Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[RockBell]

City v Aston Villa is going to be really interesting tonight, particularly because of how the first leg panned out, City lost 1-0, but it was by far their worst game of the season thus far, they were completely outplayed by Aston Villa and were very lucky to come out with just a one goal deficit. City players will definitely have that first leg game on their minds tonight and it could be extra motivation.

City must win tonight if they are to have any chance of catching up with Liverpool and Arsenal, i think if City fails to win tonight, it is over for them in the league. Having said that, Aston Villa also have ambitions of their own, and that is to make it to the CL next season, and so it is going to be really entertaining and City only have the edge because the game is at the Etihad.

You should be aware that Aston Villa will not be spared by Manchester City, and as things stand, Aston Villa poses little threat to the team as they have other crucial games approaching. And the outcome of this game matters to the city because, although it is not unprecedented for Arsenal to defeat Luton Town, Aston Villa can be difficult at times, Manchester City is far from lucky, and Madrid is waiting impatiently for their match to begin. And during that first leg Manchester City did not expect Aston Villa to come with such force they displayed and if City is not careful there is still chance of them losing this game. I will actually be very happy if they should lose this game. Every game is important for everyone at this point but Manchester City needs it more. It is left for them to decide if they want to win or not.

[Mayor of ogba]

It will be interesting to see how Man City plays against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Manchester City played good football against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium, and if not for a club like Arsenal, Manchester City would have won that match. With what Manchester City played against Arsenal, they are the favorites to win this match. Aston Villa's performance has reduced, and they cannot compete with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

[knowngunman]

Matches in Champions League and Europa League in knock out phase are not easy for Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.

Liverpool are playing in Europa League and will meet opponents that are, in theory, weaker than clubs in Champions League. However it won't mean Liverpool will have easy matches and can use squad B. They will have to use best players and play seriously so they will be affected similarly to two competitors that will play in Champions League.

Effects will be only considerable different if one competitor will no longer play in either Champions League or Europa League and can fully focus on Premier League.

You're absolutely right. Three of these teams will definitely have a tough games ahead despite Liverpool seems to have a weaker team compared to the team Arsenal and Man City will play. However, Atalanta is not a weak team as we are assuming. They're currently on the sixth position now in Seria A table. Klopp can not forfeit that match using second team neither.

Liverpool now seems to be the favorite judging from the game remaining. The opponent they have to play aren't too tough and even if they can win all, they should win the majority and draw some few. The race is just getting interesting and tensing with how these three teams are switching positions among themselves. Let see what Arsenal will play today.

[yudi09]

Yesterday we had 3 draw out of 5 games with all 3 of them being 1-1 final score. A bit surprised to see Nottingam getting a victory and 3 points over Fulham , a team who had a great run this year in EPL with legendary victories on top4 teams ( I think they won against City or Liverpool ).

The 3-1 win over Fulham was surprising because it was doubtful that Nottingham Forest could win against Fulham. I also doubt that Nottingham will win over Fulham, who performed better than Nottingham Forest. Fulham was previously able to beat Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, when Nottingham was able to beat Fulham, it was clear for me that it was a surprise.

I don't think the team that performed well in the EPL in question can beat Manchester City and our favorite team Liverpool.

Also , a quick info from Championship , it seems that Leicester might be on the way to bankruptcy if they won't manage to get a promotion back into EPL because their financial status is really bad...

It would be a shame if Leicester went bankrupt. Leicester is a historic team in the EPL.

[Sim_card]

It will be interesting to see how Man City play against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Honestly, I'm not sure this match will end in a draw like Newcastle vs Everton. Moreover, City plays the match at home. playing in front of TheCitizen supporters, will add motivation to Pep Guardiola's team. This match also proved to Aston Villa that City would beat them with a fairly large score. Yes, considering that in the first meeting, City had to give up with a narrow defeat at home to Aston Villa. in this match it is not just a matter of City's proving match against Aston Villa, but more about remaining in tight competition in the Premier League standings until the end. three points, which is the result they must get against their opposing team. Moreover, bookmakers far favor City over the opposing team. On the other hand, even though Aston Villa was able to beat City in the first week, in this match Aston Villa had to be careful. City will show their best game to get full points. My estimate, there will be 3 goals in this match. or, maybe more than that. 

