Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[rendravolt]

The three promoted teams this season Luton, Burnley and Sheffield are all in the relegation zone and I don't think they are all capable of competing in the EPL. I had hoped that one of them would immediately crawl to the middle or top position and at least provide a different color this season but it seems my expectations were too high. Burnley is a team to really watch out for because with coach Vincent Kompany they recorded impressive achievements previously in the Championship division and also became champions.

But when they realized they were in a place where hell existed and the EPL was not just any place they could conquer. I wonder if these three teams will return to the Championship next season and if that happens it is clear that what they are doing is in vain to be at their current level.

Don't forget they were the best three Championship' teams in the last season, if the best is still not able to compete against the Premier League' teams, I think there won't be any Championship can survive in Premier League.

They can only feel how the pressure when they playing in Premier League, sadly they will back to their path sooner or later.

And because of that they will all go home sooner than they can survive for next season. I quite regret why they continue to decline like this and perhaps their existing readiness also influences the less than optimal results they get. This winter I also don't really see any transfer activity from Burnley, Luton and Sheffield so if they still use the same line-up then the results will remain the same.

The coaches of each team have certainly tried their best, but again the quality of their players is far below that of mediocre teams to other elite EPL teams. Maybe if they still have the motivation to survive then this half season will be something worthwhile and at least not being relegated could make them more enthusiastic for next season. That is my hope and do not accept the current situation.

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[asriloni]

I just see Arsenal repeating same thing they did in the premier league last season, just take a look at how Arsenal started very well this season just to reach this stage and starts losing points. Well, it's obvious that Arsenal may not really be strong enough to stand as title contenders this season so their match against Crystal palace may not be certain to whether they can defeat them regardless of the fact that they are playing in their home ground after all, they lost against Westham in Emirate stadium so it wouldn't be a surprise if Crystal palace also do the same.

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

against Crystal Palace shouldn't be a big deal. But maybe Arsenal will find it difficult to score many goals. Arsenal will probably win but with a narrow score.

Although in the previous two matches in the Premier League match Arsenal got defeated but ya, at least for the next match against Crystal Palace I think Arsenal still have a good chance of winning . Indeed, doubts will remain because after all Arsenal also lost against Fulham and of course, with that defeat will make Arsenal a little doubtful but not completely . Therefore, although it will still be difficult to beat Crystal Palace in the match later, but I am still confident to still choose Arsenal to win in the next match in the Premier League against Crystal Palace.

The chance is big for arsenal to win the game against palace. Palace was not in a good shape after it was declining to the bottom. I think that we will be seeing that arsenal to struggle against palace. Arsenal has been buying some expensive players but that's not enough.
Arteta needs to do something to save arsenal from going down to the middle place. It has no big gap toward liverpool but arsenal will be thrown away from the title race if it keeps to perform shit like that.

Arteta has an idea to take benzema from ittihad which is good. Having an experienced player is far better rather than having some inexperienced players. The strikers of arsenal are obviously useless strikers.
Arsenal needs to get someone like benzema to support the team. This is the best decision that can be taken by the club.

[Stable090]

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season.

A lot of people predicted that what happened to Arsenal last season is going to repeat itself this season. I also have the same feeling, but I am just surprised that Arsenal performance has started reducing so early. There are still lots of matches to be played, and if their performance keeps on dropping, they will find it difficult to end the season in the top 4 this season. Arteta is really having lots of things to work on, and I am sure Arsenal is really in need of new strikers. Saka has not really been in form this season, his performance dropped drastically this season, which affected Arsenal's performance. Let’s see what Arsenal will be playing in their next match against Crystal Palace, they should be able to win the match, but it’s not going to be a easy win for them.

[Arenga pinnata]

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

against Crystal Palace shouldn't be a big deal. But maybe Arsenal will find it difficult to score many goals. Arsenal will probably win but with a narrow score.

Everything seems to be like a big deal to Arsenal right now because both at the FA Cup and the Premier league, they have not really performed up to par. The last four previous matches were not pleasing at all for the club as they failed to win their matches against Liverpool, which was a draw in the Premier leaague, they also failed to win against West Ham with a 0 - 2 lost to West Ham in the Premier league, another failure to win against Fulham with a 2 over 1 in the Premier league, with the fourth failure against Liverpool again in the FA Cup to 0 - 2.

