⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Marvell1]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

In the Premier League, these two teams have been performing a bit weakly and irregularly for the last few seasons. However, this season we have seen terrible performances from Manchester United and Tottenham in the Premier League. Manchester United is in 15th place in the points table and Tottenham is in 16th place in the table.

Although they are not playing well in the Premier League, both teams have performed strongly in the Europa League. And both teams have qualified for the final.
However, it is difficult to predict which team will win the Europa League title. Considering the performance of the head-to-head matches, Tottenham has to be put ahead. Tottenham is unbeaten in the last 5 matches against United and has won four matches. However, Manchester United's overall condition is also quite good now.

[Velvet78]

While infact, Arsenal have not managed to advance to the UCL final this season, Arteta has once again failed to bring his club to lift the trophy, for the umpteenth time. Arsenal Lost to PSg with aggregate 3 - 1.

Arsenal are just being themselves. Giving their fans a silver lining in a tournament and failing them again and again... 

I don't know what's going wrong with them when they get close to a trophy honestly. The same thing happens in the Premier League and now the Champions League too.

They have a beautiful squad. Arteta is actually not a bad manager. Arsenal were much worse before he came. Maybe completing the last piece of the puzzle (a reliable CF) might be the key?

[Minor Miner]

While infact, Arsenal have not managed to advance to the UCL final this season, Arteta has once again failed to bring his club to lift the trophy, for the umpteenth time. Arsenal Lost to PSg with aggregate 3 - 1.

Arsenal are just being themselves. Giving their fans a silver lining in a tournament and failing them again and again... 
I don't know what's going wrong with them when they get close to a trophy honestly. The same thing happens in the Premier League and now the Champions League too.
They have a beautiful squad. Arteta is actually not a bad manager. Arsenal were much worse before he came. Maybe completing the last piece of the puzzle (a reliable CF) might be the key?

Arsenal's squad is strong. Arteta is also a very experienced coach. Even then, the team is not able to win the Premier League title. To win the Premier League title, it is necessary to play consistently well. But Arsenal has failed to do this.

Arsenal has been competing for the title in the last few seasons and has been in second place in the table until the end of the season. Every season, we have seen that Arsenal's performance becomes unstable when an important player in the Arsenal squad gets injured. Arsenal has a strong squad. However, Arteta does not have a suitable replacement for the players in the squad. If Arsenal does not add more talented players to their squad, it will not be possible for this team to win the title.

[Sandra_hakeem]

At the beginning of the Premier League, Arsenal were very strong, but towards the end of the league, they ran out of gas.
Arsenal have done little enough to change the outcome of their matches at the end of every season. They may be finishing second or probably third place in the EPL this season.
Staying out of cups because of the Board who decided not to sign players even though injuries ravaged through the 1st team can cause the team to loose momentum. The striker situation has been an Arsenal-like situation for 3 years now.

Last season they lost the EPL because they did not sign a striker. They still did not learn from that, instead they lost almost half of their squad and the board looked the other way. Whoever is in the Board -- look at yourselves in the mirror and decide if you are an impediment for this club to achieve success or otherwise. Imagine if they had a striker, some of those chances even from the 1st leg would have killed the game. Some of the draws in the EPL could have been 3 points. To the Board and the owner, Shape up or ship out.

[Hyphen(-)]

What we have int his season is not gonna happen in a long long time or never again.

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

They are few points away from relegation even though they have already escaped relegation because even if they lose all their three remaining matches, they will still finish above Ipswich Town, Leicester City, and Southampton; but their overall performance is very poor in respect to the caliber of teams they are among in the Premier League, and I don’t think these teams have putting such embarrassing performances in the last ten years.

However, their main hope is the Europa League which both of them are now through to the final, and only one of them will win it. Ange Postecoglue is in the verge of been sacked by the Tottenham management, but if he can breaks their deadlock of not winning titles for long, they can leave him to continue because he did well in his first season and might do well if he signed more players.

Manchester United on the other hand will like to win the Europa League in order to qualify to the next season’s Champions League, and Ruben Amorim will also wants to start his season very well with the Europa league title to cover up for the team’s poor performance in the Premier League.

[kawetsriyanto]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

[TelolettOm]

Lol, this is the funniest thing I Ve come across today... i told a die hard fan of arsenal that they might not last long in the finals because of how inconsistent they are but this guy said that Arsenal is going to win the trophy undoubtedly...he has been getting hyped up beating his chest that arsenal would win the championship but after they got eliminated he has been mute, so today I asked him "Is arsenal going to give it a try next season"? And he was so pained..Their biggest issue is inconsistency.

