Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Stable090]

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

It’s obvious that it was a mistake from him. Chelsea is having just three matches left, and if they can win all three matches they are having left, they will be having just 9 points. Chelsea is currently having 54 points, so if all their three matches left are played and they win, they will be having 63 points, so there is no way they can get to 4th position. Aston Villa is already having 67 points, so even if they can’t win any of the matches they are having left, Chelsea can’t take over their position. I don’t really think it’s going to be easy for Chelsea to end the season in the top 5, but if they keep on with their good performance and Newcastle lose at least a match, then they will be able to end the season in the top 6.

[iBaba]

You are right. Man United don't only have bad quality of attackers, they also have bad defenders. The number of conceded goals in this season describes how bad the quality of Man United defense. How can the conceded goals higher than the number of goals they made? This is a really big problem for Ten Hag, he didn't have enough good defenders. If Man United always have a problem on the defense line, they will never be a stronger team. If I were him, I will rebuild the defense line, I will change all the current defenders.

However, the attacking line is performing very badly. If we look at the stats, Man United only can score 52 goals so far. This is the lowest number of goals among the top teams in EPL. Even Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Chelsea can score more than 70 goals. I think the main problem of the attacking of Man United is about the striker (CF). Hojlund still can't play as a real machine goal, his stats of scoring goals looks too badly.

Manchester United made my day the worst yesterday with their lack of ability to prove their capacity and capability as an elite club. Rather they gave the world more reasons to be disappointed at Manchester United for their oftentimes unreliable and poor outcome of matches. When Manchester united was fixtured with the Crystal Palace for this very match, I had much hopes on the Manchester United guys to win against the Crystal Palace but reverse was the case with Crystal Palace lashing out the laziness of the Manchester United with a 4 goals over none. Now Manchester United will remain a their 8 position in the table standing of the league.

[Antotena]

The decline in Tottenham's performance towards the end of this season has been unexpected, considering their strong start. Initially, everyone anticipated Tottenham finishing in the top four given their impressive early-season displays. However, recent losses have dashed those hopes, leaving fans perplexed about the team's sudden downturn. It's puzzling to see a team with such promise performing poorly at this stage.

Tottenham made me realize that too much expectations might bring you nothing but a complete disappointment. The new coach Agne was winning matches and gave everyone hope of doing what Kane and last coaches couldn't do, I never knew it was PR in the beginning, it has now that everyone eyes is now clear and we are seeing the real Tottenham and it was even worse in that last week's until they turn up on Manchester united in the last match.

On the other hand, I don't think Chelsea is trying to fight for top four. With only three matches left in the season and a considerable 12-point gap between them and the fourth-placed team, it appears impossible for Chelsea to secure a Champions League spot. Their focus may be towards securing a place in the Europa, given their current form. While Champions League qualification seems out of reach, Chelsea still has an opportunity to salvage their season by clinching a spot in the Europa League.

How will Chelsea fight for top four with 3 games left, how are they going to even perform that magic, let's even assume they are going to win the 3 matches and get 9 points, they wouldn't beat the current points of Aston Villa. If they try their best here, they can actually go for Europa League but we both know Chelsea has nothing in the bag to give at this points, it's just a paparazzi that will soon fade out.

[ancafe]

Chelsea is the same as Manchester United. They need a lot of budget to build a great squad, not just about expensive players who are unable to make a good contribution. Both teams have been equally bad in recent seasons, but if they truly have a long-term project then I'm sure improvement can be expected.

If you look at Chelsea spending on players in the previous transfer market, they were very enthusiastic and the club owner had even spent a lot of money on player recruitment. But speaking of expectations, it is far from expected because even though you have spent a lot of money, it does not provide maximum results. I agree with you, that it is not a question of expensive players, but rather how the two teams can find the players they need.

That's what neither team did and they bought players who were unable to contribute to the team. I think this is something that needs to be studied and for next season the two teams must really look for the players they need, not players who have high value. Manchester United failed in many ways this season and vice versa with Chelsea, so they must try to do better next season.

[baeva]

Apart from the attack line, Manchester United also has weaknesses in the defense line if you check the standings you will see that the number of conceded is higher than scored and it is the worst record compared to the other 8 teams. Indeed, this season Manchester United experienced several internal problems such as injuries and several cases which impacts their performance. Next season is the right time to improve the team it's just that we don't know whether the owner is willing to provide a budget because last season they spent a lot of money but the results were not optimal. I think in order to be able to compete with other teams next season the owner must prepare funds of at least 300-500 million.

