Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Pokapoka124]

Christopher Nkuku has to be one of the most unlucky players in the EPL because since his signing to Chelsea, he has barely featured in 5 games in a row for Chelsea and he is already nursing a second injury of his Chelsea career which is certainly bad business for the club. I hear rumours that Victor Osimhen is discussing a possible move to Chelsea. I don’t know how much truth there is to the story but I would really love to see Osimhen play in the premier league.

[shogun47]

Ok that is quite optimistic because I think that no team so far has ever won the treble twice in a row. Solely based on statistics I think that this statement is doomed to turn out to be wrong, but for as long as Manchester City is around and in the position to win all of the titles, there is nothing that speaks against them doing it. Whether they will, I don't know. But we can see that the competition in the Premier League has become incredibly tough and in the Champions League, there are a couple of clubs that I think are on the same level as Manchester City. Definitely Real Madrid I think.

Yeah mate my statement is just based on speculations and assumptions and nothing more than that,  because we have already multiple factors that may prevent that occurrence from happening and as the season goes going more or more limits may be placed on Manchester City that will prevent them from achieving that records of maintaining that position for multiple of time.

But also we can't outrightly write them off either since at the moment,  Manchester City is the defending champion and is more likely perceived as the closest club to the title since they hold the title currently.

It has nothing to do with the fact that Manchester City is the defending champion. It has only to do with the fact that Manchester City is only 2 points behind the leading team Liverpool if they win that one game that was postponed. If we were to follow your logic, a team that is the defending champion should not be written off even if they are 40 points behind in the subsequent season only because they are the defending champion. I hope you realize how much substance that statement lacks...

[Franctoshi]

We all have a general idea of which team is going to finish towards the top. The thing is, we don't know which team is going to finish in which position.

About Manchester City, I think we can say that they are definitely finishing in the top two positions. The question is if they are going to be able to defend the English Premier League title successfully or not. I think they should be able to. But looking at the competition, it is not going to be very surprising if they cannot, to be honest.

From a general point of view, The trophy is within the hands of Liverpool, Manchester city and Arsenal and still cannot take Aston Villa out of the picture due to their current position. However, we are left with 18 matches to go, and it's quite a lot of games remaining for Manchester City to catch up, grab some and defend their title if they strengthen up in their performance, and if you check they are just few points away from the current league leaders Liverpool, with 19 matches played so far and one outstanding game to play, So most likely that they will be occupying the second spot in the league after the game, meaning closing the points gap between them and Liverpool to be two points.

[Antotena]

I highly doubt they are anymore.They have made so many mistake in the first half of the Premier League that in these 15-16 remaining games that are to be played until it ends I don't see them holding the Premier League title anymore as Liverpool seems like the strongest contender to hold the title this year.Arsenal I exclude it as they are not consistent,also Aston Villa which are not consistent either and the only teams fighting for the title for me remain Liverpool and Manchester City,Liverpool has a comfortable points advantage that they are more than capable to hold until the season ends so I think it is extremely difficult for Manchester City to have a chance this year.

I think the wrong timing made people to lose interest Arsenal. They were at the top of the club then when Liverpool was below them, they didn't lose a single match then and when it was that time they ought to have given Liverpool that breathing space they decided to fumble. As if that wasn't enough, they had the chance to win and then have similar point with Liverpool but they fail to catch up again and now it's bad but they are still among the top, they can make some ammends and go back up where they were before now.

We are sleeping on Manchester City, I know they have not been like the Champions of the last season but I know that team, it is when you don't talk about them or give attention they fight and drive back to that top. Even as they are yet to overtake Aston Villa, I strongly believe they will do that very soon. I think the presence of KDB would start to influence their matches very soon.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester City is the leading team to win the championship trophy this season, although currently they are still behind Liverpool and Aston Villa in the standings table, but I think Manchester City will return to leading the standings in the next few matches. Now what the competing teams have to focus on is maintaining their consistency in every match they play. Like Liverpool, they look very ready to become champions this season, but they have to see that the road to becoming champions is still quite long, so they must not lose points in every match they play because it will have fatal consequences if that happens.

