Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Baki202]

I think this is what the Gunners have been expecting G. Jesus to be doing, getting goals, creating chances and the Gunners would have been better and even get something last campaign. Jesus positioning in the last 3 games has been wonderfuland Arteta on the other hand should not be one of those coaches that knows how to kill the career of young players. I also have that in mind but how possible can the Gunners overshadow the Reds at this very moment? How? Is only going to take one mistake from Liverpool. Arsenal can still be doing their thing while they wait for whoever is topping (Liverpool or Chelsea).

Not only Gabriel Jesus but every other player is expected to perform well and Arsenal is putting much pressure on them so that they will be able The truth is that no matter how hard they try Liverpool is already leading with good point numbers, so it will have to take them to be more serious and the same time, Liverpool have to lose some games, That is like the only opportunity they have to be able to lead that table, and Arsenal players are not that bad but they need a lot of commitment to their games and even there key strikers are not getting any support from there. for Arteta to succeed, he has a lot of work to do, and if he wants to win, he should be ready to take responsibility and do the right thing, because with great power comes great responsibility, so if he wants to win other clubs, he has to be more committed than before to maintain form. I don't even think anyone should be comparing Liverpool and Chelsea.

[Egii Nna]

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.

Yeah, this was one of the reasons I felt that Arsenal would struggle to get the three points but then again, they boast of a very solid away form and the fact that Saka is out injured didn't stop them from getting the job done because we know how the Gunners tend to find it hard to deliver if any of their key players are out. Maybe Arsenal are starting to build without the services of some of their players or Brentford aren't a team to be afraid of anymore, either way it was good that they were able to secure all the points today.

I thought I was the only one that thought they would have a hard time in today's game, but unfortunately they won the game and secured their 3 points. But for the first half that ended in a draw, I thought Brentford would maintain the game till the end so that the game would end as a draw game, but when they came back for the second half, 5 minutes after the start of the second half, they scored, and after 3 minutes they scored again. I was very surprised. Although Arsenal is in good form this season, so it shouldn’t be so hard for them to achieve the 3 points; moreover, there is a competition of position between Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, and Chelsea, so Arsenal will try their possible best to see that they are able to make it from them so that they can move closer to Liverpool or even make it to the top of the table.

[GbitG]

Arsenal were excellent today, they managed to put Brentford in chains which is not easy especially when Brentford went up by a goal in the first half. Arsenal fought hard enough and Gabriel Jesus great positioning drew them level.
I would have said Arsenal deserves this league title but with the way Liverpool are playing it's now up to who wants it more. I believe of Arsenal manages to remain consistent then they have a good chance.

I never expected a win from Arsenal in the match, they surprised me. I was thinking the match would end as a draw, but Arsenal was able to secure 1 goal in the first half of the match, and they scored two goals in the second half of the match. Since Saka is injured, I was expecting his absence to affect Arsenal's performance today, because Saka's absence affected Arsenal when they played against Ipswich, and we all know that Brentford is a dangerous team, but Arsenal was able to get three points in the match.

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Yep that's absolutely right. It was quite surprising because Arsenal was not too good in the first half Brentford had spotted first with an earlier goal despite Arsenal being a bit indolent in the first half. They created few chances but failed to get a chance for a goal until Jesus made it 1-1. In the second half, they changed their tactics and started a quick build-up attack, which made it work, and ultimately they won the match with pretty good results. To be honest if we look at the h2h record of Arsenal against Brentford. So literally they are always tussling for victory between each other and never let anyone to win easily.
  
Buy anyway Arsenal plays a good match they deserve to win it because this season they were really doing well in the league competition. They won 3 points with great success and increased their points from Nottingham Forest. Moving on next Arsenal's next match against Brighton is a little bit tougher, but hopefully Arsenal will be able to win easily.

