⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Volgastallion]

One of the lovely games this weekend is Crystal Palace - Bournemouth. 

First of all, it is a game that's quite hard to predict the winner of... Everton have ended Crystal Palace's 19 unbeaten run. But this doesn't mean they are just weaker now. They are still one of the teams with the strongest defense.

On the other hand, Bournemouth haven't been losing for 6 games in the league. Semenyo has a big role in this though. Another interesting detail when it comes to the head-to-heads, their last 8 games ended without BTTS...

Considering all this, I just want to trust Crystal Palace home with their double chance @1.34 in a multi.

In my particular case i dont enjoy the Crystal Palace games, and much less when they play in home, they play a tactical football which makes the game not so fun to see, in the other hand Bournemouth plays a much better offensive football but in the Crystal Palace pitch i dont know if they can develop their way of play.

[RaltcoinsB]

There are players that always do well in the club side and don't perform well in the country side vise versa and there are also players that always do great in both club side and country side and it happens that these two players you mentioned fall under the category of player that don't perform well in the country side I would not just conclude because it maybe, that is what was meant to happen to them because sometimes players shine while sometimes they don't. As a matter of fact there are clubs that has better striker than Isak and gykores and yet they don't win match and sometimes it is not there fault but rather the entire team fault.

Gyo and Isak poor performances for their national teams aren't particularly surprising to me, but I'm still at a loss for a definitive reason for their poor performances at club level. Look before their moves. They performed well at their respective clubs, but after their moves? Their statistics so far speak. It's odd, considering they're supported by quality players. If it's about adapting, could that be the case? Isak is already very familiar with the Premier League, and Gyo also has a wealth of previous experience. I wouldn't call them a failed purchase until the Premier League season is halfway through, but if they still look the same by then, I'd say they're not worth their price.

They weren't very good with the Swedish national team, but what matters is their performances in the Premier League. While Gyökeres struggled to adapt initially, he seems to be slowly recovering. So far, he's made ten appearances for Arsenal, scoring only three goals. He had a fantastic season with Sporting Lisbon last year. I'm sure the Swedish striker will score even more goals once he adapts to the Premier League. If he continues his performances this way, this will be a disappointing transfer.

[Iranus]

In my particular case i dont enjoy the Crystal Palace games, and much less when they play in home, they play a tactical football which makes the game not so fun to see, in the other hand Bournemouth plays a much better offensive football but in the Crystal Palace pitch i dont know if they can develop their way of play.

Bournemouth team is also playing very well this season. The team is in the fourth place in the points table. They have lost one out of 7 matches and won all four. On the other hand , Crystal Palace team is also quite strong. If the match was Bournemouth's home match, I would consider Bournemouth team as the favorite. But it will be really difficult for Bournemouth to win a home match of Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace performs carefully in their home matches. They are unbeaten in 3 home matches. But , they have shared points in two matches.

[Silverstonez]

What if your belief in Liverpool vs Manchester United game goes opposite? If it were last season's Liverpool, i would have accepted that Liverpool will bounce back against Manchester United, but i doubt this season's Liverpool will defeat Manchester United at Anfield, because any team that doesn't play a low black game for Liverpool this season always becomes difficult for Liverpool to beat. Arsenal played better than Liverpool in the first half, and Liverpool couldn't score any goals against Arsenal, but when Arsenal played a low block game in the second half, Liverpool was lucky to score a goal against Arsenal.

Arsenal definitely had a more better chances on the game against Liverpool but still wasn't the winner. The Liverpool vs Man United game is different, United is neither a really solid team this season and this even goes beyond consistency, base on the qualities of players both teams have Liverpool are ahead of United but in regarding Arsenal the difference was depending on the players starting the game.

this is exactly the reason why I told my friends that anything can happen in that, because football most time can be unpredictable, that match between arsenal and Liverpool, arsenal was the favourite team, because they had more chance of winning that match, but they were defeated by Liverpool, and even the match between PSG and Chelsea in the world cup final another miracle took place there, PSG was projected to win that match do to their good performance, but what happened they were defeated by Chelsea, and this match between Manchester United and Liverpool it is going to be an interesting one, because a lot of miracles is going to take place that day.

[BitBakerr1]

Arsenal definitely had a more better chances on the game against Liverpool but still wasn't the winner. The Liverpool vs Man United game is different, United is neither a really solid team this season and this even goes beyond consistency, base on the qualities of players both teams have Liverpool are ahead of United but in regarding Arsenal the difference was depending on the players starting the game.

Arsenal must capitalize on this, given that several other strong teams are experiencing inconsistent performances. If Arsenal fail to capitalize on their opportunities, they will repeat the same mistakes later in the season, and Arteta may struggle to win the title. Manchester United doesn't fall into that category, as they are struggling to rebuild their squad, although there are no signs of improvement so far. The match at Anfield will be a major challenge for Amorim, as a poor performance will surely lead to further points being dropped.

