Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Frankolala]

Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.

Chelsea have had some good chances, with Jackson having the clearest chance of the game but missed it because he hesitated in taking a one touch shot. Chelsea have not totally been dominated, they are not not afraid to attack and that has put Manchester City. If this game ends in the first half with no goals, Chelsea would have lost their opportunity to score because Manchester City will come back stronger. If Chelsea losses this game, I will blame Nicholas Jackson because he should have scored that goal to see the mode for Chelsea. Early goals have a way of influencing the outcome of games.

Chelsea lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. This surprised me a lot. Manchester City played very well. Even then, they could not break Chelsea's defense. Chelsea did not attack at all. However, they made several counterattacks. And Sterling managed to score a goal. Manchester City dominated the first half. They made 14 shots. Even then they could not score a single goal. Chelsea played a defensive strategy in this match. And now it looks like Chelsea will not lose the match. The match will be a draw or Chelsea will win. Chelsea's defenders are playing very well in today's match.

You cannot go into conclusion that Chelsea will win the match, because we still have the second half which is big enough for Manchester city to equalize the game or if possible have a welcome back in the second half.

It was just a hard luck that Manchester city had in the first half, and they lack the capacity of breaking through Chelsea's defense, making it more difficult for City to find the back of the net. We might see more surprises from Chelsea in the sevond half, but it will be a big shock to me if Chelsea ends up winning this match with the current score. 1-0 in Etihad

[Docnaster]

Chelsea's performance this first half has been very brilliant, they've had more chances to score more than Manchester city side, Jackson just missed a one on one with Manchester city goal keeper, sterling had same chance too to score but was clumsy with the ball. Chelsea have really put some pressure on Manchester city with their counter attack style of play. Chelsea just need to utilize their opportunity if not, Manchester city can bounce back and make huge surprise against them.

I've never watched Chelsea play so well like they've done thus far against the Manchester City side. They are playing so well like a team, have had very few chnaces on target but, those chances where so precisely created, missed such great chances like the one with N. Jackson but you can find them finding away to always go forward and having a well coordinated backline.
All that have turned put to be very resourceful especially those runs from the side that catches the Manchester City defence unaware, enabling Chelsea to create those one on one goal opportunities with the goalkeeper and Sterling has got his goal.
The final whistle is gone and Chelsea takes the lead in halftime.

The first half in the last English Premier League game of the day between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad stadium is over and surprisingly, Pep Guardiola's Manchester City are trailing to Chelsea by a goal to nil in front of their own fans.
Considering the performance of Chelsea so far in the game, it seems Mauricio Pochentino has gone back to the drawing board. Chelsea have been playing the game with all confidence and if they can play the second half like they did in the first half, they might just shock the home team and grab all three points from the game.

[piebeyb]

Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.

It should be like that, but now the first half has ended and Manchester City is now behind, in this first half Manchester City often made mistakes so that when the counter attack could not be anticipated well and ended up conceding a goal, Manchester City gave too much easy space in. Chelsea players take advantage, I don't know what Guardiola will apply in the second half, but I think in the second half Manchester City must be able to come back because it is important for them to win and get the full three points today to maintain their position.

Even though playing with a full complement of players is not easy for Manchester City to score goals, Chelsea's defenders are quite good at blocking every attack from Manchester City, but overall there might be changes in the second half, because today Liverpool and Arsenal won by a landslide, while Manchester City still It hasn't been determined yet, I hope they don't give up and lose this match, let alone playing at home, at least they manage to come back in the second half and I'm sure all their supporters hope for that there.  

[Weawant]

I don't understand how Manchester city ended the first half of the game without a goal and Chelsea was able to win the first half of the game and it was now looking to me like Manchester city is not playing their best enough and may want the event of the first lewg repeating itself again and if does happen it's not going to bwa good record for them.

In the second half of the game I'm hoping to see a better performance from Manchester city alongside goals to get ahead of Chelsea because I see Manchester city to have a better team than Chelsea and even in a better form in this game than Chelsea is , I'm very optimistic that Manchester city will get an equalizer andget ahead of Chelsea in this game I'm not expecting anything less than a victory from Manchester city in this game so they will further keep the chase behind Liverpool if they are hoping to win t eh trophy this season.

