Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Richbased]

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

I don't think Pep Guardiola or Manchester city's management is regretting not signing Cole Palmer because his team is still performing very well and Erling Halland is also a goal scorer so the only thing that would have made Pep Guardiola regret not signing Cole Palmer would have been if his team are not performing well or if he didn't have a striker who would match up Cole palmer's goal scoring record and if not for the 4 goals Cole Palmer scored on saturday, Erling Halland would have been the top goal scorer yet. But seriously Cole Palmer did a wonderful job for Chelsea last Saturday because scoring 4 consecutive goals in a row in either halves is a record kept by only few players in the history of football which are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jermain Defoe, Sergio Aguero and now Cole Palmer.

[marii awan]

Ipswich Town hosted Aston Villa at home. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, making it 4 draws after losing the first 2 weeks against the league's fixtures. After leading 2-1 at half time, Aston Villa couldn't show much in the second half. Ipswich town stepped up the pressure and scored the equalizer to take 1 point from this tough encounter.
Tottenham, on the other hand, managed to beat Manchester United away. With Fernandes' red card towards the end of the first half, Manchester United, whose chances of winning were diminishing, were defeated by 3 goals from their opponent.

Ipswich team performance is not up to mark and they barely level the game but is good for Ipswich to show that kind of intent against Aston Villa team which is far more better than Ipswich.
And about Man U and Tottenham, they completely dominated the game and secured 3 points at Man U home.

[tiCeR]

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Well, if we talk about Chelsea's inconsistency last season, it will make us a little pessimistic about this team this season. But for a while Chelsea did look extraordinary. And you are right that it would be quite good if Chelsea continued to maintain their current form. And actually it would also be extraordinary if Chelsea continued to maintain its performance until the end of the season. But we are still at the beginning of the season. So there will still be more match results that may be unexpected.

But next week Chelsea will be tested again and it is hoped that they can get full points again. because we might at first glance think that fighting against Nottingham doesn't seem like it will be that difficult. But in reality it looks like it will be quite a fierce match. because Nottingham has also started the season quite well so far. And Nottingha, only suffered 1 defeat at the start of this season. And the number of points that Nottingham currently has is the same as the number of points that Brighton has. So it can be said that Nottingham has a performance that we should not underestimate this season.

Nottingham Forst is one of the big surprises to me. They have had a few good games last season, but it was close in the end as they made the cut with 32 points only because Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield were playing miserably. But I agree with you that Nottingham is not that team anymore that grants the opponent three points almost for free.

You can see the defense improved significantly. Now after six games they conceded five goals. Last season they conceded 67 goals, which averages out to around 1.9 or so while at the moment they are conceding less than one goal per game and that makes a huge difference even if their weakness is scoring goals themselves. But for as long as they know they are not conceding two goals per game, scoring one can already mean valuable points for them.

[marii awan]

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

I don't think Pep Guardiola or Manchester city's management is regretting not signing Cole Palmer because his team is still performing very well and Erling Halland is also a goal scorer so the only thing that would have made Pep Guardiola regret not signing Cole Palmer would have been if his team are not performing well or if he didn't have a striker who would match up Cole palmer's goal scoring record and if not for the 4 goals Cole Palmer scored on saturday, Erling Halland would have been the top goal scorer yet. But seriously Cole Palmer did a wonderful job for Chelsea last Saturday because scoring 4 consecutive goals in a row in either halves is a record kept by only few players in the history of football which are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jermain Defoe, Sergio Aguero and now Cole Palmer.

From now onward Pep and City management will regret to not sign this young Exciting talent because Palmer is a real threat for every team in EPL. No doubt in City they go for a Halland which is not a bad move but defiantly Palmer is still hunting Peps mind.

[marii awan]

And talking about the Liverpool VS Wolves match, in that match, Salah and his teammates played quite well. The reason is that in this match Liverpool played carefully and was well organized. So even though Liverpool didn't score many goals in this match, Liverpool could win the match well. And if Liverpool can maintain their good performance and consistently win in the English league, I think it is clear that Liverpool can become champions in the English league.

