Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Inwestour]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/olahraga/20240821081053-142-1135573/phil-foden-pemain-terbaik-versi-pfa

Foden became the PFA's best player for 2023/2024, Foden beat Haaland. I also feel Foden deserves to be there, his performance is very good. Foden's victory is good news for Man City because for 5 years 4 Man City players have won the PFA event. Last year Haaland won. Foden has also been selected as the best young player 2 times.

Meanwhile, for the best version of the PFA team, Man City and Arsenal players dominate 11 main players. Perhaps it is not surprising for the 11-man squad dominated by Man City and Arsenal players as they are in 1st and 2nd place at the end of the competition.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cx2nqwpezv7o

Foden without a doubt had an excellent season last year. He was purely phenomenal and exceptional for Manchester City. This shows that Manchester city is actually a good club. It is not easy to see a club that is been build around one person and someone who also is not the second top man still made his way to the top.

Just imagine KDB being the top man, and Haaland being the second top man and yet, Foden had his way to win the PFA award. If he should remain consistent, he could achieve same fit this season.

I agree with this and I just regret Phil Foden's poor performance with England at the Euros this year. It was not at all a reflection of the consistent form he had with Manchester City last season and I hope that all goes away quickly this season. As a substitute, I think his role is still very important as a supersub for Manchester City and although he has never been angry with Pep Guardiola about his future, it is an extraordinary achievement to win the PFA award.

For Haaland and KDB they are like a package and very difficult to separate so if both continue to perform the same as last season they will still be in the list for prestigious awards like this. Maybe Phil Foden is quite difficult if we look at the competition between players now and I don't think this opportunity will come twice for him.

[bitLeap]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

Sterling role will be isolated after Chelsea has many players, Sterling is just waiting for his turn who knows when he will be given playing time because what is clear is that the queue is long. Maybe Sterling will be disappointed, bored and could have thoughts of leaving for another club that is much more capable of providing a clear offer of playing time. Not only Sterling, several Chelsea players are also queuing to be called by Maresca. Isn't this what Todd Boehly wants? then I hope he as president must be more patient with the results. However after just 1 match against Man City, Boehly immediately left the stadium, who told him to buy many players?

[tusandii]

The match has passed and Man United has indeed managed to collect full points by beating Fullham with a narrow score of 1-0. However, in the match against Fullham we saw various aspects that were very profitable for Man United. Because Man United is the host of this match. But for the next match against Brighton I doubt Man United will be able to win. I probably expected a draw to happen. because I see that Brighton can be very reliable when playing in front of their own audience. Brighton have also managed to get full points and are the team that has scored the most goals for the time being.

It is difficult to predict the Brighton vs Man Utd match and even the bookmakers give odds that are not much different.
In my opinion, if you doubt Man Utd, it seems a bit wrong because for me both clubs have the same performance but Brighton is slightly favored because they are playing at home.
Betting on one of these clubs to win is very risky and for the side choosing to bet on under 3.25 is a good choice because Brighton and Man Utd have started the season well and both do not want to lose points.
A draw is a painful surprise if you bet on Brighton or Man Utd to win.

[KTChampions]

Done deal! Ilkay Gundogan agrees Man City return from Barcelona

Ilkay Gundogan is set to leave Barcelona after reaching “full agreement” with Manchester City over a return.

The Athletic are reporting that Gundogan will move on a one-year deal, with the option for another 12 months, and will give up the remaining two years of salary at Barcelona.

Gundogan’s third year at the club had been triggered last season when he played more than 60% of the club’s games.

The move sees Gundogan head back to Pep Guardiola’s side after just a year with the Catalan giants after reportedly being told he’s not in Hansi Flick’s plans.

Barcelona were also eager to shift Gundogan to free up some space on the wage bill for the new season.

The Catalans still need to register new signing Dani Olmo and would like to bring in more players to strengthen the squad before the summer transfer window closes if finances allow.