You are right. Man United don't only have bad quality of attackers, they also have bad defenders. The number of conceded goals in this season describes how bad the quality of Man United defense. How can the conceded goals higher than the number of goals they made? This is a really big problem for Ten Hag, he didn't have enough good defenders. If Man United always have a problem on the defense line, they will never be a stronger team. If I were him, I will rebuild the defense line, I will change all the current defenders.

However, the attacking line is performing very badly. If we look at the stats, Man United only can score 52 goals so far. This is the lowest number of goals among the top teams in EPL. Even Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Chelsea can score more than 70 goals. I think the main problem of the attacking of Man United is about the striker (CF). Hojlund still can't play as a real machine goal, his stats of scoring goals looks too badly.

They should change the coach completely, then both the offensive and defensive lines will be drastically rebuilt. What Ten Hag is doing hasn't worked for more than one season, in case anyone hasn't noticed yet. So I think most of the problems will be solved once they change coaches, which I understand they are not going to do.

[Dzwaafu11]

Tottenham's performance has not been that good recently; they are no longer performing the same way as they were at the beginning of the season, and Chelsea have shown some consistency recently. I think Chelsea are fighting to end the season at the top 4 in the table, and with all indications, I think they can continue performing this way. I believe they will do it, though I can’t guarantee Chelsea a win against Tottenham because Tottenham are also not a team to underestimate, and they won't want Chelsea to take over, so let's wait and see what Chelsea will do at the end of the season, since they have been improving. Let's see if they are going to continue this way till the end of the season. 

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment? After all, if for example Aston Villa lose the remaining three matches this season and Chelsea win the remaining three matches this season, in fact Chelsea will only be able to get a total of 63 points. But in reality, Aston Villa currently have 67 points and thus, expecting Chelsea to end this season in the top four is just a delusion.

Unless, about the chance to finish in the top five or top six, at least Chelsea still has a chance about that position but in the existing calculations too, I think Chelsea has no have a good chance of being able to finish in fifth position. But obviously, if Chelsea's chance to finish in sixth place is of course, Chelsea still has a good chance to be able to finish in sixth place by overtaking Newcastle but still not easy, of course.

It was a mistake, and I have made the correction, man. Though I was to write 6th or 5th and not the 4th that you saw I wrote earlier because I can also testify that even if Chelsea win their remaining matches, they will still not get that position that I mistakenly put. Furthermore, we are not sure if they will be able to secure those points and get to that point either, so I can also give them hope of getting the top 5 or 6 in the sense that their previous matches show that they are improving in their performances, so we should be expecting more from them.

You are right. Man United don't only have bad quality of attackers, they also have bad defenders. The number of conceded goals in this season describes how bad the quality of Man United defense. How can the conceded goals higher than the number of goals they made? This is a really big problem for Ten Hag, he didn't have enough good defenders. If Man United always have a problem on the defense line, they will never be a stronger team. If I were him, I will rebuild the defense line, I will change all the current defenders.

However, the attacking line is performing very badly. If we look at the stats, Man United only can score 52 goals so far. This is the lowest number of goals among the top teams in EPL. Even Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Chelsea can score more than 70 goals. I think the main problem of the attacking of Man United is about the striker (CF). Hojlund still can't play as a real machine goal, his stats of scoring goals looks too badly.

I think Manchester United have many problems when it comes to players. Seriously, they have to make many changes if they really want to get the team back to normal performance and strength. because, I did not see how a team will take strong without a good defenders and the attacking position is weak, and the fact that this are the key position to make team looks strong, so I think Ten Hag need to make the changes against next season. so they can start next season with good players. 

[Falconer]

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You are right. Man United don't only have bad quality of attackers, they also have bad defenders. The number of conceded goals in this season describes how bad the quality of Man United defense. How can the conceded goals higher than the number of goals they made? This is a really big problem for Ten Hag, he didn't have enough good defenders. If Man United always have a problem on the defense line, they will never be a stronger team. If I were him, I will rebuild the defense line, I will change all the current defenders.

However, the attacking line is performing very badly. If we look at the stats, Man United only can score 52 goals so far. This is the lowest number of goals among the top teams in EPL. Even Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Chelsea can score more than 70 goals. I think the main problem of the attacking of Man United is about the striker (CF). Hojlund still can't play as a real machine goal, his stats of scoring goals looks too badly.

I admit that many fans are very unhappy with Manchester United's recent achievements with Ten Hag. Goal productivity is not good, while the defense is very bad. But basically the players' roles are correct, it's just that sometimes I don't see their midfielders really helping the center forward to score goals.

