Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[klidex]

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.

I don't know what Chelsea was thinking until they recruited many goalkeepers indirectly instead of reaping a lot of profit if they sell them but instead wasting money because they have to pay salaries and contracts every season for the goalkeepers even though they only use at least 2 goalkeepers to rotate their main goalkeepers, they have to sell goalkeepers who are actually not really needed rather than having to accommodate many players.
I see Chelsea also recruiting many players in the summer transfer market including defenders, midfielders, and strikers, at least they also have to think about their financial stability.

[Popkon6]

Manchester City and Manchester United faced each other for the Community Shield trophy.The goals came in the last minutes of the match in which both teams did not find many scoring positions.United scored the first goal in the 82nd minute and City scored the equalizer in the last minutes to send the match to penalties.
The penalties ended with City leading 7-6 and City managed to win the cup.I think we can say that both teams were not ready for the season.

When Silva missed his first penalty for Manchester City, I immediately thought Manchester United could win here. But it ended up being the same as a Manchester United player missed the goal. However, Manchester City did not miss the last three tries, which led to victory in this match.

 However, both teams had wide opportunities in the main field to score, with Manchester United attacking more and scoring chances. But there was no way Manchester City could get the ball inside the goal post, because Manchester City's goalkeeper was very good and experienced. In any situation, the defense department and the goalkeeper saved Manchester City from the attack.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

It probably wasn't a particularly important game, but a title is a title and it's nice to win it. Luckily I was busy today and completely forgot about the game (I was planning to bet on City to win in regulation time) so I saved money for other bets. So far I've come to the conclusion that at the beginning of the season it's not worth betting on City as they play much worse than bookmakers think (which means the odds won't cover the risk).

Yeah normally this match is not that important but if it's a derby then we know there's something else to maintain. Overall, both teams did not play optimally. somehow I feel like i'm watching a practice match a little change occurred in the second half but it was still less interesting. By the way I placed 2 bets on both teams to score before the match started then Manchester United won in the second half, I almost won it but unfortunately Manchester City equalized in the last minute, it indicates that Manchester City has a good mentality as a main candidate to win the title. Next week we will see the matches for the new season start, we will wait for the first match between Manchester City vs Chelsea lol real challenge for Chelsea.

[imamusma]

Manchester City and Manchester United faced each other for the Community Shield trophy.The goals came in the last minutes of the match in which both teams did not find many scoring positions.United scored the first goal in the 82nd minute and City scored the equalizer in the last minutes to send the match to penalties.
The penalties ended with City leading 7-6 and City managed to win the cup.I think we can say that both teams were not ready for the season.

The two teams show a lot of interest in winning and Manchester United tried, they scored first just that they can not maintain the one goal because we know that, Manchester City will do everything possible to win and look at what happened at the end of the game. And I was already expecting the city to actually given united a good defeat but Manchester United played hedge to hedge game with them the game even leading to penalty shootout and also from the stats it was not any difference and Manchester City are always looking for ways to actually drag the game to a penalty since they can not add more goals and they know that they might have a better chance in a penalty shootout with Manchester United because of their goal keeper and Silva who scored the goal that lead to the penalty shootout also lost one penalty and their was a lot of substitutions since it was going to be a penalty shootout. That is one of the strategies that are often used by coaches to give their self more advantage during a shootout. And the game ending 7:6 was actually a very close one for Manchester City they would have lost the community shield to united but congratulations to Manchester City once again.

The Manchester derby presented in the Community Shield final was very tight, and in the end Manchester City managed to emerge as champions, congratulations to Pep Guardiola and his squad. Manchester City success indicates that Manchester United is still less competitive with its city rivals, although we realize that the match was quite troublesome for both teams. Apart from luck Manchester City in the penalty shootout, this defeat was actually very painful for Manchester United, because they failed to maintain their lead, Bernardo Silva became the hero for Pep Guardiola squad. Ten Hag must encourage his players to immediately forget this defeat, because the new season will soon arrive, and they need to focus fully on it. Once again, congratulations to Manchester City.

[tomos81]

Manchester City is very famous as the best team of this season, Manchester City team has many good and experienced stars who have space to score goals in every match. Haaland didn't try hard enough to score in this match and if he could have taken the chances he did get then Pelanty wouldn't have been needed in the end. But such opportunities were found by both teams but due to the experienced goalkeepers of both teams, this match came to penalties at the last minute. And Manchester United lost on penalties.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

Well, I'm a person who thinks that Chelsea should do Something to be able to go further in the Premier League. I say one thing: they have to change everything that is necessary, and it's not a question of luck, it's a question of attitude. They have changed everything that can be changed , Think that now they have to adapt to everything that the Premier League means, because things will start to work out for them, but they have to work very hard, because they have a very difficult path ahead of them with Man City, with Liverpool , with all these teams that are Aways number 1.

