⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Pandorak]

N.Forest beat Manchester United 1-0 today. They play very good team defense, especially in home games when they are ahead.

The same thing happened today, they scored a goal against Manu in the 5th minute and then did not allow Manu to score.

N.Forest is playing very good football with his modest squad. Nuno Espirito Santo has become a manager who has made a name for himself in the Premier League and he is making a name for himself with N.Forest this year.
Forest reached 57 points with this victory and increased the point gap between Chelsea and the fourth place to 8. Nottingham will most likely be in the Champions League next year.

No wonder Manchester United lost this match, even though they only scored 1 goal, Nottingham Forest could maintain the tempo of the game until the end of time, Manchester United had many opportunities, but could not make good use of them, besides that Nottingham Forest has a solid defense, if you pay attention after scoring a goal, they tend to focus on defending rather than attacking continuously as before, this is a good strategy and also risky, but in fact it worked and they brought home 3 additional points to maintain their position.

[Dzwaafu11]

Today game is important for Chelsea as now they are having good chance of ending their season on high note currently they are at sixth spot with 49 points from 29 games their rivals Manchester City have 51 points from 30 games and Newcastle United have 50 points from 29 games.

Prediction is not easy which team is going to have 4th spot because fight is on with all three teams are had equal chance while Newcastle United is also on good run after winning EFL Cup against Liverpool now their confidence level is also high which can give them good motivation for keeping things on challenges and do their best for another milestone. Tottenham is having nothing to do anything, but they can surely do good in Europa Cup which can give them spot into Champions League and their worst season into good end.

The match have already started Chelsea really need to win this match to increase their chance of winning ending the season in top 4 of the league table, although Tottenham are not in good form right now so I’m expecting Chelsea to win this match. Even though predicting how the match will end isn’t easy.

I think Chelsea are still in a better position compare to Tottenham, the match have already started, and we may know who is going to win the match after the first half of the match, base on their performance, let’s no rush things.

[Lillominato89]

N.Forest beat Manchester United 1-0 today. They play very good team defense, especially in home games when they are ahead.

The same thing happened today, they scored a goal against Manu in the 5th minute and then did not allow Manu to score.

N.Forest is playing very good football with his modest squad. Nuno Espirito Santo has become a manager who has made a name for himself in the Premier League and he is making a name for himself with N.Forest this year.
Forest reached 57 points with this victory and increased the point gap between Chelsea and the fourth place to 8. Nottingham will most likely be in the Champions League next year.

No wonder Manchester United lost this match, even though they only scored 1 goal, Nottingham Forest could maintain the tempo of the game until the end of time, Manchester United had many opportunities, but could not make good use of them, besides that Nottingham Forest has a solid defense, if you pay attention after scoring a goal, they tend to focus on defending rather than attacking continuously as before, this is a good strategy and also risky, but in fact it worked and they brought home 3 additional points to maintain their position.

Nottingham Forest were good and lucky to win this match, they made the most of their chances and at the first useful moment they hit the mark. They played really well defensively, but beware this strategy does not always work well, because defending for 90 minutes is definitely not easy. There is a footballing saying, the best defence is the attack, if you attack the opponent can hardly hurt you and score, but if you only defend sooner or later you can concede a goal. Anyway congratulations to Nottingham Forest, if they are third in the standings there must be a reason and I sincerely hope they can stay until the end of the season in the Champions League zone, I would love to see them back in the Champions League after long years of waiting.

[bitzizzix]

Today game is important for Chelsea as now they are having good chance of ending their season on high note currently they are at sixth spot with 49 points from 29 games their rivals Manchester City have 51 points from 30 games and Newcastle United have 50 points from 29 games.

Prediction is not easy which team is going to have 4th spot because fight is on with all three teams are had equal chance while Newcastle United is also on good run after winning EFL Cup against Liverpool now their confidence level is also high which can give them good motivation for keeping things on challenges and do their best for another milestone. Tottenham is having nothing to do anything, but they can surely do good in Europa Cup which can give them spot into Champions League and their worst season into good end.

