Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Obim34]

Manchester United are not what they used to be. After beating Fulham in the first week, they lost to Brighton and Liverpool. Their performance today was not very good. It seems to me that the harmony between Erik ten Hag and the team is still not overcome. His connection with the team should be severed as soon as possible. I think he cannot manage the team when there are so many good names in the squad.

With what we are seeing at Manchester United, they can't top the table with this same performance, not a fan of the club but clearly I sympathise with a lot of fans who earlier believed and hoped to see United competing for a good position among the best of teams In the league. Clearly, there has been no improvement from the coach down to every player, if continue like this may end up below what they were last season.

Same goes to Chelsea, first game they are good and performing then few consecutive matches they become worst and unreliable, how did they move from beating Wolves six goals to two (6:2) and not being able to win Crystal palace from having the leading goal to ending the full time whistle with a draw. Chelsea can't and shouldn't complain of the squad because they made good use of the transfer window, so much is expected from them.

[Cryptomultiplier]

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In fact, the players of the Liverpool team are relatively more experienced than the players of the Manchester United team, although the players of the Manchester United team were aggressive in this match, but the few kicks aimed at the goal posts were easily saved by the goalkeeper of the Liverpool team Alisson. That's why Manchester United players failed to score goals and finally tried to score a goal. In the new season, Manchester United team is ranked 14th in the points table, and Liverpool team won the 2nd place. 

Liverpool team Luis Diaz and Mohammad Salah these two players were very aggressive, they managed to score goals. Luis Diaz had the chance to score a hat-trick in this match but failed to last, he missed many attacks that were very easy to score.

Another bad run of results for Manchester United, I'm not surprised at all.
Liverpool are a better team and more prepared to win their away game than Manchester United at home. I am no longer surprised why Manchester United are this bad, in fact I consider the defeat as something normal when the team's performance is not improving.

As a result, Manchester United had to be satisfied with being in 14th position in the standings for week 3. The poor performance of Ten Hag's team in the last 2 matches reflects that they have not looked convincing to compete in the top four this season. But who knows, maybe they will bounce back in the next match especially after the break.

Many of the matches this weekend shows that the fire or coldness of seriousness from last season hasn't worn off from the teams.
Manchester City showcased Haaland with a wonderful hat trick and there was Chelsea still being same Chelsea of last season but lacking Sterling and looking like they can improve better than Manchester United who are still having to rely on out of form player of which is Rashford, with same performance still.

Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are still hot and am sure the title will belong in one of these teams possession as a reward for winning the league at the end of this season.

[Tmoonz]

Mohamed salah is the man of the match, indeed Liverpool's winning today against Manchester United was not a surprising one though it has been a rivals for both at every point of their meetings. However, Liverpool became victorious by 0:3 Manchester United at home making it a two defeats from two previous matches as they lost by 2 goals to 1 against Brighton last week.

Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur was another rival match today thou the both teams performance very well but Newcastle stood very strong on their ground as Alexander izak made it through for Newcastle United to 2:1 victory against Tottenham Hotspur.

[Jegileman]

Manchester United are not what they used to be. After beating Fulham in the first week, they lost to Brighton and Liverpool. Their performance today was not very good. It seems to me that the harmony between Erik ten Hag and the team is still not overcome. His connection with the team should be severed as soon as possible. I think he cannot manage the team when there are so many good names in the squad.

I can’t see so many good names in that squad and the result we are getting from the match cannot be blamed totally on the coach yet, they’re just starting the season and we expected so much from them when they’ve not even understood how their game is this season. I would say they’ve played two big teams and one smaller teams, as they lost to the big teams, they won against the smaller team. I’m not trying to justify them but I think they should be giving some more time to see maybe if there will be any improvement from them before concluding that Eric Ten Hag should be relieved of his job. He did well last season, so we can’t say he will be worse this season, not when the season has just began.

