⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Hanadawa]

I believe Nottingham Forest and Newcastle will pick the 3rd and 4th position respectively, no body would have believe that Nottingham Forest will maintain their good form till this time and they are improving all day, same thing to Newcastle this team is filled with young talented players, Manchester City and Chelsea has not been consistent this season so finishing the top will be difficult for them considering the form Nottingham Forest and Newcastle possess.
I will like to watch Nottingham Forest play in the UEFA Champions league next season.

If you look at the position in the standings I think Nottingham Forest's current position is still not safe because their position can be shifted by Chelsea or Aston Villa. I also want to see Nottingham Forest play in the UCL but realistically this is still very difficult to realize. With the young squad they have, no one actually predicted Nottingham Forest would be in their current position. And every match is not an easy match for them because they still have the possibility of losing. The two consecutive defeats they got have made their points only 3 points ahead of Chelsea and Aston Villa. This week they will play against Tottenham. They should be able to win that match because Tottenham is not a good team this season. But as I said they have to be careful because last week they even lost to Everton who are in a position far below them.

[AprilioMP]

Newcastle, Nottingham, City, Chelsea all are still having a big fifth on those UCL places and only one of them will be out this season. Newcastle managed to get to third place after Nottingham had two weeks in a row losing, but Nottingham is still close.

Right now Newcastle has 59 points, Nottingham has 57 points, Manchester City has 55 points, and Chelsea has 54 points. It would be very difficult for Newcastle to get out at this point, there are five points gap between them and the one below it, but after that it is not going to be something bigger. City and Chelsea, those two has the biggest chance to not be in the top five this season, Chelsea already is at sixth, and unless they change something, they will finish there.

Newcastle will also continue their positive trend today against Aston Villa. The draw is closest to the reality against Aston Villa later according to my analysis.
If indeed later Newcastle is unable to beat Aston Villa and is only able to get 1 point, then an additional 1 point will be very meaningful for Newcastle. 59 points at this time plus 1 point if they get against Villa, it will be 60 and 60 points will be the same as the acquisition of Nottingham points if Nottingham can beat Tottenham.

If Newcastle loses, it will not affect the victory of Manchester City and Chelsea.

[Moreno233]

City and Chelsea, those two has the biggest chance to not be in the top five this season, Chelsea already is at sixth, and unless they change something, they will finish there.

I think one of them might actually make it top to five and as much as I hate to admit it, that might be City. Chelsea has so much disappointedly suffered their chances of making top 5 with their current performance. Top four seems more like a consolation for us, after falling off frim the league title race, but  not that seems like something too far for us to achieve.

Since this season started, Chelsea has been like a chameleon and I cannot actually say when they are inform and when they are not. Unlike Manchester City when they totally lost form, everyone saw it and they gradually they came back to their good form even if not as good as last season but we saw the clear difference. But Chelsea will claim to be in good form and yet they will be so inconsistent and disappointing in their performance. I do not think they have a chance. I will always predict City ahead of Chelsea this season.
Don't forget,
Nottingham Forest,
Newcastle United and
Aston Villa.

You are correct about Chelsea this season as they have remained the most inconsistent team in the premiership this season. There was a time there were so strong that I almost believed they were going to chase Arsenal and Liverpool in contesting for the league title this season. Before we knew it, they fell off so miserable to the point that we are now doubtful of their chances of qualifying for the champions league next season.  You are also right that Manchester City have a better chance than Chelsea as it stands now and the next few matches remaining will confirm that.

[Woodie]

I know for a fact that Everton enjoys playing for the draw , and seeing Manchester City failing to break down these guys tells you all you want and that they can't win this game especially because they lack that creativity.

Btw how is it that Manchester City have over 60% of ball possession, from what am seeing... Everton has been the better team, created more chances Infront of goal and looked more like the dangerous side...but not expecting to see goals here, let me change to another game, this is so f*** boring.

[shinratensei_]

I know for a fact that Everton enjoys playing for the draw , and seeing Manchester City failing to break down these guys tells you all you want and that they can't win this game especially because they lack that creativity.

Btw how is it that Manchester City have over 60% of ball possession, from what am seeing... Everton has been the better team, created more chances Infront of goal and looked more like the dangerous side...but not expecting to see goals here, let me change to another game, this is so f*** boring.

It's boring when watched City goalless and always pass the ball from the left to the right, then crossed it. Happy to see their young lad created the difference here. It is Nico who scored them for them now. They're leading the game, and have big chance to secure three points.
They're getting closer to the UCL.

