⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[@nn@_pen9]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Manchester city and Manchester United! Who will win? If you ask me, I stand with Manchester United, at least for now, Manchester United are more attacking and with more force up front. Am not writing City off, but then, Manchester United stands a more better chance to win regardless of where the match is played.

But you know, it's football, anything can happen. Manchester city can pick form that that and trash a living hell out of United, lol. That's just football. We expect anything. But I feel it's gonna be a win for United or draw. That's my prediction, but if it plays otherwise, I wouldn't still be surprised, because it's the game of football

Both teams have similar or even equal strengths in various areas, although Manchester City's current performance may be slightly below Manchester United's. And I expect the upcoming match to feature high-intensity play and pressure from both teams. Both Manchester City and Manchester United will certainly want to gain important points in the upcoming match, especially with their standings this season at stake. Both coaches will formulate their best strategies, which will also depend on the performance of each player as directed by their coaches. Whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious.

[Bigjoe33]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Manchester city and Manchester United! Who will win? If you ask me, I stand with Manchester United, at least for now, Manchester United are more attacking and with more force up front. Am not writing City off, but then, Manchester United stands a more better chance to win regardless of where the match is played.

But you know, it's football, anything can happen. Manchester city can pick form that that and trash a living hell out of United, lol. That's just football. We expect anything. But I feel it's gonna be a win for United or draw. That's my prediction, but if it plays otherwise, I wouldn't still be surprised, because it's the game of football

Both teams have similar or even equal strengths in various areas, although Manchester City's current performance may be slightly below Manchester United's. And I expect the upcoming match to feature high-intensity play and pressure from both teams. Both Manchester City and Manchester United will certainly want to gain important points in the upcoming match, especially with their standings this season at stake. Both coaches will formulate their best strategies, which will also depend on the performance of each player as directed by their coaches. Whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious.

Well, the truth be told, that's just it, you said it all and I want to leave it at that. For any reason, we can underestimate Manchester city. They will always be Giants and try to dominate, so also united. The both teams have an upper hand to win depending on who plays more better and most importantly makes use of scoring opportunities presented during the game. So I leave it at your word, ''whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious'' and that's it, nothing more to that game

[Alonso_]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Well I don’t understand how funny enough it is to you, I believe people are free to talk about whatever football game they feel like talking about because it’s actually a free discussion thread, if you feel that Burnley vs Liverpool game is a shitty game, well for others it’s not a shitty game, Last match week Manchester United played against Burnley and people did talk about that game, you never said it was a shitty game, Well I must say you’re not a fan of Liverpool that is why you think it’s a shitty game, but considering the present situation of Manchester United and Manchester City, do you really think it’s a big enough game for people to talk about it, knowing fully well how poor of a performance club Manchester United have been in years and this season they are already showing nothing is going to change. Manchester City have not been very good, and the Manchester City fans seems to be disappointed with their performances, so if you ask me Manchester United vs Manchester City wouldn’t be an intriguing game for fans to watch or discuss here, so you shouldn’t be surprised if people don’t talk about that shitty Manchester United vs Manchester City game, if I may ask what do you want to discuss in that game, can you predict the team that would win that game, for your information it’s going to be another boring game of football.

[Rgram]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Manchester city and Manchester United! Who will win? If you ask me, I stand with Manchester United, at least for now, Manchester United are more attacking and with more force up front. Am not writing City off, but then, Manchester United stands a more better chance to win regardless of where the match is played.

But you know, it's football, anything can happen. Manchester city can pick form that that and trash a living hell out of United, lol. That's just football. We expect anything. But I feel it's gonna be a win for United or draw. That's my prediction, but if it plays otherwise, I wouldn't still be surprised, because it's the game of football

Both teams have similar or even equal strengths in various areas, although Manchester City's current performance may be slightly below Manchester United's. And I expect the upcoming match to feature high-intensity play and pressure from both teams. Both Manchester City and Manchester United will certainly want to gain important points in the upcoming match, especially with their standings this season at stake. Both coaches will formulate their best strategies, which will also depend on the performance of each player as directed by their coaches. Whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious.

Well, the truth be told, that's just it, you said it all and I want to leave it at that. For any reason, we can underestimate Manchester city. They will always be Giants and try to dominate, so also united. The both teams have an upper hand to win depending on who plays more better and most importantly makes use of scoring opportunities presented during the game. So I leave it at your word, ''whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious'' and that's it, nothing more to that game

Seriously, I think Manchester United have a chance of winning this game considering the number of injuries in the Manchester City squad Though Man City would want to hold the ball, control the game and press when they can. That won't change because that have always been their kind of playing style Under pep. But Man United can use that as an advantage if they can defend well . Man city can make an error which might lead to a counter attack and Manchester United can eventually get a goal from there.