Source link: https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2024/8/21/24225118/done-deal-ilkay-gundogan-agrees-man-city-return-from-barcelona#:~:text=Ilkay%20Gundogan%20is%20set%20to,years%20of%20salary%20at%20Barcelona

Damn  I read that such talks were taking place but couldn't believe they were real (or that they would actually lead to a deal). If Gundogan is in the City squad for the next two years, that year at Barcelona would be the equivalent of that weird CV spot where HR asks "how can you explain that?"
It looks like both clubs will benefit from the move, especially Barcelona who will have less of a burden on their wage bill.

[Abu-Naim]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

With the number of players Chelsea have, these types of problems is expected, and the manager will use his coaching ability to select the players he feels can do better for his team, and he made selection and left Sterling out of the squad which is normal.
I know that Enzo Maresca will completely ignore some players and will only use them for training because he have to submit the list of players he registered for the EPL which are expected not be above 25 players, and Chelsea squad have above 30 players at this point.
Chelsea management should just sell the remaining players to raise funds for the team against signing other players the team might need by January because keeping these players will not be good for the team.

[Iranus]

Despite the club owner willingness to splurge part of his wealth in the transfer market for Chelsea to recruit the new players according to the newly appointed manager wish list, Chelsea still lost their opening match against Manchester City in front of their home fans. I guess it will not take a long time for Chelsea to replace their club manager once again if the new manager are only able to lead Chelsea hovering around the middle of the table throughout the whole new season.

In case the club's management decided to sack Maresca because he did not get the result they were expecting from him this season, I doubt we will see Chelsea finish among the top four in the next two seasons because changing its manager repeatedly won't lead to any good results and the squad will struggle to play at their highest level because they didn't get enough training from a single coach, and they want to win each of their games, Chelsea has a lot of players, I think Maresca will be confused at times, as he will not know who will start most matches.

However, losing their first match of the season was quite embarrassing as they lost at home, failing their fans even with a draw and sharing a point against Manchester City, the owners need to be patient with Maresca this season and adapt to the team, otherwise, they will continue to sack their coaches without producing good results.

I don’t think it matters even if they sign more players or not. They have already sold one of their best players from last season, Connor Gallagher. And look who they are signing, Joao Felix. Joao Felix has already played for Chelsea a few months ago and has failed miserably. He has scored only 4 goals in 16 matches. They have signed very hyped players like Murdyk, Nkunku, Enzo Fernandez, Lukaku and many more and all of them has more or less disappointed. None of them has performed up to their expectations.

I think the problem is with the owners. Because most of the signing has flopped. This is just weird. I don’t know how many of the good formed players flops like this. This has to be some internal issue which clearly Chelsea has not solved. If they sign the best player in the world right now, I think he would flop. They just keep on buying players after players and none of them has achieved anything. I am just disappointed in the club at this point.

[gabbie2010]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

Sterling role will be isolated after Chelsea has many players, Sterling is just waiting for his turn who knows when he will be given playing time because what is clear is that the queue is long. Maybe Sterling will be disappointed, bored and could have thoughts of leaving for another club that is much more capable of providing a clear offer of playing time. Not only Sterling, several Chelsea players are also queuing to be called by Maresca. Isn't this what Todd Boehly wants? then I hope he as president must be more patient with the results. However after just 1 match against Man City, Boehly immediately left the stadium, who told him to buy many players?

The best bet for Raheem Sterling is to leave Chelsea now from the look of things he is not in Muresca plan for the season, he had been excluded from Chelsea European Conference competition and with the arrival of Joan Felix definitely Sterling would have a limited playing time, of course he had a successful career with Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea thus I believe he would still have a good offer from EPL club though agreeing a personal term would be a big issue based on his huge wages, however elsewhere in Saudi Arabia definitely some of the clubs can afford to pay his weekly wages.

[samuraijin]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

It is not surprising that with such conditions, there will definitely be players who are eliminated from the squad when their performance has declined or does not match the coach's playing pattern, the coach's distrust of Sterling who may be considered to have declined in performance so it is only natural that there is no playing time for Sterling, usually the coach is more observant in seeing the performance of N. Jackson or C. Nkunku rather than playing Sterling, actually this is not a big problem but Chelsea just need time to recover even though they suffered a defeat to City and the defeat was against City which is currently a tough club in the Premier League.