Before the City vs Aston Villa match, Arsenal will first host Luton. In the first meeting, Luton put up quite a fight even though the match ended 3-4. Now Arsenal are the hosts, just like City, three points is the result that Mikel Arteta's squad must achieve in this match. At the same time, Arsenal will lead the top of the standings, although perhaps only temporarily. especially if we refer to betting options, choosing Arsenal with the 1×2 option is not a wise and ideal choice for me. The point is, Arsenal will win this match and so will City. As for betting options, I think I'll try it when the match is played.

I like the way Luton are playing this season against top clubs... They play decently but can't win... From recent games it's a good game against Newcastle away or the game against Spurs... Of course Arsenal at home looks very serious and it is unlikely Luton can win... But I expect them to give a fight...

I don't see Luton fighting with Arsenal on this game or will I say that I don't see a tough fight on the game. It should be a clear win for Arsenal who will be desperate to secure all three points in order to be on the title race. Luton will also want to fight their way out of relegation. However, sometimes these teams on the relegation position do play with all seriousness to the point that they can win big teams, because they don't want to go on relegation. Arsenal should be able to play Luton with a pattern that will make them surrender, and accept defeat, otherwise, we might see a different result.

[Justbillywitt]

It will be interesting to see how Man City play against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Honestly, I'm not sure this match will end in a draw like Newcastle vs Everton. Moreover, City plays the match at home. playing in front of TheCitizen supporters, will add motivation to Pep Guardiola's team. This match also proved to Aston Villa that City would beat them with a fairly large score. Yes, considering that in the first meeting, City had to give up with a narrow defeat at home to Aston Villa. in this match it is not just a matter of City's proving match against Aston Villa, but more about remaining in tight competition in the Premier League standings until the end. three points, which is the result they must get against their opposing team. Moreover, bookmakers far favor City over the opposing team. On the other hand, even though Aston Villa was able to beat City in the first week, in this match Aston Villa had to be careful. City will show their best game to get full points. My estimate, there will be 3 goals in this match. or, maybe more than that. 

Before the City vs Aston Villa match, Arsenal will first host Luton. In the first meeting, Luton put up quite a fight even though the match ended 3-4. Now Arsenal are the hosts, just like City, three points is the result that Mikel Arteta's squad must achieve in this match. At the same time, Arsenal will lead the top of the standings, although perhaps only temporarily. especially if we refer to betting options, choosing Arsenal with the 1×2 option is not a wise and ideal choice for me. The point is, Arsenal will win this match and so will City. As for betting options, I think I'll try it when the match is played.

I like the way Luton are playing this season against top clubs... They play decently but can't win... From recent games it's a good game against Newcastle away or the game against Spurs... Of course Arsenal at home looks very serious and it is unlikely Luton can win... But I expect them to give a fight...

No matter the fight that Luton are going to give, Arsenal is going to dismantle them believe me. Yes both clubs are fighting for something here, and it's going to be a difficult game. Luton Town currently battling for their survival in the premier league while Arsenal on the other hand are going to give their all to return to the top of the table to boost their chance of winning the league. But at the end of the day it is going to be the team that gives their all that's going to win and expect it's going to be Arsenal. Arsenal dropped points against Manchester City last weekend and they wouldn't want a repetition of that again in today's match.

[Dzwaafu11]

Since we are talking about the premier league, there are many possibilities for any team. There is a chance for a team to come back and take the title from Liverpool before the season ends. Don't forget we already saw the same story in the past, but generally, I think Liverpool is very much motivated and since Klopp is going to leave the team in the end of this season he wants to win the trophy with his team before it gets too late.
But I think the main competitor for Liverpool is currently Arsenal because now Arteta is even more experienced and he can have a better performance than last season by the player they bought.
Generally, I think predicting the winning this season can be very hard but I still go for Liverpool.

