Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Sexylizzy2813]

Have been wondering what Madueke told Enzo Maresca after he scored the equalizer while celebrating in their 1-1 draw against the 10men Nottingham Forest yesterday, after the goal he was saying something to the coach and the manager was smiling happily. In that game we all saw the selfishness of the player and he always wants everything in every single game to be about him but it only shows he's not a team player and I think he should be with players like Ronaldo, that's when things ain't working out for him (I know Ronaldo lovers will react, but it doesn't matter).
I think Enzo Maresca should make a quick change in selecting players after the international break, Madueke should be dropped because he's not the type that plays for the team but for himself, for the spotlight to always be on him just as it has been for Palmer whenever he does incredible things. Should Madueke be dropped and start either Nkunku, Felix, Mudryk or Neto, which is better for Enzo Maresca to do?

[Docnaster]

Troll football posted this image on their X page and I think it’s a very funny way to illustrate how bad this United manager has been for the club. Anyone saying Erik Ten Hag should be given more time because he got a point is not a fan of Manchester United. The fact Manchester United fans are happy to take a draw against Aston Villa tells you how bad this team has become.

I think this picture depicts the perfect example of how Manchester United manager's job is currently protected and how it's safer than all the other managerial jobs in the English Premier League. I don't think there's any of the other top teams in the EPL that'll retain such a manager with poor results for this long and not get him fired.
Talking about Manchester United fans being happy with him, I think you're not right with that opinion of yours and that's because most of the fans of the club I know aren't happy with the club management's decision to keep him at the club. Despite their ability to pick up a point from the game against Aston Villa yesterday, Manchester United I still doesn't look like a team that's gonna start performing well anytime soon.

[Lida93]

Erik Ten Hag will be meeting Unai Emery side any moment from now at the villa park. What are your thoughts on this game considering how important it is to Ten hag's future in Manchester united. Will ETH be able to give us a shocking by snatching all three points in this game or will Unai Emery side continue their demolition with Manchester united?

Lend your thoughts guys.
Someone said over the radio that he can bet his kidney that Aston villa are surely gonna win Manchester united. . Hehehe

Manchester United have been performing quite well so far, and Aston Villa have had a challenging old performance in comparison. No team has seen a goal until half time although both teams have attacked Manchester United team has 2 attacks in total, and Aston Villa team has 4 attacks but their attacks are very difficult, but the defenders of both teams are quite aggressive in today's match.
Aston Villa's goalkeeper Martinez, being an experienced goalkeeper, easily saved Manchester United's attacks. Which is why the Aston Villa side are still not behind on goal, as both attacks are aimed directly at the goal post.

Frankly, Man U should do something about its feat, it's no longer funny, sitting at number 8 on the table with so many losses suffered is not cool, let someone show Erik Ten Hag a way out, please.

Photo credit: Romano Fabrizio.

Just take a look at the statement of Erik Ten Hag in this photo does it look like the statement of a manager who is scared or not sure of  position in the team? The man is comfortable from where he stands with the club's management board and he is short of any sack right now. Else, how can he conveniently make such speech after the draw result in the game with Aston villa, for an almighty Manchester united it sounds like an average team that met with the Villa's as elite team.

But in this match with Aston Villa, I rate the two teams the same even as some people claim otherwise, they both did well in their way despite there was no goal in the match. I concluded that way because the Man U of today is not the old and usual Man U and Aston Villa has improved greatly, so the two teams that met were of the same measure by what they showed off, therefore I can't say I am disappointed with Man U and neither can I say I expected Aston Villa to do better. If it were of old, in a match like this, Man U would perform better with the attack than the ugly way they have played lately. Thanks to the defence and goalkeeper of both sides, especially Emiliano Martínez, he did a good job back there.

It's a familiar way with Erik Ten Hag, that whenever the tensions are high calling for his sack he gets a bit of an improvement particularly from a game he's least expected to do any better. So this doesn't come at a surprise to me when I watched how United played at Villa's park against Emery boys. Maybe ETH would have to keep up with this level of performance to put back Manchester united in the contenders lists for the title or at least top four position for this season which is what actually the United fans are demanding for but not really seeing due to the clubs poor performances since the start of this season.  For the game with Aston villa it was an equal feat from both sides but I won't vet on it saying that Manchester united has improved greatly for now.

[hahay]

if you look at Man United performance when playing against Aston Villa, it is actually lucky for Man United to get 1 point at Aston Villa's home because Man United's performance is far from the standard as a big club. If Man United is still coached by Ten Hag until the end of this season, then Man United fans should be prepared to see their favorite club fail to compete in the Champions League next season. therefore, Man United Management must immediately find a solution to find the right replacement figure to handle Man United this season at least even though they cannot win this season, but the club can compete in the Champions League next season.

