⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Adbitco]

Still Chelsea were missing Palmer in the starting 11 plus missed a few players aswell and i think both teams before the game were pretty equal maybe Arsenal was a little better on paper. Still Arsenal should have won the match,Chelsea got an early red card and i cannot believe that Arsenal didnt take advantage of that,it was a perfect chance to leave Chelsea in the dust and give themselfs a huge lead but now Man City has caught up a little with Arsenal and now its only 5 points difference.

You are right, if Arsenal were a strong club and compact club which make good use of opportunities available to them judiciously, they should have won this match especially when Chelsea got the red card even before half time, I was already happy for Arsenal thinking they will make good use of the opportunity and snatch the chances by winning the match but they did not instead they were just roaming round the pitch missing one goal opportunity or the other. Why I'm worried for Arsenal is, they are still leading the table but every day the chances become slimmer and the gaps closer for others and if they don't be careful with the way things are going, they may end up losing their first position to Chelsea or City soon.

I told an Arsenal, if the match ended 11 Vs 11 on the pitch, Chelsea would have won Arsenal. Did you see how Chelsea was attacking even with a man down, they were still playing as if the both teams had same numbers of players on the pitch. Arsenal should have used that extra man advantage to run Chelsea down but they couldn't. If the situation was reversed, would Chelsea not have won Arsenal? Well that nobody can answer for sure but my guess is, Chelsea would have scored first and anything could have happened further from there.

[Velvet78]

Well, I can't deny arsenal's run this season but they bottled their chances to move higher on the table against Chelsea. If man city enters a winning streak, they will not only catch up to arsenal but they could possibly be at the top of the table. Peps knows how to suddenly enter a winning streak, let see if he still has anything up his sleeves.

Arsenal still have only 1 loss in the league which was against Liverpool on the first weeks. It has been 10 weeks since then. 7 wins and 3 draws in this unbeaten streak. It really deserves to be appreciated in this tough league. 

And it was the only point I criticized them against Chelsea too. After the red card they couldn't show the needed reaction. This helped Chelsea secure a point easier. But I expect no mistake tomorrow. They should be able to beat Brentford nicely.

[Moreno233]

Back with some midweek action with the EPL, and last week was a great week as most favourites won and looking at this week's games I think the same will happen as momentum is everything in football ⚽ unless a few knocks here and there that would force teams to keep their Star ⭐ players off the pitch..

Am expecting Liverpool to continue on their winnings..

Manchester City not really settled in but should win too..

Newcastle Spurs, I don't know these teams are full of surprises.

Manchester City may not find it easy with Fulham who will have the home advantage this time around, although City have a way of winning small teams but Fulham is not a small team this season. The Newcastle and Tottenham match is another match that is not clear who will win the match because both are almost of the same strength judging by their recent performances, so the best anyone should be thinking about the match is both sides to score. Both Newcastle and Tottenham are goal scoring sides and they also concede goals easily which means it is reasonable to go with that option rather than struggling who will win.

[BitBakerr1]

Still Chelsea were missing Palmer in the starting 11 plus missed a few players aswell and i think both teams before the game were pretty equal maybe Arsenal was a little better on paper. Still Arsenal should have won the match,Chelsea got an early red card and i cannot believe that Arsenal didnt take advantage of that,it was a perfect chance to leave Chelsea in the dust and give themselfs a huge lead but now Man City has caught up a little with Arsenal and now its only 5 points difference.

You are right, if Arsenal were a strong club and compact club which make good use of opportunities available to them judiciously, they should have won this match especially when Chelsea got the red card even before half time, I was already happy for Arsenal thinking they will make good use of the opportunity and snatch the chances by winning the match but they did not instead they were just roaming round the pitch missing one goal opportunity or the other. Why I'm worried for Arsenal is, they are still leading the table but every day the chances become slimmer and the gaps closer for others and if they don't be careful with the way things are going, they may end up losing their first position to Chelsea or City soon.

I told an Arsenal, if the match ended 11 Vs 11 on the pitch, Chelsea would have won Arsenal. Did you see how Chelsea was attacking even with a man down, they were still playing as if the both teams had same numbers of players on the pitch. Arsenal should have used that extra man advantage to run Chelsea down but they couldn't. If the situation was reversed, would Chelsea not have won Arsenal? Well that nobody can answer for sure but my guess is, Chelsea would have scored first and anything could have happened further from there.