You have a point here. These three teams are Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool. All of them have a chance of winning the Premier League title this season. But the reason why it is still unpredictable is that both of them are doing well in the Premier League; in fact, they are all in their best form in the Premier League competition, and none of them want to leave the title for another team to take over. As for Liverpool, I will also say they have a high chance of winning if they will be able to continue resisting the remaining pressure from their opponents, although their only challenge now is Arsenal, and the fact that Arsenal are scared of making the same mistake as last season makes it more challenging for them, so I will also go for Liverpool when it comes to the predicting or giving them a high chance of winning the title this season.

[bering]

Brentford vs Brighton

Both teams has opposite results in the last their matches because Brentford can able to stole 1 point from Manchester United but Brighton has just lost from Liverpool and actually from squad quality Brighton is slightly better but unfortunately Brighton still unable to managed their consistency for away matches and during this season Brighton was plenty to gets poor results while playing away and with 9 defeats total Brighton got this season 8 of them is came in away matches so these records is proven Brighton is so weak while playing at their opponents home ground

And for Brentford i know their recent records is not really good but draw result from Manchester United can boosted their mentally and for squad update both teams has facing unfavourable conditions because before this match some of the players from both teams are got injured and for Brighton probably De Zerbi will used Evan Ferguson or Danny Welbeck as centre striker but for Brentford they still rely on Ivan Toney as the striker and just like i said above considering Brighton poor records for away matches i think Brentford has good chances to win the match and Brentford win has good odds @2.44

[Salahmu]

I like the way Luton are playing this season against top clubs... They play decently but can't win... From recent games it's a good game against Newcastle away or the game against Spurs... Of course Arsenal at home looks very serious and it is unlikely Luton can win... But I expect them to give a fight...

Actually for me I don't think Luton is to be considered as a team that has good performance this season because since the beginning of this season they have been losing matches even on there last 10 matches they have lost 7 matches and draw only 3 without wining any of them which shows that they are not actually ready on this season and right now they are currently on the relegation with Burley and Sheffield United.

Although Luton was a very strong team in seasons back and I love there performance then but the performance I'm seeing in them this season is not encouraging at all and they will be meeting arsenal on there next match and with arsenal performance that matche is going to be one of the easiest match they have played on this season because if they were able to perform the way they did on there match against Manchester City you can imagine how there match against Luton will be.

[Altryist]

You're absolutely right. Three of these teams will definitely have a tough games ahead despite Liverpool seems to have a weaker team compared to the team Arsenal and Man City will play. However, Atalanta is not a weak team as we are assuming. They're currently on the sixth position now in Seria A table. Klopp can not forfeit that match using second team neither.

Liverpool now seems to be the favorite judging from the game remaining. The opponent they have to play aren't too tough and even if they can win all, they should win the majority and draw some few. The race is just getting interesting and tensing with how these three teams are switching positions among themselves. Let see what Arsenal will play today.

At the end of the season there are no easy matches and easy opponents, especially when the opponents are very close and each round changes the situation in the standings. In this round, City will again have the toughest game, as they have to play Aston Villa, and Luton and Sheffield should be simple opponents, perhaps Luton will try to stay in the Premier League, but still they are a much weaker opponent than Aston Villa, who are fighting for a place in the top 4.

[Awaklara]

Since we are talking about the premier league, there are many possibilities for any team. There is a chance for a team to come back and take the title from Liverpool before the season ends. Don't forget we already saw the same story in the past, but generally, I think Liverpool is very much motivated and since Klopp is going to leave the team in the end of this season he wants to win the trophy with his team before it gets too late.
But I think the main competitor for Liverpool is currently Arsenal because now Arteta is even more experienced and he can have a better performance than last season by the player they bought.
Generally, I think predicting the winning this season can be very hard but I still go for Liverpool.

You have a point here. These three teams are Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool. All of them have a chance of winning the Premier League title this season. But the reason why it is still unpredictable is that both of them are doing well in the Premier League; in fact, they are all in their best form in the Premier League competition, and none of them want to leave the title for another team to take over. As for Liverpool, I will also say they have a high chance of winning if they will be able to continue resisting the remaining pressure from their opponents, although their only challenge now is Arsenal, and the fact that Arsenal are scared of making the same mistake as last season makes it more challenging for them, so I will also go for Liverpool when it comes to the predicting or giving them a high chance of winning the title this season.