[imamusma]

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In fact, the players of the Liverpool team are relatively more experienced than the players of the Manchester United team, although the players of the Manchester United team were aggressive in this match, but the few kicks aimed at the goal posts were easily saved by the goalkeeper of the Liverpool team Alisson. That's why Manchester United players failed to score goals and finally tried to score a goal. In the new season, Manchester United team is ranked 14th in the points table, and Liverpool team won the 2nd place. 

Liverpool team Luis Diaz and Mohammad Salah these two players were very aggressive, they managed to score goals. Luis Diaz had the chance to score a hat-trick in this match but failed to last, he missed many attacks that were very easy to score.

Another bad run of results for Manchester United, I'm not surprised at all.
Liverpool are a better team and more prepared to win their away game than Manchester United at home. I am no longer surprised why Manchester United are this bad, in fact I consider the defeat as something normal when the team's performance is not improving.

As a result, Manchester United had to be satisfied with being in 14th position in the standings for week 3. The poor performance of Ten Hag's team in the last 2 matches reflects that they have not looked convincing to compete in the top four this season. But who knows, maybe they will bounce back in the next match especially after the break.

Even though Ten Hag has overhauled the depth of Manchester United squad to be better, their performance is still not much different from last season, of course they will have difficulty competing in the top four of the standings if they are very easily defeated by fellow big teams. It is true, the opportunity to rise is still very open, but in my opinion they will not rise quickly, even though they have a longer break. It seems that the main problem for Manchester United is their manager, where Ten Hag really deserves to be replaced. The ups and downs of performance can continue if Ten Hag does not change his strategy, fans will not tolerate too long an adaptation period.

Liverpool without Jurgen Klopp are still fine, so far Arne Slot has done his job extraordinarily, in my opinion Liverpool management has appointed the right coach. Currently Liverpool are sticking to Manchester City at the top of the standings and both have collected 9 points, while Manchester United has been thrown to 14th place. Casemiro is accused of being the cause of Manchester United defeat, his performance has continued to decline since moving from Real Madrid. There are no excessive expectations for ten Hag squad this season, thankfully if they manage to finish in the top four of the standings when the season ends.

[SatoPrincess]

Chelsea needed an experienced coach. With Pochettino's help, we saw Chelsea's steady performances towards the end of last season. Pochettino should not be sacked by Chelsea. At the same time, the decision not to buy Osimhen also seems like a bad decision by Chelsea. They need an experienced striker who can score consistently. Osimhen could have been the best option for Chelsea.

I couldn’t agree more. You highlighted two big mistakes Chelsea made; one is sacking Pochettino prematurely. Chelsea would have given him a little more time to develop the squad. And the other is failing to sign a proven striker in the transfer window. Chelsea fans can bash Osimhen for asking for high wages and say they don’t need him but as we all saw today, Nicolas Jackson has issues finding the back of the net. Enzo Fernandez should have been subbed in the first half, he was clearly killing the game. I am yet to see what Enzo Maresca sees in him. The man of the match today for me would be Cole Palmer, his passes were incredible and beautiful to watch.  

[eightdots]

Chelsea needed an experienced coach. With Pochettino's help, we saw Chelsea's steady performances towards the end of last season. Pochettino should not be sacked by Chelsea. At the same time, the decision not to buy Osimhen also seems like a bad decision by Chelsea. They need an experienced striker who can score consistently. Osimhen could have been the best option for Chelsea.

I couldn’t agree more. You highlighted two big mistakes Chelsea made; one is sacking Pochettino prematurely. Chelsea would have given him a little more time to develop the squad. And the other is failing to sign a proven striker in the transfer window. Chelsea fans can bash Osimhen for asking for high wages and say they don’t need him but as we all saw today, Nicolas Jackson has issues finding the back of the net. Enzo Fernandez should have been subbed in the first half, he was clearly killing the game. I am yet to see what Enzo Maresca sees in him. The man of the match today for me would be Cole Palmer, his passes were incredible and beautiful to watch.  

