Premier League Prediction Thread 2026/2027

[Obim34]

The pressure on Manchester City following the charges over financial breaches seems to have brought the team closer together rather than undermining their confidence. The City players are incredibly motivated, their key players are in excellent form, and the squad has almost no injury concerns, giving Maresca plenty of options when it comes to making substitutions. Manchester City are continuing their winning run, and their next opponents will be Ipswich Town.

It wasn't because of the charge case, already they were draw in the game until the second half. Manchester City brought in Doku at the 55th minute, the beginning of their threat to Liverpool, at the 62nd minutes, Liverpool got the red card, and at the 65th minute, Manchester City started scoring. This is my breakdown of how I felt the match went down, and why Liverpool lost the game, it wasn't a motivation for City because of the 114 charge.

[Webutxo]

Actually to be sincere, the red card really affected the performance of Liverpool and now that they got the red card in the game they have to carry extra burden because it’s obvious they are not prepared for it in which Manchester city took advantage of that situation and score as many goals as possible to continue their fantastic record in this season’s Premier League campaign which is impressive especially under a new coach that’s not pep Guardiola and I think that’s why it was said that Maresca is the best replacement for pep Guardiola because it’s obvious with this results that he has what it takes to maintain pep Guardiola’s consistency and legacy in the club and we will see if in the process of time he can eventually do that with Manchester City and win the title this time around

Liverpool defended with all their power frombthe beginning, they were returning the same pressures Manchester City was given them. The moment they have received the red card, things went differently for them. They conceded the first goal immediately after. There is no way a team will not concede a goal with 1 player down whhe they are yet to play the first half, they will definitely give in at some points later in the game, that was why they loss.

I'm afraid of this version of Manchester City, now this make sense that winning the game is not about the manager, it's about the players. When Maresca was in Chelsea, he was having ups and down but now he is in Manchester city doing with one of the most decorated players in Premier league. They are doing it better than when Guardiola was with them.

[Sir_Garry55]

Actually to be sincere, the red card really affected the performance of Liverpool and now that they got the red card in the game they have to carry extra burden because it’s obvious they are not prepared for it in which Manchester city took advantage of that situation and score as many goals as possible to continue their fantastic record in this season’s Premier League campaign which is impressive especially under a new coach that’s not pep Guardiola and I think that’s why it was said that Maresca is the best replacement for pep Guardiola because it’s obvious with this results that he has what it takes to maintain pep Guardiola’s consistency and legacy in the club and we will see if in the process of time he can eventually do that with Manchester City and win the title this time around

Liverpool defended with all their power from the beginning; they returned the same pressure Manchester City had put on them. The moment they received the red card, things went differently for them. They conceded the first goal immediately after. There is no way a team will not concede a goal with 1 player down when they are yet to play the first half; they will definitely give in at some point later in the game. That was why they lost.

I'm afraid of this version of Manchester City; now it makes sense that winning the game is not about the manager, it's about the players. When Maresca was at Chelsea, he had ups and downs, but now he is at Manchester City, working with one of the most decorated players in the Premier League. They are doing it better than when Guardiola was with them.

For one reason, after that first half, I was shocked to see that the game was still nil-nil, because my bet was for Manchester City to win the game at the final whistle, but after the red card was given to a Liverpool man, and the first goal came after that, I felt that it was all due to the red card, as this was something that had a great impact on this game.

For a team to win games, they don't literally need just a brilliant player alone, but the team needs to work for that; management is also part of it, so we should not just exclude management from this and rely just on the players' mentality, even though it has a great deal to play on them. Let's call a spade a spade. Pep has done his own work, and now let's see what Enzo Maresca will do at the end of the season.

[Nwadiche]

The pressure on Manchester City following the charges over financial breaches seems to have brought the team closer together rather than undermining their confidence. The City players are incredibly motivated, their key players are in excellent form, and the squad has almost no injury concerns, giving Maresca plenty of options when it comes to making substitutions. Manchester City are continuing their winning run, and their next opponents will be Ipswich Town.

Are you trying to say that the charges motivated Manchester City players to win Liverpool? If that's how you saw it i think you got it wrong then. From the way you speak I'm not really sure if you watched the match from the the beginning of the match, maybe you watched from second half when Manchester city was winning Liverpool. Both teams played first half very well which ended draw, second half just 47 minutes Liverpool midfielder received yellow card that led to his red card around 62 minutes. Just 3 minutes interval City scored due to the pressure City mouthed on Liverpool,  if not for that red City won't won that match the least they would have played is draw.