The match have already started Chelsea really need to win this match to increase their chance of winning ending the season in top 4 of the league table, although Tottenham are not in good form right now so I’m expecting Chelsea to win this match. Even though predicting how the match will end isn’t easy.

I think Chelsea are still in a better position compare to Tottenham, the match have already started, and we may know who is going to win the match after the first half of the match, base on their performance, let’s no rush things.

The first half is almost over and I saw throughout the match in the first half of the match Chelsea made sporadic attacks or did not spread in some places that should have been good attacks. And if in the second half Chelsea's game does not change I think they will have difficulty scoring goals in making effective attacks, Chelsea should have been able to score goals because throughout the first half Chelsea dominated the game and had several opportunities but not good. And the possibility of Chelsea's less effective game will be exploited by Tottenham who will counterattack at the right time to score a goal, but it seems Chelsea will not let that happen and in the second half they will definitely rise and try to score a goal because this victory is something that must be achieved in order to maintain Newcastle's position which currently has the same points, namely 50 points, and if Chelsea gets 3 points then Manchester City who is in 4th place will be shifted by Chelsea who currently has 51 points and the 4th position in the standings will be contested by teams below 4th position in the standings such as Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Aston Villa and they still have a chance to be in 4th place in order to get a UCL ticket all depending on the results of their remaining matches.

[SmartCharpa]

Liverpool win the game with narrow score, and they so struggled to score. However, i'm still impressed with their performance. They did everything to win the game, and glad Jota becomes savior for three points.

The game is quite intense, and they struggled to break Everton's wall. I know how Everton is one of team with best defensive performance, but glad they managed to beat Everton.

I'm not feeling satisfied enough with the result, but three points are still three points. Their title is just getting even closer.

Glad they STFU people who are thinking Arsenal still have chance to catch up.

Liverpool games against Everton are never easy to win, every time Liverpool plays Everton, I am not expecting them to win because it is a derby match. Liverpool's first match of the season against Everton ended in a draw after conceding a goal in the last minutes. Many people will be disappointed that Liverpool won the game by a narrow score, but what's important is that they secured three points, which will let them continue the title race.

Liverpool performance was great, they dominated Everton throughout with 74% ball possession and three shots on target. Everton's defense was very difficult to break through. I don't think Liverpool will extend Salah contract above the end of the season, Salah has finished and cannot maintain his best form throughout the season. Salah was not at his best in Liverpool's previous two games, compared to how he have been at the start of the season, even though Liverpool will give him another offer, they must give Chiesa more opportunities to play.

[letteredhub]

The first half is almost over and I saw throughout the match in the first half of the match Chelsea made sporadic attacks or did not spread in some places that should have been good attacks. And if in the second half Chelsea's game does not change I think they will have difficulty scoring goals in making effective attacks, Chelsea should have been able to score goals because throughout the first half Chelsea dominated the game and had several opportunities but not good. And the possibility of Chelsea's less effective game will be exploited by Tottenham who will counterattack at the right time to score a goal, but it seems Chelsea will not let that happen and in the second half they will definitely rise and try to score a goal because this victory is something that must be achieved in order to maintain Newcastle's position which currently has the same points, namely 50 points, and if Chelsea gets 3 points then Manchester City who is in 4th place will be shifted by Chelsea who currently has 51 points and the 4th position in the standings will be contested by teams below 4th position in the standings such as Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Aston Villa and they still have a chance to be in 4th place in order to get a UCL ticket all depending on the results of their remaining matches.

Chelsea  are attacking quite alright but these attacking haven't produced the needed goals and Enzo Maresca have to do something about it as they come into the second half. Lots of shots without a single goal doesn't make any sense. If Tottenham should get a good counter opportunity in the second half and score a goal before Chelsea it's really going to be a bad day for the blues. I expect nothing less than a win after so much possession in the game. The UCL is waiting!

