Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[KingsDen]

Chelsea in their past three matches hasn't been inspiring in terms of performance, it has been either a loss or a draw, and today they've locked horns with Crystal Palace ...

The second half of the season has started and it is very common to see teams beginning to drop form because of fatigue or injury. For Chelsea, they have had a good start to the season, keeping up is now the problem, and that is where they will struggle because the players are young and still inexperienced. Teams like Newcastle and Manchester City are picking up form, Arsenal also look to be ready for the second half of the season and anything that comes with it because even with the team rotation due to injury to players like Saka, Ben White, or illness to Havertz and Odegaard, they have started the second half of the season very well like they did in the first half.

The young player Nwaneri is proving to be an okay temporary replacement for Saka who will be absent for a long time.

The law of football in one way or the other also respect the law of nature. When you are in the winning lane you will probably continue in that lane for a long period of time, if you are also in the losing or drawing lane you will also continue there for some period of time unless something different is done. This is somehow related to the law of inertia. When Chelsea drew their last match, I told their fans that they will have to lose more matches or draw more matches before they will fall back to their winning form and they did not believe me. If it is possible to jump from a losing lane back to a winning learn, their probably would not be relegation teams. It is that strong force that is difficult to be broken when you are already losing that causes teams. to be relegated even when the know that they are about to the relegated they will do nothing about it.
We all saw when this force hit Manchester City, they could do nothing about it until they played 14 matches. This same force held Chelsea back for two good seasons and currently this same force is holding Manchester United down and they cannot do anything about it. That is the spirit of football for you.

[Adbitco]

Chelsea already secure one goal under first half against crystal place and from what I am seeing this game could likely be a draw game.
Cole Palmer tried his best to have targeted the first goal, make chelsea to blaze up and from what is happening crystal place is try to equalized the match but let's see what their second half would results to. But for sure Chelsea would never give crystal Palace this chance since they already have that lapses.

And indeed the match actually ended with both teams playing draw just as predicted while scoring at least 1 goal each. But however, Chelsea had all the opportunity to winning this game of only they had play a more attacking game than the defense which they went about playing immediately after scoring their first goal by Cole Palmer at 14 minutes into the game. Because I noticed that despite Chelsea having the most ball possession in the entire game, they did lack making more shots on target. And as such Crystal Palace was able to equalize.

What I noticed from Chelsea is that they were so relaxed after having the first goal under 14 minutes thinking that Crystal Palace wouldn't have any goal for the match, but without knowing that they have giving them more strength to put more efforts to equalized the match at the dying minutes where they have to score 1-1 making it draw game. Sincerely even Crystal Palace wouldn't believe that this game will end up being Draw, and this was their target immediately Chelsea had 1 over them.

Chelsea already secure one goal under first half against crystal place and from what I am seeing this game could likely be a draw game.

If not that soothsayer is someone who uses a magical thing to predict the future I would have actually called you a soothsayer because I remember when you did this analysis was actually when Chelsea was leading by a goal against Crystal Palace but before 83 minutes Mateta has done the equalizing for them, though at first when I saw your post saying that Crystal Palace will equalize I was doubting it within me because Chelsea was not bad but I did not no that you saw a different thing on that match than I'm, perhaps that's why some people place a bet were others sees Impossibility and still win. However the wining everybody is so passionate about today is Manchester City that won West Ham United 4:1.

Okay now let see how the next match gonna end, currently we have Brighton and Arsenal playing live and already they have 0-1 under 16 minute first half, but in this game Arsenal will also lead the match, because their performance are much compared with Brighton even though they seems to have more strength and possession over Arsenal.

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Yes, this is what i also noticed in this game similar to what we just experienced In Chelsea game is likely to happen in this game as well. But lets see what it would be on their second half since they are currently finished the first half, although Arsenal have 1-0 over Brighton  so their could likely be draw but i have a strong conviction that Arsenal will win the game at FT, but let see what the result outcome would look like.

[Hyphen(-)]

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Brighton looks strong today even though they have been winless in their last five games according the short statistics, they played draw in their last three matches, and today they are trying to see if they can get three points against Arsenal since they know that some of the Arsenal main players are not in the match especially Bulayo Saka, Martine Odegard, and Julian Timber.

