Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[rdbase]

United was lucky to have won yesterday. Brighton was a far better team before the red card and that De Gea's save at the end of the 1st half was truly world class.

At the end when Brighton was left with 10 men individual quality came through - but United will have to play a lot better than this if they want to keep the top 4 position they climbed into with yesterday's win.

I watched this match till the first half. Manchester United had a very annoying performance. Brighton had some good attacks in the first half. Manchester United would not have been able to win without an experienced talented goalkeeper like De Gea. De Gea saved a lot in this match. But I am happy because after a long time we have seen goals from Ronaldo. He played well. If he returns to form, maybe Manchester United will do better in the upcoming matches.

We will just say luck shinned on Manchester united against brighton the performance wasn't enough for the victory but since the goal is all that matters in each match Manchester has been able to secure a full 3 points, De Gea actually saved the day for united. I won't say Ronaldo performance was bad but united is a big team so the should live up to the task

Ronaldo had the first goal but after that he didn't show any improvement in wanting to keep the lead even when Brighton went down to 10 men getting the red card 3 minutes after that Manchester united's goal.
He had plenty of opportunities to capitalize on it but just couldn't do it with several passes to Bruno so he could put it into the back of the net.
Right at the couple of seconds of injury time left did Fernandes finally get the second goal but Brighton could of tied it easily the way they were playing.

Yeah, you'd have to see Arsenal as favourites for fourth. They have 3 games in hand over Man U, and are 4 points behind, but also have a slightly better goal difference. Even a win, a draw and a defeat across those three games in hand would likely see Arsenal move to fourth. I'm skeptical that Man U will be able to maintain that position, it seems like they owe a lot of it to de Gea's inspired form at the moment.

Compared to other teams arsenal does have a great chance to get into position 4, because it has several postponed matches, but even so it is not impossible that arsenal can get out of the top 4 later, because they have postponed matches against big teams like tottenham and also chelsea, when you see Arsenal slightly difficult match against Burnley and Wolves made me not sure if Arsenal could get full points against other teams in the postponed match later.

As Rangnick had said, it is quite sad they are settling for fourth place atop the table but even getting that is going to be a struggle to them.
Which is very bad to say about such a team as Manchester United with the players they have on their starting roster.

[rozak]

Doing that task is not an easy thing for Rangnick, the EPL top 4 standings are tight enough if Rangnick wants to achieve that dream, he can fix that bad strategy.

Yes, with the current condition, MU looks very difficult to finish on 4th position. In other side, Tottenham and Wolves can be clubs that take over the position. Tottenham's performance was not so good, even though they got a coach who was having full title. However, returning to the condition of the Red Devils who slumped only 3 points away from Tottenham and 2 points from Wolves, really made MU in a position that was not ideal.

Well good results today for MU with 3 points vs Brighton

Why would you include Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Manchester United in the top four race, Tottenham Hotspur are far away to be ready among the top four teams,a team that don't have a world class central midfield or defensive midfield no good right back and left back, Davison Sanchez and Eric Dier are prone to mistake at centre back and still they are among the first eleven.

indeed it would be too far if Tottenham were in the top 4, but there are Arsenal and West Ham who I think are ready to compete to get into Manchester United.
the points are still slightly different, and there are still many possibilities for Man United to be replaced or even leave their competitors. Chelsea may be overtaken by Man United. they are getting closer.

[KTChampions]

Why would you include Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Manchester United in the top four race, Tottenham Hotspur are far away to be ready among the top four teams,a team that don't have a world class central midfield or defensive midfield no good right back and left back, Davison Sanchez and Eric Dier are prone to mistake at centre back and still they are among the first eleven.

I think it's simply because Tottenham have the advantage over United because they have games in hand. Plus, if we talk about the problems of the teams, then at United they are huge and very old - even the replacement of the coach could not solve them. If you think logically, then Tottenham in comparison with United looks better. However, I am very happy with yesterday's victory and of course I will believe that United will be able to take 4th place.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm so glad to see that Manchester United won their game missing last night. Brighton were a really tough competitor for them but they still had the game under control and won by 2-0. I was really happy for Ronaldo too as he finally ended his streak of not scoring in the Premier League. And the last goal came by a counter-attack and B. Fernandes' fake before the goal was worth watching. They sealed the deal by that goal and they have taken the fourth place back now. But they will need to continue to win because there are still teams below them which are waiting for playing a few games missing.