I agree with you about Osimhen because Osimhen could have done very well at Chelsea. Chelsea missed such a great opportunity and I think they will be criticized a lot for this. If the team starts losing points and the fans start talking about it, things could get worse for Chelsea. There is no such problem for now but it could happen in the future.

It is a great opportunity for the team to have a talented player like Cole Palmer playing for Chelsea. He improves every match and can score goals very easily. Cole Palmer is a player that every team wants to have in their squad.

[Arenga pinnata]

Mohamed salah is the man of the match, indeed Liverpool's winning today against Manchester United was not a surprising one though it has been a rivals for both at every point of their meetings. However, Liverpool became victorious by 0:3 Manchester United at home making it a two defeats from two previous matches as they lost by 2 goals to 1 against Brighton last week.

Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur was another rival match today thou the both teams performance very well but Newcastle stood very strong on their ground as Alexander izak made it through for Newcastle United to 2:1 victory against Tottenham Hotspur.

There is no doubt about Mohamed Salah's quality. But so do other players at Liverpool. Arne Slot seems capable of immediately continuing the job that Klopp left for him. And what I admire is that the Liverpool players continue to play comfortably under the new coaching there. So as a result we can see that Liverpool is still as strong as last season even though they have changed coaching. Meanwhile, Ten Hag always seems to be unlucky. Because this season he should prove that he can improve Man United again. but the injuries to the players there really meant that Man United couldn't develop at all.

Newcastle have recovered their poor performance last season to be better this season. Meanwhile, Tottenham doesn't seem to be playing as well as last season. Even though they are playing well overall, I see they are still having difficulty completing attacks better. If these problems are overcome, I think Tottenham can become a strong team like Liverpool.

[Felicity_Tide]

Chelsea needed an experienced coach. With Pochettino's help, we saw Chelsea's steady performances towards the end of last season. Pochettino should not be sacked by Chelsea. At the same time, the decision not to buy Osimhen also seems like a bad decision by Chelsea. They need an experienced striker who can score consistently. Osimhen could have been the best option for Chelsea.

I couldn’t agree more. You highlighted two big mistakes Chelsea made; one is sacking Pochettino prematurely. Chelsea would have given him a little more time to develop the squad. And the other is failing to sign a proven striker in the transfer window. Chelsea fans can bash Osimhen for asking for high wages and say they don’t need him but as we all saw today, Nicolas Jackson has issues finding the back of the net. Enzo Fernandez should have been subbed in the first half, he was clearly killing the game. I am yet to see what Enzo Maresca sees in him. The man of the match today for me would be Cole Palmer, his passes were incredible and beautiful to watch.  

I think pochettino and Chelsea ended the whole thing on mutual concept without telling the whole public the complete truth. Like I have always said, building this current Chelsea team will take time and patience, which I think the fans and management don't have. As for the Oshimen case, I think the entire public don't know the full story of what went down. I literally had no full knowledge, until I met a strong Oshimen fan, who explained everything to me in detail. Besides, do we even know how much Chelsea are offering to pay Oshimen as a striker(€4m annually) which is 10% less than what Al-Ahli's is offering - https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/why-victor-osimhen-rejected-chelsea-transfer-napoli-paltry-wage-offer/blt1bcca3197a982549#csc4bafa4ffcd040fc

Where I actually think Oshimen made the whole mistake, was when he extended his contract sometime last season, with a release clause of around £120m. I was kind of furious that night on hearing the news, because I knew it will turn out bad at the end of the day. But, what I feel is that, he might likely terminate his contract afterwards agreeing a good term with any club, or maybe just wait till January. Oshimen will definitely fit maresca's style of play. But what Chelsea are offering is kind of funny.

[red4slash]

Rice's red card at the start of the second half was a little disturbing so this made Arsenal reduce the intensity of their attacks even though for the first half they were quite good and even took the lead through Kai Havertz but by losing 1 player at the start of the second half made Arteta inevitably look for other options for their defense because they lost in number of players.