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While we are in 2025 now and the 2024 is over. We can check some stats in the Premier League to know about the performance of some teams in this league and compare the teams during this year. Arsenal was the best team in 2024 because winning 72.2 percent of the games they had so far which is interesting because they couldn't win the Premier League and Manchester City usually had a better place than Arsenal in the past, Arsenal just lost 3 games during the 2024.
Liverpool is in second place because of winning 70.3 percent of the games in 2024 and they are in first place on the Premier League table because of the perfect performance they had since Slot joined the team.
In the third place, we have Manchester City and maybe their recent bad performance they had during this season was the reason for them to be in the third place in 2024.

2024 was a great year for Arsenal. I think they have the best performance above other years, even though I am not statistically sure, but being ranked above Manchester City and Liverpool is a great achievement, and it shows some signs of progress in the Arsenal team as a whole.

Liverpool go above Manchester City this season because of their consistency in the EPL this season. They are having a wunderful performance so far in the Premier League because they have won more matches than any other Premier League team this season.

However, I can't find Manchester United in this list; this has shown how badly Manchester United has performed last year. I hope the team gets some improvement next season because they have Amorim, who will soon get it right, according to Manchester United fans.

[Adams0001]

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

Yes and I support his opinion. While Garnacho and Rashford may have faced some disciplinary issues at Manchester United there is no doubt that they both remain top talents and valuable assets to the team. Both players possess exceptional pase and skill which could trouble Liverpool's defense. It will be wise for Ruben Amorim to field his strongest eleven which should involve both Garnacho and Marcus Rashford as it may be the key to securing a positive result in such a high stake match.

Amorim is the head coach and he will do what is right, he kept Rashford and Ganacho on the batch because he didn't believe in them anymore thinking that they won't perform well, and he is the head coach and he will do anything possible to make the team stronger in the league and win trophies. Amorim is doing something new, I think he will try to buy new players this January after the windows are open, because Manchester United are not in their best form this season thinking that Erik Ten Hag that is making the team performance poor, but I reason is from the players and they need to make new negotiations and get new players in the team.

Manchester United must try their hardest and start winning games before it is too late to finish in the top four in the league, and have the opportunity to progress to the UCL the following season. This will not be easy, but if they can find form and start winning games, they will be able to accomplish so. Chelsea, as I said, has the opportunity to overtake Liverpool if they make a mistake, but Chelsea is losing form and drawing losing games in the competition, thus one would expect Ipswich to defeat Chelsea by a decisive 2-0 margin. Chelsea did not do well in the game.

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Saturday 4th January 2025
3pm   AFC Bournemouth   v   Everton
3pm   Aston Villa   v   Leicester City
5.30pm   Brighton & Hove Albion   v   Arsenal
3pm   Crystal Palace   v   Chelsea
3pm   Manchester City   v   West Ham United
3pm   Southampton   v   Brentford
12.30pm   Tottenham Hotspur   v   Newcastle United
 
Sunday 5th January 2025
2pm   Fulham   v   Ipswich Town
4.30pm   Liverpool   v   Manchester United
 
Monday 6th January 2025
8pm   Wolverhampton Wanderers   v   Nottingham Forest

Source_ https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/fixtures-results

Assuming an easy win for this liverpool against this Manchester, how big do you think the gap will be?

I think about a 3-0 or 3-1

[Fiatless]

Not only Gabriel Jesus but every other player is expected to perform well and Arsenal is putting much pressure on them so that they will be able The truth is that no matter how hard they try Liverpool is already leading with good point numbers, so it will have to take them to be more serious and the same time, Liverpool have to lose some games, That is like the only opportunity they have to be able to lead that table, and Arsenal players are not that bad but they need a lot of commitment to their games and even there key strikers are not getting any support from there. for Arteta to succeed, he has a lot of work to do, and if he wants to win, he should be ready to take responsibility and do the right thing, because with great power comes great responsibility, so if he wants to win other clubs, he has to be more committed than before to maintain form. I don't even think anyone should be comparing Liverpool and Chelsea.

Arsenal was able to find it's rhythm without Bukayo Saka. I thought they would struggle without his attacking runs that always threaten defenders. But I still think that they need a striker to stand on his place until he recovers because a strong defense might give them a tough time. However, Arsenal did a good job after they came from a goal down after Bryan Mbeum gave Brentford an early lead. The Gunners have closed the gap between Liverpool to six points which is good for the league since it will become more competitive.

