Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Rampagoe004]

If we can be observant enough, Chelsea conceded enough goals from their central back and right back which indicates the incompetence of those players handling those positions. There was lack of communication between them at that defense especially when Thiago wasn't featured in the match, mistakes upon mistakes with same thing happening during this preseason. The one defender who has been top notch the whole season has been Cucurella and they owe him a lot because he delivered on his own part.

Chelsea should work with the defenders they have now and forget buying more, let them build the connection/communication among themselves instead of adding and then lack level of commitment, loosing the ball at critical points will only send the team down the table.

I agree with you. Chelsea have serious problems in their defense. I am confused why Chelsea increase the number of goalkeepers even though currently there seems to be around 8 goalkeepers in the Chelsea squad. But it seems true what X-ray said, Chelsea increase the number of goalkeepers not only to find the best and strengthen their defense, but to do some business and get profit from the player's price.

How much do you believe in the idea that the Community Shield is not that important for Man City?
The Community Shield is not a big competition but winning the opening match of the season gives the Man City players confidence and gives them a great spirit and will definitely get a good record this season.

I agree with you. Although the Community Shield is not a prestigious trophy, there will still be motivation to get it. By winning the trophy, I think it will increase the players' confidence and will build a champion mentality to start the season well.

[Mr.right85]

There is nothing wrong with Arteta's tactics, nor is anything inherently wrong with the team. Arsenal have just one problem, and that is Manchester City, the serial winners. Look at Arsenal's stats last season, it was unbelievable, but if you want to take the title from City you have to be perfect, and that might be asking too much from Arsenal.

Pep is out of this world, his hunger to continue pushing his team is unprecedented, Arsenal are edging closer to win the league every season, they get better after every season and learn new lessons, if they are "perfect" this season, then they will be champions after a very long time.

I don't think so. This Arsenal team lacked the character, the mentality to finish what they started. Place a club like Manchester United or Liverpool were Arsenal was last season and they wouldn't lose that game to Aston Villa. So you want to put the Aston Villa lose on  who now? Pep Guardiola? That's laughable! I know quite well that Josep Pep Guardiola is good but Mikel Arteta should have done better with his squad selection during that game.

This season kicks off in the next six days, yes? I'm still rooting for gunners to win it because Liverpool and Manchester United are not even close to winning shiit.

With a new defender added to Arsenal squad, I'm expecting then to concede less number of goals than they did last season. They don't need to be perfect, they just need to bloody fight for themselves and be consistent. I still believe in my heart, gunners can win it.

One of the reasons why Arsenal didn’t win the league last season was because of the mentality they had, going to Manchester city ground to play for a draw. The mentality they took to Manchester city drowned them. They had the chance to kill the game but they didn’t. They ended up celebrating the draw while Manchester city was disappointed they didn’t beat them.

I think now they have gotten the players they needed, what they need now is the mentality. That mentality is what they need. They
need to go to games with the expectation to win and not just by hope.

And also they’re still going to make defensive errors this season even if the new defender Calafiori turns out to be a hit (because it's a given, defensive errors didn't stop Manchester City from winning the league) and they will still get the short end of the stick if they’re not clinical upfront.

[Swordsoffreedom]

How much do you believe in the idea that the Community Shield is not that important for Man City?
The Community Shield is not a big competition but winning the opening match of the season gives the Man City players confidence and gives them a great spirit and will definitely get a good record this season.

I agree with you. Although the Community Shield is not a prestigious trophy, there will still be motivation to get it. By winning the trophy, I think it will increase the players' confidence and will build a champion mentality to start the season well.

I agree with you. Although it is not a prestigious trophy, I would say it is very important. Both teams will definitely want to win this match. This can be considered as the first match of the season. The Premier League is about to start next week. For this reason, both Manchester City and Manchester United will want to increase the confidence of the players by winning this match.

Manchester United beat City in the FA Cup final to win the title. We were all surprised by the result of this match. Manchester United will certainly be looking for a similar result.

