Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Falconer]

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They will have to defend the Premier League, the odds are in their favor.
He should start and find it difficult to score tommorow night because this is Burnley no matter how strong you are they always look very hard to break and score. During the days of Sean Dyche before he was sacked they are know for how stubborn and offensive tacklers they have. Erling Haaland might not sckre tomorrow night still.

Haaland is a striker who is difficult for defenders to stop, but it is not impossible to prevent him from scoring if the Burnley defenders are able to mark him closely. After all, Haaland also doesn't have to always score goals because Pep Guardiola can also make some mission adjustments for Haaland so that other players have good space to score goals. Manchester City is a team that is difficult to prevent from scoring because every player has the ability to score goals, so Burnley's players shouldn't all be focused around Haaland.

I don't think there's any point in stopping Haaland if Burnley can't control the movement of other Manchester City players. Manchester City are the favorites in that game so Burnley may come under some tough pressure from the start.

[BigBos]

This result looks a foregone conclusion and I must say that 1.3 is a very good odds to bet on. There is another interesting option:

Erling Braut Haaland 1.49

After a series of unsuccessful games, everyone expects goals from Haaland and I fully admit that he will start with this game (maybe even make a hat-trick although bookmakers expect 2 goals from this game as the most likely outcome).

Well the opening game is always tricky, I expect Manchester City to win, maybe with 2 goals and Erling Haaland to score too, I don't think he will score hattrick but maybe a goal or two.
I am personally waiting to see Chelsea - Liverpool match in Stamford Bridge since Liverpool odds look better in that away game. I wonder know if Klopp will be able to restore the team to its good and successful shape.

I think for things like this it is not complicated for City. even though there is another final next week that City must face but the opening match they will definitely want something good so I think a score of 2 goals or even more can still happen.
Burnley are a promoted club and sometimes for EPL promoted clubs sometimes surprise but I don't think this will be too influential when the opponent is Manchester City and 3 points City will definitely achieve in this match.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I can't imagine chelsea to play without nkuku against LFC.

If Chelsea are really a better team, they should be able to do well even without Nkuku who is out injured. The Chelsea team played well during the preseason and show promising signs to have a better season, Liverpool will give them a good chance to put up a display that will be hard to ignore by the critics of the club. Liverpool lost two of their major midfield players in the transfer window, so their midfield will still be lacking in some areas that can be exploited by Chelsea if their midfield does well. If Chelsea wins the midfield in the game, they can win the whole game and take the three points.

I believe that Chelsea have improved watching their preseason matches, and I expect Chelsea to continue with that form when the season starts, but now that the season is about to start and one of their key players is out of the squad, it will definitely affect them, especially when they are talking about strikers. Know that no matter how good other players are, if they don't have a good player to hold that position of striking, it will reduce their performance, and I think this is what happened to Chelsea last season, all their poor performances also contributed because of the good strikers Chelsea did not have. Anyone who watched Chelsea's matches last season will know that they lack finishing.
 
Liverpool is not a small team, so Chelsea playing against them without a reliable striker is bad, and that will affect them seriously. In fact, even with a striker, I don't think Chelsea can beat Liverpool now. I believe that Chelsea's lack of a good striking position will make it easier for Liverpool to win the game, or if Chelsea is lucky, it may lead to a draw, because I don't know who is capable of making the striking position busy for Chelsea to score goals. 

[un_rank]

Haaland has been able to succeed like that, so it would be very reasonable for Haaland in second season later to be even better than before.

It is not reasonable at all. Only the top top footballers have the ability to maintain top performance season after season at the same intensity. Haaland has done this for the seasons he has players, from the EPL, to the Bundesliga to the Austrian Bundesliga.

I will be really impressed if he replicates the successes of last season.

- Jay -

[Marykeller]

I can't imagine chelsea to play without nkuku against LFC.

If Chelsea are really a better team, they should be able to do well even without Nkuku who is out injured. The Chelsea team played well during the preseason and show promising signs to have a better season, Liverpool will give them a good chance to put up a display that will be hard to ignore by the critics of the club. Liverpool lost two of their major midfield players in the transfer window, so their midfield will still be lacking in some areas that can be exploited by Chelsea if their midfield does well. If Chelsea wins the midfield in the game, they can win the whole game and take the three points.