And that was the mistake I think Arsenal made today in their just concluded match against Brighton, by changing it's pattern to playing a defensive game when they had scored just one goal, when they ought to have continued attacking, despite the remover of "Declan Rice" as he was issued red card at 49 minutes into the game, as that gave room to Brighton scoring it's equalizing goal, as it marks the second time both clubs playing draw since 2019. However, it was an interesting game, of which though Brighton may be taking the lead today, Arsenal is still rest assured to do more better in a long run.

But there is nothing they can expect when the match becomes unbalanced when 10 players against 11 players so Arteta must change his pattern to be more defensive so that the situation is not worse even though the 1 goal reply from Brighton was not really expected but they had to accept it because it must be difficult to play under pressure with fewer players.

At least 1 point they still got in this match and of course this must be a lesson for their future because after all, the slightest mistake on the field will eventually have an impact on the performance and the final result.

btw in today's match the red derby ended with a pretty big score and I am happy with Liverpool's victory in this match because after all this proves several things including their quality which is still maintained despite changes and is in the transition of a new coach.

[Cookdata]

With what we are seeing at Manchester United, they can't top the table with this same performance, not a fan of the club but clearly I sympathise with a lot of fans who earlier believed and hoped to see United competing for a good position among the best of teams In the league. Clearly, there has been no improvement from the coach down to every player, if continue like this may end up below what they were last season.

Changes might comes as we progress with the league but right now, Manchester United looks like a team that should have been sent down to a division tournament to learn some defensive games. I mean Liverpool just ball shame Manchester United and they were helpless, Erik was out or solution and nothing was done to helped them during the match. It's so sad that M.Salah was looking for more opportunities to devour Manchester United with goals even more.

Same goes to Chelsea, first game they are good and performing then few consecutive matches they become worst and unreliable, how did they move from beating Wolves six goals to two (6:2) and not being able to win Crystal palace from having the leading goal to ending the full time whistle with a draw. Chelsea can't and shouldn't complain of the squad because they made good use of the transfer window, so much is expected from them.

From the beginning, I never had any expectations From Chelsea from day after they met with Manchester City but when they met Wolves, I was kind of aboit changing my mindset not knowing the just scored goals they ought to have score in the next 4 games and now they couldn't make a single goals despite the shot on target with crystal palace at home. 14 shots on target were made and none was converted to any goal. Chelsea are helpless.

[EFS]

I won't forget this Chelsea who missed all the chances today and ruined my parlay. If I hadn't made a bet, Palmer probably would've made a hat-trick and Chelsea would've scored 5 goals. Thanks to me, they lost points. In the same week that Arsenal lost points, Tottenham and Manchester United also lost. This week was beneficial for Manchester City and Liverpool. There are some good games after the international break, it will be a tough fixture for Arsenal. I hope the players who didn't go to the national team will rest well and play good games when they come back.

[Josefjix]

I won't forget this Chelsea who missed all the chances today and ruined my parlay. If I hadn't made a bet, Palmer probably would've made a hat-trick and Chelsea would've scored 5 goals. Thanks to me, they lost points. In the same week that Arsenal lost points, Tottenham and Manchester United also lost. This week was beneficial for Manchester City and Liverpool. There are some good games after the international break, it will be a tough fixture for Arsenal. I hope the players who didn't go to the national team will rest well and play good games when they come back.

EPL is a very tough league I must say, this is absolutely one of the league with challenging predictions. Come over to London clubs that are quite funny this weekend. Arsenal draw points with Brighton, Tottenham lost points to Newcastle and Chelsea draw points with Crystal Palace, this is probably not a good starting for the Blues at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea was my concern in today's EPL fixture, they had everything to beat their visitors but couldn't following the formidable defendlines drawn by the Eagles. Drawing Chelsea to a 1-1 draw see them to gaining their first point this season at Stamford Bridge. Enzo Maresca really need to work on his players and game strategy because it might later turn out to be shocking to the manager.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Mohamed salah is the man of the match, indeed Liverpool's winning today against Manchester United was not a surprising one though it has been a rivals for both at every point of their meetings. However, Liverpool became victorious by 0:3 Manchester United at home making it a two defeats from two previous matches as they lost by 2 goals to 1 against Brighton last week.

Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur was another rival match today thou the both teams performance very well but Newcastle stood very strong on their ground as Alexander izak made it through for Newcastle United to 2:1 victory against Tottenham Hotspur.

There was a very interesting position at the beginning of this match. They said Alexander Arnold's position first crossed the line, then there was an offside review and the match lasted almost two or three minutes of controls. 10 minutes before the end of the first half, Liverpool scored with Luis Diaz.

Manchester United, were quite slow against the pace of Liverpool. You said that Salah was the player of the match in the match, so it is possible, Luis Diaz also had a very good match.

[Oluwa-btc]

I won't forget this Chelsea who missed all the chances today and ruined my parlay. If I hadn't made a bet, Palmer probably would've made a hat-trick and Chelsea would've scored 5 goals. Thanks to me, they lost points. In the same week that Arsenal lost points, Tottenham and Manchester United also lost. This week was beneficial for Manchester City and Liverpool. There are some good games after the international break, it will be a tough fixture for Arsenal. I hope the players who didn't go to the national team will rest well and play good games when they come back.

At least Chelsea played well and had a beautiful game for the fans to watch. You should channel your energy into blasting Nicholas Jackson who bottled a great chance of scoring today. Arsenal did not lose points, they actually dropped points against Brighton and all think they did because of the red card during the game. I won't say so though but if you ask me I'd say that what's the need for VAR if they can not look into such case scenario. Surprising to see Newcastle winning too. I didn't expect that win against Tottenham Hotspur but its obvious that they'll want to see themselves achieving personal hat they couldn't do last season. Shout-out to Manchester City and Liverpool, they have been consistent over the past few years.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I won't forget this Chelsea who missed all the chances today and ruined my parlay. If I hadn't made a bet, Palmer probably would've made a hat-trick and Chelsea would've scored 5 goals. Thanks to me, they lost points. In the same week that Arsenal lost points, Tottenham and Manchester United also lost. This week was beneficial for Manchester City and Liverpool. There are some good games after the international break, it will be a tough fixture for Arsenal. I hope the players who didn't go to the national team will rest well and play good games when they come back.

Is a week for gamblers to know how tired the players were and is painful that they didn't inform any of us gambling on them that they're going to perform terribly 😂. For Arsenal they shared the point which to me wasn't a good result for a team that is eying the top spot and the red card alone changed everything in that game, the Gunners are not good when they're playing with one man down if not the visitors wouldn't have gotten the 1pts, believe me if it was City they would have gotten all 3pts from Brighton. Tottenham Hotspur they don't even know how it happened against Newcastle, like they weren't prepared for the battle ahead and I feel they (Spurs) are coming back strong after the break that's if injury won't affect some of the players.
Manchester United are never serious and they have a problem they can't solve, losing to Liverpool without getting a goal is really disappointing, non of their forward caused much damage even Rashford could not be found, like he could not get things done in that encounter. I feel this guy (Rashford) need to leave the Red Devils and try his luck elsewhere, because he can't even take on a player like he used to do while having the ball. ETH shouldn't be too confident in this guys because they are like amateurs trying to play like professionals, Manchester United need to change whatever style they're using to play.

[DiMarxist]

I thought Manchester United will be able to stand against Liverpool at least I expected a draw, probably they might not even stand same position as last season.
Maybe the team just need time but giving more time is making things worst it’s better they take action starting from Erik Ten Hag and restructuring the team or else Manchester United will go low, I don’t understand the case with Rashford personally even if he was not the fault totally Rashford is not performing brilliant like what’s wrong with Manchester United.

[DanWalker]

I won't forget this Chelsea who missed all the chances today and ruined my parlay. If I hadn't made a bet, Palmer probably would've made a hat-trick and Chelsea would've scored 5 goals. Thanks to me, they lost points. In the same week that Arsenal lost points, Tottenham and Manchester United also lost. This week was beneficial for Manchester City and Liverpool. There are some good games after the international break, it will be a tough fixture for Arsenal. I hope the players who didn't go to the national team will rest well and play good games when they come back.

