Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

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We must be able to distinguish between early season performance, mid-season performance, and end-of-season performance. The end of the season is the most crucial time because all the top teams will compete to continue winning the remaining matches, and get a ticket or a better place in the next season.

And as I mentioned a few months ago, Nottingham Forest is indeed very handsome, surprising but at the end of the season it looks like they will be below fifth place in the standings. The reason is because Nottingham Forest's experience and players do not have or have players whose abilities are equal to other top teams. And this will affect the end of the season because other top teams will play more seriously and also be careful to be able to win the remaining crucial matches. And next season I think Nottingham Forest will not change and it all depends on Nuno Espirito Santo and he must be able to have some players who really stand out and for Chelsea's problem I think pure victory is indeed part of his strategy, a one-goal victory is very valuable in a crucial match and securing it until the end of the match is a smart way.

Everyone speaks about "experience" and "top teams getting serious", but if you look at this season data, the Premier League's supposed predictability really hides a ton of volatility. For instance, Forest dropped out of the European spots; but, what really tanked them was the gap in squad depth and that PSR (Profit & Sustainability Rule). Especially with the calendar now distorted by the new UCL Swiss style, you cannot just go serious if you have already ran your legs off with a tiny bench or spent half the spring avoiding injuries

On Chelsea, sure, Maresca's 1-0 seems clever, but you cannot overlook that they are the youngest squad in PL history (avg age under 24). and week after week, their xG remains more than their actual goals. Is it strategy, or is it only the finishing still not clinical? I'd say it's more about changing the relationship than just managing the game. Unless they transform all that possession into cold, hard goals, even those tight wins are unsustainable. If BlueCo maintains this youth-first approach and adds one suitable striker, the table may appear far less familiar than anyone would have expected next season

[Pandu Geddon]

I hope Manchester United see the weaknesses that need to be evaluated and it is time to release some players who do not provide a positive effect for the team.

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

[beerlover]

For now everything remains unchanged and if anything new comes into effect it will not be earlier than next year. So the upcoming season stays as it was the format remains the same and I think there is no point in discussing it yet. Even if you look at how the new format affected the Champions League in my opinion it got worse. Because the weaker teams have completely lost any chance of getting out of the group. They almost always stay at the bottom of the table and I assume they will just start losing interest in this tournament.

Even though it is quite true that we are not going to see this changing, we should realize that we are not going to get that much change on the UCL part. Premier league would be terrible because less teams would mean there would be less chances of smaller teams doing better, more teams means even smaller teams could beat other smaller teams, and have a go at the midtable teams, and if they do alright, they turn out to be like Nottingham forrest did this season. That would be gone.

But UCL is different, you make nearly 30 million euro from just being in the group there, and most teams in Europe that are low level, do not make that much money from their ticket sales, tv rights or even jersey sales. So being in the group, is still a lot of money, even if they end up losing all the games. Consistently being there means more to them than win a single game.

[Albarq]

I hope Manchester United see the weaknesses that need to be evaluated and it is time to release some players who do not provide a positive effect for the team.

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

there will indeed be an adjustment for the future and Amorin wants to build his team so that more is expected with plans for the future, I am optimistic about Amorin's continued achievements and trying to be better and planning to recruit new players in his team in the next season, that's something that is certain to be done, and Manchester United is a team that wants to expect to reach the top of football in the next season.

[Ahli38]

This season the teams fought hard to qualify for the Champions League. Next season teams like United, Tottenham and West Ham will have to strengthen their squads. These three teams have performed very badly this season.

West Ham United signed up players but they had a manager who fumbled with Sevilla and Wolverhampton,  they expect changes with West Ham? They gave him too much time with the club. I'm certain Graham Potter would turn the tides around for the hammers. As for Manchester United,  I want to say that all of these Amorim outers are low IQ football fans. Bunch of punks and silly twats but what do I know? I don't even give two flying piss bout Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham clearly need additional players in the attack line and also additional quality defenders. I feel that there is no problem regarding their coach. About Manchester united it is clear they have too many problems. Even though this team has many quality players in their team, until now there has been no coach who has been able to unite all these quality players well. I miss Ruud van Nistelrooy when he coached Manchester United. Even though it was a short time, we have all seen it clearly that Ruud fits perfectly at Manchester United. And everything started to get worse again when Amorim came. Although Amorim is actually also a good trainer. But it seems he is having difficulty overcoming the problems at Manchester United. Or we could say Amorim is still not used to coaching a big team like Manchester United. But because it looks like he will still be the coach of Manchester United next season, let's just see how it turns out.

