⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[skarais]

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This season Nottingham is developing very well. They will play at home and of course, will give their best. Although Liverpool will be more favored, I still believe Nottingham will give a fight that might surprise Liverpool, like they did when they faced Liverpool last time. If Nottingham can beat Liverpool, then they have done an extraordinary achievement. Not to exaggerate, but now they are in competition with Arsenal, of course, even if it is a draw, it will mean a lot to them.

You're right about Nottingham, but they are not favorites at home when they host Liverpool. Nottingham is not a superior team that can always be relied on every match, but they are a seasonal team whose performance is often chaotic. This season they were good in the first half, but there is no guarantee they can maintain it until the second half or until the end of the season.

Liverpool has almost 60% probability of winning compared to Nottingham. I am not underestimating Nottingham in the slightest, but Nottingham is a team that will probably receive its first defeat after 7 consecutive wins. Liverpool are better in terms of squad depth and I think they will be able to win the match even though it is difficult. However, Liverpool's defeat might be expected to make the title competition more interesting every week.

[AprilioMP]

This season Nottingham is developing very well. They will play at home and of course, will give their best. Although Liverpool will be more favored, I still believe Nottingham will give a fight that might surprise Liverpool, like they did when they faced Liverpool last time. If Nottingham can beat Liverpool, then they have done an extraordinary achievement. Not to exaggerate, but now they are in competition with Arsenal, of course, even if it is a draw, it will mean a lot to them.

You're right about Nottingham, but they are not favorites at home when they host Liverpool. Nottingham is not a superior team that can always be relied on every match, but they are a seasonal team whose performance is often chaotic. This season they were good in the first half, but there is no guarantee they can maintain it until the second half or until the end of the season.

Nottingham Forest are not the favorites in the match against Liverpool, but as long as the line up that Nuno often uses with Nottingham Forest's main players are intact without being absent due to injury or accumulation of cards, I think Nottingham Forest can make a surprise in the match against Liverpool.
A draw would be the most likely result. Apart from Nottingham Forest's impressive performance this season, if this really happens then the competition to maintain the chance of winning the title at the end of the season will be tough.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Feeling quite nervous about the Liverpool game tomorrow to be honest. We have lost one game in the league all season and it was to them. I think we underestimated them that day and it was our undoing in a 1-0 loss. Let’s be honest, we are better than them all over the pitch. Player for player we are better than them in every position. Football doesn’t always work like that though and they’re having an unbelievable season.

I really want to see a season defining win tomorrow by Liverpool, a real statement victory. We need to go there, assert our dominance and come home with the 3 points. I’ve been reading a Nottingham Forest fans forum, they seem very confident that they’ll beat us. We have a fully fit squad right now apart from Joe Gomez. I want to see us go there and batter them. Come on Liverpool!

[len01]

No Premier League games this weekend and we'll have to wait till Tue for another round. To me, the most interesting game of the matchday 21 is Nottm Forest Vs Liverpool.
The odds for that game are:

Nottm Forest: x4.50
Draw: x4.00
Liverpool: x1.70

This looks about right, but maybe Nottm Forest are underestimated a bit. They are on 6 wins streak, while Liverpool lost the 1 leg semi-final against Tottenham and split points at home with troubled Man United.
What's a bit strange is that both teams tend to perform slightly better in away games than at home (the difference is negligible though).

If we look deeper into the match, it will definitely be a little difficult to predict the outcome of the match.
If we look at the odds given by the bookies, we must think about the victory that Liverpool will get. However, if we look at the performance of both teams lately, both teams really have the best performance.
On the one hand, Liverpool is favored but playing away and of course Nottingham also has a great chance of getting a win at home.
If you choose Liverpool's victory, it seems less convincing because Nottingham can hold the match to a draw and Liverpool will also not lose.
So I will probably choose a double chance of a draw or Nottingham with odds @2.2.9

[tusandii]

This season Nottingham is developing very well. They will play at home and of course, will give their best. Although Liverpool will be more favored, I still believe Nottingham will give a fight that might surprise Liverpool, like they did when they faced Liverpool last time. If Nottingham can beat Liverpool, then they have done an extraordinary achievement. Not to exaggerate, but now they are in competition with Arsenal, of course, even if it is a draw, it will mean a lot to them.

This match will certainly be very crucial for Liverpool because Nottingham Forest might make it difficult for them, especially playing at home is an advantage for Nottingham Forest, but I don't think Liverpool will lose for the second time this season, I think it is likely that they will draw so that Liverpool can at least still get 1 point to continue to maintain their advantage, yes, even if they lose they will still be at the top of the standings but the worst possibility is that Nottingham Forest will try to catch up with Liverpool and try to put pressure on them.

