Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Marvell1]

Although their defence was very dilapidated in the match but the absence of haaland also had an impact on the sharpness of their attacking line, throughout the match their only relied on the two wings to dismantle liverpool defence, but when the ball was passed into the middle it was foden who became the main striker unable to complete existing opportunities well and I think that it would be different if haaland was the main striker, But apart from that, manchester city overall play has improved although guardiola does have to evaluate their defence, especially since their defensive problems are quite complex including lack of organisation, inconsistency and also poor chemistry between players after Stones and Akanji were injured.

I am annoyed with Guardiola's match strategy in this match. Manchester City's top scorer Haaland was not in the squad. And we know that Liverpool's defense is very strong. Did manchester City need to play attacking? I would say Manchester City should have played defensively and tried to draw the match.

Manchester City played attacking, that's why Liverpool were able to create scoring opportunities from counterattacks. Arne Slot is very clever. He kept his defense strong in this match. Keeping the defense strong, Liverpool attacked and tried to score goals. In the end, Liverpool succeeded. A wonderful 2-0 win for Liverpool.

[Iranus]

Yea, City defense is weak and they need to strengthen it, if they want to improve their performance to the best. The players are old and getting weak which is affecting their performance. It's very disheartening that City is be 20 points away from the top of the table. I hope that City will be able to finish on top four this season in order for them to qualify for UCL next season.

It doesn't seem like City are performing badly  because of the age of Manchester City's players. We saw great performances from this squad last season too. Suddenly  their poor performance this season is not due to the players in their squad. I would  say guardiola has a problem with his match strategy this season . Also  City's players have lost confidence. This is why the team is not able to do well against big teams. Also, selling Alvarez was one of the worst decisions by manchester city management. Alvarez scored in several important matches last season and brought City victories. If Alvarez was in the squad, City's squad would have been much stronger.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Sorry guys and to all Arsenal fans out there which I am also part of, but this I think will be the very first time I did be so angry enough to refer to Arsenal as a very useful football club, I've been trying as much as possible not to comment on their game against Westham last week Saturday (2 days ago) but seems I really have to let off this thoughts off my chest.

Arsenal's inconsistency have become so very annoying to me and I am beginning to dislike them, this club have some how mastered the art you disappointing you just at that particular time you are cheering for them and looking up to them for a win, seems I really have to change club.
I was really looking forward to Arsenal making good use of the many matches Liverpool have failed to earn full 3 points to their (Arsenal) advantage, but seems to me that even the Liverpool are far off better, Arsenal no longer deserve the league title this season, I will support liverpool to win the title.

[bering]

For their next fixture, I think Arsenal might have a slight advantage over Nottingham Forest given to their superior team squad and quality of players.

Both teams last week gets unfavourable results because as we all know Arsenal lost over West Ham and Nottingham Forest dramatially lost from Newcastle and i think we cannot be underestimate Nottingham Forest anymore it because during this season they have been displayed impressive performance Nottingham Forest current position even at 3rd place and they have 3 points above to Manchester City but Arsenal is required more points to pursuing Liverpool so this is interesting match

This is home match for Nottingham Forest which i am sure they will utilize this match to gets full points and Nottingham Forest recent record at home is very impressive because they can able to beat Brighton with huge scores so Arsenal should beware of this record because Nottingham Forest this season has been very strong at their home and Arsenal has a problem with their front lines because Arteta have not much option to playing the players from this position so this is a big challenge for Arteta to solved this condition and bring 3 points from this match

[abhiseshakana]

I am annoyed with Guardiola's match strategy in this match. Manchester City's top scorer Haaland was not in the squad. And we know that Liverpool's defense is very strong. Did manchester City need to play attacking? I would say Manchester City should have played defensively and tried to draw the match.

Manchester City played attacking, that's why Liverpool were able to create scoring opportunities from counterattacks. Arne Slot is very clever. He kept his defense strong in this match. Keeping the defense strong, Liverpool attacked and tried to score goals. In the end, Liverpool succeeded. A wonderful 2-0 win for Liverpool.