Manchester City are no longer the powerhouse we saw dominate the premier league for four seasons in a row. Losing Mahrez, Gundogan, e.t.c really affected the team’s performance this season because Manchester City were playing better than they are performing now without the departed players. I am looking forward to one or two additions this January for Manchester City to boost the team’s competitiveness.

[Spaceman1000$]

Everyone will see whether Liverpool's performance really gets worse without Mohamed Salah, because currently Liverpool should still be considered a fairly strong team in the Premier League. So that makes their current rivals continue to improve their respective lines of players well enough to be able to catch Liverpool in the upcoming match this week. But this week I think Liverpool will still win because their opponent is not the strongest rival here.

Mo Salah absence will definitely affect this Liverpool side. We saw their game against Arsenal and it was evident that there was no real threat in the attack. I think navigating life without him might be something Liverpool will have to get accustomed to if they are serious about winning the EPL this season. Klopp is an experienced manager. I trust him to handle the situation very well. Liverpool have different options that can play there; Elliott, Gakpo, and Diogo Jota. They can also change their system to something that other players can adapt to in the meantime.

I think we have seen Liverpool win many games in the absence of both Mane and Salah in last years African cup of nations. Klopp is definitely going to be creative to get the results he wants in his absence.

If not for the African cup coming up, many of the stars like Mo Salah wouldn't have been absent. He is one of the top goal scorers for Liverpool right now and his input in any match I'd always phenomenal. We can see that during their last match against Arsenal.
It is just inevitable for him to be absent in the national side, else,  am sure he would retire from international football and focus more on club football if he wants to remain a dominant force for Liverpool.

Mohammad Salah is just 31 years old, and he is having good desire for playing his country Egypt with having dream of winning trophies as well even things are not favourable but still he is doing good job for the country and club as well with no intention of having early retirement from any side now he is going to Egypt for having his three games which are going to play in January and Liverpool is going to miss him but good thing happening they are not having tough games which create any problem for them with after thing how things will go it's not sure, but he is one of the best in current era who is doing his best in all in his absence we will have good replacements in Liverpool which can give their best and keep things at the top level.

Liverpool has always been a team built around their talisman mohammed Salah since Jürgen klopp took over as head coach, over the years mohammed Salah has always been their top scorer and best player ever since so i expect them to face some hard times without him for the moment, but i dont think they are going to lose  any game but they would have to struggle to get the goals coming in as much as they do when salah is around.

[borovichok]

Manchester City are no longer the powerhouse we saw dominate the premier league for four seasons in a row. Losing Mahrez, Gundogan, e.t.c really affected the team’s performance this season because Manchester City were playing better than they are performing now without the departed players. I am looking forward to one or two additions this January for Manchester City to boost the team’s competitiveness.

The competitiveness of a team is determined by the average performance of its players; this is one of the most promising reasons why a club signs prospective players who are keen to achieve greatness. Manchester City tried but were unable to sustain standards due to a lack of competent club alternatives. Increasing the club's performance will be dependent on the players and coaches, as they are the most significant sectors available to improve a club's priority. The players that played critical roles were really from the club, which made them quite frustrated.

[Minecache]

After all, the competition for the Premier League title always has surprises to follow from season to season.
If last season there was Newcastle, maybe this season Aston Villa will be among the teams projected to be the strongest candidates to win the Premier League.

Why do you even think Aston villa might win the league this season? Seriously am counting the  club which you mentioned above out, I know premier league is just kind of unpredictable, but maybe Aston villa can win the league another season, but not this season. Aston villa performed well at the beginning of the season, but there performance have really dropped lately, they are struggling with teams weaker than them, just the same way Arsenal performance have dropped. You not mentioning Liverpool or Manchester City to win the league, am surprised to see the two clubs you mentioned.

Aston Villa improved considerably these years, yet I doubt they could overtake all of Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester City by the end of the season. They might pick a place in Champions League, they might be able to be above of one or two of these teams but definitely not above all them.
From April until the end of the season, Aston Villa games will be harder than now since they will face Manchester City, Arsenal, Brighton, Chelsea and Liverpool.

