⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[SatoPrincess]

WTH, how on earth can you say Chelsea was lucky with this kind of stat?



This is crazy. Haters will always be haters. A game Chelsea played earnestly and tried not to concede, you call that luck? That's just insane bro.

I don’t think he is “hating” on your team. We both know that stats do not fully reflect the game. However, I have to hand it to you, Chelsea was fantastic yesterday. It’s not so easy to beat Everton at home and keep a clean sheet especially for Chelsea that’s been conceding all season. They seem to have settled into Xabi’s tactics, looking forward to see how they perform against Manchester United and Tottenham.

[WatChe]

Chelsea winning their next game doesn't mean they'd be in 3rd position, that's not how it works. If the 3rd positioned team doesn't drop point, then Chelsea probably won't be.

Although, I agree that there has been a notable improvement, and that's due to the fact that there is a solid CM now—I'm talking about the Henderson Caicedo duo—they have improved the teams overall performance so far. It's such a massive sigh of relief to have Caicedo back.

Chelsea and Brighton both have same number of points with Brighton still a game to play. If Chelsea can't make it to number third position then they must ensure that they remain at number four at least, there next game is against Hotspur who is yet to win a game this season. With two back to back wins the moral of Chelsea players must be high specially the way they won the game against Bournemouth 5-1. Its surprising to see Bournemouth performance this season, they finished 6th last season and after six game they are in relegation zone.

[knowngunman]

WTH, how on earth can you say Chelsea was lucky with this kind of stat?



This is crazy. Haters will always be haters. A game Chelsea played earnestly and tried not to concede, you call that luck? That's just insane bro.

I don’t think he is “hating” on your team. We both know that stats do not fully reflect the game. However, I have to hand it to you, Chelsea was fantastic yesterday. It’s not so easy to beat Everton at home and keep a clean sheet especially for Chelsea that’s been conceding all season. They seem to have settled into Xabi’s tactics, looking forward to see how they perform against Manchester United and Tottenham.

But to be honest, nothing was really special about this statistics. Just look at those numbers and compare them. It was just a slight dominance as seen in the possession and not a total control. The shots on target was basically the same as well and the pass accuracy too is not a wide gap. I won't say it was a perfect game for Chelsea but I must confess that the cleanshit against almighty Everton made the game impressive by the way because Everton were running an unbeaten race but Chelsea ended the run and had their own first cleanshit for the season. It was a tight game for both sides irrespective of the scoreline.

[asriloni]

Everton and Chelsea was a difficult play, while Chelsea might have had all 3 points in this game, it wasn’t an easy win and Chelsea were a little lucky to have gotten away with a win here, regardless of them scoring 2 goals.

Did you watch the game? I thought that you less objective here. Chelsea was not lucky, and they scored one of their goals from a proper build up and openplay. They have also showed a brilliant defense stability when performed with 4 backs. Everton players were even doing harsh things during this game because how desperate they are to score. So it's all prove how Chelsea is -

- winning the game by playing better than their opponent, they were not doing it by getting lucky like given a penalty by referee or something else. Be more objective, bro.


Apart from that is anyone here betting on MU sv leeds? It sounds hard game to make some bucks. I think MU will take it hard game to win. They had disastrous performance in the last games, but i think some changes will be made in the upcoming game.

2.90 seems good to go, but their pressing is comical to watch, and they have to put more effort to ensure Leeds backline feel panics, then it will give them chance to score.

However, i can't lie Leeds is having higher winning percentage than them at this game.

[Smartvirus]

Chelsea and Brighton both have same number of points with Brighton still a game to play. If Chelsea can't make it to number third position then they must ensure that they remain at number four at least, there next game is against Hotspur who is yet to win a game this season. With two back to back wins the moral of Chelsea players must be high specially the way they won the game against Bournemouth 5-1. Its surprising to see Bournemouth performance this season, they finished 6th last season and after six game they are in relegation zone.

Early kickoffs are always very competitive and tricky. It literally does set the pace for the rest of the games in the GW. Playing Everton most of all, a team that is very difficult to score with Pickford right in the goal, although if you’re able to break that deadlock and get a goal, you can almost be certain of a second goal, Pickford. Chelsea did handle themselves good in this game, played a goalless draw on the second half, got an early first half goal and were able to keep it. That was a little unexpected as Chelsea usually relaxes after scoring and end up conceding but, that wasn’t the case in this game, they kept the pressure and were able to double their lead.