But we don't see good performance from Manchester United players in friendly matches. Their match strategy was poor as was the bonding between the players. For these reasons I have decided to bet on Manchester City to win. I don't think the City players will make any mistakes in this match. City will start the season with a win in this match.

[punk.zink]

Manchester United beat City in the FA Cup final to win the title. We were all surprised by the result of this match. Manchester United will certainly be looking for a similar result.

But we don't see good performance from Manchester United players in friendly matches. Their match strategy was poor as was the bonding between the players. For these reasons I have decided to bet on Manchester City to win. I don't think the City players will make any mistakes in this match. City will start the season with a win in this match.

The bad results obtained by Man United in the friendly match cannot actually be used as a reference that they will play badly in tonight's match because it doesn't really reflect their true strength. I think Man United was really unlucky and maybe they will lose in this match, but it's not because of the bad results they got in the friendly games, but because they couldn't play with their best squad, and what makes it worrying is that Man United lost many of their defenders.

[ajiz138]

Manchester United beat City in the FA Cup final to win the title. We were all surprised by the result of this match. Manchester United will certainly be looking for a similar result.

But we don't see good performance from Manchester United players in friendly matches. Their match strategy was poor as was the bonding between the players. For these reasons I have decided to bet on Manchester City to win. I don't think the City players will make any mistakes in this match. City will start the season with a win in this match.

The bad results obtained by Man United in the friendly match cannot actually be used as a reference that they will play badly in tonight's match because it doesn't really reflect their true strength. I think Man United was really unlucky and maybe they will lose in this match, but it's not because of the bad results they got in the friendly games, but because they couldn't play with their best squad, and what makes it worrying is that Man United lost many of their defenders.

Leny Yoro and Rasmus Hojlund are out due to injury.

Some important players won't be playing tonight, so as far as Erik Ten Hag is concerned, he will probably give his best against Manchester City and I don't think they can beat them again for the second time so this time the result will be different.

Looking at the odds in the bookies' market, the 1.59 that Manchester City have and the 5.10 that Manchester United have is clearly not the favorite.

[Cryptmuster]

I agree with you. Although it is not a prestigious trophy, I would say it is very important. Both teams will definitely want to win this match. This can be considered as the first match of the season. The Premier League is about to start next week. For this reason, both Manchester City and Manchester United will want to increase the confidence of the players by winning this match.

Manchester United beat City in the FA Cup final to win the title. We were all surprised by the result of this match. Manchester United will certainly be looking for a similar result.

But we don't see good performance from Manchester United players in friendly matches. Their match strategy was poor as was the bonding between the players. For these reasons I have decided to bet on Manchester City to win. I don't think the City players will make any mistakes in this match. City will start the season with a win in this match.

This trophy is important for both teams, City will want to prove that the defeat in the Cup final was an accident, and for Manchester United it is important to gain confidence at the beginning of the season, although if we evaluate the current state of the teams, I would say that Manchester United has much more problems, in particular due to injuries.

City are my favorites in this match, and the odds of 1.66 also confirm this. This will be the official start of the new season and starting it with winning a new trophy in my opinion would be a great start. So I expect City to win and I also expect City to score at least two goals, Manchester United have problems with defense, and they have not solved the problem with the goalkeeper, Onana often makes a lot of mistakes, I think City will take advantage of this.

[Mr.right85]

Basically Arsenal became one of the teams that had a high transfer value and thus, it was proven at least in the last two seasons that Arsenal managed to compete for trophies in the Premier League. After all, if for example Arsenal were unable to do that, then Arteta should have been fired. But yes,because so far Arteta has still managed to make Arsenal have a good performance and although there is no trophy obtained by Arsenal, but at least there will  still be a chance for Arsenal to get the best results next season maybe with a trophy too.