But, even Netflix Series has its final season, not continuing to wait for the next season. And at the end of each season there is usually a happy ending (although sometimes hanging. But Arsenal, it is still unclear when the next season will be, and often sad endings in every season. 

Well, let's Leave aside for a moment the results of Arsenal's matches and also the EPL clubs that have all been defeated by PSG, now they must focus on returning to the Premier League which will start tomorrow.

And based on the following match list:

Source: Premier League

The winners should be: Fulham, Brentford, Man City, Brighton, Aston Villa, but for the next one, it is still quite difficult to predict.

[Webetcoins]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

UEFA events are having amazing history about this because I watch in past many teams those were near relegation or having terrible performance done good stuff here it's never been new because things are interesting for soccer fans.

In this season, Europa League is having two finalists which are currently on their lowest level in Premier League but done surprising stuff and have spot into final with winner is going to be had spot in Champions League for next season. Manchester United was undefeated in event while Tottenham done good job and have some good wins which keep them in limelight for having their best but now who is going to win it's another interesting match because both are on same level of performance and quality with have terrible defense and poor attack.

[sotelorene]

If they can beat Southampton tomorrow of which I know they will, Southampton can't stand a chance against them in their current form. Manchester city is going to score multiple goals so they can get up to four points in order to surpass arsenal. I must say that arsenal had quite a good run this season but it's so crazy that they keep getting replaced and defeated even after putting in a lot of effort to get to where they are. The second position is going to Manchester city and there's no doubt about that

Don't underestimate Southampton, although this team looks weak, but late-season matches like this can have unexpected results. We can see in the first meeting of these two teams when Man City is the host only able to beat Southampton with 1 score. While from H2H, Southampton has also beaten Man City. So I will not think too much about the match. Because Southampton has a chance to hold a draw.
And I don't think the runner up position is too important for either team.

It is true that Southampton use to give Manchester city tough time but at this critical period that Manchester city is striving to qualify for champions league next season I doubt if they are going to draw or lose against any team again and I have said this before. Moreover, I don't think Southampton is fighting or struggling for anything but  Manchester city on the other hand is fighting because there is a strong competition between them, Newcastle and Chelsea and so any mistake they will be displaced from there position and right now what they need to do is just to continue winning till the end of the season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

We have seen many times that teams did well in the Champions League or Europa League even though they could not do well in their own league. Chelsea did not do well in the Premier League in the 2020/21 season. However, the team surprised everyone by winning the Champions League title.

Tottenham and Manchester United have performed terribly in the Premier League this season. I have never seen such a bad performance from these two teams in the past. We have always seen the two teams in the top 10 of the table despite performing badly. However, this season, United and Tottenham are in 15th and 16th place in the table.

Both teams have qualified for the Europa League final. It is difficult to predict which team will win. Most gamblers consider Manchester United to be the favorite. However, Manchester United has lost both matches against Tottenham in the Premier League. This should not be forgotten.

[aylabadia05]

And based on the following match list:

Source: Premier League

The winners should be: Fulham, Brentford, Man City, Brighton, Aston Villa, but for the next one, it is still quite difficult to predict.

Here are my betting predictions for the Premier League Matchweek 36 matches:
Fulham vs Everton= Fulham
Ipswich vs Brentford= Over
Southampton vs Manchester City= Manchester City
Wolverhampton vs Brighton= Draw
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa= Draw

Of the five matches, the one to watch is Bournemouth vs Aston Villa.

[Cryptmuster]

It is true that Southampton use to give Manchester city tough time but at this critical period that Manchester city is striving to qualify for champions league next season I doubt if they are going to draw or lose against any team again and I have said this before. Moreover, I don't think Southampton is fighting or struggling for anything but  Manchester city on the other hand is fighting because there is a strong competition between them, Newcastle and Chelsea and so any mistake they will be displaced from there position and right now what they need to do is just to continue winning till the end of the season.

Southampton might have been able to cause problems in the past, but they used to be a completely different team. Now they're losing to everyone, they’ve lost any chance of staying in the Premier League, while City have some very important matches left that they need to win to secure a spot in the Champions League. Guardiola also mentioned that if City don’t make it to the Champions League zone, it would seriously affect their transfer policy. I have no doubt that City will win today, it seems like they’ve found their game and have looked very good in recent matches. I think it’s worth trying to bet on City with a -1 handicap or include this match in a parlay.