[AprilioMP]

If we talk about the Manchester derby, City already have some losses due to injuries, Marmus injured his knee and will definitely miss this match. It's good that Haaland is in great shape, but Marmus is also gradually becoming an important player for City and he did a lot of work in the midfield, so this player will clearly be missed. I expect City to dominate this match as usual, because I think Manchester United have not become better and still concede a lot. But City also played poorly against Tottenham and Brighton, so it's difficult to predict anything now, by the way, both teams should have new goalkeepers in this match, we'll see how this affects their defense.

The best chance for a draw in the Manchester derby is a draw. This is if Manchester United's form is deemed to have improved. If Manchester United's form hasn't improved, a Manchester City win is likely, as this derby will be held at the Etihad Stadium.

I actually think Manchester United will perform differently in the first derby of the season.
Mbeumo, Cunha, and Sesko will be the difference. The goalkeeper is also no longer Onana, who often makes mistakes. Of course, I don't rule out the possibility that Man City will improve on their poor performance after their loss to Spurs.

[SuperBitMan]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Manchester city and Manchester United! Who will win? If you ask me, I stand with Manchester United, at least for now, Manchester United are more attacking and with more force up front. Am not writing City off, but then, Manchester United stands a more better chance to win regardless of where the match is played.

But you know, it's football, anything can happen. Manchester city can pick form that that and trash a living hell out of United, lol. That's just football. We expect anything. But I feel it's gonna be a win for United or draw. That's my prediction, but if it plays otherwise, I wouldn't still be surprised, because it's the game of football

Both teams have similar or even equal strengths in various areas, although Manchester City's current performance may be slightly below Manchester United's. And I expect the upcoming match to feature high-intensity play and pressure from both teams. Both Manchester City and Manchester United will certainly want to gain important points in the upcoming match, especially with their standings this season at stake. Both coaches will formulate their best strategies, which will also depend on the performance of each player as directed by their coaches. Whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious.

Well, the truth be told, that's just it, you said it all and I want to leave it at that. For any reason, we can underestimate Manchester city. They will always be Giants and try to dominate, so also united. The both teams have an upper hand to win depending on who plays more better and most importantly makes use of scoring opportunities presented during the game. So I leave it at your word, ''whoever can maintain consistency and capitalize on opportunities well will most likely emerge victorious'' and that's it, nothing more to that game

Seriously, I think Manchester United have a chance of winning this game considering the number of injuries in the Manchester City squad Though Man City would want to hold the ball, control the game and press when they can. That won't change because that have always been their kind of playing style Under pep. But Man United can use that as an advantage if they can defend well . Man city can make an error which might lead to a counter attack and Manchester United can eventually get a goal from there.

The match won't be an easy one, for me I really can't say who will win or who will lose because these two teams are currently on the same form so anything can happen, this is one of those matches that are very difficult to predict and bet on because you really can't tell who will win the match Manchester United has been facing some loss and draw same as Manchester City so these two teams we put more pressure on each other to make sure that they win making it very difficult for anyone to really predict how the match will go however Manchester United has more opportunity and chance to win this match but we all know that they are always not consistent and they usually make a lot of mistakes so I don't even see them taking the chances they have and win this match.
The match will be an interesting match I will make sure I watch the match because it will be an exciting and tough match to watch.

[MArsland]

Currently I don’t understand what Manchester United are up to and Manchester city at the other hand didn’t perform well during their previous match against Brighton as a matter of fact Manchester city started the season so poor likewise United. This match might end draw except Manchester city are back, city comeback game is always unexpected and strong but, I doubt if they’ll do well this season. Viewing the probability city are way higher than Manchester United maybe the match taking place at Etihad Stadium makes predicting so obvious and easy, home benefit is never a guarantee now so this match is still unpredictable anything can happen but, if Manchester United wins no doubt Manchester city is gradually going down.

The Derby is clearly no longer about stability, but about prestige for both teams. And don't be surprised if both teams play differently. Even Manchester United, who have been less promising, seem motivated to play cautiously when facing Manchester City.

[Nightwatchmare]

IS funny to see here in this thread we are talking more about the shit game between Liverpool and Burnley instead of the main one who is Manchester United against Manchester City, can anyone said to me why?

So lets change that.

What team do you expect to prevail in the derby of the weekend? Are we gonna see a close match or a open one?

Despite Manchester City vs Manchester United match being the toughest match in the premier league this week that doesn't stop people from talking and discussing about other matches in the premier league this week because this thread is specifically for the discussion of premier league matches. It is difficult to predict between Manchester City and Manchester United the team that will win the Manchester derby this season since both teams current performance are of poor quality, but i think Manchester United might win Manchester City because of Manchester City injury crisis.

