Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Helena Yu]

Well, even though Man City wants Zubimendi, it is not easy to convince the Spanish international to come to the Premier League. Remember, in the summer of 2024, Liverpool negotiated to buy Zubimendi from Sociedad. However, the deal fell through because the 25-year-old midfielder rejected Liverpool because he wanted to stay with Sociedad.
For Manchester City, signing Zubimendi would be a major strategic move. Not only does it help them get a quality replacement for Rodri, but it also prevents Liverpool from strengthening their squad. Furthermore, with his talent and potential, Zubimendi could become an important part of Pep Guardiola's long-term plans at the Etihad. The race to sign Martin Zubimendi promises to be one of the hottest stories of the upcoming winter transfer window. Zubimendi's contract release clause with Real Sociedad is not a big problem for a financially strong team like Man City. Importantly, if they want to sign Zubimendi, Man City needs to make an offer attractive enough to convince him to leave the club he calls home.

He will think twice now, Real Sociedad's performance is decline in this season, they only won 2 match and now they're at 15th position. Le Normand and Merino left the team, they both are great contributors in Real Sociedad, that's why they're struggle in this season.

Do Zubimendi want to play in a team not able to qualify for Conference League? while he has an option to move to other team that already secure Premier League trophy and ticket to Champions League.

Zubimendi is a defensive midfielder, he will replace Rodri's position.

[arufox]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

I predict that Ten Hag fate as Man United coach will be determined in the first half of this season. If in the first half of the season Man United's performance does not improve and Man United position does not immediately rise from the middle of the standings, then it is likely that Ten Hag will be fired because I am sure that the management does not want to see their club fail to compete in the Champions League next season because it will be very detrimental to Man United as a big club and will even reduce the club's income if they do not compete in the Champions League.

Manchester United is in 14th place in the Premier League standings with 8 points from 7 matches, as a big team that has won a lot of glory so far, isn't their current position quite tragic and even now they look worse than Bournemouth, with only two wins, two draws, and three defeats.
Reportedly the management will hold a meeting today to discuss Erik ten Hag future, because indeed currently there is a lot of pressure from fans for them to fire him after the team performance has been quite bad so far, the voice from fans should be listened to by the current management because after all fans is an important factor that has been part of Manchester United so far,  But if see the great trust from the management in Ten Hag far, may be that he will get a chance until the middle of the season later.

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

[bitgolden]

I would say Chelsea and Aston Villa are very similar. Both of these teams are not very strong. But their performance is somewhat stable. Both Chelsea and Aston Villa have lost just one match each. Both of these teams are relatively weak in attack. Chelsea players scored 16 goals in 7 balls and Aston Villa players managed to score 12 goals in 7 matches. At the same time, the defense of these two teams is not very strong.

Chelsea will play their next match against Liverpool. The chances of Chelsea winning against Liverpool are very low. My guess is that Liverpool will win the match. But if chelsea can win this match then i would say we will see chelsea team in top four of points table this season.

To be fair, the difference between them is the fact of money and talent. Villa is there not because they spent much money, they are there because they have Unai Emery, one of the best managers in the world and this is why they are trying to be fourth, and will probably achieve it as well.

However, we need to also remember the money part which Chelsea has a lot of and because of this reason they are doing fine as well.

When you spend this much money on a team, you have a good depth, and you have some good players, money does play a big role in football these days, while Chelsea won't win the league or something, they do look alright and I believe they are going to fight for that fourth place but will end up fifth if you ask me.

This isn't really that bad in the end because it allows the player to go to Europe once again and try to do the best. As long as they are in the top five that is not a bad result, they are a young team with some chaos, they will get better with time.

[Solokan]

There is little chance for Chelsea or Aston Villa to win the title because Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool are the biggest favorite teams until the tight competition from these three teams that have a big chance to win the title. With Chelsea in the top four, I think it is quite a good achievement because with their own performance improvement that can make them in a ranking that is at least quite profitable. Liverpool is the team that leads the standings and of course this is quite difficult for Arsenal and Man City to win the title, they have new rivals in fighting for the title because indeed with the previous season where Liverpool was quite far behind but now they are performing well to become the team that conceded the fewest goals. There is a chance for Liverpool to win the league title as long as they can maintain their performance well in terms of defense and attack.