What hope do you have over them winning Crystal Palace this time around? Besides in their last fixturings they have not impressively won over Crystal Palace too. They have been draws and lost to Crystal Palace in between their last 5 fixtures.

Now Arsenal have dropped down to the 4th position in the table standing with 40 points and 5 point difference between the table leads who are the Liverpool. I'm not happy with this result at all as the late crippling misperformance of the Arsenal. Could it be that the squad is weak and can't perform up to the ranks.

But at least Arsenal has always managed to beat Crystal Palace in the last 3 meetings. Arsenal even scored 4 goals in the home match. But in away matches, Arsenal couldn't score many goals. they only won with a narrow score of 0-1. But there is a reason why Arsenal could only score 1 goal in the last match against Crystal Palace. At that time Arsenal only played with 10 players from the 67th minute. So it was natural that Arsenal only won narrowly at that time.

This time Arsenal also experienced some bad matches. But statistically we can see that there is an improvement in the Arsenal vs Liverpool match in the FA Cup. At that time Arsenal had more opportunities and almost broke into Liverpool's goal several times. It's just that Liverpool's defense is much stronger. And Arsenal also have problems in finishing. But for the match against Crystal Palace, I think Arsenal will succeed in converting some of their attacks into goals.

Moreover, this is a home match. Ranked 4th vs ranked 14th, I think it's natural that Arsenal is the favourite. Even though it is experiencing setbacks. Crystal Palace even just lost to Everton. This adds to my confidence in Arsenal.

[Alpha Marine]

So, what about the club like manchester city and liverpool? Are you joking with your statement? all of top teams have busy schedules and using fatigue as an excuse is a non sense thing.

Manchester City have a manager that knows how to rotate his squad. Secondly, Manchester City have always had a big squad. They know how to give their players rest. Thirdly, since Manchester City have more quality squad depth than Arsenal, they can afford to rest some of their key players in a match and still be able to win that match.
De Bruyne was injured and they still managed. Rodri is injured and they're still good. That's because they have players that can fill the shoes of these players to an extent.

Speaking about Liverpool. They won the Champions League and won the EPL the next year and what has happened to them since? The best they've finished is second in the league. They even went to the Europa last season. See how poor they were due to injuries? What do you think happened after those two high-flying seasons?
The kind of football Liverpool play requires a lot of rotation because they're always pressing and running so players are vulnerable.

Don't underestimate fatigue. Not every player can play 50 matches a season and still play another 50 matches the next season while having a very short break. A break where they might be representing their national teams during that time.
These players train twice almost every day and play twice almost every week so if they're not well rotated they can either get injured or get fatigued.

[Docnaster]

It seems that Arsenal will win easily, there is an advantage for Arsenal because they will be playing at home, because in the last two matches Arsenal lost, of course in the next match they will play optimally to get full points, if Arsenal loses three times in a row it will be difficult. to catch up with Man City and Liverpool, only five points behind leaders Liverpool. If Arsenal wants to improve on the points they lost in their last 5 matches, then Arsenal must focus on improving in each of their lines from the shortcomings in the last few weeks.

Arsenal still have a chance but it may only be a maximum of finishing in the top 3, a slight decrease from last season. Because being a competitor to Liverpool and Man City is quite difficult, in fact I think Arteta feels quite frustrated with the results in the last few matches. I really hope Arsenal can lift the EPL trophy but the fact is that English  giants like Man City and Liverpool will not let that happen. Like it or not Arsenal always have to experience a painful end to the season, and it doesn't happen just once or twice. I don't know what factors are the big obstacles for Arsenal in achieving it but for Arteta if he continues to gain confidence in 1 or 2 more seasons it could be possible.

On Saturday, Arsenal host Crystal Palace in the English Premier League and a win in that game will draw them level with third placed Aston Villa and second placed Manchester City who currently have have played the same number of games with Arsenal. They're currently five points behind league leaders Liverpool having played the same number of games and that means that mathematically, Arsenal are still very much in contention for the English Premier League title this season.

