Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Swordsoffreedom]

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Manchester City will want to start the journey of the English Premier League by winning the first match against Burnley. It should not be difficult for Manchester City to win the first match against Burnley as Manchester City have already won several times against this team. Manchester City's performance may be slightly worse due to the departure of some key players, but the Manchester City manager may fill the places of key players who leave with other players. A Manchester City win against Burnley with the current squad would be an easy equation. 
Kevin De Bruyne might miss this match due to injury. Kevin De Bruyne's absence will undoubtedly increase Erling Haaland's responsibilities.

After facing a 1-4 penalty shoot-out defeat in the Community Shield against Arsenal, Manchester City will try to make the most of their abilities to claim their first win of the new season. Manchester City are very enthusiastic about starting the new season against Burnley, even though the opponent they are facing has just been promoted to the Premier League, Guardiola will not underestimate the strength of the opposing team.
This match is not only about three points, but the meeting between Burnley and Manchester City is even more interesting with the presence of Vincent Kompany as Burnley coach. This match will test the dexterity of Guardiola and his former subordinates. As Vincent Kompany knows, he was a former Manchester City defender during the Guardiola era.

The manchester city team was defeated in the penalty shootout against arsenal. But manchester city's performance in the overall match was not bad. I have also seen this match. Played very carefully to avoid player injury. A lot of attacking tendencies are not seen in the players.

The burnley vs manchester city match is being talked about a lot because the coach of burnley is KOmpany. He is doing a great job with this team. And Kompany is a former City player. Even so, Burnley's chances of picking up points against City don't seem likely. City's squad is very strong and experienced. They will not want to drop points in the first match of the season.

[aylabadia05]

Manchester City will want to start the journey of the English Premier League by winning the first match against Burnley. It should not be difficult for Manchester City to win the first match against Burnley as Manchester City have already won several times against this team.

Manchester City should have no trouble getting full points in the Premier League's first match against Burnley, but Burnley will not give up easily allowing Manchester City to win easily at Turf Moor stadium.
Vincent Company has prepared a strategy to thwart Pep Guardiola's strategy even though in terms of player quality and head to head statistics, Manchester City are more favored to win this match.

[LittleBitFunny]

Manchester City will want to start the journey of the English Premier League by winning the first match against Burnley. It should not be difficult for Manchester City to win the first match against Burnley as Manchester City have already won several times against this team.

Manchester City should have no trouble getting full points in the Premier League's first match against Burnley, but Burnley will not give up easily allowing Manchester City to win easily at Turf Moor stadium.
Vincent Company has prepared a strategy to thwart Pep Guardiola's strategy even though in terms of player quality and head to head statistics, Manchester City are more favored to win this match.

All teams are strong in their own ground. Squad players are a bit more confident. And this results in better overall performance. Burnley are back in the Premier League after a long time. They will not want to lose in the first match. However, their opponent Manchester City is the strongest team in the Premier League. That's why I think Kompany will decide to play a defensive strategy in this match. And with 11 players in the team playing as defenders, it will be difficult for Manchester City to score. However, Manchester City's midfield and attack are very strong. Even then, if Burnley play full defensive, the match is likely to be a draw. I will say Manchester City win this match 80% chance and draw match 19% chance. The remaining 1% is the probability that City will lose.

[3meek]

Manchester City will want to start the journey of the English Premier League by winning the first match against Burnley. It should not be difficult for Manchester City to win the first match against Burnley as Manchester City have already won several times against this team.

Manchester City should have no trouble getting full points in the Premier League's first match against Burnley, but Burnley will not give up easily allowing Manchester City to win easily at Turf Moor stadium.
Vincent Company has prepared a strategy to thwart Pep Guardiola's strategy even though in terms of player quality and head to head statistics, Manchester City are more favored to win this match.

Of course Burnley are going to lose this game... I don't remember Man City losing to EPL newcomers... Especially since it's the first kick-off game of this season... And another factor for City's good game is that they lost in the Super Cup to Arsenal recently... Burnley will lose without a chance...

[borovichok]

Of course Burnley are going to lose this game... I don't remember Man City losing to EPL newcomers... Especially since it's the first kick-off game of this season... And another factor for City's good game is that they lost in the Super Cup to Arsenal recently... Burnley will lose without a chance...

