Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[borovichok]

I also have the same assumption about the international break, but it is an important part of preparing for a great competition in 2024. Think of it as a bonus that will unite several countrymen in one team even though some of them play for different teams in the same league.

Manchester City will try to win the game against Liverpool after they lost 2 points against Chelsea. Liverpool can certainly put a lot of pressure on Manchester City because of their performance, but they are also less stable in the last 5 matches. Manchester City are not bad and Liverpool are not completely good either, so I hope this will be the best match even though Newcastle vs Chelsea can be expected to be another best match.

2023/2024 EPL campaign is one of the competitive campaigns for elite teams, because we have witnessed the decline and rise of EPL clubs this season. Don't underestimate Manchester City and Liverpool because they're the main competitors in EPL and they don't easily give up on their opposition. Manchester City vs Liverpool and Newcastle vs Chelsea are the two big matches this weekend. I will enough time to watch these top games, definitely going to full actions of the Chelsea game because I'm a fan and I can't afford to missed out this season.

[BITCOIN4X]

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2023/2024 EPL campaign is one of the competitive campaigns for elite teams, because we have witnessed the decline and rise of EPL clubs this season. Don't underestimate Manchester City and Liverpool because they're the main competitors in EPL and they don't easily give up on their opposition. Manchester City vs Liverpool and Newcastle vs Chelsea are the two big matches this weekend. I will enough time to watch these top games, definitely going to full actions of the Chelsea game because I'm a fan and I can't afford to missed out this season.

Both teams will never underestimate each other because they both know that the opposing team's strength is as good as their own. Liverpool have recovered from their slump last season and so far they have become the team that could be favored for the title instead of just Arsenal and Manchester City. Liverpool's advantage is that they didn't have a tough game before against Brentford, but Manchester City did when they were forced to draw against Chelsea.

Manchester City has home advantage which can help them be motivated and have good confidence to win. However, it is not as easy as imagined, of course because Liverpool is the other biggest threat that Pep Guardiola and his troops need to worry about.

[Agbamoni]

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2023/2024 EPL campaign is one of the competitive campaigns for elite teams, because we have witnessed the decline and rise of EPL clubs this season. Don't underestimate Manchester City and Liverpool because they're the main competitors in EPL and they don't easily give up on their opposition. Manchester City vs Liverpool and Newcastle vs Chelsea are the two big matches this weekend. I will enough time to watch these top games, definitely going to full actions of the Chelsea game because I'm a fan and I can't afford to missed out this season.

Both teams will never underestimate each other because they both know that the opposing team's strength is as good as their own. Liverpool have recovered from their slump last season and so far they have become the team that could be favored for the title instead of just Arsenal and Manchester City. Liverpool's advantage is that they didn't have a tough game before against Brentford, but Manchester City did when they were forced to draw against Chelsea.

Manchester City has home advantage which can help them be motivated and have good confidence to win. However, it is not as easy as imagined, of course because Liverpool is the other biggest threat that Pep Guardiola and his troops need to worry about.

Currently no team is a big team or a small team. I have seen the mighty fallen in this year EPL season. This is one competitive season as every team is a threat to each other. The way they play is like a battle any slight chances of mistake the next team takes it as an advantage. If a team cannot win the league, they will make sure the other is frustrated in the game or perhaps a player might get injured in the process. I feel for clubs who are participating in other competition especially for those who are playing in the Champions league. They will find it very difficult if they don't buy good players during January when the transfer window will be open.

[Spaceman1000$]

If De Bruyne could be used in this match, it would probably be much more frightening because his contribution could clearly influence the number of goals the front player will score. Accurate passes from De Bruyne can always be utilized by strikers, especially Haaland, who has lost his usual sharpness when De Bruyne is not playing and I don't think will produce big goals in this match.

I read last November 10 that he was doing well. But De Bruyne has yet to join training with Man City. Until now there is no certainty when he will return to play. There are rumors that De Bruyne was involved in writing Drake's song "Wick Man".
If he comes back then this is very good, maybe Man City have a lot of strategy options with De Bruyne. Of course Man City must make sure that he is healed and ready to play.

