Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Raflesia]

Two different images are visible, the top one is Caicedo while still at Ecuador in 2021 with his mother and the bottom one is now when he was announced as Chelsea's newest player. Dreams are real and Caicedo is one of the players who has made his dream of playing for the club he loves so much come true. After going through a fairly long process with Brighton plus competition with Liverpool to bring him, he became Chelsea's most expensive current signing at £115 million. He is a great defensive midfielder and has been the talk of the town lately and joining Chelsea was the right choice for him. He is ready to make history with his dream team which is currently in transition with new players and also a new coach in it. Looks like we'll see his debut later when Chelsea against West Ham.

Caicedo is good but I think he is overpriced, a player with little experience and already bears a 115million euros tag is just shocking. I really hope he delivers as much as his price tag bears cause it will be disappointing if he flops at Chelsea or have to sit on the bench too often because Chelsea has a record of killing good players who in their prime moved to Stamford Bridge and couldn’t live up to expectations.

With other parties wanting Caicedo, Brighton actually have many options and of course the most expensive one they will take as a form of agreement.
Regardless of whether it is too expensive or not seeing the performance displayed last season is actually comparable, it's just that for now whether it will be the same as before in the new team will certainly be a big question.

Now we will only see how Caicedo performs at Chelsea this season whether his price is ultimately in accordance with the performance shown or even his performance does not show significant results.

[Lillominato89]

Although Manchester United managed to secure victory in the first match. Then I would think that he could not perform much better than the opposition team. Comparatively, both the teams played almost equally. Manchester United need to perform better.

It's not surprising, but from the few games that have happened, Wolves can always make big teams difficult. They are not new debutants. In addition, it is interesting that small or large EPL teams can always make it difficult for the opponents they face. No strength gap is too big for each team. From that match there were indeed some crucial moments that should have given the advantage and the referee's decision was different. EPL competitions are long, judging from the first game is not an exact measure and that's hard to accept.

Exactly, I agree with what you said! Wolves has often managed to put the top clubs in the premier league in difficulty and it is not new to this undertaking, but we must add that over the last few years almost all the small clubs in the EPL have narrowed the technical gap with the top clubs. and in fact the EPL has become the most balanced and toughest tournament in the world. going back to the result of Man UTD - Wolves I think the result is a lie, wolves didn't deserve the defeat and the referee's choices are very questionable, in fact it seems he was punished with a stoppage

[Furious 7]

25 minutes in but both clubs are still holding their own as the ball is mostly in the middle but I'm expecting something more now for Manchester United because looking at their current opponents of course this should be 3 points for them in the opening match.

So far I haven't found Manchester United really capable of threatening the Wolves defense. Manchester United had more possession than Wolves, but they didn't create many chances until 45 first half minutes. I think both teams will very likely end the first half goalless, and that is a very objective result given their game.

Wolves defend well with their 4 defenders. They are still quite disciplined in guarding their defense area well, but they can also carry out very dangerous counterattacks.

3 points were secured by Manchester United but I feel that their performance in this match was underrated and even if you look at the comparison of Wolves with all their internal problems I still feel that yesterday's match Wolves were much better in terms of attack because Manchester United looked like they were confused in this regard. They weren't very cohesive and their attacks were wasted.
It's lucky that Varane managed to be the difference in this match because if it ends up being a draw then I think it's a failure for Manchester United.
Ten Hag must try more in this regard so that their squad in the next match is better than the first week that is completely over.

[letteredhub]

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But it must also be remembered that this is the first match, so we can draw any conclusions about what will happen to them in the next matches.

You mean we "cannot" draw conclusion? Well you are correct if that's the case. It's just that I expect their opponents to exploit their current weakness as displayed in game 1. They will be facing a better team in Spurs soon so we'll see how their defense will hold up. I personally doubt Onana will have a clean sheet.

Being a first game of the season we can not agree though but technically speaking Manchester united played as an average team playing against a stronger opponent, the only shot on target they had was that which brought about their winning goal (a header), supposing wolves had made good use of their attempts converting those multiple chances to 2 or more goals I don't think anyone would be here saying we shouldn't conclude yet about Manchester united performance being poor, cause obviously they performed poorly and if their lapses ain't quickly covered within the midfield then UTD may be heading for a bad season .

