Premier League Prediction Thread 2025/2026

[Mayor of ogba]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

After Manchester United won Manchester City and gave Arsenal a chance to increase the point gap with Manchester City, I thought Arsenal would beat Nottingham Forest flawlessly last night, but it's so surprising that Arsenal couldn't make use of the chance that was given to them by Manchester United. Arsenal should be sure of winning the Premier League title first before they talk about winning four trophies this season.

[Agbamoni]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

1 game does not decide if a thing will win the trophy or not. Manchester City lost, Arsenal drew, but that does not stop Arsenal from being the favorite to win the EPL. There are many games yet to play, and I know Manchester City will drop more points.

The team we would have been looking out for to compete with Arsenal should be Aston Villa, but I know that they can't keep up with this performance till the end. They will surely drop points in the table.

[IceLincoln]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

After Manchester United won Manchester City and gave Arsenal a chance to increase the point gap with Manchester City, I thought Arsenal would beat Nottingham Forest flawlessly last night, but it's so surprising that Arsenal couldn't make use of the chance that was given to them by Manchester United. Arsenal should be sure of winning the Premier League title first before they talk about winning four trophies this season.

Only a HyperFan would think Arsenal can win all competitions they’re contesting for this season, atleast one or two would be good if they can maintain their level of competitiveness but they’re surely going to fluke some tournaments especially the Champions League I don’t see them winning it. The Premier League might still be in their grasp, Villa has an opportunity to take over second place position from Manchester City if they win their next match and 7points is also a good gap between them and City.
I think with another team like Villa at second place, Arsenal will perform better cos it seems City always make them uncomfortable.

[Razmirraz]

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If you consider only the rivalry between City and Arsenal, then yes it is not bad. City lost their match and Arsenal managed to draw and earn one point, so now they are seven points ahead of City. But do not forget that Aston Villa have a game at home against Everton today, and Aston Villa play very well at home. I assume they could beat Everton, reach 46 points and move to within four points of Arsenal. And if you look at Arsenal’s draw yesterday from this perspective, it does not seem so good.

Man City defeat at Man United and Arsenal draw at Nottingham Forest gave Aston Villa the chance to move up to second place and close the gap on Arsenal to four points. Man City and Arsenal's failure to win should be used by Aston Villa to continue competing with Arsenal. I am very optimistic that Aston Villa will win because they have always managed to win in their last 8 matches when acting as hosts. Previously, Aston Villa also managed to beat Man City, Arsenal, and Man United at Villa Park. This time, it won't be difficult for them to beat Everton because the quality of their squad is still below that of the three teams I mentioned above.

[harapan]

This match is a statement match for Michel Carick, so many people are doubting his ability to be able to coach Manchester United because he doesn’t have any big team coaching experience, but he delivered his first job perfectly with a 2-0 win at Old Traffird against their biggest rival Manchester City. This win is encouraging, it has lifted Manchester United’s position in the premier league standings to the fourth position; this means they now have the hope to challenge for Champions League spot since they are now above Chelsea and can maintain this with Liverpool because even Liverpool is not in good form.

After this victory Carrick received full support from Man United management. It seems that the higher ups are very satisfied with what he showed on the pitch. Jason Wilcox gave Michael Carrick the option to buy players in the January transfer window. I still remember Amorim asking for the same thing and getting sacked, but Michael Carrick got the support. It would be a positive thing for Michael Carrick to be made permanent as Man United coach.

What full support did they give him oe are you now spreading information that are not correctly proven. Carrick is to be the Manchester United coach for the next 6 months, that was the agreement according to what's written online. Being backed to get players will most likely not happen again this transfer window. As for the game yesterday,  I am not convinced until they go five games unbeaten. Arsenal are by far the best sides when playing at Emirate stadium, Carrick get three points I am sure of it but it will be difficult

[Qhunman]

1 game does not decide if a thing will win the trophy or not. Manchester City lost, Arsenal drew, but that does not stop Arsenal from being the favorite to win the EPL. There are many games yet to play, and I know Manchester City will drop more points.

The team we would have been looking out for to compete with Arsenal should be Aston Villa, but I know that they can't keep up with this performance till the end. They will surely drop points in the table.