[hahay]

That's absolutely true because of the outstanding match left for Manchester city to play. I doubt Chelsea FC would even be able to hold them tonight to a draw because with De Bruyne back and the midfield in complete lock, the Chelsea attackers would have to rely on mostly set pieces and quick counter if they are to secure any goal.

Manchester City's performance is quite good and I'm not sure Chelsea can stop Manchester City, let alone Manchester City which has just been filled with its flagship players. Maybe with Chelsea's performance being quite bad so far, Manchester City will easily beat Chelsea.
Not to underestimate Chelsea, but we also have to look at the strength of the two teams and there is a very significant difference between Manchester City and Chelsea.

Chelsea's performance this first half has been very brilliant, they've had more chances to score more than Manchester city side, Jackson just missed a one on one with Manchester city goal keeper, sterling had same chance too to score but was clumsy with the ball. Chelsea have really put some pressure on Manchester city with their counter attack style of play. Chelsea just need to utilize their opportunity if not, Manchester city can bounce back and make huge surprise against them.

If you have gotten and or know the results that occur at half time, then I'm sure it looks like you will laugh or just smile . Because after all, eventhough Manchester City had very good goal attempts compared to Chelsea but ya, the fact is Chelsea managed to win at half time with a score of 0-1. Amazingly, the scorer for Chelsea in this first half was a former Manchester City player and that player was Sterling. Obviously, with this 0-1 lead then I believe Chelsea will maintain this lead and if that happens, then Chelsea will play full defense in the second half.

But yes, even though Bruyne and Haaland played in the starting lineup but ya, it still seems not easy for Manchester City to make a goal in the first half . But ya,there is still a second half and of course Manchester City will play even more optimally to be able to turn things around, although it is not easy at all.

[Oluwa-btc]

That's absolutely true because of the outstanding match left for Manchester city to play. I doubt Chelsea FC would even be able to hold them tonight to a draw because with De Bruyne back and the midfield in complete lock, the Chelsea attackers would have to rely on mostly set pieces and quick counter if they are to secure any goal.

Chelsea FC will only try their best but I'm not sure they will be able to win Manchester city this time they may be able to try to get a goal but then I doubt that a draw or winning Manchester city will be possible because Manchester city is going all in on this game and are not going to let any chances get pass them.

I will like to make sure to watch the game because I'm very certain I will have an very interesting game to watch because both teams will want to get the best out of This game, Chelsea hasn't been really good with their premier league games so I'm not going to be surprised if Chelsea is unable to get a goal or more or less get to win the game, Manchester city is the favorite for this game and they are most definitely going to win this game and I'm expecting not less than three goals in the game.

Taking the lead is a plus right now, they should make sure they utilize it very well and hood down the goal during the second half of the game.
Good to see how they've also stepped up them game and closed down how they have held Manchester City players man to man. That shouldn't have been no penalty in anyway, the ball wasn't heading to Erling Haaland.
This game should have been two goals already in favor of Chelsea. What the actual Fvck with Nicholas Jackson? He should have just tapped in that goal.

Second half kicked off already, and Chelsea already making it difficult for them to operate.

[bitvalak]

Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.

Chelsea have had some good chances, with Jackson having the clearest chance of the game but missed it because he hesitated in taking a one touch shot. Chelsea have not totally been dominated, they are not not afraid to attack and that has put Manchester City. If this game ends in the first half with no goals, Chelsea would have lost their opportunity to score because Manchester City will come back stronger. If Chelsea losses this game, I will blame Nicholas Jackson because he should have scored that goal to see the mode for Chelsea. Early goals have a way of influencing the outcome of games.

Chelsea lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. This surprised me a lot. Manchester City played very well. Even then, they could not break Chelsea's defense. Chelsea did not attack at all. However, they made several counterattacks. And Sterling managed to score a goal. Manchester City dominated the first half. They made 14 shots. Even then they could not score a single goal. Chelsea played a defensive strategy in this match. And now it looks like Chelsea will not lose the match. The match will be a draw or Chelsea will win. Chelsea's defenders are playing very well in today's match.