[Sandra_hakeem]

The pressure on Manchester City following the charges over financial breaches seems to have brought the team closer together rather than undermining their confidence. The City players are incredibly motivated, their key players are in excellent form, and the squad has almost no injury concerns, giving Maresca plenty of options when it comes to making substitutions. Manchester City are continuing their winning run, and their next opponents will be Ipswich Town.

It wasn't because of the charge case, already they were drawing the game until the second half. Manchester City brought in Doku at the 55th minute, the beginning of their threat to Liverpool, at the 62nd minutes, Liverpool got the red card, and at the 65th minute, Manchester City started scoring. This is my breakdown of how I felt the match went down, and why Liverpool lost the game, it wasn't a motivation for City because of the 114 charge.

As you can see, people always find different excuses of success, and that's why it remains a mystery to them. How about he just said that they won the game because they performed better the other team, especially after they got a red card? It's not easy to defend with a lesser number of men on the pitch. I have seen instances where a team still wins with a red card but, that depends on who your opponent is.

In this case, Liverpool had no advantage because Ryan Gravenberch was technically their DMF and that wing was totally leaking in goals after he was sent off. I'd say that user barely even watched the game and the 114 charges had nothing to do with this.

[DanWalker]

Arsenal is trying to be consistent, and I know that now people will think Manchester City have a better shot than us in winning the Premier League. I trust my club so much that even if we are second, we are going to be catching up very soon because there is no way we are not winning. We have what it takes for us to win the Premier League, and I am not yet happy with most of the performances, but I still trust my club.

And what I always want people to understand is that they need to be more patient when it comes to all this because there is no way it was going to be easy, so we need to be more patient just that sometimes Arsenal can be relaxed.

To win the Premier league title, first and foremost, performances must be consistent and stable. Secondly, points must be secured against giant teams and those competing for the title.

Out of 6 matches, Arsenal experienced a terrible stumble only against Brighton. To everyone's surprise , they were defeated 3-0 in that match. Aside from that, they conceded only 3 goals in the remaining 5 matches. They are performing quite well. In particular, they secured 3 points even against big teams like Aston villa and chelsea. Anyway , reaching the top of the table  will not be possible without maintaining consistency. It should not be forgotten that the primary title contender city is in incredibly good form under Maresca. They have secured easy victories in all of their matches.

[Promocodeudo]

I don't think they would have won the match because when they started the second half Liverpool dominated Manchester City with a lot of scoring attempts if not for Gianluigi Donnarumma experience and still Manchester City was not proactive but the only time they started making use of Haaland in creating dangerous attack on Liverpool was when they substituted Iliman Ndiaye and brought Jeremy Doku that was when Manchester City improved somehow and it was the same Jeremy Doku that made Liverpool playing with minus one player and from there Manchester City began to poses more than Liverpool so actually they wouldn't have win the game without the red card.

Mate the game has been won, let's not talk as if Liverpool was given two red card, it was only 1 red card, a team that is strong as theyvwere rated si supposed to manage the situation and maybe the score would've been 1 or the would've ended as a goaless draw, the outcome of that match proves that Manchester City is better than Liverpool, I was among those that think that even with the red card, Manchester City will still find it difficult to win Liverpool, but to my greatest surprise, Liverpool was beaten by them 3goals to nothing at home, for me, this is a normal winning, red card shouldn't be fronted as an excuse.

[Dreadboost]

The pressure on Manchester City following the charges over financial breaches seems to have brought the team closer together rather than undermining their confidence. The City players are incredibly motivated, their key players are in excellent form, and the squad has almost no injury concerns, giving Maresca plenty of options when it comes to making substitutions. Manchester City are continuing their winning run, and their next opponents will be Ipswich Town.

It wasn't because of the charge case, already they were drawing the game until the second half. Manchester City brought in Doku at the 55th minute, the beginning of their threat to Liverpool, at the 62nd minutes, Liverpool got the red card, and at the 65th minute, Manchester City started scoring. This is my breakdown of how I felt the match went down, and why Liverpool lost the game, it wasn't a motivation for City because of the 114 charge.

