Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Cryptmuster]

I'm looking forward to this match, because I think this match is quite tough where Manchester City will face two strong teams besides that I still think they can win but maybe there will be difficulties that will occur. The pressure that they will definitely give to their opponents will also occur and I don't doubt they can win.

Arsenal who have a good defense will certainly make it difficult for Manchester City to score goals, but anyway I think they can find a gap to score goals against Arsenal. In addition, Arsenal can also be said to be a team that has strong performance so they are one of the teams that will block Manchester City's development. We'll just have to see how the match goes to see who will win this match.

Now the teams will have a very tight schedule of games, I think that for now this should not affect their results in any way, but over time fatigue will make itself felt. Two such strong opponents for City with a difference of several days is very difficult, and Guardiola will take this into account, first of all it is necessary to think about the players and perhaps Guardiola will make more substitutions, although I see that he does not like to do this, sometimes in important matches he does not even make substitutions.

[SatoPrincess]

Chelsea can beat Manchester City but they need to improve their strategy. Chelsea has good players but their coach needs to make their defense.. midfield and attack stronger. Arsenal defense is very strong as seen in their 1-0 win against Tottenham, even when some players were injured. Chelsea can learn from Arsenal defense. Chelsea inconsistency is problem and their coach needs to fix it.
Chelsea coach should study Arsenal defense and use similar Chelsea needs to score goals when they have chances especially in important games. Team mindset and discipline are crucial in big games.

This changes usually takes time and determination and the experience of the manager to make it happen. Does Maresca have that experience and capability to make these changes happen in a short time before the Chelsea management gets frustrated and tired of him. Another important thing is having the right players and right mentality to make it happen. I cannot vouch for Maresca at this early stage of the season. 

[Helena Yu]

Manchester United haven't played a match like this for a long time. It was a morale-boosting match against Barnsley. After scoring 7 goals, Manchester United players can focus better on the league. The important thing for them is the matches in the Premier League. They haven't started the Premier League and they lost two out of four matches. It's time to play better, but I don't think it's possible with this manager.

At least they have revenge from conceded 7 goals by Liverpool although they do it to other teams.

Anyway it's really funny the players trust Antony to take the penalty, I thought the players will choose Rashford to take it since he already scored the first goal.

Garnacho, Eriksen and Rashford play really well in this match, I guess Ten Hag will put Eriksen as attacking midfielder for the upcoming match because he's not give a big contribution when he was playing in defensive midfield position.

[SatoPrincess]

Last season Everton was sanctioned but still managed to escape, so when talking about this season where the situation has recovered then I am still optimistic that Everton can fix it. The last 4 matches were very disappointing, they need something that can raise the mentality of their players. The arrival of Sean Dyche has not been entirely promising and if there is no improvement in a positive direction he could be kicked out of coaching. 3 seasons in a row Everton has only been able to escape the relegation zone but can no longer finish in 10th position like the 20/21 season when under Don Carlo Ancelotti.

I think Everton are about to record one of the worse seasons in the premier league history. They struggled in previous seasons too but found a way in the end to survive and remain in the league but this season I am getting a different feeling that they might not be able to escape relegation. Four games already and they have not recored a win or draw which is very very poor for a club that wants to stay in the premier league at the end of this season.

[Justbillywitt]

Great players seemed unable to show their maximum performance when they were at Manchester United. But as soon as they went to another club and played for another club, we immediately saw that the Man United players were able to display their maximum performance. And actually it's not just Sancho but that also happens to several other players.

It is undeniable that most of the players from Man United are able to show their best performance when they have left the club. And most of them can really fit in and be optimal with their new club.

Anyway, good movement and development from Man United today in the EFL Cup. Where they humiliated their opponent Barnsley with a score of 7-0 without reply.

