Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Hewlet]

In the Premier League or in any league, defeat is something that is avoided by big teams because it has the potential to repeat the next defeat in the next match and the problem is actually defeating a much weaker team because it will slightly disrupt the morale of the players. Ipswich is one of the weak teams and they are in a relegation position and should not make Chelsea lose three points when facing a team like this because in terms of quality they are far below Chelsea.

I also can't understand why Chelsea could lose to a team like Ipswich which I even assumed that Chelsea could win easily when facing the team in the Premier League. But in reality it was the opposite and the defeat experienced by Chelsea has also placed them in the top four because Nottingham Forest was still able to win in their 19th week match this season. And for the next match Chelsea must be able to win so that their position remains safe in the top four zone.

I've always watched out for games against team that are in the relegation zone and how they play against teams that are doing very well. They had nothing to loose and so they played Chelsea with full force and were able to break out Chelsea defense so easily.

Same Chelsea that said they are not in the title race are not struggling to win against a relegation ipwitch and had to go down 2:0 at the time the need the point most to help them stand strong in the top position of the league table. Look at Nottingham forest who have remained strong and are gradually going up the table and Newcastle and man city are getting right  back which might end up taking Chelsea out of the top six of the table. Even with the win, ipwitch is still struggling down the table while Chelsea have lost three point that would have helped them at least to gain a strong momentum as a potential title contender.

[hahay]

In a few hours there will be a match between Brentford vs Arsenal and of course, if I don't do any analysis then I will still choose Arsenal to win even though Arsenal playing away. But, if I consider about the results about Brentford has so far this season for home matches, in fact Brentford has very good results. But, at the same time I also consider, that Brentford so far this season at least still hasn't gotten difficult opponents of the top Premier League teams, so that might make Brentford have good results for home matches so far this season.

But anyway,  if I consider other factors such as their head to head results then ofcourse, Arsenal will still have a chance to win in this away match. But, with Bukayo Saka injury, then I feel that it might also have an adverse impact on Arsenal's performance, which will certainly not be easy to beat Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium.

[Roseline492]

The loss against Newcastle made it the first time after decades that Manchester united gets to suffer four consecutive premier league losses in a row, seeing that game, i could say that they weren't deserving of any goal in the first half of the game going by their performance that game,

The only thing that made the match look as if Manchester United was the dominant team is because of the wining because if Newcastle United had pressured them to that extend and still win them it would have look too bad, but the wining cover up everything for them. However back to the matches we have today on England championship, Burnley and Stoke City is playing 0:0, Cardiff is wining Coventry City 1:0 while Sheffield Wednesday is also wining Derby County 1:0 and a lot more is currently playing, however I think Sheffield Wednesday and Derby County may play draw because the dominant is not only on one side and several attempt has been made by Derby county.

[giammangiato]

Team	Point
Liverpool	45
Nottingham Forest	37
Arsenal	36
Chelsea	35
Newcastle	32
Man. City	31
Bournemouth	30
Fulham	29
Aston Villa	29
Brighton	27
Tottenham	24
Brentford	24
West Ham	23
Man. United	22
Crystal Palace	20
Everton	17
Wolves	16
Ipswich Town	15
Leicester	14
Southampton	6

Can we say that Manchester City is officially in crisis?

[hyudien]

I don't think I can say the game against Brentford will be an easy win because Arsenal have got the penchant for misbehaving and throwing away opportunities when it is very necessary now that their greatest fear which is Man City is not competing for the title but the top 4. Saka is not coming back from injury today or the next day and I feel the force or should I say the way Arsenal approach games when Saka was around is different because he's not available at the moment. This is another reason I feel Arsenal might throw this chance away and at the same time I want Arsenal to win something big this season, I just feel for how slow they played in their last game and I hope they've used last season to learn a lesson because it was this same time they started losing important game, are they going to continue to fall out of the title race when it matters?

A crucial match that requires Arsenal to be able to win 3 points to eliminate Nottingham Forest. We can't guess for sure, but Saka's absence is quite fatal considering the attacking sector that he masters can make a difference. Arsenal actually can't rely on Kai Havertz, he is a striker who only waits for the ball supply, without that it only makes Havertz unable to do more.

[tbct_mt2]

Team	Point
Liverpool	45
Nottingham Forest	37
Arsenal	36
Chelsea	35
Newcastle	32
Man. City	31
Bournemouth	30
Fulham	29
Aston Villa	29
Brighton	27
Tottenham	24
Brentford	24
West Ham	23
Man. United	22
Crystal Palace	20
Everton	17
Wolves	16
Ipswich Town	15
Leicester	14
Southampton	6

Can we say that Manchester City is officially in crisis?