You definitely know what I mean and of course this is about the lack of good cooperation between the players in the squad. Bruno Fernandes scores more goals than center forward Rasmus Højlund and that is not a coincidence but an impression that Bruno does not support other players to score goals. Bruno's role tends to be like a second striker instead of an attacking midfielder, but that makes it very difficult for the center forward to score goals which makes the team's goal productivity low.

[red4slash]

Tottenham's performance has not been that good recently; they are no longer performing the same way as they were at the beginning of the season, and Chelsea have shown some consistency recently. I think Chelsea are fighting to end the season at the top 4 in the table, and with all indications, I think they can continue performing this way. I believe they will do it, though I can’t guarantee Chelsea a win against Tottenham because Tottenham are also not a team to underestimate, and they won't want Chelsea to take over, so let's wait and see what Chelsea will do at the end of the season, since they have been improving. Let's see if they are going to continue this way till the end of the season. 

This is a basic problem that Tottenham cannot fix in recent seasons from the era of Pochettino, Conte to the current Ange Postecoglou Tottenham problems are always irreparable because at the end of the season they seem to run out of gas and cannot do much in defending the results of the match.
Even though seeing their performance at the beginning of this season Tottenham have a lot of momentum to make them more comfortable in a decent position but for now they are a little troubled by the performance problems that occur.

The results are not too good from Aston Villa, it should be used as a spirit of encouragement for them to be able to get full points to shift position to 4 but Tottenham's performance in the last 3 matches is really bad which makes them apart from failing to make a breakthrough in the top 4 at the moment if their situation continues like this it is not impossible that they will also be overtaken by Newcastle later.

[entertheabyss]

This is a basic problem that Tottenham cannot fix in recent seasons from the era of Pochettino, Conte to the current Ange Postecoglou Tottenham problems are always irreparable because at the end of the season they seem to run out of gas and cannot do much in defending the results of the match.
Even though seeing their performance at the beginning of this season Tottenham have a lot of momentum to make them more comfortable in a decent position but for now they are a little troubled by the performance problems that occur.

The results are not too good from Aston Villa, it should be used as a spirit of encouragement for them to be able to get full points to shift position to 4 but Tottenham's performance in the last 3 matches is really bad which makes them apart from failing to make a breakthrough in the top 4 at the moment if their situation continues like this it is not impossible that they will also be overtaken by Newcastle later.

Spurs are relenting when it comes to top race to retain a position for the Europa. However they can still push for excellent improvement. Tottenham can not lift major title because they're not ready. The board is not ready to fixed the club entirely, it's not all about making changes when it comes to coaches but spreading to other sectors of the club, ensuring to have backup replacement for their players and doing the ultimate targets by making potential signings, players with good vision will really help the club.

[Hyphen(-)]

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

Irrespective of the points gap, the remaining matches speaks a lot about it, they have no chance to make it to even fifth position because Tottenham will definitely step up because they have started seeing signs that if they are not serious, they might lose their chance of even playing in the Europa League since they have already missed out of the champions league spot fight; although if Aston Villa can lose all their remaining matches and Tottenham will win all their remaining three matches, they can qualify but if Aston Villa win any match, it is over for Tottenham as they only have the chance to play in the Europa League. And for Chelsea, no, they still need more effort to make it to the Europa league.

[temple]

Crystal Palace have been playing well at home this season... In recent home matches they managed to beat Newcastle, West Ham and even scored two goals against Man City... To be honest, I don't understand why bookmakers make Man U the clear favourites either... Probably Man U have more motivation, because there is a very small chance to qualify for Europe next season, but Crystal Palace are definitely not an easy opponent...

Manchester United still has great enthusiasm and motivation in winning today's match in order to return to being in the top six even though it will still be quite difficult for them to be in the top five this season. However, it is true, as you said, that Crystal Palace is a team that sometimes likes to provide unexpected surprises at home, so any opponent who faces them must of course be more careful if they don't want to lose the match. And today Manchester United will prove themselves to be able to win at home to Crystal Palace.

It is one of the most disappointing teams ever. It is Manchester United and they are still struggling so hard. It is one of the richest teams in the Premier League and yet they are faltering all the time. Usually, Manchester United is the "Sir Alex Ferguson" team that everyone remembers and now they are mostly trash. I am still of the opinion that ten Hag is the wrong guy, but by now no real top coach would be willing to take on the challenge and bring them back to where they belong. Damn, I wonder what Ferguson is sometimes thinking when he watches the games.