And what is interesting is the duet between Garnacho and Rashford, they both became very productive players this time. See this:


Source: Man United duo on fire tonight vs Barnsley in League Cup

Why won't Manchester United humiliate Barnsley, after all the size of Manchester United is bigger than Barnsley in all angles. I just hope that they will replicate this their form when they meet their premier league opponents. I was even surprised to see that Eric Ten Hag used most of his first team squad to play this match. Barnsley is not match for a team like Manchester United and I don't really think it is necessary for Manchester United and their fans to celebrate this win as if they won a premier league team. It's quite unfortunate that Manchester United equals were busy playing in the champions league last night while Manchester United was playing in a league cup. It's a big shame to them. If I were a Manchester United fan I will hide my face in shame, that our rivals are playing champions league football and we are here celebrating winning Barnsley 7:0

[Dump3er]

Manchester United haven't played a match like this for a long time. It was a morale-boosting match against Barnsley. After scoring 7 goals, Manchester United players can focus better on the league. The important thing for them is the matches in the Premier League. They haven't started the Premier League and they lost two out of four matches. It's time to play better, but I don't think it's possible with this manager.

At least they have revenge from conceded 7 goals by Liverpool although they do it to other teams.

Anyway it's really funny the players trust Antony to take the penalty, I thought the players will choose Rashford to take it since he already scored the first goal.

Garnacho, Eriksen and Rashford play really well in this match, I guess Ten Hag will put Eriksen as attacking midfielder for the upcoming match because he's not give a big contribution when he was playing in defensive midfield position.

The main reason for Anthony to take the penalty was probably because he doesn't get a lot done otherwise and ten Hag as well as the other players knew that there is nothing to lose. They already took the lead thanks to Rashford's goal and losing against Barnsley at home was essentially impossible. Those games serve as an experimental stage to give players like Anthony a feeling of triumph.

But nobody really thinks that this will turn him into a top striker out of a sudden. He is still not living up to expectations. They didn't even bring him on against Southampton as a substitute. That's saying a lot about his status within the team. I bet that they would have never allowed him to take that penalty against any serious opponent in any serious competition. They barely let him play this season and this was more of a test game than anything else.

Painful enough to know that Manchester United is playing against Barnsley in a week when the best clubs in the world play the Champions League.

[legendbtc]

Great players seemed unable to show their maximum performance when they were at Manchester United. But as soon as they went to another club and played for another club, we immediately saw that the Man United players were able to display their maximum performance. And actually it's not just Sancho but that also happens to several other players.

It is undeniable that most of the players from Man United are able to show their best performance when they have left the club. And most of them can really fit in and be optimal with their new club.

Yes, famous players came here and faded away. But we should say they lost their form under coach Erik Ten Hag. Many players have left MU in all forms under coach Erik Ten Hag. Notably, the Dutch coach was criticized by many of his former players. They parted ways with the Old Trafford team with sadness because they could not get along with Ten Hag. First, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo. And second, another obvious fact is Jadon Sancho. And also goalkeeper De Gea.

I don't understand why the MU management is still determined to keep Erik Ten Hag at the club. They need to see a complete transformation of clubs when changing coaches, I compare this to Bayern Munich and Barcelona. I think MU is no longer a place worth choosing for stars or young talents to develop their careers. One thing I just want to say from my heart, Stay away from Erik Ten Hag. And find a way to get out of his control.

[Republikcoin.com]

Yep. This was Manchester United's best performance since Erik Ten Hag took charge of United. I enjoy soccer and most importantly, big scores.
We know Barnsley is a weak side, but United need games like this for the players to build their confidence and also give the youngsters some much-needed time. And Casa needed this game as well.
We can see how confident Marcus is since his goal last week.
Let's pray and see how United does against Palace in the next game.

That is still not enough for the development of the Manchester United team because Ten Hag still needs more wins in the Premier League although it is also not wrong if Manchester United is able to focus on the EFL Cup and win a lot over Barnsley yesterday. I was actually a little surprised when I saw the number of scores for the Manchester United vs Barnsley match so I immediately judged that the team was very weak because actually Manchester United this season is still not too strong in the Premier League and still has to make more efforts in order to continue to develop.