It was very unlikely that they would top Brighton for long, Brighton is a very inform team and playing home against Crystal Palace, they sure was going to bring on their “A” game and are already leading by 3:0 right into the first half.

[Shineup]

WTH, how on earth can you say Chelsea was lucky with this kind of stat?



This is crazy. Haters will always be haters. A game Chelsea played earnestly and tried not to concede, you call that luck? That's just insane bro.

I don’t think he is “hating” on your team. We both know that stats do not fully reflect the game. However, I have to hand it to you, Chelsea was fantastic yesterday. It’s not so easy to beat Everton at home and keep a clean sheet especially for Chelsea that’s been conceding all season. They seem to have settled into Xabi’s tactics, looking forward to see how they perform against Manchester United and Tottenham.

To me if not for hate, I don't really see any reason why one would say they won the game by luck, I don't know maybe the game ended goalless draw at the first half of the game, but despite that Chelsea was still in a good shape and still appears the favorite for the game, so deep down it wasn't really a luck but how good they were on that game, and I'm actually looking forward to see them perform even more better in their coming games, and this Manchester united game I think they will have some problem there because it's quite a while now they've recorded a win against Manchester united.

[Rockson1]

Everton and Chelsea was a difficult play, while Chelsea might have had all 3 points in this game, it wasn’t an easy win and Chelsea were a little lucky to have gotten away with a win here, regardless of them scoring 2 goals.

Guy what funny statement is this, do you think Chelsea won that game by luck, did you actually watch the match, because if you did, you won't say this, I'm very sure that you know how difficult it is to defeat Everton in their home, and you are talking about luck in such an intensed battle, did everton give up, if you have been watching everton play, you will understand that they will fight you till the end, so it will be good to say, Chelsea won clearly, it is not by luck, at some point in the first half everton was very tough and they almost had a goal before Chelsea, but if we should look at the overall statistics of the match, Chelsea have it in every angle.

[POPOLUV]

Chelsea winning their next game doesn't mean they'd be in 3rd position, that's not how it works. If the 3rd positioned team doesn't drop point, then Chelsea probably won't be.

Although, I agree that there has been a notable improvement, and that's due to the fact that there is a solid CM now—I'm talking about the Henderson Caicedo duo—they have improved the teams overall performance so far. It's such a massive sigh of relief to have Caicedo back.

Chelsea and Brighton both have same number of points with Brighton still a game to play. If Chelsea can't make it to number third position then they must ensure that they remain at number four at least, there next game is against Hotspur who is yet to win a game this season. With two back to back wins the moral of Chelsea players must be high specially the way they won the game against Bournemouth 5-1. Its surprising to see Bournemouth performance this season, they finished 6th last season and after six game they are in relegation zone.

In this season I'm seeing that Brighton is more inform than Chelsea because with the way and manner Brighton handle any teams that come across them is not something that Chelsea needs to put more effort , because as it stands now, Brighton is beating crystal palace with 4:0,and i believe that the reason why Chelsea was having the points with Brighton was because they have not played their 7th matches and now seen is believe that Brighton will still maintain the third position with three points ahead of Chelsea if Brighton definitely win crystal palace today.

[OsaiEmma]

WTH, how on earth can you say Chelsea was lucky with this kind of stat?



This is crazy. Haters will always be haters. A game Chelsea played earnestly and tried not to concede, you call that luck? That's just insane bro.

I don’t think he is “hating” on your team. We both know that stats do not fully reflect the game. However, I have to hand it to you, Chelsea was fantastic yesterday. It’s not so easy to beat Everton at home and keep a clean sheet especially for Chelsea that’s been conceding all season. They seem to have settled into Xabi’s tactics, looking forward to see how they perform against Manchester United and Tottenham.

If it's Tottenham, I'm not even afraid in the slightest. Chelsea had always beat Tottenham, and this season where Tottenham have a bad form, and Chelsea have notably improved, it's a sure win on that front. As for Manchester United, it won't be easy on both teams; ManU is actually struggling, Chelsea isn't, but ManU had often bested Chelsea, so I can't say for sure. But I feel Chelsea will have a better result in that game.