Man United may not have played too well, but if you look at how they played before, then a draw against Aston Villa is a pretty good result for them. I'm also not sure whether Man United will be able to bounce back and make improvements, but it seems that firing Ten Hag will not be the solution (at least for now) because Man United will only get a replacement who is not necessarily the coach that Man United needs to be better.

If they want to change the manager then Man United has to choose the right person and I think that can only be done when the transfer window is available, where at that time there were many choices and not limited to just a handful of people.

Yes indeed, Manchester United is still lucky to get 1 point because after all, Aston Villa can still be consistent with good performance after Aston Villa managed to beat  Bayern Munich in the Champions League. But indeed, in fact Manchester United also had a good effort by having four shots on target, while Aston Villa only had one shot on target. Thus,  I think Manchester United and Aston Villa played very evenly, so the final result in this match was also a goalless draw, because their defense lines were also equally good in this match. But at least, Aston Villa under Unai Emery has become a great team, so that they still managed to compete in the top zone of the Premier League standings, it is clearly not easy at all  to maintain it but they succeeded.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Anyone saying Erik Ten Hag should be given more time because he got a point is not a fan of Manchester United. The fact Manchester United fans are happy to take a draw against Aston Villa tells you how bad this team has become.

For the most part, he's so relaxed and tend to accept whatever fate befalls him... Wasn't he told that the premiership is the most competitive league games in the world? It looks very weird to wake up to the same news every day - plus the fact that he's throwing claims that whatever happens ain't his fault? Again, for what purpose is he still preserved??
I took a very close look at those players and, they were serious growing tired of everything. Rashford wasn't even in the game as he kept strolling on the pitch just to secure his match allowance.

Well I love the fact that Chelsea, one of their greatest adversaries in the history of the league is still blooming with goals back to back. That alone should be a huge challenge to them.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest in the end was the same as I expected where there was surprise given by Nottingham Forest by pressing Chelsea to not be able to win, the score ended in draw 1 - 1.
Nottingham Forest got red card for 1 of its players after Chelsea was able to equalize but unfortunately Nottingham Forest defensive play was quite satisfactory and even though they played with only 10 players they still couldn't make Chelsea able to achieve goal advantage.
I took Double Chance and also BTTS which became one betting slip and this really became victory with much more worthy odds, haha ​​I didn't expect Chelsea who previously played very well could be pressured by Nottingham Forest in this match.

Right from the time I saw that fixture,I was very much concerned and afraid of the Opponents because I have observed them play against some big teams and seen how they pressure such teams. They are always out to give Big teams troubles which is the capital behaviors of teams that came up from championship. Their fitness is always on its apex and they try to prove themselves by daring big teams and attempting to humble them.

About the match, the man of that match should go to Ward-Prowse, he took a very decisive action to deny Jackson an easy counterattack that would have seen them defeated, although he paid the prize and was sent off. The Nottingham Forest goalkeeper was a weapon that was clearly fashioned against Chelsea as he was very instrumental to seeing that the points was shared between the two teams. The Nottingham Forest team was really pressing the Chelsea team even with ten men and almost got the victory in the dine minute, but they were denied by the ever-smart Sanchez.

[LGD2Business]

Right now Liverpool are at the top, but they have a very difficult fixture coming up. They will play very difficult games both in the league and in the Champions League. They play Chelsea and then Arsenal away. They play Brighton & Hove Albion who have started well this season and then Aston Villa. In between there's a seemingly easy game against Southampton and then they play Manchester City. If we add the next game against Newcastle United, six of the seven games until December 4 will be against other teams in the top seven. No team can come out of such a difficult fixture unscathed. I think the results here will determine Liverpool's fate this season. Suddenly they could fall far behind in the race. I think they will definitely lose points in at least 3 games here. It will be a very different standing in Premier League in December.

[KTChampions]

It is unclear who suffered more from the outcome of the game today - Aston Villa, which could have effectively remained in the leading group if they had won, or United, which are already closer to the relegation zone than to the top 4. A typical draw when both teams are unhappy. Although Ten Hag found something positive and boasted that this was another game without conceding goals  

Ya ya ya ya a clean sheet is the title that Erik Ten Hag will bring to the media, "we are proud, we are in the process of getting better, we are working hard and the team and the Man United officials are very happy with this result". blah blah blah and blah Erik Ten Hag's words are not far from that because he has no other reason to defend himself in front of United fans who are tired of playing without bringing positive results. Erik Ten Hag thinks everyone is blind even the United officials watch live to judge for themselves how messy this club is.  