Source:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/de-bruyne-akanji-stones-man-28083580

Pep Guardiola should not be in a hurry to play De Bruyne because after recovery, De Bruyne has a lot to develop, including building chemistry again with the players.
So far, the place left by De Bruyne can still be covered by other players, although it must be admitted that De Bruyne's individual quality cannot be matched by other players and De Bruyne's influence on the performance of the Manchester City team is very large, but every player has suffered a long injury. Of course, it takes time to recover so it can return to its best performance.

Pep guadiola should go ahead as a matter of urgency to play Kevin De bruyne if he is physically fit he shouldn't worry about the mental part because Kevin De bruyne is a natural talent and has the ability to adapt to this kind of situation as we have seen this countless time, the man  always plays better than he does whenever he recovers from injuries, sometimes it seems as if nothing even happened to him you would agree with me, perhaps it's been a long while he graced the pitch with his dribbles and deadly passes and of course his pacy style of play and am sure the fans can't wait to see all of these qualities being displayed once again by the Manchester city talisman and midfield maestro.

[Falconer]

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2023/2024 EPL campaign is one of the competitive campaigns for elite teams, because we have witnessed the decline and rise of EPL clubs this season. Don't underestimate Manchester City and Liverpool because they're the main competitors in EPL and they don't easily give up on their opposition. Manchester City vs Liverpool and Newcastle vs Chelsea are the two big matches this weekend. I will enough time to watch these top games, definitely going to full actions of the Chelsea game because I'm a fan and I can't afford to missed out this season.

The focus of attention in this season's title race is about Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham. The top four teams will currently try their best to win the title and create a point gap between their competitors, so it is clear that there must be tight competition when competing.

Chelsea and Manchester United as well as Newcastle will fight for places in the Europa League, but Newcastle still has a good chance of returning to the top four if Tottenham lose their consistency. This week should be very tense as several matches will determine the difference in positions, so nothing should be missed. Oh yes, I didn't forget that Chelsea are starting to improve and they also have a great game at the weekend.

[rahmad2nd]

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Mauricio Pochettino appears to have a future with Chelsea this season. Manchester City has been one of Chelsea's the most formidable opponents; they are widely regarded as a club that is capable of taking out the Blues. Watching Chelsea games this season has been the most entertaining I've seen so far, and they also happen to be the most thrilling contests, making the viewers relaxed and filled with tension, not knowing what the next step would be. Chelsea did not get a penalty by chance; rather, they addressed to the pressure that was placed on them.

I agree with you. I also think Chelsea are slowly improving with Pochettino. At the beginning of the season we saw Chelsea's performance was very poor. Chelsea also dropped points against relatively weaker teams. Chelsea scored just 13 goals in the first 10 games. Also the chemistry between the Chelsea players was not good. The Chelsea team lost points because of these reasons. But in the last two matches we have seen that the chemistry between the Chelsea players is very good now. Coach Pochettino has also made the players confident. For these reasons, we see the improvement of Chelsea's performance. If Pochettino can instill confidence in his squad, Chelsea's run of form will continue. Chelsea's squad is strong. Chelsea have a lot of talented players in their squad. I expect Chelsea's performance to be stronger in the future.

In particular, when Chelsea players recover from injury. In this way, Poche can develop the ideal system and pattern according to what he wants to implement. I just checked on several sources that I referred to, there are at least 5 players who are scheduled to return with the main squad. one of them, Nkuku, Colwill, is scheduled to return on November 26. the rest, next December. At least, Poche calmed down a bit with the addition of his new ammunition after recovering from his injury. if Poche is able to develop it, Chelsea will slowly improve and maybe be better than before. currently, they are ranked 10th.