[knowngunman]

Last season Everton was sanctioned but still managed to escape, so when talking about this season where the situation has recovered then I am still optimistic that Everton can fix it. The last 4 matches were very disappointing, they need something that can raise the mentality of their players. The arrival of Sean Dyche has not been entirely promising and if there is no improvement in a positive direction he could be kicked out of coaching. 3 seasons in a row Everton has only been able to escape the relegation zone but can no longer finish in 10th position like the 20/21 season when under Don Carlo Ancelotti.

I think Everton are about to record one of the worse seasons in the premier league history. They struggled in previous seasons too but found a way in the end to survive and remain in the league but this season I am getting a different feeling that they might not be able to escape relegation. Four games already and they have not recored a win or draw which is very very poor for a club that wants to stay in the premier league at the end of this season.

Although almost all their key players were not on the pitch yesterday but apart from the main possession, every other statistics was on their favor but who cares? Statistics don't win matches, it's the result that matters the most. Playing against a poor southampton team who just got promoted newly into the league deserves much better performance than what I watched yesterday. Southampton lost their first four games in the premier League but Everton still lagged behind them. Everton was playing as if they were one man down because they refused to press their opponents and give them much time to romance with the ball. Imagine having a twenty five percent possessions against a newly promoted club? Things aren't getting better for them.

[fuguebtc]

Congratulations to Manchester United because maybe this match is Manchester United's day which has won with a very satisfying score and I think the fans are happy with the results of their match which has been able to beat Barnsley.

So this one is Ten Hag's biggest win as manager?

If Man United fan are extremely deluded, only then they will make this win a big deal, because otherwise, this is literally JUST Barnsley. But there are positives to take here as a United fan that the tactic allows them to score if they want to. Now they know, if played well they can overcome their shortcomings. The way they played in the game if replicated in a dominant mentality, could bring a lot of good results in the Premier League.

In addition, I appreciate this because it is one of the good achievements that they have done with their hard work. With their quite interesting front line players, because they played quite well and scored goals each.

Manchester United should not relax with this victory because they still have a long journey that they have to go through, besides I think they don't look ready to face other strong Premier League teams. They still have to work hard to improve their performance and ranking, because the victory they have achieved is not the end of their journey.

https://www.theguardian.com

I think Erik Ten Hag had a lot of the blame pointed at him, which is deserved, but the players do need to step up at games at times. You can coach or teach someone how to do a certain thing, but you can't go out there and do it on their behalf right? That's what it looked like about United recently. The whole club now needs to live up to their name, and stay united during the hardships and comes back strongly for everyone's good.
Look what Ten Hag said, they just gave opportunities to each other to score and boost their confidence. 26-year-old Rashford had a great chance of making hat trick, but he gave a penalty to Antony. Working as a team was the main factor of such kind of success.

[Farma]

Chelsea can beat Manchester City but they need to improve their strategy. Chelsea has good players but their coach needs to make their defense.. midfield and attack stronger. Arsenal defense is very strong as seen in their 1-0 win against Tottenham, even when some players were injured. Chelsea can learn from Arsenal defense. Chelsea inconsistency is problem and their coach needs to fix it.
Chelsea coach should study Arsenal defense and use similar Chelsea needs to score goals when they have chances especially in important games. Team mindset and discipline are crucial in big games.

This changes usually takes time and determination and the experience of the manager to make it happen. Does Maresca have that experience and capability to make these changes happen in a short time before the Chelsea management gets frustrated and tired of him. Another important thing is having the right players and right mentality to make it happen. I cannot vouch for Maresca at this early stage of the season. 

They Chelsea have collected 7 points from their 4 games, and this shows Maresca has made quite an impact at the start of this season, all of this will not be easy for them to build because we know Chelsea are under pressure, so I think Maresca is quite good not too bad for him, and we know he has managed to lift Leicester last season and he has shown his ability and I think not only me but Chelsea fans also believe that Maresca will be better than now with Chelsea if the club gives him a full chance like Arsenal did with Arteta and Maresca also needs all of that.