If they did not give Chelsea that red card the match would have ended in draw, a lot of Chelsea fans are saying because they gave them red card that was why they were unable to win the match yes it is true that Chelsea attack was very strong and they did very well but we cannot underestimate Arsenal's defense the reason why Chelsea was unable to score more than one goal was because of how strong Arsenal defense is and not because Chelsea had a red card, if you check the history of Chelsea and Arsenal meeting you will discover that there was a match that Arsenal also had a red card but the match still ended in draw so I saw the match as something that will end in draw even before the match started.

[AYOBA]

Manchester City may not find it easy with Fulham who will have the home advantage this time around, although City have a way of winning small teams but Fulham is not a small team this season. The Newcastle and Tottenham match is another match that is not clear who will win the match because both are almost of the same strength judging by their recent performances, so the best anyone should be thinking about the match is both sides to score. Both Newcastle and Tottenham are goal scoring sides and they also concede goals easily which means it is reasonable to go with that option rather than struggling who will win.

Seriously I also thought as much I’m expecting a Fulham to hold the Manchester City tightly tonight. Because their  playing at home and they will make sure they use their home advantage over Manchester City and win the match or get a draw that’s the two things I’m expecting in the match tonight, although that Manchester City have won most of their previous matches and they see Fulham is not that powerful this season; that’s why their underrate them.

But they should stop underestimate them: Fulham in other hand if they hold a strong team they always stand on their feet and have the best chance of getting a win or draw especially if their players at home they put in more efforts in other to get positive results in the game.

[Stormisover]

Still Chelsea were missing Palmer in the starting 11 plus missed a few players aswell and i think both teams before the game were pretty equal maybe Arsenal was a little better on paper. Still Arsenal should have won the match,Chelsea got an early red card and i cannot believe that Arsenal didnt take advantage of that,it was a perfect chance to leave Chelsea in the dust and give themselfs a huge lead but now Man City has caught up a little with Arsenal and now its only 5 points difference.

You are right, if Arsenal were a strong club and compact club which make good use of opportunities available to them judiciously, they should have won this match especially when Chelsea got the red card even before half time, I was already happy for Arsenal thinking they will make good use of the opportunity and snatch the chances by winning the match but they did not instead they were just roaming round the pitch missing one goal opportunity or the other. Why I'm worried for Arsenal is, they are still leading the table but every day the chances become slimmer and the gaps closer for others and if they don't be careful with the way things are going, they may end up losing their first position to Chelsea or City soon.

I think one thing most people don't understand is some teams become more dangerous when they are one Man down, like the Man between Manchester United vs Everton, they got an early red card and the whole world believed Manchester United has already won the game after the red card, but little did they know that the red card was like adding additional player to the Everton team like they became more strong and they won the game, so the red card that Chelsea got against Arsenal to me was not big deal, it only takes a more stronger team to beat a one Man down teams so let's just keep that mentality of Arsenal couldn't win with red card let's just keep that aside because Arsenal still prove they are the most inform team across Europe this season.

[yixichloro2xx]

Paqueta look like someone that gambled on himself or he told some people to bet on him to get the red card, judging from the manner he got the red card, it has made me to believe that he wanted it. The referee tried to make him walk away from the second yellow but he kept on going at it. With the way he was pointing and referring to the referee, it.meant he wanted a red card. His team was down and instead of pushing to score, he was pushing to be sent off, that character is only exhibited by someone who wants to leave the field.

Paqueta has many cases related to gambling, and he was even sanctioned by the English league, prohibiting him from playing. This caused his transfer to Manchester City to be canceled, even though the salary and other terms had already been agreed upon and only the contract signing was left. However, the transfer was canceled because he received a punishment banning him from playing. As a result, Manchester City would have suffered losses because they couldn't field him in matches but still had to pay his salary, leading to significant losses if the transfer had been executed.

He had been sanctioned previously? Why is he still doing what his doing because even a blind man will see that he got that red card intentionally, it was so obvious for all to see that. Maybe the FA might open another investigation against him if they get intel that he was involved in gambling. I'm thinking, what if he told some people to bet on him to get the red card because that very day there were rumours of some gamblers betting on him to be red carded or maybe it's just mere coincidence.