[adultcrypto]

Sunday 5th January 2025
4.30pm   Liverpool   v   Manchester United
 
Source_ https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/fixtures-results

Assuming an easy win for this liverpool against this Manchester, how big do you think the gap will be?

I think about a 3-0 or 3-1

Liverpool will likely win the match based on the realities on ground but the score is definitely difficult to guess. A more reasonable score will be 2-0 but Liverpool have been conceding too many goals lately and that is a factor to put into consideration as I know that Manchester United might want to fight for at least a draw in the match. Such fight can actually give them a goal  in the match which makes the expected score be in the form of both teams to score and Liverpool to win the match. Therefore, 2-1 is a good option to consider going by the analysis.

[Felicity_Tide]

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

They won their last game, but I'm not sure of the whole recovery thing. Manchester city has always being a club that concedes goals even when they are in a very good form, and winning trophies too. They will be in action again, probably this Saturday or Sunday, and it will be against West Ham, which is also another weak side. I also expect them to win this game, but what I won't be able to say the same for other average clubs.

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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

I'm not sure of what Amorim is trying to prove now, even though Managers needs to raise their standards sometimes. Their losses since the days of Ten hag, has become a normal thing even until this very moment. Definitely, Amorim needs top qualities on the pitch against a very good side like Liverpool, but to him, some players might not have that quality he's looking for, besides, the Rashford case was as a result of a possible exit rumor in the coming transfer window.

There are so many things he hasn't gotten right, but I believe he will do that with time. From what I have even noticed lately, it seems both hojlund and Zirkzee are not meeting up to his expectations, and they've been some rumors that Gyokeres might join him, even though United don't plan on spending except they sell.

[Weawant]

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.

Notwithstanding the obviously stated fact,  Arsenal overturned the records today by doing a come back from a goal down to winning by three goals, Brentford had the home advantage to they actually couldn't utilise it well enough,  they made a good attempt in the fir half and took the lead in the first 20minute of the game but they later couldn't hold on to the scores till the end of the game. The second half was mostly dominated by the gunners and their brilliance couldn't be held back so they got a deserving victory this time breaking the struggling records.

[KingsDen]

Sunday 5th January 2025
4.30pm   Liverpool   v   Manchester United
 
Source_ https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/premier-league/fixtures-results

Assuming an easy win for this liverpool against this Manchester, how big do you think the gap will be?

I think about a 3-0 or 3-1

Liverpool will likely win the match based on the realities on ground but the score is definitely difficult to guess. A more reasonable score will be 2-0 but Liverpool have been conceding too many goals lately and that is a factor to put into consideration as I know that Manchester United might want to fight for at least a draw in the match. Such fight can actually give them a goal  in the match which makes the expected score be in the form of both teams to score and Liverpool to win the match. Therefore, 2-1 is a good option to consider going by the analysis.

This could be a surprising match to everyone. Manchester United might decide to use the match to return to form. Liverpool in the recent time have won Manchester United shamefully, this could be a revenge.

Ruben Amorim can decide to throw a surprise by bringing Marcus Rashford against Liverpool. This will not only destablize the opposition, it will also encourage Rashford to do his best to regain his place in the squad. So, everyone so confident that Manchester United will lose should think again.

[Marykeller]

Amorim is the head coach and he will do what is right, he kept Rashford and Ganacho on the batch because he didn't believe in them anymore thinking that they won't perform well, and he is the head coach and he will do anything possible to make the team stronger in the league and win trophies. Amorim is doing something new, I think he will try to buy new players this January after the windows are open, because Manchester United are not in their best form this season thinking that Erik Ten Hag that is making the team performance poor, but I reason is from the players and they need to make new negotiations and get new players in the team.

Manchester United must try their hardest and start winning games before it is too late to finish in the top four in the league, and have the opportunity to progress to the UCL the following season. This will not be easy, but if they can find form and start winning games, they will be able to accomplish so. Chelsea, as I said, has the opportunity to overtake Liverpool if they make a mistake, but Chelsea is losing form and drawing losing games in the competition, thus one would expect Ipswich to defeat Chelsea by a decisive 2-0 margin. Chelsea did not do well in the game.