[asriloni]

Although Manchester United managed to secure victory in the first match. Then I would think that he could not perform much better than the opposition team. Comparatively, both the teams played almost equally. Manchester United need to perform better.

It must be draw. The VAR and referee were doing human error but not given wolves penalty during additional time. look at this

Wolves denied late penalty at Old Trafford as VAR refuses to intervene after Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana collided with Sasa Kalajdzic; Gary O'Neil says PGMOL's Jon Moss apologised for decision not to award penalty; Gary Neville and Karen Carney agree VAR got it wrong

The match officials who failed to award Wolves a stoppage-time penalty at Manchester United on Monday have been punished by not being selected for Premier League games this weekend.

It comes after Howard Webb, the referees’ chief, apologised to Wolves in the wake of the error at Old Trafford. The referee Simon Hooper, VAR Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Richard West will not officiate any games this weekend.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/15/premier-league-wolves-manchester-united-howard-webb
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12940254/andre-onana-wolves-boss-gary-oneil-says-pgmols-jon-moss-apologised-after-man-utd-goalkeepers-challenge-was-blatant-penalty

The fact that if MU helped by referee. It's not a fair result as it might be drawn. Wolves deserve penalty at the end of second half. I don't even understand why this error is still happening. Howard webb must be kicked out from EPL.
This guy keeps repeat the same mistke over and over since a long time ago. He is not capable anymore of being a referee in EPL. This guy shall be terminated from his job. he just makes wolves got disadvantage by loosing three points.

[nelson4lov]

3 points were secured by Manchester United but I feel that their performance in this match was underrated and even if you look at the comparison of Wolves with all their internal problems I still feel that yesterday's match Wolves were much better in terms of attack because Manchester United looked like they were confused in this regard. They weren't very cohesive and their attacks were wasted.
It's lucky that Varane managed to be the difference in this match because if it ends up being a draw then I think it's a failure for Manchester United.
Ten Hag must try more in this regard so that their squad in the next match is better than the first week that is completely over.

Coming into the fixture yesterday, Wolves were clearly the underdog and underrated by everyone (including myself) but they surprised us all and were unlucky not to win. There was no chemistry in the man utd team. Rashford was frustrated because Garnacho couldn't work with bruno and mount to supply balls to him. But this is where Ramus Hojlund will help Rashford in that regard. I'm sure if Sancho started ahead of Garnacho, the game would have had a different tempo.

League still early, all teams still have a lot to improve.

[sokani]

Yesterday was a lucky day for the Red devils for them to win Wolves in the match,because wolves put in an impressive performance but they couldn't break the deadlock as Onana put a stop to their goals. Wolves wasn't lucky enough that was why they couldn't draw the match.

I wouldn't say that Manchester United performed brilliantly because I was expecting to see them score more goals than just one but to my greatest surprise,they didn't play like those that wants to score more goals. Manchester United needs a good striking force so that scoring goals wouldn't be a problem. I see a very strong defence that Eric Hag has built.

I watched the game and I was disappointed with the red devils performance and five players that underperformed were Mount, Fernandez, Garnacho, Antony and Rashford. Many times Mount was going out of position, making the midfield porous and over labouring Casemiro. Fernandez also had a bad day, it was when Erikson game on that I saw a little of his magic as he was part of the build up that led to the goal. Garnacho flopped completely, he couldn't execute one take on, loses the ball everytime he gets it.

Onana did very well to keep United in the game, AWB was also fantastic with his runs, blocks and slides and also assisted in setting up the goal. United were just lucky to win the game, they really need to improve their performance in their next game.

[letteredhub]

Although Manchester United managed to secure victory in the first match. Then I would think that he could not perform much better than the opposition team. Comparatively, both the teams played almost equally. Manchester United need to perform better.