[DanWalker]

That doesn't apply to Antonio Conte's full title in the EPL, the proof is that Tottenham is still losing in a row so far while next week with Mancity of course this is not an easy opponent, I know Spurs still have a few games left but it will also be difficult to compete in the top 4 of the EPL, but I see West Ham can prove it's a tough competition for Manchester United.
But with a full win during the game against Brighton, it could last that temporarily for Man United, but it won't last long that's my opinion.

8th place in the EPL is not a good position if they are hoping to get into CL.  The difference in points and the performance conditions of their competitors in the top position is also not an easy thing for them to solve because after all their conditions will also pursue the same thing.  Tottenham have a very low chance even difficult to catch him.  Better just focus on the next season and let this time be their practice to change.  Conte will not let this continue for long.

I think this season Tottenham has done quite badly by their standards and now they don't have much of a chance to get back into the top 4 anymore because the points difference is quite big. I think they are done for this season too and they need to focus on the next season and try to start better and continue performing consistently.

[$crypto$]

I think it's simply because Tottenham have the advantage over United because they have games in hand. Plus, if we talk about the problems of the teams, then at United they are huge and very old - even the replacement of the coach could not solve them. If you think logically, then Tottenham in comparison with United looks better. However, I am very happy with yesterday's victory and of course I will believe that United will be able to take 4th place.

Currently winning there is no difference both teams have problems with their teams, but I will see until this season is over.
If Rangnick brought Man United to the top 4 of the EPL then I would say there is a change in the coach, on the other hand if Spurs are in the 4/5 table it is also good Conte also brings changes but their current path is unstable sometimes losing to low teams made them fall in the standings again, so changing the coach still hasn't had a good impact.

[apaben]

Doing that task is not an easy thing for Rangnick, the EPL top 4 standings are tight enough if Rangnick wants to achieve that dream, he can fix that bad strategy.

Yes, with the current condition, MU looks very difficult to finish on 4th position. In other side, Tottenham and Wolves can be clubs that take over the position. Tottenham's performance was not so good, even though they got a coach who was having full title. However, returning to the condition of the Red Devils who slumped only 3 points away from Tottenham and 2 points from Wolves, really made MU in a position that was not ideal.

Well good results today for MU with 3 points vs Brighton

Why would you include Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Manchester United in the top four race, Tottenham Hotspur are far away to be ready among the top four teams,a team that don't have a world class central midfield or defensive midfield no good right back and left back, Davison Sanchez and Eric Dier are prone to mistake at centre back and still they are among the first eleven.

indeed it would be too far if Tottenham were in the top 4, but there are Arsenal and West Ham who I think are ready to compete to get into Manchester United.
the points are still slightly different, and there are still many possibilities for Man United to be replaced or even leave their competitors. Chelsea may be overtaken by Man United. they are getting closer.

Ronaldo was very enthusiastic about bringing Manchester United to become champions. Ronaldo has been raised by this English giant club for so long. make a target to bring Manchester United champion this season. but on the other hand have to fight chelsea which is also the strongest club that is not easy to beat and other clubs..?

[Renampun]

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Why would you include Tottenham Hotspur ahead of Manchester United in the top four race, Tottenham Hotspur are far away to be ready among the top four teams,a team that don't have a world class central midfield or defensive midfield no good right back and left back, Davison Sanchez and Eric Dier are prone to mistake at centre back and still they are among the first eleven.

That's right, it's impossible to think Tottenham will finish in the top 4...

besides Tottenham, there is also arsenal who has just played 22 matches (while MU has played 25 matches), I even feel more like arsenal has a big enough chance to shift MU and enter the top 4.

[Furious 7]

I'm so glad to see that Manchester United won their game missing last night. Brighton were a really tough competitor for them but they still had the game under control and won by 2-0. I was really happy for Ronaldo too as he finally ended his streak of not scoring in the Premier League. And the last goal came by a counter-attack and B. Fernandes' fake before the goal was worth watching. They sealed the deal by that goal and they have taken the fourth place back now. But they will need to continue to win because there are still teams below them which are waiting for playing a few games missing.