And under Maresca Chelsea play quite open with one-two touches between players and this shows that they are building a mentality with each other in rebuilding their glory and it is not easy so give him a long chance there then I am sure he will show his best for Chelsea.

[barisbilgili]

Yep. This was Manchester United's best performance since Erik Ten Hag took charge of United. I enjoy soccer and most importantly, big scores.
We know Barnsley is a weak side, but United need games like this for the players to build their confidence and also give the youngsters some much-needed time. And Casa needed this game as well.
We can see how confident Marcus is since his goal last week.
Let's pray and see how United does against Palace in the next game.

That is still not enough for the development of the Manchester United team because Ten Hag still needs more wins in the Premier League although it is also not wrong if Manchester United is able to focus on the EFL Cup and win a lot over Barnsley yesterday. I was actually a little surprised when I saw the number of scores for the Manchester United vs Barnsley match so I immediately judged that the team was very weak because actually Manchester United this season is still not too strong in the Premier League and still has to make more efforts in order to continue to develop.

We can't measure the strength of a team from just one match, we have to look at it as a whole and it is undeniable that Manchester United's performance this season has not developed from the previous season even though Ten Hag has made many changes. I am actually quite pessimistic about Ten Hag's ability, he has made many changes but there has been no visible progress in the team since Ten Hag's arrival as Manchester United coach so I conclude that the Manchester United team will continue like this without any significant development if they are still coached by Ten Hag.

[SmartCharpa]

Personally, I still can't tell if Chelsea's performance has improved. Chelsea lost the first match against Manchester City. And Chelsea not winning against City was the expected result. Moreover, in the next match, Chelsea won against Wolves by a huge margin of 6-2. I would say Chelsea team could have performed a bit better against Crystal Palace. Chelsea drew the match 1-1 against Crystal Palace. Chelsea had a chance to win the match.

Chelsea's main weakness last season was not their attack. Chelsea's main weakness last season was their defence. The team's performance was erratic due to the weakness of the defense. Chelsea conceded 63 goals in 38 matches. And Chelsea are unlikely to improve their defense this season either. Chelsea have conceded 5 goals in 4 matches. If Chelsea want to finish in the top four of the table, Chelsea's defenders will definitely need to perform better. I don't see any alternative.

Aside from Arsenal, I don't think any team in the Premier League might endure the pressure of Manchester City. Chelsea lost their first home game against Manchester City, but we weren't disappointed because we didn't expect them to beat Manchester City; my prediction for that game against City was that Chelsea would lose or be lucky to draw, Chelsea just lost one game this season, and I believe that the results this season show that Chelsea is doing better than last season. At the start of the previous two seasons, no name familiar with Chelsea appeared among the top ten teams in the Premier League.

However, I believe you forget how bad Chelsea's performance was last season when Wolves defeated them both at home and away. This season, Chelsea performance seems to be different, as they defeated Wolves in an away match by plenty of goals, I can't say Chelsea is weak this season since it's too early, and they're currently greater than some Premier League teams, unlike Manchester United, who has lost two games this season.

[Leviathan.007]

It seems regardless of the good or bad performance of Ten Hag in Manchester United he is having hard days with the fans of this team because they think Ten Hag doesn't have good relationships with many players in this team and Jadon Sancho was one example of of the players who had a bad relationship with Ten Hag and that's why he had to leave the team while he as good player for Manchester United who could help this team to get better results.
Now it's about Antony. Ten Hag said Antony doesn't show hard work in pieces of training and that's what Ten Hag also said about Sancho in the last season.

[Lannakosa]

We can't measure the strength of a team from just one match, we have to look at it as a whole and it is undeniable that Manchester United's performance this season has not developed from the previous season even though Ten Hag has made many changes. I am actually quite pessimistic about Ten Hag's ability, he has made many changes but there has been no visible progress in the team since Ten Hag's arrival as Manchester United coach so I conclude that the Manchester United team will continue like this without any significant development if they are still coached by Ten Hag.

