Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Akbarkoe]

At least Nottingham Forest can still compete in other European tournaments even if it is not the UCL tournament.

The Premier League is very competitive. It is difficult to continue good performances here if the squad is not strong. We have seen Nottingham Forest team in third place in the table for a long time. But at the end of the season, the team is in seventh place in the table. The team could not even qualify for the Europa League. However, Nottingham Forest's performance this season has been commendable. If Nottingham Forest can take the necessary steps to strengthen their attack next season, then maybe the team can make it to the top 5 of the table.

This season they have given their best performance even though the final result is not as expected, maybe they can try again next season.

Nottingham Forest is a legendary club in the English league, but unfortunately they were relegated for quite a long time, and the 2022/23 season was the season when they returned to the highest caste of the English league, but unfortunately for that season and the 2023/24 season they achieved poor results, and almost relegated again in those two seasons. So it was a surprise that this season they not only avoided the relegation board but they were also able to compete at the top of the standings. This is an achievement that has been awaited for a long time, hopefully in the next season they can perform even better.

[Jossque]

Liverpool failed to win in the last match of the league.The in-form team of the last few weeks drew 1-1 at home against Crystal Palace.Crystal Palace managed to take the lead with Ismaila Sarr in the 9th minute.Liverpool increased the pressure in the second half and despite playing with 10 men since the 70th minute, they left this match with a draw with Mohamed Salah's goal in the 84th minute.
Totthenham couldn't win in the last game of the league despite taking the lead.Totthenham closed the first half 1-0 up with Dominic Solanke's goal from a penalty and couldn't get into the game much.Brighton obviously started to put more pressure on Brighton after scoring the goal and they played a tougher game than Totthenham throughout the match.They started to reap the fruits of this in the second half.Brighton scored 4 goals in the second half and won the match 4-1.
Arsenal also finished the league with a win.Arsenal, who did not have much difficulty against Southampton, defeated their opponent 2-1 with a goal in the last minute and completed the league with 74 points.

[shinratensei_]

The underdogs are such that they have not performed consistently throughout the season although at the beginning of the season they were quite good with their performance, they had the opportunity to qualify only for their game to deteriorate and now losing or not qualifying they must accept this reality.
At least Nottingham Forest can still compete in other European tournaments even if it is not the UCL tournament.

Bruh, it's so painful when Nottingham was always being at the top for almost the whole season, but bottled in the end. They went from 2th to the 7th. They hoped for UCL, but ended in UECL. There's no the worst nightmare than it.
Playing in UECL won't be helping them a lot in recovering from their pain from hoping to play the top but ended at the lowest tier of EU competition.

[Tamaperdana]

In the English Premier League this season, 3 teams that have been confirmed to be relegated are Ipswich Town, Leicester and Southampton. If I'm not mistaken, these three teams are teams that have just managed to enter the English Premier League this season. However, maybe the performance of these three teams is not as good as the performance of other teams in the English Premier League, this makes these three teams unable to do much. Because Leicester this season has only been able to get 6 wins from 38 matches that have been played. Then Ipswich Town has also only been able to get 4 wins and Southampton is even worse, because they have only been able to get 2 wins during this season. So they do deserve to be relegated again this season, because basically they have not been able to compete well in a very tight league like the English Premier League. But even so, we deserve to appreciate their struggle so far, because being able to appear in the English Premier League is also a very proud thing for the three teams. So in essence, don't underestimate these three teams, because they may lose now, but in the future no one knows and they may be the ones who will dominate the English Premier League.

[bitgolden]

Villa and Nottingham are different situations. Villa has Unai Emery and has been doing "decent" for a while, so while Nottingham did good this season, I do not expect the same from them next season but Villa could keep doing decent. They are basically trying to be the fifth biggest team if they could. Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, right now at the top it's very tough to break over these names, United and Spurs already lost their "top six" situation with how they looked this season, so what Villa desires is to be the fifth big now.

But Nottingham could never get close to that, would not be possible for them and I am sensing that the best they could potentially do would be staying at premier league, if they do that long enough, that's a success.

[Sandra_hakeem]

What a high quality, high intensity Chances & saves produced by both teams, simply incredible. Chelsea has gathered a bunch of players & they are certainly going to finish at Champions League places this season. And forrest is a dangerous "small team alongside Brighton & Fulham".

Madueke needs to learn on finishing his target, he is not that good in unexpected finishes. How does it need to be that he finds himself very comfortable, before making a good strike? Sometimes, unexpected shots on target pay off too!
wonderful performance from Nottingham forest, they somehow humbled Chelsea , Chelsea needed to finish more chances, some of those chances were beautiful, but yet they missed.