Chelsea has high fighting power against top teams, I was surprised by that. Man City actually controlled the statistics, but unfortunately nothing could be converted into a goal in the first half.
It looks like Man City will attack Chelsea more in the second half to catch up on their goals so they can still secure their position in the EPL table. Quite a difficult match, considering that Man City has had some very good last matches.

[letteredhub]

Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.

Chelsea have had some good chances, with Jackson having the clearest chance of the game but missed it because he hesitated in taking a one touch shot. Chelsea have not totally been dominated, they are not not afraid to attack and that has put Manchester City. If this game ends in the first half with no goals, Chelsea would have lost their opportunity to score because Manchester City will come back stronger. If Chelsea losses this game, I will blame Nicholas Jackson because he should have scored that goal to see the mode for Chelsea. Early goals have a way of influencing the outcome of games.

Chelsea lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. This surprised me a lot. Manchester City played very well. Even then, they could not break Chelsea's defense. Chelsea did not attack at all. However, they made several counterattacks. And Sterling managed to score a goal. Manchester City dominated the first half. They made 14 shots. Even then they could not score a single goal. Chelsea played a defensive strategy in this match. And now it looks like Chelsea will not lose the match. The match will be a draw or Chelsea will win. Chelsea's defenders are playing very well in today's match.

You cannot go into conclusion that Chelsea will win the match, because we still have the second half which is big enough for Manchester city to equalize the game or if possible have a welcome back in the second half.

It was just a hard luck that Manchester city had in the first half, and they lack the capacity of breaking through Chelsea's defense, making it more difficult for City to find the back of the net. We might see more surprises from Chelsea in the sevond half, but it will be a big shock to me if Chelsea ends up winning this match with the current score. 1-0 in Etihad

Had it been Nicolas Jackson had scored the goal chance he had with City goalkeeper in the first half addition to the first chance sterling missed  before having to score th second chance he had, it would have been a total of 3 goals before the end of the first half. In the first half it is nothing of a hard-luck for Manchester City as Chelsea has had more of the ball possessions than they and had to miss many chances. Chelsea defense has been a superb one this night which has forced Manchester City to fall back to crossing the ball more for a header. Nevertheless we can't conclude that Chelsea will be winning the game with the one goal they have but right now they are in the advantage of winning than City.

[Salahmu]

The game is becoming more interesting than I imagined and I quite agree with you that City really want to win this game to be in the title race but with the way things are going I'd want Chelsea to keep the pressure coming. City can absorb pressure but I don't feel this is the kind of pressure they're ready to face.

Truly the match is going the way I had predicted on my previous post that Chelsea has a big history with Manchester City because no matter how poor there performance may be but whenever they meet Manchester City there performance immediately improve, so actually I saw this coming but I never knew Chelsea will actually be the first to score Manchester City and even holding them to 1-0 till the end of the first half, funny enough Manchester City has the highest possession on the first half but still Chelsea was able to score the first goal but however I have a strong feeling that Manchester City will likely equalize on the second half because that's how there both matches normally end up, perhaps this match reminds me of there last meeting when everybody was thinking Manchester City could easily win Chelsea because of there bad performance but it became surprising to everyone with the way Chelsea almost outperform Manchester City by holding them to a draw, so that's exactly how this match will likely play.

[Blitzboy]

Good fight from Brentford, but not enough to withstand the powers of the reds. More pressing matters for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool. Both Allison Becker and Diego Jota Injured ahead of the Chelsea game.

Liverpool is eying the Premier League title that is why they are plying everything they to make it because they know that losing any point is not advisable for them now that Arsenal and Manchester City are behind them with just two points difference.
Brentford played well, but Liverpool were the better team and they won the match, they are able to maintain their position despite the match results of Arsenal and Manchester City.

Arsenal is winning Burnley 5-0; this shows that Arsenal is now consistent since they recover from their lost against West Ham and Fulham, they are scoring more goals to cover the goal difference between them and Manchester City and they are also conceding less goals. Good game for Arsenal.