But about the big win Arsenal got against Bayer Leverkusen, I personally don't consider it a good or impressive result because after all, they only play in friendly matches that cannot be used as a reference. After all, if you compare the victory against Bayer Leverkusen,then of course Atalanta is still the best, because Atalanta managed to beat Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final,  unlike Arsenal who only won in a friendly match. lol

But even though it was only a pre-season match, I think it's natural that we were all impressed by the game Arsenal displayed in this friendly match. In the first half Arsenal really played very well. They managed to take advantage of opportunities well enough so that they managed to get 3 goals in the first half. Arteta has indeed succeeded in building the Arsenal squad to become stronger every season. And yes, that's why Arteta is very trusted there and in fact I'm sure we all here also really appreciate Arteta who has succeeded in making Arsenal always compete in the race for the title. I think this season Arsenal will probably try to get their hands on the trophy. Because I think they deserve it.

Arsenal are strengthening their squad ahead of the season. These new additions would require adjustment to a new league, and are here to replace aging or injured players who have enjoyed knowledge of the league.
While Manchester City don't have to change last season's squad much except for KDB and where injury forced them. They have time to integrate their new additions.

And also, why do you think that Arsenal will win the league if Manchester City had one of their fewest total points tally last season & Arsenal couldn't usurp them? I predicted Arsenal as second but again I wouldn't be surprised of Liverpool overtakes them as 2nd & there's ample evidence/logic to that.

I think Arteta will have to move differently this season, if he wants to win the league. Arteta needs to make decisions quicker. It takes him like 3-4 games before he arrests a situation.

Manchester City will have periods in the season where they will drop points, Arsenal should be capitalizing on every single slip up. That’s the only way.

[barisbilgili]

Leny Yoro and Rasmus Hojlund are out due to injury.

Some important players won't be playing tonight, so as far as Erik Ten Hag is concerned, he will probably give his best against Manchester City and I don't think they can beat them again for the second time so this time the result will be different.

Looking at the odds in the bookies' market, the 1.59 that Manchester City have and the 5.10 that Manchester United have is clearly not the favorite.

The betting exchange is too fond of Manchester City and I think that's reasonable because if you look at the overall development of these two teams, Manchester City is still far superior to Manchester United, but you also have to know that this is a prestigious Derby match so anything is possible in a match that is played with high tension

I think Rasmus Hojlund's injury will have a big impact on the Man United team and indeed if you look at the overall Man United team's bad luck has continued since last season, so many of their main players are injured so that is always a problem for Ten Hag making it difficult for him to develop this team.

[bestcoins1]

Defense is still a weak point that Chelsea must improve and this was seen not only during pre-season but also in the competition that took place last season. Chelsea did not prioritize these positions to be improved and instead they bought several players who were not quite right last season so there were many positions that did not work optimally when they played. Cucurella showed his best abilities in pre-season but he did not control the defensive position himself without the support of other players.

This season Chelsea still has a lot of work to fix this position even though Chelsea may not have much time left, but overall Chelsea still has the opportunity to maximize their defensive position before starting their first match in this new season. I also quite regret Chelsea's condition last season which could not make significant improvements in their own team and it is very much hoped that this season Chelsea can be better through their revival in the Premier League.

[Richbased]

Actually, the FA Community Shield is not that important for Manchester City and if they lose then there is no loss felt by Manchester City.

You can't really say that the community shield is not important to Manchester City because this is literally the first match of the season so it will be bad if they have a bad start and it will also be bad if a team like Manchester City who have won the premier league for Four consecutive seasons is not able to win the community shield and moreover, the last time they met Manchester United was in the F.A cup finals last season of which Manchester United won them so i don't think they can allow two consecutive win by Manchester United.

Indeed, Ten Hag looks quite optimistic to be able to get win in this match and he looks very enthusiastic in trying to beat Manchester City even though we all know that Manchester United performance can't actually surpass Manchester City.
But there is indeed chance for them to win the match, just like when they were in the FA Cup final where Manchester City didn't seem to play optimally and didn't look like team that was trying to get win because the FA Cup was not the goals for Manchester City.
In match like this for the FA Community Shield I doubt if I have to make Manchester City the favorite, maybe there will be surprise like the match in the FA Cup final.