Hhe he he has to be joking. The City boys are professional. Whatever the club is facing, the players don't care about the  114 charges. They get paid, they got to keep playing, winning for the team.

Doku brought that win for Manchester City, but I have this belief that Liverpool, with a complete team, will come back into the game. The Manchester win was easy because Liverpool were down to 10 men.

[Chilwell]

Liverpool defended with all their power frombthe beginning, they were returning the same pressures Manchester City was given them. The moment they have received the red card, things went differently for them. They conceded the first goal immediately after. There is no way a team will not concede a goal with 1 player down whhe they are yet to play the first half, they will definitely give in at some points later in the game, that was why they loss.

Liverpool played very well and I think we are thinking on the same direction on the reason why liverpool was defeated, it will be very difficult for a team to be one player down, assuming it was a bottom team then I will say they can be able to cope and manage with the remaining players that remain, Manchester City is not a small club and that is why they use that opportunity to win Liverpool, you can see immediately after the red card a lot of things change and that is when they started to score.

I'm afraid of this version of Manchester City, now this make sense that winning the game is not about the manager, it's about the players. When Maresca was in Chelsea, he was having ups and down but now he is in Manchester city doing with one of the most decorated players in Premier league. They are doing it better than when Guardiola was with them.

Manchester City have players that are among the great players and that is why they are able to win Liverpool, i agree with you not the coach but the players matter a lot I thought after some departure they could not be able to come together anymore, but right now I will not say anything until I see how their performance will be in the future matches. Even though the coach is good and the pla they can see, it doesn't bring any progress, but if the players are good and the coach manage to maintain the relationship with the players they can see progress.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

For one reason, after that first half, I was shocked to see that the game was still nil-nil, because my bet was for Manchester City to win the game at the final whistle, but after the red card was given to a Liverpool man, and the first goal came after that, I felt that it was all due to the red card, as this was something that had a great impact on this game.

Liverpool played good football in the first half and pressed Manchester City so well that they almost conceded. Even in the start of the second half the ball was very competitive and exciting until the controversial red card which was very undeserving IMHO,  City wasted no time to leverage on that and put 2goals ahead in only 6 minutes. I stopped watching the game after the second goal, it was no longer fun for me, although I won my bets, I really wanted to see both teams battle it out until the end but the red card denied me that pleasure.

[Stable090]

Sometimes, it looks like Manchester united is beyond repair considering all the coaches they have signed and sacked due to their inability to fix the club and give them what they want. Honestly speaking i do not really know what the fuck has come over Michael Carrick i mean this was not what he displayed late last season when he was called to look after the team, the display and performance then was very awesome but very sad and disappointing how he could not replicate that again.

I don’t really know what’s wrong with Manchester United, because their performance has been kind of bad this season. Before the season started, I was among people that believed Manchester United will be competing for the premier league title, but it’s surprising that Manchester United are currently at the middle of the table. I don’t even know who to blame for Manchester United current poor performance.

Carrick joined Manchester United last season, and his performance was so good, everything about Manchester United changed after Carrick joined the team, but it’s surprising how this season isn’t favorable for him. Manchester United have been struggling this season, I don’t really know what’s wrong, because Carrick is still their manager, and they not performing so well this season.

[Rabata]

Actually to be sincere, the red card really affected the performance of Liverpool and now that they got the red card in the game they have to carry extra burden because it’s obvious they are not prepared for it in which Manchester city took advantage of that situation and score as many goals as possible to continue their fantastic record in this season’s Premier League campaign which is impressive especially under a new coach that’s not pep Guardiola and I think that’s why it was said that Maresca is the best replacement for pep Guardiola because it’s obvious with this results that he has what it takes to maintain pep Guardiola’s consistency and legacy in the club and we will see if in the process of time he can eventually do that with Manchester City and win the title this time around

Liverpool defended with all their power frombthe beginning, they were returning the same pressures Manchester City was given them. The moment they have received the red card, things went differently for them. They conceded the first goal immediately after. There is no way a team will not concede a goal with 1 player down whhe they are yet to play the first half, they will definitely give in at some points later in the game, that was why they loss.

I'm afraid of this version of Manchester City, now this make sense that winning the game is not about the manager, it's about the players. When Maresca was in Chelsea, he was having ups and down but now he is in Manchester city doing with one of the most decorated players in Premier league. They are doing it better than when Guardiola was with them.

