Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[dataispower]

I am very much saddened that the Manchester United coach Eric tentage has decided to play Cristiano Ronaldo again from bench. With the last weekend performance of Ronaldo which was not poor I expected, I expected Eric to start Ronaldo in this big match. Ronaldo missed the last big match which was against Manchester City and the result was not funny. He would have started him in today's match.
To be very honest I am not confident that Manchester United will survive this night.

It was already Ten Hag's decision and it will likely be the same as before by making Ronaldo a substitute in the second half.
but it's interesting for 15 minutes of running time at this time MU is still quite good in terms of chances and Tottenham are a little difficult although indeed in terms of ball possession Tottenham are still a bit more.
Antony's chances some time ago were very good but the goalpost saved Tottenham.

If ten Hag decision will lead Manchester United performance to be better I don't really mind. My major interest is for Manchester United to come out best,  and I think ten Hag have a good reason why he always bench Ronaldo not to play In the early hour of the match. I think ten Hag is considering Ronaldo age not to stress him for playing long.

Squad rotation matters and it's good to see how man utd dealt with Antonio Conte side tonight. They sat back allowing man utd do what they do and wait to play with counter attack. Man United played better defending was also good as they kept two clean sheets inna row.
David De Gea complete his 500 game with clean sheet and this is another tonight.
Chelsea during the weekend, who wins that game!

[Joca97]

Man United v Tottenham 2-0 and the game is now deep into stoppage time. A good but also necessary victory. I think Ten Hag hasn't built up a lot of credit this season, so this win is welcome. Fred and Fernandez scored, I'm also sorry for Ronaldo, but in the end he just wanted to stay with The Reds himself, didn't he? He would be much better off going to another club and playing for a lower salary, what's wrong with that? Surely he is not dependent on a few million more or less a year. But United could still finish high, Liverpool are disappointing but have won against City. How long can Arsenal maintain this high level?

So many people are feeling doubt about MU's performance and then it has proven if MU can be a killer for all of top teams in EPL. The performance from MU is different when it was against the small club but surprisingly if MU can play so good when it was against the big club. I do believe if this proves MU has so much capability to go to the champion league for the next season eventhough if it's still at the middle standing.

Man Utd is picking up pace in the league and playing everytime better. They showed today they can play really offensive football and Tottenhams defence just couldnt stop all those attacks. You cannot defend for 90 minutes all the time and expect to get points everytime.

[Velvet78]

Liverpool are continuing to rise as they have got another win against West Ham this time. It was another 1-0 victory maybe but these wins are important for them to continue recovering. It looks like their defending is much better these days as they didn't concede any goal in their last two league games. But they need to be able to score multiple goals in a game to get more comfortable wins. West Ham could have really got one point here if they didn't miss that penalty.

But in time I believe that Liverpool will get better at winning games more comfortably. They should be able to finish the season in top 3 even if they don't make it to the title.

[shogun47]

I am very much saddened that the Manchester United coach Eric tentage has decided to play Cristiano Ronaldo again from bench. With the last weekend performance of Ronaldo which was not poor I expected, I expected Eric to start Ronaldo in this big match. Ronaldo missed the last big match which was against Manchester City and the result was not funny. He would have started him in today's match.
To be very honest I am not confident that Manchester United will survive this night.

It was already Ten Hag's decision and it will likely be the same as before by making Ronaldo a substitute in the second half.
but it's interesting for 15 minutes of running time at this time MU is still quite good in terms of chances and Tottenham are a little difficult although indeed in terms of ball possession Tottenham are still a bit more.
Antony's chances some time ago were very good but the goalpost saved Tottenham.

If ten Hag decision will lead Manchester United performance to be better I don't really mind. My major interest is for Manchester United to come out best,  and I think ten Hag have a good reason why he always bench Ronaldo not to play In the early hour of the match. I think ten Hag is considering Ronaldo age not to stress him for playing long.

Squad rotation matters and it's good to see how man utd dealt with Antonio Conte side tonight. They sat back allowing man utd do what they do and wait to play with counter attack. Man United played better defending was also good as they kept two clean sheets inna row.
David De Gea complete his 500 game with clean sheet and this is another tonight.
Chelsea during the weekend, who wins that game!

Yes, but I believe that the first thing to do is still to check whether Ronaldo played, got substituted, or even played at all.