The community shield may not be that important for the both teams but Eric Ten Haag may not take it seriously as he did last season in the F. A cup finals against Manchester City but however, this is the first game of the season so both teams are expected to have a good start but whatever the outcome of the match today would be, good luck to the Manchester derby teams. I don't think there is anything special about the community shield so I expect a fair play from both teams regardless of who is gonna win at the end of the game today.

[naira]

Well, I'm glad there are those who think the same way where it could be like money laundering because it really doesn't make sense in their main squad they have 43 players and we know that many players will not be used for a full season. Usually for a main team they only have 22 players or less that includes their reserve players but here we see Chelsea there is an indirect oddity.

Todd Boehly is known as a successful businessman but he still lacks experience in this field compared to other club owners and he seems mediocre with the management's attitude of taking some useless players. I hope there will be further investigation for Chelsea because everyone has also started to suspect them.

The number of players will still increase if you look at the latest post from Fabrizio announcing that Chelsea is buying players again. If it continues, Chelsea may get FFP sanctions. This is clearly FIFA job to investigate Chelsea spending. I am worried that the club uncontrolled management will put Chelsea on the verge of a bigger threat. Chelsea fate could be like Barcelona, ​​which at that time blindly recruited many players but ended up with a prolonged financial crisis. Who knows how long Chelsea will take this reckless action, but no matter how many players are brought in, there is no guarantee that their performance will improve.

[topbitcoin]

With a new defender added to Arsenal squad, I'm expecting then to concede less number of goals than they did last season. They don't need to be perfect, they just need to bloody fight for themselves and be consistent. I still believe in my heart, gunners can win it.

The arrival of Calafiori and making David Raya permanent for the new season is certainly a good thing for Arsenal to do right now because at least with Calafiori, it can make our expectations greater for Arsenal's current defense.
Although it cannot be denied that for now I think Arsenal is not short of players, but they currently lack creativity and their mentality is still quite weak until now which makes their condition sometimes uncertain. Arsenal could be very good but at one time Arsenal could be very bad because of the lack of mentality they currently have.
Hopefully, of course we want something positive for them because whether we realize it or not, for now Arsenal is the only club that is most expected in the competition for trophies.

[Cryptmuster]

Defense is still a weak point that Chelsea must improve and this was seen not only during pre-season but also in the competition that took place last season. Chelsea did not prioritize these positions to be improved and instead they bought several players who were not quite right last season so there were many positions that did not work optimally when they played. Cucurella showed his best abilities in pre-season but he did not control the defensive position himself without the support of other players.

The coach must try to build good cooperation with the team and they must be able to communicate with each other. Next season the competition will be even tighter as almost most clubs have prepared the strength to compete for the title. If Chelsea returns to maximizing its existing strengths, it is feared that they will not be able to compete.

It seems that Maresca is paying more attention to the team's attack than to its defense. Fabrizio Romano writes that Pedro Neto has arrived in London and will soon undergo a medical, his contract with Chelsea is until 2030 with the possibility of an extension. Given how much Maresca is trying to change in the team, we will most likely see a completely different team, which will be different from the one we saw with Pochettino, but it is not yet known how much better their game will be. Spending big money on transfers is a usual thing for Chelsea, but I do not see an improvement in results from this.

[Popkon6]

Today Manchester United vs Manchester City will be the toughest competition between these two teams. There are hundreds of team fans who are waiting for this match today. Both these teams are very strong but Manchester City is comparatively the most winning side for this match. Haaland will do his best to lead his team to victory, and considering the squads of the two teams, Manchester City is stronger than Manchester United. Because Manchester City occupied the first place of the Premier League since last season. 

Since football is a game of uncertainty, we should not be completely dependent until the end of the game, so we have to wait until the end of the game to see which team can win.

[Jessie2121]

Defense is still a weak point that Chelsea must improve and this was seen not only during pre-season but also in the competition that took place last season. Chelsea did not prioritize these positions to be improved and instead they bought several players who were not quite right last season so there were many positions that did not work optimally when they played. Cucurella showed his best abilities in pre-season but he did not control the defensive position himself without the support of other players.