WTH, how on earth can you say Chelsea was lucky with this kind of stat?



This is crazy. Haters will always be haters. A game Chelsea played earnestly and tried not to concede, you call that luck? That's just insane bro.

I don’t think he is “hating” on your team. We both know that stats do not fully reflect the game. However, I have to hand it to you, Chelsea was fantastic yesterday. It’s not so easy to beat Everton at home and keep a clean sheet especially for Chelsea that’s been conceding all season. They seem to have settled into Xabi’s tactics, looking forward to see how they perform against Manchester United and Tottenham.

But to be honest, nothing was really special about this statistics. Just look at those numbers and compare them. It was just a slight dominance as seen in the possession and not a total control. The shots on target was basically the same as well and the pass accuracy too is not a wide gap. I won't say it was a perfect game for Chelsea but I must confess that the cleanshit against almighty Everton made the game impressive by the way because Everton were running an unbeaten race but Chelsea ended the run and had their own first cleanshit for the season. It was a tight game for both sides irrespective of the scoreline.

Nothing was really special? Bro, in the first half, Chelsea had a 73% possession, and 4 shots. Everton's first pass was a shot to the goalie, there second shot was a very weak jab to the goalie too. It was Grealish's shot that was actually a close call, and one other attempt. From the second half, after that goal, Brighton tried to control the game again, but Chelsea still had the upper hand, and they barely made any attempt too.

Meanwhile, Everton have been in good form this season, so...you can't just say it was nothing special. Chelsea played a good game.

[sotelorene]

To me if not for hate, I don't really see any reason why one would say they won the game by luck, I don't know maybe the game ended goalless draw at the first half of the game, but despite that Chelsea was still in a good shape and still appears the favorite for the game, so deep down it wasn't really a luck but how good they were on that game, and I'm actually looking forward to see them perform even more better in their coming games, and this Manchester united game I think they will have some problem there because it's quite a while now they've recorded a win against Manchester united.

Anyone who says Chelsea won the game with luck, is trying to tease Chelsea fans here because I will be tempted as if the person that said Chelsea win yesterday was by luck, if he or she was watching the back of television because how on earth will someone call that win a luck? 2 null and not 1 null. Chelsea played very well yesterday and they possessed the game so they deserved it and with the performance I can say they are gradually coming back because this is very unlike them few weeks ago.

[Byebyebtc]

-Snip-

Xabi Alonso I always say is a good coach and it’s beginning to show what he can do but it’s too early to say they’re back to glory days, let’s give him and Chelsea some more time as they’re yet to face bigger challenges.

Chelsea doesn’t have players with big egos and so Xabi can manage them very well, we might get to see them contend for the title.

Chelsea are still not up to par, it's just too early to say this,

It might be to early, but they do have lots of potential for that the be honest, Chelsea present performance is encouraging enough to make this assumptions. But I do want to see them face bigger teams and let me see how results will be.

Martinez being a significant contributor to the good performance of Chelsea now is injured, and James is also injured as well, I hope this will not affect their performance in upcoming matches

[Nwadiche]

Everton and Chelsea was a difficult play, while Chelsea might have had all 3 points in this game, it wasn’t an easy win and Chelsea were a little lucky to have gotten away with a win here, regardless of them scoring 2 goals.

I disagree with you by saying Chelsea won the match against Everton by luck, you must be a rival fans to Chelsea according to you statement, and if you're not a football fans maybe you just check the result before you made your post. If you truly watched that match there's no way you said Chelsea won the match be luck, the first half of the match was so tough that Everton almost scored 2 goals in first half but Emi Martinez denied them of scoring those goals whichthe first half ended 0-0. What really weak Everton was goal Pedro Neto in 46 minutes which Chelsea took the advantage to attack more and still scored them again, Everton played very well in first half but Chelsea performance was what led to their winning.

[Dreadboost]

Chelsea winning their next game doesn't mean they'd be in 3rd position, that's not how it works. If the 3rd positioned team doesn't drop point, then Chelsea probably won't be.

Although, I agree that there has been a notable improvement, and that's due to the fact that there is a solid CM now—I'm talking about the Henderson Caicedo duo—they have improved the teams overall performance so far. It's such a massive sigh of relief to have Caicedo back.