I have really asked myself whether ten Haag would have made the same decision when the game would have been 1-0 until the very last second. This way he could feel pretty confident to make the right decision, make everyone be quiet about Ronaldo and give Ronaldo another slap in the face.

Ronaldo is not really taking his chances, there is a huge difference right now compared to his past (which is ok for many reasons). In the past when the critics were loud he scored a hattrick in an important game and I can't imagine that we will see that again in such a manner that ten Haag would ever be forced to change his mind and obvious opinion about him.

[Sandra_hakeem]

FT: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham

Liverpool have earned three points tonight after a 1-0 win over West Ham but the score doesn't tell the whole story. Nunez got Liverpool off to a good start when he headed in Tsimikas' cross. However, he still hit the post in the first half, while Salah missed two chances to increase Liverpool's lead. West Ham were awarded a penalty but Bowen's penalty late in the first half was saved by Alisson.

Liverpool have won three games in a row now but I saw them not in their best form tonight.

 
FT: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea

Meanwhile from Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford and Chelsea played out a goalless draw in their Premier League fixtures. Both sides have chances to win the game, although Brentford will feel they should have earned the three points. Ivan Toney's effort was denied three times by Kepa Arrizabalaga, while Bryan Mbeumo headed a free header straight at the Chelsea goalkeeper.

The Blues had their moment, but couldn't find their way through Brentford's formidable back line and get a point.

..and I keep asking, how come Chelsea lost so easily to Brentford? .. to a point that Chelsea was now being played and all they'd beg for, is a nill draw, just so they won't be pushed down the table.??
Chelsea is really messing up; this isn't a time to play with alot of skills and fancy, it's about experience and damage control. They had a good line up quad to start with -- also with the position on the table, which is  an evidence of their prowess, they'd have had Brentford begging, like a child longing for a piece of candy🍬

I sure hope things get better as they hold the 4th position with 20 grade points: (European champions league ) but, It's very terrifying, as their next match will be with their worst rivals.

[TelolettOm]

Man Utd is picking up pace in the league and playing everytime better. They showed today they can play really offensive football and Tottenhams defence just couldnt stop all those attacks. You cannot defend for 90 minutes all the time and expect to get points everytime.

Man United has young players in their attacking line, so they can play aggressively and offensively. While, Tottenham prefer to defend and not try to build some attacks, which makes Man United has many chances. I don't know why Conte don't try to play more offensively and prefers to defend. It really makes Tottenham has small chances of scoring. Just look at the stats, Tottenham only has 9 shots attempts but Man United has 28 shots attempts. I suspect Conte wants to use the strategy of counter-attack, sadly it didn't work.

FT: Brentford 0-0 Chelsea

..and I keep asking, how come Chelsea lost so easily to Brentford? .. to a point that Chelsea was now being played and all they'd beg for, is a nill draw, just so they won't be pushed down the table.??

Chelsea wasn't defeated, dude. Chelsea got a draw, which means they only got 1 point.
Of course, Chelsea should win because they are a stronger team. But in a football match, being a favorite team or a stronger team doesn't guarantee to win.

[Marykeller]

I am very much saddened that the Manchester United coach Eric tentage has decided to play Cristiano Ronaldo again from bench. With the last weekend performance of Ronaldo which was not poor I expected, I expected Eric to start Ronaldo in this big match. Ronaldo missed the last big match which was against Manchester City and the result was not funny. He would have started him in today's match.
To be very honest I am not confident that Manchester United will survive this night.

Is Eric's decision to play or bench who's ever he wants in Manchester United matches. He will be the one to be blamed if Manchester United loses any match, not Ronaldo. As it stands now, Manchester United doesn't need a favouritism player that won't deliver in a match. Every match has its type of player to be fixture by the coach. I think Eric has his reason of benching Ronaldo in today's match against Tottenham.

The league is getting tougher every day and no coach wants to make the the mistake of selecting a player that wont fitting in a match

[AndySt]

Another crack in the relationship between Ronaldo and Manchester United head coach Ten Hag. In principle, I perfectly understand the behavior of Ronaldo, who defiantly left the bench at the end of the match when he realized that the head coach of the team had no intentions of releasing him on the field. I repeat once again for critics of such a move on the part of the player that Ronaldo expected until the very end that the head coach would still release him on the field. As a great player, he has the right to such behavior, because he does not have much career time left to spend it on the bench. On the one hand, I understand perfectly well that the most important thing for the head coach is the interests of the team, but still this situation shows obvious problems in communication between the player and the head coach.