I don't trust this paqueta, what he did to get that red card was strange, it was like he was forcing it on referee to show him the red card.
Maybe he has placed a bet on himself again to get that. I also think the Fa should open another investigation on that case too. And am if he is found guilty of such act he might be banned for life. It will be a good lesson to him.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Paqueta look like someone that gambled on himself or he told some people to bet on him to get the red card, judging from the manner he got the red card, it has made me to believe that he wanted it. The referee tried to make him walk away from the second yellow but he kept on going at it. With the way he was pointing and referring to the referee, it.meant he wanted a red card. His team was down and instead of pushing to score, he was pushing to be sent off, that character is only exhibited by someone who wants to leave the field.

Red card allegation for Paque ta is still a speculation. He will always innocent until he proven the guilty. I also think it's a baseless argument. He has a very rought time since he was free from his sanction. At that time, none supported him even his club. It's normal when he can't really control himself, and most probably needs more time to adapt.
As a man who have resources available to him, it's not wise to do that. However, lets give him some times for his personal reason. Hopefully, he comes back with the better version after his ban due to red card.

[bangjoe]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The Newcastle United vs. Tottenham match could be a good one. I think both teams are evenly matched. I see Newcastle United as the favorite, but it’s hard to make a clear prediction.

Manchester City are the favorites to win tonight, I am quite confident in their abilities, Guardiola is making preparations to return to the top, a big chance to stay near the top with a narrower margin.

Fulham's performance is not that good, they still have a lot of mistakes in their matches, but interestingly enough yesterday they got a win against Tottenham.

Tottenham is in bad shape, Newcastle is more likely to win.

Maybe Man City is a favorite but we all know what happens when the big teams go away to Fulham. Its always a hard struggle and i doubt Man City will win easily. We seen what Fulham is capable in an away game and at home they are much much better so i think Man City dosent have an easy job at all and they might even drop points here and they need the points badly now to catch up to Arsenal.

Fulham is indeed strong in their home matches but in their H2H matches Man City wins more matches so it is very natural for City to be more likely to win the match even though basically it is not an easy thing.
Guardiola is definitely preparing something interesting for us to see tonight, so let's see whether City can get the full 3 points or not.

[khiholangkang]

Well, I can't deny arsenal's run this season but they bottled their chances to move higher on the table against Chelsea. If man city enters a winning streak, they will not only catch up to arsenal but they could possibly be at the top of the table. Peps knows how to suddenly enter a winning streak, let see if he still has anything up his sleeves.

Arsenal still have only 1 loss in the league which was against Liverpool on the first weeks. It has been 10 weeks since then. 7 wins and 3 draws in this unbeaten streak. It really deserves to be appreciated in this tough league. 

And it was the only point I criticized them against Chelsea too. After the red card they couldn't show the needed reaction. This helped Chelsea secure a point easier. But I expect no mistake tomorrow. They should be able to beat Brentford nicely.

We couldn't beat it because Chelsea were in strong condition, the proof was that when they got a red card they were still able to maintain their position and score a goal earlier than Arsenal after they had one player less, since then Cheslea's game was more defensive than attacking because they wanted to maintain their victory and maintain the match, and after they conceded their match also became more defensive than attacking, because they thought it was better to draw than open up more space for Arsenal to score goals.

[SmartCharpa]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The Newcastle United vs. Tottenham match could be a good one. I think both teams are evenly matched. I see Newcastle United as the favorite, but it’s hard to make a clear prediction.

Manchester City has also won their last five games against Fulham, with more one goals, they always scored more than one goal. Manchester City performance was worse last season and they were able to beat Fulham both at home and away, so I expected them to repeat the same tonight. They are competing with Arsenal, and this team will do everything they can to prevent Arsenal from winning the league like they do every season, and they do not want to lose this game.

Newcastle vs Tottenham, on the other hand, I believe this will be a difficult game for the both sides, Newcastle has won their last two matches, while Tottenham in last two matches, draw against Manchester United and lost to Fulham. I expect both teams to score in this match, and Newcastle may end up winning because they have won their last two matches.

