Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Abu-Naim]

Manchester city has shown the qualities of champions and they have started showing it from the first week of the season, Manchester city are still the best team in the premier league now so it's a title for them to lose the other   needs to step up their game if they stand a chance of winning the title this year, because the premier league has become a one man show for the past Three seasons and with the looks of things it's likely going that way this season too

There is no doubt that Manchester City is the best team in the Premier League right now; they won the Premier League title four times in a row which no team has ever done it in the Premier League, but in the last two seasons, Arsenal have been a tough opponents for Manchester City, because for the past two seasons, Arsenal were dragging the title with Manchester City until the final week of the competition, but lack of experience do fail them along the line and they lost the last two season's premier league title to Manchester City after several struggles from the beginning of the season.

Nevertheless, this is another fresh season for Arsenal to try again, and their performance so far shows that they can still go again this season because the Manchester City that has been their biggest obstacle cannot comfortably win Arsenal again, they played draw with Arsenal one man down in the second half this shows how good Arsenal is defensively, and been able to hold Manchester City draw shows that they can do it again this season.

[yudi09]

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Manchester City have been able to win the premier league title for the fourth time in a row and this is what makes them to be the best team in premier league.

Looking back with what they have achieved, it is right that Manchester City is considered the best team in the Premier League. Looking back further, it cannot be justified because Manchester City at that time was still not considered the best team. I think you understand.

This season Manchester City is still considered to be the best team until another team takes the title of the league  this season,  I know the League just started for the season and for Manchester City to be at the top of the league it proves Manchester City to be the best team.

Until last week, yes, I would also say Manchester City is the best team among other teams, but if you look at this season it has been 5 weeks and there are still many matches to be played, I think it is still too early because Liverpool and Arsenal also have the opportunity to be at the top. Chelsea should not be ignored either.

[Stable090]

But you will never underestimate the Newcastle team because they can upset the teams in their home ground and City is currently facing a few injuries of their main players like Rodri and De Bruyne.

I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

[rahmad2nd]

Today Guardiola announced that Rodri is out for the rest of the season, his injury was much more serious, problems with his miniscus, this morning he had surgery. Guardiola is upset and says that they don’t have such a player now, but City need to learn to win without Rodri, I think I heard something similar last season about De Bruyne when he was injured. Gundogan is back in City, there is De Bruyne and Silva. Newcastle need to be beaten, they are not the most difficult team in the Premier League for City.

Rodri and De Bruyne seem to be out for quite a while based on my reference sources, but City still have other players to replace them. They have Silva, Kovacic and Gundohan, or Foden who will be rotated. There are still other names for Pep to formulate his strategy against Newcastle in tomorrow's match. Moreover, even though they are playing away and some of their main players are absent, City are still far superior to the home team. It is clear that City's chances of getting points in this match are very big. But it's not football if the results can be predicted or known for sure, when the match is running in normal time anything can happen. Perhaps, Eddie Howe will formulate his tactics based on the City vs Arsenal match. Nothing is impossible, although theoretically City is always favored. We'll just have to see when this match is held, hopefully Newcastle will put up a fierce fight so that the match is worth enjoying when we watch it.

[BITCOIN4X]

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Looking back with what they have achieved, it is right that Manchester City is considered the best team in the Premier League. Looking back further, it cannot be justified because Manchester City at that time was still not considered the best team. I think you understand.

Since Pep Guardiola came to Manchester City as a coach, they have established their status as the best team in the Premier League. Even Pep Guardiola has carved a new history for the Premier League where so far only Manchester City has managed to win 4 consecutive titles, they are the only one.

In the past, Manchester City have not been a consistent team with their performances and they are not the big team that can be expected. This is the 23rd consecutive season for Manchester City to be in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2002-03 season. Manchester City needed 10 seasons since being promoted to win their first title, when Roberto Mancini was their manager. Manuel Pellegrini won it again in the 2013-14 season, but he failed in the following seasons until Pep Guardiola was appointed in the 2016-17 season.

There is a lot of history about this club that you can read, especially here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/manchester-city/platzierungen/verein/281

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Until last week, yes, I would also say Manchester City is the best team among other teams, but if you look at this season it has been 5 weeks and there are still many matches to be played, I think it is still too early because Liverpool and Arsenal also have the opportunity to be at the top. Chelsea should not be ignored either.

If Klopp had not won the title in the 2019-2020 season, then today Manchester City would be the team that has won 7 titles in 7 consecutive seasons. Fortunately Liverpool were able to stop Manchester City's dominance that season, but Manchester City re-established themselves as the best team.

[Jegileman]

But you will never underestimate the Newcastle team because they can upset the teams in their home ground and City is currently facing a few injuries of their main players like Rodri and De Bruyne.