Everton is a difficult team to break down. How Chelsea was able to beat them easily was a mystery to him. I bet this is not the result he was expecting from Everton.

At Everton home last season, Everton defeated Chelsea by 3 goals. Chelsea couldn't score a single goal. His stance is not coming from a place of hate. It is coming from a place of not accepting the fact that Chelsea has improved under Xabi Alonso.

Alonso has managed to fix the problem in Chelsea's defense. It was their first clean sheet of the season against Everton. Still surprising, though.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Apart from that is anyone here betting on MU sv leeds? It sounds hard game to make some bucks. I think MU will take it hard game to win. They had disastrous performance in the last games, but i think some changes will be made in the upcoming game.

2.90 seems good to go, but their pressing is comical to watch, and they have to put more effort to ensure Leeds backline feel panics, then it will give them chance to score.

However, i can't lie Leeds is having higher winning percentage than them at this game.

Initially I wanted to consider this match to be a bet but seeing the inconsistency that Manchester United had I did not enter it into the parlay that I did and I am grateful for it

They went back to their usual passive mode and a draw in this match is certainly not a good thing for Carrick.
Their players seem to be losing momentum because if you look in terms of performance in this match only Amad who worked hard in their midfield.

Their midfield is poor, the Coordination of each line is also not going well even though their defenders play quite solid but when the midfield and attack they are passive and can not do much Manchester United just like a mediocre club that continues to be pounded Leeds in this match.
1 point is good enough for Manchester United with their current condition.

[Oluwa-btc]

Everton is a difficult team to break down. How Chelsea was able to beat them easily was a mystery to him. I bet this is not the result he was expecting from Everton.

At Everton home last season, Everton defeated Chelsea by 3 goals. Chelsea couldn't score a single goal. His stance is not coming from a place of hate. It is coming from a place of not accepting the fact that Chelsea has improved under Xabi Alonso.

Alonso has managed to fix the problem in Chelsea's defense. It was their first clean sheet of the season against Everton. Still surprising, though.

They are without doubts one of the best defensive side to go against in the Premier League Competition, but Chelsea scored two goals and kept a clean sheet against them.

Well, somethings are no more the same we can have a shared agreement on that. The win now is irrelevant, they will have to focus fully onto the next fixture if they can repeat the same against Tottenham Hotspur at home. I love whatever Xabi Alonso is building most especially the player culture. This should have been the ideas for Real Madrid but it didn't happen.

Has he really? Don't jump into conclusions, all I saw was the return of Caicedo. Can the defenders be consistent?

[Altryist]

Initially I wanted to consider this match to be a bet but seeing the inconsistency that Manchester United had I did not enter it into the parlay that I did and I am grateful for it

They went back to their usual passive mode and a draw in this match is certainly not a good thing for Carrick.
Their players seem to be losing momentum because if you look in terms of performance in this match only Amad who worked hard in their midfield.

Their midfield is poor, the Coordination of each line is also not going well even though their defenders play quite solid but when the midfield and attack they are passive and can not do much Manchester United just like a mediocre club that continues to be pounded Leeds in this match.
1 point is good enough for Manchester United with their current condition.

I’d say this result was more than expected for me, I actually thought this match could end in a draw. Leeds aren’t strong enough to beat Manchester United, but Manchester United themselves are hardly capable of anything more than a draw at the moment. So of course, it’s disappointing to watch Manchester United play like this, but it was predictable.

By the way, I’m expecting Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest today and score at least two goals.

[yudi09]

I’d say this result was more than expected for me, I actually thought this match could end in a draw. Leeds aren’t strong enough to beat Manchester United, but Manchester United themselves are hardly capable of anything more than a draw at the moment. So of course, it’s disappointing to watch Manchester United play like this, but it was predictable.

A draw might be a fair result for Manchester United given their current situation; a win has become almost impossible for them to achieve.
From the opening kickoff, the match has been tightly contested, though Manchester United took an early lead through Mbeumo.
Strangely enough, Cunha—who has been their best player—is sitting on the bench. It seems as though this team has no motivation other than enjoying their hefty weekly paychecks.

By the way, I’m expecting Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest today and score at least two goals.