[Princess Leah]

Today game is important for Chelsea as now they are having good chance of ending their season on high note currently they are at sixth spot with 49 points from 29 games their rivals Manchester City have 51 points from 30 games and Newcastle United have 50 points from 29 games.

Prediction is not easy which team is going to have 4th spot because fight is on with all three teams are had equal chance while Newcastle United is also on good run after winning EFL Cup against Liverpool now their confidence level is also high which can give them good motivation for keeping things on challenges and do their best for another milestone. Tottenham is having nothing to do anything, but they can surely do good in Europa Cup which can give them spot into Champions League and their worst season into good end.

The match have already started Chelsea really need to win this match to increase their chance of winning ending the season in top 4 of the league table, although Tottenham are not in good form right now so I’m expecting Chelsea to win this match. Even though predicting how the match will end isn’t easy.

I think Chelsea are still in a better position compare to Tottenham, the match have already started, and we may know who is going to win the match after the first half of the match, base on their performance, let’s no rush things.

We would've been leading if Jackson didn't misuse the opportunity created by Chalobah immediately the match started I wonder how or why he couldn't trap the ball properly and find the net afterwards, it would've been a very fantastic goal, another opportunity was the one missed by Malo Gusto, those were good chances that would put us ahead, anyways I just love that their performance was good in the first half regardless of the scoreline.

 We really need to win this match by all means else we'll lose the 4th place to Manchester City, a friend of mine who's also a Chelsea fan was saying that even though we don't win but draw, there's hope since Manchester City could lose or draw their derby match against Manchester United, it pissed me off cause it's a silly statement cause Manchester United are not a club we as Chelsea fans should be relying on, we really need this three points and I hope our boys delivers, I believe they'll score in the second half and secure the three points.

[Jegileman]

Today game is important for Chelsea as now they are having good chance of ending their season on high note currently they are at sixth spot with 49 points from 29 games their rivals Manchester City have 51 points from 30 games and Newcastle United have 50 points from 29 games.

Prediction is not easy which team is going to have 4th spot because fight is on with all three teams are had equal chance while Newcastle United is also on good run after winning EFL Cup against Liverpool now their confidence level is also high which can give them good motivation for keeping things on challenges and do their best for another milestone. Tottenham is having nothing to do anything, but they can surely do good in Europa Cup which can give them spot into Champions League and their worst season into good end.

With the statistics you’ve given on the positions of this teams on the standings, it is important for Chelsea to win this match and stay on a very good position on the standings in order to stand a good position for the top four spot for the champions league next season. They are currently above Tottenham Hotspur on the table but that doesn’t still give them the best of chance to prevail against them easily, so they need to be at their best and play the most qualitative game in order to stand a chance to win in this match.

They are already in the second half of the game and from the stats of the first half performance from both teams, Chelsea stands the better chance to win the match. From the possession to the goals on target, all are in favour of Chelsea even though they haven’t been able to convert any of them to their favour. We await how the second half game will end, but Chelsea needs to convert their chances as soon as possible and not allow Tottenham Hotspur scores first, because if they do, they’ll want to defend which may be hard for Chelsea to penetrate into their defence to equalize the game.

[yudi09]

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I think Chelsea are still in a better position compare to Tottenham, the match have already started, and we may know who is going to win the match after the first half of the match, base on their performance, let’s no rush things.

During the first half, Chelsea were still unable to score a goal with various attempts that they continued to try. Only in the second half the awaited goal came through Enzo when the match had been going on for 5 minutes.
I agree with you that Chelsea are still in a better position than Tottenham because Tottenham continue to experience a decline in performance even though they performed well at the beginning of the season.

Winning for a while does not guarantee that Chelsea can survive until the end, but from Chelsea's efforts, I think they can maintain this advantage.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Liverpool win the game with narrow score, and they so struggled to score. However, i'm still impressed with their performance. They did everything to win the game, and glad Jota becomes savior for three points.