Just heard that on the latest interview from ten hag if he said everything to the INEOS to ensure his position as a head coach of manchester united. This is bullshit! I meant if INEOS will keep him for another season then i may not watch manchester united's live gameplay. Im hoping if that news is not true but let's see what's gonna be the final decision from INEOS.
It seems to me that if glazer is not even willing to keep him for another season. Things may be different when it comes to the end of season. I hope INOES will not continue to extend ten hag.

It's BS if we will see ten hag's face to stay in united for another season. Manchester united needs a new manager for this. DAMN! i can't even imagine how bad united next season. Ten hag has planned to get rid a lot of players out from the squad.
United shall know that if the main problem was ten hag.

They will remain a team that is playing subpar. Ten Hag got lucky back at the time to get this job, but he is one of the worst coaches ever.

I don't like Ronaldo as a person although I respect him as a player and what he has done for his clubs, but by now I think that ten Hag really fucked him up when he was playing for Manchester United. It's unbelievable how ten Hag is making teams worse.

It's a sad story how a club like Manchester United is doing and why they don't draw consequences. Hopefully INEOS decides to sack him.

[EL MOHA]

They should change the coach completely, then both the offensive and defensive lines will be drastically rebuilt. What Ten Hag is doing hasn't worked for more than one season, in case anyone hasn't noticed yet. So I think most of the problems will be solved once they change coaches, which I understand they are not going to do.

I am always baffled as to vie many of you think that most of Manchester United problem will be solved when they let go of the coach Erik Ten hag. Yes the coach hasn’t performed well but have all thought of the past, most of the departed coaches weren’t just a bunch of average players but world class coaches and they had problems with getting Manchester United back to the glory days and fail with most of this players too. This hasn’t worked because they are players in the club that think they are better and to me need to go because even if they bring another coach they will still exhibit same character after few games

I like the way the new share older is actually restructuring the club from the top where decision making is taking place, after that then he can move move ahead to other areas

[AYOBA]

Manchester united problem is something else because they have continued to change players and coaches since Fergie left the club but all to no avail. It's quite sad to witness a once giant of the game even at the world level to be so belittled by so many little teams because I believe if Manchester united were in good shape, crystal palace would never had won that game with such huge margin.

The lack of inconsistent is part of the Manchester united problem not the only the players and coaches that they like changed at any time they wish to. Because if we look at the their performance is not something that is straight forward, how they perform in some of their previous matches well this not how they are performing now honestly.

And one thing I always observe about the Manchester united when they come to meet with the big team they will make sure that they hold them well and win the match or lead the game to the draw, but if it's a weak team that people will ne expect a good outcome from them is that they will fuck up the same thing to thier yesterday match against crystal palace. Their next match is against Arsenal again which another double pressure, because I don't think they will have single goals against arsenal.

[Yogee]

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ETH intends to overhaul his team again. That's a crazy idea from him, especially since ten hag wasn't good enough to buy the players.

Onana = FLOP
Mount = FLOP
Antony = FLOP

Easy there hehe. It will be crazy if he'll be allowed for another major overhaul after assembling this team in the first place. Onana is probably the biggest disappointment this season and his early blunders in all competitions set this team for failure. He's overtaken Maguire.

[Weawant]

Manchester united problem is something else because they have continued to change players and coaches since Fergie left the club but all to no avail. It's quite sad to witness a once giant of the game even at the world level to be so belittled by so many little teams because I believe if Manchester united were in good shape, crystal palace would never had won that game with such huge margin.

I understand your point and it's very valid for a team thst was seen as elites across Europe and beyond and now they are not even able to compete with average enough to winning them I think it's really a thing of concern because the decline has lasted longer than expected, unlike other top European teams who once experience decline they at some point later got better in their form and they later came back in their form.

Manchester united needs time and a Coach that will be able to help them build up the team once again and get them back to their glory days where they will be able to win games and possibly trophies as well, Manchester united has failed to be able to get this done and rather getting coach who are just wanting to win trophies even without trying to build a team that's capable of that with strategies thst will definitely get to work for them, even the players at some point do appear  like they aren't playing to even win or get the team back on their form because they don't look good in their form.

Crystal palace is a team that shouldn't be a team that will defeat Manchester united in such a way that the margin is that big and they are now appearing too weak that they are not even going to qualify for the champions league and most likely Europa and I think nit will be very important that ten hag should be sacked and then get a good coach that will help this team to be able to build up and get back in form again.