[legendbtc]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

Yes, The reason after pouring more than $200 million into the transfer market, Chelsea now has 44 first-team players. In addition to Sterling, "The Blues" are also actively looking to sell nine more names, including Romelu Lukaku, Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja, Conor Gallagher, Ben Chilwell, Noni Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka, Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Coach Enzo Maresca has some tough decisions to make. Sometimes the players don't like it, that's normal. Coach Maresca himself will be confused because he has so many pieces in his hand. Even now, Chelsea fans still have trouble remembering all the names of their team's players. That's the nonsense that Chelsea's owners are causing. Stamford Bridge after spending the summer focusing on match preparation under Maresca. But now, Maresca's "tactical" decision will make Sterling want to leave. Can Sterling turn things around and regain his place in the first team? Or will he have to find a new home to revive his career? The answer will depend on the decisions made by Maresca and the Chelsea board in the coming days.

[Catenaccio]

Done deal! Ilkay Gundogan agrees Man City return from Barcelona

Ilkay Gundogan is set to leave Barcelona after reaching “full agreement” with Manchester City over a return.

Barcelona have another drama again and Gundogan has nothing to regret because he only wasted one season with Barcelona and in the last season, Manchester City did not win Champions League. Now he can play for them again and aim at winning another Champions League with them.

This transfer is a big twist and gives Manchester City a surprising extra power in their midfield without need to pay big cost on transfer market. Gundogan will not need too much time to re-adapt to a club he played for many seasons and used to be a captain. Gundogan will be useful for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola will use this player cleverly because of his age, like Kevin De Bruyne.

And look who they are signing, Joao Felix. Joao Felix has already played for Chelsea a few months ago and has failed miserably. He has scored only 4 goals in 16 matches.

He failed when playing for Chelsea in a loan transfer and now they want to sign a contract with him. It will be one of worst decisions Chelsea make on transfer market but this rich club has bad history of making many expensive failed transfers since Abramovich era started years ago around 2003 and 2004 seasons.

[SmartCharpa]

You shouldn't rush into conclusions on the teams that will finish on top four this season because only one match has been played and Chelsea played with the best team in EPL and defending champions for 4 years, while Manchester united played with an average club which they found it difficult to find the back of the net till 80+mins.

This is why I will not say that Chelsea will fail again this season because I never expected them to win City. The only problem I see in the team is weak Jackson that is not smart and sharp and I don't know why they are giving him that role as a striker when is has no idea of what to do with the ball. I believe Chelsea would win their next game.

Since Chelsea faced a powerful team that had won the league for four straight years and there was a lot of hype about Chelsea because of their new signing players, you would think that Chelsea would perform better this season. On the other hand, Manchester United faced an average club and struggled to score early because they lacked a striker, Ten Hag started Bruno as a striker and wasted many of their opportunities, If Zirkzee had started the game, I think Manchester United would have scored more than one goal.

In addition, this wasn't the same Manchester City that played against Man United the previous week in the Community Shield, Man United drew against Manchester City, and they performed well, but they lost in the penalty shoot, It is clear that Chelsea will not improve from last season's, they still rely on Jackson as a striker because of his lucky goals last season.

[junder]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem. And this is not surprising, with such a depth of the squad there will always be unhappy players who will be left out of the game. I see this as a problem, because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

Sterling role will be isolated after Chelsea has many players, Sterling is just waiting for his turn who knows when he will be given playing time because what is clear is that the queue is long. Maybe Sterling will be disappointed, bored and could have thoughts of leaving for another club that is much more capable of providing a clear offer of playing time. Not only Sterling, several Chelsea players are also queuing to be called by Maresca. Isn't this what Todd Boehly wants? then I hope he as president must be more patient with the results. However after just 1 match against Man City, Boehly immediately left the stadium, who told him to buy many players?