It seems like Guardiola is stuck, so he can no longer find a way to bring Man City back to the top, but that's not what made him not choose Haaland as a starter because Erling Haaland is currently experiencing an injury that he got while playing against Newcastle. So it wasn't because of Guardiola's will, but more because he was forced to do so due to circumstances. It was clearly a tough fight because Man City had to play against Liverpool who had a really solid defense, and it was done without their target man.

[Adbitco]

Indeed Liverpool have taken a boldly step to finish on top, I really have confidence in them when it comes to playing under Arne Slot, their performance is unbelievable as if Arne Slot really gets new players to do the work for him but no, his strategy works very well for them. At this point last season they were topping under Jurgen Klopp then suddenly they decline which surprised many then. With that performance we all thought Liverpool is getting to an end since Jurgen Klopp was living that season and he had done a great job for the team which I thought he's the only one that can rescue them and things are getting bad on is hand. Arne Slot came in to restore their form and it really going as we all expected.

When Arne Slot served as the new coach at Liverpool, quite a few people doubted him. Because as we know, under the tutelage of Klopp, who is a great coach, Liverpool is having difficulty becoming champions again in the English league. That's why many people doubted Arne Slot when he first served as coach at Liverpool. But now Arne has proven that he really deserves to replace Klopp in the Liverpool coaching chair. Because currently Liverpool really feels at its highest level, whether in the English league or in international competitions such as the UCL. Because in the English league under Arne's guidance it has been proven that Liverpool is superior at the top of the standings with a quite large point difference to its rival Arsenal. Then in the UCL, Liverpool managed to become top of the standings and qualify automatically for the round of 16. So with this in mind, I don't think there is any need to doubt that Arne Slot is a great coach who doesn't need to adapt for long to be able to make a team as big as Liverpool rise quickly. And last night was the peak of excitement which will certainly feel extraordinary for Arne, because last night Arne was able to beat Manchester City at home. So I'm really impressed with Arne at this point.

Frankly speaking, I was one of the people who doubted him, I thought Kloop was going to leave a large void in the managerial position for Liverpool. Since it took some time for Kloop to adapt to Liverpool and bring it back to its glory days so it thought too that Slot will take some few years to get it right. But definitely he proved most of us wrong because I know it wasn't just me that thought he wouldn't be where he currently is now at this time of the season. I love the fact that his bringing back the old Liverpool I knew while growing up.

[Pokapoka124]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

[Promocodeudo]

Yes, you are actually right, finishing in the top four will be difficult if they continue losing games like this because if other teams around them keeps on winning games and they are not winning, it would be very difficult for them to claw their way back into the top four considering the fact that they aren't that good like before that they can win ten games straight, so in as much as they are not in their best form now, they really have to stay close to the top four, so that they can sneak into the top four at the very end or they can secure a place in the top four convincingly, because it would actually be a disaster for the citizens not to qualify for the uefa champions league, they really need to, so that it would be easy for them to sign top quality players in the summer transfer window.

Then as for their performance yesterday, truly they were terrible at the back, and Liverpool would have scored more if they were more clinical in front of goal, because honestly speaking, i expected Liverpool to score more, but it wasn't meant to be, the most important thing was to secure the three point which they did, and the most important thing that buttress this winning was arsenal losing to westham united.

As it stands like this I don't know what to think again about Manchester City, city is not what they use to be again, so I won't be surprised if they don't finish in the top four, this things aren't magic rather it is about showing working, city messed up yesterday by allowing such goals from Liverpool, though I already know that Liverpool was going to win them, I have evaluated their performance early this season and now, I was able to come to the conclusion that there is no way they could battle with Liverpool this period without being defeated and that was actually what happened in both teams meeting, if we have to put there performance into consideration then we wouldn't be expecting anything from Manchester City this season, for me I think there's absolutely nothing they can do again this season, it will be for them to get very much prepared for next season as for this season, I think it is over for them.

