⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[hahay]

If Newcastle United gets a point against Liverpool today, it will be legendary. The first game they met in the league ended 3-3. We could see a similar score again. Liverpool have winning odds of 1.29. I think that's high, so the bookmakers see a risk in this match. Liverpool must be stopped to prevent them from widening the point gap. Eddie Howe can take advantage to get points here and take his team to the European Cups. It's very difficult but not impossible.

Newcastle will break their bad records against Liverpool in EPL if that happens. They always got bad results when they fought Liverpool. The problem is that i can't really favor them to get the draw. This is because Liverpool is getting its comfy after they widen their gap from Arsenal.

I expect Liverpool will play without even getting any pressure. They will always threatening newcastle's defenders. Let me to predict the game will ended with 3-1 Liverpool take three points.

Fightin Liverpool at Anfield never been easy for any PL clubs.

Newcastle lost away against Manchester City with a score of 4-0 but, Liverpool managed to beat Manchester City in both meetings this season with a score of 2-0. Thus, Liverpool's chances of winning remain high, although Newcastle will make a good effort, maybe it will only make Newcastle not lose with a big score. So yes, basically the victory on paper will be a reality for Liverpool but of course, even so it will still not be as easy as imagined. Therefore, a victory with only a narrow score I am also sure can happen in this match, unless Liverpool really has the ambition to destroy Newcastle then a victory with a big score can also happen, but basically Newcastle is also not a completely weak team.

[Issa56]

I totally agree with you. Letting go of Pep would be a huge mistake. He is the reason City has been so dominant, and even though this season has been rough, replacing him isn’t the solution. The squad needs reinforcements, not a new manager. A few key additions in weak areas could help City bounce back without disrupting the stability that Guardiola brings.

Why will Manchester city even think of sacking pep Guardiola just because his performance dropped this season? I don't even think the management will make the mistake of sacking pep Guardiola, because if they can do that, they are going to regret that. Pep Guardiola have been performing well at Manchester city for years, he made then what they are today, so just one season decrease in performance shouldn't make them make that kind of decision. What the management should do right now is just to work with pep Guardiola, and look for how they are going to improve the teams performance.

I know Manchester city performance has dropped, but its not so worst that they will sack pep Guardiola, a coach that has won four premier league title in a row for Manchester city, why will they even think about sacking him just because of a season, they should just allow him fix the club, because its going to be difficult for a new coach to fix Manchester city.

[dezoel]

To be fair beating Southampton isn't a big deal, Chelsea shouldn't be really that much happy about it, we are quite used to seeing Southampton lose at this point. The cheer is all about them being fourth place once again, which is awesome of course for them, but they have no clue if City will take it back or not. They may, or they may not ,we have no clue.

In the end, this is a whole process, and we need to see these teams fight until the end, we have no clue how close it will be, and how it will change, but at this point I still suggest that there is a possibility where City and Chelsea both end up in top four, and Nottingham ends up fifth, sure that doesn't look like the case right now, but they lack experience, so it may still happen.

[sotelorene]

If Newcastle United gets a point against Liverpool today, it will be legendary. The first game they met in the league ended 3-3. We could see a similar score again. Liverpool have winning odds of 1.29. I think that's high, so the bookmakers see a risk in this match. Liverpool must be stopped to prevent them from widening the point gap. Eddie Howe can take advantage to get points here and take his team to the European Cups. It's very difficult but not impossible.

Newcastle will break their bad records against Liverpool in EPL if that happens. They always got bad results when they fought Liverpool. The problem is that i can't really favor them to get the draw. This is because Liverpool is getting its comfy after they widen their gap from Arsenal.

I expect Liverpool will play without even getting any pressure. They will always threatening newcastle's defenders. Let me to predict the game will ended with 3-1 Liverpool take three points.

Fightin Liverpool at Anfield never been easy for any PL clubs.

