Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Issa56]

Manchester United must admit that Manchester City is an opponent that is difficult for them to beat, even though Manchester United in the previous match appeared quite impressive.

I was expecting Manchester united to preform better than they played today, Manchester city humiliated united today, the way Manchester united have been playing incredibly well recently I was thinking the match will be a very competitive one, which might endup ending maybe draw but Manchester city just proof that they are better than Manchester United, seriously Manchester united should be ashamed, 6 goals to 3 that's kind of much to be.

I am disappointed with Erik tactical scheme in this match because he chose to reserve Ronaldo and Casemiro in this match, Erik should have played Casemiro to be able to withstand any attacks from Manchester City.

I see people keep on complaining about Erik not using Ronaldo and casemiro in the match, seriously I don't know why he didn't start casemiro, things might have been different if he started him. But people complaining about him not starting Ronaldo, even if Erik started Ronaldo they will still lose, i dont think Ronaldo will play anything special than what he has been playing from the beginning of the season, Ronaldo performance have been bad this season maybe due to his old age, or maybe he is having other problems but his performance have been very poor this season.

[SatoPrincess]

Mo Salah's contributions this season have dropped drastically, I can remember how well his partnership with Mane made the team so strong and fierce and it looks likely that the weight of the team and attacking strength now rest of his shoulders. Whether or not people agree with this the truth remains that Mane was a massive boost to Salah performance now the new signings have to fill in and put in their best to improve the team.

[Zlantann]

I see people keep on complaining about Erik not using Ronaldo and casemiro in the match, seriously I don't know why he didn't start casemiro, things might have been different if he started him. But people complaining about him not starting Ronaldo, even if Erik started Ronaldo they will still lose, i dont think Ronaldo will play anything special than what he has been playing from the beginning of the season, Ronaldo performance have been bad this season maybe due to his old age, or maybe he is having other problems but his performance have been very poor this season.

People need not complain because Ronaldo's exclusion from the match because it would have made no or little difference. Manchester City was in total control of the match until the last ten minutes. The pace of the match was very fast and I doubt if Ronaldo would have kept up the pace considering his age. The loss can be very frustrating considering that United have had straight four wins but I am sure they would bounce back. I heard coach Erik ten Hag has called for a meeting with the players for them to analyze what went wrong. United needs to solve its midfield and defensive problems because they really underperformed.

Mo Salah's contributions this season have dropped drastically, I can remember how well his partnership with Mane made the team so strong and fierce and it looks likely that the weight of the team and attacking strength now rest of his shoulders. Whether or not people agree with this the truth remains that Mane was a massive boost to Salah performance now the new signings have to fill in and put in their best to improve the team.

Sometimes you don't cherish what you have until you lose it. Sadio Mane might have been the engine room of the Liverpool attack and it is showing now because of his absence. One striking attribute of Mane was his selflessness and Salah was a major beneficiary. With his strength and pace, he would create opportunities for Salah to finish. But in my own opinion just as Foden and Haaland are enjoying their partnership, Salah and Mane were meant to be together. Mane is also not having a very good time in Bayern Munich.   

[Velvet78]

I understand why Erik ten Hag didn't prefer Ronaldo in the starting eleven. It was because of Rashford's recent form as he made a great impression in the Arsenal game as well. But I really don't get why he insists on not choosing Casemiro for the midfield at the beginning. He entered the game in the 60th minute this time.

Manchester United are paying so much money for his salary and he has been brought here to strengthen the midfield. But Erik ten Hag doesn't look like he is willing to give him bigger chances. If he continues to do this then this transfer will be a waste of money.

[herurist]

I understand why Erik ten Hag didn't prefer Ronaldo in the starting eleven. It was because of Rashford's recent form as he made a great impression in the Arsenal game as well. But I really don't get why he insists on not choosing Casemiro for the midfield at the beginning. He entered the game in the 60th minute this time.

Manchester United are paying so much money for his salary and he has been brought here to strengthen the midfield. But Erik ten Hag doesn't look like he is willing to give him bigger chances. If he continues to do this then this transfer will be a waste of money.

Even though if you look at their condition in the first half, it is the midfield that must be improved but Ten Hag is quite slow in my opinion to overhaul it.
For the reason Ronaldo is not playing maybe this is a good thing because Martial as a substitute really played well and not necessarily Ronaldo can do something like this but indeed for the midfield even though they have about 5 players there but it doesn't work properly in the game this.

[X-ray]

Mo Salah's contributions this season have dropped drastically, I can remember how well his partnership with Mane made the team so strong and fierce and it looks likely that the weight of the team and attacking strength now rest of his shoulders. Whether or not people agree with this the truth remains that Mane was a massive boost to Salah performance now the new signings have to fill in and put in their best to improve the team.