I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

When there are no big teams in the competition, it becomes boring to watch and the league will not look entertaining and competitive. So the presence of both weak and strong teams is what makes the league interesting. Even so, now in the premier league, lot of the teams that are regarded as small teams are no more and when you underestimate a team, that’s when they’ll give you a tough time to even score even when the odds are on you to win the match easily. Manchester City cannot be regarded as a small team just like Newcastle United cannot also be regarded as one. Manchester City is the better team but Newcastle United can also have a chance to win the match or draw the match.

It was a great game in terms of performance and execution from the main players and the result is that they demolished the West Ham defense and won the game by a 5-1 score. Slot picked the team after Klop's departure and never let anyone down with their performances so far everyone is very happy with the way Liverpool performed.

The new Liverpool has been doing a great job and his performance since joining the team as the head coach has been impressive and I can’t but say that Liverpool got a good replacement for Klopp. They can and are already in the race for the league title, they just need to remain consistent and they need to show that great performance that they can win the league title without any doubts as the league is progressing.

[Leviathan.007]

Well, the match, namely the Newcastle vs Man City match, is like the main dish this week. Even though it is the opening match this week. I agree we can't possibly miss this match. And I am also quite confident in the quality of Man City who can still be expected to win this match even though they cannot play several of their important players such as De Bruyne and Rodri who have minor injuries and are still unable to play. Luckily this season Gundogan has returned to Man City. So when De Bruyne is absent, Man City will not have much influence there.

Dude, Rodri is out for like 9-12 months -

@FabrizioRomano
🚨🔵 Pep Guardiola: “Unfortunately Rodri got the worst outcome”.

“He got surgery this morning, ACL and some meniscus. This season is over for Rodri”.

“Next season, he will be here”.
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1839644611565830498

Man City are going to badly miss him, this could even tilt the title towards Arsenal.

Rodri is the most effective player for Manchester City and I know even Pep Guardiola knew this about Rodri and his effete in Manchester City. Rodri is out for 8-9 months which is a long time for this player and he also needs some time to start training with the team and get back to good form to play for Manchester City again.
You can easily understand how effective is Rodri for Manchester City if you check the data and compare it with the time when he was playing for his team.
 

[Texac]

Rodri is the most effective player for Manchester City and I know even Pep Guardiola knew this about Rodri and his effete in Manchester City. Rodri is out for 8-9 months which is a long time for this player and he also needs some time to start training with the team and get back to good form to play for Manchester City again.
You can easily understand how effective is Rodri for Manchester City if you check the data and compare it with the time when he was playing for his team.

Rodri is a very important player for Manchester City squad. And I would say the three most important players for City at the moment are Rodri, De Bruyne and Haaland. Rodri and De Bruyne played the most important role in keeping City's midfield stable. So I wouldn't be surprised if Manchester City's midfield is a bit unstable due to Rodri's injury. However, Manchester City's midfield has talented players like Silva, De Bruyne and Gundogan. City will certainly miss Rodri though. At the same time, De Bruyne's fitness is a little weak. He has suffered several injuries in the last season. He is also facing injuries this season. So I don't think De Bruyne can stay with the City squad consistently. Keeping Manchester City's midfield stable will not be easy at all if De Bruyne and Rodri are not with the squad.

[GiftedMAN]

But you will never underestimate the Newcastle team because they can upset the teams in their home ground and City is currently facing a few injuries of their main players like Rodri and De Bruyne.

I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

I agree with you, Pep Guardiola is not that type of coach that would want to risk a match that is as important as any thing in the Premier League because of the team his side is playing against not even for a team like Newcastle that can easily defeat any team that tries to look down on them because of their recent performance since the beginning of the season. Regardless of the number of players that may not be available for the game tomorrow I believe Pep Guardiola will be starting his best 11 players to ensure he gets the away 3 points to keep his hopes of staying first in the league table otherwise Liverpool and Aston Villa will overtake them in the table so I think Pep Guardiola wouldn't want that to happen tomorrow.

Newcastle is one of the teams that knows how to battle with the big teams in England, playing at home against Manchester City is going to be a difficult game for them to win but they re going to make things so uneasy for City of City underestimate them. This is another game that I'm expecting both teams to score.

[beerlover]

Manchester City is the best team, and no club have been able to prove superior over them since the last four season, so I don't know why you are saying that they are not the best. Can you tell me the best club amongst the 19 clubs then. If it is because of their injured players that will not be playing for a while and you think they will not be able to win their upcoming matches, it will surprise you that even at that they might still win the league.

It is only if a different club wins the title at the end of the season that you can say City are not the best. Pep knows he is having a big challenge currently and I know that he will look for a way to see how the absence of the midfielders will not affect the club's performance that much. Newcastle has a big advantage over City in tomorrow's match and that is if they don't mess things up themselves on the pitch.