The game is quite intense, and they struggled to break Everton's wall. I know how Everton is one of team with best defensive performance, but glad they managed to beat Everton.

I'm not feeling satisfied enough with the result, but three points are still three points. Their title is just getting even closer.

Glad they STFU people who are thinking Arsenal still have chance to catch up.

3 points right now are gold for Liverpool, there is no doubt about that, Arsenal is a team that was supposed to do some damage to a Liverpool that is flying a lot, but the PL level is very high, the only team that could have taken that streak away was City, but City has been so bad that that option cannot be considered, however now things must be seen from the point of view that Liverpool has many detractors and they do not want them to become champions, but at this point it is difficult , for me they already have their hands on that cup.

[Woodie]

Chelsea delivered the win as bookies expected because this Tottenham team is just not the competitive team we once knew...and the low scoring was also expected as no well defined goal scorers from both camps and tbh we were lucky to even get a goal from this match as it was just one of those boring games lol
Btw, thought freedom fighter would score today seeing his friend Rashford has been getting some goals of late maybe next time team Sancho lol

[JiiBs]

Chelsea delivered the win as bookies expected because this Tottenham team is just not the competitive team we once knew...and the low scoring was also expected as no well defined goal scorers from both camps and tbh we were lucky to even get a goal from this match as it was just one of those boring games lol
Btw, thought freedom fighter would score today seeing his friend Rashford has been getting some goals of late maybe next time team Sancho lol

It was generally a dull game, there wasn’t so much back and forth action to the game but Chelsea’s performance wasn’t that bad in this game. You could find them being more attacking while Tottenham to some extent had to relax at the back and play a more defensive game. That’s so unlike them, it’s was nothing I would have expected of a Harry Kane Tottenham in this derby fixture. The team has been drained of its quality and even Solanke didn’t get so many touches.

[knowngunman]

Chelsea delivered the win as bookies expected because this Tottenham team is just not the competitive team we once knew...and the low scoring was also expected as no well defined goal scorers from both camps and tbh we were lucky to even get a goal from this match as it was just one of those boring games lol
Btw, thought freedom fighter would score today seeing his friend Rashford has been getting some goals of late maybe next time team Sancho lol

Tottenham performance has been so poor this season, whenever Tottenham are playing, am not always expecting anything special from Tottenham whenever they are playing, I don’t really know what’s really their problem this season, if Chelsea had played against a stronger team today, then they will have won, because Chelsea performance wasn’t so impressive also, Chelsea defense wasn’t so strong today, but Tottenham doesn’t have quality players that will break Chelsea defense today.

Tottenham are currently in 14th position, that’s really bad for a team like Tottenham. Manchester United and Tottenham are currently dragging position at the bottom of the table, I don’t see much difference between Manchester United and Tottenham this season.

[Adbitco]

Tottenham performance has been so poor this season, whenever Tottenham are playing, am not always expecting anything special from Tottenham whenever they are playing, I don’t really know what’s really their problem this season, if Chelsea had played against a stronger team today, then they will have won, because Chelsea performance wasn’t so impressive also, Chelsea defense wasn’t so strong today, but Tottenham doesn’t have quality players that will break Chelsea defense today.

Tottenham are currently in 14th position, that’s really bad for a team like Tottenham. Manchester United and Tottenham are currently dragging position at the bottom of the table, I don’t see much difference between Manchester United and Tottenham this season.

Tottenham lol, they are so bad, inconsistent and complacent in books that I don't even rate them anymore, if they lose I won't be surprised and I only get surprised when they win, what an irony. The only luck Tottenham has this season is that the teams behind them are not really doing well if not, I think Tottenham would have almost been in the relegation zone but as it is like this, they are actually well above that very zone and maybe that's why they are actually playing and losing points at will this period. 34 points and in the 14th position for a team like Tottenham.