For MU's performance, it looks like they really need a flood of criticism before they can finally win the game because if they are not criticized their performance seems to have decreased quite a lot lol.
Well of course this is a good thing because indeed they have been very less than optimal in the last few games and with this win at least they started a little safer than before.
now it's just a matter of waiting for arsenal's breakthrough whether they can take advantage of their remaining 3 games or not

[coderben]

Manchester United got a really important win against Brighton by 2-0. This was critical for them to start pulling themselves together in the league. But it is still early to be relieved for them. They need to make this a winning streak to get better. They are going to have a very tough schedule soon. Before that, they are going to play against Leeds and Watford. They must win these matches too. After these matches, they are going to face Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Leicester and Everton consecutively. This is going to be hell of a run for Manchester United.

[terrorJR]

Yeah, you'd have to see Arsenal as favourites for fourth. They have 3 games in hand over Man U, and are 4 points behind, but also have a slightly better goal difference. Even a win, a draw and a defeat across those three games in hand would likely see Arsenal move to fourth. I'm skeptical that Man U will be able to maintain that position, it seems like they owe a lot of it to de Gea's inspired form at the moment.

Compared to other teams arsenal does have a great chance to get into position 4, because it has several postponed matches, but even so it is not impossible that arsenal can get out of the top 4 later, because they have postponed matches against big teams like tottenham and also chelsea, when you see Arsenal slightly difficult match against Burnley and Wolves made me not sure if Arsenal could get full points against other teams in the postponed match later.

Judging from the results of the previous match they might still have a hard time facing Chelsea even though they lost in their first meeting this season and now they have to travel to Stapord Brige and this will definitely be difficult, different from against tottenham which indeed their performance still tends to be the same and even better arsenal .
But with the current conditions, it's not even impossible that they can also slip even though they were quite good last week.
I think Arsenal should reduce their rough game because if you look at this season there have been quite a lot of red cards received by their players and this is of course very detrimental

[poldanmig]

I'm so glad to see that Manchester United won their game missing last night. Brighton were a really tough competitor for them but they still had the game under control and won by 2-0. I was really happy for Ronaldo too as he finally ended his streak of not scoring in the Premier League. And the last goal came by a counter-attack and B. Fernandes' fake before the goal was worth watching. They sealed the deal by that goal and they have taken the fourth place back now. But they will need to continue to win because there are still teams below them which are waiting for playing a few games missing.

I don't see how Ronaldo goal process happened, because at the same time I prefer to watch the champions league match between PSG and Madrid, but when the champions league match is over, I switch the broadcast to see the match, even if it's just watching when the match was 6 minutes left, but I quite enjoyed the match because it was quite fierce, even though brighton played with 10 players but they were able to press manchester repeatedly, but unfortunately the attack in the last minute turned out to be a disaster for brighton who lost the ball and made manchester able to score second goal was with bruno solo run action.

[Luzin]

I think Manchester United are at the advantage because Brighton lost one player, If there was no red card I'm sure Brighton would have equalised. Because if we refer to the game statistics between the two balanced teams.

Indeed, since Brighton lost players, Man United are easier to have the ball and the game. They looked very difficult to develop at the start of the first half. They even make a lot of mistakes themselves. That's why they're depressed in their own cages. Moreover, Man United's players really look pathetic they don't seem to be confident. Mentally they are not good. Ragnick seems to still have a lot of PR to make Man United a big and feared club again. To date I think Rangnick has not managed to make Man United's better game .

[Igebotz]

That's right, it's impossible to think Tottenham will finish in the top 4...

The race is still wide open, with only small point gap separating the teams between the 4th place - 7th place. Tottenham is still in the race, but only if they can clinch the crucial 6 points in hand.

besides Tottenham, there is also arsenal who has just played 22 matches (while MU has played 25 matches), I even feel more like arsenal has a big enough chance to shift MU and enter the top 4.

Arsenal are now three points behind Manchester United, with three games remaining against Chelsea, Tottenham, and Liverpool. With 9 points to play for, they have a better chance of finishing in the top four than the other teams.

[rudolfaxl]

United was lucky to have won yesterday. Brighton was a far better team before the red card and that De Gea's save at the end of the 1st half was truly world class.
At the end when Brighton was left with 10 men individual quality came through - but United will have to play a lot better than this if they want to keep the top 4 position they climbed into with yesterday's win.