Two big wins in a row make Arsenal currently in second place in the English League standings, It is very important for Arsenal to continue to get big wins over their opponents so that at least they can have a better goal difference when they have the same points with Manchester City, soon will we will look at the big match between Manchester City and Chelsea, even though it is categorized as a big match of course Manchester City has a bigger advantage over Chelsea at the moment, currently Manchester City continues to hunt for victory to be able to keep its distance from Liverpool and Arsenal, maybe a few seasons ago We will find it difficult to predict who will win if Chelsea and Manchester City meet, but today it looks like 99% of wins will be easily achieved by Manchester City considering Chelsea performance which is far from good this season.

The league is Manchester City's to lose, but Arsenal's current surge is refreshing. I've been watching the standings, and Arsenal's main goal is Champions League qualification. City is quite consistent. Liverpool is joining the title race, making things exciting. But deep inside, I know Arsenal needs more than large wins to contend for the top spot.

Moving on to Manchester City vs. Chelsea. Im not optimistic about an upset. City's just better, and Chelsea isnt playing good this season. City have a strong advantage, and not simply because of their form. Their depth and quality matter more. Though I'd love to see the underdog triumph, I think City will win easily.

[Issa56]

You cannot go into conclusion that Chelsea will win the match, because we still have the second half which is big enough for Manchester city to equalize the game or if possible have a welcome back in the second half.

It’s still kind of early to conclude that Chelsea is going to win the match, It’s just the first half of the match that has been played, even as Chelsea is already winning in the first half of the match, but it’s just a goal difference that Manchester City can easily equalize, so let’s just wait and see how the second half of the match goes. But Chelsea's performance wasn’t really bad in the first half of the match, I wasn’t expecting them to perform the way they did in the match, but we can’t yet conclude on the club that will be winning the match. Even though Chelsea are ahead of Manchester City in the first half, anything can still happen in the second half.

[Falconer]

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Yes, is as if Chelsea had a different spirit today against Manchester City, maybe it's because it's a big game so they need to prove themselves, However Chelsea have been  able to destabilize Manchester City attacking Force this evening at least for these first half. The goal would have been more than one goal for this first half if not for the chances Chelsea missed. One thing I notice about Manchester City is that, once they are under pressure they find it difficult to compose themselves and do all those their magic that they normally do. Chelsea should try and maintain the tempo during the second half, because Manchester city would like to give a serious fight.

Chelsea is strange, they play well against big teams, but they are too weak against lower teams. If they manage to beat Manchester City today, it would be a big surprise as Chelsea are not favorites to win. Chelsea have played well in defense so far and they haven't made a mistake, but Manchester City looks like they will score if they keep pressing.

Chelsea's game strategy so far has been very effective, especially when defending and also in building attacks. Chelsea took advantage of its chances despite tending to defend, but I believe such a strategy ultimately only allows for a higher chance of a draw rather than a win.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Manchester City will definitely try to win the home match against Chelsea. But Chelsea are probably playing for a draw. Chelsea players played defensive strategy today. Manchester City players made 5 shots in 20 minutes. City had 68% ball possession.

Chelsea have had some good chances, with Jackson having the clearest chance of the game but missed it because he hesitated in taking a one touch shot. Chelsea have not totally been dominated, they are not not afraid to attack and that has put Manchester City. If this game ends in the first half with no goals, Chelsea would have lost their opportunity to score because Manchester City will come back stronger. If Chelsea losses this game, I will blame Nicholas Jackson because he should have scored that goal to see the mode for Chelsea. Early goals have a way of influencing the outcome of games.

Chelsea lead 1-0 at the end of the first half. This surprised me a lot. Manchester City played very well. Even then, they could not break Chelsea's defense. Chelsea did not attack at all. However, they made several counterattacks. And Sterling managed to score a goal. Manchester City dominated the first half. They made 14 shots. Even then they could not score a single goal. Chelsea played a defensive strategy in this match. And now it looks like Chelsea will not lose the match. The match will be a draw or Chelsea will win. Chelsea's defenders are playing very well in today's match.