[Palakka]

So far Liverpool are in a very strong position to win the trophy this season, with a 6 point advantage and also 1 game postponed from second place of course they are strong candidates as the favourite team, especially since they are still showing consistent and solid performance  when facing big teams and crucial matches, but as we knew, the EPL is a league that is more competitive than other leagues in Europe,  even when a team that is far ahead in the mid of the season but still can fail to win the trophy at the end season.

As long as they are able to maintain and to be consistent in every match, then they will be able to win this trophy. If you look at how they have performed so far, they should be able to do it. The next match might be a bit tight because it is against Nottm Forest who is also in such good form. However, Liverpool is also in a pretty good position so this will be an exciting match.

I think so too, but we also can't deny that the English league is the most competitive league in Europe, so they are a little careless of course the championship trophy can belong to another team at the end of this season, although Liverpool can currently end the half of the season as champions but the long league journey allows anything to happen, especially if Liverpool fails to maintain their consistency and performance in the second half of the season later.

The match will be a very crucial match and looking at the current condition of the two teams, of course it is difficult for us to predict who will win, but regardless, I hope that the match between Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool today can be an interesting and tight from the beginning until the end of the match.

[hahay]

This season Nottingham is developing very well. They will play at home and of course, will give their best. Although Liverpool will be more favored, I still believe Nottingham will give a fight that might surprise Liverpool, like they did when they faced Liverpool last time. If Nottingham can beat Liverpool, then they have done an extraordinary achievement. Not to exaggerate, but now they are in competition with Arsenal, of course, even if it is a draw, it will mean a lot to them.

This match will certainly be very crucial for Liverpool because Nottingham Forest might make it difficult for them, especially playing at home is an advantage for Nottingham Forest, but I don't think Liverpool will lose for the second time this season, I think it is likely that they will draw so that Liverpool can at least still get 1 point to continue to maintain their advantage, yes, even if they lose they will still be at the top of the standings but the worst possibility is that Nottingham Forest will try to catch up with Liverpool and try to put pressure on them.

Liverpool and Nottingham are the best teams in the Premier League this season, and also their coaches who have both received awards for best coaches so far this season. Thus, the match between Nottingham vs Liverpool is certainly an interesting match and a rare or different color or competition this season, because usually big matches occur for matches between top teams vs top teams, but at this moment the big match that occurs will  be a match between the dark horse team against the top team in the Premier League. Moreover, Nottingham managed to give Liverpool a defeat this season, which makes their second match or second meeting this season very interesting because they are still competing to get the best position and maintain the top position.

[Altryist]

Nottingham Forest are not the favorites in the match against Liverpool, but as long as the line up that Nuno often uses with Nottingham Forest's main players are intact without being absent due to injury or accumulation of cards, I think Nottingham Forest can make a surprise in the match against Liverpool.
A draw would be the most likely result. Apart from Nottingham Forest's impressive performance this season, if this really happens then the competition to maintain the chance of winning the title at the end of the season will be tough.

It will all depend on how ambitious Nottingham are, if they want to compete with Liverpool for the top spot they will play to get 3 points, but I am inclined to think that Nottingham will play this game from the back, as it often happens in matches involving Liverpool. Liverpool are the favourites and they will try to control the game, but the last matches against Manchester United and Tottenham showed that they can't lose points either, maybe these matches will change something for them.

[asriloni]

No Premier League games this weekend and we'll have to wait till Tue for another round. To me, the most interesting game of the matchday 21 is Nottm Forest Vs Liverpool.
The odds for that game are:

Nottm Forest: x4.50
Draw: x4.00
Liverpool: x1.70

This looks about right, but maybe Nottm Forest are underestimated a bit. They are on 6 wins streak, while Liverpool lost the 1 leg semi-final against Tottenham and split points at home with troubled Man United.
What's a bit strange is that both teams tend to perform slightly better in away games than at home (the difference is negligible though).

Liverpool football team has more chances of win but this doesn't mean Nottingham Forest football team could not win this match.Nottingham Forest football team played very well in last matches and they won last 5 matches which is excellent performance by that team. I think that match will be interesting for the fans because both teams will give hundred percent to win this match and we will get good match .But Liverpool defender is unfit which will be big loss for that team and that player name is Gomez and Núñez is suspended in this match and these points are in the favour of Nottingham Forest team but we want good match . Nottingham Forest also one player is injured but it will not as impact as the injured players of Liverpool will impact on the result of match.