Newcastle lost away against Manchester City with a score of 4-0 but, Liverpool managed to beat Manchester City in both meetings this season with a score of 2-0. Thus, Liverpool's chances of winning remain high, although Newcastle will make a good effort, maybe it will only make Newcastle not lose with a big score. So yes, basically the victory on paper will be a reality for Liverpool but of course, even so it will still not be as easy as imagined. Therefore, a victory with only a narrow score I am also sure can happen in this match, unless Liverpool really has the ambition to destroy Newcastle then a victory with a big score can also happen, but basically Newcastle is also not a completely weak team.

Well Newcastle united losing against Manchester city doesn't mean that they will also lose against Liverpool but I believe each of the team or club have there history how they use to play but judging with both team form and strength it is very clear that Liverpool will win them tonight and they are playing in Liverpool's ground so that home advantage will be there, I already play Liverpool to win straight not because I'm sure but because I feel like playing it that way but I also still feel that Newcastle will disturb them.

[Asiska02]

City firing Pep Guardiola would undoubtedly be the beginning of their downfall. While the team has struggled this season with a series of disappointing performances, I believe the solution lies in strengthening the squad rather than changing the manager. To return to their best, City must bring in quality players who will be able to add both depth and skills to the team. A well structured transfer plan will be needed ensuring the right signings and that they don’t break the FFP regulations.

I totally agree with you. Letting go of Pep would be a huge mistake. He is the reason City has been so dominant, and even though this season has been rough, replacing him isn’t the solution. The squad needs reinforcements, not a new manager. A few key additions in weak areas could help City bounce back without disrupting the stability that Guardiola brings.

In as much as Pep Guardiola have done his best for this team, if he can’t continue at the pace he has taken this team so far to, he may likely be replaced by another manager. It is too soon now to make conclusions on that, because the season is not yet over and we may see him perform wonders and finish in a good position that he’ll be considered for more season with the club. His current form with the team was not what anyone saw coming because even at the start of the season, they were amongst the major contender of the league title, both the premier league and the champions league. Now that they’ve been eliminated from the champions league, we may see a different Manchester City as their focus will only be on the premier league and they would try at least to finish in a good position since the odds to finish first is no more on their side again.

[el kaka22]

Well of course, it would have been awesome for City to win, but not like they were playing Ipswhich or something, they were playing against Liverpool, it's normal for them to lose and that is what was expected of them too. City has been terrible all season long, so it's not really that shocking to see them losing to top of the ladder, probably champion team.

Sure in previous seasons when you said City vs Liverpool, and check their h2h, we could assume that City was better, but that doesn't mean that we are going to end up with something that will change it the long term, we can't make that better without a doubt. So all in all, we should be considering this as a way of moving forward without worrying about what happened.

[AprilioMP]

Well Newcastle united losing against Manchester city doesn't mean that they will also lose against Liverpool but I believe each of the team or club have there history how they use to play but judging with both team form and strength it is very clear that Liverpool will win them tonight and they are playing in Liverpool's ground so that home advantage will be there, I already play Liverpool to win straight not because I'm sure but because I feel like playing it that way but I also still feel that Newcastle will disturb them.

It could be that Newcastle and Liverpool only draw without either winning or losing between them.
Liverpool will be looking for a win in this match to ensure the points chase from Arsenal who are not certain to win against Nottingham Forest so they can concentrate on the match against PSG in the Champions League.
The opportunity to win this match because the match takes place at Anfield can be a strong supporting factor but Newcastle also do not want to lose after they managed to win in the last match.

[Stable090]

Well Newcastle united losing against Manchester city doesn't mean that they will also lose against Liverpool but I believe each of the team or club have there history how they use to play but judging with both team form and strength it is very clear that Liverpool will win them tonight and they are playing in Liverpool's ground so that home advantage will be there, I already play Liverpool to win straight not because I'm sure but because I feel like playing it that way but I also still feel that Newcastle will disturb them.