Liverpool experienced a more consistent increase in performance than last season. It's still too early to predict the champion. I think this season's EPL will be exciting again to determine the champion. The three teams will be quite determined to appear consistent. no one will give up looking at their last few matches and of course also from the current point difference.
the championship will only belong to the team that is more consistent in their game. It won't be easy for the three of them to complete the competition. Liverpool is ahead in points, but it is possible that Arsenal can overcome the points difference in the remaining matches.

[Abu-Naim]

It will be interesting to see how Man City plays against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Manchester City played good football against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium, and if not for a club like Arsenal, Manchester City would have won that match. With what Manchester City played against Arsenal, they are the favorites to win this match. Aston Villa's performance has reduced, and they cannot compete with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City deserves to be favorites in today’s match against Aston Villa even though Aston Villa is also in good shape at this moment and they are just five points behind City, a win for Aston Villa will actually help Arsenal
And Liverpool, but losing at home for Manchester City will be hard especially as they are behind Arsenal and Liverpool.
I am expecting Manchester City to go almost all matches winning streak as they used to do every end of the season. They will wants to win so that whenever Arsenal or Liverpool drop points, they will have advantage of moving up to the top of the table.

[LGD2Business]

Today, they see Arsenal as such a favorite that the betting companies didn't even give odds on their win. Even the fact that Luton Town was in the relegation zone and urgently needed to gain points wasn't enough to give them a chance. Arsenal couldn't score many goals in the last matches, but they played against very strong opponents. This time, we may see a scenario like one of the old high-scoring matches against a weak opponent again. I expect a different Arsenal victory and they will be at the top even if they have one more matches again.

[hahay]

Today, they see Arsenal as such a favorite that the betting companies didn't even give odds on their win. Even the fact that Luton Town was in the relegation zone and urgently needed to gain points wasn't enough to give them a chance. Arsenal couldn't score many goals in the last matches, but they played against very strong opponents. This time, we may see a scenario like one of the old high-scoring matches against a weak opponent again. I expect a different Arsenal victory and they will be at the top even if they have one more matches again.

Obviously, there is no chance for Luton to beat or just hold Arsenal to a draw because afterall, Arsenal will also play at home so there is no reason for Arsenal to fail to beat Luton in this home match. But indeed, although Luton is only a team in the relegationzone, but in their firstmeeting thisseason, the fact is that Luton managed to make a surprise too. Because after all, Luton was also able to make 3 goals against Arsenal in the first meeting this season but indeed, in the end Luton still lost because Arsenal also managed to make 4 goals in that match. Therefore, at least Luton sometimes still has a good effort to provide resistance to Arsenal but even so, ofcourse Arsenal will still succeed in defeating Luton because it has a much different quality.

[Palakka]

Manchester City deserves to be favorites in today’s match against Aston Villa even though Aston Villa is also in good shape at this moment and they are just five points behind City, a win for Aston Villa will actually help Arsenal
And Liverpool, but losing at home for Manchester City will be hard especially as they are behind Arsenal and Liverpool.
I am expecting Manchester City to go almost all matches winning streak as they used to do every end of the season. They will wants to win so that whenever Arsenal or Liverpool drop points, they will have advantage of moving up to the top of the table.

Manchester City currently really needs a win to be able to keep their chances of winning the Premier League this season, facing Aston Villa will certainly be a difficult match for Manchester City even though Manchester City Is actually very favored in the match, Manchester City is currently only 3 points behind Liverpool who is the leader of the standings and that is why if 3 points later must be obtained by Manchester City over Aston Villa.

Aston Villa, which Is currently also on a mission to defend the top 4, of course does not want to just lose the game, at this time I think Aston Villa of course still really wants to put pressure on Manchester City who are above it, but the mission to stay away from Tottenham pursuit is their current target, after Tottenham failed to win full points over West ham yesterday, now the gap between Totttenham and Aston Villa is quite close with only 2 points left, but still Aston Villa can be chased if they later get a defeat in the match, the match between manchester City and Aston Villa will be like a big team match because of their good performance so far.