[Adiljutt156]

Newcastle, Nottingham, City, Chelsea all are still having a big fifth on those UCL places and only one of them will be out this season. Newcastle managed to get to third place after Nottingham had two weeks in a row losing, but Nottingham is still close.

Right now Newcastle has 59 points, Nottingham has 57 points, Manchester City has 55 points, and Chelsea has 54 points. It would be very difficult for Newcastle to get out at this point, there are five points gap between them and the one below it, but after that it is not going to be something bigger. City and Chelsea, those two has the biggest chance to not be in the top five this season, Chelsea already is at sixth, and unless they change something, they will finish there.

Newcastle will also continue their positive trend today against Aston Villa. The draw is closest to the reality against Aston Villa later according to my analysis.
If indeed later Newcastle is unable to beat Aston Villa and is only able to get 1 point, then an additional 1 point will be very meaningful for Newcastle. 59 points at this time plus 1 point if they get against Villa, it will be 60 and 60 points will be the same as the acquisition of Nottingham points if Nottingham can beat Tottenham.

If Newcastle loses, it will not affect the victory of Manchester City and Chelsea.

Both teams have good sides as we know players of both teams are in good form. But injures of good players will impact on the performance of team . Many defenders of Newcastle United football team are injured and that is reason that team could face challenges in this match and Botmanis big loss for Newcastle United football team because he could play crutial role for the team but his absence will impact on team and we will see one sided match. Aston Villa head to head performance is not well but that team will win this match and due to injury of opponent team players .Head to head performance of Newcastle United football team is good and that team always try to win match but now they are not favorite for this match and match will be interesting.

[Woodie]

The forgotten hero Watkins makes it 1nil in the first minute  what's happening with this game...goals coming so early  Can hot scoring Newcastle respond with a goal of their own because I didn't expect goes coming in this early, especially from hosts Villa !!

Come on team Murphy & Isak show us what you made of, Villa can't be having all the fun alone when you have goals in you...

Inplay prediction Villa 1-2 Newcastle United.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Earlier today Manchester City got a 2-0 away win vs Everton.

I can't say the game was so entertaining.    The goals came really late. But Moyes' club resisted really well. I think Everton will be fighting for top 10 next season. Moyes can really turn this club back to its old times.

The forgotten hero Watkins makes it 1nil in the first minute  what's happening with this game...goals coming so early  Can hot scoring Newcastle respond with a goal of their own because I didn't expect goes coming in this early, especially from hosts Villa !!

Come on team Murphy & Isak show us what you made of, Villa can't be having all the fun alone when you have goals in you...

Inplay prediction Villa 1-2 Newcastle United.

The game is so much fun already yeah.    It is 1-1 for now but I can feel there are more goals to come... Both clubs are trying to secure a Champions League place and Newcastle look a few steps ahead of their competitor.

[JoyMarsha]

Right now Newcastle has 59 points, Nottingham has 57 points, Manchester City has 55 points, and Chelsea has 54 points. It would be very difficult for Newcastle to get out at this point, there are five points gap between them and the one below it, but after that it is not going to be something bigger. City and Chelsea, those two has the biggest chance to not be in the top five this season, Chelsea already is at sixth, and unless they change something, they will finish there.

From the standing of the Premier League table, the top spot is open for Chelsea and Manchester to occupy. I can even bet that they will occupy the 3rd to 6th spot of the table. The chances of them not fill in that space is slim with how they are currently performing. Manchester City have won their today's match, tomorrow Chelsea will wins theirs against Fulham, they will come top of the table at 5th spot.

[AirtelBuzz]

Newcastle will also continue their positive trend today against Aston Villa. The draw is closest to the reality against Aston Villa later according to my analysis.
If indeed later Newcastle is unable to beat Aston Villa and is only able to get 1 point, then an additional 1 point will be very meaningful for Newcastle. 59 points at this time plus 1 point if they get against Villa, it will be 60 and 60 points will be the same as the acquisition of Nottingham points if Nottingham can beat Tottenham.
If Newcastle loses, it will not affect the victory of Manchester City and Chelsea.

Maybe temporarily you are the opposite in this regard because Aston Villa was able to continue the positive trend against Newcastle Football Team today. You may want to ignore the Aston Villa football team but those who witnessed today's match might say out loud that Villa F.C. is gradually moving forward. I'm saying that this match between Aston Villa and Newcastle is very entertaining even the players are able to perform very sensationally.
Our absolute wish is for Aston Villa to earn all the points today and take third place, Wow, very interesting Villa F.C. team managed to score two more goals in just 2 minutes.

