Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Josefjix]

Honestly, it's going to be a battle between Arsenal, Liverpool, and City. Anything can happen, and other contenders won't take things lightly.
Who knows Man City will catch up with all of them and win the Premier League again! Remember last season when Arsenal looked like they had the league, but in the end, Man City won. If Arsenal don't use this chance wisely, they won't see the league again. It's too early to predict, and everyone should understand that.

We have tough elite clubs that are ready to hold up their performance for these elite clubs and they've targets to achieved this season. Arsenal have been longing craving for the EPL title and now is their perfect moment to continuing been ranking first and Mikel Arteta wouldn't want anything to ruin the club's stats currently, probably not now that they have tough rivals. I'm not even bothering about Manchester City because I'm confident they will still bounce back to winning track and they just need to points at the right spot to return back to streak winnings.

[rendravolt]

Can it be said with statistics like this that Unai Emery knows the weaknesses of Pep Guardiola's strategy? because the comparison of shots is too far apart and it doesn't reflect the Manchester City game that we know. Apart from that, even though the ball possession is not that different, Manchester City still cannot create the same opportunities as Aston Villa did.

This was also Unai Emery's first win against Pep Guardiola and in the midst of fierce top-flight competition, this narrow victory also meant that Aston Villa managed to shift Manchester City's position in the standings. I'm curious what happened to the Manchester City squad, even though they continue to get less than good results over the last month. If it continues like this, then Arsenal will have more freedom at the top of the standings without any pressure from Manchester City.

[Docnaster]

No team can maintain a top performance for a long time frame. Manchester City is no exception from this rule.
Erling Haaland had the opportunity to score a goal and equalize, but he missed it. Aston Vila plays really good and Unai Emery is a very experienced manager. Manchester United managed to win against Chelsea, but I'm not impressed by their performance. Both teams are struggling to find their style and to achieve consistency. So far, Arsenal looks like the team with best performance, but they usually start losing points during the spring. I really hope that the domination of Manchester City over the Premier League will come to an end in 2024.

Eric Halaand has had chances a few times, but it is very difficult for him to always be consistent, especially when Manchester City is experiencing a decline as a team. I think one of the biggest problems is the lack of Kevin De Bruyne in the midfield.

I think his absence is clearly felt. Also, City's situation aside, Aston Villa and Emery definitely deserve praise, they were leading the Liverpool match last week. Liverpool managed to win with the help of a little luck, but they beat City this week is incredible. Aston Villa team can now play for the top.

Erling Haaland without doubt is one of the best strikers in football at the moment but his style of play I know will always affect his goalscoring chances when he's not been fed with the ball to convert. The Norwegian finds it very difficult to control the ball with his feet as well as falling deep to collect ball from his teammates and force attack with it and that's why he's been finding it very difficult to score as much goals as he did last season that City had a Kelvin De Bruyne who was creating chances supplying all the passes needed to score a as many goals as he did score last campaign. I know that Haaland's style of play is most times as a result of the instruction from the club manager Pep Guardiola but he must learn how to fall deep, take the ball and create goalscoring chances when his team are finding it difficult to break the defense of opposing teams.

Aston Villa manager has been doing a lot of great work with his team since the start of the season and many would never had predicted to see them in third position of the English Premier League table after 15 league games at the start of the season. Yesterday, he defeated his Manchester City counterpart and compatriot Pep Guardiola for the first time in his managerial career and that'll surely be a good motivation for the Spaniard to do more for his Aston Villa side.

[Mr.right85]

Can it be said with statistics like this that Unai Emery knows the weaknesses of Pep Guardiola's strategy? because the comparison of shots is too far apart and it doesn't reflect the Manchester City game that we know. Apart from that, even though the ball possession is not that different, Manchester City still cannot create the same opportunities as Aston Villa did.

This was also Unai Emery's first win against Pep Guardiola and in the midst of fierce top-flight competition, this narrow victory also meant that Aston Villa managed to shift Manchester City's position in the standings. I'm curious what happened to the Manchester City squad, even though they continue to get less than good results over the last month. If it continues like this, then Arsenal will have more freedom at the top of the standings without any pressure from Manchester City.