[TastyChillySauce00]

It will be interesting to see how Man City plays against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Manchester City played good football against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium, and if not for a club like Arsenal, Manchester City would have won that match. With what Manchester City played against Arsenal, they are the favorites to win this match. Aston Villa's performance has reduced, and they cannot compete with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester city was not doing so well in the previous match. Haaland was nowhere to be found and it makes him feel so frustrated in that game, many parties were mocking him caused by he was rarely appearing in the game against arsenal since there were two defenders guard him. CIty needs to stop relying on him at upfront and try out a new strategy which will help him by putting more attackers instead of let haaland stand and play alone at upfront, haaland needs someone to help him. Instead of just leaving him alone upfront like when city used 4-1-4-1, they should use a 4-3-3 attacking formation to get more attackers in on the action.

City's got a tough game coming up against Aston Villa and pep shall reconsider in playing fully offensive against villa. Im sure villa will use low block strategy and this can be an opportunity for city to win the game, and I think it'll be easier than the games against Arsenal and Liverpool. But yeah for some reasons, City's still doing pretty well, so they just need to push themselves to play beyond their limts and attack with everything they've got to ensure the club can get three points. that will be very helpful for the club

So, my advice to City must be using 4-3-3 attack formation, play with four backs, and just go all out on attack against aston villa. that's the only way for city to win the game. Through this way city'll have a greater chance of scoring more goals and winning the game.
      

[Weawant]

It will be interesting to see how Man City plays against Villa tonight... Bookmakers certainly make City favourites in this match, but their last game against Arsenal wasn't a sure thing... Now Villa shows not bad results and is close to Man City in the standings... Perhaps this match will be similar to yesterday's Newcastle vs Everton match...

Manchester City played good football against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium, and if not for a club like Arsenal, Manchester City would have won that match. With what Manchester City played against Arsenal, they are the favorites to win this match. Aston Villa's performance has reduced, and they cannot compete with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

Reflecting back on the game between Manchester city and Arsenal, I wouldn't give Manchester city or Arsenal enough credit because all I saw was two teams just been too careful and it actually didn't get them much, some how I still feel if Manchester city had played much better they would have been able to defeat Arsenal, the defense of Arsenal was actually relatively good but then I think there were possibility of penetration by Manchester city but they were unable to create the chances and use it well enough.

After such a draw that has caused Manchester city to be a step below Arsenal and two steps away from Liverpool at the top I don't think pep will allow his team suffer a loss or get a draw in their next fixture and it's considered to be a team that isn't really tough enough to get Manchester city on their toes or get them playing carful like they did against Arsenal, Manchester city has a better attacking orientation but they weren't all in with it against Arsenal so I don't think they would do less against villa, they have something at stake in this case they will just have to win and hope Arsenal losses or probably gets a draw that way they will get a chance to displace Arsenal.

If Manchester city gets to win Aston villa which they are most very likely to do, they are going to have 67 points keeping them points ahead of Aston villa and probably.l a point ahead of Arsenal if Arsenal gets to draw but two points ahead of Arsenal if they happen to loose so either ways if Arsenal fails to win Manchester city is definitely going to displace them almost immediately on the table.

[Franctoshi]

Manchester City currently really needs a win to be able to keep their chances of winning the Premier League this season, facing Aston Villa will certainly be a difficult match for Manchester City even though Manchester City Is actually very favored in the match, Manchester City is currently only 3 points behind Liverpool who is the leader of the standings and that is why if 3 points later must be obtained by Manchester City over Aston Villa.

Aston Villa, which Is currently also on a mission to defend the top 4, of course does not want to just lose the game, at this time I think Aston Villa of course still really wants to put pressure on Manchester City who are above it, but the mission to stay away from Tottenham pursuit is their current target, after Tottenham failed to win full points over West ham yesterday, now the gap between Totttenham and Aston Villa is quite close with only 2 points left, but still Aston Villa can be chased if they later get a defeat in the match, the match between manchester City and Aston Villa will be like a big team match because of their good performance so far.