It must be draw. The VAR and referee were doing human error but not given wolves penalty during additional time. look at this

Wolves denied late penalty at Old Trafford as VAR refuses to intervene after Man Utd goalkeeper Andre Onana collided with Sasa Kalajdzic; Gary O'Neil says PGMOL's Jon Moss apologised for decision not to award penalty; Gary Neville and Karen Carney agree VAR got it wrong

The match officials who failed to award Wolves a stoppage-time penalty at Manchester United on Monday have been punished by not being selected for Premier League games this weekend.

It comes after Howard Webb, the referees’ chief, apologised to Wolves in the wake of the error at Old Trafford. The referee Simon Hooper, VAR Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Richard West will not officiate any games this weekend.

Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/15/premier-league-wolves-manchester-united-howard-webb
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12940254/andre-onana-wolves-boss-gary-oneil-says-pgmols-jon-moss-apologised-after-man-utd-goalkeepers-challenge-was-blatant-penalty

The fact that if MU helped by referee. It's not a fair result as it might be drawn. Wolves deserve penalty at the end of second half. I don't even understand why this error is still happening. Howard webb must be kicked out from EPL.
This guy keeps repeat the same mistke over and over since a long time ago. He is not capable anymore of being a referee in EPL. This guy shall be terminated from his job. he just makes wolves got disadvantage by loosing three points.

The fact still remains that Howard Webb is a United supporter and it can be found in previous games involving Manchester united he has officiated as central referee else how come would he be reiterating similar mistakes except he's just incompetent to be classified as a professional referee. The foul from Onana against the wolves player was very obvious for all to see but it was rather giving blind sight. Howard Webb neutrality in previous games and that of yesterday between Manchester united vs Wolves should be in question for the love of football.

[KTChampions]

Both Chelsea and Liverpool played good football in the first match of the season. But what happens is that Chelsea and Liverpool knows how to play draw in every of their meeting. So both of them playing together would not be the right criteria to determine whether the teams have improved. I can attest that Liverpool has improved right from the ending time of last season.
But there is no evidence of improvement in Chelsea apart from the pre-season. So we will need to see Liverpool play another club and Chelsea play another club for we to know if they have really improved.

The distance will certainly show who is worth what, but I am not impressed with the game of Liverpool beforehand. Despite the fact that the newcomers in the person of Soboslai and Mac Allister showed themselves well, Liverpool had only 35% of ball possession. Even if the newcomers continue to play well, I would not say that Liverpool have improved - this is only a compensation for those players who left. If other clubs at least have not weakened, then the status quo of last season will be maintained. As for Chelsea, I can’t say anything about them yet because I got confused in the kaleidoscope of their players.

[panjul07]

Yesterday was a lucky day for the Red devils for them to win Wolves in the match,because wolves put in an impressive performance but they couldn't break the deadlock as Onana put a stop to their goals. Wolves wasn't lucky enough that was why they couldn't draw the match.

I wouldn't say that Manchester United performed brilliantly because I was expecting to see them score more goals than just one but to my greatest surprise,they didn't play like those that wants to score more goals. Manchester United needs a good striking force so that scoring goals wouldn't be a problem. I see a very strong defence that Eric Hag has built.

I watched the game and I was disappointed with the red devils performance and five players that underperformed were Mount, Fernandez, Garnacho, Antony and Rashford. Many times Mount was going out of position, making the midfield porous and over labouring Casemiro. Fernandez also had a bad day, it was when Erickson game on that I saw a little of his magic as he was part of the build up that led to the goal. Garnacho flopped completely, he couldn't execute one take on, loses the ball everytime he gets it.

Onana did very well to keep United in the game, AWB was also fantastic with his runs, blocks and slides and also assisted in setting up the goal. United were just lucky to win the game, they really need to improve their performance in their next game.

I did not watch the match but looking at the player's statistic, Fernandez got not that bad score compared to Antony, Garnacho and Mount.
Yes Antony, Mount and Garnacho seems to be not in their best form in the first match but I think it is still reasonable enough since it is not always easy to show the best in the first match.
Thumbs up to the new GK Onana, he did some crucial saves and make a clean sheet in the first match.
They need more times to create a great teamwork and play in real matches in the league so lets give them more opportunities to show their best.