Especially if it's a match against such a weak team that lost all their opening games. Unfortunately it's true, Manchester United haven't improved, they can beat weak teams like they beat Barnsley yesterday, but it doesn't matter for the results in the Premier League. In a few days they'll go to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace, they're also a strong team that started the season badly and they'll definitely want to beat Manchester United at home, I want to be wrong but I don't think Ten Hag will be able to get three points from this match.

[Catenaccio]

We can't measure the strength of a team from just one match, we have to look at it as a whole and it is undeniable that Manchester United's performance this season has not developed from the previous season even though Ten Hag has made many changes. I am actually quite pessimistic about Ten Hag's ability, he has made many changes but there has been no visible progress in the team since Ten Hag's arrival as Manchester United coach so I conclude that the Manchester United team will continue like this without any significant development if they are still coached by Ten Hag.

Measure or assess performance of Manchester United and their coach Ten Hag, can be based on their performances in two latest seasons and some early matches in this season are good confirmations on how Ten Hag actually failed to make his job well in Manchester United.

Many people saw that Ten Hag did not manage the team well and he brought some players to the club with very expensive cost while the club received very little contributions from these expensive players. As a head coach, who requested to buy these players, Ten Hag is fully responsible for these failed transfers. Two seasons with disappointed endings are enough but he was given more opportunity to continue managing Manchester United in this season.

So far, I see no positive things from their performances and I really believe that this season will be a last one for Ten Hag. He will even struggle to keep his job till the season ending and has very big risk to be fired in mid of season.

[tusandii]

Arsenal are becoming stronger and a win against Tottenham shows their improvement of winning minimally against strong opponents in Premier League. If they can maintain it, they will drop less points than two previous seasons and this means they will race more closely with Manchester City. From the match between Arsenal and Tottenham, we can see that Arsenal still lack of a good striker like Haaland in Manchester City. They are trying to cover this weakness with combined efforts from other players but in long run, this weakness can damage their chance in a race with Manchester City.

Agreed, and as you said, Arsenal is minimising not to lose many points. If you look at last season the difference in points with Manchester City is only 2 points, then Arteta this season must indeed focus on maintaining consistency. This is not easy especially the schedule in the Champion League requires Arsenal to be 2x more careful about the condition of their players. If you reflect on the transfer bursary this season, recruiting many players will be very useful to be able to rotate. The matter of pure strikers has indeed been a problem that Arteta has always avoided and until now in my opinion it is the most appropriate solution to catch Manchester City in points.
 

In the last 2 seasons Arsenal has always competed in the title hunt with Manchester City and has a narrow points difference but for this third season, for some reason I doubt Arsenal because I have been disappointed enough to expect too much from Arsenal even at the beginning of this season, Manchester City still looks very strong and has not lost points from the last 4 matches so if Mikel Arteta wants to win the title this season they have to beat Man City who are superior in points.
But Arsenal's steps will be a little easier if Man City gets a point deduction sanction and makes the points difference with Arsenal a little wider, this can be used by Arsenal so that Man City cannot win the title this season.

[Arenga pinnata]

Now the teams will have a very tight schedule of games, I think that for now this should not affect their results in any way, but over time fatigue will make itself felt. Two such strong opponents for City with a difference of several days is very difficult, and Guardiola will take this into account, first of all it is necessary to think about the players and perhaps Guardiola will make more substitutions, although I see that he does not like to do this, sometimes in important matches he does not even make substitutions.

Every season Pep Guardiola can always get through this phase very well. Because we know Man City always has very high quality second tier players. But this season there seems to be something a little different about Man City's second tier players. Because we now know that Julian Alvarez has moved to Atletico Madrid. And usually this is the player that Pep Guardiola always relies on when Pep wants to give Haaland a rest. Even though there are still several options that can be taken, usually Julian Alvarez's quality is always able to make Man City maintain good sharpness in the attack line. And it's a shame that Man City no longer has a second tier player as good as Julian Alvarez.