It is true that the chances for Chelsea and Aston Villa are very small to potentially become champions this season, because of course in terms of strength, of course when compared with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool, of course these three teams are still good in terms of strength, but of course it is not impossible for Chelsea and Aston Villa will be able to win the title. and of course now Aston Villa has won 14 points and Chelsea has also won 14 points, of course the difference in points with Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool is certainly not much different, yes of course the hopes of Chelsea fans and the hopes of Aston Villa fans are definitely very big, they want to see their support team win the title.

Yes, Chelsea is indeed in 4th place because it is certainly not an easy thing to reach 4th place in the standings. As well as Aston Villa, of course so far Aston Villa is also good because it is certainly not an easy thing to reach 5th place in the standings.

Yes, Liverpool is performing very well this season and of course it will definitely make it difficult for Arsenal and Manchester City to win the title. And of course, in my opinion, the opportunity for Liverpool to become champions is also wide open as long as Liverpool can continue to maintain its performance and increase its strength. but I predict this season that Manchester City will have the potential to win the title and I am sure Manchester City will be able to reach 1st place at the end of the season.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I don’t think Aston Villa or Chelsea can win the Premier League this season though Chelsea might be looking like they are resurrected and scoring goals, Enzo Maresca still have so much to prove before I can believe that Chelsea is back to their glory days.

Aston Villa are a good team but certainly not good enough to compete against Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. This season, all three clubs look like title contenders. The season is still young, we will find out as the season progress which teams will be able to stand the tough fixtures and fatigue when it begins to set in.

It is too early to judge whether these two will be strong title contenders this season because on the other hand there are Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal who are more likely to compete in terms of quality in terms of the title. Like what happened to Tottenham previously where at the start of the season they played quite consistently but when they suffered one defeat it made their consistency worse and they eventually dropped out of the title race.

The same thing will happen to Chelsea and Aston Villa where when they suffer one defeat it will be difficult for them to get back on track. Let's say Chelsea have a chance in this matter, but for Aston Villa I still doubt their ability to compete with other stronger challengers.

[Obari]

To be fair, the difference between them is the fact of money and talent. Villa is there not because they spent much money, they are there because they have Unai Emery, one of the best managers in the world and this is why they are trying to be fourth, and will probably achieve it as well.

However, we need to also remember the money part which Chelsea has a lot of and because of this reason they are doing fine as well.

When you spend this much money on a team, you have a good depth, and you have some good players, money does play a big role in football these days, while Chelsea won't win the league or something, they do look alright and I believe they are going to fight for that fourth place but will end up fifth if you ask me.

This isn't really that bad in the end because it allows the player to go to Europe once again and try to do the best. As long as they are in the top five that is not a bad result, they are a young team with some chaos, they will get better with time.

Chelsea and Aston Villa shared the same points on the EPL table but the Blues tops them with goal difference. Chelsea have a pattern to win matches with solid game plan by Enzo Maresca and with him, I trust Chelsea to end up top four this season. While Aston Villa having Unai Emery, one of the most effective coach in England, he's acquainted with the fact that elite clubs doesn't scare him, always hang in the balance to exert more meaningful results for his team. Looking at their performance, these clubs have upgraded to be better versions and we know how desperate they're for accumulating points this season. There'd actually one thing for sure, Chelsea and Aston Villa are not title contenders, they just aim at ending top four this season, it's quite open and straight for everyone to understand this scenario.

[Docnaster]

Since Manchester City lost Rodi they couldn't have good performance like the past days when they had Rodi in this team and this affected the performance of Manchester City so far. This made Pep Guardiola worried and now he is searching for alternative players to fill the place of Rodri in this team.
Now it seems Martín Zubimendi the player of Real Sociedad is linked to the team. However, so Real Sociedad rejected the offer from Manchester City and Zubimendi didn't show any interest but now it seems Manchester City wants to spend 60 million euros for Zubimendi to make him move.

 

I saw this report in a sports tabloid yesterday that Manchester City have made an offer to Real Sociedad about their midfield player Martín Zubimendi in the English club's bid to replace injured Rodri. I think the decision by Real Sociedad to reject Manchester City's bid is to provoke City to come up with a better offer and not because they're absolutely uninterested in the deal. Martín Zubimendi will be happy to play under a manager like Pep Guardiola who's regarded as the best manager in football at the moment. So I think it's a deal that's gonna be sealed off if City can come up with better ideas

[bering]

There is little chance for Chelsea or Aston Villa to win the title because Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool are the biggest favorite teams until the tight competition from these three teams that have a big chance to win the title. With Chelsea in the top four, I think it is quite a good achievement because with their own performance improvement that can make them in a ranking that is at least quite profitable. Liverpool is the team that leads the standings and of course this is quite difficult for Arsenal and Man City to win the title, they have new rivals in fighting for the title because indeed with the previous season where Liverpool was quite far behind but now they are performing well to become the team that conceded the fewest goals. There is a chance for Liverpool to win the league title as long as they can maintain their performance well in terms of defense and attack.