Previously I myself did not really think that Liverpool could overtake Manchester City, but in fact they managed to do this, with their victory against Wolves this made them get points that could be superior to Manchester City with the previous two matches only ending in a draw. With the journey still far away Liverpool is not safe enough because in my opinion there is still a threat that they could be shifted again.
Saying Liverpool can win the Premier League right now may be too early, but we don't know what the future will be like, whether Arsenal and Manchester City can take back their rankings or not, but what is clear is that Liverpool will definitely maintain their ranking by showing the best in their performance.

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Yeah saying way too much earlier that LFC will be champions of EPL 2024/25 it's a very long journey in which you should must be consistent and execute plans on the pitch accordingly then you or your team will be able to win the title.

[Arenga pinnata]

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

Cole Palmer is able to shine brightly at Chelsea because Chelsea is only full of young players whose quality is not much different from Palmer or slightly below Palmer. But when he was at Man City we knew Cole Palmer had difficulty competing there. Because we know Man City is always full of star players and experienced players. I'm happy that Cole Palmer is coming to Chelsea. Because that way he can show his true potential to everyone. Because if he stays in Man City then I think this player will find it difficult to show his potential. Because he won't have enough playing time to show it. And I don't think Pep Guardiola will regret losing Cole Palmer either. because Man City currently has many good players who can actually be relied on to make Man City continue to dominate the Premier League and even in the UCL. Cole Palmer is still young and he will still get better. So he really should be at Chelsea, which is much more interested in potential young players who will continue to be developed into better players. Meanwhile, in Man City, we always see that the players there have to be ready for much more difficult challenges. So it requires much more mature experience.

[Odohu]

Bournemouth vs Southampton

Bournemouth (confirmed lineup): Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Dango Ouattara, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson.

Southampton (confirmed lineup): Aaron Ramsdale, Yukinari Sugawara, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Charlie Taylor, Flynn Downes, Lesley Ugochukwu, Maxwel Cornet, Mateus Fernandes, Ryan Fraser, Tyler Dibling.

Southampton are really battling to survive because they haven't recorded a single win since the starting of the league, this is so bad for them and they are going to be playing their 6th game of the season. Bournemouth only have a win too since the start, and they will be playing at Vitality Stadium which is their home, this game is very difficult to predict because currently Southampton have 3 wins against Bournemouth that have only two wins, and Southampton are not in good shape but let see whether they can perform miracles tonight at Vitality Stadium.

It will be a very challenging match for Southampton who is yet to really stand well in the EPL. just 17 minutes of play and they are already one goal down and still suffering unprecedented pressures from Bournemouth who are super strong at home and very good at converting their chances. At the 31st minute the second goal was scored making it 2-0 and I don't know how Southampton will be able to recover from this goal. They should just play to stop further goals because I feel Bournemouth might still score more.

[Furious 7]

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

I don't think Pep Guardiola or Manchester city's management is regretting not signing Cole Palmer because his team is still performing very well and Erling Halland is also a goal scorer so the only thing that would have made Pep Guardiola regret not signing Cole Palmer would have been if his team are not performing well or if he didn't have a striker who would match up Cole palmer's goal scoring record and if not for the 4 goals Cole Palmer scored on saturday, Erling Halland would have been the top goal scorer yet. But seriously Cole Palmer did a wonderful job for Chelsea last Saturday because scoring 4 consecutive goals in a row in either halves is a record kept by only few players in the history of football which are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jermain Defoe, Sergio Aguero and now Cole Palmer.

Regret or not in the end it's about compatibility and it can't be denied even though for now Palmer always shows his best performance at Chelsea but that doesn't mean Pep will regret it because in the end he also knows the situation that happened especially in Manchester City also filled with some great players so it could be that Palmer would not be as good as today when he remained at Chelsea.

Pep has had a long career and in the end he knows whether he will fit or not with Palmer so when it cannot be forced then why do it because currently Palmer and Pep also have their own path.

Palmer is now very good at Chelsea even though it is not accompanied by his club which still has some problems but at least with him there, Chelsea looks a little better, on the other hand for Pep he will also not regret it because it will only waste his time especially for now there are still a lot of players he can use so he already knows what he has to do without having to regret letting Palmer leave Manchester City.