[FinePoine0]

Manchester City is very famous as the best team of this season, Manchester City team has many good and experienced stars who have space to score goals in every match. Haaland didn't try hard enough to score in this match and if he could have taken the chances he did get then Pelanty wouldn't have been needed in the end. But such opportunities were found by both teams but due to the experienced goalkeepers of both teams, this match came to penalties at the last minute. And Manchester United lost on penalties.

No matter how many goals the Manchester United team concedes, it is very difficult to win against the Manchester City team. Because from the past Manchester City team has occupied the first place of the Premier League till now they are the first in the Premier League. So, even though the field of play was full of intense competition, the spectators of both the teams were quiet. And Manchester City leveled the game in the last few minutes of the game.  Here the Manchester City team was a bit behind as they failed to score despite the early chances, Manchester City team scored a goal with just one minute remaining. And the game did not go to penalties, and Manchester United lost by just one goal. Manchester United missed two goals.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Im so disappointed at Manchester United, I taught they were getting any better but sadly it appears they aren't, and I'm not happy at their performance, I know I will be sounding like a fan of which I'm not but my biggest concern is that this games wasn't of much importance to Manchester city because looking at their form and strength, they still have got a chance at a trophy this season but Manchester United appears like this is their only chances yet they messed it up,  they did had chances even in the first and second half yet they weren't able to convert or utilize any of them so they just performed terribly, I just hope they get better and try getting the Europa so they have something to fall back at by the end of the new season.

Be you a fan or not I think you said the truth on their performance, I wasn't expecting Pep Guardiola to even win the game because the Citizens weren't completely clinical, was expecting Man UTD to take advantage of the fact that some of the players who causes problem wasn't in play but they delayed till Pep start bringing in the deadly players. Only if ETH would have changed this idea of starting a player as a false 9 and playing some players out of their preferred position it would have gone their way but it can't work on Manchester City, the fast game of City wasn't even included in yesterday's game which means when next they both come against each other I feel it would be very hard for Man UTD that's if they continue with this unserious performance, just an attacker and the rest is settled for UTD.

[Bitcoin_people]

The game between Manchester United and Manchester City was very exciting and aggressive from start to finish. Both the teams performed well which led to the game going to penalties until the last minute which team could score in the main period of the game. Although both teams played well in the match, five penalty kicks were scored early on when both teams tied the scores, later two more were added and the scores were still tied. Just as penalty number 8 started, Manchester United's goalkeeper failed to save the penalty which resulted in Manchester United losing by one goal. But I think Manchester United played relatively well against Manchester City and this match was exciting for both teams. Although they lost on penalties in the final stages, it was mainly down to Manchester United's luck, not the luck that caused them to lose.

[bitcoin_mining]

Manchester City is very famous as the best team of this season, Manchester City team has many good and experienced stars who have space to score goals in every match. Haaland didn't try hard enough to score in this match and if he could have taken the chances he did get then Pelanty wouldn't have been needed in the end. But such opportunities were found by both teams but due to the experienced goalkeepers of both teams, this match came to penalties at the last minute. And Manchester United lost on penalties.

Manchester City has become the best team in the Premier League since the season Liverpool Manchester United Chelsea started to perform poorly. Earlier, when the best teams of the Premier League were discussed, but Manchester City's name did not come above all, but Liverpool or Chelsea's name came above all. With the passage of time, the performances of the big teams have changed a lot and the favorite places have been taken by other teams. Now as Manchester City is performing well regularly, after few seasons it will be seen that Manchester City's performance is deteriorating and other teams are doing well. In the event that Liverpool or Manchester United do not make any changes to their club, I am keeping Manchester City ahead for next season.

[reagansimms]

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Yeah normally this match is not that important but if it's a derby then we know there's something else to maintain. Overall, both teams did not play optimally. somehow I feel like i'm watching a practice match a little change occurred in the second half but it was still less interesting. By the way I placed 2 bets on both teams to score before the match started then Manchester United won in the second half, I almost won it but unfortunately Manchester City equalized in the last minute.

This match looked a bit boring, both coaches rested most of their main players which gave the impression that they were playing a friendly match. The first half saw little action, both teams just trying to get the ball from their opponents without any real threat.
The second half did not see much change, the two goals scored in this match occurred 10 minutes before the match ended. Manchester United failed to maintain their lead after scoring the first goal in this match, once again Ten Hag could not maintain the lead achieved by his team, the goal obtained by Manchester City was certainly very painful for Manchester United because due to a small mistake they had to admit defeat to Manchester City through a penalty shootout.