The coach must try to build good cooperation with the team and they must be able to communicate with each other. Next season the competition will be even tighter as almost most clubs have prepared the strength to compete for the title. If Chelsea returns to maximizing its existing strengths, it is feared that they will not be able to compete.

It seems that Maresca is paying more attention to the team's attack than to its defense. Fabrizio Romano writes that Pedro Neto has arrived in London and will soon undergo a medical, his contract with Chelsea is until 2030 with the possibility of an extension. Given how much Maresca is trying to change in the team, we will most likely see a completely different team, which will be different from the one we saw with Pochettino, but it is not yet known how much better their game will be. Spending big money on transfers is a usual thing for Chelsea, but I do not see an improvement in results from this.

This is one of the best in a long while we have been hearing or seeing players join Chelsea since the transfer window opened, with Neto's arrival I believe it will strengthen the attacking side of Chelsea and they don't need to depend on only Jackson who doesn't seem to improve in any way when it comes to getting a one on one situation or any kind. Enzo has a lot to do concerning the team and looking at one side of the squad will only cause a big opening for the team, if the defense isn't taken care of I don't see Chelsea as any big threat of the this new season, if they want to protect the goalkeeper they need an experience defender.

[Blitzboy]

If we can be observant enough, Chelsea conceded enough goals from their central back and right back which indicates the incompetence of those players handling those positions. There was lack of communication between them at that defense especially when Thiago wasn't featured in the match, mistakes upon mistakes with same thing happening during this preseason. The one defender who has been top notch the whole season has been Cucurella and they owe him a lot because he delivered on his own part.

Chelsea should work with the defenders they have now and forget buying more, let them build the connection/communication among themselves instead of adding and then lack level of commitment, loosing the ball at critical points will only send the team down the table.

Defense is still a weak point that Chelsea must improve and this was seen not only during pre-season but also in the competition that took place last season. Chelsea did not prioritize these positions to be improved and instead they bought several players who were not quite right last season so there were many positions that did not work optimally when they played. Cucurella showed his best abilities in pre-season but he did not control the defensive position himself without the support of other players.

The coach must try to build good cooperation with the team and they must be able to communicate with each other. Next season the competition will be even tighter as almost most clubs have prepared the strength to compete for the title. If Chelsea returns to maximizing its existing strengths, it is feared that they will not be able to compete.

Last season, Chelsea's defense was dreadful. Everyone understands this. They need to shore up the backline, period. It's fantastic to bring in Neto; the youngster has talent. Realistically, though, they cannot simply outshine our issues. Maresca has to concentrate on assembling a balanced team rather than only a highlight reel.

Pre-season Cucurella looked great, and this new method Maresca's got cooked differs from Pochettino. That makes me hopeful.

Should they have these new men clicking and everyone adopts the system, they might surprise a few people. Folks, teamwork brings the dream work. Keep in mind that. they have the talent; they have a fresh direction; now it is time to put it into effect. Let us make this season one to remember for all the correct reasons.

[Leviathan.007]

Yes, Manchester United will definitely find it difficult to really compete with Manchester City next season. Even though Manchester United has currently recruited new players such as Leni Yoro and Joshua Jirkjee, I also believe that Manchester United will still have difficulty competing with Manchester City. Because as we know, Manchester City is a very solid, compact team and has a great coach like Guardiola. The proof is that Manchester City managed to win the Premier League several seasons in a row. So with these facts it is clear that next season Manchester United will have difficulty competing with Manchester City for the top position in the Premier League. However, if they can enter the top 4, maybe Manchester United still has a little hope next season. The reason is that to compete for the top 4 positions, Manchester United only needs to compete with teams like Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Chelsea. Even though it is difficult to compete with these teams, in my opinion Manchester United still has hope of occupying 4th place in the Premier League, if Ten Hag and the current Manchester United players play optimally next season.

Talking about players brought in by Manchester City in this transfer market, as far as I know, only one player has been brought in, that player is Savinho. Maybe in this transfer market Manchester City will not bring in many new players, because the current players will certainly still be able to compete quite well next season. So Manchester City will most likely save money in this transfer window.