About West Ham. They had Potter this time. But I'm not sure they will improve if they don't try to get better players in the transfer market later.

[Just Say]

In terms of the current matches we are saying that Manchester United is definitely one of the weakest teams in the English Premier League at the moment because they lost their first match of pre-season. They were actually visiting Malaysia to play against the Asian All Stars team but their performance in this match definitely surprised everyone.

Comparatively the Asian All Stars are a much less glorious team than them but their performance certainly speaks volumes as those who enjoyed this match may be able to point out their weaknesses. At this stage it appears that their next destination will be Hong Kong, meaning Manchester United will play a match against this team.

I was very surprised with the match outcome, I can’t imagine Manchester United lost the game; it was a final with a trophy, but they lost it again. I don’t know why Manchester United players decided to treat their fans like this, they are suppose to allow them rest with all the stresses they undergone during the entire season because they couldn’t make the top four or even win the UEFA Europa League they are hopeful of winning against Tottenham.

The result of this match should surprise everyone because they are a powerful club in the English Premier League but they were completely weak against the Asian Stars. I agree that the Asian All Stars team had the best players from different countries, so they didn't perform well, but now it remains to be seen how they can play against the Hong Kong national team.
It seems that the English club will be able to end this tour with that friendly match with the Hong Kong national team, so it is certainly expected of them that they at least do well in this match. After watching this match at least everyone felt that the team was widely criticized when they were defeated in Malaysia, so now it's clear that they need to get back to the right level against Hong Kong.

[Lannakosa]

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

First we need to understand what kind of funding he has, and it looks like he will have to sell players he won't be counting on for the new season. Manchester United have a lot of work to do in the summer to become a different team, but based on the current results, I find it hard to believe that Amorim is the manager who can do this difficult job. For now, I think Amorim could follow in the footsteps of ten Hag and be sacked after a disastrous start to the new season.

[Tamaperdana]

In addition, if for example the English league format is changed to 18 teams, I think it will have a pretty good impact. Because as you said, the competition will be even tighter. And big teams can also be relegated if the format is like that. Because the proof is that currently Tottenham and Manchester United are in 17th and 15th positions. So hopefully this format can really be applied in the English league.

The Premier League is very competitive. Is there any need to change the format of the Premier League? I personally think there is no need.

But you are right that if the format is changed, then there is a possibility of big teams falling into the relegation zone. This season we have seen giant teams like Tottenham and Manchester United perform badly. United were in 15th place in the points table and Tottenham were in 17th place.

This season the teams fought hard to qualify for the Champions League. Next season teams like United, Tottenham and West Ham will have to strengthen their squads. These three teams have performed very badly this season.

Yes, this is just an assumption and most likely this will also be difficult to realize. Because if the number of teams in the English league is reduced to 18 teams, of course the matches in this league will be reduced and that also feels less good. Because there are so many people who really like and watch the English league. So if the number of matches is reduced, of course it will feel a little less good. Therefore, the assumption of reducing this team will certainly be very difficult to realize. Because basically the English league with the concept of 20 teams is basically quite good. Then talking about Manchester United and Tottenham, of course next season these teams have to fight even harder to be able to compete again in the top standings of the English league. Because basically these teams are big teams, so it would be great if they could compete even better. But we don't know what the performance of these two teams will be like next season. Maybe if Manchester United and Tottenham make a good player overhaul or rotation, I think their performance can be even better. But if these two teams don't make any changes to their players, I don't think their performance will be much different from this season.

[Jatiluhung]

I am one of those who have been watching Nottingham Forest's performance since the start of the season and it went well until the middle of the season I'm even pretty confident in saying they'll stay in the top 4-5 but unfortunately the problem came when approaching the end of the season, Nottingham only managed to secure a spot in the Europa League and yeah like you said it's another win.

As for whether Nottingham have given Chelsea a place in the Champions League that has yet to be confirmed, what is clear is that if Nottingham manage to secure a ticket, it will surely bring them financial benefits so it doesn't make sense if they give it for free.