[Oluwa-btc]

As for Manchester United, I will say ten hag really has lots of work to do, Manchester United at some point did raid some part of the game but the team isn’t ready to win anything. Manchester United midfield look like a higher institution or college boys team, the midfield today cannot even compete with even the lower ranked teams in the league. They Also have a strong defense deficiency most especially the left back position. This position situation is part of why I would also say Ten Hag needs to be bold enough to win matches and subsequently trophies too, he should’ve given the young Harry Amass a full debut and should’ve taken Rashford out way earlier than he played,

I'd say Erik ten Hag is no magician. He needs to right players in midfied so he can dominate his opponents. Do you know what's embarrassing, they struggled against youngins in midfied. I would say that too. Most of these players playing for Manchester United are honestly not worth it.
The left back position was handled by Lisandro Martinez, he is not a good fullback in my opinion, he was just making himself available. Luke Shaw has been said to be Injured again. I hope they solve that area before the window ends. Harry Amass? Lads talented but I don't think he's fully ready yet, mind you, he's only 17 years old. They should at least drop Rashford on the bench for the next three to four game so he can learn how to execute for Garnacho. Maybe also reduce his salary. Nonsense!!

[Hirose UK]

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.

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.

Even though the FA Community Shield is not Manchester City's target, Pep Guardiola has the ambition to take revenge against Manchester United when they were defeated in the FA Cup last season. I believe both team have huge ambition for winning their first trophy in this season on The FA Community Shield and make their team performance keep confidence for Premier League matches.
Manchester United on difficult position few days left before facing Manchester City on FA Community Shield after leaving by several important players due injured, new signing Leny Yoro will absent and Marcus Rashford will miss in this match until Rasmus Højlund have to be out from Manchester United squad few later with injury problem.

Considering Manchester United recently squad, I doubt they can repeat success for defeating Manchester City on FA Community Shield match, I think Manchester City indeed not have huge ambition for the first trophy in this season seems favorable for defeating Manchester United for the first match in this season.

No one knows how Manchester City and Pep make this match an interest or not but what is clear is that we have seen how both of them play and I sure you can conclude for yourself that what I said is true.
Indeed, this could be one form of proof that Manchester City is truly ready for the real competition later when it starts, but they will also think twice if they really want to use their full strength just for the Community Shield.
In the end, Manchester City could only win on penalties in match against Manchester United who were in poor condition.

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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.

For the discussion of the match I will answer from a bettor's perspective and I will say that maybe in the FA Cup at that time Man City did not really chase the title but I believe in this match Man City are still the favorites and will win today's match.
We'll see which statement comes true and for me there will be no surprises.

Didn't you see that if Manchester City used some of the second-string players in this match, Haaland as the most reliable main striker also did not seem to play very well and not like when he was in big match.
Manchester City game was not optimal and they looked quite pressured so that it was difficult to penetrate Manchester United defense to create an advantage from the start.
I also bet on this match and in 1x2 the result was 1-1 draw, if Manchester City played seriously then I sure they could get an absolute victory and not from penalty shootout.

[Helena Yu]

This match looked a bit boring, both coaches rested most of their main players which gave the impression that they were playing a friendly match. The first half saw little action, both teams just trying to get the ball from their opponents without any real threat.
The second half did not see much change, the two goals scored in this match occurred 10 minutes before the match ended. Manchester United failed to maintain their lead after scoring the first goal in this match, once again Ten Hag could not maintain the lead achieved by his team, the goal obtained by Manchester City was certainly very painful for Manchester United because due to a small mistake they had to admit defeat to Manchester City through a penalty shootout.

The funny thing is Manchester City can win without their main squad, while Manchester United have used all of their senior squad with new strategy. Joshua Zirkzee was a failed signing, what's the reason to sign this guy if Ten Hag forcing Bruno to play in center forward position instead of him.

Onana is already finished, he has given enough time, but he's not improved in anything. Ten Hag should rotate Onana to Bayindir and let Zirkzee to play.

Manchester City deserved this win, congratulations.

[Sexylizzy2813]

The funny thing is Manchester City can win without their main squad, while Manchester United have used all of their senior squad with new strategy. Joshua Zirkzee was a failed signing, what's the reason to sign this guy if Ten Hag forcing Bruno to play in center forward position instead of him.

Onana is already finished, he has given enough time, but he's not improved in anything. Ten Hag should rotate Onana to Bayindir and let Zirkzee to play.

Manchester City deserved this win, congratulations.

Erik ten Heg is playing with fire, signed a new striker but still planning on using a midfielder as a false 9 to deceive who? Man City or the club it self? I said it won't work out, go out and make use of your best since all department are functioning like you claimed, this is the time to show working but it seems he (Erik ten Heg) is playing with his job, I only see a man who's getting ready to be fired and for Ruud van Nistelrooy to take over.
Speaking about Onana, he has his own ways of decorating the season in his favor and I'm waiting for more errors coming from him, his good with his feet but he need to do more, protect yourself and let these guys (the defenders) to always go all out before you kick out the ball, building from the back will cause more problem and the defenders don't have that confidence in holding on to the ball for the next 20secs, over confidence is the only thing that's killing the good job he has put together other than that I don't see him messing up.