In the next three matches, Chelsea will face quite a difficult challenge for them. visit Newcastle headquarters, host Brighton, and will challenge Manchester United. At least, this match will drain their energy to get maximum results. Well, for me Chelsea's problem is their attackers, I often say that. Honestly, I don't know what Pochettino is thinking about his system and line-up. But in reality, Chelsea needs a pure striker who can really be relied on as a goal machine in their squad. For other players, Chelsea actually has a squad that is competitive for me. However, it all comes back to the Chelsea coach. Let's see, in the next three days Chelsea will visit Newcastle's headquarters.

[Weawant]

Yes, I agree that we should not blame only one player in this case, because now those who have poor performance are not only Onana, or it can be said that most Manchester United players make the same mistakes as Onana. It's just that Onana is more highlighted because he is a goalkeeper, and usually the slightest mistake made will be very visible, because one mistake will be punished with a goal.
It's different when a midfielder makes a mistake, then other players can still close, the defender who makes a mistake, the goalkeeper can still close, the goalkeeper who makes a mistake, who will be able to close?

The mistakes of onana has severe repercussions and that's why they needed him not to be making such mistakes regardless of the excuses whatsoever, like you rightly said if other players make mistakes, it could be easily and quickly made up for but his will cot the team the whole match.

Ten hag should use This January to strengthen  defense line as that looks like one of the biggest challenge his team is facing currently and this aswell is his opportunity and chance to correct it , Manchester is not financially constrained at the  moment so I think he has the privilege to go scouting to get these issues solved and get the team back to their glory days if he must keep his job, because bi think if he fails now again he may me relived of his job.

[Westinhome]

Erling Haaland is an established striker in Dortmund under Edin Terzic but got transformed when Pep Guardiola becomes his coach, a whole lot of qualities improves about him such as his shots accuracy and better footings on the ball. I will comment about Erling Haaland, Pep Guardiola made him the best top nine in EPL in his first season in Manchester City jersey. The Norway international have gain accolades from matches and he's what Pep Guardiola described as the goal machine in Manchester City, probably what they have been lacking since the absence of Kelvin De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus. These mentioned players where the players that generates solid results in the frontlines, everything match out to become smooth for City after signing Erling Haaland from Borrusia Dortmund.

 If the coach of the team was changed he used his own strategy for the team performance.It may be the reason for the transformation of Erling Haaland who know as striker of the Dortmund.Pep Guardiola made the entire team performance good now,So this also included the Erling Haaland.He never concentrated on the individual player,not any coach will target the one player performance and only check what that particular player contribute for the team performance.The frontlines like Kelvin De Bruyne and Serigo will perform good in all the matches.So many team fear by seeing their name in the squard,because their performance create the solid performance all the time.

[ShowOff]

Regarding the big match between Manchester City and Liverpool, none of the bookmakers put Liverpool as favorites. With this I can really assume that Liverpool is not believed to be able to beat Manchester City as their odds in sports betting range from 3.40 to 4.30. But of course their analysis could be wrong and Liverpool could win the match, but in most cases the analysis regarding the match tends to be correct.

I know betting on low odds on Manchester City is very risky because the match tension is expected to be very high. Liverpool doesn't want to lose and will try to take first place in the standings from Manchester City, but I fully believe that Pep Guardiola will do his best to secure points at home. A draw can be considered, but I hope Manchester City can take advantage of home advantage to win.

[Stable090]

I agree with you. I also think Chelsea are slowly improving with Pochettino. At the beginning of the season we saw Chelsea's performance was very poor.

We can’t compare Chelsea's performance this season with last season, we all saw how poorly Chelsea performed last season, but we can see great improvement in Chelsea's performance this season. When the season started, I wasn’t really satisfied with the way Chelsea was playing, but now Pochettino is already having the perfect squad that will work for the club. As we can see, Chelsea is really performing well lately, and I am expecting more improvement in Chelsea's performance after the international break. Some of their players that have been on injury since the beginning of the season will be back to the team, so I'm sure it’s going to contribute to Chelsea's performance.

Chelsea also dropped points against relatively weaker teams.

That’s what has made Chelsea in their current position, they shouldn’t have utilised the opportunity they had, they lost and played draws to most of the weak teams they played earlier, if they had won most of the matches, they would have been in a better position. They are currently playing against difficult teams, and they are finding it difficult to get full points, but at least they are trying, they are getting 1 point.