Furthermore, home advantage is what Brighton wanted using and for the fact that they drew their last match against Arsenal, they will want to go again to see if they can win since Arsenal is lacking some important players due to injury. Notwithstanding, Arsenal was able to take the lead through Ethan Nwaneri, and they are trying defensively to defend any goal from Brighton. I as ab Arsenal fan, I am expecting more effort in the second half because Arsenal need a second goal in order to be fully sure if this three points.

[Jessie2121]

Newcastle have been the best team in the first half and they are trying as much as they can to push Tottenham backwards and is working. Tottenham are suppose to secure the early goal and it would have reduced the pressure Newcastle was bringing, Tottenham are becoming too slow and they haven't been a bit strong in their defence that is why Newcastle are taking advantage of it, I expect more goals for Newcastle in this second half thatbis if Tottenham are no playing well in their defense.

Despite score early goal through Solanke after 70 minutes of game we have Newcastle United leading by 1–2 against Tottenham and keeping themselves on winning streak for fifth time which is amazing stuff from them in last few weeks look like things are now turning positive for them and their defense and attack both are giving their best which is creating more excitement at the top of Premier League table while we have few teams are falling badly, but we have challenges from Newcastle United and Nottingham for taking places at the top.

Isak score another impressive goal which is also good sign for the Magpies and Eddie Howe who are going to have another good end of season with Newcastle United after having poor start of their season.

I was expecting Newcastle to be in this form since the beginning of this season but they lost that wonderful performance that got them in the champions league back then and they should have been competing for the title or finishing in the top 4. I feel for Tottenham because they are going down without showing any sign of improvement. Losing today can never give them that high spirit of facing Liverpool in the league cup game, I wonder how Ange Postecoglou is going to get things back on track, they really need some changes to get the team to winning ways.

[Ruttoshi]

Chelsea already secure one goal under first half against crystal place and from what I am seeing this game could likely be a draw game.

If not that soothsayer is someone who uses a magical thing to predict the future I would have actually called you a soothsayer because I remember when you did this analysis was actually when Chelsea was leading by a goal against Crystal Palace but before 83 minutes Mateta has done the equalizing for them, though at first when I saw your post saying that Crystal Palace will equalize I was doubting it within me because Chelsea was not bad but I did not no that you saw a different thing on that match than I'm, perhaps that's why some people place a bet were others sees Impossibility and still win. However the wining everybody is so passionate about today is Manchester City that won West Ham United 4:1.

Okay now let see how the next match gonna end, currently we have Brighton and Arsenal playing live and already they have 0-1 under 16 minute first half, but in this game Arsenal will also lead the match, because their performance are much compared with Brighton even though they seems to have more strength and possession over Arsenal.

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Arsenal should stay strong in this match and let them not give Brighton the opportunity to equalize the goal, but instead, Arsenal should score more goals. It was an interesting first half full with thrills and I thought that Brighton will equalize the goal before the end of the first half because they really played very well.

The second half will go in a different dimension because there might not be too many chances for Brighton to be with the ball. However, Brighton might give us a surprise package in the second half.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Despite how desperate Brighton will seems to be in tonight's game against Arsenal, I still strongly believe that Arsenal do actually have a greater chance of winning this game, since they are currently having the most ball possession and shots on target in the just concluded first half that just ended, and likewise since they need this 3 points to remain top on the league table, which they are currently 2nd with 42 points, just 3 points difference from Liverpool that is currently topping the league with 45 points. But however, let's see what the outcome of the second half will be, as I'm very confident Arsenal will be winning this game with at least a total of 3 goals.

[Fullcoinese]

The second half will go in a different dimension because there might not be too many chances for Brighton to be with the ball. However, Brighton might give us a surprise package in the second half.

I hope that surprise doesn't happen. Arsenal should be able to maintain the advantage that has been obtained. It's just that we don't see many opportunities that can be obtained by Arsenal players. Although not too often making attacks, we can see Brighton also has several opportunities from shots although not accurate. If Arsenal gives Brighton a game to develop and freely make attacks, maybe the surprise you are talking about can really happen.