I'm so curious to see City dominance in EPL. English Premier League ready to kickoff, it's just about hours, not longer days. Pep Guardiola is fiercely after losing to Mikel Arteta in the Community Shield, that sends a message to Burnley. Manchester City won't come to play around, rather they come to grab every single points and dominate the game full time. To place a wager on the game fixture, ofcourse the cityzens are going home with three points, no arguments about it. So I place my bets in favour of Manchester City, there's absolutely nothing to expects from the Clarets.

[swogerino]

Of course Burnley are going to lose this game... I don't remember Man City losing to EPL newcomers... Especially since it's the first kick-off game of this season... And another factor for City's good game is that they lost in the Super Cup to Arsenal recently... Burnley will lose without a chance...

I'm so curious to see City dominance in EPL. English Premier League ready to kickoff, it's just about hours, not longer days. Pep Guardiola is fiercely after losing to Mikel Arteta in the Community Shield, that sends a message to Burnley. Manchester City won't come to play around, rather they come to grab every single points and dominate the game full time. To place a wager on the game fixture, ofcourse the cityzens are going home with three points, no arguments about it. So I place my bets in favour of Manchester City, there's absolutely nothing to expects from the Clarets.

In theory it should be like that and most likely every body has bet on Manchester City in tonight game.I also don't expect any real fight from Burnley after they played one year against lower quality teams in the Championship they cannot just come in the Premier League and make a surprise result tonight,I know that the Premier League is always characterized by surprise results but it would be a huge surprise if any other result except Manchester winning happens in this game.

Losing to Arsenal does not mean anything as they lost in penalties which are a lottery but of course they want to come back with a convincing victory tonight.

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Liverpool has reach an agreement with Brighton to gets Moises Caicedo and they have to spend 110 millions to gets this player and previously Moises Caicedo often linked to Chelsea and even Moises Caicedo has personal agreement with them but apparently Liverpool were successfully to hijack him because Chelsea only dare to bid 100 millions and suddently Liverpool has came with 110 millions and this offers make Brighton agree to release him to Liverpool and this price currently broke the record as the most expensive midfielder in the Premier league after Enzo Fernandez and reported Caicedo will do medical check soon however i never thought this transfer will be happened because previously Liverpool were working on to Romeo Latvia transfer

They are talking about a very big transfer, and I didn't think we would see such a big budget. Liverpool want to achieve great things this year and so they didn't hesitate to spend money. They did a really good job for the team. We saw a few more surprise transfers this year. It's nice for us fans to have things like this

[BRINIRHA]

You made a good case for why Manchester City might win their first Premier league game of the year. Their team strength and focus along with their motivation from their Community Shield loss do undoubtedly point to a successful performance. Betting on their achievement seem sensible especially given their resolve to get a good job and have a level head. Even though the loss of key players may provide difficulties Erling haland presence gives their offensive strategy more hope. The anticipated meeting of former mentor and current rival coach Pep guardiola and Vincent kompany adds an intriguing element to the game that makes it feel like a teacher student competition.

Manchester City played against Burnley last season in one of the competitions, and Manchester City won the game. This game will not be different, Manchester City are even more of a stronger team now even though they have lost some key players from last season. Manchester City will not like to loose two games in a row just at the start of their new season, so they will be more serious with the game. Kevin De Bruyne should be fit to start, so there will be better opportunities for Erling Haaland to score and do better than he did in the community shield.

Manchester City will want to start the journey of the English Premier League by winning the first match against Burnley. It should not be difficult for Manchester City to win the first match against Burnley as Manchester City have already won several times against this team. Manchester City's performance may be slightly worse due to the departure of some key players, but the Manchester City manager may fill the places of key players who leave with other players. A Manchester City win against Burnley with the current squad would be an easy equation. 
Kevin De Bruyne might miss this match due to injury. Kevin De Bruyne's absence will undoubtedly increase Erling Haaland's responsibilities.

But without the presence of Kevin De Bruyne, I think the Man City squad will still dominate the match and be able to win the match quite brilliantly.

more than 10 meetings between Man City and Burnley have always ended in victory for Man City. Well there's no mistake this time too it will be the same.