There is a crisis for Manchester City but earlier good matches in this season help them to have good opportunity to chase clubs in top four. Despite of many bad matches last two months, Manchester City are now only four points less than Chelsea and not too far from the second position that is temporary hold by Nottingham Forest.

They need to do more, play well in next several matches to get in top four and officially exit their crisis. Now it is too early to say the crisis already resolved and gone.

[bitzizzix]

I don't think I can say the game against Brentford will be an easy win because Arsenal have got the penchant for misbehaving and throwing away opportunities when it is very necessary now that their greatest fear which is Man City is not competing for the title but the top 4. Saka is not coming back from injury today or the next day and I feel the force or should I say the way Arsenal approach games when Saka was around is different because he's not available at the moment. This is another reason I feel Arsenal might throw this chance away and at the same time I want Arsenal to win something big this season, I just feel for how slow they played in their last game and I hope they've used last season to learn a lesson because it was this same time they started losing important game, are they going to continue to fall out of the title race when it matters?

A crucial match that requires Arsenal to be able to win 3 points to eliminate Nottingham Forest. We can't guess for sure, but Saka's absence is quite fatal considering the attacking sector that he masters can make a difference. Arsenal actually can't rely on Kai Havertz, he is a striker who only waits for the ball supply, without that it only makes Havertz unable to do more.

Of course it can't be predicted with certainty and Bukayo Saka is indeed a key player for Arsenal and he has a fairly serious hamstring injury that will likely keep him out for a few weeks. But that doesn't mean that without Bukayo Saka Brentford can easily beat Arsenal even though they are playing at home, because some of Brentford's key players cannot be played due to injury.

And this is an important match for Arsenal and it looks like Mikel Arteta will field his squad yesterday when they won the match against Ipswich and still play Gabriel Martinelli as a replacement for Bukayo Saka, and I think Arsenal can win this match so that they are in second place in the standings and get rid of Nottingham Forest.

[salad daging]

There is a crisis for Manchester City but earlier good matches in this season help them to have good opportunity to chase clubs in top four. Despite of many bad matches last two months, Manchester City are now only four points less than Chelsea and not too far from the second position that is temporary hold by Nottingham Forest.

They need to do more, play well in next several matches to get in top four and officially exit their crisis. Now it is too early to say the crisis already resolved and gone.

Manchester City's game crisis since several players have been injured so that there is a setback in their game for more than 2 months did not produce good points even though they will not get out of the top 4 crisis in the Premier League.

Maybe Pep Guardiola should bring in some players this winter so that there is a little progress in his performance, although I believe Manchester City will not get out of the zone, there is still time to solve this problem because it is only half the season.

[Slow death]

Therefore winning over Leicester City is not something that can be taken seriously, it means nothing because Man City has not been able to provide a guarantee after winning 3 points. Pep Guardiola will not be satisfied quickly, especially with the club situation in 6th position in the standings there is still a lot that they have to fix.

This was Manchester City's performance in the last 4 Premier League games:

Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Manchester City (In this game Manchester City conceded 2 goals against a weak opponent)

Manchester City 1 - 2 Manchester (In this game Manchester City conceded 2 goals against a weak opponent)

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Manchester City (In this game Manchester City conceded 2 goals against a weak opponent)

Manchester City 1 - 1 Everton (In this game Manchester City conceded 1 goal against a weak opponent)

Manchester City 2 - 0 Leicester

So in this last game Manchester City won, they didn't concede a single goal, this is a good sign that the team may be starting to recover

[Leviathan.007]

Neville said on his podcast for Sky Sports: Garnacho and Rashford would have been better off playing against Liverpool.
I think he is right and because United has a tough time every time they go to liverpool stadium and considering that Liverpool is at the top of the table and is having a good time, they need to have the best on the pitch, this game is for everyone to keep. Reputation and position are important.
United are not in a good position so it is better to use the best to keep their reputation and maybe even in this game
Liverpool players are also somewhat wary of these two people

[Chilwell]

Brentford vs Arsenal

Brentford  XI: Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson, Vitaly Janelt, Nathan Collins, Ji-Soo Kim, Kean Lewis-Potter, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Christian Norgaard, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mads Roerslev, Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo

Arsenal  XI: David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus

Arsenal are travelling to Gtech Community Stadium to face Brentford for their 19th round of the league which makes it half way of the season, I see an opportunity for arsenal to move to the second place after this match because Brentford has been in a bad shape since after winning against Newcastle United they haven't recorded any victory and I don't see this as one of it. I will be surprise if arsenal fail to win.