It's more than 1.6 for Liverpool, which is considerably big. Yeah they have greater chance to win, but possible to get draw. I'm favoring Liverpool, but they have to fine Forest's weakness.

In fact, Forest is as strong as Liverpool. They may have less goals scored than Liverpool, but have same goal conceded. It means Nottingham forest is also having solid defense, which may be threatening Liverpool's chance to win. The home game is also boosting Nottingham's mentality. Nuno is probably preparing a surprise.

I'm feeling they will share point in this game.

[Slow death]

Feeling quite nervous about the Liverpool game tomorrow to be honest. We have lost one game in the league all season and it was to them. I think we underestimated them that day and it was our undoing in a 1-0 loss. Let’s be honest, we are better than them all over the pitch. Player for player we are better than them in every position. Football doesn’t always work like that though and they’re having an unbelievable season.

I really want to see a season defining win tomorrow by Liverpool, a real statement victory. We need to go there, assert our dominance and come home with the 3 points. I’ve been reading a Nottingham Forest fans forum, they seem very confident that they’ll beat us. We have a fully fit squad right now apart from Joe Gomez. I want to see us go there and batter them. Come on Liverpool!

I'm also rooting for Liverpool to win, as a Liverpool fan I even bet on them to win. But now that I'm seeing the formation that the Liverpool coach will use, it's making me a little worried because he put Luiz Diaz in a position that in my opinion is not very well explored by him, the one who should be in that position should be Cody Gakpo and Luiz Diaz should be in the position that Cody Gakpo is currently occupying, but I'm not the Liverpool coach and I believe that the Liverpool coach knows what he's doing.

[pawel7777]

I sense that many betting coupons got spoiled today. 4 games, 3 draws, with clear favourites splitting points with underdogs.
Fairly good performance by Man City, but it must've been frustrating to go from 2-0 to 2-2 in the very last minutes of the game. Still, I don't think they should be too ashamed.

Nottm Forest got their 7-win streak broken by Liverpool. I'm not very surprised by the result and expected a draw. Liverpool was clearly dominating, but Forest's style is efficiency not dominance, so nothing new here.

Arsenal now have a good chance to jump back in the 2nd place and close the distance to Liverpool, all they have to do is to win with Tottenham tomorrow, but it might not be easy.

[KingsDen]

I sense that many betting coupons got spoiled today. 4 games, 3 draws, with clear favourites splitting points with underdogs.
Fairly good performance by Man City, but it must've been frustrating to go from 2-0 to 2-2 in the very last minutes of the game. Still, I don't think they should be too ashamed.

Nottm Forest got their 7-win streak broken by Liverpool. I'm not very surprised by the result and expected a draw. Liverpool was clearly dominating, but Forest's style is efficiency not dominance, so nothing new here.

Arsenal now have a good chance to jump back in the 2nd place and close the distance to Liverpool, all they have to do is to win with Tottenham tomorrow, but it might not be easy.

I don't know if Nottingham forest is to be known as underdogs this season or not. I say this because seeing them in the second position is not what I expected, but they have surprised me. They have been having a winning streak and surprisingly they didn't lose to the most favourable title contenders - Liverpool.

It is obvious that nothing will shiver Nottingham Forest as long as this season is concerned. They have gained their full confidence, since Liverpool is unable to beat them today, I don't think that anyone can do that, that is there mindset now and it is positive enough to keep them going.

[Woodie]

Looking at how City played last night, I really don't think we can put all the blame on Pep which is so unfair right now especially after speculation of his marital status surfaced online...
And analyzing the game well the Citizens could have never thrown away a 2 goal lead with 10 minutes to go, but whatever happened last night is on the players..though credit should go to Brentford for their belief to get something out of the game because they never gave up and really put pressure on City and got 2 goals back to steal a point.

Well played Brentford.

[rachael9385]

No Premier League games this weekend and we'll have to wait till Tue for another round. To me, the most interesting game of the matchday 21 is Nottm Forest Vs Liverpool.
The odds for that game are:

Nottm Forest: x4.50
Draw: x4.00
Liverpool: x1.70

This looks about right, but maybe Nottm Forest are underestimated a bit. They are on 6 wins streak, while Liverpool lost the 1 leg semi-final against Tottenham and split points at home with troubled Man United.
What's a bit strange is that both teams tend to perform slightly better in away games than at home (the difference is negligible though).