But personally, I don't consider Arsenal as a major title contender for the league title this season and that's because of their inconsistent results and performances. I'll be happy if they prove me wrong by winning the league title at the end of the season but that I think will be a very difficult one for Mikel Arteta's men

[fuguebtc]

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

against Crystal Palace shouldn't be a big deal. But maybe Arsenal will find it difficult to score many goals. Arsenal will probably win but with a narrow score.

Everything seems to be like a big deal to Arsenal right now because both at the FA Cup and the Premier league, they have not really performed up to par. The last four previous matches were not pleasing at all for the club as they failed to win their matches against Liverpool, which was a draw in the Premier leaague, they also failed to win against West Ham with a 0 - 2 lost to West Ham in the Premier league, another failure to win against Fulham with a 2 over 1 in the Premier league, with the fourth failure against Liverpool again in the FA Cup to 0 - 2.

What hope do you have over them winning Crystal Palace this time around? Besides in their last fixturings they have not impressively won over Crystal Palace too. They have been draws and lost to Crystal Palace in between their last 5 fixtures.

Now Arsenal have dropped down to the 4th position in the table standing with 40 points and 5 point difference between the table leads who are the Liverpool. I'm not happy with this result at all as the late crippling misperformance of the Arsenal. Could it be that the squad is weak and can't perform up to the ranks.

Actualy Arsenal has not been performing well in recent times. You know they have not been able to get a single win in the last three matches, another thing is they have only one win in the last five matches. That is definitely not ideal for Arsenal. But the thing is they will be playing against Crystal Palace in the next match. And I think arsenal should be able to win the match easily. Because you know Crystal Palace has not been able to perform consistently in this season.

Even though Crystal Palace has been able to win the last match, they have only one win in the last five and the last match is the only win that they got in that time period.  So I believe arsenal should have this. They should get three points from this match.

[SmartCharpa]

I just see Arsenal repeating same thing they did in the premier league last season, just take a look at how Arsenal started very well this season just to reach this stage and starts losing points. Well, it's obvious that Arsenal may not really be strong enough to stand as title contenders this season so their match against Crystal palace may not be certain to whether they can defeat them regardless of the fact that they are playing in their home ground after all, they lost against Westham in Emirate stadium so it wouldn't be a surprise if Crystal palace also do the same.

I think is too early to predict Arsenal final position in the Premier League. Last season, Arsenal performed very well, even lead the league, but they finished the season to end up in second position. That's how they lost their chance to winning the Premier league title. Arsenal has stronger players than last season, yet they are still losing their matches. As Arsenal perform well from the beginning of the season, I thought that is how their performance should be throughout the season. However, Arsenal fail to maintain their position at the top. If Arteta continues to improve his team, I believe Arsenal still has a chance to move to the top.

Since Arsenal lost to West Ham and Fulham, which they have strong players capable of defeating any club in the Premier League, it's still difficult to predict the outcome of their upcoming match against Crystal Palace. Still, Im believing that Arsenal are going to win, because we can't always anticipate bad outcomes from them.

[shinratensei_]

I just see Arsenal repeating same thing they did in the premier league last season, just take a look at how Arsenal started very well this season just to reach this stage and starts losing points. Well, it's obvious that Arsenal may not really be strong enough to stand as title contenders this season so their match against Crystal palace may not be certain to whether they can defeat them regardless of the fact that they are playing in their home ground after all, they lost against Westham in Emirate stadium so it wouldn't be a surprise if Crystal palace also do the same.

Arsenal started this season in excellent form, but now we can say that Arteta is again facing a decline in results. Perhaps Arteta adheres to some kind of training strategy that he considers optimal, and considers these seasonal declines to be some kind of coincidence of unsuccessful games. There is still a difference with last season, since last time the decline was at the end of the season, and this time it happened in the middle. So far they are 5 points behind Liverpool, this is not critical, but winning back this difference will not be easy.

The same pattern is always repeating again and again. No doubt people named this club as a clown club. It was always running out of its fuel at the end of season. People are also feeling so tired of watching this club caused by they never meet what they have expected.
Im concerning about how arteta was not even building the mentality from the players. It seems he was not even caring about that. Arsenal was always performing very well at the early of season but it's always bottling its performance at the end of season.