[Weawant]

Neville said on his podcast for Sky Sports: Garnacho and Rashford would have been better off playing against Liverpool.
I think he is right and because United has a tough time every time they go to liverpool stadium and considering that Liverpool is at the top of the table and is having a good time, they need to have the best on the pitch, this game is for everyone to keep. Reputation and position are important.
United are not in a good position so it is better to use the best to keep their reputation and maybe even in this game
Liverpool players are also somewhat wary of these two people

Manchester united current cannot have a good contention against Liverpool, before now, Manchester united in their very good form usually do not even have the ability to win Liverpool with ease, now that they are in their worst form and Liverpool is in one of their peak forms, its likely going to look even worse for them because Liverpool needs this win to further strengthen their position at the top of the table meanwhile Manchester united aren't even in a good position to really have their feet strong against Liverpool.

[Litzki1990]

Manchester United are managing to get full points in most of their matches now, no matter what strategy the Manchester United manager manages the team. Since the manager has a good understanding with the team, any decision of the manager may now be welcomed by the management or the fans.

Now let's look at the facts, the picture I attached will explain everything whether Man United managed to get full points in most of their matches or vice versa. The results achieved by Man United in their last six games have really disappointed the management and fans because they have lost 15 points during that period.
The defeat to Newcastle made Man United experience 4 consecutive defeats in two different competitions, I am very pessimistic that Amorim will be able to bring Man United to qualify for European competition next season because his performance has not shown any signs of improvement.

When Manchester United came on the field earlier we all assumed that Manchester United would lose and always bet on the team that will be against Manchester United but now we have a change of opinion. Manchester United can now at least put up a tough fight against any team. Seeing that a team is going to lose, that team is not bad, but learn to fight. There are wins and losses in the game, but watching Manchester United play for a while, it looks like they may have forgotten to compete and are on the field to lose. There are definitely good times ahead for Manchester United if they keep faith with their current manager. We Manchester United fans look forward to seeing the best of Manchester United.

[Uruhara]

Team	Point
Liverpool	45
Nottingham Forest	37
Arsenal	36
Chelsea	35
Newcastle	32
Man. City	31
Bournemouth	30
Fulham	29
Aston Villa	29
Brighton	27
Tottenham	24
Brentford	24
West Ham	23
Man. United	22
Crystal Palace	20
Everton	17
Wolves	16
Ipswich Town	15
Leicester	14
Southampton	6

Can we say that Manchester City is officially in crisis?

Well, I think we can say that considering Man City's condition is quite poor at the moment. Even though they managed to win in the last match, namely against Leicester. But still we will continue to doubt them until the next match. But if in the next match Man City also manages to win then I think the crisis could be over and Man City might have a winning trend again who will try to improve their position again in the standings.

Ah, don't forget that the Brentford vs Arsenal match will take place soon. And I think my favorite, Arsenal, will be very favored and I hope Arsenal don't disappoint me today. If Arsenal wins today then Arsenal will return to second place.
If Arsenal fails then Nottingham will stay in second place for a while. And I would really be surprised if Nottingham continues to stay in its current position.

[junder]

Brentford vs Arsenal

Brentford  XI: Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson, Vitaly Janelt, Nathan Collins, Ji-Soo Kim, Kean Lewis-Potter, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Christian Norgaard, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mads Roerslev, Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo

Arsenal  XI: David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, William Saliba, Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus

Arsenal are travelling to Gtech Community Stadium to face Brentford for their 19th round of the league which makes it half way of the season, I see an opportunity for arsenal to move to the second place after this match because Brentford has been in a bad shape since after winning against Newcastle United they haven't recorded any victory and I don't see this as one of it. I will be surprise if arsenal fail to win.

Arsenal must win this match if they want to move up to second place, but the absence of Saka makes me a little worried because in the previous match when they were held to a draw by Ipswich, his absence on the field made Arsenal attack a little less sharp besides Brentford is different from Ipswich, they are better and stronger + have the advantage of playing at home.
Maybe Brentford's only weakness that Arsenal can exploit in this match is their defense which is quite weak.
Let's see because the match has started.

[Uruhara]

Arsenal must win this match if they want to move up to second place, but the absence of Saka makes me a little worried because in the previous match when they were held to a draw by Ipswich, his absence on the field made Arsenal attack a little less sharp besides Brentford is different from Ipswich, they are better and stronger + have the advantage of playing at home.
Maybe Brentford's only weakness that Arsenal can exploit in this match is their defense which is quite weak.
Let's see because the match has started.

Saka's absence also makes me a little worried about Arsenal in this match. but I hope my worries don't come true. And now the match has entered the 11th minute. And Arsenal have started to dominate the match from the start and have also succeeded in making several attacks. but Brentford's defense looks like it will be quite difficult to penetrate. Because they seemed ready to defend with their full strength. The formation they used shows that they will probably only rely on counter attacks to attack Arsenal. I hope Arsenal's back line is not caught off guard when that happens.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Arsenal must win this match if they want to move up to second place, but the absence of Saka makes me a little worried because in the previous match when they were held to a draw by Ipswich, his absence on the field made Arsenal attack a little less sharp besides Brentford is different from Ipswich, they are better and stronger + have the advantage of playing at home.
Maybe Brentford's only weakness that Arsenal can exploit in this match is their defense which is quite weak.
Let's see because the match has started.