[Leviathan.007]

Yeah they are but honestly in that match they were lucky to get a penalty in the last minute and get a draw. Anyway they have been doing well lately and showing an intent to fight unlike earlier which is a very good sign considering the level of opponents they are about to face in next couple of weeks. Newcastle haven't been in form so must be a good sign for Chelsea here but Newcastle still are a very tough opponents. Secondly they will be facing them on their turf so that makes it further harder. Still I feel Chelsea will show us a good fight but its hard to say if they will be able to win by the final whistle.. It could go either way.

Mauricio Pochettino appears to have a future with Chelsea this season. Manchester City has been one of Chelsea's the most formidable opponents; they are widely regarded as a club that is capable of taking out the Blues. Watching Chelsea games this season has been the most entertaining I've seen so far, and they also happen to be the most thrilling contests, making the viewers relaxed and filled with tension, not knowing what the next step would be. Chelsea did not get a penalty by chance; rather, they addressed to the pressure that was placed on them.

When Pochettino joined Chelsea and he started working there, people were expecting to see good performance from this team because he fully rebuilt the whole team but even after spending a huge amount of money during the summer and making lots of changes, still Pochettino couldn't get good results he wanted to get in this team. I think Chelsea can never be a good competitor at the same level as Manchester City during this season with the current situation they have in Chelsea.
  

[Rengga Jati]

Kelvin De Bruyne's injury is one that'll last a while and may likely cause him to loose from upon recovery, he'd need some time off to get back himself and his agility to match Guardiola's football, he's a quick picking player and he's going to be able to bounce back, no doubt City misses him as he's got this special effect he gives to the team, a few things has changed since his absence and his absence is felt in a minut level.

Man City's strength decreased quite a lot when De Bruyne was hit by an injury which forced him to be absent for several months and even now he has not been able to strengthen the team again. The recovery must be truly total and maximal so that undesirable things don't happen again. Man City is currently even worse. There are several other big players who were injured while they were strengthening their country's national team. Even Haalan and I are currently suffering from injuries. This is really bad, because after all, Man City's strength will decline again.
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What's more, they will play against several strong teams in the EPL and also in the UCL, so they will definitely have their own challenges if they have to play without these players. Soon they will face Liverpool and also Tottenham, which incidentally cannot be underestimated.

[puloweh555]

I agree with you. I also think Chelsea are slowly improving with Pochettino. At the beginning of the season we saw Chelsea's performance was very poor. Chelsea also dropped points against relatively weaker teams. Chelsea scored just 13 goals in the first 10 games. Also the chemistry between the Chelsea players was not good. The Chelsea team lost points because of these reasons. But in the last two matches we have seen that the chemistry between the Chelsea players is very good now. Coach Pochettino has also made the players confident. For these reasons, we see the improvement of Chelsea's performance. If Pochettino can instill confidence in his squad, Chelsea's run of form will continue. Chelsea's squad is strong. Chelsea have a lot of talented players in their squad. I expect Chelsea's performance to be stronger in the future.

Now the Pochettino Era has started to change, Chelsea's game which started the season was very bad is now slowly starting to improve and this is important to maintain the team's confidence. Apart from that, Chelsea has young players who are quite capable, but all of this requires adaptation because many of these players have only just joined Chelsea at the start of the season. I'm sure that in the middle of the season, Chelsea will be even more solid with each other.

In the next match, Chelsea will be tested again against a strong Newcestil team. This match will certainly be very important for Pochettino to look again at Chelsea's overall strength and take the moment for revival.

[Leviathan.007]

If what I'm hearing about Erling Haaland is true, being injured on International duty for Norway, Manchester City could find it very difficult to win against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium because Manchester City will be playing Liverpool without their two-point men which are Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland. I'm seeing Liverpool getting a point from Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Yeah actually rumors has it that Erling Haaland may likely miss there weekend match against Liverpool do to the injury he has but however I don't know if truly he is going to miss the match or not, but however if is true that Erling Haaland injury will prevent him from playing that match  then I don't know what will become the faith of Manchester City on that match because Erling Haaland is there only finisher.