[Woodie]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

[Adbitco]

Okay now let see how the next match gonna end, currently we have Brighton and Arsenal playing live and already they have 0-1 under 16 minute first half, but in this game Arsenal will also lead the match, because their performance are much compared with Brighton even though they seems to have more strength and possession over Arsenal.

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Arsenal should stay strong in this match and let them not give Brighton the opportunity to equalize the goal, but instead, Arsenal should score more goals. It was an interesting first half full with thrills and I thought that Brighton will equalize the goal before the end of the first half because they really played very well.

The second half will go in a different dimension because there might not be too many chances for Brighton to be with the ball. However, Brighton might give us a surprise package in the second half.

LOLs, seems you already cast your net to catch up Brighton over Arsenal but unfortunately the game is going on the reverse over your predictions and game of choices. However, i am on both side because i gave them GG instead of straight winning.
Is already 50 minutes past the game, but let see even in the dying minutes something mind-blowing can still happen over the game, so do not be afraid.
From the update gotten from live score currently they have equalized the game on their resumption on the second half under 61 minutes though penalty.

[KTChampions]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

It's already the 70th minute and the score is 1-1. Live odds are:

6.20 - 1.85 - 2.80

2.80 lol! Although there is still quite a long way to go. If it was Real/Bayer/Liverpool I am sure the odds would be much less generous. Bookmakers do not believe in Arsenal (as do I), maybe they are capable of winning this game but they do not have the character to take the title, a terrible season.

[KingsDen]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

It seems that Pedro had killed the Arsenal dream of going home with three points tonight. The flawless penalty kick that he scored had made them be very hopeful of one point and it is about 75 minutes into the second half already. Despite that, watching the match from the television shows that Brighton is still pressing Arsenal which means they have the possibility of getting another goal before the end of the match.

In the Arsenal side, maybe it's time for Saka to return because the team is missing him. If he was in the match, Arsenal will not be having much pressure in their own half. They are definitely depending on G.Jesus to deliver them tonight.

[ajiz138]

It's already the 70th minute and the score is 1-1. Live odds are:

6.20 - 1.85 - 2.80

2.80 lol! Although there is still quite a long way to go. If it was Real/Bayer/Liverpool I am sure the odds would be much less generous. Bookmakers do not believe in Arsenal (as do I), maybe they are capable of winning this game but they do not have the character to take the title, a terrible season.

90 minutes still 1-1 have the odds changed?

I don't think anyone is brave enough to take 2.80 odds on Arsenal but they seem to be struggling to penetrate Brighton's defense, and yes if it was some other big team the bookie wouldn't give Arsenal such odds.

[Fiatless]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

Arsenal might end up getting only a point from this game since Brighton have equalized the match. J. Pedro has just cancelled E. Nwaneri's first half goal. The match has entered the final minutes, the Gunners would have to win this game to keep the hope of winning the EPL alive. A draw from both Chelsea and Arsenal will be beneficial to Liverpool. Meanwhile it seems like Manchester City have identified and solved their problems. So we might see them coming up to overtake both Chelsea and Arsenal.

[MainIbem]

Both Brighton and Arsenal are very strong teams. And today's match has also become quite competitive. The players of both teams have been able to perform well. However, in the first half, we have seen that both teams are performing very carefully. Brighton and Arsenal have kept their defense strong and then tried to attack. However, despite playing with some defensive tactics, Brighton has conceded a goal. Both teams will try to attack more in the second half. Especially since Brighton is 1-0 behind, I hope Brighton's players will be desperate to score a goal in the second half.

Brighton looks strong today even though they have been winless in their last five games according the short statistics, they played draw in their last three matches, and today they are trying to see if they can get three points against Arsenal since they know that some of the Arsenal main players are not in the match especially Bulayo Saka, Martine Odegard, and Julian Timber.

Furthermore, home advantage is what Brighton wanted using and for the fact that they drew their last match against Arsenal, they will want to go again to see if they can win since Arsenal is lacking some important players due to injury. Notwithstanding, Arsenal was able to take the lead through Ethan Nwaneri, and they are trying defensively to defend any goal from Brighton. I as ab Arsenal fan, I am expecting more effort in the second half because Arsenal need a second goal in order to be fully sure if this three points.