Yee. I think he irritates everyone, even competitors who benefit from a weak United. I wish I could be so confident that I could find "success" in any situation.
According to leaks, United management will decide on his future tomorrow, with Tuchel named as a potential successor. I would like this nightmare to end soon, I am not a fan of Tuchel but compared to Ten Hag he looks like a gift for United.

[Xcode7]

Right now Liverpool are at the top, but they have a very difficult fixture coming up. They will play very difficult games both in the league and in the Champions League. They play Chelsea and then Arsenal away. They play Brighton & Hove Albion who have started well this season and then Aston Villa. In between there's a seemingly easy game against Southampton and then they play Manchester City. If we add the next game against Newcastle United, six of the seven games until December 4 will be against other teams in the top seven. No team can come out of such a difficult fixture unscathed. I think the results here will determine Liverpool's fate this season. Suddenly they could fall far behind in the race. I think they will definitely lose points in at least 3 games here. It will be a very different standing in Premier League in December.

Some of Liverpool's upcoming matches are indeed quite difficult but I think the Liverpool squad is now very confident after a series of good results they have achieved so far so that they are likely to be able to show their best performance.
Regardless of the results, I think this is not everything and the journey of this season is still very long so Liverpool only needs to maintain the consistency of their team.
And it must also be admitted that the success of a team to beat other top teams will have a positive impact but I have no doubts about Liverpool, they are now really very strong.

[Palakka]

Right now Liverpool are at the top, but they have a very difficult fixture coming up. They will play very difficult games both in the league and in the Champions League. They play Chelsea and then Arsenal away. They play Brighton & Hove Albion who have started well this season and then Aston Villa. In between there's a seemingly easy game against Southampton and then they play Manchester City. If we add the next game against Newcastle United, six of the seven games until December 4 will be against other teams in the top seven. No team can come out of such a difficult fixture unscathed. I think the results here will determine Liverpool's fate this season. Suddenly they could fall far behind in the race. I think they will definitely lose points in at least 3 games here. It will be a very different standing in Premier League in December.

Currently Liverpool is quite solid at the top of the Premier League standings after Arsenal and Manchester City lost 4 points from their previous two matches, the competition in the Premier League so far looks quite tight and as usual we will continue to see competitive competition will continue to occur in the Premier League until of end season, but seeing a busy schedule by facing strong teams in a row of course it will be a test to test the consistency of Liverpool game Later, so far Liverpool has managed to overcome several challenges by facing an impressive and strong team, but by looking at the schedule after the international break I think Liverpool do have to fight hard to maintain their position at the top of the standings, because losing points in some of these matches can greatly affect their position later as the favorite to challenge the Premier League title.

[imamusma]

Have been wondering what Madueke told Enzo Maresca after he scored the equalizer while celebrating in their 1-1 draw against the 10men Nottingham Forest yesterday, after the goal he was saying something to the coach and the manager was smiling happily. In that game we all saw the selfishness of the player and he always wants everything in every single game to be about him but it only shows he's not a team player and I think he should be with players like Ronaldo, that's when things ain't working out for him (I know Ronaldo lovers will react, but it doesn't matter).
I think Enzo Maresca should make a quick change in selecting players after the international break, Madueke should be dropped because he's not the type that plays for the team but for himself, for the spotlight to always be on him just as it has been for Palmer whenever he does incredible things. Should Madueke be dropped and start either Nkunku, Felix, Mudryk or Neto, which is better for Enzo Maresca to do?

Chelsea squad looks bloated, competition for a regular place in the first team is clearly very tight, each player is clearly ambitious to show his skills even though sometimes he looks selfish when he gets the chance. It is not known exactly what Madueke said to his manager, maybe it was something like "I managed to repay the trust today". Overall, if in the future Madueke focuses too much on individual actions and ignores collective play that has the potential to harm the team, Enzo Maresca will certainly put him on the bench.
With so many options in Chelsea front line at the moment, Enzo Maresca job should be easier, but sometimes it makes the manager confused in determining his starting XI every week. Meanwhile, I did not expect Nottingham Forest to be able to put up a fierce fight against The Blues, and force them to share points. The Nottingham Forest goalkeeper deserves credit, he did his job very well.
Regarding Chelsea starting XI in the next match, I think Enzo Maresca must be really wise, because the opponent they face after the International Break is the top team Liverpool. Enzo Maresca should be able to maximize the International Break to prepare, evaluate the team weaknesses, and find a winning strategy to win points at Anfield.