Saka's absence also makes me a little worried about Arsenal in this match. but I hope my worries don't come true. And now the match has entered the 11th minute. And Arsenal have started to dominate the match from the start and have also succeeded in making several attacks. but Brentford's defense looks like it will be quite difficult to penetrate. Because they seemed ready to defend with their full strength. The formation they used shows that they will probably only rely on counter attacks to attack Arsenal. I hope Arsenal's back line is not caught off guard when that happens.

Brentford has taken the lead which posses more pressure on Arsenal attack. This is the first shot and also the first on target for Brentford and they were able to convert it to a goal. Although Arsenal have dominated the game play from the start of the match but haven't gotten a single shot on target which might make it even more difficult now Brentford has taken the lead because they might decide to play all defensive.

We are still in the early hours of the game let's hope to see equalise and hopefully start a comeback. Arsenal just need this three points to stand at the second position of the table so they get closer to Liverpool as they keep having high hopes of chasing the league title

[Odusko]

I don't think I can say the game against Brentford will be an easy win because Arsenal have got the penchant for misbehaving and throwing away opportunities when it is very necessary now that their greatest fear which is Man City is not competing for the title but the top 4. Saka is not coming back from injury today or the next day and I feel the force or should I say the way Arsenal approach games when Saka was around is different because he's not available at the moment. This is another reason I feel Arsenal might throw this chance away and at the same time I want Arsenal to win something big this season, I just feel for how slow they played in their last game and I hope they've used last season to learn a lesson because it was this same time they started losing important game, are they going to continue to fall out of the title race when it matters?

A crucial match that requires Arsenal to be able to win 3 points to eliminate Nottingham Forest. We can't guess for sure, but Saka's absence is quite fatal considering the attacking sector that he masters can make a difference. Arsenal actually can't rely on Kai Havertz, he is a striker who only waits for the ball supply, without that it only makes Havertz unable to do more.

At the moment, Asernal's defense is very vulnerable because for Brentford to have secured a 1:0 goal in such early minutes into the game make it very clear that Asernal is heading to lose the 3 points as anticipated by you. After all, if such a loophole exists in the attacking side and also the striking wing where only Kai Havertz covering up won't generate such needed goals, Arsenal has a tough one tonight but it should be a win for Arsenal unless they fail to equalize in the first half of this game.

[Jewan420]

Arsenal must win this match if they want to move up to second place, but the absence of Saka makes me a little worried because in the previous match when they were held to a draw by Ipswich, his absence on the field made Arsenal attack a little less sharp besides Brentford is different from Ipswich, they are better and stronger + have the advantage of playing at home.
Maybe Brentford's only weakness that Arsenal can exploit in this match is their defense which is quite weak.
Let's see because the match has started.

Recent form and statistics speak in favor of Arsenal. Arsenal must win the match to grab the second place and get the important 3 points. Brentford's match is definitely going to be challenging from the positional point of view and considering the recent form. 3 points against Arsenal are very important for improving their morale and position. If they are able to get 3 points in today's match, they will be able to grab the 8th position from the 10th position. But their weak point to win the match is their defense, which can definitely cause them suffering. Recent form and statistics from their last 5 matches suggest that Arsenal will come into the field with a strong morale and most people would like to bet on Arsenal as the favorite to win. The match is underway and Brentford is leading 1-0 in the first 25 minutes at home.

[JeffBrad12]

I don't think I can say the game against Brentford will be an easy win because Arsenal have got the penchant for misbehaving and throwing away opportunities when it is very necessary now that their greatest fear which is Man City is not competing for the title but the top 4. Saka is not coming back from injury today or the next day and I feel the force or should I say the way Arsenal approach games when Saka was around is different because he's not available at the moment. This is another reason I feel Arsenal might throw this chance away and at the same time I want Arsenal to win something big this season, I just feel for how slow they played in their last game and I hope they've used last season to learn a lesson because it was this same time they started losing important game, are they going to continue to fall out of the title race when it matters?

Arsenal often struggled against Brentford, and they also always won win narrow score. I take their recent h2h as a proof. The current score is 1-1, which is telling us Arsenal is gonna win the game with narrow score.

Gabriel Jesus helped them to equalize the score, and it's surprised me how he's doing very well this time. He regains his form again.

I think the result will be 2-1 / 3-1 Arsenal win. It's ez money for sure.