I was shocked to see Aston Villa dominate yesterday’s game like that. Then I went to the lineup and saw how Pep started the game. In the absence of Rodrigo, he fielded Akanji and John stones, when they are not natural midfielders. Honestly I am beginning to see pride in Pep. How will you bench Kovacic and Matheus Nunes and start your midfield with center backs against an inform Aston Villa side that haven’t lost at home this season.
The problem yesterday was that..no one has the eye for the final pass there and there's no threat on the wings. Bernardo Silva had to come in for control, which wasn’t supposed to be so.

Honestly, teams just do not do what Aston Villa did to Manchester City. They won possession in the final third of the pitch 9 times in the first half alone. Aston Villa were able to squeeze the game, making it far too congested for City's midfield to cope with it. They were unable to find the space required to spring the trap and set Haaland away. No team has done that more in a full game all season.

[Ahli38]

I wrote yesterday that Villa is not an easy opponent for Man City and now Villa are in third place in the standings... I thought that City would score, but Villa won with a minimum of one goal... It was a good match... Today it will be interesting to watch the game Spurs vs Hammers...

Spurs vs Western United today? It means we're watching top flight actions this midweek and its really interesting watching how these clubs do epic comeback and recording winnings with full confidence and statistics. EPL fixtures becomes more interesting when the best results are yet to come. Watching Aston Villa grabbing all three points from Manchester City was big slap on the faces of the citizens who came to win match and at the end of the day, the ended up been disgraced by an average club as these elite clubs supporters put it.

The West Ham vs Spurs match will definitely be a very exciting match to watch. But unfortunately this match will be quite difficult to predict. Well, I know that under normal circumstances Spurs would be favored in this match. Because Spurs will even be playing at home this time. But the problem is that Spurs are still not stable enough. They even lost to Wolves, Chelsea and Aston Villa previously. But because Spurs in the previous match managed to hold Manchester City to a draw at Etihad Stadium, perhaps this could be a sign that Spurs have improved again.

West Ham hasn't faced many strong teams recently. But West Ham have held Newcastle to a draw this season. But at that time West Ham was the host. And it's different from this match where West Ham will play at Spurs' headquarters. Well it will be very difficult for West Ham. So I think betting on Spurs is likely to be much better. And actually, if Spurs manage to win this match, Spurs will get the same number of points as Manchester City.

[Uruhara]

The West Ham vs Spurs match will definitely be a very exciting match to watch. But unfortunately this match will be quite difficult to predict. Well, I know that under normal circumstances Spurs would be favored in this match. Because Spurs will even be playing at home this time. But the problem is that Spurs are still not stable enough. They even lost to Wolves, Chelsea and Aston Villa previously. But because Spurs in the previous match managed to hold Manchester City to a draw at Etihad Stadium, perhaps this could be a sign that Spurs have improved again.

West Ham hasn't faced many strong teams recently. But West Ham have held Newcastle to a draw this season. But at that time West Ham was the host. And it's different from this match where West Ham will play at Spurs' headquarters. Well it will be very difficult for West Ham. So I think betting on Spurs is likely to be much better. And actually, if Spurs manage to win this match, Spurs will get the same number of points as Manchester City.

I understand why you still doubt Tottenham. Because the draw that Tottenham got when facing Man City was because Man City is not in good condition at the moment. Because Man City even lost to Aston Villa. So Man City's previous match, which was held to a draw by Tottenham, becomes more understandable. But still, for me, Tottenham will still be superior in the match against West Ham. Because even though Tottenham are not in their best condition, Tottenham will definitely win when they host and face a team that is ranked lower in the standings. so yeah I agree that betting on Tottenham would definitely make us more comfortable. Even though Maddison hasn't returned yet. But H.Son is definitely enough to face West Ham.

[Salahmu]

I was shocked to see Aston Villa dominate yesterday’s game like that. Then I went to the lineup and saw how Pep started the game. In the absence of Rodrigo, he fielded Akanji and John stones, when they are not natural midfielders. Honestly I am beginning to see pride in Pep. How will you bench Kovacic and Matheus Nunes and start your midfield with center backs against an inform Aston Villa side that haven’t lost at home this season.
The problem yesterday was that..no one has the eye for the final pass there and there's no threat on the wings. Bernardo Silva had to come in for control, which wasn’t supposed to be so.