Newcastle lost to Liverpool, and I won’t be surprise if Liverpool continue with their current lead. The first half of the match has just ended, and Liverpool played well in the match, Liverpool are currently at the first position on the table, and they will want to do everything in their power to maintain the first position, and if they want to achieve that, then they should try and get a win in the matches which they are having left.

Arsenal is currently in second position, they are behind Liverpool which is is in first position, Liverpool are currently trying to maintain their point deference with Arsenal, So Liverpool will want to get a win against Newcastle today.

[red4slash]

If Pep really turned EPL into the farmer league, many people who are not fans of his club would be so mad. I have seen so many people who hatred to him so much just because he won 4 PL trophies in a row.

We might be seeing people yapping about here and there on Pep. So, the god has nerfed his club, and he can rebuilding his winning club back from the scratch.

Is it that the gods have answered people's prayers, or what? What is happening to Manchester City is what many clubs are already verging fall to see the downfall of Manchester City because Pep Guardiola has for long dominated the Premier League to the extent that fans of other clubs have begun to take the Premier League to be farmer league for Manchester City.

However, Pep Guardiola didn't see this coming to him in a manner that his team would find it so hard to win against teams in the Premier League like. Imagine the almighty Manchester City not qualifying for the round of 16 and their top position not stable in the Premier League table. That's really somehow to imagine

Yep, for now there is actually a little happiness for several other clubs when Manchester City experiences something like this because in the end the dominance of 4 consecutive seasons for the EPL is clearly not a good thing so it will be quite natural when there is a lot of grapevine about the EPL which is only a peasant league because even every season Pep has always made history in the previous few seasons including last season. But for now it is clear that the situation is a little different even though in terms of competition now is not as good as before where Liverpool are currently running alone without getting any obstacles but as long as Manchester City is held back it seems like this provides more encouragement and happiness for some fans.

Manchester City since a few seasons ago too dominate in the EPL which sometimes makes their players complacent especially seeing Pedri now who sometimes talks more so for now at least it is enough to make that they are still the same club and next season they must improve their current performance.

[AYOBA]

Manchester City won the Premier League title in the last season but Arsenal's performance in that season was excellent and Arsenal fought hard until the last match and until the last match it seemed which team might win the Premier League title. Because in that match the equation was that the winner would win the Premier League title but in the last match Manchester City won and Arsenal lost and that was where the result of the match was decided. However, even if Arsenal failed to win the title, they proved that they can still compete. Arsenal performed competitively last season and they are doing so competitively this season too so Arsenal fans can expect their team to fight Liverpool till the last match. If Arsenal can overtake Liverpool to win the title this season, it might be a season to remember for them.

Last season was the a great season for Manchester City they make an excellent performance throughout unlike this season that their performance is not that stable, Arsenal are always try as much as possible in every season to make sure that there performance moving well; even this season I make proud of their performances.

They want to make everything possible to dominate this season premier league that’s why even when they where some of their matches there still maintain their top 2 in the table, we all know that Liverpool are still leading the top of standing with high points; but with that Arsenal don’t to give  up they want to make their dream to comes true.

[Distraction]

Congratulations to Manchester United! A really tough win that was for sure.    After that red card I thought there would be another point loss for them. But I really like the way they fought their way for the 3-2 win.

I liked the way they answered Ipswich today. Yeah maybe they weren't a strong opponent but this is still a good thing to see. The remaining part of the season will still be challenging for them. Amorim should be only targeting to finish the season away from the relegation area as much as possible.

[_BlackStar]

Match week 27 is almost finished - only 1 match remains between West Ham vs Leicester City.

There are 6 team that are sure to win the maximum 3 point in each match and these include Brighton, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and maybe Liverpool. Brentford, Everton, Nottingham and Arsenal each drew - but West Ham have a good chance of winning. I'm obviously very happy to see Liverpool able to maintain their best performance against Newcastle at the moment - for now the score is still 2-0 in favor of Liverpool.