The last time Burnley could hold Man City to a draw was in 2018. And the last time Burnley could beat Man City was in 2015. well, that's been a long time. And we know that Man City is now very different from years ago. And yeah, Man City is now like a Monster club ready to devour other teams in the Premier League.

[rendravolt]

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.

But Chelsea is not alone in competing to sign his contract because Liverpool have already made an offer for Romeo Lavia. It looks like it will be a fierce battle for Liverpool and chelsea, but currently chelsea is still leading with its new offer and liverpool has yet to make a higher offer.

After Liverpool managed to hijack Caicedo from Chelsea, we can say that it was Chelsea's turn to hijack Romeo Lavia from Liverpool, this will be even more exciting who will win this next transfer. Moreover, the big EPL opener is presented between two big teams this week and the intensity of both of them will definitely increase greatly both on the field and off the field.

[3meek]

Of course Burnley are going to lose this game... I don't remember Man City losing to EPL newcomers... Especially since it's the first kick-off game of this season... And another factor for City's good game is that they lost in the Super Cup to Arsenal recently... Burnley will lose without a chance...

I'm so curious to see City dominance in EPL. English Premier League ready to kickoff, it's just about hours, not longer days. Pep Guardiola is fiercely after losing to Mikel Arteta in the Community Shield, that sends a message to Burnley. Manchester City won't come to play around, rather they come to grab every single points and dominate the game full time. To place a wager on the game fixture, ofcourse the cityzens are going home with three points, no arguments about it. So I place my bets in favour of Manchester City, there's absolutely nothing to expects from the Clarets.

In theory it should be like that and most likely every body has bet on Manchester City in tonight game.I also don't expect any real fight from Burnley after they played one year against lower quality teams in the Championship they cannot just come in the Premier League and make a surprise result tonight,I know that the Premier League is always characterized by surprise results but it would be a huge surprise if any other result except Manchester winning happens in this game.

Losing to Arsenal does not mean anything as they lost in penalties which are a lottery but of course they want to come back with a convincing victory tonight.

For Burnley this game will be very difficult indeed after the Championship... There were not such serious opponents there, although they are still good to get into the EPL... I don't know how many goals Man City will score, but I think it will be more than 2... The beginning of the season and a weak opponent is very comfortable for City to take the three points and show good football...

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Liverpool has reach an agreement with Brighton to gets Moises Caicedo and they have to spend 110 millions to gets this player and previously Moises Caicedo often linked to Chelsea and even Moises Caicedo has personal agreement with them but apparently Liverpool were successfully to hijack him because Chelsea only dare to bid 100 millions and suddently Liverpool has came with 110 millions and this offers make Brighton agree to release him to Liverpool and this price currently broke the record as the most expensive midfielder in the Premier league after Enzo Fernandez and reported Caicedo will do medical check soon however i never thought this transfer will be happened because previously Liverpool were working on to Romeo Latvia transfer

Brighton is one of the teams in the Premier League that likes their players with high price valuations, which is why they delayed Chelsea's offer of signing Moses Casaido because they knew there are teams that are in need of defensive midfielders and can pay more than what Chelsea has offered, which is exactly what Liverpool just did.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are quite fortunate to have him since he is a very excellent player who knows how to play his role well, and he is defensively good and has nice passes; also, he has some strong abilities and physical ability that may assist a team win possession on the pitch. After losing some key players, it is an excellent acquisition for Liverpool.

[Helena Yu]

But without the presence of Kevin De Bruyne, I think the Man City squad will still dominate the match and be able to win the match quite brilliantly.

more than 10 meetings between Man City and Burnley have always ended in victory for Man City. Well there's no mistake this time too it will be the same.

The last time Burnley could hold Man City to a draw was in 2018. And the last time Burnley could beat Man City was in 2015. well, that's been a long time. And we know that Man City is now very different from years ago. And yeah, Man City is now like a Monster club ready to devour other teams in the Premier League.

But Manchester City get beaten by Arsenal in the Community Shield final match as we know Manchester City mostly win against Arsenal if you look at the head to head. Burnley might be not as strong as Manchester City, but they're the most serious team in Championship about the player transfer.

I hope Burnley's players will play with feeling nothing to lose since it's still a first match.