Liverpool played better against Man City in their last few matches. I can call their loss a bit of a stroke of luck. They were very aggressive and consistent until they got the red card. I mainly see a lack of consistency in Liverpool's game. But in this match they had a long streak which was broken due to a player getting a red card. When a player is down, the team has to change their formation quickly but Liverpool comes under pressure before they can make that change and concedes a goal. Which destroys their confidence. After Liverpool's confidence to attack continuously is lost, Man City becomes more aggressive. But Liverpool performed very well in this match. It is very difficult to keep Manchester City goalless for 65 minutes.

[Humblevirus]

Sometimes, it looks like Manchester united is beyond repair considering all the coaches they have signed and sacked due to their inability to fix the club and give them what they want. Honestly speaking i do not really know what the fuck has come over Michael Carrick i mean this was not what he displayed late last season when he was called to look after the team, the display and performance then was very awesome but very sad and disappointing how he could not replicate that again.

I don’t really know what’s wrong with Manchester United, because their performance has been kind of bad this season. Before the season started, I was among people that believed Manchester United will be competing for the premier league title, but it’s surprising that Manchester United are currently at the middle of the table. I don’t even know who to blame for Manchester United current poor performance.

Carrick joined Manchester United last season, and his performance was so good, everything about Manchester United changed after Carrick joined the team, but it’s surprising how this season isn’t favorable for him. Manchester United have been struggling this season, I don’t really know what’s wrong, because Carrick is still their manager, and they not performing so well this season.

I think that everyone is finding it difficult to understand what Manchester United’s problem is currently and what is leading to their bad performances. If it were not for the set of players Carrick used last season, when Manchester United were performing at a great level, people might think that a lack of players is the cause of their current struggles.Again, if it were not for the fact that Carrick took over Manchester United last season, moved them to the top of the table, and secured them a Champions League spot, we might think that the problem is the coach and that he is not capable enough. But it is the same coach.

At this moment, I just feel they should consider sacking Carrick, but they should also give him some time. This is because, if they decide to sack him, it is possible that the next coach could still end up facing the same situation.As far as I am concerned, they have already seen Carrick performance last season when he took over the club and did well. It is possible that Manchester United’s form may improve again with time.

[B-BossMan]

Liverpool, as the host, was very disappointed to be unable to win against Manchester City despite having the full support of their fans. However, it can't be helped, as Manchester City is currently in top form. After losing one of their players, Gravenberch, to a red card, Liverpool's performance decreased slightly. Finally, Manchester City managed to break through Liverpool's goal. The first goal was scored by Haaland, the second by Doku, and the third by Cherki, ultimately giving Manchester City a 0-3 victory over Liverpool.

Manchester City has now earned 3 points, and this certainly makes Manchester City fans proud to see their team win against the host. Manchester City has not drawn or lost since the start of this season. I think Manchester City has a great potential to win the EPL this season. What do you think? but now of course there is still time for Liverpool to improve its strength because there are still many matches but Liverpool which is currently in 9th place must be watched out for by Andoni and Andoni now needs to improve Liverpool's performance so that Liverpool can at least get a ticket to the UCL.

I believe what made this game easy for manchester city to win was because of the red card issued to Liverpool player in the second half of the game, they were actually on thesame strength playing a goal less draw and i was believing Liverpool will either draw Manchester city but everything changed after Liverpool where cut down to 10 men, and i think this was were manchester city got the loop hole to be able to penetrate Liverpool and scored 3 goals in the second half. Manchester city are favorite to win the EPL title this season, their form is still unshakable as no team has be able to win them in the EPL.

Let's keep the red card aside, a team may start a match 10 against 11 from the first half to the end of the match and they will still deliver, it all depends on how thier performances is, the Manchester City performances was great and based on thier consistencies, Manchester City deserves this victory. Defeated the Liverpool in this mat h would never be a surprise to me because the Manchester City are in thier best form, Liverpool just need to work on themselves against next mat matches, they actually tried in this match as the Manchester City didn't scored them easily, well well done played to Manchester City on this victory.