Amorim should be very faded up of all Manchester United players. He can't wait to sell many of and buy new players by the January transfer window. What Manchester United will be thinking currently is ways to continue to stay above the relegation zone, not to stay at the top(5-8th spot) because that looks hard to accomplish considering their poor performance of losing important matches.

Every club has its downward path in seasons, I just hope this will be over for Manchester United and Amorim will bring in the right new players in the squad, not the one that won't make any positive impact on team performance that will still keep Manchester United at down below(12th-15th) of the Premier League table

[TelolettOm]

2024 was a great year for Arsenal. I think they have the best performance above other years, even though I am not statistically sure, but being ranked above Manchester City and Liverpool is a great achievement, and it shows some signs of progress in the Arsenal team as a whole.

Arsenal started 2025 with a very good result, a quite satisfying victory from Brentford with a score of 1 - 3 was very influential for Arsenal, yes, because this club was able to rise back to position 2 of the EPL, in the end. Yes, although actually this 19th matchday is a series of matches in 2024.

Arsenal were able to turn things around after they were 1-0 down in the first half, until finally in the 29th minute, through their first goal in the match by Gabriel Jesus, they were able to have a higher spirit.

And finally, they were able to turn things around in the second half with 2 more goals.

Source: Arteta Reacts

[reefsea]

Liverpool will likely win the match based on the realities on ground but the score is definitely difficult to guess. A more reasonable score will be 2-0 but Liverpool have been conceding too many goals lately and that is a factor to put into consideration as I know that Manchester United might want to fight for at least a draw in the match. Such fight can actually give them a goal  in the match which makes the expected score be in the form of both teams to score and Liverpool to win the match. Therefore, 2-1 is a good option to consider going by the analysis.

I see the statistics of the meeting between the two teams that Liverpool can win the match by more than two goals when facing Manchester United. Moreover, this season Manchester United has performed quite badly, of course it is a strong reason that Liverpool can score several goals in this match.

In addition, Salah is in his best form, he is a very influential player in Liverpool's front line. I think Liverpool will not waste the opportunity in this match, they need to find a win to continue to be at the top of the standings. Amorim is under pressure because they have reaped many bad results, especially when facing Liverpool, it will definitely be quite difficult to match Liverpool's game at Anfield.

[As-Soon-As]

In this match, both teams were performing very well at the beginning, but in the end Brentford team was able to score early. But in contrast, Arsenal team also gave a suitable response. Arsenal team players were very aggressive throughout the match, in the end Arsenal team completely changed the result of the game after half time and the scoreboard showed 3-1 result.
Arsenal team made 14 attacks in the whole match and Brentford team made 4 attacks, but Arsenal is on the list of the best teams of this season, so Arsenal team performed very well in this match. In the end, Arsenal team took second place in the points table by collecting 3 points.

[Moreno233]

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.

Notwithstanding the obviously stated fact,  Arsenal overturned the records today by doing a come back from a goal down to winning by three goals, Brentford had the home advantage to they actually couldn't utilise it well enough,  they made a good attempt in the fir half and took the lead in the first 20minute of the game but they later couldn't hold on to the scores till the end of the game. The second half was mostly dominated by the gunners and their brilliance couldn't be held back so they got a deserving victory this time breaking the struggling records.

Arsenal won just like many people expected they would but I was scare when Bryan Mbeumo scored the first goal for Brentford, little did I know that Arsenal was not willing to give up that easily so Gabriel Jesus the first goal for Arsenal at the 29th minute and make the match even at half time. The second half was good for Arsenal as they dominated the game and scored twice to make the match end in 1-3 in favor of Arsenal. This is is a good way for Arsenal to start the new year, three points means that they are back to second position in the league and behind Liverpool but the gap between them is still very wide. Liverpool may win the league as Chelsea have dropped due to losing two consecutive matches and playing a draw in one.