[Jostern]

Chelsea is playing against Tottenham Hotspur today andy prediction for this game is Chelsea to win and over 1.5...chelsea are going to give everything they have to make sure that Aston villa doesn't take their position and also they are going to try and overtake Newcastle... today's game is going to give them the push they need and I don't Think that they are going to joke with it.. Tottenham on the other hand have been struggling this season, they are currently 14th on the league table, that tells you how bad they have been performing, Chelsea would take advantage of their weakness.

Today game is important for Chelsea as now they are having good chance of ending their season on high note currently they are at sixth spot with 49 points from 29 games their rivals Manchester City have 51 points from 30 games and Newcastle United have 50 points from 29 games.

Prediction is not easy which team is going to have 4th spot because fight is on with all three teams are had equal chance while Newcastle United is also on good run after winning EFL Cup against Liverpool now their confidence level is also high which can give them good motivation for keeping things on challenges and do their best for another milestone. Tottenham is having nothing to do anything, but they can surely do good in Europa Cup which can give them spot into Champions League and their worst season into good end.

I did expect Chelsea to win the game because Tottenham on their own have not been very good they are inconsistent, Chelsea is having a better season than they are doing right now, Tottenham have not had so grate luck with injuries and they do not have a very good attack, the midfield is not so good at all, They have some new players who are trying to get used to the playing system are they do have some young players who needs time to get used to the league and dont possesses so much experience,
The game is a more important game for Chelsea who are fighting for Top 4 place and Tottenham are actually fighting for nothing right now, i believe there season is over and they should focus on the European League

[Kristiyana]

N.Forest beat Manchester United 1-0 today. They play very good team defense, especially in home games when they are ahead.

The same thing happened today, they scored a goal against Manu in the 5th minute and then did not allow Manu to score.

N.Forest is playing very good football with his modest squad. Nuno Espirito Santo has become a manager who has made a name for himself in the Premier League and he is making a name for himself with N.Forest this year.
Forest reached 57 points with this victory and increased the point gap between Chelsea and the fourth place to 8. Nottingham will most likely be in the Champions League next year.

No wonder Manchester United lost this match, even though they only scored 1 goal, Nottingham Forest could maintain the tempo of the game until the end of time, Manchester United had many opportunities, but could not make good use of them, besides that Nottingham Forest has a solid defense, if you pay attention after scoring a goal, they tend to focus on defending rather than attacking continuously as before, this is a good strategy and also risky, but in fact it worked and they brought home 3 additional points to maintain their position.

It seems that among all the whole england teams nottingham forest has the best defenders, more especially this season which is why they don't get defeated so easily. And they have been maintaining thier unbeaten record for quite Sometimes now, and with the look of things I don't think if they are ready to lose any single match for now.

However, tottenham hotspur wanted to make things very difficult for chelsea tonight. You know I was actually thinking that the match will end with a score of draw, because when I checked thier scores I saw 1:1  that was around 72mins  but I was so surprised when I check back then I saw 1:0 I think the goal was disallowed. If not for the fact that the goal was disallowed the match would have just ended with a score of draw, but chelsea was so luck to win with one goal.

[Furious 7]

I did expect Chelsea to win the game because Tottenham on their own have not been very good they are inconsistent, Chelsea is having a better season than they are doing right now, Tottenham have not had so grate luck with injuries and they do not have a very good attack, the midfield is not so good at all, They have some new players who are trying to get used to the playing system are they do have some young players who needs time to get used to the league and dont possesses so much experience,
The game is a more important game for Chelsea who are fighting for Top 4 place and Tottenham are actually fighting for nothing right now, i believe there season is over and they should focus on the European League

It looks like you missed something because the game ended a few hours before you wrote this post and Chelsea have already taken 3 points in a game that was quite heated in terms of tension and pace.

Actually if I can conclude in this game it looks that the only thing that is hotter is the style of play where there are a lot of fouls and cards that occur in this match but when it comes to actual opportunities I don't see anything that can really be said to be extraordinary because indeed both clubs look a little cautious in carrying out attacking schemes that make it not too optimal.