But last season I always saw that Arsenal was one of the clubs that was always most affected when a busy schedule came their way. Last season, Arsenal also lost several points due to their busy match schedule. But Arteta should have had much better preparation this season.

[CryptoPanda]

The defense is nothing to write home about to be frank with you boss, the 4 players behind can't hold the ball with confidence and the man who plays the left back and sometimes the midfield, I mean Marc Cucurella, he can't deliver a better cross and he doesn't know how to give a better pass but marking and tracking back I can recommend him. Then the other guys Fofana, Colwill and Disasi, they don't have the quality of a good defender. Gusto is even more better than those 4 guys put together so I can't use these guys to challenge team like Aston Villa or Arsenal.
We don't need to talk about getting a striker because with the help of Felix, Palmer, Nkunku, Sancho and Neto they can get goals on their own, Jackson just need to be there to complete them 11 players and be running around like a headless chicken, he's a waste to me unless he start playing from the wing.

Oh mate you have really spoken my mind, tho you sound very funny but still making sense altogether, I thought I am the only one concerned about the terrible performance of Nicolas Jackson upfront, because he is just busy running around and wasting most Chelsea clear cut chances without making any impactful contribution to the team nor improving on his blunders... Then as for the defence, apart from Cucurella and Fofana, the likes of Colwill and Desasi are just a bunch of average defenders, they can't even do their main job which is defending, let' hope James or Gusto returns back from injury to stabilize the defense a bit better than the way it is right now.

And when some one like Mikel Obi tells him (Jackson) the truth he'll rush back and reply a whole legend of Chelsea in an insultive manner just because he scored a goal against a dead team Wolves, is like he doesn't even feel anything when he performs pretty bad or doesn't he watch the clips and spot out all his mistakes? Jackson is not ready to be anything close to a World class striker, I'll call him a clown on the field of play.
About the defense I think you want to kill the team completely if you want someone like James who is getting fat and slow to recover and continue from where he left off with the team.
James is also a problem in the defense of Chelsea, the Fofana doesn't know his left from his right and ever since Thiago Silva left I don't see anybody to take up that mantle of leadership, not even James, Chilwell or even that man they call Enzo Fernandez or anybody that's wearing the arm ban, the team needs a better leader especially at the back 4 to control their movement and correct them whenever they mess up because in every game they make so much errors and the coach isn't ready to do anything about it.

Jackson may not be scoring as much scores as we would expect but Mikel Obi should quit criticizing the players at the end of every game. Of all people I expect these ex players will understand better how if feels to be criticized because they have been there before. I expect kind words of encouragement from these players not attacking them on social media platforms.

[Dickiy]

We can't measure the strength of a team from just one match, we have to look at it as a whole and it is undeniable that Manchester United's performance this season has not developed from the previous season even though Ten Hag has made many changes. I am actually quite pessimistic about Ten Hag's ability, he has made many changes but there has been no visible progress in the team since Ten Hag's arrival as Manchester United coach so I conclude that the Manchester United team will continue like this without any significant development if they are still coached by Ten Hag.

Especially if it's a match against such a weak team that lost all their opening games. Unfortunately it's true, Manchester United haven't improved, they can beat weak teams like they beat Barnsley yesterday, but it doesn't matter for the results in the Premier League. In a few days they'll go to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace, they're also a strong team that started the season badly and they'll definitely want to beat Manchester United at home, I want to be wrong but I don't think Ten Hag will be able to get three points from this match.

Yes winning the match with a score of 7-0 cannot be an indication that this season Man United is better considering Barnsley is a division 3 club, although I am happy with the victory but I still doubt Man United in the EPL can compete better, in the 5th week Ten Hag's troops will face Crystal Palace who have performed poorly this season and have not won a single victory, reflecting on this, the Red Devils should have been able to get 3 points, we'll see later whether MU can shift all our doubts.