[Hanadawa]

I know it's disappointing after having a good run from the start of the season but everything fallout towards the end of the season and suddenly missed the chance to qualify for the champions league

This isn't the first time, and a few seasons ago, Nottingham experienced the same thing. Fans will not be disappointed with this season's results because Nottingham's performance is inconsistent every season. However, this season should provide an opportunity for the squad to improve their performance and achieve better results next season. However, if you ask me if Nottingham will perform the same next season, I would doubt it. Having a schedule in several competitions makes Nottingham worse.

The underdogs are such that they have not performed consistently throughout the season although at the beginning of the season they were quite good with their performance, they had the opportunity to qualify only for their game to deteriorate and now losing or not qualifying they must accept this reality.
At least Nottingham Forest can still compete in other European tournaments even if it is not the UCL tournament.

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I must say that both teams gave their all. The goalkeepers revealed themselves in shadow of prime buffon.
It is the kind of football that obviously looks like it would have ended in a draw, but Chelsea managed to win it with just a single goal to help them stay at the Champions League spot.

The last counter from Nottingham Forest was sick. A goal opportunity that needed someone more creative to utilize, but the winger lost it, being that he was challenged by two defenders in a row. Chelsea has been waking up a bit, and I must say -- it's quite impressive! No hesitations, lay passes to your closest man, eyes on the ball, make good use of spaces, shoot on time!!

[len01]

I know it's disappointing after having a good run from the start of the season but everything fallout towards the end of the season and suddenly missed the chance to qualify for the champions league

This isn't the first time, and a few seasons ago, Nottingham experienced the same thing. Fans will not be disappointed with this season's results because Nottingham's performance is inconsistent every season. However, this season should provide an opportunity for the squad to improve their performance and achieve better results next season. However, if you ask me if Nottingham will perform the same next season, I would doubt it. Having a schedule in several competitions makes Nottingham worse.

The underdogs are such that they have not performed consistently throughout the season although at the beginning of the season they were quite good with their performance, they had the opportunity to qualify only for their game to deteriorate and now losing or not qualifying they must accept this reality.
At least Nottingham Forest can still compete in other European tournaments even if it is not the UCL tournament.

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

Of course, Nottingham could have held the match to a draw. Looking at yesterday's statistics, Nottingham had a great chance. However, as I said earlier, Nottingham is inconsistent. Chelsea has better experience, and it looked like Nottingham was not focused during yesterday's match. Several times the shots were not on target.


https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/chelsea-nottingham-forest/osN#tab:statistics

You can look at the overall stats and you'll see how badly Nottingham squandered the last chance of the season.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Congratulations to Liverpool on winning the league. The best team always win the title & very much deserved. be.
I'm so glad that so many Liverpool legends were present at Anfield today... And i'm grateful that Jürgen Klopp was invited back to celebrate with the rest of the Liverpool team and staff... He deserved it as he was the original architect that built this Liverpool squad... And Arne Slot tweaked the Liverpool squad into Premier League Champions once again.

Trent is overwhelmed and realising now, it's real that he won't be here at the club he's loved all his life .
So sad to see Trent Arnold go, but you'd have to think he has the world at his feet now. Just won the Premier League and now off to the biggest club in the world. Is on a personal level for him it's got to be very exciting.
So glad he got the send off he deserved. Thanks for everything and all the best in Madrid.

[Republikcoin.com]

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

Ending the season in seventh place in the Premier League standings is not a bad thing for a team like Nottingham Forest because they can still fight in the Conference League like Chelsea did this season and it would also be very good for Nottingham Forest if they were able to become champions in the Conference League next season. But I also hope Nottingham Forest can be more consistent next season so they can compete again in the Champions League zone next season. Because since the beginning of this season, Nottingham Forest's performance has also looked quite extraordinary.

[Chilwell]

I must say that both teams gave their all. The goalkeepers revealed themselves in shadow of prime buffon.
It is the kind of football that obviously looks like it would have ended in a draw, but Chelsea managed to win it with just a single goal to help them stay at the Champions League spot.

The last counter from Nottingham Forest was sick. A goal opportunity that needed someone more creative to utilize, but the winger lost it, being that he was challenged by two defenders in a row. Chelsea has been waking up a bit, and I must say -- it's quite impressive! No hesitations, lay passes to your closest man, eyes on the ball, make good use of spaces, shoot on time!!