I think it's not about whether Chelsea is a great team or not, but at this moment, at least we have also to realize that Chelsea is starting everything from scratch again. The reshuffling of players and also the coaching chairs, that makes Chelsea still in the development stage this moment. So yes, with Nkuku not in their squad later, of course this will affect Chelsea performance later. Also, their rivalry isn't just about midfield either, so even though Liverpool have also lost two senior players to their midfield in this transfer window. At least, I'm sure this won't make Liverpool weak and easy to beat.

Every time they play each other, Chelsea and Liverpool are constantly at odds with one another.  No matter how awful both team is, their match always finishes in a draw. Given that both team's player lineups have changed for the new season, we are unable to predict how well either side will perform because of no good midfield player. 
Nkuku shouldn't be the only striker that Chelsea brought in during the transfer window. I believe Chelsea has other quality strikers who can step in for Nkuku during the months he will be out by the injury he sustained in the preseason game.

[Huppercase]

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They will have to defend the Premier League, the odds are in their favor.
He should start and find it difficult to score tommorow night because this is Burnley no matter how strong you are they always look very hard to break and score. During the days of Sean Dyche before he was sacked they are know for how stubborn and offensive tacklers they have. Erling Haaland might not sckre tomorrow night still.

Haaland is a striker who is difficult for defenders to stop, but it is not impossible to prevent him from scoring if the Burnley defenders are able to mark him closely. After all, Haaland also doesn't have to always score goals because Pep Guardiola can also make some mission adjustments for Haaland so that other players have good space to score goals. Manchester City is a team that is difficult to prevent from scoring because every player has the ability to score goals, so Burnley's players shouldn't all be focused around Haaland.

I don't think there's any point in stopping Haaland if Burnley can't control the movement of other Manchester City players. Manchester City are the favorites in that game so Burnley may come under some tough pressure from the start.

I never knew Haaland can't show effort when tackle by good defenders until the day they had their final match against Inter, Bastoni and Acerbi held him well and he wish those guys never start the match because he was frustrated. A similar type of defenders is what other clubs need to get rid of Haaland and they will be having on their palm without much effort regardless of that his tallness advantage.

There has been a shuffle of players in the Premier League, it is early to predict what the future hold for Haaland but all the same, we will experience some great records from new players who were just transfered to the English Premier League, Haaland may not have last season privilege again.

[RockBell]

Yes,having something to say about Haaland,I think this season is going to be different,he will still win the golden boot,but I don't think he will get the number of goals he got last season.This is premier league and we know how aggressive defenders are there,the moment they see that you have been superb in your goals scoring form,they will place all their attention on you and make sure they put you on goal drought.It is true that Mancity will be demoralized by the result they got in the community Shield,and it will be a boost of moral for Arsenal that won them going into the premier league this season.The game against Burnley is going to be a win win for city,but Burnley will still give them headache and that game might end 1:2 in favour of city.While Arsenal will comfortably win theirs on Saturday against Northingham Forest.

Haaland won't have the same opportunity he did last season when they were already succeeding and that gave the Manchester City players greater confidence, but the season hasn't even begun, it will be very difficult to predict what this season will come with, it will actually be difficult to maintain the number of goals he had last season. and premier league is tough and very aggressive as you said so the man might not get lucky this time, and from the look of things, plenty of clubs are warming up, so it is not going to be an easy bone to chew.

He may not have the same number of goals he got last season. I think a lot of clubs are aware of his methods and would now aggressively seek to block him at every turn. But he would still be able to score goals due to the combined efforts of the team.
I don’t think Manchester City would be demoralized cause they had lost out on winning the community shield. After all, they had played well and only lost out due to penalties. But it would surely be a morale boost for Arsenal going into the new season. Having bagged the FA Cup, it would motivate them to go even stronger for the EPL title this season.

They have watched and mastered how he plays and even before the season ended it was not easy for him the tacking was too much on him and it was looking as if other clubs had their eyes on him, so it was difficult for him to score, and losing the community shield to arsenal is actually a good thing it must not always be manchester city always we need change so that other clubs to can taste victory that's the most important.

[Leviathan.007]

The opening game is Burnley - Manchester City. On paper of course this is a comfortable matchup for Manchester City. However this is the beginning of the season so let's see if we would see some struggles. They started the season with a sad loss against Arsenal in the Community Shield game. It would have been helpful for them to motivate themselves for this game more if they won.

But of course we are still talking about Manchester City. They should be able to win this game by one or two-goal gap probably. The gap would be even higher to me if we weren't at the beginning of the season. But who knows maybe I would still be wrong about it and we see a bigger win.