I'm pretty sure many of us here also have almost the same thoughts as you about Nottingham. Because they have surprised everyone since the start of the season. At the start they even managed to beat Liverpool and several other strong teams. So no one expected that Nottingham would fail towards the end of the season. Or, more precisely, they have experienced a decline since mid-season.  And this is truly very unfortunate. In fact, if Nottingham can maintain their quality until the end then I believe they deserve 3rd place. Unfortunately they did weaken towards the end of the season. I'm not sure of the reasons behind their weakening performance from mid-season to the end of the season. But what is clear is that the strength they showed at the start of the season was real. And if they are able to do the same thing next season then it could be a good opportunity for Nottingham to get a ticket to one of the European competitions. This season should be a valuable lesson for Nottingham so that they don't make any more mistakes next season.

[Pandu Geddon]

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

First we need to understand what kind of funding he has, and it looks like he will have to sell players he won't be counting on for the new season. Manchester United have a lot of work to do in the summer to become a different team, but based on the current results, I find it hard to believe that Amorim is the manager who can do this difficult job. For now, I think Amorim could follow in the footsteps of ten Hag and be sacked after a disastrous start to the new season.

Surely, United management also considers how their performance is at the beginning of the season. But before that, we try to wait for how United performs in the summer transfer market. Amorim certainly hopes that his target for several players will be realized to compete next season. Only if that doesn't happen, of course, as you said, the possibility of dismissal could also occur.

[Hewlet]

Tottenham have never been close to relegation like all other clubs in the Premier League since the bottom three Leicester, Ipswich, Southampton immediately took the last three places and they were always too far from the rest of the teams. As for the Tottenham trophy, it is mostly due to the new format of the competition, I think the difference in the average strength of the teams of previous years and this season is obvious. And considering the number of teams currently participating in the Champions League (for example, 6 from the Premier League haha), the quality of the Europa League will not improve.

UEFA doesn't want to improve Europa League or even Conference League. In fact the new format was to collect more money and make new teams in these two competitions win titles rather than the classical teams. There is a positive points is to boost the funds of the teams participating in these competitions and help them improving the squad so a long term improvement in the quality of teams especially from lower leagues in Europe. Obviously in short term no direct benefit will be seen.

Of course, Premier League teams are among the strongest teams in this league. Similarly, Serie A and La Liga teams are among the strongest teams. Although this situation seems to create unfair competition, it should be considered as a long-term step to financially support the weak teams of the small country. Of course, FIFA officials more or less predict the winners of these leagues. Maybe in the future, they may withdraw the big league teams from these organizations. They may organize a separate tournament for them because of course the teams that are financially strong are the ones who win in the matches of teams that are financially very different.

Bringing in few quality teams and merging them with other growing teams is not something that's bad and if the smaller teams can become more intentional enough, it's possible for them to also get a win even in the midst of some English teams that are looked as the stronger teams. There's a lot of privilege in playing as an underdog and that can as well result in helping these strong teams improve in their play and maybe aspire to win the conference leagues and other eufa leagues even when we have the big boys playing in such league. No one fixed it that only English league will always win in the conference and Europa league, the other teams that also participate in the tournament don't just join it for the numbers, they are in to win but unfortunately, the mentality is what's always lacking that makes it look like when you have Chelsea in the conference league, it's just certain that they must get to the finals and if luck shines on them, they will eventually win the league.

[Zaguru12]

Surely, United management also considers how their performance is at the beginning of the season. But before that, we try to wait for how United performs in the summer transfer market. Amorim certainly hopes that his target for several players will be realized to compete next season. Only if that doesn't happen, of course, as you said, the possibility of dismissal could also occur.

I don’t think the Manchester United management board have any excuses to make this season they simply let the club down themselves, they failed to sack the manager early on as the season started, and when they got a new manager they fail to back him and seriously it was what affected them this season. I didn’t see the reason to why they brought in Amorim and without actually backing him in his first transfer window.

Manchester United this season not winning any trophies or even having any European competitions to participate in next season is good in my opinion because it will open the management eyes to the club depreciation and would probably do a very big squad overhaul this season

[LUCKMCFLY]

Now it's never been easy for teams to be stayed for long time in Premier League after having promotion because it needs good strategy with good funds which helps them for having good players into their squads game is almost change consistency and quality needs money.

I agree with you, football teams that get promoted to the 1st division Should have a sufficient budget to sign high level players and coaches, in fact in the PL we realized that Whoever pushes from the middle of the season and gets a good score has a good chance of winning the PL , more so in this season where City went down like a ravine, now things are getting better, what I like about the PL is the Physical level of demand, it's the best.