Liverpool football team has more chances of win but this doesn't mean Nottingham Forest football team could not win this match.Nottingham Forest football team played very well in last matches and they won last 5 matches which is excellent performance by that team. I think that match will be interesting for the fans because both teams will give hundred percent to win this match and we will get good match .But Liverpool defender is unfit which will be big loss for that team and that player name is Gomez and Núñez is suspended in this match and these points are in the favour of Nottingham Forest team but we want good match . Nottingham Forest also one player is injured but it will not as impact as the injured players of Liverpool will impact on the result of match.

It's more than 1.6 for Liverpool, which is considerably big. Yeah they have greater chance to win, but possible to get draw. I'm favoring Liverpool, but they have to fine Forest's weakness.

In fact, Forest is as strong as Liverpool. They may have less goals scored than Liverpool, but have same goal conceded. It means Nottingham forest is also having solid defense, which may be threatening Liverpool's chance to win. The home game is also boosting Nottingham's mentality. Nuno is probably preparing a surprise.

I'm feeling they will share point in this game.

I knew it was going to be a tight game for Liverpool yesterday considering the fact that Nottingham forest are also fighting to be at the top this season, your speculations about the game were on point, Liverpool struggled to deliver because Nottingham team is also as good as they are.forest played from home and this made them more active, I'm actually impressed with their performance because I have not seen them perform like this in the previous seasons. This is why in sports betting odds can be misleading some gamblers would think that Liverpool can easily win because of the odds given to them, the sportsbook know what they are doing, it's all a way to trap you. When selecting tight games like this go for the over market.

[MArsland]

This season Nottingham is developing very well. They will play at home and of course, will give their best. Although Liverpool will be more favored, I still believe Nottingham will give a fight that might surprise Liverpool, like they did when they faced Liverpool last time. If Nottingham can beat Liverpool, then they have done an extraordinary achievement. Not to exaggerate, but now they are in competition with Arsenal, of course, even if it is a draw, it will mean a lot to them.

Today's match results were very surprising, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea were held to a draw and failed to bring home 3 points. In my opinion, all the opponents they faced gave an extraordinary game. Nottingham Forest opened with the first goal in the first half, a season where Nottingham has not been able to make them bow their knees even though they played at their opponent's home, they seemed to know how to stop Liverpool movement. But strangely on the other side Manchester City who were already 2 goals ahead had to be held back by 2 goals in reply in crucial minutes. This is a strong reason for how inconsistent Manchester City is after the last 2 matches with wins and returning to their bad performance.

[asriloni]

No Premier League games this weekend and we'll have to wait till Tue for another round. To me, the most interesting game of the matchday 21 is Nottm Forest Vs Liverpool.
The odds for that game are:

Nottm Forest: x4.50
Draw: x4.00
Liverpool: x1.70

This looks about right, but maybe Nottm Forest are underestimated a bit. They are on 6 wins streak, while Liverpool lost the 1 leg semi-final against Tottenham and split points at home with troubled Man United.
What's a bit strange is that both teams tend to perform slightly better in away games than at home (the difference is negligible though).

Liverpool football team has more chances of win but this doesn't mean Nottingham Forest football team could not win this match.Nottingham Forest football team played very well in last matches and they won last 5 matches which is excellent performance by that team. I think that match will be interesting for the fans because both teams will give hundred percent to win this match and we will get good match .But Liverpool defender is unfit which will be big loss for that team and that player name is Gomez and Núñez is suspended in this match and these points are in the favour of Nottingham Forest team but we want good match . Nottingham Forest also one player is injured but it will not as impact as the injured players of Liverpool will impact on the result of match.

It's more than 1.6 for Liverpool, which is considerably big. Yeah they have greater chance to win, but possible to get draw. I'm favoring Liverpool, but they have to fine Forest's weakness.

In fact, Forest is as strong as Liverpool. They may have less goals scored than Liverpool, but have same goal conceded. It means Nottingham forest is also having solid defense, which may be threatening Liverpool's chance to win. The home game is also boosting Nottingham's mentality. Nuno is probably preparing a surprise.

I'm feeling they will share point in this game.

I knew it was going to be a tight game for Liverpool yesterday considering the fact that Nottingham forest are also fighting to be at the top this season, your speculations about the game were on point, Liverpool struggled to deliver because Nottingham team is also as good as they are.forest played from home and this made them more active, I'm actually impressed with their performance because I have not seen them perform like this in the previous seasons. This is why in sports betting odds can be misleading some gamblers would think that Liverpool can easily win because of the odds given to them, the sportsbook know what they are doing, it's all a way to trap you. When selecting tight games like this go for the over market.

Agreed. I was hoping Liverpool to won it, but the odds prevented me. An away game with the odds more than 1,5 ++ is always doubting me to pick it. Liverpool is at the top position, and if they could easily win the game, the odds should be under 1.5.