Honestly, teams just do not do what Aston Villa did to Manchester City. They won possession in the final third of the pitch 9 times in the first half alone. Aston Villa were able to squeeze the game, making it far too congested for City's midfield to cope with it. They were unable to find the space required to spring the trap and set Haaland away. No team has done that more in a full game all season.

Aston Villa has still maintains there unbeaten home record since October till now, I was actually certain that Manchester City will break it yesterday but it was quite unfortunate for them seeing what they did not believe will happen on there match against Aston Villa with the way Aston Villa was able to tackle them very hard and giving them no space to score, I was even surprise with how Aston Villa was able to tackle Haaland in such a way that there was no opportunity to perform the way he normally does.

Perhaps this there match reminds me of Manchester City and Chelsea match that everyone was very sure and certain that Manchester City will win Chelsea but little did they know that Chelsea will surprise everyone at the end, so of course I had the same believe yesterday that Manchester City will surely win Aston Villa but I was very surprise with how dominating Aston Villa was becoming and at last wins Manchester City.

[X-ray]

Manchester United beat Chelsea in their last match. Manchester United started the season very badly but now they look like a good performing team. With three wins out of the last four matches in the English Premier League, they have managed to climb well up the points table. Manchester United is now the sixth team in the points table and their number of points is 27. If Manchester United is more serious in the upcoming matches and if they perform well in the upcoming matches then they will be able to take their position higher.  Point table number four and number 5 team with Manchester United's point difference is only 3, so if they can perform well in the end, then Manchester United must be able to be in the top 5 of the point table.

I didn't aspect that Manchester United would defeat Chelsea, To be honest they did a fantastic job in yesterday's match. This demonstrates how Manchester United's play has improved. Manchester United deserves to win because of the effort they put into pressing Chelsea yesterday. Chelsea try to play better in the second half; otherwise, they struggle throughout the first half of the encounter. Manchester United has extend  Chelsea rent to 10th position.

Tominay was stepping up in another level. His performance was obviously unbelievable. I can't even describe how good he was. Tominay is very good and he was the best player in the match. Manchester united was able beating chelsea. Even though its striker was not even scoring against chelsea but win is still a win. Three points have been successfully secured by manchester united. that's unbelivable thing to see that. Im not even imagining how Manchester United was able destroying chelsea.
I put lots of appreaciation to the mc tominay. This guy is having most contribution in the club. That's great to see him scoring for manchester united again.

Manchester united needs lot of preparation to face bayern. It's caused by the match against bayern is going to be the last match for MU in UCL.

[Leviathan.007]

3 consecutive draws and ending with a defeat in the last match, is something very terrible for Manchester City. I don't see Manchester City as usual in this match, Aston Villa really succeeded in making it difficult for Manchester City so that their game did not develop at all. Instead Aston Villa managed to play well, although only 1 goal they could create in this match, but that was enough to make them win.
It seems like Manchester City are always in trouble when playing without their mainstay midfielders, their lives are really in the midfielders.

I'm not sure what's wrong with Manchester City but so far they couldn't have had good performances in the recent games we saw from this team and Manchester City is not in the good form currently. The Manchester City we saw in the last season could get better results but they lost the game against Aston Villa and now there is a six points gap between them and Arsenal.  

[Amphenomenon]

After yesterday's game I can agree with everyone that Man City are having a bad season for the first time in a long time and we see that Haaland is not really the player who can create chances for himself, I don't think he deserves to be compared to Mbappe and Vinicius Junior but I guess when Rodri, Doku and Kdb comes back from injury the team will be back.
Chelsea was really disappointing yesterday, what would it take for them to have a win against Manchester United because the last time this happened Morata scored the only goal in Stamford bridge 2017 while the last time this happened at Old Trafford 2013 and Mata scored the only goal. Maybe Poch claim of them being tired was the reason since they actually had only 1 day rest but truth be told I don't really buy that excuse and what is wrong with Jackson, Nkunku should be fast with recovery, hoping he performs well though and not just be another flop or injury prone

[Jossque]

Fulham defeated Nottingham Forest 5-0 at home.Fulham, who led 2-0 at half time, continued their pressure in the second half and scored 3 more goals.Fulham, who did not give their opponent many chances throughout the match, played well in the match and got 3 points.
Liverpool, on the other hand, left Sheffield away with 3 points.We can say that Liverpool, who won the match 2-0, did not even give the opponent a chance to score. Sheffield is already in the last place in the league and it seems likely to be the first of the relegated teams.The home team, which has 1 win in 15 matches, has been able to collect 5 points.