Even thought the gap was not so big but it is quite difficult to surpass the club that was always performing very consistently. This must be noted that if arsenal was losing against manchester city small gap last season.
The same thing is going to repeat soon. Im not even doubting it to happen caused by i do believe arsenal will be performing so badly till the end of season.

[temple]

I think they most importantly need to win the games they will play against the other teams that are threatened to end their season in the relegation zone. Of course it is a nice to have if they can beat other teams from the upper half of the table, but the most important points are those against their competitors from the lower half of the table.

Within the last 7 games of the season their opponents are Burnley, Nottingham, Brentford, Luton Town and Sheffield. That's when the season will be most important for Everton.  

The team you mentioned also has the desire to win the match and they also don't want to be in the relegation zone so everyone will play for a win or at least a draw. Everton should be able to get out of the zone more easily, but their inconsistent performance means everything can change. Nottingham and Brentford are not easy to beat because they also have to win if they don't want to be in the relegation zone so they will try the same thing as Everton.

If can't win in all the remaining matches then a draw is enough, but it's also important to get several wins to avoid unforeseen possibilities. Being above one level in the relegation zone is not an easy thing because if they want to be safe they have to be in 14th or 15th position in the final standings.

None of the teams is easy to beat and that is why we have seen so many surprises so far. But if somebody asked me whether I think that the most important games for Everton are those against the teams from the upper half of the table or the games against the teams from the lower half of the table, my instant answer would be that they have to win the games against the teams from the lower half of the table of course. Everton can afford to lose against Manchester City and Liverpool, but they can't afford to lose against Luton Town, Brentford and co. Those games are absolutely critical and every single one of those games must be considered a final like in a cup.

[fullhdpixel]

Honestly this would be really great for Arsenal if they manage to have a deal with Benzema for the rest of the season at least.    Benzema is 36 years old maybe but he can still be very useful. I don't have a single doubt about that despite his being criticized because of his performance in Saudi Arabia these days.

This high criticism against him led him to close his Instagram account and leave Saudi Arabia as well. He must be just waiting for his team to release him from now on. But the Saudi side doesn't look keen on letting him go. But I hope we see him at Arsenal in this month. 

A new midfielder is the only one I would be thinking about to be fair, nothing else. I think they do have a good defensive system, and I think their offensive line is great as well, I do not see any problems with that at all. I think some amazing midfielder would have made them a winner.

I mean just for a second imagine if they got jude Bellingham, don't you think that, adding just a player, single player, would have made them the title winner this season if they had him? That would be the difference between what they have done this season, and what they could have done as well. I am not saying go out and get Jude, it would be quite impossible now, but I am just trying to say is that they do not need that many players, just a midfield would be enough if he is good enough.

[Jody.Drummer]

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season.

A lot of people predicted that what happened to Arsenal last season is going to repeat itself this season. I also have the same feeling, but I am just surprised that Arsenal performance has started reducing so early. There are still lots of matches to be played, and if their performance keeps on dropping, they will find it difficult to end the season in the top 4 this season. Arteta is really having lots of things to work on, and I am sure Arsenal is really in need of new strikers. Saka has not really been in form this season, his performance dropped drastically this season, which affected Arsenal's performance. Let’s see what Arsenal will be playing in their next match against Crystal Palace, they should be able to win the match, but it’s not going to be a easy win for them.

Inconsistency has been their problem in recent seasons, it's a problem they haven't been able to solve until now and now we've seen the same thing happen to them. Arteta should have been able to anticipate this, because he experienced first-hand what happened last season that made them ultimately unable to become champions after they had a considerable chance to do so.
Now I don't see it as the fatigue we talked about last season, maybe it's because they were at the same level all season, while their competitors could improve their performance as the competition progressed.
They weren't prepared when something happened to them and that's actually normal for a club. But as I said earlier, Arteta should have anticipated something similar every season.

[ajiz138]

Actualy Arsenal has not been performing well in recent times. You know they have not been able to get a single win in the last three matches, another thing is they have only one win in the last five matches. That is definitely not ideal for Arsenal. But the thing is they will be playing against Crystal Palace in the next match. And I think arsenal should be able to win the match easily. Because you know Crystal Palace has not been able to perform consistently in this season.