The results of this game are very clear to me and even the coach of Burnley, Vincent Kompany said his team can't perform like Manchester City or Arsenal and all they can do is to try hard and get the best results they can get in this game to earn more possible points from it.
Also, the intresting thing about this game is Kompany is was a player who played for Manchester City for years and he was a superstar there and now he is going to coach Burnley against his team.


https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/09/vincent-kompany-burnley-cant-operate-like-arsenal-or-man-city-19285767/

[shogun47]

Haaland has been able to succeed like that, so it would be very reasonable for Haaland in second season later to be even better than before.

It is not reasonable at all. Only the top top footballers have the ability to maintain top performance season after season at the same intensity. Haaland has done this for the seasons he has players, from the EPL, to the Bundesliga to the Austrian Bundesliga.

I will be really impressed if he replicates the successes of last season.

- Jay -

Absolutely right and Haaland hasn't only been consisting for years in different leagues and all competitions, he also has smashed records nonstop in a way that I believe some of them will exist for a very long time. I once saw an overview of the number of Champions League goals scored at the age of I think 21, and there was an overview of the best strikers we know, like Messi, Ronaldo and some others and Haaland blasted through these numbers. He scored 35 goals in 30 games and if he has a strong Champions League season again, he could already make it into the all time top 10 at the age of 23. 

[posi]

Liverpool and Chelsea faced tough opponents in the opening match of the season. It is difficult to predict which team will win. However, both the teams have tried to build a strong squad. Both the teams have made several changes within the squad.
But in this match I will bet Liverpool to win. Even though it's Chelsea's home match, I consider Liverpool favourites. In this match, Chelsea are not getting two important players in their squad, Nkunku and Fofana. Besides, I don't see any good performance from Chelsea in friendly matches. They could not win against Newcastle and Dortmund. Both the matches were drawn. The overall condition of the Chelsea team is still not stable. For these reasons, I consider Liverpool as the favorite.
      

If we refer to the available odds, then we can conclude that this match is quite balanced. of these two teams, none of them are favored by the bookies. there is a possibility, the match will end in a draw. well, let's refer to the H2H of these two teams, out of the 6 meetings between Chelsea and Liverpool it always ended in a draw, both home and away matches.
Interestingly, this season both teams are improving to become the top team in this competition. whether it's Chelsea with their new squad, as well as Liverpool who are trying to overhaul some of their players in order to achieve what they are targeting this season.

Chelsea had pre-season matches with positive results, as well as the pre-season matches that Liverpool played, they only lost narrowly to Bayern in a friendly match. however, the real match is for these two teams to meet. they will show their best game, to gain full points in their early Premier League debut. I'm sure this match will feature enough exciting battles from the two teams, both Pochettino and Klopp will maximize their team's squad.
For now, there's not much that I can say, especially since I haven't gotten a prediction for the line-up of these two teams. so, let's wait when the Premier League rolls back.

The issue at hand lies in my lack of trust towards any club performing well in competitive matches just because they have performed well in preseason matches. And I am also sure that a lot of people are also going to agree with me on this. I mean arsenal lost the English Premier League trophy in probably the last 4/5 matches in last season.

Thus, making accurate predictions becomes a daunting task. Especially when the league is so competitive. Chelsea has made a complete change in their squad. Probably that will bring them good performance. But anyone who is going to expect great results from Chelsea is probably going to be heartbroken. For Liverpool, it is a chance for redemption. They will be looking to start strong in this season. Let’s see what happens. But honestly, I am not very confident about Chelsea.

[Makus]

The league starts Friday, pretty exciting first week matches are waiting for us. Manchester City will do the opener. Even though they play an away game this should be an easy game for them. Burnley finished Championship first and advanced to Premier League. Manchester City is the title holder. They will play each other in season opener. Is this a coincidence?
There's a big quality difference. I expect Manchester City win with a lot of goals. It could be a game where Manchester City intimidates their opponents.

Hahaha the match would be interesting, man city are most likely to win the game but not sure if they will actually intimidate their opponent, as their opponent would not want to loss their first March after the struggle from wining the championship competition.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I can't imagine chelsea to play without nkuku against LFC.

If Chelsea are really a better team, they should be able to do well even without Nkuku who is out injured. The Chelsea team played well during the preseason and show promising signs to have a better season, Liverpool will give them a good chance to put up a display that will be hard to ignore by the critics of the club. Liverpool lost two of their major midfield players in the transfer window, so their midfield will still be lacking in some areas that can be exploited by Chelsea if their midfield does well. If Chelsea wins the midfield in the game, they can win the whole game and take the three points.