Chelsea has high fighting power against top teams, I was surprised by that. Man City actually controlled the statistics, but unfortunately nothing could be converted into a goal in the first half.
It looks like Man City will attack Chelsea more in the second half to catch up on their goals so they can still secure their position in the EPL table. Quite a difficult match, considering that Man City has had some very good last matches.

I've not had the opportunity of watching the game, just coming online to check scores, and I am actually amazed, am wowed honestly.
First is that, Arsenal managed again to beat burnley as i and many others predicted, and they didn't just beat them, but got away with a 5 - 0 win, after beating Westham with a 6 - 0 win in their last match.
And secondly, I predicted that the current game between Manchester city and Chelsea would be an easy win for Manchester city, but seems I was wrong after all, Chelsea have managed to get their first goal while Manchester city is still trying, this is surprising as hell, but again, we known Manchester city to be a team that that always comes back from behind; sometimes when the game is almost coming to an end, so, let's hope that Chelsea will be able to defend their 1 goal to the finish, or possibly even score more goals to secure their chances of winning even more.
Good luck to Chelsea and fingers crossed for them, as their win is Also Arsenal's win, because Arsenal will comfortably take the second place in the EPL table.

[AYOBA]

Chelsea scored another fantastic goal against Manchester City. When I was said that Chelsea would give their all and perform well against Manchester City, people responded that Chelsea is incapable of scoring a single goal against Manchester City owing to their poor performance this season. But when it comes to playing against Manchester City, Chelsea always packages themselves and produces good outcomes, because that's how Chelsea surprises people in their last meet, and they did so again today.

Their presently lead Man City by one before going into halftime, let's see how the second will go, but I'm certain that Chelsea can absolutely win the match if they maintain their consistency and play the way they perform in first half.

[rahmad2nd]

Arsenal started the match on a good note taking most of the possessions as well as dominating the match and got a well deserved 2-0  in the first half courtesy of Odegaad and Saka, I think Burnley doesn't have any chance to win this match because the attacking strength of Arsenal has been too strong for Burnley defence, the should defend in the second half to avoid conceding more goals, meanwhile Wolves leads Tottenham Hotspur by a lone goal while Aston Villa is also a goal ahead of Fulham, Nothingham Forest is leading West Ham by a lone goal I believe the second half would witness more goals from either sides.

Arsenal played their match very impressively, beating Burnley with a landslide score at Turf Moor, Burnley's home ground. even though Burnley is not a strong and tough opponent, it is not an easy matter to defeat their opponent in an away match. referring to match statistics, 65% of Arsenal controlled ball possession. 16 total shots, 7 on target, 2 big chances. Likewise tactically, Arsenal is much better than the home team. It's natural, Burnley is a team in the relegation zone. however, what I am highlighting in this match is Arsenal's increasingly confident performance in the competition for the title. overall, the Gunners players worked very well. Odegaard, Kai Harvertz, Boyako Saka, Trossard, each contributed goals to their squad. with this result, Arsenal still deserves to compete for the title this season. As an Arsenal fan, I am happy to see my favorite team win this match. In another ongoing match between Manchester City vs Chelsea, this match was a bit surprising because Chelsea was able to take the lead first. but there is still time for City to make a comeback. well, let's just follow the final result.

[yudi09]

The competition for the top four in the EPL standings this week was very interesting, where Liverpool and Arsenal managed to secure full points in a fantastic way. Liverpool managed to slaughter Brentford 4-1, according to predictions from many bettors that it would be an easy match for the Reds. Furthermore, Arsenal appeared more cruel than Liverpool, where they slaughtered Burnley 5-0 without mercy. Meanwhile, we just have to wait to see how Manchester City finishes the match against Chelsea. If Man City fails then Arsenal has the right to sit in second place in the standings, before Man City plays a postponed match against Brenford.

Winning with a score of 4-1 in an away match when competition was fierce in positions 1 and 2 was a very important victory. But we are still not completely safe from Arsenal who are 2 points behind.
Arsenal, who won 5-0 against Brentford, made the competition not just on points difference, but we were 1 goal ahead of the total existing goal tally. Arsenal has now bagged 58-22 total goals, while Liverpool has bagged 59-24 goals.
2 points different and 1 ahead with a goal from Arsenal, our position is still under pressure.