[pawel7777]

All fixtures for this weekend's games together with odds (BC.Game):

Ipswich Town x5.6 Vs Brentford FC x1.53; Draw x4.5
Fulham FC x1.91 Vs Everton FC x4.2; Draw x3.4
Wolverhampton Wanderers x2.82 Vs Brighton & Hove Albion x2.52; Draw x3.35
Southampton FC x12.0 Vs Manchester City x1.21; Draw x6.8
AFC Bournemouth x2.5 Vs Aston Villa x2.7; Draw x3.55
Newcastle United x2.18 Vs Chelsea FC x3.05; Draw x3.75
Manchester United x1.91 Vs West Ham United x3.9; Draw x3.65
Nottingham Forest x1.36 Vs Leicester City x8.2; Draw x5.0
Tottenham Hotspur x2.66 Vs Crystal Palace x2.48; Draw x3.65
Liverpool FC x1.97 Vs Arsenal FC x3.75; Draw x3.55

If anyone has any betting tips to share, speak up.
I think Man City is a sure bet with City being in a good shape recently + having a lot to play for, while Southampton is already certain of getting relegated.
I wouldn't put my money on Nottm Forest, despite them being a clear favourite. That's because of their recent poor performance, i.e. only one win in the last 5 games.

[Distraction]

What we have int his season is not gonna happen in a long long time or never again.

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

There is really an ironic situation at the same time. Yeah it's interesting to see these 2 strugglers in the PL doing a nice work in the EL.

However let's have a look at what English teams have done in the CL so far also. PSG eliminated 3 of them to reach the final, right? This shows how terrible even the teams at top places in the PL have been there...

Luis Enrique laughed at them because of the mockery related to Ligue 1's being farmers league. Still a farmers league though but this wasn't an obstacle for PSG to destroy them. 

[execijutiere]

Wolverhampton's 6-game winning run and 8-game unbeaten run came to an end last week against Manchester City.Wolverhampton's performances have improved noticeably since the arrival of Vitor Pereira.Brighton should be able to score against them in this tough away trip, but I'm not sure they can win.Wolverhampton will be unbeaten at home against their opponents.
Bournemouth will host Aston Villa at home.Aston Villa need to avoid losing any more points to finish in the top 6.The opponent has not much of a goal left but their form has been improving in recent weeks.So a tough match awaits them but I think Aston Villa will win this match even if it is difficult.When we look at Aston Villa's remaining matches, they will also play Totthenham and United.I do not think they will care more about the league match because both teams want to win the European Cup.

[hyudien]

All fixtures for this weekend's games together with odds (BC.Game):

Ipswich Town x5.6 Vs Brentford FC x1.53; Draw x4.5
Fulham FC x1.91 Vs Everton FC x4.2; Draw x3.4
Wolverhampton Wanderers x2.82 Vs Brighton & Hove Albion x2.52; Draw x3.35
Southampton FC x12.0 Vs Manchester City x1.21; Draw x6.8
AFC Bournemouth x2.5 Vs Aston Villa x2.7; Draw x3.55
Newcastle United x2.18 Vs Chelsea FC x3.05; Draw x3.75
Manchester United x1.91 Vs West Ham United x3.9; Draw x3.65
Nottingham Forest x1.36 Vs Leicester City x8.2; Draw x5.0
Tottenham Hotspur x2.66 Vs Crystal Palace x2.48; Draw x3.65
Liverpool FC x1.97 Vs Arsenal FC x3.75; Draw x3.55

From all the premier league matches this week I only take 3, 2 to be multi bet and 1 for single, I want to play relaxed today.   Man city and Brenfortd are definitely the main choices and combining both into one bet is quite good with a total of x1.88.   Well for one other match I want to take a risk with a direct bet on Arsenal, yes I know they are playing at Anfield but I have a fairly logical reason that is the possibility that Liverpool will not play aggressively, they have no ambition at the moment so I think the result will be the same as in Chelsea hands some time ago.   Who is not interested in X3.75.