Raheem Sterling seems to have no chance of strengthening Chelsea this season. His absence against Man City, made his status even clearer, Enzo Maresca has crossed his name out and is not included in the plan. So, it would be better if Sterling left and looked for a place that could give him full trust, considering his age is still 29 years old, there is still a possibility that other European clubs are eyeing him. and it's not just Sterling who was crossed out, there are other names.
source list of players crossed out maresca

from here we can already judge that Todd Boehly cannot manage a football team,

[Altryist]

Since Chelsea faced a powerful team that had won the league for four straight years and there was a lot of hype about Chelsea because of their new signing players, you would think that Chelsea would perform better this season. On the other hand, Manchester United faced an average club and struggled to score early because they lacked a striker, Ten Hag started Bruno as a striker and wasted many of their opportunities, If Zirkzee had started the game, I think Manchester United would have scored more than one goal.

In addition, this wasn't the same Manchester City that played against Man United the previous week in the Community Shield, Man United drew against Manchester City, and they performed well, but they lost in the penalty shoot, It is clear that Chelsea will not improve from last season's, they still rely on Jackson as a striker because of his lucky goals last season.

True, for Guardiola the Community Shield was not such an important trophy, he demonstrated this when Silva and De Bruyne started this match on the bench. With Chelsea everything was different, here the optimal lineup came out for the match, although Guardiola said that not all the players were ready for the start of the season and this was evident from their performance. City always start not in the best form but this is part of Guardiola's strategy, and Maresca has a large number of players, it seems that he does not know how to assemble a team, too much choice can sometimes be even worse.

[tsaroz]

You shouldn't rush into conclusions on the teams that will finish on top four this season because only one match has been played and Chelsea played with the best team in EPL and defending champions for 4 years, while Manchester united played with an average club which they found it difficult to find the back of the net till 80+mins.

This is why I will not say that Chelsea will fail again this season because I never expected them to win City. The only problem I see in the team is weak Jackson that is not smart and sharp and I don't know why they are giving him that role as a striker when is has no idea of what to do with the ball. I believe Chelsea would win their next game.

Since Chelsea faced a powerful team that had won the league for four straight years and there was a lot of hype about Chelsea because of their new signing players, you would think that Chelsea would perform better this season. On the other hand, Manchester United faced an average club and struggled to score early because they lacked a striker, Ten Hag started Bruno as a striker and wasted many of their opportunities, If Zirkzee had started the game, I think Manchester United would have scored more than one goal.

In addition, this wasn't the same Manchester City that played against Man United the previous week in the Community Shield, Man United drew against Manchester City, and they performed well, but they lost in the penalty shoot, It is clear that Chelsea will not improve from last season's, they still rely on Jackson as a striker because of his lucky goals last season.

Chelsea used to be my favorite team on Premier league but with how they have developed in last few years, they are now a mid grade team that are never the contender for the title but are always out of relegation zone. Champions League is a pipedream for Chelsea. They used the transfer window and money to buy average players and average coach to create an average team.
Manchester City is definetly still the top team with top players and coaching staff but they'll be haunted by the charges whole season. The games would have been more interesting if the charges were settled. Missing a season would be better than being haunted of prospects of giving everything to game and risk being striped off of the title at last. The table would star becoming clearer from September.

[Adiljutt156]

The second half has just kicked off. I’m expecting more goals in the second half but not more than three goals in the favour of Tottenham Hotspur. When you look at the first half stats, it is no surprise that Leicester City are losing the game. Tottenham controlled the game in the first half, they dominated the ball possession and were clinical in front of goal. It is one goal separating the two teams at the moment, can Leicester City come back into the game?

We have just few minutes to the end of the game, the score remains 1-1 because Jamie Vardy leveled the score for Leicester City in the 57th minutes of the match and they maintain their defensive quality to avoid more goals in the game because Tottenham is completely dominating the game and might win in the final minutes if they are lucky.

I was doubting Leicester City’s quality because they change coach and some of their players left them after they won the Championship under the management of Vincent Kompany, now I will not underrate them and they are out of my relegation team plan because with the number of players they have lost is much, and yet, they are playing very well.