[Polkeins]

3 consecutive draws and ending with a defeat in the last match, is something very terrible for Manchester City. I don't see Manchester City as usual in this match, Aston Villa really succeeded in making it difficult for Manchester City so that their game did not develop at all. Instead Aston Villa managed to play well, although only 1 goal they could create in this match, but that was enough to make them win.
It seems like Manchester City are always in trouble when playing without their mainstay midfielders, their lives are really in the midfielders.

I'm not sure what's wrong with Manchester City but so far they couldn't have had good performances in the recent games we saw from this team and Manchester City is not in the good form currently. The Manchester City we saw in the last season could get better results but they lost the game against Aston Villa and now there is a six points gap between them and Arsenal.  

The problem here isn't about Manchester City, it's that there are finally some teams that can compete with City on equal terms. If a couple of years ago it was only Liverpool, now Arsenal, Aston Villa and even Tottenham (until their last 3 defeats) can easily play and beat Manchester City. The level of teams at the top of the standings has equalized. Largely due to successful transfers that strengthened Arsenal and Liverpool and successful coaching appointments, when the management guessed with the coaches are Aston Villa and Tottenham.   

[youdacapt]

After yesterday's game I can agree with everyone that Man City are having a bad season for the first time in a long time and we see that Haaland is not really the player who can create chances for himself, I don't think he deserves to be compared to Mbappe and Vinicius Junior but I guess when Rodri, Doku and Kdb comes back from injury the team will be back.
Chelsea was really disappointing yesterday, what would it take for them to have a win against Manchester United because the last time this happened Morata scored the only goal in Stamford bridge 2017 while the last time this happened at Old Trafford 2013 and Mata scored the only goal. Maybe Poch claim of them being tired was the reason since they actually had only 1 day rest but truth be told I don't really buy that excuse and what is wrong with Jackson, Nkunku should be fast with recovery, hoping he performs well though and not just be another flop or injury prone

1. I think every of the team in the EPL is having a bad season; and struggling. the only difference is that the struggles are at a different pace. Arsenal started the league poorly and are now onn top. Now Manchester city are struggling for form thanks to Rodri injury. Who is next?

I ask who is next because Manchester united, liverpool and spurs are all struggling at the moment haha

2. Nothing dissappointing about the chelsea game. Thats Chelsea football club for you "inconsistent". They were bossed by mctominay and amrabat in midfield llol. That aside, in a big rivalrly game, form never matters

[Yogee]

[...]
1. I think every of the team in the EPL is having a bad season; and struggling. the only difference is that the struggles are at a different pace. Arsenal started the league poorly and are now onn top. Now Manchester city are struggling for form thanks to Rodri injury. Who is next?

I ask who is next because Manchester united, liverpool and spurs are all struggling at the moment haha

Liverpool may be playing below your standard but to say they are struggling after climbing their way to second thanks to their unbeaten run is a bit unreasonable no?
What's surprising to me is Ten Haag claiming there's no crisis in Man United after beating Chelsea when clearly there is. I guess he's just trying to cope and rally support from players and fans.

[ivankoh]

I was shocked to see Aston Villa dominate yesterday’s game like that. Then I went to the lineup and saw how Pep started the game. In the absence of Rodrigo, he fielded Akanji and John stones, when they are not natural midfielders. Honestly I am beginning to see pride in Pep. How will you bench Kovacic and Matheus Nunes and start your midfield with center backs against an inform Aston Villa side that haven’t lost at home this season.
The problem yesterday was that..no one has the eye for the final pass there and there's no threat on the wings. Bernardo Silva had to come in for control, which wasn’t supposed to be so.

Honestly, teams just do not do what Aston Villa did to Manchester City. They won possession in the final third of the pitch 9 times in the first half alone. Aston Villa were able to squeeze the game, making it far too congested for City's midfield to cope with it. They were unable to find the space required to spring the trap and set Haaland away. No team has done that more in a full game all season.