[Mr.right85]

The game between Manchester United and Manchester City was very exciting and aggressive from start to finish. Both the teams performed well which led to the game going to penalties until the last minute which team could score in the main period of the game. Although both teams played well in the match, five penalty kicks were scored early on when both teams tied the scores, later two more were added and the scores were still tied. Just as penalty number 8 started, Manchester United's goalkeeper failed to save the penalty which resulted in Manchester United losing by one goal. But I think Manchester United played relatively well against Manchester City and this match was exciting for both teams. Although they lost on penalties in the final stages, it was mainly down to Manchester United's luck, not the luck that caused them to lose.

When Manchester United were leading with a goal, I was expecting them to finish the game that way because Manchester City weren’t really in the game. They dominated the game and has more chances to bury the game earlier but their attack was too blunt. The way they approach the game got me thinking like Manchester city were still mentally on holiday.

For some years now Manchester City have failed to win the community shield.
Sometimes I think they don’t care about the trophy. Other teams struggle to win it so at least they can say they won something that season.
Manchester City knows that during the course of the season they’ll win something a major trophy that’s why they were not pushing harder in the game yesterday.
They got into the game later when they equalized and were very hopeful to win on penalties.

[OcTradism]

Erik ten Heg is playing with fire, signed a new striker but still planning on using a midfielder as a false 9 to deceive who? Man City or the club it self? I said it won't work out, go out and make use of your best since all department are functioning like you claimed, this is the time to show working but it seems he (Erik ten Heg) is playing with his job, I only see a man who's getting ready to be fired and for Ruud van Nistelrooy to take over.

Ruud was a great striker about 20 years ago and he used to be a legendary player in Old Trafford stadium as well. Manchester United have had problems with striker position recent years and they used a bad approach for solving this problem temporarily with old striker like Alexis Sanchez, Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Ronaldo. This approach helped them in one or two seasons but not longer than that and young players like Martial, Rashford did not grow up too well as expected.

Ruud as either an assistant coach or a head coach, can not play on behalf of strikers in Manchester United and he only can share his experience and skills to these players. Successfully absorb these things through training and coming matches, it's up to players themselves, not Ruud.

I am not sure that Ruud joined the club this summer to take over the head coach position from Ten Hag.

[klidex]

The closing pre-season match between Dortmund vs Aston Villa was won by Dortmund with a score of 2:0, it is very unfortunate that I had to accept defeat thinking there would be many goals in this match Aston Villa did not play well at all, letting the ball be controlled by the Dortmund team even though there were several shots on goal, but Aston Villa failed to score.
Even so, I hope this pre-season match will not be a reference for clubs like Aston Villa who performed impressively last season because they will play more difficult matches this season in participating in the Champions League and also the EPL.

[Mr.right85]

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.

In my opinion, Calafiori is not just a "nice-to-have" but a crucial signing.

I’ve seen them drop enough points due to Zinchenko’s defensive errors to cost them the league. Last season, they lost 2 points against Fulham at the Emirates stadium and 2 points against Liverpool at Anfield. Two seasons ago, similar errors cost them points against Liverpool and Manchester City.
They missed out on the league title by 2 points last season and by 5 points the season before. These are the fine margins that matter. They can’t afford to struggle to score goals only for Zinchenko’s mistakes to undo their efforts.

Bringing in Calafiori removes Zinchenko and his errors from the equation, taking them a significant step closer to winning the league title.
Arteta learnt from last season and has found solution to the defensive blunders that has affected them. I hope something changes for them this time around.

[Chilwell]

Solanke targets trophies after sealing £65m Spurs move

Dominic Solanke is desperate to help Tottenham end their trophy drought after joining from Bournemouth in a blockbuster £65million move.

Solanke enjoyed the best season of his career in 2023-24, scoring 19 Premier League goals as the Cherries finished 12th in their first campaign under Andoni Iraola.

Only Erling Haaland (27), Cole Palmer (22) and Alexander Isak (21) outscored Solanke, who had previously netted just 10 times in the top flight for Liverpool and the Cherries.

Having sealed his move to North London, Solanke has set his sights on helping Spurs win their first major trophy since 2008, when they captured the EFL Cup under Juande Ramos.

"I feel delighted. Obviously it's a magnificent club, a huge club with ambitions that match mine, so I'm delighted to start, to meet all the boys and I can't wait to get started," he told the club's website.

"It's a huge club with great ambitions that I want to be part of, with a great manager, great players and I feel like it definitely suits my style of play so I can't wait to get started and do my stuff on the pitch.

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