[marii awan]

Bournemouth vs Southampton

Bournemouth (confirmed lineup): Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Dango Ouattara, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson.

Southampton (confirmed lineup): Aaron Ramsdale, Yukinari Sugawara, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Charlie Taylor, Flynn Downes, Lesley Ugochukwu, Maxwel Cornet, Mateus Fernandes, Ryan Fraser, Tyler Dibling.

Southampton are really battling to survive because they haven't recorded a single win since the starting of the league, this is so bad for them and they are going to be playing their 6th game of the season. Bournemouth only have a win too since the start, and they will be playing at Vitality Stadium which is their home, this game is very difficult to predict because currently Southampton have 3 wins against Bournemouth that have only two wins, and Southampton are not in good shape but let see whether they can perform miracles tonight at Vitality Stadium.

It will be a very challenging match for Southampton who is yet to really stand well in the EPL. just 17 minutes of play and they are already one goal down and still suffering unprecedented pressures from Bournemouth who are super strong at home and very good at converting their chances. At the 31st minute the second goal was scored making it 2-0 and I don't know how Southampton will be able to recover from this goal. They should just play to stop further goals because I feel Bournemouth might still score more.

I do not know what happened to team Southampton and they have not performed well in the game It just 24 minutes gone and Bournemouth scored twice i think today they ended up with a score like 4-0 or 4-1. The way Bournemouth played is exceptionally brilliant and good to watch.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I have this feeling that Manchester United have everything sorted out about their next manager but it has to be delayed maybe till  the current coach contract expires that's if ETH hasn't killed the team completely. I see the assistant coach van Nistelrooy as a possible candidate to take the job after ETH might have left, this is something the board of directors are some how hiding from the public, I'm just saying but it might be true. If van Nistelrooy takes over I think he can do perfectly well and even have better relationship with the players, that relationship is what Erik ten Heg is really lacking with the squad.

[SmartCharpa]

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Played 6 matches, got 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses for a total of 7 points. That's what Manchester United have got so far this season, I don't think they deserve these conditions with the squad they have. Many people started to comment that ETH's strategy was not suitable for the players, some even linked it with Jadon Sancho who could perform well at Chelsea.

Their latest defeat at the Theater of Dreams against Tottenham Hotspur really surprised many people, is it time for ETH to leave Manchester United? If he really leaves, who do you think is a suitable manager at Manchester United?

If Manchester United fires Ten Hag I believe they will have another manager to replace him; the team has been struggling since Ten Hag took over, and I do not see any worse manager in the Premier League than him, his strategy has remained unchanged, and even after adding more players, the team's condition remains as if they failed to recruit any new faces during the transfer window. If other teams invest money in new players to improve their performance, Manchester United will invest money to become worse than in past seasons. Is Manchester United's performance under Ten Hag different from the previous two seasons? The fans are sick and tired of watching him as the team manager.

However, Manchester United does not perform like a team with a manager, for example, in the opening two minutes of their match against Tottenham Spurs, they conceded a goal, their defense looked terrible, and no position in their squad appeared to be very strong. Rashford does not deserve to start a match that a manager wants to win, due to how poorly he has performed under Ten Hag over the last two seasons. Rashford is not a great finisher, but rather an attacker who is afraid to break through the opponent's defence.

If a team has to win, the manager must start top level players, unlike Rashford. We assumed that their poor performance last season was due to a lack of players, but it is clear that the manager is to blame. If they fire Ten Hag and are unable to find another outstanding manager, they can bring in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is also interested in coming back to his position because he didn't have the opportunities to buy players like Ten Hag's during his tenure.

[Zlantann]

If Manchester United fires Ten Hag I believe they will have another manager to replace him; the team has been struggling since Ten Hag took over, and I do not see any worse manager in the Premier League than him, his strategy has remained unchanged, and even after adding more players, the team's condition remains as if they failed to recruit any new faces during the transfer window. If other teams invest money in new players to improve their performance, Manchester United will invest money to become worse than in past seasons. Is Manchester United's performance under Ten Hag different from the previous two seasons? The fans are sick and tired of watching him as the team manager.