I know that there are many good players on Manchester City but the role of Erling Haaland is very important that Manchester City will find it difficult to cope without him.

Rumors of Haaland injury are a concern or scary news for Manchester City fans ahead of the match against Liverpool. Due to the many injuries to key players making Guardiola a little uneasy ahead of the big match in the EPL, Guardiola has to design a new strategy with the players currently available to play the big match after the international break.
This news will certainly be good news for Liverpool, even though Manchester City still has great players in the same position, the ferocity of Manchester City attack line will be slightly reduced without Haaland presence. Liverpool can take advantage of the conditions that Manchester City are experiencing to steal three points, but Klopp will try to use this Big Match carefully because Manchester City could hurt them with all the advantages they have.

These recent games in national teams were not good for some top teams. Many players got injured during these games and many teams won't have the good performance they had before these players got injured, I think Haaland getting injured is a complete nightmare for Manchester City and Guardiola because he is the most important player on this team and Guardiola is surely counting on Haaland for the Premier League and the Champions League games.

 

[Leviathan.007]

Even David Dein the former vice-chairman of Arsenal started talking about this tam and Arteta.
In the game between Arsenal and Newcastle, they lost the game with a 1-2 result while Arteta started complaining and he said they lost the game because of the referee and his mistakes but Dein said during this match while we saw 101 minutes, Arsenal had only one shot on target and this is not because of the referee and referee is not guilty of it.
I think Dein is right and Arteta needs to improve the team for the greater matches they are going to have.

[DaNNy001]

If what I'm hearing about Erling Haaland is true, being injured on International duty for Norway, Manchester City could find it very difficult to win against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium because Manchester City will be playing Liverpool without their two-point men which are Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland. I'm seeing Liverpool getting a point from Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Yeah actually rumors has it that Erling Haaland may likely miss there weekend match against Liverpool do to the injury he has but however I don't know if truly he is going to miss the match or not, but however if is true that Erling Haaland injury will prevent him from playing that match  then I don't know what will become the faith of Manchester City on that match because Erling Haaland is there only finisher.

I know that there are many good players on Manchester City but the role of Erling Haaland is very important that Manchester City will find it difficult to cope without him.

Rumors of Haaland injury are a concern or scary news for Manchester City fans ahead of the match against Liverpool. Due to the many injuries to key players making Guardiola a little uneasy ahead of the big match in the EPL, Guardiola has to design a new strategy with the players currently available to play the big match after the international break.
This news will certainly be good news for Liverpool, even though Manchester City still has great players in the same position, the ferocity of Manchester City attack line will be slightly reduced without Haaland presence. Liverpool can take advantage of the conditions that Manchester City are experiencing to steal three points, but Klopp will try to use this Big Match carefully because Manchester City could hurt them with all the advantages they have.

These recent games in national teams were not good for some top teams. Many players got injured during these games and many teams won't have the good performance they had before these players got injured, I think Haaland getting injured is a complete nightmare for Manchester City and Guardiola because he is the most important player on this team and Guardiola is surely counting on Haaland for the Premier League and the Champions League games.

 

That's why most manager don't like releasing their star player during the international break but everyone knows it's vital for them to go and representative their country so it's needed for them to play. Manchester city losing haaland would be a great loss but I think pep guadiola is going to find a way to adjust the squad to soot their playing as Manchester city has players who can play haaland position and really do well too at that.

[Belarge]

These recent games in national teams were not good for some top teams. Many players got injured during these games and many teams won't have the good performance they had before these players got injured, I think Haaland getting injured is a complete nightmare for Manchester City and Guardiola because he is the most important player on this team and Guardiola is surely counting on Haaland for the Premier League and the Champions League games.