Arsenal have really tried their best especially in the first half but Brighton showed lots of resistance even after conceding a goal, I must commend Nwaneri for such a brilliant goal, if he continues with such performance he'll end up like the likes of his country men ( Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman ). Anyways I'm so much in love with Brighton's performance in this match, they're not showing any sign of being the underdogs, though they conceded in the first half but they pressured Arsenal in the second half and committed them to a penalty thereby creating a chance to equalise and they're even creating more good chances to goal. I'm pretty sure lots of viewers, especially Arsenal fans would be very surprised concerning the outcome of the match, I'm not really surprised though cause I always expect situations like this in the EPL, underdogs like Brighton can be very troublesome if you underestimate them. Well, the game is still on however Arsenal just have few minutes to turn things around, let's see how it goes in this extra minutes.

[Adams0001]

It seems really incredible that seeing the game today, many did not imagine that Manchester City would be able to change their game so much. Having already scored 4 goals against West Ham, seeing the performance of Manchester City's game today, it is certain that they will win.

Leicester City beat in the last match and if they beat West Ham today then Man City will occupy the 6th position in the points table. We can confirm that since Man City has changed their game, they will definitely win in the next matches as well.

Despite that Manchester City have been performing badly in their previous few matches, but a lot of football lovers and fans were not happy to see a great team like Manchester City almost fallen to chaos but now that they won their last game against Leicester City and also won Westham today have given us hopes that they are set to return to form after facing serious drop in performance for almost two months if not even more than that. I am personally happy to see then win Westham today even though am not their fan, but they are one teams that makes the premier league interesting and competitive to watch, so we hope to see some remarkable changes in the premier league from now on, after all they have entered into playing returning matches, so more seriousness is expected from each team. Hope to see more of good performances from Manchester City in their upcoming games.

Manchester City has historically performed well against West Ham, and I believe they have already begun to improve. So I believe they can challenge for the title again because the season has not yet ended and they still have some games to play in the tournament. Guadiola is having severe troubles this season, and practically all fans are moaning about how he is no longer performing properly. If they continue to perform like this, I am confident they will win a trophy this season since they perform exceptionally well in their two Premier League games against Leicester and West Ham.

Let's wait for Liverpool versus Manchester United tomorrow to see if they can get some opportunities against Liverpool and grab three points, and I'm confident it'll be difficult for Manchester United to win. All I believe they can do is draw the game, as they typically perform against large clubs like theirs. They can shock the fans and defeat Liverpool because these types of games are unpredictable, but in terms of performance, Liverpool will undoubtedly win three points against Manchester United, let's see how the game ends.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

Arsenal might end up getting only a point from this game since Brighton have equalized the match. J. Pedro has just cancelled E. Nwaneri's first half goal. The match has entered the final minutes, the Gunners would have to win this game to keep the hope of winning the EPL alive. A draw from both Chelsea and Arsenal will be beneficial to Liverpool. Meanwhile it seems like Manchester City have identified and solved thier problems. So we might see them coming up to overtake both Chelsea and Arsenal.

It actually ended in a draw and both team had to share a point each. Brighton fought hard to maintain that draw result; y'all saw how difficult it was to hold on possession and also dominate gameplay for that period?? J. Pedro's goal was the ground leveler for the two teams. Arsenal fought harder to create more chances but all proved abortive.

City ended their weekend game with a big win. But this is not an indication of them solving their problem. Let's see their performance in future games and watch them keep a consistent record then we can say for sure they have solved what ever limitations they were facing that lead to their previous losses.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

Arsenal might end up getting only a point from this game since Brighton have equalized the match. J. Pedro has just cancelled E. Nwaneri's first half goal. The match has entered the final minutes, the Gunners would have to win this game to keep the hope of winning the EPL alive. A draw from both Chelsea and Arsenal will be beneficial to Liverpool. Meanwhile it seems like Manchester City have identified and solved their problems. So we might see them coming up to overtake both Chelsea and Arsenal.

Arsenal game with Brighton has ended in a 1:1 draw, unfortunately for Arsenal but way better than them getting defeated, I was actually afraid they were going to loose the game to be honest, but good for them the game ended in a draw.
And speaking of Arsenal's hope of winning the EPL, it's not this season, they already lost this chance a long time ago on several failed/lost games back, so, right now, I think they are just fighting to remain in the top 4, Liverpool have a very high chance of winning the title this season.