Erik Ten Hag would have been sacked last season, but the club management decided to keep him after Manchester United won the FA Cup finals. This season's performance is becoming worse with some shameful defeats. If the management thinks that the Dutch coach should be sacked, the ideal time to do it is now that the season is still free. So that a new coach will be able to blend with the players before January.

The club can also give out more funds to a new coach to bring in the kind of players he needs in the January transfer opening. It is troubling to see one of the best and most highly decorated clubs struggling to survive. Ten Hag should be given some time, maybe three more games, to check his capabilities. The game against FC Porto, Aston Villa, and Brentford should be used as his final test to check if he can continue with United.

[Antotena]

Ipswich team performance is not up to mark and they barely level the game but is good for Ipswich to show that kind of intent against Aston Villa team which is far more better than Ipswich.
And about Man U and Tottenham, they completely dominated the game and secured 3 points at Man U home.

Aston Villa really messed up that game, it's not like IPswitch weren't good team, they are but right now, I think they are the least team by performance in that table right now, from the way they were playing yesterday, one could see from their touches and passes, from there dribbles they are not that skilled but Aston Villa weren't sharp to win them, they are the first team to give them this courage despite the fact that they have draw alot already.

The way people are going around predicting Manchester United are going to lose to Aston Villa around will make people lose their bets by next week. I know they have been a rubbish team lately but next week might be a redemption, if Erik doesn't win that match next week, I think the Manchester United board are going to set up a meeting and have him sack and replace by another person that is up to the task.

[Nheer]

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

The move to Chelsea have been a turn around for him and i am sure Manchester City management and Guardiola will be having regrets as to why they sold him to Chelsea. If you ask me i’d say it’s too early to let such a young player with potential go.

He is now the man in Chelsea, he is a gem and all he touches seem to turn to gold, Chelsea are really lucky to have got such a player in their hands and I don’t think he would have been this prolific if he was still at Manchester City because he would still be struggling with playing time. There are lots of options for Guardiola so he would still see Palmer as a substitute player that still needs time to fully develop. Somee players just need enough playing time to prove themselves.

[Amphenomenon]

Ipswich team performance is not up to mark and they barely level the game but is good for Ipswich to show that kind of intent against Aston Villa team which is far more better than Ipswich.

Actually I was stunned to see Aston Villa getting a draw with Ipswich,  the home team did a good job to get a draw and we can consider this as a win for them especially relating to difference players quality.

And about Man U and Tottenham, they completely dominated the game and secured 3 points at Man U home.

In the aspect of Manchester United I think majority expected Spurs to win especially after Bruno Fernandes red card though while the red card seems on deserving, some Manchester United fans as spoken of how the team played well without Bruno Fernandes in the aspect of gameplay.

Fans are already hating on him after his recent poor performance in matches while others console themselves from the fact that this is a chance of Bruno Fernandes to get a rest in order to come back much better

[Moreno233]

Haaland definitely started the season a lot better than I expected, he didn't finish last season very well, between injuries and lack of KDB for half of the season, he had a bad season, but now he is looking much better. I think he might have his best career season ever, finishing these 70 or so games City will have, with maybe near 80-90 goals, which would be a first and not really that impossible. Can he score 40 in the league? He totally can, he has that talent, and rest is easier because it's UCL with 8 games and then out of group stages so he will have some games there, maybe as much as as finals, and then fa cup and the nefl cup, all of these could give him some good goal scoring chances. I am not saying he will score that much, but at least a 50-60 goal season is in play.

I totally agree with you on this. Haaland has already started the season on a nitro speed level, just five weeks weeks into the season and he has scored 10 goals already in 5 games, this is a major boost to his objective of winning the golden boot at the end of the season. I think Haaland will score a total 60+ goals in all competitions at the end of this session. He has the quality and scoring technique to achieve this easily, and I believe he can with the level of players he has around him.

It is absolutely difficult to put a figure to the number of goals Haaland will score this season but it is nice to see that he started the season very well, scoring an average of two goals per match. That is a record that not too many players have and if he continue at that pace, then your estimate will come to pass provided he does not get injured, which seldom happen. One thing I know is that he will win the highest goal scorer in the EPL this season irrespective of weather Manchester City wins the league or not.