Buying a lot of new players does not mean becoming better, ten Hag did it before, in the previous off-season they also bought a lot of new players, but despite this they had an even worse season. New players need time to adapt, to play with the team, all this takes time, and competitors will get ahead. I think that nothing will change for Manchester United, their main goal at the end of the season will be to get into the top 4, but this may not be easy, because there are teams that are progressing better like Aston Villa, which you mentioned, and Tottenham, Newcastle and Manchester United will fight for the Europa League, that's what I think.

You are definitely right. Some teams buy super expensive palyer all the time nad they make hge chacnges to t get better results. Teams like Chelsea and Mancshter United are always making huge chacnges and Chelsea is dong it even more than other tham while some other teams like Aston Villa started to hire players too. I think this wont be enoguh for these teams and stabilty and buight more victory for any teams while hiering players can just help to imprve when you need to give the coach some more tools but you can expect to see a mircle from these palyers.

[Mame89]

Manchester United beat City in the FA Cup final to win the title. We were all surprised by the result of this match. Manchester United will certainly be looking for a similar result.

But we don't see good performance from Manchester United players in friendly matches. Their match strategy was poor as was the bonding between the players. For these reasons I have decided to bet on Manchester City to win. I don't think the City players will make any mistakes in this match. City will start the season with a win in this match.

The bad results obtained by Man United in the friendly match cannot actually be used as a reference that they will play badly in tonight's match because it doesn't really reflect their true strength. I think Man United was really unlucky and maybe they will lose in this match, but it's not because of the bad results they got in the friendly games, but because they couldn't play with their best squad, and what makes it worrying is that Man United lost many of their defenders.

Friendly matches cannot be used as a reference because in friendly matches the coach rotates a lot to see the performance of the players. So this match will still be fierce, especially since this is the first Manchester Derby in an official match before starting the new season.
Both teams have their own problems before the match starts, Erik ten Hag has said that their four defenders are doubtful to appear in the match later. But Man United if they win this match will certainly increase their confidence when starting the league later and this will add to Erik Ten Hag's trophy collection.
While Man City has a bad record when competing in the Community Shield, this can be seen in the last few years Man City has not been able to win. Man City lost to Leicester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal. In this match it is interesting to wait and see whether Man City will fail again or vice versa. For Man City, this has become a curse every time they win the EPL league, they have difficulty winning the Community Shield trophy.
So I see this match, both teams have a 50:50 chance.

[wmaurik]

I agree with you. Chelsea have serious problems in their defense. I am confused why Chelsea increase the number of goalkeepers even though currently there seems to be around 8 goalkeepers in the Chelsea squad. But it seems true what X-ray said, Chelsea increase the number of goalkeepers not only to find the best and strengthen their defense, but to do some business and get profit from the player's price.

That many goalkeepers will definitely be very wasteful for a team because Chelsea will only use a few and it would be more ideal if Chelsea could sell half of that number to other teams and buy some other defenders to fill their defense to make it better. Because a team must be better from all lines and more importantly is the defense side apart from the front side which must also have fast finishers so that there are goals from each match. But I don't understand what Chelsea is doing now so that they can have that many goalkeepers.

[Pandorak]

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Let's say we want to give Chelsea the benefit of doubt like they can carry the responsible of going for the title, how can they manage with these inconsistency and lack of form? They are not anywhere near better in terms of playing and Bayer Leverkusen was ready right from the beginning of the season and you could see how they manage each game get all 3 point without minding who their opponent was and you can't say that to Chelsea, fine we shouldn't underestimate any team but not with Chelsea, they haven't given us something to say they can try and also with Manchester United, they haven't been able to keep their house together and you say is winning the league title? No it can't happen but they can fight for the top 4.

The league hasn't even started yet (it starts in 7 days), but you can already say everything about the teams, meaning you're just having baseless discussions & this will be endless if i continue. Well, let's stop here, and let's just see what Chelsea & Manchester United can do. Moreover, Manchester United will play the opening match, they will face Fulham.