket from being top of the league.

I very much doubt Chelsea won't equalise real soon but, I hope the game doesn't end in a draw too.

[Harkorede]

Total domination for Chelsea in the first half, 10 goal attempts and 68% possession lets say that its a great half for Chelsea but i feel that many things will happen in the second half and Manchester will begin the offensive work since they have nothing to lose today

Man Utd have taken the lead with what happened to be their first shot on goal all match long, It's been a complete one-sided game with Chelsea dictating all aspects of the match so far, I think Chelsea would still find a way into the game.

[Slow death]

Chelsea 0 - 1 Manchester United

well it looks like we already have the winner of this game and the winner is manchester united, i doubt chelsea will win this game, in fact they don't have any chance of winning this game. I watched the game until the goal and realized that I've already lost my bet, Manchester is the winner. to be honest i'm surprised that Manchester united are defending well and chelsea will not have a chance to score 2 goals in this game

[Rruchi man]

... but i feel that many things will happen in the second half and Manchester will begin the offensive work since they have nothing to lose today

MUFC already leading with Sancho's first goal in the premier League and it is against a strong team like Chelsea, seems like the team is playing better without CR7 and Maguire in the game. Chelsea supporters will crucify Jorginho for such sloppy play, he has not shown experience on the ball like one who was nominated for the ballon d'or. I will not be surprised to see MUFC score more. Some changes has to be made by tuchel, this game needs Lukaku.

[nelson4lov]

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MUFC already leading with Sancho's first goal in the premier League and it is against a strong team like Chelsea, seems like the team is playing better without CR7 and Maguire in the game. Chelsea supporters will crucify Jorginho for such sloppy play, he has not shown experience on the ball like one who was nominated for the ballon d'or. I will not be surprised to see MUFC score more.

Jorginho's mistake night cost them 3 points today. Although the match hasn't ended yet but it might very end with this lone goal as Man Utd is looking very good at defending Chelsea's attack.


Edit: Penalty awarded to Chelsea courtesy of Wan Bissaka's foul on T.Silva.

[tokeweed]

... but i feel that many things will happen in the second half and Manchester will begin the offensive work since they have nothing to lose today

MUFC already leading with Sancho's first goal in the premier League and it is against a strong team like Chelsea, seems like the team is playing better without CR7 and Maguire in the game. Chelsea supporters will crucify Jorginho for such sloppy play, he has not shown experience on the ball like one who was nominated for the ballon d'or. I will not be surprised to see MUFC score more. Some changes has to be made by tuchel, this game needs Lukaku.

^  Are you watching the game?  Manchester United isn’t playing better.  They’re parking the bus and was gifted a goal.  Aka they got lucky.  Playing like this week in week out wouldn’t be ideal.

Chelsea 0 - 1 Manchester United

well it looks like we already have the winner of this game and the winner is manchester united, i doubt chelsea will win this game, in fact they don't have any chance of winning this game. I watched the game until the goal and realized that I've already lost my bet, Manchester is the winner. to be honest i'm surprised that Manchester united are defending well and chelsea will not have a chance to score 2 goals in this game

^  Chelsea could still get a draw.  It’s going to be a tough one with Man United parking the bus and Chelsea deploying a misfiring Werner to spear head the attack.

Edit:  Wups...  20 mins or so left to go.  Chelsea could still win this.  Get hold of those tickets boys. 

[hyudien]

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MUFC already leading with Sancho's first goal in the premier League and it is against a strong team like Chelsea, seems like the team is playing better without CR7 and Maguire in the game. Chelsea supporters will crucify Jorginho for such sloppy play, he has not shown experience on the ball like one who was nominated for the ballon d'or. I will not be surprised to see MUFC score more.

Jorginho's mistake night cost them 3 points today. Although the match hasn't ended yet but it might very end with this lone goal as Man Utd is looking very good at defending Chelsea's attack.


Edit: Penalty awarded to Chelsea courtesy of Wan Bissaka's foul on T.Silva.

We've just been commended by Manchester United for playing a pretty good game, moments after Ronaldo was put in the box Manchester United had to pay for it. Seeing the substitution of Sanco by Ronaldo did not actually change the flow of the game.

It's interesting how the two came close to equalizing the attack, even though at some points Manchester United didn't really step up attack and were blocked by the defence.

[maju69]

^  Chelsea could still get a draw.  It’s going to be a tough one with Man United parking the bus and Chelsea deploying a misfiring Werner to spear head the attack.

Edit:  Wups...  20 mins or so left to go.  Chelsea could still win this.  Get hold of those tickets boys. 

It's possible in my opinion it will end with the score 2-1 but whether it's 2 goals for Man United or for Chelsea, because seeing both of them draw and not defending. Moreover, if Lukaku is included, Chelsea's game will increase even more aggressively. So this is quite stressful and hard to predict at all.

[bitzizzix]

Sancho scored in the 50th minute to give Manchester United a 0-1 lead when Jorginho failed to control the ball, a counter-attack that I think was a lucky goal for Manchester United.
and Chelsea hit back in the 69th minute with a penalty scored by Jorginho and the score was 1-1, and the goal was to make up for goals scored by Manchester United for his inability to control the ball well.
I hope Ronaldo scores and changes the score to 1-2.

[Smartvirus]

Though Jorginho might have stepped stepped to put himself in the clear by scoring the penalty that brought the game to an equaliser, its still not enough for me to have caused a goal in the first place. The game is just minutes away, it might not have cost the team 3 points but then, it cost them to share points should should end in a draw. In fact, I consider Chelsea lucky to have won that penalty by T. Silva.

I would have loved to say a genius move from Carrick on his formation and keeping CR7 on the bench against such a dangerous team but then, I won't conclude bevuase, it was an early trick that won Ole his management job of the team. Though, I commend him still, to have reduced the goals to a minimum.

[tulusikhlas]

Though Jorginho might have stepped stepped to put himself in the clear by scoring the penalty that brought the game to an equaliser, its still not enough for me to have caused a goal in the first place. The game is just minutes away, it might not have cost the team 3 points but then, it cost them to share points should should end in a draw. In fact, I consider Chelsea lucky to have won that penalty by T. Silva.

I would have loved to say a genius move from Carrick on his formation and keeping CR7 on the bench against such a dangerous team but then, I won't conclude bevuase, it was an early trick that won Ole his management job of the team. Though, I commend him still, to have reduced the goals to a minimum.

A heated end to the game and a lot of cards in the last minute. I think it's enough to end with a draw score. Of course, at the last minute the interruption made all fans furious. Chelsea's last wasted opportunity was just in front of goal, the kick was even higher.

The match ended so quickly. This is the risk of watching the most anticipated club, it always feels short.

[tokeweed]

Though Jorginho might have stepped stepped to put himself in the clear by scoring the penalty that brought the game to an equaliser, its still not enough for me to have caused a goal in the first place. The game is just minutes away, it might not have cost the team 3 points but then, it cost them to share points should should end in a draw. In fact, I consider Chelsea lucky to have won that penalty by T. Silva.

I would have loved to say a genius move from Carrick on his formation and keeping CR7 on the bench against such a dangerous team but then, I won't conclude bevuase, it was an early trick that won Ole his management job of the team. Though, I commend him still, to have reduced the goals to a minimum.

C’mon..  Genius move?  Man United parked the bus for the whole game and with a bit of diving.  How come if somebody like Carrick does it, it’s genius and if somebody like Mourinho does it, it’s ‘hey that’s parking the bus, not real football.’.  

And yup...  United fans better get used to it.  Rangnick could continue putting Ronaldo on the bench.  They couldn’t do a high press with him around cos he doesn’t really defend.