I don’t think Aston Villa or Chelsea can win the Premier League this season though Chelsea might be looking like they are resurrected and scoring goals, Enzo Maresca still have so much to prove before I can believe that Chelsea is back to their glory days.

Aston Villa are a good team but certainly not good enough to compete against Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. This season, all three clubs look like title contenders. The season is still young, we will find out as the season progress which teams will be able to stand the tough fixtures and fatigue when it begins to set in.

Aston Villa under Unay Emery has good progress because they can performing stable in Champion League and Premier League and you can see it based on their position on League standing because they can reach to top 5 in Premier league and in champion league Aston Villa performance is more impressive because they can gets 2 wins at the beginning of League phase and if talking about champion candidates of Premier league i think it's too early for them and Unay Emery as a manager also said the title is not the main target of Aston Villa because he has realize it is very hard to compete with big teams just like Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool

For Chelsea actually i was underestimate this team because this summer they have weird behaviour regarding player transfer and i doubt Enzo Maresca will be able to improved Chelsea performance because at the beginning of season Chelsea condition is messed up but clearly i was wrong about that because Chelsea gradually can find their shape again and Chelsea also is very productive with scores 16 goals total in Premier league and before this season begin the owner of Chelsea has set high target for this team that they want Chelsea to compete for Champion league zone and as long as they can able to managed their consistency i think Chelsea will finish at top 4

[mammusu]

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Manchester United is in 14th place in the Premier League standings with 8 points from 7 matches, as a big team that has won a lot of glory so far, isn't their current position quite tragic and even now they look worse than Bournemouth, with only two wins, two draws, and three defeats.
Reportedly the management will hold a meeting today to discuss Erik ten Hag future, because indeed currently there is a lot of pressure from fans for them to fire him after the team performance has been quite bad so far, the voice from fans should be listened to by the current management because after all fans is an important factor that has been part of Manchester United so far,  But if see the great trust from the management in Ten Hag far, may be that he will get a chance until the middle of the season later.

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

The current 14th position shows that it is indeed not in line with the expectations of the fans and also the management, ten hag who continues to get criticism is not able to bring much change in the squad even with the huge amount of money they has spent during their coaching, INEOS still continue to try to keep ten hag so far and the meeting they held yesterday I don't think makes much difference to the evaluation they did at the end of last season, in addition to still believing in Ten Hag and also giving him full authority to manage the squad, I personally am honestly not a fan of the Red Devils, but if you look at their inconsistent performance like today it will most likely be difficult for them to end the season in the European zone this season, the club management seems to still give full trust to Ten Hag until the end of the season and indeed it seems that the management does not care despite the pressure from the fans is increasing nowadays.

[knowngunman]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

I don't know the type of contract entered between Ten Hang and the United management but I believe every contract can be terminated either directly or indirectly. I don't know why they're so reluctant in taking a decision. Judging from Ten Hang statements often reported by media, I don't think the management is considering relieving him from his duty as head couch because he's so confident despite the poor form of his team. Another thing to consider is this, will changing him bring Manchester united a desire result? Sometime, fans derive relief sending away the couch without making a detail analysis of both parties. Will a new couch succeed with these players?

[Farma]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

Yes I agree with you, looking at the club we are proud of every week but now in deep pain with poor performances, under Ten Hag the performances or strategy that has not been directed so far is the voice that we will be calling for him to be removed from Man United, there is no clear strategy every week but looking at Chelsea's game with their new manager is a great job compared to Man United with Ten Hag but like no purpose and directionless play.

Now the options are there are quite good candidates that Man United can use with an unemployed management like Tuchel, one of them I think he can replace Ten Hag there especially he has experience in the EPL and I think he is a good choice right now to turn Man United around and catch up the current gap from 14th to the top 5 before it's too late.

