Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[MusaMohamed]

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.

They have to fight and get things done with 3 points each match, and it is not easy for Arsenal. Three points for each match don't come to Arsenal pocket automatically and there are matches they lose points. Two seasons ago, when Arsenal had problems with defense, got many conceded goals but managed to come back, not only equalizing but winning some matches, there was applause like they shown necessary characteristic of a champion team.

Weeks later, they failed to maintain such come backs while weakness in defense was the same, and they lost that season title to Manchester City. They're doing well to cover their weakness at striker position, but it won't mean they will win all matches without goals and other contributions from their striker.

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.

Manchester Untied are in bottom of their form and Liverpool oppositely are in top of their form, so their match will be very skewed to Liverpool as a winner. Mohamed Salah is playing very well and his contributions for Liverpool are very diversifying from goals, assists to his ability to catch attention of opponent players and create more opening space for his teammates in attacking situation.

[cryptoWODL]

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.

The way Manchester City performed against Leicester City, if they can perform against West Ham then they might be able to win this match as well. In fact, many football fans had high hopes and aspirations for this team, but this team has recently been performing in a way that was unimaginable to everyone. Manchester City have won their last match so perhaps they will have a bit of confidence boost going into the match they face against West Ham.

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.

Yes, if we analyze past performance, Manchester City will be much ahead and they will be much more favorites, But looking at current performance, there is not much difference between Manchester City and West Ham.

[Gallar]

Arsenal vs Brentford should be easy match for Arsenal even though Saka is injured.

In the last match Arsenal dominating against Ipswich Town, Ipswich Town only shots 3 times and zero shot on target. Brentford also a weak team, they suffered lose streak. We might see few goals in this match, maybe 1 or 2 goals only.

They might be struggle to score a goal because Saka is absence.

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Arsenal won this match with a fairly landslide score of 3-1. In this match, Arsenal players really showed quite good performance. The reason is that Arsenal players created a lot of opportunities. The proof is that Arsenal players managed to fire 14 shots at Brentford's goal, with 5 of them almost resulting in goals. So with this, we can say that Arsenal's performance has improved slightly again. Because if we look at Arsenal's match against Ipswich, in that match the Arsenal players' performance was quite bad. But maybe Arteta learned from this match, so that in this match the mistakes made by Arsenal players when playing against Ipswich have been corrected. Maybe if Bukayo Saka wasn't injured and played in this match, I think Arsenal's could score more than 4 goals in this match. And currently Arsenal is in 2nd place in the English league and has a 6 point difference with Liverpool who are currently at the top of the standings.

[Hirose UK]

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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.

Look the course of the match, it seems like there is possibility to end in 1 - 1 or 2 - 2 draw because Brentford game is really extraordinary, they managed to put quite impressive pressure on Arsenal and dominate the game, it just that they failed to take advantage of several opportunities and Arsenal players were able to create several opportunities that resulted in goal to return home with landslide victory.
It seems that if Arsenal can maintain their good performance then they can stay in 2nd place until the end of the season and come out as runners-up, no one has been seen clearly to surpass Liverpool for now.

[Barikui1]

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.

Statistically arsenal were way more better than them all round, it was only in the early stage of the game that Brentford gave them a very good fight, but after the goal it was as if they switched off and started sitting back thinking to hit  them on the counter, but the dominance of arsenal especially in the second half of the game just as you rightfully said was too much for them too handle, so it was a well deserved and also a crucial winning for arsenal because as for now they closed the gap on Liverpool, even though they have two games to play and they also open a four points lead over Chelsea, so this winning was very crucial for their title aspiration.
So if arsenal really want to maintain their title push, they real have to be winning games like this and be consistent in getting the desired result so as to stand a chance of lifting the title comes may.

[Sebas.tian]

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.

Arsenal head coach has trained his players very well in this season which you can see the strength they are using in this premier League competition, they have some potential players in the bench that can handle any player that will experience injury. For you to know that Arsenal will succeed in their remaining matches without Bukayo Saka recover from injury is the victory they achieved from Brentford home yesterday, despite their opponent first Arsenal to scored a goal in the first half but they equalized the goal and still scores two goals to defeated Brentford 1-3 to achieved three points from the match. I'm not afraid of the position of Liverpool right now, because I know once the end of the premier league competition is coming to an end, they will start losing match for other teams to take over the first position.