I wasn't aware that Vardy is still playing there as I thought I read some article where he was considering to step down, but there he is. What a legend that guy is for Leicester City. There aren't a lot of players who are successful like him and accept to be relegated with a club, go through all the mess and bring the club back up into the Premier League. That's some real character and now he is still scoring against teams like Tottenham. If he plays a good season this might not even be his last year at Leicester City.

Game is finished at 1-1 and Vardy scored the decisive goal for Leicester. What a great story that is and yes, he is one of these players that I feel happy for when they still score. To not lose this game is a good start for them as the truth probably is that they will face a very tough season. Tottenham should have won this one as they have been in the driving seat almost the entire game. Is Tottenham missing some players currently as I am not familiar with all the names?

Tottenham  football team could win this match but their players didn't perform well in the last and we saw an ordinary performance by Tottenham team. They have to play excellent to win the match against good teams,So they should prepare well for that kind of situation. They should also make some changes and they can take a chance and they can pick up the dug out players and may be they will perform well in next matches. They should give rest to the players which have not good body language because good body language exert pressure on opponent team. If Tottenham team want to win next matches they need good attackers and they have to prepare good attackers and I think hard work is everything and if these players did work hard ,they will be successful in future.

[Stable090]

Sterling expressed his displeasure after being left on the bench in the first round match against City, Maresca did not give him the opportunity to play even a few minutes, but he is not the only player who has faced such a problem.

I never expected Sterling to be on the bench in the match. I don’t know why Enzo Maresca didn’t give him the opportunity to play in the match, maybe if he was allowed to play, the result might have been a different one. If I am to be honest, I never expected that dominance from Chelsea in the match, and I was expecting the match to be easier for Manchester City, but Chelsea gave them a difficult moment. Chelsea created some chances, if a player like Sterling was in the match, maybe he would be able to convert some chances into goal.
 
Seriously, Enzo Maresca should just start making use of Sterling, he shouldn’t just be left sitting on the bench without being given the opportunity to play.

because such a situation will lead to a lot of conflicts in the team, and I am almost sure that players like Sterling will not agree to sit on the bench, and will soon want to leave the team.

If he isn’t given the opportunity to play, then the time will come when he won’t have a choice than to leave to a club that value him, and maybe after leaving Chelsea, they will regret losing him.

[xLays]

Matchday 1 is over two days ago and the total number of goals is only 21. I just noticed that the total goals for this season's matchday 1 are lower compared to last season's Premier League. Last season, there were about 27 goals.
Do you think there will be more than 25 goals or under in matchday 2? Usually, matchday 2 has higher goals. It might be a good idea to bet on a total goal over 1.5.

Anyway, there are some contests here in the forum about total goals and goal times in the Premier League, so if anyone doesn't know yet, you can go to the games and rounds sub board in the gambling section.

[Hanadawa]

-snip-However, this season too, Chelsea will form a squad with a new coach. Looking forward to seeing if Enzo Maresca will make Chelsea stronger again. But the Chelsea team is in a very bad position right now. Rapid improvement is not possible for this team. But if Maresca has long term plan then maybe Chelsea's overall situation will change slowly and we will see stable performance from Chelsea.

The mistake of the club management is that they want instant results like winning the EPL in the first season. This is what I saw in the previous seasons. In the first match, Chelsea actually had quite good statistics. They had ball possession and shots on target that were not much different from City. But City is still not their level. City is too superior for Chelsea. I hope the club management can give Maresca the opportunity to build a squad in the long term. Hopefully Maresca can make Chelsea better this season. At least I expect Chelsea to get a slot to the Europa League next season.

[Pandorak]

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I think Leicester are hoping for three points but considering the opponent is strong, it will count for them. Tottenham is one of the best teams in the Premier League. Leicester, who have just been promoted to the Premier League, should consider themselves lucky to not lose in their first match. At least they managed to leave the match with a point. As for Jamie Vardy, this will probably be his last season and he will wear the same team's jersey when he retires from football.

It makes sense, they get 1 point from a match against one of the strong teams in this league, after all from the statistics they shouldn't even get 1 point and 3 points are more deserved by Tottenham. Will this season be Jamie Vardy's last? i just heard about it, can you confirm with legit news?