I watched this match till the first half. Manchester United had a very annoying performance. Brighton had some good attacks in the first half. Manchester United would not have been able to win without an experienced talented goalkeeper like De Gea. De Gea saved a lot in this match. But I am happy because after a long time we have seen goals from Ronaldo. He played well. If he returns to form, maybe Manchester United will do better in the upcoming matches.

We will just say luck shinned on Manchester united against brighton the performance wasn't enough for the victory but since the goal is all that matters in each match Manchester has been able to secure a full 3 points, De Gea actually saved the day for united. I won't say Ronaldo performance was bad but united is a big team so the should live up to the task

I think Manchester United played well but the red card at 54 minutes certainly helped their cause.
Though they had scored already at the 51st minute, after the red card I think they looked better and more in control of the match.

And obviously, the late goal scored by Bruno Fernandes sealed the deal for Manchester United in this match. And even though it seems like Manchester United won quite easily in the end I am still going to say that they were lucky.

[rahmad2nd]

I think Manchester United are at the advantage because Brighton lost one player, If there was no red card I'm sure Brighton would have equalised. Because if we refer to the game statistics between the two balanced teams.

Indeed, since Brighton lost players, Man United are easier to have the ball and the game. They looked very difficult to develop at the start of the first half. They even make a lot of mistakes themselves. That's why they're depressed in their own cages. Moreover, Man United's players really look pathetic they don't seem to be confident. Mentally they are not good. Ragnick seems to still have a lot of PR to make Man United a big and feared club again. To date I think Rangnick has not managed to make Man United's better game .

Not really surprise with Manchester United result when success defeating Brighton Albion last nigh 2-0 because need waiting on ten minutes after second half Cristiano Ronaldo can scoring goal. I think Brighton Albion not full team and loss many important player, but Manchester United can get three points how ever still not good performance, but I think still not guarantee for Manchester United can consistent for the next match exactly Manchester City is waiting for on Manchester derby next week.

[Renampun]

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besides Tottenham, there is also arsenal who has just played 22 matches (while MU has played 25 matches), I even feel more like arsenal has a big enough chance to shift MU and enter the top 4.

Arsenal are now three points behind Manchester United, with three games remaining against Chelsea, Tottenham, and Liverpool. With 9 points to play for, they have a better chance of finishing in the top four than the other teams.

right, 3 games (9 points) up for grabs for arsenal is a great chance to stop in the top 4...

indeed chelsea, totenham or liverpool are not easy teams to deal with but 2 wins from that 3 matches are really needed by arsenal to immediately shift MU, I am looking forward to what surprises arsenal will achieve.

[jostorres]

With United winning this game, we only have Arsenal left who didn't play a fair share of games. It will decide so much for the 4th spot as well 3 games means 9 points if they can win it all, I am sure that they won't be able to win them all but if we consider it 9 points then they would be 48 points and 5 points ahead of United, even if they lose 4 points that would make it 1 point ahead of united and in a case of 5 points (one loss, one tie) that would be equal to United as well.

I feel like Arsenal could get that much, just 4 points out of 9 points they could potentially get from the extra games. I do not know what will happen but that fourth spot title fight seems even better nowadays.

[Coyster]

I do not know what will happen but that fourth spot title fight seems even better nowadays.

It's really going to go down to the wire, I think fourth spot is between Manchester United and Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham aren't too far away, but I don't think either of them will make it, they should prolly fill in fifth and sixth comfortably (though i can't tell the particular order). Having said that, consistency is going to be key as the battle for 4th heats up, Arsenal look the most consistent as things stands, with United somewhat erratic and unpredictable, but there are still a lot of matches to play, and a whole lot of things can happen, but I remain confident of Arsenal scooping fourth position.

[Igebotz]

Arsenal are now three points behind Manchester United, with three games remaining against Chelsea, Tottenham, and Liverpool. With 9 points to play for, they have a better chance of finishing in the top four than the other teams.

right, 3 games (9 points) up for grabs for arsenal is a great chance to stop in the top 4...

indeed chelsea, totenham or liverpool are not easy teams to deal with but 2 wins from that 3 matches are really needed by arsenal to immediately shift MU, I am looking forward to what surprises arsenal will achieve.

It would be a fantastic result for them if they could get two wins (6 points from a possible nine) from these difficult fixtures, but I doubt they will be able to beat Chelsea or Liverpool, who are looking for any possible points to close the gap on Manchester City, who are about to run away with the league. With Tottenham's current dismal run, getting a point against them is possible.