[knowngunman]

At least when it comes to Haaland, even with the Norwegian national team, he's truly incredible. Most recently, in the 11-1 victory over Moldova, Haaland scored five goals—incredible. And I'm sure at Man City, he'll remain as productive as usual.

Source: Erling Haaland's incredible scoring record

Haaland we know is a goal machine before but that's not longer the case anymore. He seems to lost his ability to score many goals as possible since last season the same way Manchester City suffered to stand on their feet since that same last season. Luckily, he approached this new season with a bit of luck. He's used to scoring incredible goals but ghosts himself in very important games without having even a target on goal. I hope he will turn up for Manchester City the same way he turn up for Norway in their last match winning against their opponent with almost a dozen goals.

[Volgastallion]

Wow i was expecting to see Haaland having more goals than games played on Manchester City, maybe this alst bad run with them affect it a little.

I think some of the hype aroung him comes down after this last season. He is still a monster and for sure he is gonna be breaking more records in the future but i also thing now is more terrenal.

[Moreno233]

Finally international break is over and time to jump into some EPL action.

With the international break coming to an end, expect upsets as teams could have some of their stars who might have picked up some knocks, perhaps fitness level's went down etcetera...

But game am looking forward to seeing is the Manchester derby and my money will be on the Red Devils because they seem to be a new team with an ambition to prove a point while City struggles for identity 

You are right about first match after international break. I will put this into consideration while making my picks for the week, I might even consider leaving this week just to observe things for myself because I have failed many times betting on the first match after international break because players are not always on their peak performance after the break. Like Mbappe is already complaining that they need more time to rest as players, something that people feel is not expected from a serious professional like him.

[Slow death]

Finally international break is over and time to jump into some EPL action.

With the international break coming to an end, expect upsets as teams could have some of their stars who might have picked up some knocks, perhaps fitness level's went down etcetera...

But game am looking forward to seeing is the Manchester derby and my money will be on the Red Devils because they seem to be a new team with an ambition to prove a point while City struggles for identity 

With or without injured players, the bookmakers don't seem to care much about it, they don't see Manchester United having a chance of coming out of this game with a victory, I say this because of how the odds are distributed:



Manchester City started the league well in the first game, scoring four goals and not conceding a single goal. The problems began after the first game. In the second, they conceded two goals and didn't score any goals. In the third game, they conceded two goals again, but this time they scored one goal. This means that Manchester City's problem lies in their defense and an unstable attack, in which Erling Haaland isn't scoring goals consistently.

Now, when I look at Manchester United, I see the same problems, with the added aggravation that they are much worse in attack and defense than Manchester City. I honestly see Manchester City managing a draw or a win. I highly doubt Manchester United can win.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Manchester City started the league well in the first game, scoring four goals and not conceding a single goal. The problems began after the first game. In the second, they conceded two goals and didn't score any goals. In the third game, they conceded two goals again, but this time they scored one goal. This means that Manchester City's problem lies in their defense and an unstable attack, in which Erling Haaland isn't scoring goals consistently.

I think Manchester City's main problem is their defense and midfield. Manchester City's defense is weak, and it is clearly visible. City performed very badly against Tottenham and Brighton in their last two matches, and after losing De Bruyne, Manchester City's midfield is also weak. Guardiola has failed to fill the void of De Bruyne. City also cannot find a worthy replacement for De Bruyne.

It is difficult to say whether City will play well after the international break. So far, City's overall performance has been weak. The bonding of the midfield with the attack is also weak. So considering the home match, City cannot be considered as a favorite. We saw City's terrible performance against Tottenham in the home match.

Every team's performance tends to change after the international break. So I will probably refrain from betting in the first week.

[Adbitco]

Source: Erling Haaland's incredible scoring record

Just look at Haaland's goal scoring statistics, it's so incredible that one can say his a genius in his natural position. The man who knows when and where to position himself and anticipate where the ball be at even before it does and bangs in the goal. His physique has helped him too as defenders find it hard to displace him when they are together.

[Tmoonz]

Finally international break is over and time to jump into some EPL action.

With the international break coming to an end, expect upsets as teams could have some of their stars who might have picked up some knocks, perhaps fitness level's went down etcetera...

But game am looking forward to seeing is the Manchester derby and my money will be on the Red Devils because they seem to be a new team with an ambition to prove a point while City struggles for identity 

You are right about first match after international break. I will put this into consideration while making my picks for the week, I might even consider leaving this week just to observe things for myself because I have failed many times betting on the first match after international break because players are not always on their peak performance after the break. Like Mbappe is already complaining that they need more time to rest as players, something that people feel is not expected from a serious professional like him.