Aston Villa is a strong opponent side for Manchester City to win, Manchester City is 3rd in the league and Aston Villa is 4th, regardless of City playing host of this game, and even though they drew their last game with Arsenal.  The league is currently at the point of its crucial stage and every team is playing to secure a position in the league, basically teams that wants to play in the EUFA Champions League, Europa Cup, and the teams that are trying to escape being relegated, so that keeps every team awake at this moment and none of the teams are to be taken for granted because the game isn't normal as usual.


 

[QueenVera]

Tottenham failed to continue to get closer to Aston Villa after they failed to get points in the game against West Ham, at this time I think it will be difficult for Tottenham to be able to compete in the Champions League zone if later Manchester City loses to Aston Villa, Aston Villa who are now in the top 4 are still able to keep a distance from Tottenham with 2 points,  Facing Manchester City is of course not easy but I think Aston Villa still has a great chance to get 3 points, because Aston Villa's performance this season is quite promising and they will also potentially surprise Manchester City who previously also got negative results.

I don't know why you are too sure if Manchester United will be the second team to play in the Europa League next season, but I think their chances of breaking into the Europa League zone are very small, because currently Tottenham is still very firmly in the Europa League zone and of course Manchester United still has competition with Westham to reach the Europa League zone,  I think if you say that through the ticket allotments given to the winners of the Carabao Cup and the FA, of course it is also uncertain because at the moment the competition is still running and all possibilities can still happen in my opinion.

The match between West Ham and Tottenham is one match that was majorly for an European qualification spot and we all expected to see a winner from that match. Well the result happened to end in a 1-1 daw and that’s quite disappointing for both teams as it reduces their chances of advancing forward. Though they both gained one point apiece from this fixture.

 West Ham after falling to Newcastle over the weekend were seen to be big needers of this win against Tottenham and many expected them to get all 3 points. Tottenham got the lead but they were able to level it just before halftim and cAme into the 2nd half and were only able to secure just a point from this fixture. This one point gain and 2 points loss keeps the fAr away from Tottenham and also keeps the hopes for the teams beneath them to be able to come and surpass them. For Tottenham this draw is a big blow as it now gives Man United the confidence of being able to catch up with them.

 ⁠All the teams can still compete for the least European spot but I think Manchester United might not be able to make it to the top 5 since I think we’ll be having 5 English clubs in next season’s ucl. Well Manchester United and looking at her remaining 9 fixtures, you’ll have this sort of doubt on their ability to make it to the UCL spot. Well the EPL is full o competition and we’ll love to see how this one ends between these teams.

[tusandii]

Since we are talking about the premier league, there are many possibilities for any team. There is a chance for a team to come back and take the title from Liverpool before the season ends. Don't forget we already saw the same story in the past, but generally, I think Liverpool is very much motivated and since Klopp is going to leave the team in the end of this season he wants to win the trophy with his team before it gets too late.
But I think the main competitor for Liverpool is currently Arsenal because now Arteta is even more experienced and he can have a better performance than last season by the player they bought.
Generally, I think predicting the winning this season can be very hard but I still go for Liverpool.

On the one hand, sometimes I hope that Arteta can make Arsenal lift the trophy this season in the EPL. But on the one hand, I also feel that Klopp deserves to have precious memories with Liverpool this season as Klopp's last season with Liverpool. So I also hope that Liverpool will win the title this season. but if you look at Arsenal's current performance then I also feel that Arsenal is the real challenger this season for Liverpool. But Man City could also repeat their success like last season. Last season Arsenal also almost won the title but Man City overtook them at the last moment. Yes, it is a very painful memory for Arteta but he must also be proud of being able to take Arsenal that far last season. So Arteta is more motivated this season to win.

It is a little difficult to say between these 3 clubs which club will be worthy of winning the PL title this season, while these 3 clubs both have the same chance and also deserve to win the title this season.
Liverpool is trying to get first place to get the title as the best prize before Klopp leaves the club, while Arteta wants revenge for last season which was thwarted by Manchester City when they were very close to first place but Manchester City overtook Arsenal at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola is still the best PL coach owned by Manchester City, who is always ready and wants to dominate the PL title every season with the right strategy to beat his opponents.
Difficulties always occur when these 3 clubs both want the PL title with their own drive and I am still confident that Manchester City will eventually take first place in the points table.