I know Aston Villa are performing well this season but I don't think they will be winning the Premier League this season. It is not that easy. Manchester City is back in their form and Liverpool are looking as sharp as they were at the starting of the season. I think it's about time that Manchester City will take over Aston Villa in the Points table. They dropped a few points recently, losing to a struggling Manchester United. And if they were to win the Premier League, they would not have dropped points there.  Manchester City has 2 points less than them while playing 1 match less.

So if they win their next match, they will get ahead of them. Aston Villa is a strong candidate for the UCL spot but then again I think they would have to fight very hard for it against Spurs, Arsenal. Arsenal has been bottling lately and Spurs are not far away from them.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Manchester City are no longer the powerhouse we saw dominate the premier league for four seasons in a row. Losing Mahrez, Gundogan, e.t.c really affected the team’s performance this season because Manchester City were playing better than they are performing now without the departed players. I am looking forward to one or two additions this January for Manchester City to boost the team’s competitiveness.

"without" or "with" ?? I think there's some sort of contradictions there... But it's fine anyways.
For me, I think this should be one of the best seasons for them - Mahrez was actually a junk player in there since he was barely given enough playtime..Maybe for the fact that he's African? Guardiola knows best... But I think having Alvarez and Grealish both paired would improve the effectiveness on the flanks.. it all depends on the formation though - a standard 4-3-3 formation would also link them both, allowing debryune and halland to communicate directly.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

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Liverpool has always been a team built around their talisman mohammed Salah since Jürgen klopp took over as head coach, over the years mohammed Salah has always been their top scorer and best player ever since so i expect them to face some hard times without him for the moment, but i dont think they are going to lose  any game but they would have to struggle to get the goals coming in as much as they do when salah is around.

That's unimaginable at the moment because Salah is still loyal enough to stay with Liverpool so it's possible he will stay with Liverpool for quite a long time. Of course, Salah has become an important icon in the Liverpool team because Salah is included as the highest goalscorer in the Liverpool team, currently ranked 5th and is also quite an influential player in the Liverpool team. Last season Liverpool performance was not very impressive because they lost Sadio Mane and this season they have been able to balance their strengths well enough so that Liverpool are able to become leaders of the standings until the season has run 20 matches.

This season, Liverpool are the favorites to become champions because their readiness in every match looks very consistent to achieve maximum results. If Liverpool succeed in becoming champions this season, of course Salah is one of the players who is widely praised by fans for their success this season. But they still have 18 matches to play this season, of course they still have a long way to go to become champions.

[AYOBA]

Even with or without Salah I knew Arsenal can't win the match cause the team lacks the effort to push through, I don't know what's happening to the structure of the team cause during the early season Arsenal was not like this and it seems they'll continue playing like this each match day, Arteta should change the key starters if he really want the team to push forward this season, and seeing the premier league season now Manchester city and Liverpool will definitely kick Arsenal out from the game if they're not careful and now Bruyne is back so we might likely expect more from Manchester city.

I don't think it's appropriate to assume Arsenal won't win. We are able to contrast their performances. Everyone had previously believed that Arsenal had played poorly in their previous game. To be honest, their lack of effort in putting a goal down is not because they are aware of their possibilities; they miss many opportunities that would have lead them to victory in some matches, but they were unable to do so owing to their poor performance. However, Arsenal will undoubtedly return with their best effort because Arteta, the team's coach, is the driving force behind the signing of several forwards. If that how Arsenal opens the season with a solid performance, if say they try maintain their consistency, I believe no team will be able to beat them.

[Wiwo]

Manchester City is the leading team to win the championship trophy this season, although currently they are still behind Liverpool and Aston Villa in the standings table, but I think Manchester City will return to leading the standings in the next few matches. Now what the competing teams have to focus on is maintaining their consistency in every match they play. Like Liverpool, they look very ready to become champions this season, but they have to see that the road to becoming champions is still quite long, so they must not lose points in every match they play because it will have fatal consequences if that happens.