[blue Snow]

Good luck, I'm contradicting with you, at the moment, as I see MU is going to be more consistent right now, they never lost in the last 4 match, especially in the Europa League. I know the Spurs performance is better, but at this time MU doesn't want to be ashamed anymore, this is the new spirit that was created by Ten Hag, Ronaldo most likely as a starter and created the goal, he will keep the memory hat trick when meet The spurs a year ago.

It would be strange if United lost to Omonia, and by the way, these two victories over Omonia were given with great effort, so I would evaluate this result not as a signal of United's strength, but rather the opposite. Statistically Tottenham looks much better than United, the only "argument" in favor of United is that they beat Arsenal and Tottenham lost to Arsenal.

Any team can bring up a single game and the motivation of every team is sky high when they are playing against the leader of the rankings.That I believe to have been the case for United while I know that Tottenham has been more consistent in getting points this season.The odd of 2.42 is very inviting for Manchester United but the fact that is a very good odd is not there without reason,the reason to be they are playing one of the best teams of the league during this season and last time around they could not beat Newcastle so what makes you think they will beat Tottenham?

I know their habit exactly, MU will play serious if meet a strong team. In fact, Tottenham become a strong team and have chance to the tittle, MU can see that Spurs is top class team on premier league, They have to win whatever the risk, MU have spirit to win when against strong team especially to make fans happy.

I hope ronaldo doesn't sulk, this is the strategy which must be beyond the expectations of the opponent.

[ibuddy122505]

Good luck, I'm contradicting with you, at the moment, as I see MU is going to be more consistent right now, they never lost in the last 4 match, especially in the Europa League. I know the Spurs performance is better, but at this time MU doesn't want to be ashamed anymore, this is the new spirit that was created by Ten Hag, Ronaldo most likely as a starter and created the goal, he will keep the memory hat trick when meet The spurs a year ago.

It would be strange if United lost to Omonia, and by the way, these two victories over Omonia were given with great effort, so I would evaluate this result not as a signal of United's strength, but rather the opposite. Statistically Tottenham looks much better than United, the only "argument" in favor of United is that they beat Arsenal and Tottenham lost to Arsenal.

Any team can bring up a single game and the motivation of every team is sky high when they are playing against the leader of the rankings.That I believe to have been the case for United while I know that Tottenham has been more consistent in getting points this season.The odd of 2.42 is very inviting for Manchester United but the fact that is a very good odd is not there without reason,the reason to be they are playing one of the best teams of the league during this season and last time around they could not beat Newcastle so what makes you think they will beat Tottenham?

I know their habit exactly, MU will play serious if meet a strong team. In fact, Tottenham become a strong team and have chance to the tittle, MU can see that Spurs is top class team on premier league, They have to win whatever the risk, MU have spirit to win when against strong team especially to make fans happy.

I hope ronaldo doesn't sulk, this is the strategy which must be beyond the expectations of the opponent.

The pain United fans have experienced is unbearable, so they deserve happiness. At some point, Tottenham wished they had never played against this Manchester United team. From the beginning to the end, they were outclassed. There was no breathing space given to them by United. The omission of Cristiano against Tottenham can be understood if it were a winning strategy by the coach.The omission of Cristiano against Tottenham can be understood if it were a winning strategy by the coach.

[Igebotz]

..and I keep asking, how come Chelsea lost so easily to Brentford? .. to a point that Chelsea was now being played and all they'd beg for, is a nill draw, just so they won't be pushed down the table.??

Chelsea wasn't defeated, dude. Chelsea got a draw, which means they only got 1 point.
Of course, Chelsea should win because they are a stronger team. But in a football match, being a favorite team or a stronger team doesn't guarantee to win.

Show that the OP didn't watch the game and had no idea what he was saying, I'm a Chelsea fan and I'm happy with a draw, at least judging by the games we've played in the last two weeks, it's a busy schedule and there's a lot of fatigue and injuries in the team. Playing a game after a three-day break is difficult, especially when you lack squad depth. To be fair, we were the better team tonight, creating and making the most goal scoring chances, but it just wasn't our night, as everyone could see. Brentford goalkeeper Was was instrumental in his team earning a point today.