[SatoPrincess]

Troll football posted this image on their X page and I think it’s a very funny way to illustrate how bad this United manager has been for the club. Anyone saying Erik Ten Hag should be given more time because he got a point is not a fan of Manchester United. The fact Manchester United fans are happy to take a draw against Aston Villa tells you how bad this team has become.

The picture is indeed very funny because what it is illustrating is that while other clubs managers carried there team on there shoulder to make sure they remain competitive Manchester United manager is not really showing too much concern about it, which is indirectly true because he has not been very productive on the club since from the first day he signed to joined them and now look at how bad Manchester United has been, to the  extend of wishing to draw there match against Aston Villa because of the way the pressure was coming against them on the match and the same thing happened on there match with FC porto after leading for sometime it got the extend they were targeting for draw, so the whole thing about the club has gone way beyond funny.

That’s another perspective of what the image means, I guess. The general idea behind the image is that other teams in the Premier League are guiding and protecting Erik Ten Hag because they are sure that with him around, Manchester United cannot improve their form nor get back to winning ways. The lack of confidence from the fans and players  is a result of their realization that Erik Ten Hag’s inferior tactics is setting the team up to fail.

[Pokapoka124]

Aston Villa vs Manchester United 0-0

The umpteenth draw for Man United, although a draw still gets at least 1 point, but in my opinion it is not the expected result for a club that has experienced 3 defeats from 7 matches, as a result Man United has only collected 8 points and is quite far behind the clubs in the top 5. If they continue to perform like this, how can this club compete with the top clubs in the EPL?

I watched the game and wished I didn’t because it was so boring and finished goalless. Both teams failed to score a goal and played most of the game in the center of the pitch. Both sides were two defensively conscious and mindful of their back lines rather than attacking. Tbh I wish I had watched the Chelsea game against Nottingham Forest instead.

[dezoel]

Anyone saying Erik Ten Hag should be given more time because he got a point is not a fan of Manchester United. The fact Manchester United fans are happy to take a draw against Aston Villa tells you how bad this team has become.

For the most part, he's so relaxed and tend to accept whatever fate befalls him... Wasn't he told that the premiership is the most competitive league games in the world? It looks very weird to wake up to the same news every day - plus the fact that he's throwing claims that whatever happens ain't his fault? Again, for what purpose is he still preserved??
I took a very close look at those players and, they were serious growing tired of everything. Rashford wasn't even in the game as he kept strolling on the pitch just to secure his match allowance.

Well I love the fact that Chelsea, one of their greatest adversaries in the history of the league is still blooming with goals back to back. That alone should be a huge challenge to them.

To be fair, he looks like he is turning the team into something that is low expected as well as Villa was looking great. Not like Villa is some terrible team, they are good and just won a big game as we know, so getting a tie against them isn't really that complicated and could be normal to consider.

I believe the best thing we can do here would be just making sure that we are going to end up with ETH trying to just lower the teams trust so much and expectations would be so low that even he would look decent at that team.

Before any of this, before these managerial problems, when Sir Alex Ferguson was at the top, this team would consider a season outside of top three as failure, not that it never happened, but that was a failure. Nowadays if it finishes fourth, fans would be cheering on the streets more than the champion.

This is why I believe ETH should leave right away, they are not doing any benefit to themselves if they keep this up, they are getting to a point where everything looks very shady, I do not feel like it is going to be great at all, it is going to be something that takes time for them to recover even if he leaves but still it would be acceptable to take time for a new one at least.

[Pokapoka124]

This is football and anything can happen. I won’t because this is Arne Slot’s first season that he can’t win the premier league, he can if he keeps up with this performance and maintain the consistency in their game throughout the competition. Arsenal are also a major contender and with their performance so far, you can’t help but to keep them in the title contenders because they’re showing that much performance needed by a club to excel in the premier league.

There is no prohibition that a new coach cannot become a champion because after all everything is still possible to happen as long as he is capable, although it will certainly be very difficult to do so, but nothing is impossible in something like this.

We once underestimated Slot even when he was appointed to replace Klopp at Anfield because we thought he would not be able to, but in the end at the beginning of the season he showed a very good performance and slapped some people who underestimated his abilities .  Now the situation could be the same when we don't think he is worthy just because it's his first season, but there could be a surprise later.

The most important thing for Slot and Liverpool is to focus on maintaining the performance they have so they can continue to compete for trophies while taking all the momentum they have.

I count Arne Slot as one of the luckiest coaches in the Premier League because not every manager comes in to a club with a team already built and well organized. Klopp already setup a good foundation in Liverpool team that Arne slot is now enjoying unlike some other managers who come in to meet a disorganized team struggling with declining form for more than a season. Some others with disorganized management and have to battle it from the top to bottom, Arne Slot is indeed very lucky.