[Adbitco]

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I told an Arsenal, if the match ended 11 Vs 11 on the pitch, Chelsea would have won Arsenal. Did you see how Chelsea was attacking even with a man down, they were still playing as if the both teams had same numbers of players on the pitch. Arsenal should have used that extra man advantage to run Chelsea down but they couldn't. If the situation was reversed, would Chelsea not have won Arsenal? Well that nobody can answer for sure but my guess is, Chelsea would have scored first and anything could have happened further from there.

If they did not give Chelsea that red card the match would have ended in draw, a lot of Chelsea fans are saying because they gave them red card that was why they were unable to win the match yes it is true that Chelsea attack was very strong and they did very well but we cannot underestimate Arsenal's defense the reason why Chelsea was unable to score more than one goal was because of how strong Arsenal defense is and not because Chelsea had a red card, if you check the history of Chelsea and Arsenal meeting you will discover that there was a match that Arsenal also had a red card but the match still ended in draw so I saw the match as something that will end in draw even before the match started.

Well it's football and we can only analyse, I still maintain that it would have been different if Chelsea were complete on the pitch. There's something peculiar about this Chelsea side when they meet a strong team of late. They play differently, they attack, attack , attack and it seems to be their new slogan. Did you notice how they didn't relent even after the card? For a team that's playing against an inform Arsenal, they didn't sit back to just absorb pressure and counter, they also took the game to Arsenal. If things were balanced, that game wouldn't have ended in a draw for me

[Joca97]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The Newcastle United vs. Tottenham match could be a good one. I think both teams are evenly matched. I see Newcastle United as the favorite, but it’s hard to make a clear prediction.

Manchester City are the favorites to win tonight, I am quite confident in their abilities, Guardiola is making preparations to return to the top, a big chance to stay near the top with a narrower margin.

Fulham's performance is not that good, they still have a lot of mistakes in their matches, but interestingly enough yesterday they got a win against Tottenham.

Tottenham is in bad shape, Newcastle is more likely to win.

Maybe Man City is a favorite but we all know what happens when the big teams go away to Fulham. Its always a hard struggle and i doubt Man City will win easily. We seen what Fulham is capable in an away game and at home they are much much better so i think Man City dosent have an easy job at all and they might even drop points here and they need the points badly now to catch up to Arsenal.

Fulham is indeed strong in their home matches but in their H2H matches Man City wins more matches so it is very natural for City to be more likely to win the match even though basically it is not an easy thing.
Guardiola is definitely preparing something interesting for us to see tonight, so let's see whether City can get the full 3 points or not.

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Liverpool at least got a win, even if it was against a helpless opponent we saw that West Ham's Lucas Paqueta received a red card for a foul in the 84th minute during the match, in fact this Brazilian player has left the field, but he helped English Liverpool find a way to win, I thought this West Ham player was intelligent but he couldn't show the right mentality and tactics even against a heavyweight team. Lucas Paqueta's red card really fired up the Reds, as we saw the attacking intensity of this team from then on and they scored in the 93rd minute to make the match theirs.

[MinoRaiola]

Well, I can't deny arsenal's run this season but they bottled their chances to move higher on the table against Chelsea. If man city enters a winning streak, they will not only catch up to arsenal but they could possibly be at the top of the table. Peps knows how to suddenly enter a winning streak, let see if he still has anything up his sleeves.

If Manchester wins, it is not only because of Pep Guardiola. He has so mutch experience and he is a good leader. But he also has the best players, not only Haaland. The goalkeeper is one of the best players in the world, Donnarumma, and there are many other big names too. I think Manchester City is stronger than Arsenal, but we will probably see that when the two teams play each other. The next game between the two is on April 18 2026, so we have to wait a long time.

[M47AK16]

We can't degrade their success after calling minor consistency they are currently have 17 matches unbeaten streak with their only lost was against champions Liverpool back in August currently they are best team in Premier League and Champions League as well.

Their game against Chelsea was also not bad at all because they are playing with many injuries and still have good result this is good advantage for them now they are having 5 points difference from second spotted Manchester City even this is not big difference but still they are having good chance of staying at the top for long time with their performance and consistency. If they are able to stay till few more rounds this will be increase their confidence, and they could be also able to have better chance of winning title after long time.

While I agree that they are consistently playing great, being "unbeaten" is a cheeky way of saying they are good, don't get me wrong I am not saying they are not good, but Arsenal could get a bunch of draws and still lose the league.