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Last season was the a great season for Manchester City they make an excellent performance throughout unlike this season that their performance is not that stable, Arsenal are always try as much as possible in every season to make sure that there performance moving well; even this season I make proud of their performances.

Of course - Manchester City have been terrible this season, but I don't know what you are proud of about Arsenal apart from being runners up in the last 3 seasons ^{[including this one].} Arsenal should be able to do better than their mistakes last season - they clearly resulted in them failing to win the title. This season is no different - they have continued their inconsistency in maintaining performance in the second half of the season.

[Adbitco]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

[pawel7777]

Liverpool didn't have much problems with Newcastle tonight. Another 3 points after 2-0 win. Newcastle didn't even managed to make a single shot on target (and only 3 shots in total).
Nottm Forest an Arsenal split points, which was a good news for Man City, who won an away game against Tottenham 1-0. The City have lost 2 previous games against Spurs (one of them being an embarasing 4-0 loss in front of own audience) so it was unclear how well would they do today, but they didn't disappoint and got their revange. It was a decent, good paced game and it's a bit of surprise we didn't see more goals.
Currently Man City is only 1 point behind the 3rd Nottm Forest and I think it's just a matter of time before they take that spot. And, I think, the 3rd place is the most they can hope for this season.

[ingiltere]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

[Woodie]

As expected,  Arsenal failing to put pressure on Liverpool and now Manchester City is catching up to them especially that they won , while the Gunners drop points against a determined Nottingham Forest who look like a team set to play the champions league 

Manchester United played some interesting football with a man down,  but you know what... Onana needs to play with the reserves as his allowing silly goals to go past him...otherwise had it not been for lord Maguire United would have been thinking of relegation right now.

[SensitiveEyes]

Man City notched up another win but it is too late to retain the PL title. Liverpool had another win to take them out of touching distance. The Gunners will not catch them unless miracles are real.

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

[SatoPrincess]

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I don't see sacking Pep Guardiola as a good idea because every one has a time where things will appears tough and not working well but it is not always a permanent situation or circumstances rather it is a temporary one that will be get rid of soon. Kelvin de bryne leaving the club may be a good idea because even when he was doing well some seasons ago, his age was affecting him to some points though it is not like his not doing well now but he should also try another team if he wants to. Depending on a player is not always good because once the player get injury the whole team suffers it, just like what Arsenal is facing now because of the absence of Bukayo Saka.

It will be shocking if the club decides to fire Guardiola. I am aware that there are many managers who are also capable of coaching Manchester City and get good results but I doubt any would be as good as Pep Guardiola has been in the last 6 years or even come close to achieving what he has achieved, however Pep Guardiola will leave the club one day and Manchester City will have to face life after him so they shouldn’t be in a hurry now.

[TelolettOm]

Some matches are indeed in accordance with early predictions, some wins may be a bit difficult to get, but winning is winning.
Congratulations to some clubs who have won the 27th matchday.
- Liverpool vs Newcastle: 2 - 0
- Man United vs Ipswich Town: 3 - 2 (great efforts from 10 man players of MU
- Tottenham vs Man City: 0 - 1, (finally Man City can win from Tottenham who have managed to beat them many times before)

But what makes surprising is the fact that Arsenal can only draw from Nottm Forest, so, Arsenals drops point and gap with Liverpool is getting bigger again.

Source: The gap between the pair is extended to 13 points

[KingsDen]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

While looking from the neutral stance, it was expected that Newcastle should be able to reply even if a goal against Liverpool but from the technical stance, we all know that Liverpool will be extremely very careful not to lose or concede goals because the title is just at sight. I can boldly tell Liverpool congratulations for the English premier league title as Liverpool has refused to claim more than 1 point in tonight's match.

In the other match, we can say that Manchester City was lucky to have secured a win against Tottenham. Although I thought that the reviving Tottenham would have scaled their way up with even a draw.