[Woodie]

If this Aston Villa - Newcastle game was some lower league match, I would have easily called this one a fixed match...but 4-1 for a team that has been dishing out these kind of scorelines not so long ago, this is BS gameplay from Newcastle to be honest, and am surprised that bookies had them as favourites of the game, but this scoreline isn't fitting for the calibre of Newcastle .

You know what, hope Villa can add another to make it 5

[WatChe]

Our absolute wish is for Aston Villa to earn all the points today and take third place, Wow, very interesting Villa F.C. team managed to score two more goals in just 2 minutes.

Aston Villa just three minutes away from moving to third place on EPL points table. Nottingham forest after working so hard throughout the season has lost the momentum at the very last stage of the season. After Aston Villa moved to third position, Nottingham forest will further slip down to 6th position and that will lessen there chances of qualifying for the champions leagues. With only few games left for each team, it's getting excited that who will be playing next Champions league season.

[uchegod-21]

City and Chelsea, those two has the biggest chance to not be in the top five this season, Chelsea already is at sixth, and unless they change something, they will finish there.

I think one of them might actually make it top to five and as much as I hate to admit it, that might be City. Chelsea has so much disappointedly suffered their chances of making top 5 with their current performance. Top four seems more like a consolation for us, after falling off frim the league title race, but  not that seems like something too far for us to achieve.

Since this season started, Chelsea has been like a chameleon and I cannot actually say when they are inform and when they are not. Unlike Manchester City when they totally lost form, everyone saw it and they gradually they came back to their good form even if not as good as last season but we saw the clear difference. But Chelsea will claim to be in good form and yet they will be so inconsistent and disappointing in their performance. I do not think they have a chance. I will always predict City ahead of Chelsea this season.
Don't forget,
Nottingham Forest,
Newcastle United and
Aston Villa.

You are correct about Chelsea this season as they have remained the most inconsistent team in the premiership this season. There was a time there were so strong that I almost believed they were going to chase Arsenal and Liverpool in contesting for the league title this season. Before we knew it, they fell off so miserable to the point that we are now doubtful of their chances of qualifying for the champions league next season.  You are also right that Manchester City have a better chance than Chelsea as it stands now and the next few matches remaining will confirm that.

The English football is something that is somehow unpredictable and it has a lot of surprise to give us every time. While a lot of people are still contemplating if Chelsea will qualify for the European competition next season, we have seen that Newcastle and Aston Villa is even taking up the challenge. Why we have thought that the battle between Newcastle and Aston Villa will be very fiance today, Aston Villa has proven us wrong by beating Newcastle with four goals to one. This is the same Newcastle that fired five goals last week, this is why I said that English Premier League is somehow complicated.

With the pressure of Aston Villa and the Newcastle coming to the top four, including the presence of Nottingham Forest it will be very difficult for Chelsea to break through again in the top four, maybe the top five could be an option which is still not sure for Chelsea because of their lackadaisical playing pattern this season.

[Issa56]

If this Aston Villa - Newcastle game was some lower league match, I would have easily called this one a fixed match...but 4-1 for a team that has been dishing out these kind of scorelines not so long ago, this is BS gameplay from Newcastle to be honest, and am surprised that bookies had them as favourites of the game, but this scoreline isn't fitting for the calibre of Newcastle .

You know what, hope Villa can add another to make it 5

My prediction was wrong in the match, I expected the match to be a win for Newcastle in the match, but they couldn’t get a win in the match, the funniest part is that they conceded 4 goals in the match, I never expected that, because I was thinking the game will be a difficult one, and I never expected so many goals in the match, but Aston villa humiliated Newcastle today.

Aston villa are currently in 6th position, and they are also fighting for the champions league slot, serious it’s just kind of difficult to predict the teams that will be qualifying for the champions league next season, I know Liverpool and Arsenal will be qualifying for the champions league, but body is sure about the remaining teams left.

[emrecemsan]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Looking at the current table, Chelsea have a really difficult job to do... After a bad series of point losses they have found themselves in 7th place. It doesn't very likely for them to qualify for the Champions League this season. Despite the 5th spot given to PL teams for the CL.



Yes, the spots aren't updated here on the PL website but you know it already.