Manchester City defense has been unlike them and that's the problem they have been encountering recently, yea I agree with you that Liverpool would score more if they had utilized their chances, just as you said what Liverpool needed is to bag the 3 points and they actualized it, so is it.

[Pokapoka124]

Manchester City were defeated by Liverpool. After this game I think City clearly need to change the squad and tactics from top to bottom. City are far from their old performance and that's why the Liverpool game was not a competitive match. Liverpool didn't struggle and won this game. City have become such a flat team, they have no strategy and no players who can create something. Every up has a down and this is true for everyone and everything. Pep Guardiola is suffering the same fate and, like other managers, he is unlikely to recover. The best choice he can make is to retire. Otherwise he will continue to embarrass the team and himself.

I have been expecting somebody to raise this issue for a long time now because I have always felt Manchester City made a very wrong decision to sell Julian Alvarez in the summer. They are very lucky not to have sold to a Premier League club they would have been gnashing their teeth in regret by now. He would have been a very good boost in this struggling period.

[len01]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

In terms of attacking players, Man City actually only needs a few changes in the midfielders to make a better contribution to the strikers. And for the defense line, it seems like Guardiola really has to make big changes. We can see from the current statistics that Man City can still score big but in fact they have conceded a lot of goals too.
So this season City can only accept their fate of losing the title and even their reputation.

[topbitcoin]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

Now they can't do that because in the end they only have to make use of the current squad.
Honestly, this is the worst season for Pep because apart from the Champions League they have to be eliminated first, for now they are also likely to lose the EPL if they see the situation that is happening even though for now they still leave quite a lot of matches but with their current performance especially with Liverpool who are in their best condition then I think they will really lose their current position to win the EPL.

City is currently like losing fangs which makes in the end a good performance last season must be lost just like that this season because of the erratic performance every week they feel.
It's not that in this case Pep is not trying more, it's just that their current condition seems to be in decline even though there are several changes in the squad they currently have.

[Pokapoka124]

Arsenal "may" see problems against West Ham, lets not act as if bigger teams always have easy wins. H2H doesn't matter in that situation, because the point of all this is that unlikely could happen, so even if H2H shows that Arsenal is great, the entire point is what is unexpected (west ham winning) could be the case here.

Not saying they will lose, just saying that fans are worried for a while, and will stay worried for a while too, because they are facing some injury troubles and they fear that because of these injuries, we may end up with a situation where Arsenal loses a game they should win, or even a tie could work too. This is why I am not entirely sure if we are going to see a win here, but if we do, Arsenal fans have a right to be happy.

Just as you predicted Arsenal did their usual, blowing crucial opportunities they get to make it count. At this point I declare the season over for Arsenal. On several occasions this season Arsenal have been handed good opportunities to make an impact and threw it away. I don’t know who is to blame for this but in conclusion the club lacks winning mentality.

[Baki202]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

When it comes to this for us, this season is almost coming to an end, and we need to even act fast, and also Pep needs to take a break to know exactly the new strategy to play with. I know the man is actually going through a lot, and that is why you need to even see people wanting to be like him, but do they know the responsibility is carrying on in his head? There is a lot, and people need to understand that it is actually not easy because you see people saying all kinds of things about it, but eventually they can even handle the smallest of his challenges, and that is why I am not even balming anyone for having a rough season. lets see if pep will sign anyone in.

[Majestic-milf]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

You're right. Although I will not really say it's just the squad that needs to be reshuffled, but their mentality as well.They've got the players that can make something happen and in yesterday's game I saw how much effort the players that were there were putting but the right morale wasn't there to the point that a whole veteran like KDB was making mistakes a newbie would make.
 Granted, they are plagued by injuries, but presently which club isn't?
Man City has lost that confidence they used to have last season. It just needed few moves for them to demoralize Liverpool yesterday but it was that bad that when they got to an area where they could make their shot threaten Becker, if they don't waste it, they will confusedly make passes that won't amount to anything.