Even though Crystal Palace has been able to win the last match, they have only one win in the last five and the last match is the only win that they got in that time period.  So I believe arsenal should have this. They should get three points from this match.

If it is said in the last 5 matches YES but Arteta will try to win again in the following match, the Premier League race can still be obtained by Arsenal with 5 points behind, this is still relatively quite low just waiting for how the team above misses and Arsenal wins the match.

This is not an easy task actually, what Arsenal have to do is keep grabbing points from every game if NOT they will definitely fall behind again, but I think this season Arsenal will only finish in 3rd place while the title will be contested by Liverpool and Manchester City.
This is my own speculation towards the end of the season as long as Arsenal are able to win then their squad is great capable of winning the title.

[hahay]

Actualy Arsenal has not been performing well in recent times. You know they have not been able to get a single win in the last three matches, another thing is they have only one win in the last five matches. That is definitely not ideal for Arsenal. But the thing is they will be playing against Crystal Palace in the next match. And I think arsenal should be able to win the match easily. Because you know Crystal Palace has not been able to perform consistently in this season.

Even though Crystal Palace has been able to win the last match, they have only one win in the last five and the last match is the only win that they got in that time period.  So I believe arsenal should have this. They should get three points from this match.

If it is said in the last 5 matches YES but Arteta will try to win again in the following match, the Premier League race can still be obtained by Arsenal with 5 points behind, this is still relatively quite low just waiting for how the team above misses and Arsenal wins the match.

This is not an easy task actually, what Arsenal have to do is keep grabbing points from every game if NOT they will definitely fall behind again, but I think this season Arsenal will only finish in 3rd place while the title will be contested by Liverpool and Manchester City.
This is my own speculation towards the end of the season as long as Arsenal are able to win then their squad is great capable of winning the title.

In essence, Arsenal still have a chance to win in the next match in the Premier League against Crystal Palace because after all, basically Arsenal have better quality compared to Crystal Palace. But indeed, about the Premier League title or trophy it is clearly still difficult to get by Arsenal and therefore, at this moment Arsenal only need to stay strong to be able to stay in the top four.

The reason is, Arsenal and Tottenham currently have the same points and therefore, if Arsenal fail again to get three points against Crystal Palace later, it is likely that Arsenal will be overtaken by Tottenham. So, to maintain Arsenal position in the top four, then of course Arsenal are targeting three sure points against Crystal Palace later.

[QueenVera]

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

Everything seems to be like a big deal to Arsenal right now because both at the FA Cup and the Premier league, they have not really performed up to par. The last four previous matches were not pleasing at all for the club as they failed to win their matches against Liverpool, which was a draw in the Premier leaague, they also failed to win against West Ham with a 0 - 2 lost to West Ham in the Premier league, another failure to win against Fulham with a 2 over 1 in the Premier league, with the fourth failure against Liverpool again in the FA Cup to 0 - 2.

What hope do you have over them winning Crystal Palace this time around? Besides in their last fixturings they have not impressively won over Crystal Palace too. They have been draws and lost to Crystal Palace in between their last 5 fixtures.

Arsenal are now wallowing in their best fate, not being consistent and this is one big worry for the fans because they can’t be inconsistent like this and be termed champions. They’ve had a poor run in the last 4 matches, getting knocked out of the FA Cup and also getting lost in the league title chase and this is quite worrisome for the fans

 Now they play a good Crystal Palace side who’re dreadful, for this match I prefer the fans don’t raise their hopes so high because it could end in a draw, though Arsenal could see this a stepping stone to regaining their form. For a safe bet I’ll double chance on Arsenal and the match not having more than 4 goals. Well the squad isn’t weak, I think they’re probably tired already and now misfire, I just hope they get their fire back and gun for wins, else they may keep dropping points and miss out the top 4.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I think they most importantly need to win the games they will play against the other teams that are threatened to end their season in the relegation zone. Of course it is a nice to have if they can beat other teams from the upper half of the table, but the most important points are those against their competitors from the lower half of the table.

Within the last 7 games of the season their opponents are Burnley, Nottingham, Brentford, Luton Town and Sheffield. That's when the season will be most important for Everton. 