Hmmm at least I'm seeing someone that's on same track with me, I have been telling people of the Manchester derby that Manchester United will win the game no doubt, but they seems not to see it from my view, like Manchester City has been very poor in performance this season and they are struggling to win match, while Manchester United on the other hand has shown some kind of confident and are desperate for winning and getting back to their normal winning ways, and looking at the odds given, each time Manchester United have 4 odds against Manchester City they always win the game, so this will make no difference.

[Merit.s]

Source: Erling Haaland's incredible scoring record

Just look at Haaland's goal scoring statistics, it's so incredible that one can say his a genius in his natural position. The man who knows when and where to position himself and anticipate where the ball be at even before it does and bangs in the goal. His physique has helped him too as defenders find it hard to displace him when they are together.

Yea,he is indeed a good striker who doesn't miss the back of the net when he is positioned on the right spot. However, Haaland is not the struggling type of player who struggles to get the ball and make a superb finish. He depends on his wingers in order for him to be suceed in getting a gaol which isn't that good for his kind of player. This is because, if his wingers are not in a good form, Haaland will hardly score any goal.

He hasn't been in his best form since last season when City was faced hit with injuries and difficulties. I hope that he can get back his pace this season and help his team out because majority of them are looking up to him.

[AirtelBuzz]

Man City continues to be quite unpredictable. Sometimes, as usual, they play very well, but sometimes, they don't live up to expectations. Like the results of their first two matches, losses to Tottenham and even to Brighton. As for the lineup, well, at least they still have Haaland as a goal-scoring machine, but not only that, they also need strong defenders, but yeah... as we know right now...

At least when it comes to Haaland, even with the Norwegian national team, he's truly incredible. Most recently, in the 11-1 victory over Moldova, Haaland scored five goals—incredible. And I'm sure at Man City, he'll remain as productive as usual.

Source: Erling Haaland's incredible scoring record

It's true that Manchester City is still very unpredictable but still this team is definitely moving forward in the new season's Premier League. In fact the attacking player of this team has a lot of talent as the Norwegian player has been showing positive results for his national team in World Cup qualifying matches. The Manchester City veteran helped Norway secure an epic win over Moldova because we observed in that match that Erling Haaland was able to score five goals by combining his own talent and skills.

To be honest his phenomenal performance against Moldova in the World Cup qualifiers has given some confidence that he may be equally productive in the new Premier League season, actually my idea the Norwegian striker showed no signs of slowing down in this qualifying match.

[pawel7777]

I posted it last week, but there have been some changes in odds for this weekend's fixtures, so here we go again:

Arsenal x1.37 Vs Nottingham Forest x8.00; Draw x5.00
Bournemouth x2.45 Vs Brighton x2.80; Draw x3.50
Crystal Palace x1.67 Vs Sunderland x5.25; Draw x3.80
Everton x2.45 Vs Aston Villa x2.90; Draw x3.30
Fulham x1.98 Vs Leeds United x3.90; Draw x3.50
Newcastle United x1.44 Vs Wolves x7.00; Draw x4.75
West Ham x3.40 Vs Tottenham x2.10; Draw x3.60
Brentford x4.50 Vs Chelsea x1.73; Draw x3.90
Burnley x8.00 Vs Liverpool x1.34; Draw x5.25
Manchester City x1.75 Vs Manchester United x4.25; Draw x4.00

Both Man City and Man United have some serious trouble with injured players. Apparently a combined total of 16 players might not be available for Sunday's game:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-injury-news-city-32447884?int_source=nba

[Velvet78]

Haaland is still in a great form. He blanked only the Tottenham game and honestly I can't say Manchester City were good as a team there either.    That performance of 5 goals and 2 assists at Norwegian national team was also spectacular!

Do you think this will motivate him to score against the Red Devils as well? Anytime Goalscorer - Haaland gives us 1.91. Wonderful for betting though. But as a reminder, he hasn't been able to score against them for a few games...

[WatChe]

Manchester City started the league well in the first game, scoring four goals and not conceding a single goal. The problems began after the first game. In the second, they conceded two goals and didn't score any goals. In the third game, they conceded two goals again, but this time they scored one goal. This means that Manchester City's problem lies in their defense and an unstable attack, in which Erling Haaland isn't scoring goals consistently.

Now, when I look at Manchester United, I see the same problems, with the added aggravation that they are much worse in attack and defense than Manchester City. I honestly see Manchester City managing a draw or a win. I highly doubt Manchester United can win.

Manchester City in three games have scored 5 goals while conceded 4 goals. You are right in saying that Manchester city need to check their defence as they have conceded 4 goals in three games they have played so far. It's important to keep an eye on how many goals you have conceded in every game. Top teams on points table are the one who not only score goals but also don't allow other team to score goals against them. City still has the time to make a come back in the league provided they address this problem.