[blomen]

it’s really interesting that manchester united has only managed to earn 6 points in 6 matches. i would have expected them to perform better. they started the season with a surprise loss to hull city, and they’ve drawn 3 times in those 6 matches. what’s more, in two of those three draws, they were leading right up until the final minutes of the match. if they hadn’t made a last-minute mistake and conceded a goal, they could have had two more wins by now, and their standing in the standings would be much better. i think the team needs to work on this. it’s important to protect the lead when you’re ahead.

[Rgram]

At this moment, I just feel they should consider sacking Carrick, but they should also give him some time. This is because, if they decide to sack him, it is possible that the next coach could still end up facing the same situation.As far as I am concerned, they have already seen Carrick performance last season when he took over the club and did well. It is possible that Manchester United’s form may improve again with time.

At this point, it’s okay to say the football business is a place without an atom of emotion. The same Carrick from last season that we normalized having to give him accolades, is the same manager we are out here calling on him to be sacked in just 6 games into a new season with him winning 1, lost 2 and drew 3. It’s not the worst of record for sure but, not any less disappointing as well though, it’s not enough to get him sacked just yet. There has being some change on the team due to transfer and his got all that to consider in fixing his squad for optimum performance. Funding excuse for the guy but, he could still get Manchester United to some consistency and good performance.

In between:
Coventry City is pulling one out of the hat, leading Newcastle by 2 goals to 1, with Newcastle only come from behind to get a goal after Coventry were already 2 goals ahead. Are we going to see a draw here…?

[Jegileman]

It wasn't because of the charge case, already they were draw in the game until the second half. Manchester City brought in Doku at the 55th minute, the beginning of their threat to Liverpool, at the 62nd minutes, Liverpool got the red card, and at the 65th minute, Manchester City started scoring. This is my breakdown of how I felt the match went down, and why Liverpool lost the game, it wasn't a motivation for City because of the 114 charge.

Liverpool manager commended his players for a job well done, that their game changed after they got a red card. That means they were able to hold up Manchester City up until when they were one man down and Manchester City used that to capitalise on their victory in that match. This match was played normally as every other match, we can’t use the allegations on Manchester City to actually be the motivation behind their win. Liverpool was doing well until that red card, maybe if not for the red card, the match might have ended in a draw or a narrow for any of those teams.

[Qhunman]

Mate the game has been won, let's not talk as if Liverpool was given two red card, it was only 1 red card, a team that is strong as theyvwere rated si supposed to manage the situation and maybe the score would've been 1 or the would've ended as a goaless draw, the outcome of that match proves that Manchester City is better than Liverpool, I was among those that think that even with the red card, Manchester City will still find it difficult to win Liverpool, but to my greatest surprise, Liverpool was beaten by them 3goals to nothing at home, for me, this is a normal winning, red card shouldn't be fronted as an excuse.

Manchester city is better than Liverpool hands down. So it has nothing to do with that red card because whether they were given a red card or not, Manchester city would still have won. There's nothing to prove, when was the last time they have perform at Manchester city level? even during last session, you can't compare Manchester city to Liverpool, the difference was clear.

So they have been better than Liverpool even before this season. The advantage Liverpool had was that they were at anfield yet they were still flog 0-3.

[Majestic-milf]

 What a way for Coventry to get their first home win in their return to the EPL, 4:1 over Newcastle and the last time they achieved this scoreline was in the 1990/91 season and I must say that Newcastle are slowly hating Mondays. It was a very confident game play from Coventry and I must say that it's a very good result to boost the morale of not just the fans but players as well. Newcastle are just going from bad to worse.

[Donneski]

it’s really interesting that manchester united has only managed to earn 6 points in 6 matches. i would have expected them to perform better. they started the season with a surprise loss to hull city, and they’ve drawn 3 times in those 6 matches. what’s more, in two of those three draws, they were leading right up until the final minutes of the match. if they hadn’t made a last-minute mistake and conceded a goal, they could have had two more wins by now, and their standing in the standings would be much better. i think the team needs to work on this. it’s important to protect the lead when you’re ahead.

So should we say their problem is more of defensive errors in the last 10 minutes of their games?

The truth is that they've not just been good this season and the blame is mostly on the manager who's failed to replicate the same performance we saw from him after he was appointed as the club's interim manager.

He's shown he's got all that's needed to return them to winning ways again, I just don't know if he'll be able to achieve that again this season. I honestly want him to succeed against all odds, I hope it happens.