Losing his partner means losing a half from his performance. that means sadio mane was the best partner for him but a big mistake by liverpool to let him gone to the another club like bayern. that was also affecting the performance from salah too.
it's impossible to bring back mane to the liverpool agian caused by bayern will be rejecting any offer for him. I do agree with it. It can be seen easily from the performance from salah.
It was decreasing drastically since sadio was leaving from the club

[Sirait]

Mo Salah's contributions this season have dropped drastically, I can remember how well his partnership with Mane made the team so strong and fierce and it looks likely that the weight of the team and attacking strength now rest of his shoulders. Whether or not people agree with this the truth remains that Mane was a massive boost to Salah performance now the new signings have to fill in and put in their best to improve the team.

Losing his partner means losing a half from his performance. that means sadio mane was the best partner for him but a big mistake by liverpool to let him gone to the another club like bayern. that was also affecting the performance from salah too.
it's impossible to bring back mane to the liverpool agian caused by bayern will be rejecting any offer for him. I do agree with it. It can be seen easily from the performance from salah.
It was decreasing drastically since sadio was leaving from the club

yep, if we compare the wrong performance from last season then we see a drastic decline in him, nunez is not a player who can replace mane at liverpool, so far nunez still can't get along with liverpool players.

after MU experienced 5 previous victories, finally Man City destroyed Man U with a score of 6-3, Haaland was incredible. even from all the european leagues (la Liga, bundesliga etc.), I see his goalscoring is the most (currently 14 goals), he is the right man city purchase.

[Davidvictorson]

after MU experienced 5 previous victories, finally Man City destroyed Man U with a score of 6-3, Haaland was incredible. even from all the european leagues (la Liga, bundesliga etc.), I see his goalscoring is the most (currently 14 goals), he is the right man city purchase.

Due to the team's depth, losing one or two players to injury doesn't really affect the performance. It is possible for one player to play multiple positions. That's what Manchester United lacks. The genius of Pep Guardiola was his foresight to place a player outside of his position.

[Velvet78]

Arsenal are still maintaining their lead in the standings but this might not last too long as well. Because their next league game is going to be against Liverpool. Even though it is in Emirates it is still a tough game for them. Liverpool are still dealing with defensive issues and we saw how serious it was in the Brighton game. Arsenal are even a tougher opponent.

Looking at the head-to-head games, Liverpool have been superior to them in this stadium in league games. However this time is much different than those because of the recent problems. Arsenal are a very effective offense team now. The best betting option would be both teams to score @1.54.

[AndySt]

People need not complain because Ronaldo's exclusion from the match because it would have made no or little difference. Manchester City was in total control of the match until the last ten minutes. The pace of the match was very fast and I doubt if Ronaldo would have kept up the pace considering his age. The loss can be very frustrating considering that United have had straight four wins but I am sure they would bounce back. I heard coach Erik ten Hag has called for a meeting with the players for them to analyze what went wrong. United needs to solve its midfield and defensive problems because they really underperformed.

If there is no result, and 6-3 from their principled neighbors from Manchester is a terrible result, then it is not surprising that people complain about the absence of this or that player who, in their opinion, could strengthen the game. Maybe you are right about the fact that Ronaldo would not have coped with the pace of the match, but I think it is useless to speculate about what did not happen, and ten Hag did not give Ronaldo a chance to prove himself in this match. I also think it is a suicidal step for the current Manchester United to try to compete with a club like Manchester City at the pace of the match and we need to look for other ways to achieve an acceptable result, including with the participation of Ronaldo. As it is, I feel that the wall of mutual misunderstanding between the head coach and the player will only grow, because it is difficult to show your best qualities when you are physically prevented from doing so.

[bitzizzix]

Arsenal are still maintaining their lead in the standings but this might not last too long as well. Because their next league game is going to be against Liverpool. Even though it is in Emirates it is still a tough game for them. Liverpool are still dealing with defensive issues and we saw how serious it was in the Brighton game. Arsenal are even a tougher opponent.

Looking at the head-to-head games, Liverpool have been superior to them in this stadium in league games. However this time is much different than those because of the recent problems. Arsenal are a very effective offense team now. The best betting option would be both teams to score @1.54.

It will be a tough game to predict and if you look at it from a head-to-head perspective, Liverpool have the upper hand. But if you look at the game, this season the situation is reversed because Arsenal's game is very good and also very aggressive in terms of attack and emphasis.
Liverpool's performance is still not good, especially in defense because the opponent easily breaks through his defense and produces goals, but we don't know in Liverpool's match against Arsenal later. And it will definitely be a very interesting game, and I hope Arsenal can maintain their position at the top of the table.