The team you mentioned also has the desire to win the match and they also don't want to be in the relegation zone so everyone will play for a win or at least a draw. Everton should be able to get out of the zone more easily, but their inconsistent performance means everything can change. Nottingham and Brentford are not easy to beat because they also have to win if they don't want to be in the relegation zone so they will try the same thing as Everton.

If can't win in all the remaining matches then a draw is enough, but it's also important to get several wins to avoid unforeseen possibilities. Being above one level in the relegation zone is not an easy thing because if they want to be safe they have to be in 14th or 15th position in the final standings.

None of the teams is easy to beat and that is why we have seen so many surprises so far. But if somebody asked me whether I think that the most important games for Everton are those against the teams from the upper half of the table or the games against the teams from the lower half of the table, my instant answer would be that they have to win the games against the teams from the lower half of the table of course. Everton can afford to lose against Manchester City and Liverpool, but they can't afford to lose against Luton Town, Brentford and co. Those games are absolutely critical and every single one of those games must be considered a final like in a cup.

It will be difficult to predict which teams will go into the  relegation zone. Because there  is still a long journey  ahead. Each team will  play about 18 more matches. So Burnley and Luton Town have the ability to get out of  the relegation zone if the performance  is somewhat stable. But it cannot be said with certainty whether it will stabilize the performance of the teams.

However, the performance of the Everton team is quite good this season. Despite losing 10 points, they are still out of the relegation zone. And I think at the end of the season we will see this team maybe 12th/13th. But I am not satisfied with Sheffield United's performance. It will be very difficult for this team to get out of the relegation zone. Because their defense is too weak.

[Mr.right85]

Honestly this would be really great for Arsenal if they manage to have a deal with Benzema for the rest of the season at least.    Benzema is 36 years old maybe but he can still be very useful. I don't have a single doubt about that despite his being criticized because of his performance in Saudi Arabia these days.

This high criticism against him led him to close his Instagram account and leave Saudi Arabia as well. He must be just waiting for his team to release him from now on. But the Saudi side doesn't look keen on letting him go. But I hope we see him at Arsenal in this month. 

A new midfielder is the only one I would be thinking about to be fair, nothing else. I think they do have a good defensive system, and I think their offensive line is great as well, I do not see any problems with that at all. I think some amazing midfielder would have made them a winner.

I mean just for a second imagine if they got jude Bellingham, don't you think that, adding just a player, single player, would have made them the title winner this season if they had him? That would be the difference between what they have done this season, and what they could have done as well. I am not saying go out and get Jude, it would be quite impossible now, but I am just trying to say is that they do not need that many players, just a midfield would be enough if he is good enough.

I know that Arsenal have found themselves the subject of speculation suggesting Arteta could try to land Benzema in a bid to solve their striking struggles but somehow I’m not convinced about this deal. I understand that Arteta needs a new No.9 after both Gabriel Jesus and Nketiah's struggles in front of goal this season. Honestly I would like Arsenal to look somewhere else for a new striker. Benzema is 36, his wages would be a problem for this Arsenal side and I don’t think Arteta can handle his ego.
They’re already good, decent strikers that can give them what they want in Benzema. There’s a certain Ivan Toney, Vlahovic and the likes.

[bitzizzix]

I think they most importantly need to win the games they will play against the other teams that are threatened to end their season in the relegation zone. Of course it is a nice to have if they can beat other teams from the upper half of the table, but the most important points are those against their competitors from the lower half of the table.

Within the last 7 games of the season their opponents are Burnley, Nottingham, Brentford, Luton Town and Sheffield. That's when the season will be most important for Everton. 

The team you mentioned also has the desire to win the match and they also don't want to be in the relegation zone so everyone will play for a win or at least a draw. Everton should be able to get out of the zone more easily, but their inconsistent performance means everything can change. Nottingham and Brentford are not easy to beat because they also have to win if they don't want to be in the relegation zone so they will try the same thing as Everton.

If can't win in all the remaining matches then a draw is enough, but it's also important to get several wins to avoid unforeseen possibilities. Being above one level in the relegation zone is not an easy thing because if they want to be safe they have to be in 14th or 15th position in the final standings.