[BRINIRHA]

Yesterday was a lucky day for the Red devils for them to win Wolves in the match,because wolves put in an impressive performance but they couldn't break the deadlock as Onana put a stop to their goals. Wolves wasn't lucky enough that was why they couldn't draw the match.

I wouldn't say that Manchester United performed brilliantly because I was expecting to see them score more goals than just one but to my greatest surprise,they didn't play like those that wants to score more goals. Manchester United needs a good striking force so that scoring goals wouldn't be a problem. I see a very strong defence that Eric Hag has built.

I watched the game and I was disappointed with the red devils performance and five players that underperformed were Mount, Fernandez, Garnacho, Antony and Rashford. Many times Mount was going out of position, making the midfield porous and over labouring Casemiro. Fernandez also had a bad day, it was when Erikson game on that I saw a little of his magic as he was part of the build up that led to the goal. Garnacho flopped completely, he couldn't execute one take on, loses the ball everytime he gets it.

Onana did very well to keep United in the game, AWB was also fantastic with his runs, blocks and slides and also assisted in setting up the goal. United were just lucky to win the game, they really need to improve their performance in their next game.

What really annoyed me in the Man United vs Wolves match was because Man United's midfield and attack line really couldn't play their roles as usual. They seemed to lose confidence in the match. Mount and Garnacho both of these players seem to have lost their concentration a bit. Because well a few times they can be passed easily. And in this match, André Onana was really tested very hard. I hope Erik Ten Heg can improve the club's performance as soon as possible. Because in the next match I think it will be more difficult, namely Man United will face Tottenham. Even though Tottenham have been left by H. Kane but in yesterday's match I think Tottenham still showed the sharpness of their attack. They were held to a draw by Brentford. But overall Tottenham are really playing very well. So Man United must be well prepared so they don't lose.

[Mame89]

What really annoyed me in the Man United vs Wolves match was because Man United's midfield and attack line really couldn't play their roles as usual. They seemed to lose confidence in the match. Mount and Garnacho both of these players seem to have lost their concentration a bit. Because well a few times they can be passed easily. And in this match, André Onana was really tested very hard. I hope Erik Ten Heg can improve the club's performance as soon as possible. Because in the next match I think it will be more difficult, namely Man United will face Tottenham. Even though Tottenham have been left by H. Kane but in yesterday's match I think Tottenham still showed the sharpness of their attack. They were held to a draw by Brentford. But overall Tottenham are really playing very well. So Man United must be well prepared so they don't lose.

There are still lots of ineffective passing, sometimes too hard, sometimes too slow. the trust of fellow players is still lacking, they should be able to get opportunities, but instead they are slow when there is a ball. Agree with you, Mount has not adapted to the midfield as if it doesn't know where Mount's starting position is. so that in that match Casemiro was alone.

Man United needs players to pick up the ball and Casemiro is not the type to pick up the ball, after Eriksen's entry, players started picking up the ball. So, clearly in my opinion Man United really needs a player like Sofyan Amrabat whose game model he takes the ball like that. Because it's useless to have a goalkeeper who builds but there is no link between the ball between the defender and the striker.

[fullhdpixel]

Just look, who is at the top of the current standings after playing one match, they are Newcastle and Brighton. So indeed, although this is only the beginning, but at least we also have to keep realizing that there are still other teams that can compete in the upper zone in the Premier League standings this season. Because anyway, usually we only consider about, Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.

But actually, from last season also Newcastle and Brighton can compete well in the upper zone in the Premier League standings. Therefore, for me the Premier League has become more difficult because it is no longer just about the five teams I mentioned. But also, there are still other teams that continue to improve their quality by having good results and good performance so far.

Sometime peoples are too quick about their views and predictions even we all understand we still have 37 rounds left and this was just first game of this season many ups and downs will happen with injuries and many other problems create difficulties for teams as well so right now talking about anything is not ideal because as we all know in last season we have Arsenal at the top for 33 weeks and then suddenly they go down and out of the title race same thing can happen as competition is tough many teams are having good enough players and few can give surprises as well with their performance.