[Falconer]

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The move to Chelsea have been a turn around for him and i am sure Manchester City management and Guardiola will be having regrets as to why they sold him to Chelsea. If you ask me i’d say it’s too early to let such a young player with potential go.

He is now the man in Chelsea, he is a gem and all he touches seem to turn to gold, Chelsea are really lucky to have got such a player in their hands and I don’t think he would have been this prolific if he was still at Manchester City because he would still be struggling with playing time. There are lots of options for Guardiola so he would still see Palmer as a substitute player that still needs time to fully develop. Somee players just need enough playing time to prove themselves.

Manchester City certainly did not expect, Cole Palmer developed rapidly and became an important part of the Chelsea squad, where Chelsea now has the potential to be a direct competitor in the fight for trophies. The lack of playing time due to the tight competition in Pep Guardiola squad, made Cole Palmer decide to leave, and it proved to be the right move for his career. The same reason was also used by Julian Alvarez who moved to Atletico Madrid, because he wanted to get a regular place in the main squad, at Manchester City, Halaand is irreplaceable. Unfortunately Cole Palmer is also not relied on in the England National Team, because Gareth Southgate also has a more mature attacker, in the future he will be an important player at club and national team level.

[uchegod-21]

Why do they have to crop only Manchester United out in that No 12. That's an awkward position for them, I remember last season I was constantly mocking Chelsea players for always being in that position as if it's their birth rite. Things are really falling apart. Erik Ten Hang is handling Manchester United as if he didn't play the pre-season with the players. As if he is getting to know them. It's disgusting please.

To crown it all, he has the full assurance and confidence that he has the management backing. Who knows the kind of contract that he signs with them that is making him this confident?

[Sexylizzy2813]

Why do they have to crop only Manchester United out in that No 12. That's an awkward position for them, I remember last season I was constantly mocking Chelsea players for always being in that position as if it's their birth rite. Things are really falling apart. Erik Ten Hang is handling Manchester United as if he didn't play the pre-season with the players. As if he is getting to know them. It's disgusting please.

To crown it all, he has the full assurance and confidence that he has the management backing. Who knows the kind of contract that he signs with them that is making him this confident?

Honestly that contract need to come out in the open, that's if it's possible, because we need to know what was the agreement. I don't really like how he takes things with so much confidence knowing quite well that he is not doing well with the lads and nothing can happen to him as the manager, if he continues I believe all these things will affect his CV when looking for another job, because nobody would want a man as Erik ten Heg to come to the club and repeat what he did at UTD, it will be a disaster.
We shouldn't be focusing our anger on the coach alone because if the management doesn't have a hand in all of this then ETH won't have the mind of doing what he's doing. Where exactly is Manchester United going to finish this season? To me ETH is tire of the club and he knows that nothing positive is even planning on happen so he doesn't need to stress himself but allow the players do whatever they feel like on the pitch, now is like the Reds Devils are without a Shepard.

[Leviathan.007]

Ipswich team performance is not up to mark and they barely level the game but is good for Ipswich to show that kind of intent against Aston Villa team which is far more better than Ipswich.

Actually I was stunned to see Aston Villa getting a draw with Ipswich,  the home team did a good job to get a draw and we can consider this as a win for them especially relating to difference players quality.

And about Man U and Tottenham, they completely dominated the game and secured 3 points at Man U home.

In the aspect of Manchester United I think majority expected Spurs to win especially after Bruno Fernandes red card though while the red card seems on deserving, some Manchester United fans as spoken of how the team played well without Bruno Fernandes in the aspect of gameplay.

Fans are already hating on him after his recent poor performance in matches while others console themselves from the fact that this is a chance of Bruno Fernandes to get a rest in order to come back much better

Buying some normal and not well-performing players made some other and former players of Manchester United speak. Tim Howard the former goalkeeper of Manchester United started complaining about the managers and the owner of the team. Tim Howard believes Ten Hag can't do a miracle himself and needs some better players while Manchester United will just buy normal and weak players not the good palters they had before in the past season.
He had an interview with NPC spots and said they pay too much money for normal players and that's the main problem in Manchester United.