Manchester City are no longer the powerhouse we saw dominate the premier league for four seasons in a row. Losing Mahrez, Gundogan, etc. really affected the team’s performance this season because Manchester City were playing better than they are performing now without the departed players. I am looking forward to one or two additions this January for Manchester City to boost the team’s competitiveness.

Regardless of what it is,  we must take note of the fact that no champion reigns for ever and for Manchester City,  the club have really tried to have creates a record of consecutive winning the trophy, which is something that we need to commend them for,  and since we understand how football works,  we have to accept the current condition of Manchester City and now that they are struggling even with the smallest clubs shows that a lot has changed for Manchester City in this season.

Although Manchester City still has some good time to recover and maintain its position,  but also we have to look at the possibility of other clubs winning the league also in this season,  maybe,  that will speak more of sportive vibes in football.

[bbigtart]

Manchester City are no longer the powerhouse we saw dominate the premier league for four seasons in a row. Losing Mahrez, Gundogan, e.t.c really affected the team’s performance this season because Manchester City were playing better than they are performing now without the departed players. I am looking forward to one or two additions this January for Manchester City to boost the team’s competitiveness.

In my opinion, Man City is still a team that needs to be taken into account as before because last season Man City was also behind Arsenal in the first half of the season but when they entered the second half of the season Man City started to recover and were able to catch up on points from Arsenal which in the end they won the title. EPL at that time.

I see that Man City this season is also like last season, especially since the players are genius, the heart of Man City's attack creator, Kevid De Bruney, is back, even his comeback has had a positive impact on the Man City squad of course. I dare say, if Kevid De Bruney had been at Man City's training session, Liverpool's position at the top of the standings would have been shaken.

[Mayor of ogba]

Arsenal are currently getting poor results which I admit is embarrassing for a side that showed so much promise at the beginning of the season but this is the game and things like this happen all the time. Luckily for them, we are already in the January transfer window, Arteta needs to add some crucial signings that will make quick impact as soon as possible and get the team back to winning ways again. This is one of those times the fans need to support and encourage the their team and players to keep fighting.

Arsenal has had a very poor performance in the Premier League lately, the poor form has made Liverpool be at the top of the Premier League table. If Arsenal fails to sign a striker who will help them win matches, Arsenal might not qualify for the Champions League because they lack who will score goals for them.

[tiCeR]

Arsenal are currently getting poor results which I admit is embarrassing for a side that showed so much promise at the beginning of the season but this is the game and things like this happen all the time. Luckily for them, we are already in the January transfer window, Arteta needs to add some crucial signings that will make quick impact as soon as possible and get the team back to winning ways again. This is one of those times the fans need to support and encourage the their team and players to keep fighting.

Arsenal has had a very poor performance in the Premier League lately, the poor form has made Liverpool be at the top of the Premier League table. If Arsenal fails to sign a striker who will help them win matches, Arsenal might not qualify for the Champions League because they lack who will score goals for them.

But you could see that coming not only in the last five games, but in the few games before already. It started when they had the close game against Wolverhampton when they had plenty of chances to finish the game early, but they didn't and Wolverhampton closed the gap shortly before the game ended and then had a chance to tie the game, but Arsenal won. Then they had the game against Luton Town where they scored the winning goal in the 97th minute and conceded 3 goals against Luton Town. Afterwards they lost against Aston Villa and then their performance went South. Since then they had lots of issues they couldn't get under control. But who knows maybe they used the time properly now to attack in the Premier League again.

[teddybear]

Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough in the EFL cup. Ouch! Cole Palmer missed a sitter. Chelsea just cant get things right this season.

[Josefjix]

Arsenal has had a very poor performance in the Premier League lately, the poor form has made Liverpool be at the top of the Premier League table. If Arsenal fails to sign a striker who will help them win matches, Arsenal might not qualify for the Champions League because they lack who will score goals for them.