Newcastle United and Brighton are surely well organized teams and have enough talented players which can turn tables and Liverpool and Chelsea are also in better shape and surely can go through this time for better spot which mean a long and interesting fight is waiting for the top spots and title which will give us good entertaining matches to watch right now we can't predict about any team who is going to stay at the top and which is going to have bad time in coming weeks.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Manchester United have started the season on a winning streak. They managed to earn 3 points. However, I am not happy with Manchester United's performance in this match. Manchester United were very lucky so they managed to win this match. However, Manchester United's overall performance in the entire match was not good. I had higher expectations from this group of ten Hag.

In 90 minutes, Manchester United's players were able to make a total of 15 shots. Out of this there were only 3 shots on target. On the other hand, Wolves players made 23 shots, of which 6 shots were on target. Manchester United's defense was very strong in this match. Varane, Bissaka and Shaw all put in excellent performances. Goalkeeper Onana also made some great saves. However, United's attacking performance was not good. Ten Hag needs to strengthen its attack if it wants to stay at the top of the points table.

Varane single goal saved Manchester United because in my opinion throughout the match the two teams had a level playing field. In the second half Wolves launched a series of attacks on goal but Onana managed to be the hero and to be honest Onana did well in that game. Repeatedly saved his goal from Fabio Silva's kick.
Full points were obtained by Manchester United and it was a good start, but this result cannot be said to be satisfactory and from a strategic point of view last season and this season are not much different. Erik Ten Hag is experimenting again, namely by rotating the front line players but to be honest it's not effective at all.

ten Hag is still experimenting. Manchester united's performance is still not stable. This team needs to play better if they want to stay at the top of the points table. Manchester united have 10 strikers in their squad. united management should have sold some players and added experienced strikers to the squad. But they don't do it. They added Hojlund to the squad. And he is still young. It would be foolish to expect good performances from this youngster this season. And at the same time, Ten Hag will be experimenting more as he strengthens his squad's attack. Manchester United are not favorites for the title this season either. The team will have trouble even qualifying for the Champions League.

[Mr.right85]

Caicedo is good but I think he is overpriced, a player with little experience and already bears a 115million euros tag is just shocking.

His been all over the news haven’t concluded his medical and while £115m would be a lot of money for a defensive midfielder but, from his quality of play, you could tell he would surely prove his worth for the amount he has been transferred with. To think of it, Chelsea is lacking a bit defensively and you can tell from the ease Liverpool had in penetrating there defense line but, with Caicedo haven’t joined the team, he would do a lot in having to coordinate the defense line as well as provide support for their attack.

[bitLeap]

Chelsea and Liverpool have changed a lot this season, with the entry and exit of players making the first game a bit needing adaptation in the league, and a draw in the first game is a fair result for both teams, maybe with the next few matches we will see that the two teams will be more solid and shows the true quality of this team, and I believe in the second meeting in the league there will be a winner and judging from the first game I see Liverpool will be slightly above Chelsea at the end of the season

Chelsea and Liverpool are English giants, both of them will always find a quick way to improve their appearance. Because the process of becoming an ideal squad takes time, for Liverpool and Chelsea this is commonplace. This season with new players and Liverpool trying to patch the midfield position will be maximized properly. The current Chelsea coach is clearly different in quality even though in the transfer window it is considered wasteful because it costs a very large amount. But we can see the results at the end, at least for the first season Pochettino finished in the top 5 is already a good development.

[hahay]

Both Chelsea and Liverpool played good football in the first match of the season. But what happens is that Chelsea and Liverpool knows how to play draw in every of their meeting. So both of them playing together would not be the right criteria to determine whether the teams have improved. I can attest that Liverpool has improved right from the ending time of last season.
But there is no evidence of improvement in Chelsea apart from the pre-season. So we will need to see Liverpool play another club and Chelsea play another club for we to know if they have really improved.