Aston Villa has still maintains there unbeaten home record since October till now, I was actually certain that Manchester City will break it yesterday but it was quite unfortunate for them seeing what they did not believe will happen on there match against Aston Villa with the way Aston Villa was able to tackle them very hard and giving them no space to score, I was even surprise with how Aston Villa was able to tackle Haaland in such a way that there was no opportunity to perform the way he normally does.

Perhaps this there match reminds me of Manchester City and Chelsea match that everyone was very sure and certain that Manchester City will win Chelsea but little did they know that Chelsea will surprise everyone at the end, so of course I had the same believe yesterday that Manchester City will surely win Aston Villa but I was very surprise with how dominating Aston Villa was becoming and at last wins Manchester City.

I think that Aston Villa has had a spectacular transformation journey, with great credit going to Unai Emery. Seen in the match against Manchester City yesterday was resilience, strength and discipline. It is clear that Unai's systematic preparation has worked. Aston Villa's extremely impressive unbeaten home record from October until now has proven that. I don't think it's a decline for Manchester City because of the lack of pillar Rodrigo, but rather the system Unai has built is extremely smooth, united, disciplined and most of all it has achieved efficiency. Perhaps the huge success with their hat-trick last season made them underestimate their opponents and they made a mistake in approaching the match like that.

[Jody.Drummer]

3 consecutive draws and ending with a defeat in the last match, is something very terrible for Manchester City. I don't see Manchester City as usual in this match, Aston Villa really succeeded in making it difficult for Manchester City so that their game did not develop at all. Instead Aston Villa managed to play well, although only 1 goal they could create in this match, but that was enough to make them win.
It seems like Manchester City are always in trouble when playing without their mainstay midfielders, their lives are really in the midfielders.

Yes, I agree that in this match Man City did not play as usual. Unusually, Man City had difficulty making attacks. Guardiola must have been devastated by this result. Because the squad he trained really couldn't do much in that match. The effectiveness they usually have was lost in this match. And yes this really benefits Arsenal and Liverpool. Because now Man City is starting to be further behind by points. Even though it is not a big difference, Arsenal and Liverpool will certainly have more potential to continue to maintain their current position in the standings. And who would have thought that Man City would be ranked 4th and be overtaken by Aston Villa. This is truly beyond everyone's predictions. But because we are only in the middle of the season, anything can still happen. But if Aston Villa, Liverpool and Arsenal continue to get positive results in the next matches then this will be a loss for Man City. And I'm worried that Man City will continue to have bad results. Fortunately, in the UCL, Man City is still superior.

They are now 6 points behind leaders Arsenal. In the Premier League a distance of 6 points is not an easy distance for them to pursue, especially now that the club above Manchester City also has a good appearance.  I see their strength is almost balanced now and that is a good sign for people who want to see fierce competition in the Premier League. Is Manchester City's dominance broken this season? something that is very difficult to answer, because it can only be answered at the end of the competition.

[Jossque]

Brighton vs Brentford was won by the hosts.The first goal was scored by the away team Brentford, but Brighton equalized after 4 minutes and finished the first half with a 1-1 draw.Throughout the match, we saw that the hosts played dominant and got into goal positions.Brighton is trying to get into the race in the league while doing well in Europe.Brighton managed to take the lead in the early minutes of the second half and left the match with 3 points.
One of the most important matches of yesterday, Aston Villa vs Manchester City was won by Aston Villa.Aston Villa played really good football in this match compared to their opponent.Manchester City could do almost nothing throughout the match. City deserved to be defeated with 2 shots during the match.Aston Villa defeated their opponent with a football that almost narrowed the field for City and managed to rise above their opponent in the ranking.

[Ahli38]

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1. I think every of the team in the EPL is having a bad season; and struggling. the only difference is that the struggles are at a different pace. Arsenal started the league poorly and are now onn top. Now Manchester city are struggling for form thanks to Rodri injury. Who is next?

I ask who is next because Manchester united, liverpool and spurs are all struggling at the moment haha

Liverpool may be playing below your standard but to say they are struggling after climbing their way to second thanks to their unbeaten run is a bit unreasonable no?
What's surprising to me is Ten Haag claiming there's no crisis in Man United after beating Chelsea when clearly there is. I guess he's just trying to cope and rally support from players and fans.