You can't be to sure that Aston villa will drop points because Manchester city and Arsenal dropped points. Aston villa is in better form,they are my favourite team to win this trophy after Arsenal. If Aston villa win,they will close the gap and they will take the second place from Manchester city in the table. If they keep securing three points and Arsenal drop further points,Aston villa may have hope of winning the trophy.

[tbterryboy]

I believe that both arguments are valid. City enjoyed more possession and Rodri excelled in the midfield but United implemented their tactical plan in a better way. Attacking deep and counter attacking do not imply that one has been outplayed but they are structured and effective. There were few incorrect offside decisions though the disallowed goal by Mount was questionable. Derby games are always more intense, but provided Carrick can keep this balance and discipline it would be possible to transfer this level to the average league games, not only to the big ones.

Tactically Manchester United players were playing better instead of mostly control of ball in Manchester City players hand, but they failed to convert their chances while Manchester United players were looking much confident and have enough space which allow them to score.

As talked it's going to be 4–0 or 5–0, but it's not happened due to offsides or other problems, but this game was wake-up call for the Manchester City which is now having terrible time on field and if they fail to bring positive changes things can go out of their way, and they could be down in league table as well last four games without any win, and now they are heading for their challenge in champions league as well.

[KTChampions]

Three points would have been better, but Arsenal still earned a one-point lead over their competitors at the end of the round, reducing the number of games remaining in the tournament by one. Bookmakers' odds for Arsenal increased from 1.25 to 1.21 in this round alone. Arsenal continue to maintain a decent average points efficiency (75%) and remain the sole favourites for the title. All the competitors are too bad to intervene, they have too many defeats for this stage of the tournament, even Aston Villa.

If Arsenal wants to win the league title then they have to win every single games and not miss silly ones. In the last two rounds, Manchester City lost points but Arsenal missed the opportunity to extend the lead. I could understand losing points in the last round but in this round it is a waste. Nottingham Forest isn't a team that will make you suffer when you are the first in the ranking..

In a fantasy world this is possible, but in reality in any top championship the winner gets 70-80% of the points, which means that every 2-3 points out of 10 are lost. To become champions, Arsenal simply needs to be better than the rest. And if we compare them with City (their only rivals, as Aston Villa doesn't count), Arsenal is undeniably better. City dropped points not in the last two rounds, but in four (three draws and a loss). Bookmakers currently rate Arsenal's title chances at 1.21 and I don't think there are many who would bet with them.

[Akbarkoe]

1 game does not decide if a thing will win the trophy or not. Manchester City lost, Arsenal drew, but that does not stop Arsenal from being the favorite to win the EPL. There are many games yet to play, and I know Manchester City will drop more points.

The team we would have been looking out for to compete with Arsenal should be Aston Villa, but I know that they can't keep up with this performance till the end. They will surely drop points in the table.

You can't be to sure that Aston villa will drop points because Manchester city and Arsenal dropped points. Aston villa is in better form,they are my favourite team to win this trophy after Arsenal. If Aston villa win,they will close the gap and they will take the second place from Manchester city in the table. If they keep securing three points and Arsenal drop further points,Aston villa may have hope of winning the trophy.

Aston Villa has the strength that can make a threat to others Arsenal was also defeated by Aston Villa, now if Aston Villa manages to win the match against Everton they will be able to occupy second place and their points should be 46, the difference has 4 with the top position, this will be much closer than Manchester City, this is indeed a threat if it happens, I am not sure Aston Villa will lose the match against Everton, they will definitely win it, Arsenal is really very doubtful, fortunately Manchester City did not manage to win the match, otherwise it will really make us sure Arsenal will fail again this season.

[Albarq]

You can't be to sure that Aston villa will drop points because Manchester city and Arsenal dropped points. Aston villa is in better form,they are my favourite team to win this trophy after Arsenal. If Aston villa win,they will close the gap and they will take the second place from Manchester city in the table. If they keep securing three points and Arsenal drop further points,Aston villa may have hope of winning the trophy.

Yes, this could happen if Aston Villa continues to show positive performance. And as long as Manchester City shows a decline in performance, Aston Villa could have the opportunity to move up the standings. With this possibility, we can see the developments for the further develovments of course, the competition will continue.