The distance will certainly show who is worth what, but I am not impressed with the game of Liverpool beforehand. Despite the fact that the newcomers in the person of Soboslai and Mac Allister showed themselves well, Liverpool had only 35% of ball possession. Even if the newcomers continue to play well, I would not say that Liverpool have improved - this is only a compensation for those players who left. If other clubs at least have not weakened, then the status quo of last season will be maintained. As for Chelsea, I can’t say anything about them yet because I got confused in the kaleidoscope of their players.

Although their head to head is at least more often with a draw result but still, that way at least there is nothing bad and nothing good for them. Unless one of them can win in the match, then at least we will also be able to conclude the winner in the match is the better team. Thus, then considering whether the new players can play well or badly I guess it is no longer important because after all, they also still get points with the draw result.

After all, it's also still early in the season and even if for example they don't start the season well, then of course there are still many opportunities for them to rise. Because in fact, last season Liverpool also did not start the season well, but at the end of the season Liverpool managed to rise. Therefore, then I think if Chelsea can still end this match with a draw, then maybe that is also an improvement that Chelsea managed to do at this moment compared to last season.

[lixer]

3 points were secured by Manchester United but I feel that their performance in this match was underrated and even if you look at the comparison of Wolves with all their internal problems I still feel that yesterday's match Wolves were much better in terms of attack because Manchester United looked like they were confused in this regard. They weren't very cohesive and their attacks were wasted.
It's lucky that Varane managed to be the difference in this match because if it ends up being a draw then I think it's a failure for Manchester United.
Ten Hag must try more in this regard so that their squad in the next match is better than the first week that is completely over.

Three points are surely very crucial and important as well for them, but their performance was not as expected because they have much better player than Wolves but still not able to create any problems for visitors even most of the time they were under-pressure and things were not looking good for them.

If we call they were lucky that Varane score, and they have three points this is also correct because in second half Wolves were in better position and have better control of the ball as well fans need good improvement because with this performance they can face serious trouble even exit from the top four which could be big disaster for them hopefully now in coming match against Tottenham they could be done better performance.

[Abu-Naim]

Caicedo is good but I think he is overpriced, a player with little experience and already bears a 115million euros tag is just shocking.

His been all over the news haven’t concluded his medical and while £115m would be a lot of money for a defensive midfielder but, from his quality of play, you could tell he would surely prove his worth for the amount he has been transferred with. To think of it, Chelsea is lacking a bit defensively and you can tell from the ease Liverpool had in penetrating there defense line but, with Caicedo haven’t joined the team, he would do a lot in having to coordinate the defense line as well as provide support for their attack.

Enzo Fernandes was signed by Chelsea during the January transfer window as a defensive midfielder to replace Jorginho, who left for Arsenal. Since he is also a defensive midfielder, why would you say that Chelsea is lacking a defensive midfielder? They just want squad depth and maybe two defensive midfielders in case of some matches that may require them to deploy them all.

Some people were criticizing Arsenal for paying huge amount of money for a Declan Rice, now Chelsea has signed Caicedo for £115m, the quality of the player worth that amount, but transfer market is crazy now because of hype.

[puloweh555]

Chelsea and Liverpool are English giants, both of them will always find a quick way to improve their appearance. Because the process of becoming an ideal squad takes time, for Liverpool and Chelsea this is commonplace. This season with new players and Liverpool trying to patch the midfield position will be maximized properly. The current Chelsea coach is clearly different in quality even though in the transfer window it is considered wasteful because it costs a very large amount. But we can see the results at the end, at least for the first season Pochettino finished in the top 5 is already a good development.

A good start even though the result is still a draw. Hopefully the next game will be better for Chelsea. But there is bad news because 2 full backs are injured. Hopefully can play in the next game. Another job for Pochetino is to improve finishing because it is still lacking. IMO

On the other hand, in the match against Liverpool, Pochetino promised a high-pressure playing style, as evidenced by the way Liverpool pressed up to 65% of possession. Now, to support his playing style, Pochetino needs young players whose average age is 23-27 years. In that match, we can see Enzo really dominating the midfield. now added Caicedo and Lavia (Olise hasn't said he's close to reaching a personal agreement) I think at least the top four is for sure, but Pochetino's target with Chelsea this season is the English league trophy.