[Docnaster]

Earlier today, Chelsea manager was speaking to the press and the Italian told news reporters that he's "not concerned about Cole Palmer and his form". According to Maresca, the England international this season can have some moments where he struggles. He further admitted that the club relies so much on Palmer but is working on making them rely more on the team's performance instead of the individual brilliance of one player.

Personally, I think Enzo Maresca was stating the obvious but I doubt that Chelsea will stop relying on him and start playing exciting football as a team. You can share your thoughts on this recent development from the Stamford Bridge.

[Webetcoins]

If City keeps this up, they could be in very big trouble. While it's of course bad that they are 20 points behind the leader, which is shocking to everyone, we also need to look at this position. They are fourth right now, and if they can keep going good then it won't be an issue, fourth is enough, they can be at UCL.

But if they do even worse, and not have anything good, and keep losing, then they will drop from fourth and that's an issue. Remember, while this team is owned by some rich dude, you can't just throw a billion dollars in the club and expect them to use it, so they need to go to UCL, to have some financial fair play edge, otherwise at Europa league, they will make probably about 30-40 million euros less there.

[bitcampaign]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

There was a miscommunication between Pep and the players, so this happened. There was no desire in Man City's game in the remaining part of the season. The defeat of the two big clubs really drained the energy in the game. In the following week, there will be many important matches in the remaining Premier League matches. However, Man City is still consistent in the Premier League. Being in 3rd place in the standings is extraordinary because Man City's game has declined a lot. Whoever the players are that Man City will bring in will at least be able to bring significant changes in the future.

[Hyphen(-)]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

They have started signing some players starting from the January transfer window where they signed some players to strengthen their squad, but I am confident that when the players get used to the team, they will improve the team’s performance maybe before the end of the season because if they keep losing like this, they might not even make it to the Champions League next season since they are eliminated in the playoffs by Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola has said that he have no plan to leave Manchester City anytime soon, therefore, they can get back proper if they signed and sell some players in the next season’s summer transfer.

[Minor Miner]

Manchester City need to shake up the squad, they need reinforcements but that can only be done in the summer. Their recent three losses to Real Madrid and now Liverpool yesterday is not good at all. I am sure that Manchester City will make good signings in the summer to improve the squad.

When it comes to this for us, this season is almost coming to an end, and we need to even act fast, and also Pep needs to take a break to know exactly the new strategy to play with. I know the man is actually going through a lot, and that is why you need to even see people wanting to be like him, but do they know the responsibility is carrying on in his head? There is a lot, and people need to understand that it is actually not easy because you see people saying all kinds of things about it, but eventually they can even handle the smallest of his challenges, and that is why I am not even balming anyone for having a rough season. lets see if pep will sign anyone in.

Guardiola is a great coach, no doubt about it. With the help of Guardiola, Manchester City became the strongest team in the Premier League from a mediocre team. In the last few seasons, we have only seen Manchester City's dominance in the Premier League. But this season, City's overall condition is very weak. City has no chance of winning the title and Manchester City will probably not be able to qualify for the Champions League.

Guardiola needs to change his match strategy. I am quite annoyed with Manchester City's match strategy. Perhaps Guardiola is still mentally weak. That is why he is not able to fully concentrate on City's match strategy.

[Pokapoka124]

The match was very tight from the start of the game although Manchester City was able to dominate the game but Liverpool was actually more effective in finishing the goal of the existing opportunities, Haaland's absence in the match made the Manchester City attack very dull,

Manchester City sold the second option of a striker that they have to Atletico Madrid, and they depended on Haaland all season long to deliver. There was no way he was not going to get injured at some point from starting and playing all the games for Manchester City this season in all the competitions. Also, with how disorganized Manchester City are in defense currently, this will not be their last loss. Finishing in top four may be even difficult.

You are right. I don't think Manchester City will be able to overcome their difficulties this season. The team lacks coordination, unless they make significant tactical improvements and show greater resilience, it will not be easy for them to secure a top 4 finish this season.