[CryptoBuds]

Manchester United this season not winning any trophies or even having any European competitions to participate in next season is good in my opinion because it will open the management eyes to the club depreciation and would probably do a very big squad overhaul this season

You are right. I am happy that Manchester United did not qualify for any competition. Amorim's only target next season should be to stabilize their overall performance. Manchester United will only play in the Premier League. Amorim will get enough time to experiment with his squad. And if Amorim is successful and Manchester United is able to stabilize the team then Manchester United will be in the top tier of the Premier League again in the next few seasons.

Manchester United's performance this season was very poor. The team was very close to the relegation zone. Despite giving full effort for the Europa League title, Manchester United failed to win the Europa League title. Amorim will have to change this scenario next season. Otherwise, Manchester United management will also fire Amorim.

[Minor Miner]

Surely, United management also considers how their performance is at the beginning of the season. But before that, we try to wait for how United performs in the summer transfer market. Amorim certainly hopes that his target for several players will be realized to compete next season. Only if that doesn't happen, of course, as you said, the possibility of dismissal could also occur.

There are many problems within the Manchester United squad. And we cannot blame the coach alone for such a bad performance of Manchester United. Even after changing coaches several times, we do not see any improvement in the performance of Manchester United. On the contrary, Manchester United's performance has become weaker day by day.

Manchester United management should first identify the problems of their squad. Perhaps their main problem is their players. Players fail to play well in their positions. The understanding between the players is also not good. Manchester United should look for new players. United management is financially strong enough. So big funds should be prepared for Manchester United to buy players.

[Ojima-ojo]

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

First we need to understand what kind of funding he has, and it looks like he will have to sell players he won't be counting on for the new season. Manchester United have a lot of work to do in the summer to become a different team, but based on the current results, I find it hard to believe that Amorim is the manager who can do this difficult job. For now, I think Amorim could follow in the footsteps of ten Hag and be sacked after a disastrous start to the new season.

Surely, United management also considers how their performance is at the beginning of the season. But before that, we try to wait for how United performs in the summer transfer market. Amorim certainly hopes that his target for several players will be realized to compete next season. Only if that doesn't happen, of course, as you said, the possibility of dismissal could also occur.

What we most know about Manchester United is that, the club have face a lot of controversy in the past that have affected the management of the clubs and extended to even their players formations, this have made it hard for the club to make any significant improvements, and this season is not different from the previous seasons where Manchester United suffered similar defeats.


Although this season have recorded the highest positive performance for Manchester United, compared to the last few seasons back.

[Tmoonz]

ASEAN All-Stars  ( 1-0 FT )   Manchester United

Manchester United lost a pre season match today against ASEAN All-Stars in Malaysia and i begin to wonder if Amorim can actually elevate this team next season and the funniest part is that the friendly match was played by about 32 Manchester United players. I now see the reason why the management is planning on selling off 14 Manchester United players, i don't even think that the decision is to raise money for the club because most of these players are completely unproductive to the team so it's better they move out than being a waste in the club. Amorim really need to get busy in the transfer window and bring in players of good quality and charisma that will lead the team to winning matches.

Pffff!!! another weird performance from Manchester United. I don't really care whether this is a friendly match, but they're so awful. They lose narrow score against Asian All star B team. Their lost juts reinfoce the fact that they will be relegated if they still keep some players such as Onana and Hojlund.
Interesting fact is that MU lost to the club who was just trained for a week, and don't even speak the same language.

They started with main players, but ended it with embarrassing result. They won't step up if they don't get rid anyone in the squad.

Like seriously I don't really know what's happening to that team, frankly speaking Manchester United are losing the value of a big team in the premier league by years, sometimes I wonder if the problem is really the coach, the players, or the bored, because the same robin that coach sporting Lisbon to their league title, is that same robin that finished 15 at the premier League table, and sporting Lisbon wins their league title, so I ask again is the coach the problem? Ok for instance they are looking for a more confident goal keeper at goal post, then bring in onana in replacement of David de gea , but look what is happening, are the players only there for the funds or for the game, let's take the like of Sancho, Anthony, and rashford, just look at what they are playing in their current team now but when once they play for man u they play as if it's for fun and for the funds, I just pray they get back to their normal position

[Richbased]

ASEAN All-Stars  ( 1-0 FT )   Manchester United

Manchester United lost a pre season match today against ASEAN All-Stars in Malaysia and i begin to wonder if Amorim can actually elevate this team next season and the funniest part is that the friendly match was played by about 32 Manchester United players. I now see the reason why the management is planning on selling off 14 Manchester United players, i don't even think that the decision is to raise money for the club because most of these players are completely unproductive to the team so it's better they move out than being a waste in the club. Amorim really need to get busy in the transfer window and bring in players of good quality and charisma that will lead the team to winning matches.