When I noticed Nottingham Forest performing excellently I Began to give them my support not because of anything but they stand firmly to be a threat for Liverpool. Liverpool the current champion of Premier League this season will also testify that Nottingham Forest really push them to the wall, this is why I look at them as a team that will represent England with a wonderful performance but towards the ending they start decline which make them lost the Champions League zone.

Talking about their yesterday match against Chelsea I was fully supporting Chelsea because you know how important the Champions League competition is, instead of Nottingham Forest to qualify I prefer to see Chelsea because I expected much from them which I believe they can deliver. Take for instance look at how Europa League went I was so proud that too England team made at final in that case anyone that win it is still England, that's why I want the strong teams to be involved in the Champions League so that the same thing can happen. To me Chelsea deserve that slot more than Nottingham Forest.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Congratulations to Liverpool on winning the league. The best team always win the title & very much deserved. be.
I'm so glad that so many Liverpool legends were present at Anfield today... And i'm grateful that Jürgen Klopp was invited back to celebrate with the rest of the Liverpool team and staff... He deserved it as he was the original architect that built this Liverpool squad... And Arne Slot tweaked the Liverpool squad into Premier League Champions once again.

Trent is overwhelmed and realising now, it's real that he won't be here at the club he's loved all his life .
So sad to see Trent Arnold go, but you'd have to think he has the world at his feet now. Just won the Premier League and now off to the biggest club in the world. Is on a personal level for him it's got to be very exciting.
So glad he got the send off he deserved. Thanks for everything and all the best in Madrid.

Yeah, Liverpool deserved their win, they played like real giants, everyone or most of us including my very self expected Arsenal to win the title this season, and seeing that Manchester city wasn't doing well having winning the title for two consecutive seasons, I believed it was a great opportunity for Arsenal to seize that opportunity and win the title but unfortunately, they still were not up to the task, and the immediate available club showed up and that was Liverpool..

I am very happy for them regardless of the fact that I am an Arsenal fan, I have alot of Liverpool friends whom I've joined to celebrate their win, the club have done well for themself and deserve this celebration.

[Polkeins]

This game is very important to Chelsea, they will be aiming to get more points to surpass Newcastle united because they are currently on the same point but Chelsea needs a little push. Nottingham forest started out quite well but after a while they began to perform poorly. Looking at their current form they wouldn't be able to defeat Chelsea because they are better than them but anything can still happen

This game with Nottingem is even more important for Chelsea than the Conference League final, because a win at Nottingham Forest will likely earn Chelsea 4th place in the EPL and put Chelsea in the Champions League.
For participation in the Champions League Chelsea will receive 18 million euros and for participation in the Conference League Chelsea received 11 million euros and will receive 3 more for winning the final, so the Champions League is much more favorable for Chelsea in terms of finances than the Europa League and Conference League.

Besides, Newcastle as well as Nottingham are losing the most important match for them and are on the 5th place in the EPL.

Most of all, I feel sorry for Aston Villa, who are losing to United after Martinez's suspension and an unconverted goal against MU

Despite the money that is involved, Chelsea is in dead need to qualify for the Champions League than lifting the Conference League trophy because their last Champions League qualification was in 2022/2023 season. Qualifying for next season Champions League feels like a breakthrough for them that they could fight for the Champions League and Premier League trophy next season, if they make the right signing to the team to strengthen and cover the lapses of the team formation.

That being said, Chelsea will still want to beat Real Betis for Conference League trophy, to put more smiles on their face this season.

Chelsea can probably consider the last season a success, because they still made it to the Champions League, albeit from the 4th place, but it is still better than the Europa League or the Conference League.
It turns out that the last time in the Champions League Chelsea played 3 years ago, which is a really long time for a club with such ambitions as Chelsea and besides, only on transfers Chelsea spent more than 500 million euros and after such spending on transfers from the point of view of finances and prestige must necessarily go to the Champions League to at least partially repay investments in the team.
It will be a very good season if Chelsea beat Betis and win the conference league.

Maresca I guess will remain in the Chelsea for the next season and hopefully there will be no situation with sudden dismissal as it was with Pochettino.

[tygeade]

I doubt if they will see this kind of opportunity again in the premier league and the reason why they even see this opportunity was because the big teams where having a tough time that is why they entered top 3 and then what happened when those big teams wake just a little, they displaced Nothingham forest from the position just imagine they could not even finish at top 5 or 6 at least that is to show that there strength have not gotten to that, they are very small team when it comes to premier league and if time is not taken they will be struggling with relegation next season, they have the golden opportunity to see the champions league after so many years of not been there but they couldn't make the opportunity count for them.