[Amphenomenon]

The English football is something that is somehow unpredictable and it has a lot of surprise to give us every time. While a lot of people are still contemplating if Chelsea will qualify for the European competition next season, we have seen that Newcastle and Aston Villa is even taking up the challenge. Why we have thought that the battle between Newcastle and Aston Villa will be very fiance today, Aston Villa has proven us wrong by beating Newcastle with four goals to one. This is the same Newcastle that fired five goals last week, this is why I said that English Premier League is somehow complicated.

With the pressure of Aston Villa and the Newcastle coming to the top four, including the presence of Nottingham Forest it will be very difficult for Chelsea to break through again in the top four, maybe the top five could be an option which is still not sure for Chelsea because of their lackadaisical playing pattern this season.

The top four race is still open for all especially after Aston Villa trash Newcastle today's which was quite surprising with the score. Newcastle is just still inconsistent though I can say both team are quite equal but the goals were much.

Anyway, I rather still opt Chelsea at from the top four. Now we have Aston Villa, Man City and Newcastle on the race, Chelsea performance this year and their remaining fixtures till season head makes it even difficult to add them as top four contenders now.

[Agbe]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Looking at the current table, Chelsea have a really difficult job to do... After a bad series of point losses they have found themselves in 7th place. It doesn't very likely for them to qualify for the Champions League this season. Despite the 5th spot given to PL teams for the CL.



Yes, the spots aren't updated here on the PL website but you know it already.

It's getting more Clear that Chelsea is not going to be in the champions League next season looking at the table Chelsea is now in 7th place which is not what many Chelsea fans expected them to be at this point of the season, Aston Villa win against Newcastle has also put them in the champions League race let see which teams that are going to be qualifying for the champions League next season from the premier League but I don't see Chelsea as part of those teams

[l99l]

In the Manchester City-Everton match, Everton showed great resistance and it took City a long time to break this resistance.
City is recovering in these weeks with the victories they have received. If Manchester City had gotten three points, it was a difficult match and it was not an easy win for Manchester City.
Manchester City could only show their quality in the last minutes.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Yep, my prediction was ruined here, because I felt that this match would be a draw but in the end the situation became unexpected with a big victory from Aston Villa.

Honestly, I had doubts especially Aston Villa who was in a slightly tired condition after previously playing in the quarter-finals but it seems that their mentality is still very well maintained and the proof is that this match they did not show the slightest decline in quality.

Newcastle also actually played well, it's just that they couldn't take advantage of the momentum and their defense was a little tenuous especially since they were more inclined to area defense than man to man which made them a little confused when some of the movements without the ball of Aston Villa players were very fast.
This result makes Newcastle put the brakes on their dominance a little after a series of wins this week they had to end up losing points but still lucky because it didn't make them fall too far in terms of the standings although now there is a possibility that Nottingham Forrest could overtake them in terms of position.

[SOKO-DEKE]

If this Aston Villa - Newcastle game was some lower league match, I would have easily called this one a fixed match...but 4-1 for a team that has been dishing out these kind of scorelines not so long ago, this is BS gameplay from Newcastle to be honest, and am surprised that bookies had them as favourites of the game, but this scoreline isn't fitting for the calibre of Newcastle .

You know what, hope Villa can add another to make it 5

My prediction was wrong in the match, I expected the match to be a win for Newcastle in the match, but they couldn’t get a win in the match, the funniest part is that they conceded 4 goals in the match, I never expected that, because I was thinking the game will be a difficult one, and I never expected so many goals in the match, but Aston villa humiliated Newcastle today.

Aston villa are currently in 6th position, and they are also fighting for the champions league slot, serious it’s just kind of difficult to predict the teams that will be qualifying for the champions league next season, I know Liverpool and Arsenal will be qualifying for the champions league, but body is sure about the remaining teams left.

As for me, as far as I know, both teams are in good form. I know that both teams have a good chance to win the game, so my prediction was open to both teams. However, what I was really thinking is that maybe the game might end in a draw since both teams are doing well. What surprised me most in this game is the number of goals that Newcastle conceded. I never thought that Newcastle would concede up to four goals in today’s game. I was even thinking they would appear so strong, as they are already securing third place on the table.

Honestly, with the way teams are fighting for this slot to qualify for the Champions League, someone can’t really say which teams will qualify, except Liverpool and Arsenal. The remaining teams need to work harder before they can qualify for next season's Champions League. In fact, even Nottingham Forest, who I was thinking might qualify for next season's Champions League, may not make it if they are not lucky. With their current form, they could miss out because of the way Aston Villa is playing. They are aiming for the top four so they can qualify.