Pffff!!! another weird performance from Manchester United. I don't really care whether this is a friendly match, but they're so awful. They lose narrow score against Asian All star B team. Their lost juts reinfoce the fact that they will be relegated if they still keep some players such as Onana and Hojlund.
Interesting fact is that MU lost to the club who was just trained for a week, and don't even speak the same language.

They started with main players, but ended it with embarrassing result. They won't step up if they don't get rid anyone in the squad.

Like seriously I don't really know what's happening to that team, frankly speaking Manchester United are losing the value of a big team in the premier league by years, sometimes I wonder if the problem is really the coach, the players, or the bored, because the same robin that coach sporting Lisbon to their league title, is that same robin that finished 15 at the premier League table, and sporting Lisbon wins their league title, so I ask again is the coach the problem? Ok for instance they are looking for a more confident goal keeper at goal post, then bring in onana in replacement of David de gea , but look what is happening, are the players only there for the funds or for the game, let's take the like of Sancho, Anthony, and rashford, just look at what they are playing in their current team now but when once they play for man u they play as if it's for fun and for the funds, I just pray they get back to their normal position

The thing is that the football ethics of Manchester United have been killed by incompetent managers and inexperienced players because i could still remember how good this team was during the time of Rooney, Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo and the likes of them and they dominated the Premier League but i can also say that they haven't been able to get a coach that can do the type of Job that Sir Alex Ferguson did for them before he quit the club because the problem of Manchester United started since then till now that they haven't really been able to identify themselves very well in the Premier League. I can't really say that Amorim is the problem of the club until i see how he performs next season but for the fact he won trophy at Sporting Lisbon implies that he is a good coach, it is the players that ain't giving their best to commensurate the efforts of Amorim.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Looking forward to Chelsea's performance in the Champions League and we can see how they fare there for next season as the Premier League has plenty of slots in the Champions League.

I think it's time for Chelsea to shine, they have a great opportunity to do things well, so in view of this Aston Villa lost their opportunity, they couldn't and their numbers were just a little bit lacking, sometimes football is like that, however the best thing is what happens, now an era is coming where there are teams that can make the difference, I say something, the team that gets into the UCL is because they deserve it, because they fought and because they will do a good job there.

[Dzwaafu11]

I hope Manchester United see the weaknesses that need to be evaluated and it is time to release some players who do not provide a positive effect for the team.

Amorim must have a list of players ready to be released. But with the consideration that he also has to get replacements with better skills. If Amorim does not get what he wants in preparation for next season, maybe United's situation will not change. I'm sure Amorim is thinking about many changes in the team, and there will be a few who will be retained. But it may not happen in one summer transfer window. There will be many adjustments that Amorim makes to his team.

For sure. Manchester United need many changes because they have many problems that need to be fixed before they can be better again. Before next season, Amorim needs to try his possible best to evaluate every single problem Manchester United is facing so that they can solve their problem to get what they want by next season, because if they continue like this and are unable to get everything fixed, then seriously next season will be harder than this season for United. I hope they fix this team back again.

There are many problems within the Manchester United squad. And we cannot blame the coach alone for such a bad performance of Manchester United. Even after changing coaches several times, we do not see any improvement in the performance of Manchester United. On the contrary, Manchester United's performance has become weaker day by day.

Manchester United management should first identify the problems of their squad. Perhaps their main problem is their players. Players fail to play well in their positions. The understanding between the players is also not good. Manchester United should look for new players. United management is financially strong enough. So big funds should be prepared for Manchester United to buy players.

Definitely, although if a team is not in good form, everybody blames the manager, especially the fans. They feel like the manager is always the one who makes the wrong decision towards the team, which is not so. As for Manchester United's current problem, I will say the players are not good; they have many weak positions, and as you said, some players are not playing their positions the way they are supposed to. The management needs to get new players to make them strong again ahead of next season to see how good Amorim is; the manager can not show his talent with weak players.