I think it's not about whether Chelsea is a great team or not, but at this moment, at least we have also to realize that Chelsea is starting everything from scratch again. The reshuffling of players and also the coaching chairs, that makes Chelsea still in the development stage this moment. So yes, with Nkuku not in their squad later, of course this will affect Chelsea performance later. Also, their rivalry isn't just about midfield either, so even though Liverpool have also lost two senior players to their midfield in this transfer window. At least, I'm sure this won't make Liverpool weak and easy to beat.

Every time they play each other, Chelsea and Liverpool are constantly at odds with one another.  No matter how awful both team is, their match always finishes in a draw. Given that both team's player lineups have changed for the new season, we are unable to predict how well either side will perform because of no good midfield player.
Nkuku shouldn't be the only striker that Chelsea brought in during the transfer window. I believe Chelsea has other quality strikers who can step in for Nkuku during the months he will be out by the injury he sustained in the preseason game.

I think that Chelsea in this coming season would have a serious lapse in their defence line. If I were to compare between them and Liverpool, I would go with Liverpool having a better performance and would bet on them winning over Chelsea any day.
We haven't even talked about how Lukaku is making a way out and a new manager with a new strategy to please, else be fired!?

Arsenal on the other hand would be coming in hot. With a penalty win against Manchester city in the weekend community shield and top finishers last season, new players in midfield and strike, everywhere is looking good for them and they are sure ready to shoot those canons!

[Iroh]

Well the opening game is always tricky, I expect Manchester City to win, maybe with 2 goals and Erling Haaland to score too, I don't think he will score hattrick but maybe a goal or two.
I am personally waiting to see Chelsea - Liverpool match in Stamford Bridge since Liverpool odds look better in that away game. I wonder know if Klopp will be able to restore the team to its good and successful shape.

The opening game is always anticipated by both fans and players and mistakes due to the pressure of trying to win the first game of the season, could be made on the pitch. I too envisage a Manchester City win but for Haaland to score, I can’t really say.
Knowing him as the danger man capable of scoring goals, he may be well tackled and marked. Being tightly marked has not fully stopped him before from scoring goals as he still tries to lose his marker and open up for passes from his teammates.
I’m eagerly awaiting the first game of the new season.

[QueenVera]

The issue at hand lies in my lack of trust towards any club performing well in competitive matches just because they have performed well in preseason matches. And I am also sure that a lot of people are also going to agree with me on this. I’m in Arsenal lost the English Premier League. Trophy in probably the last 4/5 matches.

Thus, making accurate predictions becomes a daunting task. Especially when the league is so competitive. Chelsea has made a complete change in their squad. Probably that will bring them good performance. But anyone who is going to expect great results from Chelsea is probably going to be heartbroken. For Liverpool, it is a chance for redemption. They will be looking to start strong in this season. Let’s see what happens. But honestly, I am not very confident about Chelsea.

You forget to understand that the Chelsea new coach have had a very experience in the EPL before moving to france to coach one of the biggest club in the planet, and if you noticed he took his time to make a selection of young talented players that he'll be able to work with and left the ones loyal to the team and would obey his instructions i think they'll be looking to build a very stronger squad this season with players that understand eachother other than chasing a trophy but one thing i know is that they'll have good performance and finsh in the top four or maybe close, we seen in previous times where good coaches come into a team with poor performance and chance their mentality and style of play, it happened to Manchester united when Erik Ten Hag came in and Pouchettino could bring that winning mentality to Chelsea as well

[Ndabagi01]

They will have to defend the Premier League, the odds are in their favor.
He should start and find it difficult to score tommorow night because this is Burnley no matter how strong you are they always look very hard to break and score. During the days of Sean Dyche before he was sacked they are know for how stubborn and offensive tacklers they have. Erling Haaland might not sckre tomorrow night still.

Burnley are notorious for giving big teams a tough in the Premier League. They were relegated from the Premier League and are currently back. We don't know if they're still that small team that gives big teams a hard time and constantly loses to small teams like theirs. Everyone is waiting to see how Haaland will kick off the new season. Will he be a goal-scoring machine like he was last season, or will he disappoint after performing so well in his debut season? I don't have high hopes for him this season, but I believe he'll do fine, even not as good as last season.

[Marvell1]

I can't imagine chelsea to play without nkuku against LFC.