Lucky me i was avoiding it, and took alternative bet. This kind of game is always hard to predict. This is because Nottingham forest can't be underestimated at this moment.

As Liverpool is competing for the trophy, and getting draw is a big disappointment.

[Lida93]

Looking at how City played last night, I really don't think we can put all the blame on Pep which is so unfair right now especially after speculation of his marital status surfaced online...
And analyzing the game well the Citizens could have never thrown away a 2 goal lead with 10 minutes to go, but whatever happened last night is on the players..though credit should go to Brentford for their belief to get something out of the game because they never gave up and really put pressure on City and got 2 goals back to steal a point.

Well played Brentford.

Manchester city players were playing a very good game last night not until Pep Guardiola had to make the substitutions that shifted the game away from City's side. Before the subs that brought in Gundogan and McAtee  Manchester city were already leading with 2 goals dominating the game but immediately Pep made those changes Brentford got an upper hand equalising the scores within the next 10 minutes to the end of the game.

So I think Pep partly needs blamed here for making substitutions that were unnecessary at a moment when the game was already about to end in their favour. And by stats the two subs had a poor show compared to Covacic and Foden that were taken off the field in their stead. There are games a coach get to spoil by making wrong changes and this game was just one of many I have seen. On the part of Brentford, I applaud their resilience to getting a point in the game, we don't get to see such upset regularly from an underdog side

[HajiBagi]

I sense that many betting coupons got spoiled today. 4 games, 3 draws, with clear favourites splitting points with underdogs.
Fairly good performance by Man City, but it must've been frustrating to go from 2-0 to 2-2 in the very last minutes of the game. Still, I don't think they should be too ashamed.

Nottm Forest got their 7-win streak broken by Liverpool. I'm not very surprised by the result and expected a draw. Liverpool was clearly dominating, but Forest's style is efficiency not dominance, so nothing new here.

Arsenal now have a good chance to jump back in the 2nd place and close the distance to Liverpool, all they have to do is to win with Tottenham tomorrow, but it might not be easy.

Yesterday's match results were not good at all and no one will tell me that what he expected from yesterday's matches is what he saw after the match, All the small teams dominated the big teams yesterday, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea were dominated by Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Brentford, these small team's played well yesterday, although I was not surprised about Liverpool ending the match draw because I know that Nottingham Forest will not allow Liverpool to win the match because Nottingham Forest is very good this season and they have defeated many big teams as well.

The surprise game yesterday was the game of Chelsea vs Bournemouth and Manchester City vs Brentford, I expect Chelsea and Manchester City to win the match because Chelsea and Manchester City are better than their opponent, if Newcastle wins their today game Chelsea will no longer be at top 4 in the League table again, I remember when Enzo Maresca said that they are not title contenders I think he knows that Chelsea players are not serious that is why he said that.

[GiftedMAN]

Looking at how City played last night, I really don't think we can put all the blame on Pep which is so unfair right now especially after speculation of his marital status surfaced online...
And analyzing the game well the Citizens could have never thrown away a 2 goal lead with 10 minutes to go, but whatever happened last night is on the players..though credit should go to Brentford for their belief to get something out of the game because they never gave up and really put pressure on City and got 2 goals back to steal a point.

Well played Brentford.

I think it is the responsibility of the team to produce a good result at all times despite what is happening in the team, Manchester City find the match a bit difficult right from the beginning because seeing how they went from 0:0 in the first half until P. Foden saw the back of the net twice in the 66 minutes and 78 minutes shows that they struggled in the game. Concerning how they couldn't defend the two goals, I think the problem is not really about what is happening to their coach Pep Guardiola and his personal issues but to the team who has been struggling lately in their performance. I blame Pep Guardiola for not making the right changes when they were leading 0:2 because losing 2 goals for them means losing the game because they had just 10 minutes to defend and the 3 points would be their own but they let it go just like that. Kudos to the Brentford team for being relentless in their performance they deserved the goals and the come back shows how much effort they put into the game, all the blame should goal to the players for not saving Pep Guardiola in this difficult time because a win for the team would have calmed him a little bit.

[AprilioMP]

Manchester City balanced. Chelsea draw. Liverpool draw. Incredible Premier League. Surely many have lost money. LOL

Now we review. Manchester City has 70% win because the score is 0-2. In fact Brentford equated a score of two goals in 10 minutes.
Chelsea won but Bournemouth was able to turn things around to 1-2. Finally the final minute drama made a draw.
How about Liverpool? Describe yourself. Crazy.