[fullhdpixel]

Chelsea and Arsenal they both hope to see Liverpool lose some points and they hope to see this team have a bad performance in the next games maybe this can help these two teams to decrease the gap between themselves and the top of the table. But still, since Liverpool started working with Slot they didn't make many mistakes and they usually had good results in the games we saw from this team while we were expecting to see Liverpool have a bad performance because of losing Klopp.
The most interesting thing in the Premier League is about Chelsea because they can now have the chance to even be in the first position of the league while they were even about to get relegated in the past.

Every team in Premier League is looking for win and have best end of their season with current level of performance and consistency is giving good edge to Liverpool which is currently at the top with 45 points from 18 games and their two rivals are now having big difference of points with Arsenal is having 6 points difference and Chelsea is having 10 points with both are already have one game more than Liverpool which is another advantage for them.

Even though we have 19 games remaining, and many changes can happen but most chances now we will not have any problem for the Liverpool with just any serious injury or conflict can bring them down otherwise it's looking strong win for them with most chances we will have double or treble because it's wide open they are unstoppable, and their winning streak is going to be long in this season under Arne Slot which is having good start of his career at Anfield.

[knowngunman]

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

Well, this game might end up with a draw scoreline. Manchester United may not be in their best form but they can not underestimated especially when playing against top teams. Although, so many things change this season and Manchester United could not withstand big teams like last season that they'll collect points from big teams and donate it to small teams. They're not up to task this season, they keep losing to both average teams and strong teams.

Liverpool of course will fight for all the three points to strengthen their title race. They really can not afford to drop points now. Equally, Manchester United have a good squad that can stand Liverpool if only the players chose to play with utmost dedication and not being lazy as usual.

[HajiBagi]

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.

What I liked in the match was the energy that Arsenal came back in the second half of the match, from the beginning of the match when Brentford scored an opening goal I thought that maybe Arsenal would lose the game because Saka was not in the game but Arsenal prove me wrong and play well and defeat Brentford without any stress, both teams play well but Arsenal use the opportunity they have to score goals and win the match.

Arsenal had a good performance yesterday including the goalkeeper David Raya who made some incredible saves yesterday, I thought that maybe the match was going to end 3-2 because Brentford also wanted to score a goal in the match but Arsenal's defensive players were good and they played as a team, Arsenal win the first game of the year and it will be good if they continue like this without Saka to prove that they can win matches without Saka.

[Jatiluhung]

I didn't see this coming, and I was disappointed towards Chelsea's performance yesterday. How will they allow a weak team like Ipswich to get three points easily yesterday. Maresca needs to try and stable the club performance so that they can be consistent. Otherwise, Chelsea might keep going down the table. Two consecutive losses is not a mistake, but a decline in performance.

It is true that the 2 defeats experienced by Chelsea were not a joke and what is certain is that what you said is true that Chelsea experienced a decline in performance and indeed this should not be allowed by Enzo Maresca because if it is allowed, it is not impossible that Chelsea's performance will continue to decline and it is possible that Chelsea will not get a ticket to the Champions League if its performance continues to decline.

There must be a lot of disappointment because the match at that time was not in accordance with many people's predictions, but of course Chelsea is currently in 4th place due to its performance which continues to decline, but what is certain is that there is still time for Enzo Maresca to fix all of this. Yes, if for example in the next match Chelsea still can't win, of course Chelsea's success so far is just a coincidence.

[Obari]

Chelsea and Arsenal they both hope to see Liverpool lose some points and they hope to see this team have a bad performance in the next games maybe this can help these two teams to decrease the gap between themselves and the top of the table. But still, since Liverpool started working with Slot they didn't make many mistakes and they usually had good results in the games we saw from this team while we were expecting to see Liverpool have a bad performance because of losing Klopp.
The most interesting thing in the Premier League is about Chelsea because they can now have the chance to even be in the first position of the league while they were even about to get relegated in the past.