None of the teams is easy to beat and that is why we have seen so many surprises so far. But if somebody asked me whether I think that the most important games for Everton are those against the teams from the upper half of the table or the games against the teams from the lower half of the table, my instant answer would be that they have to win the games against the teams from the lower half of the table of course. Everton can afford to lose against Manchester City and Liverpool, but they can't afford to lose against Luton Town, Brentford and co. Those games are absolutely critical and every single one of those games must be considered a final like in a cup.

It will be difficult to predict which teams will go into the  relegation zone. Because there  is still a long journey  ahead. Each team will  play about 18 more matches. So Burnley and Luton Town have the ability to get out of  the relegation zone if the performance  is somewhat stable. But it cannot be said with certainty whether it will stabilize the performance of the teams.

However, the performance of the Everton team is quite good this season. Despite losing 10 points, they are still out of the relegation zone. And I think at the end of the season we will see this team maybe 12th/13th. But I am not satisfied with Sheffield United's performance. It will be very difficult for this team to get out of the relegation zone. Because their defense is too weak.

Yes, there is still a long way to go and everything can still happen and be improved so as not to enter the relegation zone. But for Everton, in my opinion, he is much better than Burnley, Luton Town and also Sheffield United. The reason is that in 21 matches, Everton won 8 wins, which means Everton's match results were better than Burnley, Luton Town and also Sheffield United.
And there is still a possibility that Everton will be in 12/13 position until the end of the season, but it all depends on Sean Dyche whether he will try to improve his team's shortcomings. And for Sheffield United I also think the same, most likely they will have difficulty not being in the relegation zone because out of 20 matches they were only able to score 2 wins.

[AakZaki]

Reading the penalties of FFP cases in the EPL, Everton should be ready for a second punishment, and maybe Nottingham Forest too. But the Man City case has no new news that I have received. It seems slow, but apparently the hearing schedule has been set. Maybe even the 114 cases charged make the investigation more complicated. This is the talk of the EPL because Everton could get a second punishment after being deducted 10 points. Everton in the second case was charged with violation of profitability rules.

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Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

against Crystal Palace shouldn't be a big deal. But maybe Arsenal will find it difficult to score many goals. Arsenal will probably win but with a narrow score.

Everything seems to be like a big deal to Arsenal right now because both at the FA Cup and the Premier league, they have not really performed up to par. The last four previous matches were not pleasing at all for the club as they failed to win their matches against Liverpool, which was a draw in the Premier leaague, they also failed to win against West Ham with a 0 - 2 lost to West Ham in the Premier league, another failure to win against Fulham with a 2 over 1 in the Premier league, with the fourth failure against Liverpool again in the FA Cup to 0 - 2.

What hope do you have over them winning Crystal Palace this time around? Besides in their last fixturings they have not impressively won over Crystal Palace too. They have been draws and lost to Crystal Palace in between their last 5 fixtures.

Now Arsenal have dropped down to the 4th position in the table standing with 40 points and 5 point difference between the table leads who are the Liverpool. I'm not happy with this result at all as the late crippling misperformance of the Arsenal. Could it be that the squad is weak and can't perform up to the ranks.

Actualy Arsenal has not been performing well in recent times. You know they have not been able to get a single win in the last three matches, another thing is they have only one win in the last five matches. That is definitely not ideal for Arsenal. But the thing is they will be playing against Crystal Palace in the next match. And I think arsenal should be able to win the match easily. Because you know Crystal Palace has not been able to perform consistently in this season.

Even though Crystal Palace has been able to win the last match, they have only one win in the last five and the last match is the only win that they got in that time period.  So I believe arsenal should have this. They should get three points from this match.

Arsenal needs to have a second eleven that should support this first eleven team, given the way things are with aresenal at the moment, I doubt if they will easily bounce back to winning ways, I feel the first eleven are experiencing some level of fatigue haven been consistent from the beginning of the season, this was almost the same attitude they portrayed last season where they started dropping points and Manchester City took over the leadership position, the same scenario is almost playing out because Manchester City recently have been very consistent with their winning after the return of Kevin de bruyne, I just hope history will not repeat itself because it's almost looking like it.
Crystal palace will give them tough fight, I am just hoping that arsenal will use home advantage to get a win but it won't be an easy game for arsenal.