I feel like we are looking at a team that is missing a key player and they are also "figured out" a bit more as well, teams just do the same defense against them, and while it obviously doesn't work yet, it's still not that big of a deal yet neither, Arsenal almost won doing the same thing, and also it is getting a bit boring as well, I feel like City will face these 115 charges but the biggest crime they committed was just making a boring style of football that is winning games.

In the end, I think City is the best right now, but they are not going to sustain that, not with this many injuries, and they will probably end up with a lot of trouble when fatigue starts to show itself again too, they will end up losing more games eventually.

[punk.zink]

The new Liverpool has been doing a great job and his performance since joining the team as the head coach has been impressive and I can’t but say that Liverpool got a good replacement for Klopp. They can and are already in the race for the league title, they just need to remain consistent and they need to show that great performance that they can win the league title without any doubts as the league is progressing.

I thought when Liverpool decided to sign Arne Slot it would be a pretty impossible job for him because he hasn't been a football coach for too long, and he has no previous experience with the Premier League whatsoever. Besides it is not easy for a young coach to continue the legacy of a seasoned coach like Jurgen Klopp, and even if it is possible, it certainly will take a long time. It turns out that Arne Slot can prove that Liverpool was not wrong in choosing him, at least that's what it looks like at the moment.

[gabbie2010]

But you will never underestimate the Newcastle team because they can upset the teams in their home ground and City is currently facing a few injuries of their main players like Rodri and De Bruyne.

I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

Rodri and Debruyne are out injured both players had been very  crucial player for Man City and I think the team would really miss their services against Newcastle tomorrow, though Guardiola can boost of quality in his team, however it's not going to be an easy task or smooth ride for the visitors to beat a strong sided Newcastle who would equally be at home and had in a brilliant form this season, the best result for Man City should be a draw match and it's obvious Newcastle would defend very well as well as play counterattack to score goals if the opportunity occurs.

[tbterryboy]

Premier league on EFL cup doesn't really matter, it doesn't really make that much difference and even when they face each other it is not that much cared. Liverpool for example cared and won, but City  barely cared. I honestly think that this 70+ game thing should be questioned, we are talking about a lot of injuries and we may not do that well if we are not careful.

There must be some sort of lower number of games and I think starting from EFL cup being destroyed is the best way, or at least make it for teams that are in championship or something, or even make it opt-in optional, that way any team could just avoid it, or at some point I think teams should start sending their under 19 players and not their starters, so they can rest. Because 70+ games a season is not sustainable.

[aylabadia05]

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I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

Kevin De Bruyne and many other players are likely to be available for the match against Newcastle, except for Rodri and Oscar Bobb. Both players are still injured, but Kevin De Bruyne is reportedly able to play as reported by the media. This news could not be confirmed as accurate and was later refuted by direct information from Pep Guardiola. Kevin De Bruyne will not be available for the match against Newcastle, which will make matters worse.

Pep Guardiola said that De Bruyne is not yet ready and he may be ready to appear before the international break. Rodri will clearly miss this season, much to the chagrin of everyone including Pep Guardiola. He said, "As a club we have magnificent players, we will find a solution and it is what it is." So let's just wait and see what solution he says.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Imao although Newcastle are a little impressive in their last 5 matches, but still Manchester City will again win 3 full points. The situation experienced by The Citizen will not be too influential if the opponent is Newcastle. hopefully Newcastle can surprise by taking advantage of opportunities at home. If we look at the last home meeting in the Premier League Newcastle appeared dominant by scoring 2 goals but still had to lose because Manchester City was able to end the match with 3 goals. This weekend match will not be much different and both teams will score the goals.
 

Well, even though City is a very good team and the favourite to win this PL again, I would say that we have to wait and see how the game develops, because basically this team gave a lot to talk about last season, of course at the beginning, but sometimes Newcastle tends to give good surprises and can make the difference if they set their minds to it. I would really like it if Newcastle made this match interesting. I would like them to be able to beat them and see how all the teams react in general. This would raise the level of the PL even more if Newcastle wakes up.


Man City development could be huge for Newcastle United after Premier League vote dropped

Manchester City appear to have secured a potentially significant win in their legal battle with the Premier League that could have ramifications for Newcastle United.

Manchester City, who separately deny 115 alleged breaches of the top-flight's financial rules, have challenged the validity of the Premier League's associated party transactions (APT) regulations, which ensure all commercial deals with companies linked to a club's owners are independently assessed to establish they are of fair market value. The champions have stated that 18 rival clubs only voted in these regulations so that they could 'safeguard their own commercial advantages' following Newcastle's takeover nearly three years ago.

Source:https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-development-could-huge-30014265

[khiholangkang]

But you will never underestimate the Newcastle team because they can upset the teams in their home ground and City is currently facing a few injuries of their main players like Rodri and De Bruyne.