This could very well happen. Thirty minutes into the match, Arsenal is dominating and pinning Nottingham back in their own half.

[Nwadiche]

Initially I wanted to consider this match to be a bet but seeing the inconsistency that Manchester United had I did not enter it into the parlay that I did and I am grateful for it

They went back to their usual passive mode and a draw in this match is certainly not a good thing for Carrick.
Their players seem to be losing momentum because if you look in terms of performance in this match only Amad who worked hard in their midfield.

Their midfield is poor, the Coordination of each line is also not going well even though their defenders play quite solid but when the midfield and attack they are passive and can not do much Manchester United just like a mediocre club that continues to be pounded Leeds in this match.
1 point is good enough for Manchester United with their current condition.

I’d say this result was more than expected for me, I actually thought this match could end in a draw. Leeds aren’t strong enough to beat Manchester United, but Manchester United themselves are hardly capable of anything more than a draw at the moment. So of course, it’s disappointing to watch Manchester United play like this, but it was predictable.

By the way, I’m expecting Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest today and score at least two goals.

I still don't understand what's wrong with Manchester United seriously, i wonder how a like Manchester United will play their 7th match and failed to win. At of 7th matches they managed to win one whis Ipswich Town since then they're yet to secure 3 points, after losing to Manchester city they keep drawing home snd away matches. If this continue Carrick might lose his job before second legs, because is getting worst now.

Nottingham forest is among the stubborn clubs in England, this will be tough match for and Arsenal can't score more than 2 goals on this match.

[Jerrycrypto2024]

Initially I wanted to consider this match to be a bet but seeing the inconsistency that Manchester United had I did not enter it into the parlay that I did and I am grateful for it

They went back to their usual passive mode and a draw in this match is certainly not a good thing for Carrick.
Their players seem to be losing momentum because if you look in terms of performance in this match only Amad who worked hard in their midfield.

Their midfield is poor, the Coordination of each line is also not going well even though their defenders play quite solid but when the midfield and attack they are passive and can not do much Manchester United just like a mediocre club that continues to be pounded Leeds in this match.
1 point is good enough for Manchester United with their current condition.

I’d say this result was more than expected for me, I actually thought this match could end in a draw. Leeds aren’t strong enough to beat Manchester United, but Manchester United themselves are hardly capable of anything more than a draw at the moment. So of course, it’s disappointing to watch Manchester United play like this, but it was predictable.

By the way, I’m expecting Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest today and score at least two goals.

Yea I will agree with you that arsenal may win their match but not an easy task the first half is really hard on both team to get a goal but arsenal may be opportune to take the wining by second half if they failed to score in the first half, man united having a goal at the 34th minutes of the first half could not see advantage of pushing for second goal at the first where Leeds equalize and ended the match draw since they can't secure the full points it's just a a shift of one point that have nothing much on the previous position Man united need work hard this season to move away from that very position on the  table.

[Decimetre]

I’d say this result was more than expected for me, I actually thought this match could end in a draw. Leeds aren’t strong enough to beat Manchester United, but Manchester United themselves are hardly capable of anything more than a draw at the moment. So of course, it’s disappointing to watch Manchester United play like this, but it was predictable.

A draw might be a fair result for Manchester United given their current situation; a win has become almost impossible for them to achieve.
From the opening kickoff, the match has been tightly contested, though Manchester United took an early lead through Mbeumo.
Strangely enough, Cunha—who has been their best player—is sitting on the bench. It seems as though this team has no motivation other than enjoying their hefty weekly paychecks.

By the way, I’m expecting Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest today and score at least two goals.

This could very well happen. Thirty minutes into the match, Arsenal is dominating and pinning Nottingham back in their own half.

Manchester united is no longer a team to trust for any good result. This game started out and the signs were there that it's going to end in draw. Michael Carrick seems to be confused already and helpless. His reaction when Mbuemo scored was like he never expected anything good from his team. Watching the game, I saw the goal as an invitation to more attacks from the opposition and that became the reality. Leeds dominated the second half and pressing for a win while Manchester united players were good with securing a draw.

I see more evils coming to Manchester united, their next game against Como is going to be fun because Como is a very better side than this Manchester united and it may end worse than the ATM game. Michael Carrick is gradually inviting a sack if he doesn't put things in order by every possible means.