[landheer]

Arsenal has had a better opportunity this season and they had made good use of it but they couldn't win today which could have given them a 6 points lead ahead of City.

If Arsenal didn’t win the premier league title this season, then they should just sack Arteta because I don’t think he is having anything to offer. Arsenal are really having higher chances to win the premier league this season, their performance has been good, and other teams which are suppose to compete with them are playing poorly right now, so they are suppose to take advantage of that, but as we can see Arsenal are also playing draw in matches that they are suppose to win, I just hope any club won’t take the first position from them.

If arsenal doesn't win the title, it would be fair to fire Arteta because he couldn't lead Real Madrid to a trophy. However, I don't think we should blame Arteta entirely because sometimes a team's poor performance isn't entirely the coach's fault. Sometimes it's because the players themselves are underperforming or their mentality has declined. The draw between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest was certainly surprising, but I think arsenal can still be considered lucky because they still got 1 point, so for now Arsenal is still lucky because they still have a 7-point gap with Man City. But I think Arsenal still has the potential to become champions in the EPL.

For the next matches, arsenal must prepare themselves because they will face Inter in the UCL and Manchester United in the EPL, who played well today. If arsenal can beat Inter and manchester United, I believe they have the potential to win the EPL trophy. However, if Arsenal fails to win or draws against manchester United and Inter, there is a possibility that another team could overtake their current position

[Byebyebtc]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

Here you are talking about arsonal not getting trophies, if they don't get it who is performing better than them to get it?
Yesterday Manchester city lost Wolfy to Manchester United, is that the club that will be able to out perform arsonal?

This is not just about one match this is about consistency, and that is one thing that arsonal has proven, since the starting of this season.
If Arsonal doesn't end up winning premier league trophy, it's another level of near success syndrome that they have to pray about.

[Chilwell]

After Manchester United won Manchester City and gave Arsenal a chance to increase the point gap with Manchester City, I thought Arsenal would beat Nottingham Forest flawlessly last night, but it's so surprising that Arsenal couldn't make use of the chance that was given to them by Manchester United. Arsenal should be sure of winning the Premier League title first before they talk about winning four trophies this season.

We were having the same thinking, I also thought that as now definitely there are much against Nottingham Forest but unfortunately they could not, they try as much as they can to secure the three points but they ended up sharing the point. Most of Arsenal fans were very happy because Manchester City was defeated against Manchester United. I was having a discussion with Arsenal fans today that the tension of Manchester City have reduced now it's now Aston Villa but he said that it is not necessary to even worry about Aston Villa because because they cannot resist the challenge up to the end of the season.

[Pandu Geddon]

This is not just about one match this is about consistency, and that is one thing that arsonal has proven, since the starting of this season.
If Arsonal doesn't end up winning premier league trophy, it's another level of near success syndrome that they have to pray about.

We can see that Arsenal has been performing well throughout the season, and even in previous seasons. It's just that they lost out in the competition in previous seasons. Now their rivals are playing inconsistently, which is an advantage. We can see Man City and Liverpool are having problems with their performance. But that is an advantage for Arsenal, who can play consistently. This season might be theirs, but let's wait and see how they can widen the points gap with their rivals and start dominating this season.

[Olatundespo]

1 game does not decide if a thing will win the trophy or not. Manchester City lost, Arsenal drew, but that does not stop Arsenal from being the favorite to win the EPL. There are many games yet to play, and I know Manchester City will drop more points.

The team we would have been looking out for to compete with Arsenal should be Aston Villa, but I know that they can't keep up with this performance till the end. They will surely drop points in the table.

You can't be to sure that Aston villa will drop points because Manchester city and Arsenal dropped points. Aston villa is in better form,they are my favourite team to win this trophy after Arsenal. If Aston villa win,they will close the gap and they will take the second place from Manchester city in the table. If they keep securing three points and Arsenal drop further points,Aston villa may have hope of winning the trophy.

Aston Villa will probably win against Everton and get full points. You can consider Aston Villa as one of the possible teams to win the trophy given their excellent performance. They should take advantage of Man City and Arsenal not being able to add points. I was surprised by Arsenal's draw against Forest because the team at the top was more likely to win against a relatively weak opponent. I was also surprised by Manchester United's win in the other match because I thought Man City would win and go ahead on points. I bet on Aston Villa in today's match and they will probably win and move up to second place in the table.