[gabbie2010]

Liverpool has reach an agreement with Brighton to gets Moises Caicedo and they have to spend 110 millions to gets this player and previously Moises Caicedo often linked to Chelsea and even Moises Caicedo has personal agreement with them but apparently Liverpool were successfully to hijack him because Chelsea only dare to bid 100 millions and suddently Liverpool has came with 110 millions and this offers make Brighton agree to release him to Liverpool and this price currently broke the record as the most expensive midfielder in the Premier league after Enzo Fernandez and reported Caicedo will do medical check soon however i never thought this transfer will be happened because previously Liverpool were working on to Romeo Latvia transfer

Brighton is one of the teams in the Premier League that likes their players with high price valuations, which is why they delayed Chelsea's offer of signing Moses Casaido because they knew there are teams that are in need of defensive midfielders and can pay more than what Chelsea has offered, which is exactly what Liverpool just did.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are quite fortunate to have him since he is a very excellent player who knows how to play his role well, and he is defensively good and has nice passes; also, he has some strong abilities and physical ability that may assist a team win possession on the pitch. After losing some key players, it is an excellent acquisition for Liverpool.

I think it's a win-win deal for Liverpool with regard to the signing of Moises Caicedo in a deal reported to worth £111m honestly this is a massive deal from Brighton who would have received a total £145m from the sell of both  Moises Caicedo and McAllister while Liverpool earned £54m from the sale duo of Henderson and Fabinho to Saudi Arabian clubs, I believe summation of other transfer fees paid for to secure the services of players like James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will equate to the total fee paid by Liverpool for their new signings, Liverpool now has two formidable defensive midfielders with McAllister who can optionally play as an attacking midfielder.

[Velvet78]

It is really unbelievable that Liverpool intervened in the last minute for Caicedo by paying 10 more million pounds.    Chelsea must be devastated after Brighton accepted Liverpool's offer as final. Brighton were going to accept the highest offer until the end of the day as far as I have read.

So Chelsea will need to find a new alternative to Caicedo from now on. After this news I'm curious about whether Chelsea can still go for Lavia. Because Liverpool have already agreed with Caicedo who is another defensive midfielder. They might drop their interest in Lavia maybe.

[aylabadia05]

Manchester City should have no trouble getting full points in the Premier League's first match against Burnley, but Burnley will not give up easily allowing Manchester City to win easily at Turf Moor stadium.
Vincent Company has prepared a strategy to thwart Pep Guardiola's strategy even though in terms of player quality and head to head statistics, Manchester City are more favored to win this match.

All teams are strong in their own ground. Squad players are a bit more confident. And this results in better overall performance. Burnley are back in the Premier League after a long time. They will not want to lose in the first match. However, their opponent Manchester City is the strongest team in the Premier League. That's why I think Kompany will decide to play a defensive strategy in this match. And with 11 players in the team playing as defenders, it will be difficult for Manchester City to score. However, Manchester City's midfield and attack are very strong. Even then, if Burnley play full defensive, the match is likely to be a draw. I will say Manchester City win this match 80% chance and draw match 19% chance. The remaining 1% is the probability that City will lose.

Playing with totality to last for 90 minutes is not a strategy that can bring maximum results. Those who know and enjoy every game will call it a stupid strategy. The Vincent Company certainly doesn't want to carry out such a defensive strategy, comrades, because he realizes that this is not a solution.

There were times when he wanted his squad to appear to attack by taking advantage of small mistakes made by Manchester City players and the Company must have learned where Manchester City's weaknesses were in every line.
There's no way the Vincent Company will instruct 10 Burnley players to defend by not attacking at all.

[Lordhermes]

It is really unbelievable that Liverpool intervened in the last minute for Caicedo by paying 10 more million pounds.    Chelsea must be devastated after Brighton accepted Liverpool's offer as final. Brighton were going to accept the highest offer until the end of the day as far as I have read.

So Chelsea will need to find a new alternative to Caicedo from now on. After this news I'm curious about whether Chelsea can still go for Lavia. Because Liverpool have already agreed with Caicedo who is another defensive midfielder. They might drop their interest in Lavia maybe.

Footballer play for the money, nothing matters, Chelsea were Romancing with Caicedo transfer , they were not sure of him, they wanted him to be the last hope if the other players of their choice don't work. and Liverpool after losing two of their keys midfielders to the Saudi Arabic clubs, needed immediately replacement and Caicedo is the option available. Big lose to Chelsea and a big gain to Liverpool.