I don’t think anyone is underestimating any club, and with the current condition of Manchester City, I don’t think Guardiola will underestimate any club because he won’t want to lose points unnecessarily. I know Manchester City are currently facing injury problems, but even without players that are injured, then Manchester City will still be able to win Newcastle because there is a replacement for those players on injury, so if not that Manchester City are playing against strong teams, it’s not really going to have a serious impact on the club’s performance.

We'll see after tomorrow's game how Guardiola can get a win against Newcastle when they have a bit of an injury problem, and anyway their reserves are enough to cover the main vacant positions, they don't have a big void to be considered bad.
Newcastle do have a pretty good performance, they also have a pretty solid game, now in 6th place in the English premier league table getting 3 wins one draw and one loss in the previous match against Fulham, so there is still a slight chance of winning, although it is more likely to end in a draw again.

[iBaba]

If Klopp had not won the title in the 2019-2020 season, then today Manchester City would be the team that has won 7 titles in 7 consecutive seasons. Fortunately Liverpool were able to stop Manchester City's dominance that season, but Manchester City re-established themselves as the best team.

Manchester City is meant to be respected now and always for their most performing act over the years and the level of consistency shown by Manchester City is really outstanding. I see the future of this season going towards the side of the Manchester City once more. Because of the way they have further positioned themselves and I know it will most likely yield results. I wish to see Arsenal prosper this season because they did well the other time.

[adultcrypto]

Manchester city has shown the qualities of champions and they have started showing it from the first week of the season, Manchester city are still the best team in the premier league now so it's a title for them to lose the other   needs to step up their game if they stand a chance of winning the title this year, because the premier league has become a one man show for the past Three seasons and with the looks of things it's likely going that way this season too

Nevertheless, this is another fresh season for Arsenal to try again, and their performance so far shows that they can still go again this season because the Manchester City that has been their biggest obstacle cannot comfortably win Arsenal again, they played draw with Arsenal one man down in the second half this shows how good Arsenal is defensively, and been able to hold Manchester City draw shows that they can do it again this season.

The premiership this season is heavily undecided because there is no much gaps between the teams. The top teams are just one point apart which means any side that loses a match will fall off that zone. So, any team can still win the league even though we know that Manchester City is the defending champion and the favorite to still win it. I don't know if the era of one team staying at the top with wide gap is gone, maybe as the season enter into return legs and the champions league matches thickens, we will be seeing some lapses. But Arsenal still have a good chance this season and I will be keen on seeing how they perform.

[Issa56]

Manchester City have been able to win the premier league title for the fourth time in a row and this is what makes them to be the best team in premier league. This season Manchester City is still considered to be the best team until another team takes the title of the league  this season,  I know the League just started for the season and for Manchester City to be at the top of the league it proves Manchester City to be the best team.

With the way things are going this season, I won’t just be surprised if Manchester City ends up winning the premier league title again this season. The only team that I will say will compete with Manchester City for the league title is Arsenal, but I don’t think they will be able to win it. We all know that Arsenal have been trying for the past few seasons, but they are always ending the season in second position, so I am expecting the same thing to happen to Arsenal this season, they will try, but they will end the season in second position, just the way it has always been.

Other teams are ready to compete with Manchester City this season,  these teams are very good in performance no doubt but they need to get the title to prove Manchester City is not the best team.

No matter how hard they try, if they can’t just win the Premier League title, then they are not better than Manchester City, because if they are better than them, they should be able to take the league title from them.

[Huppercase]

There is no doubt that Manchester City is the best team in the Premier League right now; they won the Premier League title four times in a row which no team has ever done it in the Premier League, but in the last two seasons, Arsenal have been a tough opponents for Manchester City, because for the past two seasons, Arsenal were dragging the title with Manchester City until the final week of the competition, but lack of experience do fail them along the line and they lost the last two season's premier league title to Manchester City after several struggles from the beginning of the season.

If there is a way we can push Arsenal when we need them the most, I would have done that but the team don't do well when everyone needs them. Manchester City actually had a mad run last season and so was Arsenal but Arsenal began to make plenty mistake and losses when the were supposed to be making 3 points, they didn't even draw but losses in the die time of just a month before the conclusion of true season otherwise they would have won last season trophy.

Nevertheless, this is another fresh season for Arsenal to try again, and their performance so far shows that they can still go again this season because the Manchester City that has been their biggest obstacle cannot comfortably win Arsenal again, they played draw with Arsenal one man down in the second half this shows how good Arsenal is defensively, and been able to hold Manchester City draw shows that they can do it again this season.

This season has started on a good leg but I don't want to give myself too much hope already. Trosard and Rice has been given Red card this season and they seems not be getting the messages. Their last match against Manchester City was supposed to be an easy win but because Trossard mistake, they had to defend for 45 minutes without a single short on target. Avoiding red card by all means is the best thing they need else the players will be bench as if they went for injuries and it's going to affect their journey.