[Ludmilla_rose1995]

14 Gol: Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
7 Gol: Harry Kane (Tottenham)
6 Gol: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)
5 Gol: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Leandro Trossard (Brighton)

(Premier League)

Seeing how MU was defeated by MC, I realized that until now there are no MU players who are included in the top 5 top scorers of the EPL. I wonder what happened to cristiano ronaldo, I still remember that he is a "GOAT", he seems to lose motivation and it makes me a little frustrated because I idolized him for a long time. ten hag made the wrong decision, leaving cristiano on the bench is just a stupid strategy!!!

[X-ray]

Mo Salah's contributions this season have dropped drastically, I can remember how well his partnership with Mane made the team so strong and fierce and it looks likely that the weight of the team and attacking strength now rest of his shoulders. Whether or not people agree with this the truth remains that Mane was a massive boost to Salah performance now the new signings have to fill in and put in their best to improve the team.

Losing his partner means losing a half from his performance. that means sadio mane was the best partner for him but a big mistake by liverpool to let him gone to the another club like bayern. that was also affecting the performance from salah too.
it's impossible to bring back mane to the liverpool agian caused by bayern will be rejecting any offer for him. I do agree with it. It can be seen easily from the performance from salah.
It was decreasing drastically since sadio was leaving from the club

yep, if we compare the wrong performance from last season then we see a drastic decline in him, nunez is not a player who can replace mane at liverpool, so far nunez still can't get along with liverpool players.

Mane has different play style compared with nunez and salah being so confidence to play with sadio mane rather than nunez. The chemistry between salah and mane is far better. I meant salah can be a good partner for mane. I hope that liverpool will not show the same performance like that again. that's really hurt to see that the team can't get full points while its competitors like manchester city and arsenal are getting full points from defeating MU and totenham in this week. This must become a bad week for liverpool.
The champion league match will come soon. I hope liverpool can prepare its team for that match

[Oluwa-btc]

I understand why Erik ten Hag didn't prefer Ronaldo in the starting eleven. It was because of Rashford's recent form as he made a great impression in the Arsenal game as well. But I really don't get why he insists on not choosing Casemiro for the midfield at the beginning. He entered the game in the 60th minute this time.

Manchester United are paying so much money for his salary and he has been brought here to strengthen the midfield. But Erik ten Hag doesn't look like he is willing to give him bigger chances. If he continues to do this then this transfer will be a waste of money.

According to Erik Ten Hag " Bringing Cristiano Ronaldo in would have have been so embarrassing especially to his big career" don't you also think so ? I don't think because Marcus Rashford was fit or shit Nah!

Erik Ten Hag stood by the same tactics that has won him the previous game's,but most of them never had a derby match like this before so I see the reason why they flopped, tactics from Erik Ten Hag also, the game showed Manchester City's attacking power, Manchester United don't really play same, if you have read or listened to Wayne Rooney, you'll hear him say absorb pressure at all cost and hit them with counter attack's.

Erikson or Bruno Fernandez should have been benched, cause the defending and ball recovery was too much for Mac Tominay to do alone. A middle trio of Casemiro, Mac Tominay and Fred Bruno Fernandez or Erikson upfront and ten two attacking players would have done the job. I expected the loss anyways, and faluires ? Yes good we ( Manchester United needs them to learn )

I hope they bounce back immediately though. Great game from Manchester City and Pep Guardiola. But I honestly hope they don't win the Premier League once again. It sucks totally! 

[Dewi Aries]

14 Gol: Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
7 Gol: Harry Kane (Tottenham)
6 Gol: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)
5 Gol: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Leandro Trossard (Brighton)

(Premier League)

Seeing how MU was defeated by MC, I realized that until now there are no MU players who are included in the top 5 top scorers of the EPL. I wonder what happened to cristiano ronaldo, I still remember that he is a "GOAT", he seems to lose motivation and it makes me a little frustrated because I idolized him for a long time. ten hag made the wrong decision, leaving cristiano on the bench is just a stupid strategy!!!

In fact we have to realize that Ronaldo has been beaten by age productivity has dropped drastically and maybe in 3 years he will retire
For now nothing can stop Manchester City in the Premier League and Arsenal are the most obvious competitors yes at least before the middle of the season.