[hashrateproducts]

I know their habit exactly, MU will play serious if meet a strong team. In fact, Tottenham become a strong team and have chance to the tittle, MU can see that Spurs is top class team on premier league, They have to win whatever the risk, MU have spirit to win when against strong team especially to make fans happy.

I hope ronaldo doesn't sulk, this is the strategy which must be beyond the expectations of the opponent.

Manchester United are capable of qualifying for the champions league this season with consistency in their games after ignominy from city. Spurs didn't put up a fight for united, they easily succumbed to united winning and the red devils dominated the game in the both halves. Erik ten hag knows how to beat Anthonio Conte. United next game is Chelsea and the blues looks a little bit shaky with them sharing points with Brentford in Gtech community stadium but it's totally understandable. Ronaldo exits before the final whistle, he's just indignant about been snub on the bench which is exasperated for a high-profile player.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Man United v Tottenham 2-0 and the game is now deep into stoppage time. A good but also necessary victory. I think Ten Hag hasn't built up a lot of credit this season, so this win is welcome. Fred and Fernandez scored, I'm also sorry for Ronaldo, but in the end he just wanted to stay with The Reds himself, didn't he? He would be much better off going to another club and playing for a lower salary, what's wrong with that? Surely he is not dependent on a few million more or less a year. But United could still finish high, Liverpool are disappointing but have won against City. How long can Arsenal maintain this high level?

So many people are feeling doubt about MU's performance and then it has proven if MU can be a killer for all of top teams in EPL. The performance from MU is different when it was against the small club but surprisingly if MU can play so good when it was against the big club. I do believe if this proves MU has so much capability to go to the champion league for the next season eventhough if it's still at the middle standing.

Man Utd is picking up pace in the league and playing everytime better. They showed today they can play really offensive football and Tottenhams defence just couldnt stop all those attacks. You cannot defend for 90 minutes all the time and expect to get points everytime.

I think today’s performance from Tottenham was one of the most lacklustre, dull performances I’ve ever seen as a football fan. Not sure about anyone else but I can’t take much more of this type of football. Absolutely dreadful, like really embarrassing. Every player apart from the Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris should hang their head in shame. Tottenham players were slow, sloppy, and there was no creativity and no urgency. I don’t understand why Conte keeps playing this kind of football. Manchester United dominated every round of the game.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Liverpool are continuing to rise as they have got another win against West Ham this time. It was another 1-0 victory maybe but these wins are important for them to continue recovering. It looks like their defending is much better these days as they didn't concede any goal in their last two league games. But they need to be able to score multiple goals in a game to get more comfortable wins. West Ham could have really got one point here if they didn't miss that penalty.

But in time I believe that Liverpool will get better at winning games more comfortably. They should be able to finish the season in top 3 even if they don't make it to the title.

Another win after beating Manchester City for Liverpool. They are back to their track and still keep up small hope in Premier League title competition. The chance for Liverpool is not big enough but they have yet given it up. In addition, Darwin at least shows some improvement but he must adjusts more. He should know when to shot and when to make a key pass for his team mates. A final win for Liverpool is more important than who scores the goal.

And Alison did have a good save and he kept three points for Liverpool. If West Ham succeed in the penalty or in another chance in late of the match, they should have 1 point at least.

I think today’s performance from Tottenham was one of the most lacklustre, dull performances I’ve ever seen as a football fan. Not sure about anyone else but I can’t take much more of this type of football. Absolutely dreadful, like really embarrassing. Every player apart from the Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris should hang their head in shame. Tottenham players were slow, sloppy, and there was no creativity and no urgency. I don’t understand why Conte keeps playing this kind of football. Manchester United dominated every round of the game.

Manchester United destroyed Tottenham and this time, they don't need Ronaldo. This win will help Manchester United to have more confidence and continue their good form in next one month, before the World Cup beginning.

The reaction of Ronaldo shows that he has never been happy in Old Trafford this season and I am curious that will he leave the club in the winter transfer. Main barriers are his too high salary and his old age as well as his ambition to be in main squad. He will not feel happy if he joins a new club and only has a position on bench again.

[Dewi Aries]

I think today’s performance from Tottenham was one of the most lacklustre, dull performances I’ve ever seen as a football fan. Not sure about anyone else but I can’t take much more of this type of football. Absolutely dreadful, like really embarrassing. Every player apart from the Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris should hang their head in shame. Tottenham players were slow, sloppy, and there was no creativity and no urgency. I don’t understand why Conte keeps playing this kind of football. Manchester United dominated every round of the game.