 

Not all countries can be able to deliver in games, there are some that can just takes bold steps in winning. Norway national team would have been one of the most competitive team this season because they have good players that can play under pressure and an incredible frontline but they seem to be struggling to fight the remaining oppositions, even got eliminated from major tournaments. Erling Haaland have always failed to perform at international level, its nothing concerning injury but his inability to perform at top level. Though Haaland is capable of delivering his duties when at club level, that's one of the major reasons he gain favor in the sights of Pep Guardiola.

[Sakanwa]

That match is going to be the strongest match on this weekend, for two champion to meet each other is actually going to be a tough one because the both team will put in all possible efforts to win the match but however considering there meetings all the times Manchester City has always make more wins than Liverpool.

Liverpool are far ahead of Manchester check it again if am not mistaken Liverpool got 15 wins while Manchester City got 10 wins and draw 12 in there history of meeting. The match will be talk of the weekend, the teams are known for their best performance, this is an opportunity for the both team to secure the top of the table, and also an opportunity for Arsenal to top the table only if they win against Brentford and Manchester City and Liverpool draw, I am much confidence that this match will result to draw, Manchester city are one point ahead of Liverpool, the both team will try there best to win but unfortunately is only that will win.

This is the perfect opportunity for the gunners to climb the table before Christmas,as they have been anticipating.According to one of the pundits,that any team who should be on the table by Christmas period will win the league,and if Manchester City and Liverpool can drag out a draw in their encounter,and Arsenal emerge victorious against Brentford,then Arsenal should consider themselves lucky,because they can build on that and continue the struggle they weren't able to finish last year.
I really felt for them as they saw the tittle slip away from them last season,and that was what really triggered Arteta to go for a player with winning mentality like Declan Rice,who so far have shown is that he is worth more than that amount of money Arsenal spent on him.

[asriloni]

That's why most manager don't like releasing their star player during the international break but everyone knows it's vital for them to go and representative their country so it's needed for them to play. Manchester city losing haaland would be a great loss but I think pep guadiola is going to find a way to adjust the squad to soot their playing as Manchester city has players who can play haaland position and really do well too at that.

You can't really make an excuse to avoid being called by your country to participate in the international competition like that. Manchester city has not yet lost haaland. There are many players who were injured and this is also disrupting the performance from the club./
As far as i know that if haaland was not facing serious injury and he can play against liverpool. I do agree with international break sometimes were ruining the club by making a lot of players were suffering various injury.
This makes me think that if sometimes players can use various excuses not to participate in the international competition, that will put its players into the long term problem.
The injury may also affect the performance from the club. You will be missing some important players and this is going to be a big blow for any team. That's bad to hear many players were injured but haaland is fine now.

[red4slash]

Yes, I agree that we should not blame only one player in this case, because now those who have poor performance are not only Onana, or it can be said that most Manchester United players make the same mistakes as Onana. It's just that Onana is more highlighted because he is a goalkeeper, and usually the slightest mistake made will be very visible, because one mistake will be punished with a goal.
It's different when a midfielder makes a mistake, then other players can still close, the defender who makes a mistake, the goalkeeper can still close, the goalkeeper who makes a mistake, who will be able to close?

The mistakes of onana has severe repercussions and that's why they needed him not to be making such mistakes regardless of the excuses whatsoever, like you rightly said if other players make mistakes, it could be easily and quickly made up for but his will cot the team the whole match.

Ten hag should use This January to strengthen  defense line as that looks like one of the biggest challenge his team is facing currently and this aswell is his opportunity and chance to correct it , Manchester is not financially constrained at the  moment so I think he has the privilege to go scouting to get these issues solved and get the team back to their glory days if he must keep his job, because bi think if he fails now again he may me relived of his job.

But in this case Onana also still contributed to several matches so I don't think we can completely make as if Onana is the most useless player at Manchester United because after all what he did in several matches there were actually some pretty good moments but when a player makes a mistake then sometimes we only see his mistakes without seeing the good performance displayed.
For this winter it would indeed be great if Manchester Untied had some additional players especially in the defence area but with the financial situation that we know sometimes the Glazer Family is also quite stingy then honestly this will also be a little difficult.