[Altryist]

Chelsea and Aston Villa shared the same points on the EPL table but the Blues tops them with goal difference. Chelsea have a pattern to win matches with solid game plan by Enzo Maresca and with him, I trust Chelsea to end up top four this season. While Aston Villa having Unai Emery, one of the most effective coach in England, he's acquainted with the fact that elite clubs doesn't scare him, always hang in the balance to exert more meaningful results for his team. Looking at their performance, these clubs have upgraded to be better versions and we know how desperate they're for accumulating points this season. There'd actually one thing for sure, Chelsea and Aston Villa are not title contenders, they just aim at ending top four this season, it's quite open and straight for everyone to understand this scenario.

At the moment it is difficult to say who will be a title contender and who will not, the first top 5 teams are quite close and have every chance to change their position before the end of the season. In addition, to say that Aston Villa has an advantage only because they have Emery would be wrong, because we do not know how good Moresca will be in the Premier League. Of course, Emery did a great job with Aston Villa and now it seems to me that they look better than Chelsea, but with Moresca Chelsea began to progress very well, so the whole fight is still ahead.

[Sexylizzy2813]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

Is really funny how the board are so confident in having the man as the manager of a club as UTD and sitting at the 14th position with a very irritating performance is like they (the UTD owners) too are ok with all that's happening. No team in the EPL and probably outside the EPL are afraid to play Manchester United as they used to then. Now we have the management backing ETH to continue with his roll as the only person that can completely end Manchester United dominance then I don't think the fans have anything to do on this matter, after all when he got UTD the trophy against Man City these are the same fans that cheered him up. I was expecting that "ETH out" banner but it never happened, it should have been done earlier but is too late, is time to test the patient level of the UTD fans.

[beerlover]

The team management continues to support Ten Hag, believing that he can turn things around for the club. The management had a good relationship with Ten Hag because of the trophies he had won in the previous two seasons; they did not want to fire him because he had won a trophy that other managers failed to win. However, this is not the first season that Manchester United has had a low point at the start of the season, the club had 9 points in seven games the previous two seasons and the management did not fire him, so this season, as Manchester United has 8 points in seven games, I do not think the management will fire him because they believe they still need more games to improve their performance.

Sure. I think management feels like why will they fire him during this hard time when he has achieved some trophies for them before, but still, if you look at the Manchester United position, it’s obvious that they are facing a lot of challenges and their performance is not really improving. That is why some fans feel like firing Ten Hag to bring another person will make things better for Manchester United. However, maybe the management, if they sack him and get a new manager, will think that he will make things better, and he failed to do that. Things will not go the way they want. I think they really know why they keep Ten Hag as their manager even with these hard times.

They will certainly fire him if this situation keeps up. They could have fired him even after the draw, but decided probably not to. What we are not realizing from here is the chats, because I believe they are having chats with all the managers the ywant to replace Erik Ten Hag with, they probably called up Xavi and Tuchel already and talked with them, either they are happy with the talk and we will soon hear about it, or maybe they couldn't close the deal and not going to happen, or they are still talking trying to find a middleground.

So, what we are discussing here shouldn't really be a big deal, maybe he still has his job, but maybe they are looking for someone to replace him and not firing him until they have someone ready to replace.

[Solokan]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

Of course, there are a lot of people who want Ten Hag to be fired because he can't improve the team's performance and this season for a big club like Manchester United, it will definitely make some people embarrassed by the current achievements achieved by Manchester United.

Maybe by not firing Ten Hag, Manchester United's management could predict that Manchester United under Ten Hag's tutelage will have good changes and ultimately Manchester United will achieve quality progress. but if you look at Manchester United's last match against Aston Villa, of course, even though the result was a draw, I see that Ten Hag really really wants to try to make Manchester United better and what is certain is that I also see that there is potential for Ten Hag to be able to improve Manchester United.

Yes, of course we'll see what happens later, but there is also news that Thomas Tuchel is currently being talked about a lot and do you think it's possible that Thomas Tuchel will coach Manchester United to replace Ten Hag?  But yes, at this time of course the Manchester United management already knows that many Manchester United fans want Ten Hag to be fired and of course we will see what happens later.

[Arenga pinnata]

They will certainly fire him if this situation keeps up. They could have fired him even after the draw, but decided probably not to. What we are not realizing from here is the chats, because I believe they are having chats with all the managers the ywant to replace Erik Ten Hag with, they probably called up Xavi and Tuchel already and talked with them, either they are happy with the talk and we will soon hear about it, or maybe they couldn't close the deal and not going to happen, or they are still talking trying to find a middleground.

So, what we are discussing here shouldn't really be a big deal, maybe he still has his job, but maybe they are looking for someone to replace him and not firing him until they have someone ready to replace.