[Oluwa-btc]

I think he should be with players like Ronaldo, that's when things ain't working out for him (I know Ronaldo lovers will react, but it doesn't matter).
I think Enzo Maresca should make a quick change in selecting players after the international break, Madueke should be dropped because he's not the type that plays for the team but for himself, for the spotlight to always be on him just as it has been for Palmer whenever he does incredible things. Should Madueke be dropped and start either Nkunku, Felix, Mudryk or Neto, which is better for Enzo Maresca to do?

What do you mean he should be with players like Ronaldo? Playing football with Cristiano Ronaldo means you'll have to pass all the ball for him to score because he's already and always there in the box. Noni might be good but I don't see him playing with Ronaldo,I don't even see him as a player who will be considered Chelsea legend one day, in little or no time he'll be sold and I don't lie when I say we all will definitely see it happening. Had great movements but was just too selfish during that game. As much as he can learn to pass the ball like Sancho, they'll score more goals, unfortunately, Cole Palmer gets everything and that's fine. Chelsea are currently doing great regardless. Top Manager!

[Jossque]

The match between Brighton and Totthenham was really exciting.Totthenham led 2-0 at half time but Brighton made an excellent comeback.Brighton scored 3 goals in 21 minutes as soon as the second half started and managed to take the lead.
Aston Villa and Manchester United played out a goalless draw.Both teams had attempts on goal but were not successful. Both teams faced strong opponents in their European matches, especially Aston Villa who beat Bayern Munich at home.
Chelsea, on the other hand, drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest who started the league well.Although Chelsea dominated the game, they couldn't find the winning goal.

[yudi09]

Arne Slot, Liverpool manager who managed to record a good achievement during his presence at Anfield. Liverpool's 7 Premier League games, Arne Slot managed to help Liverpool win 6 times and he managed to help Liverpool win four away wins. For us that is an early achievement for Arne Slot.
Although in the next match Liverpool must welcome Chelsea who is predicted to be a strong team, we believe that our favorite team can cope well and continue to stay at the top of the standings before flying to Germany to face Leipzig in the Champions League competition.

[Furious 7]

There is no prohibition that a new coach cannot become a champion because after all everything is still possible to happen as long as he is capable, although it will certainly be very difficult to do so, but nothing is impossible in something like this.

We once underestimated Slot even when he was appointed to replace Klopp at Anfield because we thought he would not be able to, but in the end at the beginning of the season he showed a very good performance and slapped some people who underestimated his abilities .  Now the situation could be the same when we don't think he is worthy just because it's his first season, but there could be a surprise later.

The most important thing for Slot and Liverpool is to focus on maintaining the performance they have so they can continue to compete for trophies while taking all the momentum they have.

I count Arne Slot as one of the luckiest coaches in the Premier League because not every manager comes in to a club with a team already built and well organized. Klopp already setup a good foundation in Liverpool team that Arne slot is now enjoying unlike some other managers who come in to meet a disorganized team struggling with declining form for more than a season. Some others with disorganized management and have to battle it from the top to bottom, Arne Slot is indeed very lucky.

Regardless of whether he is a lucky coach or not, there is still a situation where it is a big question mark when he doesn't even make changes in his squad because in the end, although sometimes enough player material can be used as an excuse, in the end this is a risk where Slot boldly does not look for players and makes adjustments to the existing one which is a doubt at the beginning of the season. But in the end the extreme way he did for Liverpool really gave a very good answer because he could even be said to be very successful until now in concocting his squad especially by emphasizing in several sectors and replacing the roles of several players who were previously core players making Liverpool's competition for the core squad more pariative.

They are even currently still at the top even though the point gap is only 1 point but in the end this proves that he is still worthy enough to be taken into account this season.

[Pokapoka124]

I didn't expect such a boring game from Aston Villa and Manchester United. Apparently, the teams are tired after the Champions League and Europa League. They played very weak, there were few dangerous moments and it is surprising that Manchester United was closer to the goal than Aston Villa, which is not like Emery's team, because before that Aston Villa always scored at least one goal, but here both teams as if initially played for a draw.

It's strange that Ten Hag was so happy after the match and smiling, because this start of the season, where out of 7 games Manchester have only 2 wins is the worst start since 1989.

Neither did I. But it is Manchester United we are talking about, they were lucky enough not to concede a goal although Aston Villa did not play as much as I expected. Also they were too conscious at the back maybe because Manchester United like to play counter attacking football and didn’t try to push forward so much.

Of course Erik Ten Hag should be happy to get a point away at Villa Park. Aston Villa are in a good form at the moment, it is understandable for Erik Ten Hag to feel happy about the result.