Manchester City is now 1 goal behind Chelsea.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Considering that Manchester City lost points in the first meeting with Chelsea this season, they will not make the same mistake in the second meeting. Manchester City is in its best form and is on a mission to take the top of the standings from Liverpool. They need two wins in the next two matches, including matches against Chelsea and Brentford.

Manchester City must avoid a draw or loss to Chelsea and only then will Manchester City have a greater chance of taking the top of the standings from Liverpool. Chelsea have been very inconsistent so far even though they have won 3 of their last 5 matches. Manchester City has home advantage which gives it a higher chance of winning, but nothing can be confirmed before the match ends.

Chelsea won't be able to compete with Manchester city in this game at home because City is making every effort to catch up with Liverpool after they lost several points and now have managed to close up the point gap between them and Liverpool. They will do everything within their strength to win Chelsea in this game tonight and wouldn't even want to share points again with Chelsea.

The performance from chelsea was totally unpredictable and i must say that if this club was performing so amazing since the first half. The second half has not yet ended but chelsea has been threatening manchester city many times. I do see that some chances were missed caused by the players were not in the right position/.
It can be said that if chelsea has been trying so hard in defending from chelsea. The main weakness from the team that was playing offensive was defensive low block. It's caused by playing offensively will be putting the club in the big gambling.
Sometimes, manchester city;'s defenders were not ready. This is also making the situation even more difficult when city was failed in attacking chelsea. Pochettino has been using 433 defensive. I think that if chelsea can keep to play like this till the end of second half.
In my opinion, chelsea has been trying so hard since the start of game. I think that chelsea has been doing a lot of improvements. this is good when pochettino was not putting the players not in their actual position.
City is still trying so hard to break the wall. The quality players were making city find it so difficult to break it.

[Bobrox]

Surprisingly, Chelsea was able to take the lead against Manchester City until the 77th minute. Raheem Sterling's goal in the 42nd minute still stood with 15 minutes remaining in the game. This was a result that was beyond predictions. Chelsea were able to take the lead while Manchester City, who were the favorites, were able to win easily.
Even though they were able to control the game and excel in possession of the ball, Manchester City still had difficulty scoring goals with 10 minutes remaining in the match, it would be very interesting if the score remained and Chelsea was able to beat Man City, the primary league battle would become even more interesting.

[Stepstowealth]

Even though Chelsea are ahead of Manchester City in the first half, anything can still happen in the second half.

Unless Chelsea score a second goal, they are not still save, Manchester City can win the game even in the 85th minute. Their coach has brought in Bernando Silva to force the goal against Chelsea, and it can happen. If Chelsea loose this game or fail to get all three points, they would have thrown away the efforts of Axel Disasi who has been the best Chelsea player and lost a victory that they well deserved. If Manchester City loose, it will be their first lose in the Etihad stadium in more than a year.

[Hyphen(-)]

Winning with a score of 4-1 in an away match when competition was fierce in positions 1 and 2 was a very important victory. But we are still not completely safe from Arsenal who are 2 points behind.
Arsenal, who won 5-0 against Brentford, made the competition not just on points difference, but we were 1 goal ahead of the total existing goal tally. Arsenal has now bagged 58-22 total goals, while Liverpool has bagged 59-24 goals.
2 points different and 1 ahead with a goal from Arsenal, our position is still under pressure.

Manchester City is now 1 goal behind Chelsea.

Arsenal need to be considered when making final decision on this title race because so far Arsenal gained momentum since the time they lost some important 8k points that is supposed to put them ahead before the mid season, but they lost two matches and drew Liverpool to be behind them with two points difference but with one goal advantage.

Arsenal and City should be the main point of discussion right now since Liverpool is ahead with two points, unless if Liverpool lose any match at anytime which might not happen because Klopp will want to win the League in his final season in charge of Liverpool.

Manchester City is losing to Chelsea at 77th minute of time, if the match ended like this, then Arsenal will be three points ahead of Manchester City while Liverpool will be five points ahead of them.