We're concerned about Liverpool progress, they're doing quite well in the English Premier League. Who would have thought about the elevating level of the team when Jurgen Klopp exited Anfield. Pointing out these coaches especially the bald guys that are appointed for the new managerial roles. We looked at Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca. They've been amazing and thrilling for the developing sectors for these teams. In every first season of a new coach, they do their best to ensure they secured standard form. Arne Slot enchanced Liverpool in his first season as the club's manager. He's simply enacting good rules for his players and everyone is actually witnessing the good well-done job of the manager. Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea have been in competition for the EPL title this season. This is really entertaining and competitive for everyone, I'm enjoying the show.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester United performance this season is nothing short of embarrassment and have brought shame to those that support the club. Once a dreaded team in the Premier League has become a team of ridicule with their constant shambolic display making it easy for teams that are far below their standard to win matches even at Old Trafford easily. I have hope that Ruben Amorim is the one that’s going to turn the tide at Old Trafford and bring Manchester United back to glory days. He is a good coach with an impressive record, I think he should be given more time to work on the team.

[Jatiluhung]

an exciting and tense match in the Arsenal match against Brentford and certainly the tense moment for me and surprising was when Mbeumo scored a goal against Arsenal easily and it was clear that Arsenal's defense looked less good at that time. but fortunately Arsenal was able to turn things around at the end of the match which finally Arsenal was able to win with a score of 1-3 and in my opinion here we see Arsenal's good quality because of course to turn things around and reply to Brentford's goal is certainly not easy and of course in this case Mikel Arteta really directed his men well. now Arsenal who managed to get 3 full points will certainly make Arsenal like last season fight for the championship title and now will compete closely with Liverpool. but in my opinion Arsenal's defense needs to be improved a little and because that's what made Brentford in today's match able to score a goal against Arsenal.

[SmartCharpa]

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.

Arsenal played well, despite my expectations that Saka's absence would have an impact on their performance. Surprisingly, Arsenal's number nine is regaining his best form, scoring back-to-back for the club, with 6 goals in the previous four games in all competitions. We haven't seen the club with a fantastic striker in the past two seasons since Gabriel Jesus was out of shape and they missed out on winning the league, but I hope his great performance continues to improve the squad and help them compete for the Premier League title.

Look the course of the match, it seems like there is possibility to end in 1 - 1 or 2 - 2 draw because Brentford game is really extraordinary, they managed to put quite impressive pressure on Arsenal and dominate the game, it just that they failed to take advantage of several opportunities and Arsenal players were able to create several opportunities that resulted in goal to return home with landslide victory.
It seems that if Arsenal can maintain their good performance then they can stay in 2nd place until the end of the season and come out as runners-up, no one has been seen clearly to surpass Liverpool for now.

Arsenal allowed Brentford to control the game and lead in ball possession, but Arsenal won by goals. Brentford didn't take advantage of their opportunities; they might have scored more than one goal, thanks to Raya, Arsenal's goalkeeper, who made an important save 33 minutes into the game that may have resulted in Brentford's second goal. Arsenal, on the other hand, should just maintain winning games and not lose their second-place position until the end of the season; otherwise, it would be impossible to overtake Liverpool.

[MK-74]

Arsenal beat Brentford 3-1 last night and continued their unbeaten streak.

Arsenal is the closest team to Liverpool. They are only 6 points behind Liverpool. Liverpool has 1 game less.
Let's see if they can continue their championship race with Liverpool.

[SatoPrincess]

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.

Even if Brentford matches at home have been excellent, they are no match for Arsenal and we saw that yesterday. Even though Saka was absent due to injury problems, I will not blink an eye to choose Arsenal to win over Brentford. I hope you made the right bet on the game because Arsenal went to defeat Brentford 1-3 like it was nothing. Gabriel Jesus and Martinelli were both in the scoresheet, it looks like they have Saka’s position well covered.

[Leviathan.007]

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.

The way Manchester City performed against Leicester City, if they can perform against West Ham then they might be able to win this match as well. In fact, many football fans had high hopes and aspirations for this team, but this team has recently been performing in a way that was unimaginable to everyone. Manchester City have won their last match so perhaps they will have a bit of confidence boost going into the match they face against West Ham.