[Adbitco]

From all the premier league matches this week I only take 3, 2 to be multi bet and 1 for single, I want to play relaxed today.   Man city and Brenfortd are definitely the main choices and combining both into one bet is quite good with a total of x1.88.   Well for one other match I want to take a risk with a direct bet on Arsenal, yes I know they are playing at Anfield but I have a fairly logical reason that is the possibility that Liverpool will not play aggressively, they have no ambition at the moment so I think the result will be the same as in Chelsea hands some time ago.   Who is not interested in X3.75.

It's true that Liverpool is not playing for anything or as you put it, "they have no ambition" since they've already won the league. The thing about big teams, they tend to keep and play for records. Liverpool is playing at home and in the presence of their fans, they will probably put up a good show and try not to lose again. They already lost last weekend to a London club and will be playing against another London club. I don't think they would want what happened to them last week at the Bridge to happen to them here at Anfield.

[yudi09]

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From all the premier league matches this week I only take 3, 2 to be multi bet and 1 for single, I want to play relaxed today.   Man city and Brenfortd are definitely the main choices and combining both into one bet is quite good with a total of x1.88.   Well for one other match I want to take a risk with a direct bet on Arsenal, yes I know they are playing at Anfield but I have a fairly logical reason that is the possibility that Liverpool will not play aggressively, they have no ambition at the moment so I think the result will be the same as in Chelsea hands some time ago.   Who is not interested in X3.75.

Your top picks of Manchester City and Brentford I think a lot of people would put on the bet list. Manchester City are looking for a safe position to play in the Champions League. Brentford are expected to win because Ipswich are not that strong to beat.
As for the Liverpool vs Arsenal game, I wouldn't pick either of them but I'd risk a draw.
Last week's game vs Chelsea, I admit that Liverpool didn't look aggressive enough to get the win, but there's no way they'll be willing to lose another point at Anfield even though it doesn't do anything for Liverpool.

[rachael9385]

All fixtures for this weekend's games together with odds (BC.Game):

Ipswich Town x5.6 Vs Brentford FC x1.53; Draw x4.5
Fulham FC x1.91 Vs Everton FC x4.2; Draw x3.4
Wolverhampton Wanderers x2.82 Vs Brighton & Hove Albion x2.52; Draw x3.35
Southampton FC x12.0 Vs Manchester City x1.21; Draw x6.8
AFC Bournemouth x2.5 Vs Aston Villa x2.7; Draw x3.55
Newcastle United x2.18 Vs Chelsea FC x3.05; Draw x3.75
Manchester United x1.91 Vs West Ham United x3.9; Draw x3.65
Nottingham Forest x1.36 Vs Leicester City x8.2; Draw x5.0
Tottenham Hotspur x2.66 Vs Crystal Palace x2.48; Draw x3.65
Liverpool FC x1.97 Vs Arsenal FC x3.75; Draw x3.55

If anyone has any betting tips to share, speak up.
I think Man City is a sure bet with City being in a good shape recently + having a lot to play for, while Southampton is already certain of getting relegated.
I wouldn't put my money on Nottm Forest, despite them being a clear favourite. That's because of their recent poor performance, i.e. only one win in the last 5 games.

Manchester city's game is going to be a straight win for them because they need today's game to get to the second position, so I don't think they will play with the chance they have. Southampton can't stand a chance against Manchester city today. Nottingham forest on the other hand are no longer reliable, I wouldn't advice anyone to bet on them.

[dezoel]

I think forest magic this season is beginning to fail due to the fact that they have not been winning lately but they should be commended for the way that they have played so far even if Forest doesn't make it to the champions League next season European place is assured them so I don't think that Forest should be bordered about it it's clear that they have gotten to their limits and fatigue has come into the team but I see see them winning at least a game before the season ends

If they go down they only have themselves to blame. Poss point deduction = Forest fault

Forest seems like the equivalent of what Palace was at the end of last season.
A strong foundation with good options for goals. Hard to break down with pace and power. Not an easy game for anyone right now in the league but you are right..Nuno Magic is over. They are running out of games to do so now.

Nottingham Forest was impressive in throughout season but now suddenly things are going worse because they fail to keep momentum and pressure is working which is always had impact in last rounds so they fail and lost 10 points from last 5 games.

Even still chances are high for them to have spot into top 5 teams, but they need to work on their performance also have good depth in last three games because it's important Nuno done good work, but suddenly he is also losing his grip which is the worst part for them their attack suddenly lost rhythm. Magic is not over because next game against Leicester City can give them 3 points and Newcastle United vs Chelsea is also favourable for them because in case of draw three teams could be on same points while in case of win lost Nottingham could be on right spot.