If Chelsea are really a better team, they should be able to do well even without Nkuku who is out injured. The Chelsea team played well during the preseason and show promising signs to have a better season, Liverpool will give them a good chance to put up a display that will be hard to ignore by the critics of the club. Liverpool lost two of their major midfield players in the transfer window, so their midfield will still be lacking in some areas that can be exploited by Chelsea if their midfield does well. If Chelsea wins the midfield in the game, they can win the whole game and take the three points.

So one of the options for Pochettino is to recruit a new striker in the remaining time of this summer's transfer window. Nkuku is sure to miss half of the season for the election period, another option for Pochettino is to change the formation without playing a pure striker, something we have often seen done by several Chelsea coaches before, so Pochettino only needs to take advantage of existing players without the need to recruit new players .

I don't think Chelsea have a shortage of strikers, Pochettino still has players in stock to replace Nkuku. Armando Broja, Nicolas Jackson and Romelu Lukaku could take over in that role, but Lukaku is likely to move on.

This is a problem for Chelsea. And I really do not think that Chelsea would want to go ahead in this season having a problem in the squad. They have already finished 12th in the last season. They do want to be improving.

So it is probably a better idea to not have any weak positions in the team and actually fixing problems that they have instead of having work-around ideas. i personally think that it is going to be the best idea for Chelsea to get a striker. but then again the authority of Chelsea may have other ideas.

[nurilham]

They will have to defend the Premier League, the odds are in their favor.
He should start and find it difficult to score tommorow night because this is Burnley no matter how strong you are they always look very hard to break and score. During the days of Sean Dyche before he was sacked they are know for how stubborn and offensive tacklers they have. Erling Haaland might not sckre tomorrow night still.

It is always interesting to know the result of the first match. Man City will play against Burnley away, it may be not an easy match. But if we consider the player quality, Burnley should be not an obstacle for Man City. Although they may miss De Bruyne and Gvardiol, they have enough players to replace them. They have Bernardo Silva to replace De Bruyne and they have some players on the defense line. So, the absence of the 2 players won't impact anything, I believe Man City to win their first match.

Anyway, offensive tacklers won't always be a good idea. If they too much made dangerous tackling, the referee probably give them red cards. Erling Haaland also isn't a weak striker, he isn't easy to beat by the defenders.  

[Rengga Jati]

It doesn't mean that haaland lost his quality in last season match but indeed the player cooperation was very strong in Manchstr city so it not surprising that haaland didn't perform well just because he didn't score in the champions league.
But at least he made a good contribution in the premier league and was one of the top goalscorers last season which helped City to get the FA cup and get the title in the premier league as well.

Haaland's performance is still good. And I agree with you, even though he didn't score a few goals in the final game that brought Man City to victory in the UCL, his contribution to the club was very influential. Just look at how the opposing players focused on Haaland during the match, and this made them a little confused by other players at Man City who were also actually strong. Unity in Man City is very solid, they support each other to make the club win. And so is Haaland, his influence on the club is also very large, the club's confidence level becomes higher when Haaland is in it. This kind of mental influence is also quite good.

IMO, in terms of the strength of these two teams, we cannot predict. after all, both Chelsea and Liverpool, are both in the stage of rebuilding the team to its previous performance.

Yes, at least the two clubs are rebuilding their clubs to be successful again. Although maybe this is not so certain, moreover they just slumped last season. Maybe Chelsea have made a lot of overhauls this season and their performance is still not certain whether it will be very good or not. So is Liverpool. So I personally am still curious as to who will be superior, or even it will be draw match haha

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Burnley are notorious for giving big teams a tough in the Premier League. They were relegated from the Premier League and are currently back. We don't know if they're still that small team that gives big teams a hard time and constantly loses to small teams like theirs. Everyone is waiting to see how Haaland will kick off the new season. Will he be a goal-scoring machine like he was last season, or will he disappoint after performing so well in his debut season? I don't have high hopes for him this season, but I believe he'll do fine, even not as good as last season.

Basically, we can't predict which team is weak although as a promotion team Burnley and other teams cannot be underestimated, we still remember how Leicester City did it a few years ago as a newcomer Leicester City was able to win the Premier League obviously no one thinks they can do it, so for this season we have to look at some of the matches to find out which team is weaker.

[Leviathan.007]

Chelsea is still trying to improve the team for the next season and they sent a 55m for Roméo Lavia and Southampton, this player is very young and he is just a 19-year-old player who can be a good investment for Chelsea because if they hire this player from Southampton and he improves his performance in Chelsea, Lavia can even have better performance in the next years.
It seems the first goal for Chelsea in the new season was not to sell older players but to have players like Lavia at younger ages.