It seems like that makes the most sense at the moment. Because of course the club will not be in a hurry to fire Ten Hag without making thorough preparations. For example, they are definitely looking for a better replacement and are looking for and approaching the candidate they chose. And maybe right now they are in talks with some of the candidates they want. And Ten Hag will definitely remain in the Man United coaching chair until the club finds a suitable replacement and agrees to replace Ten Hag. But if it turns out that the club still has high hopes for Ten Hag then I think that's something we won't understand the reasons for. Because of the bad results given by Ten Hag, it seems like there is a strong enough reason to look for a new coach to replace Ten Hag there.

[tusandii]

Chelsea and Aston Villa are battling to stay in the top four of the table. Both these teams want to qualify for the Champions League. And Chelsea and Aston Villa are moving towards this goal. Last season we saw a very poor performance from Chelsea. However, the team won consistently in the last few matches of the season. So Chelsea was able to occupy the sixth place in the table until the end. And Chelsea's aim this season is to qualify for the Champions League.

All three teams are sure to fight for the title. Even in the last few seasons we have seen all three teams doing well in the Premier League. Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal all have strong squads. So this season the fight for the Premier League title will be more crowded.

Not only Chelsea and Aston Villa are fighting to occupy the top 4 of the standings, several clubs such as Brighton, Manchester United, Newcastle and Tottenham also certainly want that position and the clubs I mentioned above still have the opportunity to compete for the top 4 places for now the competition is still very tight and it is not yet fully visible who will be able to occupy that position the points difference between them is also not much different. Chelsea's performance this season is indeed better than previous seasons but this is just the beginning and we'll see if Chelsea can survive like this until the end if their good performance continues to be maintained it is not impossible that Chelsea can get one of the UEFA tickets either in the Champions League or in the Europa League this season.

[hyudien]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

It looks like Man United have no plans to find a replacement for Erik Ten Hag. Despite Man United performance and position at 14th place, there is an interesting thing coming from goalkeeper Onana, who took 1st place as the player who kept the most clean sheets this season. In the anomaly of Man United play under the control of coach Ten Hag, while Alison and David Raya are in 2nd and 3rd place. lol 
If we talk as a whole of course there is nothing to expect, Ineos Group will be stuck with Erik Ten Hag scheme even if they change coaches the process will be difficult because Erik Ten Hag format and strategy have eliminated the ability of the players.

[mamesso]

This 14th position is really embarrassing for a team like Manchester United. If the management still believes in Ten Hag after all these bad results, maybe they are not sensitive to reality. Does the management still think that Ten Hag can bring change and improve Man United's performance? It seems like it's time for the fans to shout louder for real change. As Man United fans, we can't continue to be patient with results like this and Ten Hag should indeed be fired because he has failed as a coach.

Is really funny how the board are so confident in having the man as the manager of a club as UTD and sitting at the 14th position with a very irritating performance is like they (the UTD owners) too are ok with all that's happening. No team in the EPL and probably outside the EPL are afraid to play Manchester United as they used to then. Now we have the management backing ETH to continue with his roll as the only person that can completely end Manchester United dominance then I don't think the fans have anything to do on this matter, after all when he got UTD the trophy against Man City these are the same fans that cheered him up. I was expecting that "ETH out" banner but it never happened, it should have been done earlier but is too late, is time to test the patient level of the UTD fans.

Manchester United board of directors met for about six hours yesterday, but no decisions were made that could threaten Ten Hag position. That means the coach is still safe until the international break, and he will still be in charge when he faces Brentford at Old Trafford. Manchester United management seems to have too much faith in Ten Hag even though everyone knows how the team is currently performing. It seems that the fans have to take action themselves so that the management can take policies to save the club from the slump, if the performance continues like this, Manchester United will be threatened with not being able to appear in European competitions next season.


Source: UtdFaithfuls

[TastyChillySauce00]

Unbelievable, Slot is being a coach with the best stats in the first 10 EPL matches in Liverpool's history. He has recorded the most wins compared to Liverpool's old managers in their history. I feel so nice to see him excel this way as a new manager at Liverpool.  I think he would do well behind Klopp's legacy team and knowing how good he is as a new coach.

I know he couldn't have done it without Klopp's legacy. But, I must give him some credit for stepping into a big shadow and working hard. He is potentially to be one of the great managers in the future.

It's probably that he's gonna follow Klopp's path, or even better.