Don't include the signing of a striker in Arsenal's present problems; they've been through a lot. On a more serious note, if the team's performance is balanced, why are they losing matches? Watching Arsenal games, it's clear that they're doing everything they can to win, but it doesn't matter how competent a team is; what matters is how available and consistent they are in achieving positive results. Arsenal's performance does not coincide with the desired outcome from the coach and supporters, who frown anytime their side does not perform well.

[temple]

Arsenal has had a very poor performance in the Premier League lately, the poor form has made Liverpool be at the top of the Premier League table. If Arsenal fails to sign a striker who will help them win matches, Arsenal might not qualify for the Champions League because they lack who will score goals for them.

Don't include the signing of a striker in Arsenal's present problems; they've been through a lot. On a more serious note, if the team's performance is balanced, why are they losing matches? Watching Arsenal games, it's clear that they're doing everything they can to win, but it doesn't matter how competent a team is; what matters is how available and consistent they are in achieving positive results. Arsenal's performance does not coincide with the desired outcome from the coach and supporters, who frown anytime their side does not perform well.

These are all important things you mentioned, the performance doesn't always coincide with the results. But in the case of Arsenal the problem is that they didn't lose one game or weren't successful two games or so. They have had a series of games now that ended with a bad result. It begs the question whether they are just not lucky enough, always performing well and yet don't win or whether they have an issue that must be resolved? If coincidence repeats itself numerous times, I think as per definition it isn't called coincidence anymore.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Arsenal has had a very poor performance in the Premier League lately, the poor form has made Liverpool be at the top of the Premier League table. If Arsenal fails to sign a striker who will help them win matches, Arsenal might not qualify for the Champions League because they lack who will score goals for them.

Don't include the signing of a striker in Arsenal's present problems; they've been through a lot. On a more serious note, if the team's performance is balanced, why are they losing matches? Watching Arsenal games, it's clear that they're doing everything they can to win, but it doesn't matter how competent a team is; what matters is how available and consistent they are in achieving positive results. Arsenal's performance does not coincide with the desired outcome from the coach and supporters, who frown anytime their side does not perform well.

I would not blame the fans or coach when they frown because inasmuch as the Arsenal team has been consistent among the top five English teams, they have failed to win the league even when they get so close.

The team right now is just having difficulty in finding the back of net, perhaps due to fatigue from the build up of fixtures across various league board.
 If Arteta were to sign a striker or creative midfielder who can dribble and find spaces like Saka, Gabriel, the team would have a new upsurge of strength and motivation to finish strong. They can still recover.

[EL MOHA]

I know Aston Villa are performing well this season but I don't think they will be winning the Premier League this season. It is not that easy. Manchester City is back in their form and Liverpool are looking as sharp as they were at the starting of the season. I think it's about time that Manchester City will take over Aston Villa in the Points table. They dropped a few points recently, losing to a struggling Manchester United. And if they were to win the Premier League, they would not have dropped points there.  Manchester City has 2 points less than them while playing 1 match less.

So basically since Aston Villa couldn’t beat Manchester United they can’t be title contenders? See I don’t also think Aston Villa are ready just yet to win a league due to their squad lacking Talisman and a proper depth but losing to Manchester United shouldn’t be a yard stick to measure that. Manchester City were beaten twice last season by Brentford and yet they won the league comfortably. Aston Villa are off the title race for me because I think with the European competitions they have and with the lack of quality just not too many yet in the squad they wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure.

"without" or "with" ?? I think there's some sort of contradictions there... But it's fine anyways.
For me, I think this should be one of the best seasons for them - Mahrez was actually a junk player in there since he was barely given enough playtime..Maybe for the fact that he's African? Guardiola knows best... But I think having Alvarez and Grealish both paired would improve the effectiveness on the flanks.. it all depends on the formation though - a standard 4-3-3 formation would also link them both, allowing debryune and halland to communicate directly.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Mahrez a junk player? He was actually the second highest goal scorer last season after Halaand he had issues with Pep and that’s why he was dropped to the bench. Pep always has that problem that whenever they switch to another player they completely do not give time to the other and that’s why Mahrez left. City last season were better than this current one, they were the likes of Gundogan who can actually influence the game when they come on with their creativity,