Fortunately in this case Tottenham did not have a good enough finisher so Chelsea got more with 1 goal from Enzo because if this did not happen then they could have lost 3 points.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

Isak is having a wonderful season...



Such a good progress in a year!    He is certainly on the transfer list of some big teams this summer.

No doubt Arsenal would be among those teams. Because they really need such a capable striker from now on.    Saka is back yeah but not enough. If they want to play for the Premier League title for real then this is the way going there. Arteta already knows that so he doesn't deny the fact they need a good striker. Gabriel Jesus isn't able to play due to a series of injuries. He should be benched and they should bring a striker like Isak, Gyökeres or someone else like them.

Years ago, Isak was considered as a striker who can replace Ibrahimovic in Sweden but in many years he did not meet this expectation before this season. This season is truly amazing for Isak and he can continue it like Mohamed Salah who was not a world class player before his transfer to Liverpool. It can be a late growth of Isak but he is not old and still have several seasons to perform like this and somewhat meet expectation from Newcastle United and Sweden.

Premier League top four race now is clearer, with Nottingham Forest (57 points), Chelsea (52 points), Manchester City (51 points), Newcastle United (49 points but have 1 match) and Aston Villa (48 points). Brighton have 47 points but I don't think they are able to get in top four with many big clubs are competing for it like the aforementioned list. If Newcastle United win the late match, they will gain 52 points and get in a fifth position that can be enough for joining Champions League next season but they actually want a fourth position to be sure.
https://www.premierleague.com/tables

[Mate2237]

I did expect Chelsea to win the game because Tottenham on their own have not been very good they are inconsistent, Chelsea is having a better season than they are doing right now, Tottenham have not had so grate luck with injuries and they do not have a very good attack, the midfield is not so good at all, They have some new players who are trying to get used to the playing system are they do have some young players who needs time to get used to the league and dont possesses so much experience,
The game is a more important game for Chelsea who are fighting for Top 4 place and Tottenham are actually fighting for nothing right now, i believe there season is over and they should focus on the European League

It looks like you missed something because the game ended a few hours before you wrote this post and Chelsea have already taken 3 points in a game that was quite heated in terms of tension and pace.

Actually if I can conclude in this game it looks that the only thing that is hotter is the style of play where there are a lot of fouls and cards that occur in this match but when it comes to actual opportunities I don't see anything that can really be said to be extraordinary because indeed both clubs look a little cautious in carrying out attacking schemes that make it not too optimal.

Fortunately in this case Tottenham did not have a good enough finisher so Chelsea got more with 1 goal from Enzo because if this did not happen then they could have lost 3 points.

This game was interesting to watch especially for Chelsea because they recorded a win at home which was critical to their top four spots this game was a fair one and the better side got the three points because they deserve the victory because Tottenham was not playing like a team that was serious about changing their fortune in the league table, maresca has really improved this Chelsea side because this time last season they where no where close to top four spots

[blue Snow]

Tottenham lol, they are so bad, inconsistent and complacent in books that I don't even rate them anymore, if they lose I won't be surprised and I only get surprised when they win, what an irony. The only luck Tottenham has this season is that the teams behind them are not really doing well if not, I think Tottenham would have almost been in the relegation zone but as it is like this, they are actually well above that very zone and maybe that's why they are actually playing and losing points at will this period. 34 points and in the 14th position for a team like Tottenham.

I won't be surprised Tottenham lost last night because they've been attacked since kickoff. I'm just surprised Chelsea won with only 1 goal because they had many chances to score a lot of goals. Their attack in the early minutes is accurate enough, they have good passing to on front, but Jackson is still barren, and on a few occasions are still can not convert into goals by another player. Cole Palmer play his role for this time, his passing welcomed well by Enzo Fernandes which I think can be his best goal for chelsea. Now, Tottenham in a difficult phases, they have only won on Europa League on the last 6 matches, that's their only hope to remain in the European competition for next session.