[Frankolala]

After Manchester United won Manchester City and gave Arsenal a chance to increase the point gap with Manchester City, I thought Arsenal would beat Nottingham Forest flawlessly last night, but it's so surprising that Arsenal couldn't make use of the chance that was given to them by Manchester United. Arsenal should be sure of winning the Premier League title first before they talk about winning four trophies this season.

You are right. Arsenal doesn't have a strong winning mentality to win more than one trophy. They need the Premier League title than any other because that's the one that is somehow certain for them if they can continue winning more of their upcoming matches. City their rival is getting weak. Arsenal can also win Carabao cup because they can easily intimidate City in the finals.

[sotelorene]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

Here you are talking about arsonal not getting trophies, if they don't get it who is performing better than them to get it?
Yesterday Manchester city lost Wolfy to Manchester United, is that the club that will be able to out perform arsonal?

This is not just about one match this is about consistency, and that is one thing that arsonal has proven, since the starting of this season.
If Arsonal doesn't end up winning premier league trophy, it's another level of near success syndrome that they have to pray about.

The fact that Manchester city lost against Manchester united yesterday doesn't mean they are not good or they can not compete in the premier league race and remember that is how Manchester united and Manchester city game use to be right from time is either city win Manchester or the opposite whether inform or not so it doesn't start today and Manchester united winning doesn't also mean Manchester united is better than them but rather they were fortunate to win yesterday and they played well. 7 points is not too much for Manchester city to beat and I hope it doesn't happen again this year because it will be so humiliating.

[Uruhara]

We can see that Arsenal has been performing well throughout the season, and even in previous seasons. It's just that they lost out in the competition in previous seasons. Now their rivals are playing inconsistently, which is an advantage. We can see Man City and Liverpool are having problems with their performance. But that is an advantage for Arsenal, who can play consistently. This season might be theirs, but let's wait and see how they can widen the points gap with their rivals and start dominating this season.

Usually, problems arise for Arsenal midway through the season, as is the case now. and in previous seasons they have had several draws, allowing teams like Manchester city to catch up. And to be honest, I'm worried that the same thing will happen again this season. especially since Arsenal was just held to a draw by Nottingham, which means arsenal failed to widen the point gap between them and the team in second place, Man city. Fortunately, Manchester city also failed to secure any points in their match against Manchester United. If not, the gap would have narrowed further. Arteta must lead arsenal to win the Premier League title this season. That way, he will earn the respect of everyone.

[BRINIRHA]

You are right. Arsenal doesn't have a strong winning mentality to win more than one trophy. They need the Premier League title than any other because that's the one that is somehow certain for them if they can continue winning more of their upcoming matches. City their rival is getting weak. Arsenal can also win Carabao cup because they can easily intimidate City in the finals.

Well, maybe what you say is true about this team lacking a winning mentality. But with their growing experience, I think Arteta and his team will succeed this season. even though Arsenal failed to get full points today. their rivals, Manchester City also failed to get any points. Liverpool also drew. Only Chelsea managed to win. Aston Villa might be expected to win today's match. If the result doesn't bring any surprises, of course. And if Aston Villa wins today, they could even overtake Manchester City. This would be very interesting because the intense competition is now also happening in the second position. However, I'm confident that Arsenal will continue to hold onto the top spot.

[sokani]

With the level of sluggishness I saw yesterday I don't think Arteta is going to win all the titles they're competing for, it could happen but I feel the Gunners are just going to panic and yesterday they did panic against Nottingham. The energy they came with was filled with desperation to get a goal and that start making them rush the game, I don't know about you guys but Arsenal are not getting all 4 trophies this season but my major fear is them losing the EPL title to either City or Villa.

You can't use one match and judge them. All the big clubs are also struggling at the moment. None has shown a level of consistency like the gunners. So, as it stands, this may be the season they get to lay their hands on their first trophies in recent years. And if I could guess, I would say a double is possible. They can win the Carabao Cup and the EPL title. However, winning the Champions League seems unlikely.