[topbitcoin]

It is really unbelievable that Liverpool intervened in the last minute for Caicedo by paying 10 more million pounds.    Chelsea must be devastated after Brighton accepted Liverpool's offer as final. Brighton were going to accept the highest offer until the end of the day as far as I have read.

So Chelsea will need to find a new alternative to Caicedo from now on. After this news I'm curious about whether Chelsea can still go for Lavia. Because Liverpool have already agreed with Caicedo who is another defensive midfielder. They might drop their interest in Lavia maybe.

Chelsea had to bite the bullet with this as Caicedo was their target from the start but had to be willing to let go with Liverpool's crazy bid for this player.
Reportedly Caicedo currently only has to do a medical test and finalize a new contract at Liverpool.
This is really a surprise that I didn't really think of before and Liverpool are really ready with their new squad now especially for their midfield.
I look forward to the duo of Mac Allister and Caicedo back at Liverpool and of course there is the name Szoboszlai who will definitely be a trio in Liverpool's midfield replacing the old Liverpool machines such as Milner, Fabinho, Henderson and Chamberlain who left.

[Unknown Op]

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!

Even though Chelsea's preseason performance has been encouraging, Nkuku injury absence does cause some uncertainty. The midfield battle may end up being crucial since a strong Chelsea midfield may swing the odds in their favour. Both teams have gone through changes, making it difficult to predict their performances with any degree of accuracy. It is true that Chelsea is going through a rebuilding phase right now, with players changing teams and coaches. Nkuku absence will be regretted, but Chelsea wealth of top strikers may offer alternatives until he recovers. Despite the ambiguity surrounding their lineups, the long standing rivalry between both clubs adds a thrilling factor that elevates their confrontation to a compelling spectacle.

[Strongkored]

Liverpool has reach an agreement with Brighton to gets Moises Caicedo and they have to spend 110 millions to gets this player and previously Moises Caicedo often linked to Chelsea and even Moises Caicedo has personal agreement with them but apparently Liverpool were successfully to hijack him because Chelsea only dare to bid 100 millions and suddently Liverpool has came with 110 millions and this offers make Brighton agree to release him to Liverpool and this price currently broke the record as the most expensive midfielder in the Premier league after Enzo Fernandez and reported Caicedo will do medical check soon however i never thought this transfer will be happened because previously Liverpool were working on to Romeo Latvia transfer

it looks like Liverpool were in a hurry with the transfer this time the offer from Chelsea made Liverpool have to increase their offer because Brighton will only sell the club with the highest bid, and this is too high in my opinion, the most benefiting from this player transfer is Brighton and this club together with West Ham is a club that has made big profits in the transfer market this season, and for some reason, I think many players are overvalued so that it will put a lot of pressure on these players if they don't live up to expectations, And Caicedo will become the player with the most expensive transfer fee this season beating Gvardiol who went to Manchester City from Leipzig Bundesliga.
With Liverpool's focus on buying midfielders in the current transfer market, proving that they will indeed bring in 3 or even 4 midfielders because Klopp saw that it was their weakness last season that made Liverpool fail to be in the top four last season.

[uswa56]

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!

Even though Chelsea's preseason performance has been encouraging, Nkuku injury absence does cause some uncertainty. The midfield battle may end up being crucial since a strong Chelsea midfield may swing the odds in their favour. Both teams have gone through changes, making it difficult to predict their performances with any degree of accuracy. It is true that Chelsea is going through a rebuilding phase right now, with players changing teams and coaches. Nkuku absence will be regretted, but Chelsea wealth of top strikers may offer alternatives until he recovers. Despite the ambiguity surrounding their lineups, the long standing rivalry between both clubs adds a thrilling factor that elevates their confrontation to a compelling spectacle.

This is a new season and both teams have improved so it is very difficult to accurately predict the first matches for these two teams.
It is undeniable that Nkuku's injury will have a big impact on Chelsea's front line because in the Pre-season match their front line was very good but with this unwanted incident it will certainly make the coach have to find other ways or tactics to improve the front line.
While Liverpool are also in erratic form, last season they slumped and they have also improved, so let's look forward to this very interesting early match.
Personally I think this match will be very fierce and a draw is likely.