At least Chelsea played well and had a beautiful game for the fans to watch. You should channel your energy into blasting Nicholas Jackson who bottled a great chance of scoring today. Arsenal did not lose points, they actually dropped points against Brighton and all think they did because of the red card during the game. I won't say so though but if you ask me I'd say that what's the need for VAR if they can not look into such case scenario. Surprising to see Newcastle winning too. I didn't expect that win against Tottenham Hotspur but its obvious that they'll want to see themselves achieving personal hat they couldn't do last season. Shout-out to Manchester City and Liverpool, they have been consistent over the past few years.

I couldn't be happier with Chelsea's performance. Crystal Palace was not a strong team that Chelsea would drop points in their home matches. Chelsea should have performed better. Chelsea managed to win only one out of three matches. And the team is at the 11th position in the points table. Chelsea's overall condition is not good this season.

Jackson managed to score the only goal of the match. Thanks to Jackson for this. But he missed two easy chances. And even if one of those goals had been scored, Chelsea would have secured three points. If Chelsea were a mediocre team, I would have been happy with Chelsea's performance. But Chelsea have spent a lot of money building their squad. And despite spending a lot of money, the team is not showing the expected performance. So I am not happy with Chelsea's performance.

[Zaguru12]

There was a very interesting position at the beginning of this match. They said Alexander Arnold's position first crossed the line, then there was an offside review and the match lasted almost two or three minutes of controls. 10 minutes before the end of the first half, Liverpool scored with Luis Diaz.

Manchester United, were quite slow against the pace of Liverpool. You said that Salah was the player of the match in the match, so it is possible, Luis Diaz also had a very good match.

The Arnold goal would have stood as Dalot cleared the ball after it has gone pass the line, the referee wrist watch had vibrated courtesy of the goal line technology, but it was ruled out for offside which was the right call because Salah who was slightly ahead of Dalot had a touched of the before it landed to Arnold. Yes Salah was the deserved man of the match. Had a hand in all the three goals with the two assists to Diaz and a goal to himself. His overall game was solid and truly deserved the MOM award.

As for Manchester United, I still see the same problem as last season, they just circle the ball around their own box without moving it forward, they simply were just playing like amateurs Today. Casemiro had the worst game of his career today and deserved to actually go out in the first half, no doubt. The one who has the blame today was the Coach. Ten Hag has been very preferential to Marcus Rashford, he should’ve even started the match talk more of playing the full minutes, the coach needs to know that this is a very important season for him, or he gets kicked out

[Leviathan.007]

Chelsea needed an experienced coach. With Pochettino's help, we saw Chelsea's steady performances towards the end of last season. Pochettino should not be sacked by Chelsea. At the same time, the decision not to buy Osimhen also seems like a bad decision by Chelsea. They need an experienced striker who can score consistently. Osimhen could have been the best option for Chelsea.

I couldn’t agree more. You highlighted two big mistakes Chelsea made; one is sacking Pochettino prematurely. Chelsea would have given him a little more time to develop the squad. And the other is failing to sign a proven striker in the transfer window. Chelsea fans can bash Osimhen for asking for high wages and say they don’t need him but as we all saw today, Nicolas Jackson has issues finding the back of the net. Enzo Fernandez should have been subbed in the first half, he was clearly killing the game. I am yet to see what Enzo Maresca sees in him. The man of the match today for me would be Cole Palmer, his passes were incredible and beautiful to watch.  

Chelsea is a team they are usually making huge mistakes when they could have much better performance and we know Chelsea could have a better team if they had a better owner.
In the Premier League, Chelsea was one of the stronger teams in the league and they had good performance there but recently they were out of the good form and they couldn't even get the Champions League ticket anymore. I think with Pochettino in this team they could have a much better and more stable situation than they have right now.