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.

Yes, if we analyze past performance, Manchester City will be much ahead and they will be much more favorites, But looking at current performance, there is not much difference between Manchester City and West Ham.

Manchester City's playmaker goalkeeper Ederson is likely to be replaced by Stefan Ortega. Due to Ederson's poor performance in previous games that have caused Man City to be in a bad situation, it is likely that they will replace him with Ortega and he may remain on the bench until the end of the season. He has conceded 29 goals in 19 games, which is a bad statistic. Ederson and Walker wanted to leave Man City, but Guardiola did not allow it and now it seems that he regrets it. It remains to be seen with Ederson's statistics and results, does Saudi Arabia still want him? In my opinion, with the change in the defensive line and the goal of Man City, there is room for hope and progress.

[lizarder]

The Chelsea coach is new in the Premier League, so he made the mistake of looking down on Ipswich simply because that the bottom of the table. Old coaches with experience in the Premier League know that every game is important even though it is obvious that you are going to win it. Chelsea will regret that game, because they were considered title contenders, but a two-game losing streak really puts their position in a lot of doubt, maybe they will qualify for the champions league, but not win the league.

It's not about experience but how a manager can analyze before the match starts and that should be the basis when facing a weak team because they might play beyond expectations. The Premier League is different because the weaker team also has the opportunity to beat the stronger team when the stronger team makes a mistake. I think there is a mistake that the Chelsea manager tried to apply by rotating at the wrong time so that Ipswich took advantage of the game to get three points.

If you look at the match statistics then it is clear that Chelsea should not have lost because they were quite dominant but there was a gap that was exploited by the Ipswich players so they managed to score an additional goal after the penalty was given. That is what I mean Chelsea lost concentration and they let the game run according to the flow and strategy of the Ipswich manager in defending.

[SatoPrincess]

in every week seems that their condition is getting worse , even I think Amorim who is expected to bring a lot of changes to Manchester United is still not able to improve their mentality and also their squad chances of winning a match, I don't know what  happening with them at the moment even though they previously has bought a lot of players and fired ten hag but they still seem to be struggling to get up.
The defeat from Newcastle with a difference of 2 goals and poor performance in the last few matches has further immersed them in the bottom of the Premier League at the moment, still being ranked 14th in the Premier League has shown their poor ability to win, so if they do not immediately find a solution to turn things around, then they are likely to end the season in the relegation zone later.

I like the image you added to your post. It really illustrates the current situation of Manchester United and the reason behind their poor performance this season. I think Manchester United fans are putting too much pressure on Amorim forgetting that he just came into the club mid season at a time when Erik Ten Hag had put them in a position that felt like United might finish the season in relegation zone. If Amorim manages to take Manchester United out of the hole Erik ten Hag put them in, Manchester United and their supporters should applaud him for a job well done. 

[Pokapoka124]

In the Premier League match between Man United and Newcastle yesterday, Newcastle won the match by 2 goals. The performance of the players of Man United team was poor, due to which they could not score any goals in this match. They are at number 14 in the points table. If we look at the last 5 matches of Man United team, they have lost 4 matches out of 5 matches and won 1 match.

in every week seems that their condition is getting worse , even I think Amorim who is expected to bring a lot of changes to Manchester United is still not able to improve their mentality and also their squad chances of winning a match, I don't know what  happening with them at the moment even though they previously has bought a lot of players and fired ten hag but they still seem to be struggling to get up.
The defeat from Newcastle with a difference of 2 goals and poor performance in the last few matches has further immersed them in the bottom of the Premier League at the moment, still being ranked 14th in the Premier League has shown their poor ability to win, so if they do not immediately find a solution to turn things around, then they are likely to end the season in the relegation zone later.

I don't think it's true. And I would say what is happening to Manchester United is not surprising. I have said it before that they are a team in transition and it takes time for a team in such phase to be able to return to its best form. Despite the current crisis I strongly believe that Ruben Amorim has the tactical expertise and leadership to restore Manchester United back to it's former glory. With a clear vision and patience he will build a cohesive team capable of competing regularly for silverware at the highest level.