There has been teams where they did not lose a single game and yet lost the league, it's unlikely for sure but it has happened, and not like arsenal is having an Invincibles kind of season neither, they are still doing alright but lost one already and have some draws as well. If they were that much better, they would have been ahead of others but they are only ahead by five points, a single loss and City would be in punching distance. Arsenal is doing fine, but not as great as some people claim.

[LGD2Business]

Liverpool at least got a win, even if it was against a helpless opponent we saw that West Ham's Lucas Paqueta received a red card for a foul in the 84th minute during the match, in fact this Brazilian player has left the field, but he helped English Liverpool find a way to win, I thought this West Ham player was intelligent but he couldn't show the right mentality and tactics even against a heavyweight team. Lucas Paqueta's red card really fired up the Reds, as we saw the attacking intensity of this team from then on and they scored in the 93rd minute to make the match theirs.

My friend, it's been 2 days since that match ended, Liverpool has already finished preparing for tomorrow's Sunderland match. Good morning to you.

They've given Liverpool very low odds against Sunderland. But in reality, Sunderland isn't that weak. In fact, they're ahead of Liverpool in standings. But they've given ridiculous odds, as if the league leader were playing a team in the relegation zone. I hope Sunderland can respond to this comedy on the pitch.

[Stablexcoin]

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

You have to be careful betting on this match, Manchester City might be in a comfortable spot at the top but while Fulham are 15th position they shouldn't be underrated, it is also a home advantage for Fulham, it will be an immense game for both teams, betting on a specific winner is a hard pick, the best booking for this game is probably both sides to score, or an over goals.

Newcastle vs Tottenham is also another dangerous game for today, deciding your bet on the winner is extremely difficult, easy options are preferable in this case,  the match for today are really tough ones.

[bitzizzix]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The Newcastle United vs. Tottenham match could be a good one. I think both teams are evenly matched. I see Newcastle United as the favorite, but it’s hard to make a clear prediction.

Manchester City are the favorites to win tonight, I am quite confident in their abilities, Guardiola is making preparations to return to the top, a big chance to stay near the top with a narrower margin.

Fulham's performance is not that good, they still have a lot of mistakes in their matches, but interestingly enough yesterday they got a win against Tottenham.

Tottenham is in bad shape, Newcastle is more likely to win.

Maybe Man City is a favorite but we all know what happens when the big teams go away to Fulham. Its always a hard struggle and i doubt Man City will win easily. We seen what Fulham is capable in an away game and at home they are much much better so i think Man City dosent have an easy job at all and they might even drop points here and they need the points badly now to catch up to Arsenal.

Fulham is indeed strong in their home matches but in their H2H matches Man City wins more matches so it is very natural for City to be more likely to win the match even though basically it is not an easy thing.
Guardiola is definitely preparing something interesting for us to see tonight, so let's see whether City can get the full 3 points or not.

I dont know still i played that Man City will score two or more and i think that they will score at least two. I think Fulham will also score at least one goal,so i think this will be a really intresting match between these two. Maybe Man City has a better H2H and is expected from them to win but i think it will be really close. I wonder what will Guardiola prepare for this match.

This could be a tight and difficult match for Manchester City, given that Fulham are unbeaten at home and in good form, having won four of their last five matches.
However, I'm confident Pep Guardiola will find a way to win this crucial match to maintain their five-point lead over Arsenal. A draw would still be a loss for Manchester City, but a win is crucial, and Fulham vs. Manchester promises to be an exciting match.

[ITExpert]

Tonight we will watch the Fulham vs. Man City match.
Man City has won every game against Fulham since 2012, and I think they will win again tonight because they are only 5 points behind Arsenal in the title race, and they won’t want that gap to grow.

The match between the Fulham and Manchester city is something which I think everyone already knows the results. The match definitely ends in the favour of Manchester City. Because Manchester City always manages to maintain their win against Fulham. Manchester city is a strong team and they are always in their struggle phase to achieve something big. Because Liverpool is also not in the circle of great competitors of Manchester City. Arsenal is also a very good team and they are also joining the race of being first always. And I personally think that  it is not necessary that you have to win always but the most necessary thing is that your struggles are how you take things and how you make efforts to at least turn them into their favour. And Manchester city is the one which is always trying to have the best.