[TastyChillySauce00]

When Pochettino arrived, everyone believed Chelsea would once again compete for the Premier League title they had long dreamed of. But what happened to Chelsea, Pochettino's strategy did not work, they had difficulty winning and only sat in the middle of the standings,
but towards the end of the season Chelsea as many people expected played with Pochettino's strategic tactics which many fans wanted.
Yes, many fans hope that Chelsea can play in the Europa League because it is very unlikely that they will play in the Champions League, and hope to overtake the 2 teams above them at the end of the season.

I wanted to say it's just a dream Chelsea will play in Europa League, but after I check the table, surprisingly Chelsea already reach 7th ranks, I remember they were at 10th ranks lol. They still have a chance, but they also need to hope both Tottenham and Newcastle to lose, the good thing Tottenham is currently declining.

that' applies only of chelsea won all of remaining games and totenham missing all of points from all of remaining games. The chance is very small for chelsea to qualify for the europa league but it's still there. In this case, it's hard to imagine totenham and newcastle to lose together.
Newcastle is gonna face a mediocre team like MU soon. I expect three points for the newcastle. It's likely that if newcastle is one who will qualify for europa league.

Chelsea will meet Nottingham, Brighton and Bournemouth, IMO Chelsea will beat all of them.

It sounds EZ fixtures for chelsea but newcastle is also gonna have almost same fixtures too.

[Ndabagi01]

Tottenham's performance has not been that good recently; they are no longer performing the same way as they were at the beginning of the season, and Chelsea have shown some consistency recently. I think Chelsea are fighting to end the season at the top 5 in the table, and with all indications, I think they can continue performing this way. I believe they can do  it, though I can’t guarantee Chelsea a win against Tottenham because Tottenham are also not a team to underestimate, and they won't want Chelsea to take over, so let's wait and see what Chelsea will do at the end of the season, since they have been improving. Let's see if they are going to continue this way till the end of the season.

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

I can't even believe that Chelsea will be where they are now on the table with their disappointing form that even the coach can't predict when they're going to perform better. I know the fans just want some magic to happen this season but this is the end of the magic for Chelsea, if is to get to the top 4 I don't think it will happen with Newcastle who are trying to struggle their way through to the top 4 as well, I don't feel it would be that easy for the Blues.
Before the end of the season they still have one more game to lose, if I'm a fan I won't hope on them to display a better performance or I won't say they're on track like Pochettino said that the project is progressing, I don't buy that, is like he sees a better Chelsea when they win but if they lose Pochettino will say trust the process, this man should man up and face his fears.

[Sebas.tian]

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

It’s obvious that it was a mistake from him. Chelsea is having just three matches left, and if they can win all three matches they are having left, they will be having just 9 points. Chelsea is currently having 54 points, so if all their three matches left are played and they win, they will be having 63 points, so there is no way they can get to 4th position. Aston Villa is already having 67 points, so even if they can’t win any of the matches they are having left, Chelsea can’t take over their position. I don’t really think it’s going to be easy for Chelsea to end the season in the top 5, but if they keep on with their good performance and Newcastle lose at least a match, then they will be able to end the season in the top 6.

I think, it will be difficult for Chelsea to win all their remaining matches to achieve all those points, because their performance was very poor from the beginning of the tournament that made others teams to be ahead of them and it will not be easy for Chelsea to win all those matches.The team you can expect that kind of winning from is Manchester city, which many people know that they will win all their remaining matches to take that position from Arsenal to repeat what happened last season to win the premier league title again. I think, top 5 position will be impossible for Chelsea to achieve in this season, because there are still some strong teams ahead of them which they will not allow Chelsea to cross 6 or 7 position before the end of the tournament.

[klidex]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

Chelsea's performance has been inconsistent this season so it's natural that many people doubt it and perhaps don't dare to rely on Chelsea to win the remaining matches because they are worried that their performance will be disappointing, especially for people who dare to bet on Chelsea, but recently Chelsea's performance has been quite good compared to Tottenham and Aston Villa so there is nothing impossible to end the season as in the top 5 if the clubs above them lose points and don't perform well. Chelsea is in doubt but there is no harm in us trusting them again to be at the top level, Chelsea showed it towards the end of the season this is that they will finish in a better position than last season.

In the remaining three matches, Chelsea does not play with top clubs, it plays matches with mid-table clubs including Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Brighton. Chelsea should be able to play optimally by beating these 3 clubs and getting 9 points. I am very sure that Chelsea will get a different place than the current ranking, of course with the change in the 2 clubs above them if they lose points, Tottenham is facing tough matches, one of which is against Manchester City, while Newcastle is also experiencing tough matches, namely against Manchester United, so Chelsea must be able to take advantage of this opportunity. I think Chelsea can end up in the top 6 this season.