Sometimes this kind of thing can happen when one team dominates first they seem to be missing something and can't play as usual
In this case Manchester United sometimes play better against strong teams you will remember that Manchester beat Arsenal last week
And I wouldn't be surprised if they beat Tottenham.

[X-ray]

The pain United fans have experienced is unbearable, so they deserve happiness. At some point, Tottenham wished they had never played against this Manchester United team. From the beginning to the end, they were outclassed. There was no breathing space given to them by United. The omission of Cristiano against Tottenham can be understood if it were a winning strategy by the coach.The omission of Cristiano against Tottenham can be understood if it were a winning strategy by the coach.

MU is slowly but surely waking up from its bad performance. Im seeing that if this time if MU's performance is always good against the big club. it's become very consistent in defensive and attacking strategy. I meant look at the fact that if MU has been winning in some battles against the big team. It can be proven if MU is still reliable enough to be considered as a team with a good performance. I know how good player that owned by MU. they have lots of potential but it seems like that the internal problem has been slowly destroying them.
As long as MU can slowly solve its internal problem and pick the best starting line up and MU can win the match easily without any doubt.,

[yudi09]

FT: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham

Liverpool have earned three points tonight after a 1-0 win over West Ham but the score doesn't tell the whole story. Nunez got Liverpool off to a good start when he headed in Tsimikas' cross. However, he still hit the post in the first half, while Salah missed two chances to increase Liverpool's lead. West Ham were awarded a penalty but Bowen's penalty late in the first half was saved by Alisson.

It's just a series of events that happen for 90 minutes. It could be that the story is not interesting for those who are not so interesting because the main actor who scored the winning goal was Darwin Nunez, who was still considered a failure with Liverpool.

For us, last night's story was very interesting because Liverpool closed 10 Premier League matches with a win, and Allison Backer became player of the match. 
Nunez, who was used as the main striker by Jurgen Klopp, managed to release a total of 6 shots during 58 minutes, 3 of which were on target and 1 scored a goal.

[OcTradism]

It's just a series of events that happen for 90 minutes. It could be that the story is not interesting for those who are not so interesting because the main actor who scored the winning goal was Darwin Nunez, who was still considered a failure with Liverpool.

Give him time and be patiently wait for his improvement. He is improving but he can not complete suit in Liverpool if we continue to call him as a failure. If Nunez was lucky, he should score two goals in the match but I agree that he should not always try to shot. Sometimes, he must make a pass and help other players to score goals and close the match for Liverpool.

If the match ends with a draw, Nunez will be considered as a main reason why Liverpool can not win.

For us, last night's story was very interesting because Liverpool closed 10 Premier League matches with a win, and Allison Backer became player of the match. 
Nunez, who was used as the main striker by Jurgen Klopp, managed to release a total of 6 shots during 58 minutes, 3 of which were on target and 1 scored a goal.

Nunez scored a winning goal but Alison Becker rejected many goals for West Ham and he is the player who saves 3 points for Liverpool. The title Play of the match is well deserved for Alison Becker. It also shows Liverpool still have problems with their defense. In some situation, I see the position of Alexander Arnold is opened for West Ham to attack. That is bad.

[Davidvictorson]

Man Utd is picking up pace in the league and playing everytime better. They showed today they can play really offensive football and Tottenhams defence just couldnt stop all those attacks. You cannot defend for 90 minutes all the time and expect to get points everytime.

I find this game the most satisfying of all of Man U games in recent times. They played as a team, had good shots on target, more ball possessions than Tottenham and were pressing. I do not know the pep talk they got form Ten but he needs to do it more often because the boys were fired up. These players were truly impressive Lisandro Martínez, Casemiro, Antony, and Varane. The fans also had a part to play too in the victory of their club.

[MAAManda]

There is no special result in this week's EPL game other than Manchester United's win at Old Trafford, I didn't think they could beat Tottenham by 2 goals, before I thought that they would be difficult to win, and if they did win, they would win by 1 goal. But my guess this time about them was wrong. BTW, Lloris played really well in that match, he made a lot of crucial saves.

In other games we saw Chelsea who played like losers, they couldn't even beat a team like Brentford. For Liverpool, even though they played quite badly, at least they managed to get 3 points, this is very important for them to move up to the top of the EPL standings.