[Strongkored]

14 Gol: Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
7 Gol: Harry Kane (Tottenham)
6 Gol: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)
5 Gol: Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Leandro Trossard (Brighton)

(Premier League)

Seeing how MU was defeated by MC, I realized that until now there are no MU players who are included in the top 5 top scorers of the EPL. I wonder what happened to cristiano ronaldo, I still remember that he is a "GOAT", he seems to lose motivation and it makes me a little frustrated because I idolized him for a long time. ten hag made the wrong decision, leaving cristiano on the bench is just a stupid strategy!!!

In fact we have to realize that Ronaldo has been beaten by age productivity has dropped drastically and maybe in 3 years he will retire
For now nothing can stop Manchester City in the Premier League and Arsenal are the most obvious competitors yes at least before the middle of the season.

Agree with you that he's been beaten by age and that has to be accepted by him and by his fans it's impossible to perform as well as he did a few years ago and I don't think he will contribute to yesterday's game, can't always look at his past greatness.
In yesterday's match, although MU lost badly but in the second half they tried to perform better and that they did 3 goals to prove it, but unfortunately they should have appeared braver from the first half, having conceded 4 goals in the first half it was very difficult for them.
An interesting fact that I saw during yesterday's match was how MU fans kept cheering when MU players scored, maybe this is support for the MU squad that just scoring goals against City is already an achievement even though they already know that defeat is what they will experience.

[Pandu Geddon]

An interesting fact that I saw during yesterday's match was how MU fans kept cheering when MU players scored, maybe this is support for the MU squad that just scoring goals against City is already an achievement even though they already know that defeat is what they will experience.

despite the defeat, United has shown a pretty good response in the second half. they didn't just fall apart and slumped when they trailed by quite a few goals in the first half.
put aside the defeat suffered by United. Of course, all of his fans are enjoying United's current development. they have been entertained with 9 goals created in that match.
We have to salute the fans who never tire of supporting their team, even when the defeat is so obvious.

[Fara Chan]

In fact we have to realize that Ronaldo has been beaten by age productivity has dropped drastically and maybe in 3 years he will retire

Ronaldo's productivity has decreased so sharply this season, some say because Erik Ten Hak did not provide more playing time, but if you look further the opportunities provided by Ronaldo also have no impact on Manchester United, even though he played from the bench.
To maintain the good name of a Ronaldo, what was done by Erik Ten Hag is very appropriate, because if Ronaldo is played in the early minutes, but his contribution is not visible and does not have an impact like last season, then people will assume Ronaldo's career is over.

For now nothing can stop Manchester City in the Premier League and Arsenal are the most obvious competitors yes at least before the middle of the season.

The strength possessed by Manchester City is absolutely perfect, they have players who are equal to each other, so they are able to play consistently in the English league until now. And I'm also not so sure, that Asenal can break the positive trend of Manchester City going forward

[hd49728]

I understand why Erik ten Hag didn't prefer Ronaldo in the starting eleven. It was because of Rashford's recent form as he made a great impression in the Arsenal game as well. But I really don't get why he insists on not choosing Casemiro for the midfield at the beginning. He entered the game in the 60th minute this time.

He does not prioritize Ronaldo in the squad but Ronaldo is responsible for hks decreasing performance too. He would have played better if he had not try to leave in summer. He was not joined pre-season training and worse his mind was not ready for the new season. When he realized that he has to stay in Manchester United, it is just too late to get back training and get his body ready.

Manchester United are paying so much money for his salary and he has been brought here to strengthen the midfield. But Erik ten Hag doesn't look like he is willing to give him bigger chances. If he continues to do this then this transfer will be a waste of money.

His too high salary is main barrier why other clubs rejected to take him.  Ronaldo will not sign a new contract with Manchester United as we all see that they are still in bad organization as well as bad results. It is not convincible enough to ask Ronaldo continues with them.

From Manchester United and Ten Hag sides, I also don't see why they have to keep Ronaldo too. They want another start of another project without Ronaldo but with more younger players.

[SatoPrincess]

Everyone is talking about the goals scored by some players. Yes, this is one of the things to talk about. But I want to talk about the state of Manchester United. They make Manchester United look like a small team. Who is behind this failure? Was it Ferguson who kept this team at the top? The other team may be stronger than you, but you are Manchester United. Yes, you can be defeated, but you can't be defeated like this. If they continue to be defeated in this way, the greatness of the Manchester United name will disappear. And this is very sad for me.

A big club like Manchester United are not suppose to be thrashed a huge like this but let us be sincere that this statement doesn't stand when you play against Haaland and Manchester city lol. The way Manchester City dominated the game in the first half was very impressive, I expected Martinez will be able to hold Haaland just as some fans were saying yesterday but the case was different, Manchester united were taught a lesson instead.