And speaking of Manchester city, you don't judge a team performance based on their performance on just one game, them beating westham is not a sign of come back, westham is a weak club compared to man city, you and I know this, wait until they meet a stronger club before concluding.

[HajiBagi]

What can we expect from Manchester City in this 2025. They won their game against Westham today. Rodri is back and the team has increased in the performance in their last two games. Will they be able to come back up and win the league? I doubt so, because they are very down in terms of point in the League table. The gap between Liverpool and City is not something that can be easily closed. It will take Liverpool to lose up to 4 games for City to be in the top which is nearly impossible for Liverpool to lose so much.

Apart from the City game i becoming so impressed with the way Chelsea is playing today but they are still one goal ahead of Crystal Palace. The faster they score another goal in the game the better for them to the three points home. However, i like the duo between Palmer and Sancho. Both players are highly into each other in the game and they have giving Chelsea the lead they deserve today.

Now that Manchester City is winning matches now no one will come out and say that is because of Rodri that is why they didn't play well before, I said before that Manchester City's poor performance is not from Rodri but some people think that Rodri's absence affects the team, I know that Rodri is very important for the team but only one player can not miss and the whole team can not win a match, Manchester City players have begun to have a confidence of winning games and it is very good because if the team keep losing I believe the team will take action against Pep Guardiola.

And about Chelsea's match against Crystal Palace, I know that the match is going to be tough because Crystal Palace this season is a tough team, Chelsea's coach and the players have already informed us from the beginning of the season that they are not in a race of title contenders and that is the performance we are seeing from them in their last 4 matches, To be honest Chelsea performance is not good in their last 4 matches and they need to do well if not they will soon see the team in the 6th or 7th position before the season end.

[Jessie2121]

Arsenal just made it clear that they are useless without Saka and Arteta can never be a champion as a coach, win this game but no way. Arsenal just let the other teams know that they can't play well if Saka is not available, that's bad and it means the team is not complete, get an attacker Arteta says he is comfortable with what he has. This game disgusting to me big time, how can they catch up with Liverpool with this nonsense they displayed? No miracle will come to the aid of Arsenal and I don't see them getting close with this display. Brighton did what they need to do and they are ok with it.

[Ruttoshi]

Arsenal leads Brighton by 1goal to nil thanks to a  Nwaneri goal and if they hold on to their lead this will put them 3 points behind Liverpool who have 2 games in hand to get to 20games...and looking at the log it's interesting to see how Nottingham is now in the top 3 rubbing  shoulders with the elite and playing some good football that we can't ignore them...but I believe Chelsea should pull through for a top four finish despite dropping points of late.

Arsenal might end up getting only a point from this game since Brighton have equalized the match. J. Pedro has just cancelled E. Nwaneri's first half goal. The match has entered the final minutes, the Gunners would have to win this game to keep the hope of winning the EPL alive. A draw from both Chelsea and Arsenal will be beneficial to Liverpool. Meanwhile it seems like Manchester City have identified and solved their problems. So we might see them coming up to overtake both Chelsea and Arsenal.

Arsenal game with Brighton has ended in a 1:1 draw, unfortunately for Arsenal but way better than them getting defeated, I was actually afraid they were going to loose the game to be honest, but good for them the game ended in a draw.
And speaking of Arsenal's hope of winning the EPL, it's not this season, they already lost this chance a long time ago on several failed/lost games back, so, right now, I think they are just fighting to remain in the top 4, Liverpool have a very high chance of winning the title this season.

And speaking of Manchester city, you don't judge a team performance based on their performance on just one game, them beating westham is not a sign of come back, westham is a weak club compared to man city, you and I know this, wait until they meet a stronger club before concluding.

Of course, Arsenal fans shouldn't put their hope that a miracle can happen which would make them win the title, because Liverpool is ahead of them and we cam see how consistent they are in their matches. Not just only EPL but in all competitions. I could remember when last season ended, Arsenal was hoping they could win the trophy this season, but from the look of their performance, it's obvious they wouldn't.

City will be very happy that they won West Ham despite West Ham weaknesses this season, and I would say that it was a consoling victory because they have lost so many games. But that doesn't mean that they are back in form.