[Bd officer]

Saturday 4th January 2025
3pm   Manchester City   v   West Ham United

The match between West Ham vs Manchester City could be interesting. Manchester City won against Leicester City in last match. So Manchester City have grown in confidence and can be strong against West Ham. On the other hand, West Ham lost by a big margin against Liverpool in the last match. So West Ham's confidence has dropped a bit, but West Ham can also get stronger.

Analyzing the past statistics of these two teams, it can be seen that Manchester City has won 5 of the last 5 matches between these two teams. According to past statistics, Manchester City will be ahead. I think Manchester City can win.

[ingiltere]

Arsenal won just like many people expected they would but I was scare when Bryan Mbeumo scored the first goal for Brentford, little did I know that Arsenal was not willing to give up that easily so Gabriel Jesus the first goal for Arsenal at the 29th minute and make the match even at half time. The second half was good for Arsenal as they dominated the game and scored twice to make the match end in 1-3 in favor of Arsenal. This is is a good way for Arsenal to start the new year, three points means that they are back to second position in the league and behind Liverpool but the gap between them is still very wide. Liverpool may win the league as Chelsea have dropped due to losing two consecutive matches and playing a draw in one.

Actually I had the same thought, when Arsenal went behind in the game I wondered if they wouldn't be able to get 3 points from this game. But let's give them to their credit, they made a very good comeback. I think this win was a great morale boost for the whole team. Brentford away is not an easy away. Not every team can get three points here. With Chelsea and Manchester City behind, Arsenal will only look ahead and their only goal should be to beat Liverpool and become champions. They have a good chance to win the title they have been longing for for years. All they have to do is win their own games and wait for Liverpool to slip up. As you know, Liverpool always got stuck when they were in contention with Manchester City. The lead may not last long under pressure.

[Dump3er]

Arsenal won just like many people expected they would but I was scare when Bryan Mbeumo scored the first goal for Brentford, little did I know that Arsenal was not willing to give up that easily so Gabriel Jesus the first goal for Arsenal at the 29th minute and make the match even at half time. The second half was good for Arsenal as they dominated the game and scored twice to make the match end in 1-3 in favor of Arsenal. This is is a good way for Arsenal to start the new year, three points means that they are back to second position in the league and behind Liverpool but the gap between them is still very wide. Liverpool may win the league as Chelsea have dropped due to losing two consecutive matches and playing a draw in one.

Actually I had the same thought, when Arsenal went behind in the game I wondered if they wouldn't be able to get 3 points from this game. But let's give them to their credit, they made a very good comeback. I think this win was a great morale boost for the whole team. Brentford away is not an easy away. Not every team can get three points here. With Chelsea and Manchester City behind, Arsenal will only look ahead and their only goal should be to beat Liverpool and become champions. They have a good chance to win the title they have been longing for for years. All they have to do is win their own games and wait for Liverpool to slip up. As you know, Liverpool always got stuck when they were in contention with Manchester City. The lead may not last long under pressure.

Yes and furthermore it should be taken into account that Brentford at home has been a real force this season so far. I think they lost a single game and got 21 points in 9 games, which is very strong and their goal statistics at home are also very strong. Hence this was a good and important comeback for Arsenal although I think this still doesn't change much about the fact that Liverpool can't probably be stopped until the end of the season.

[blue Snow]

Arsenal was able to find it's rhythm without Bukayo Saka. I thought they would struggle without his attacking runs that always threaten defenders. But I still think that they need a striker to stand on his place until he recovers because a strong defense might give them a tough time. However, Arsenal did a good job after they came from a goal down after Bryan Mbeum gave Brentford an early lead. The Gunners have closed the gap between Liverpool to six points which is good for the league since it will become more competitive.

Arsenal has become accustomed to winning so that whoever is absent, they can overcome it on every match. Yes, they need a new striker to overlay the existing stand. But, if they have to recruit new players, I think Arteta must think first to find player on Bukayo Saka position. Because on Arteta Scheme, This position is a crucial thing, all game direction and style came from that position. Or he needs recruit a player that can able to supply a ball at the same time as shadow striker to filled up forward position.