You're right. If Ten Heg means to say Manchester United are doing well in the Premier League then I understand what he is saying and probably also agree with what he is saying. But I don't agree if what he means is Manchester United as a whole in all competitions. Because we can see how Manchester United performed very badly in the Champions League. In fact, they are currently the most likely to fail to advance to the next stage. Because Manchester United is even ranked bottom in Group A in the Champions League. And that's clearly not OK for the squad.

But to say that Manchester United has no crisis in it is clearly just sweet words spoken by Ten Heg to quell the concerns of Manchester United fans. But everyone knows that Manchester United as a whole is not in good condition. Maybe currently Manchester United is ranked 6th at Premier League and that is quite good. But in the Champions League everyone was really disappointed with Manchester United.

[rendravolt]

Can it be said with statistics like this that Unai Emery knows the weaknesses of Pep Guardiola's strategy? because the comparison of shots is too far apart and it doesn't reflect the Manchester City game that we know. Apart from that, even though the ball possession is not that different, Manchester City still cannot create the same opportunities as Aston Villa did.

This was also Unai Emery's first win against Pep Guardiola and in the midst of fierce top-flight competition, this narrow victory also meant that Aston Villa managed to shift Manchester City's position in the standings. I'm curious what happened to the Manchester City squad, even though they continue to get less than good results over the last month. If it continues like this, then Arsenal will have more freedom at the top of the standings without any pressure from Manchester City.

I was shocked to see Aston Villa dominate yesterday’s game like that. Then I went to the lineup and saw how Pep started the game. In the absence of Rodrigo, he fielded Akanji and John stones, when they are not natural midfielders. Honestly I am beginning to see pride in Pep. How will you bench Kovacic and Matheus Nunes and start your midfield with center backs against an inform Aston Villa side that haven’t lost at home this season.
The problem yesterday was that..no one has the eye for the final pass there and there's no threat on the wings. Bernardo Silva had to come in for control, which wasn’t supposed to be so.

Honestly, teams just do not do what Aston Villa did to Manchester City. They won possession in the final third of the pitch 9 times in the first half alone. Aston Villa were able to squeeze the game, making it far too congested for City's midfield to cope with it. They were unable to find the space required to spring the trap and set Haaland away. No team has done that more in a full game all season.

It is true that without Rodri, Manchester City lost control in the defensive line and it would not be surprising if the result was the same as the previous defeat suffered by Manchester City. However, Rodri's absence from the match was not without reason because he was banned from playing due to the accumulation of yellow cards he received. Rodri's role is as important as Kevin De Bruyne's and that is why without these two players, Manchester City will become even weaker.

But Pep Guardiola had no other choice but to put Akanji and Stone in the same two places and that was actually not optimal, but Pep Guardiola had to do it. Apart from all that, Aston Villa are very serious about facing Manchester City and they did not hesitate to put pressure on the defending EPL champions and won 3 points at home. What is certain is that we hope that Manchester City will soon recover from its downturn in the near future.

[nara1892]

1. I think every of the team in the EPL is having a bad season; and struggling. the only difference is that the struggles are at a different pace. Arsenal started the league poorly and are now onn top. Now Manchester city are struggling for form thanks to Rodri injury. Who is next?

I ask who is next because Manchester united, liverpool and spurs are all struggling at the moment haha

2. Nothing dissappointing about the chelsea game. Thats Chelsea football club for you "inconsistent". They were bossed by mctominay and amrabat in midfield llol. That aside, in a big rivalrly game, form never matters

Liverpool haven't had too much trouble so far Liverpool can be said to be quite better than last season. In fact currently Man City is facing an unexpected situation. The Premier League competition is not as easy as they think just because they have won 3 trophies. Spurs clearly made a mistake because they were too aggressive at the start of the season. The top standings favour Arsenal and may have Aston Villa to thank. Besides that Manchester United are only 3 points away from Man City therefore Pep Guardiola must take this defeat seriously. It seems that whether or not agreeing to let Gundogan and Mahrez leave has a significant impact plus the absence of KDB, Rodri and Grealish leaves more gaps open the new players brought in can't really cover it all.