Yeah, Nottingham doing this good, was unexpected, but not like they won the league. Leicester literally won the league, and still managed to relegate, so it's clear that if you are not a big club, then you are simply just not a big club, even if you have one or two good seasons, that's not enough.

Nottingham may not have enough fans to make more money maybe, or maybe they do not make enough income, whatever the reason, eventually it is not sustainable for them to do great back to back. I remember when Leicester won, they sold many of their players for a ton of money, so we assumed they would get rich and get good players, but instead they got worse and sucked and went back to Championship level, so that means Nottingham could be terrible next year yet again.

[Adbitco]

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

True though, if they had drawn but they didn't because Chelsea acted as the team that needed the three points most, they went for it and got it. This is another reason why it's better to accumulate more points than goals because it's points that's first considered before goals. Although, at the initial stage, most of us thought Nottingham Forest was going to qualify for the champions league giving the way they played and how they even won some of the top teams, not so many of us would believe Nottingham won't make it. But it is what's it is.

[DaNNy001]

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

Ending the season in seventh place in the Premier League standings is not a bad thing for a team like Nottingham Forest because they can still fight in the Conference League like Chelsea did this season and it would also be very good for Nottingham Forest if they were able to become champions in the Conference League next season. But I also hope Nottingham Forest can be more consistent next season so they can compete again in the Champions League zone next season. Because since the beginning of this season, Nottingham Forest's performance has also looked quite extraordinary.

Well it's not a bad thing but with the way their started off, one would think that they might have gotten the champions league slot and that's why people think that it's a bad position for them finishing 7th and I mean by the way have you seen the premier league table of late ? Manchester united finish bottom half close to relegation and same goes for Tottenham Hotspur although they salvage their season with a title win at Europe level.

[Pandu Geddon]

True though, if they had drawn but they didn't because Chelsea acted as the team that needed the three points most, they went for it and got it. This is another reason why it's better to accumulate more points than goals because it's points that's first considered before goals. Although, at the initial stage, most of us thought Nottingham Forest was going to qualify for the champions league giving the way they played and how they even won some of the top teams, not so many of us would believe Nottingham won't make it. But it is what's it is.

However, Nottingham has shown tremendous improvement this season compared to the previous two seasons. Previously, they were a team that was almost relegated every season, but this season they showed a good performance. Unfortunately, what they showed at the beginning of the season could not be consistent until the end of the season. And they have to accept the results. Many speculated at the beginning that they could qualify for the top 4 standings, unfortunately the final results of this season were not like that. They have to do better next season. Hopefully, they can still play well.

[GigaBit]

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

But I also hope Nottingham Forest can be more consistent next season so they can compete again in the Champions League zone next season. Because since the beginning of this season, Nottingham Forest's performance has also looked quite extraordinary.

In my opinion, if I look at the Premier League points table of the last few seasons, I can see that the team Nottingham Forest has improved a lot this season. Although the expectations were higher for them, they could not play according to the expectation. The team has won only one of the last five matches of the Premier League. Even though they ended their journey in 7th place this season, this can be considered positively. They can do better next season. They must dream to get the Champions League slot by doing well in the next season.

[ndutndut]

If Nottingham Forest had drawn then they would have played in the UEL next season because they have a better goal difference than Aston Villa. But Chelsea are not an opponent they can beat easily. What Nottingham Forest have done this season is really amazing. Yes they managed to be in third place in the standings for a long time but they have a number of points that are not much different from the teams below them. Forest have also performed very badly in their last 5 games with only 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Fans are certainly disappointed but this is not City, Arsenal or Liverpool. Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and it would be a miracle if they managed to qualify for European competition. I think this result is very good for them. Yes they can try to fight harder next season.

Ending the season in seventh place in the Premier League standings is not a bad thing for a team like Nottingham Forest because they can still fight in the Conference League like Chelsea did this season and it would also be very good for Nottingham Forest if they were able to become champions in the Conference League next season. But I also hope Nottingham Forest can be more consistent next season so they can compete again in the Champions League zone next season. Because since the beginning of this season, Nottingham Forest's performance has also looked quite extraordinary.

I also think so, what Nottingham Forest have achieved is not too bad, they are indeed proud of their position with the squad they have now, but they can do more and can trouble teams with better quality than them. In the first half of the season their performance was quite good, they continued to compete in the top four, but a long league journey with the squad like this is very normal, in the second half of the season they became inconsistent, but finishing in 7th place is an achievement. Hopefully Forrest can do better next season

I'm not a Nottingham Forest fan, but I'm happy they get the chance to play in the Conference League. They have been great this season and deserve it.