Arsenal this season is very informed and very strong and for me they are the most informed team in premier league as far as this season is concern, the match between them and Liverpool was a very difficult match and the only reason why Liverpool was able to win the match was just lock, Arsenal has a problem of inconsistency and that is why they have not lifted the premier League title for a very long time now, however this season they have all the chance to lift the league title because they are the most informed team in premier League and they are topping the league table now.
However I can't say for sure if they will lift the league title because some season ago they had same opportunity but as Time goes on they did not use it well because they started losing matches and that was how they lost the opportunity of lifting the league title I pray that does not happen this season, this is there season they should fight with everything they have to make sure they lift the league title.

[Princess Leah]

Arsenal definitely had a more better chances on the game against Liverpool but still wasn't the winner. The Liverpool vs Man United game is different, United is neither a really solid team this season and this even goes beyond consistency, base on the qualities of players both teams have Liverpool are ahead of United but in regarding Arsenal the difference was depending on the players starting the game.

this is exactly the reason why I told my friends that anything can happen in that, because football most time can be unpredictable, that match between arsenal and Liverpool, arsenal was the favourite team, because they had more chance of winning that match, but they were defeated by Liverpool, and even the match between PSG and Chelsea in the world cup final another miracle took place there, PSG was projected to win that match do to their good performance, but what happened they were defeated by Chelsea, and this match between Manchester United and Liverpool it is going to be an interesting one, because a lot of miracles is going to take place that day.

I hope you remember that they're Liverpool's strong rival in the Premier League, the rivalry of this two clubs have been more than a decade and I don't think Liverpool would want to lose to Manchester United at home, I'm not saying it not possible but they can't afford continue their losing after the international break to an arch rival, Manchester United for that matter.

 Remember that Liverpool has suffered defeat to Palace, Galatasaray, Chelsea and they can't lose to Manchester United also, a draw is more realistic, also Manchester United under Amorim is not a team that's very consistent so I'm not expecting much from them. Although your analysis seems interesting, but let's watch out and see the miracle that would happen in that match.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Internal issues is quite different from bad luck, so I was going to ask, do you mean they are having internal issues or bad luck, which one? Or maybe they are having the two ?? then that mean double or even triple bad luck for them.. lol ??

Anyways, I completely agree with you though, any team playing Manchester united right possibly do not even have to train because defeating them is just as easy as one taking food and putting inside his or her mouth..
But then, this also doesn't not mean that we shouldnt watch out for surprises, Liverpool on the other hand have lost two matches consecutively, Let that not be the beginning of their own problem too ?? fingers cross while we look forward to the match.

That's right bro , the truth is that the MU situation is not so easy to Deduce , all these things could be happening and when they play they also have no luck, but what hurts the most is that this has Been one of the teams where many Stars have been present and they have brought them Forward , currently this team does not have clear ideas.

[Issa56]

A team that has Isak and Viktor Gyokeres should have been winning their matches easily because Isak and Viktor Gyokeres will be too hot for their opposition to handle. I am surprised Isak and Viktor Gyokeres couldn't help sweden qualify for the world cup, and their failure to help sweden win Kosovo made them crash out from qualifying for the world cup. I am not surprised with Viktor Gyokeres's performance for Arsenal because i believe he hasn't adapted to the premier league, but for Isak, i am surprised that he is yet to score for liverpool because he is premier league proven.

Don’t you think Liverpool is in trouble, I was surprised when I heard it that Sweden Won’t be qualifying for the World Cup, a country that has a player like Isak, and Gyokeres, that means those two players alone cant make their team qualify for the World Cup, how will they help Liverpool? are you sure Liverpool haven’t made a mistake by signing those two player’s? I checked the analysis of a match which they played, they both didn’t have any assist, no goal, I think they didn’t have even shot on target.

I don’t know maybe their performance will be different at Liverpool, those two players are talented players which we use to know, I don’t know what was wrong with them during the world cup qualifiers, their performance was just poor when playing for their country, I just hope things will be different when they are back to Liverpool.

[Webetcoins]

One of the lovely games this weekend is Crystal Palace - Bournemouth. 

First of all, it is a game that's quite hard to predict the winner of... Everton have ended Crystal Palace's 19 unbeaten run. But this doesn't mean they are just weaker now. They are still one of the teams with the strongest defense.

On the other hand, Bournemouth haven't been losing for 6 games in the league. Semenyo has a big role in this though. Another interesting detail when it comes to the head-to-heads, their last 8 games ended without BTTS...

Considering all this, I just want to trust Crystal Palace home with their double chance @1.34 in a multi.

I agree that it's a matchup of an unstoppable object versus immovable one. I am not sure who is going to win, or if they will get a draw that they may get, it's going to be something that is decent. I think it's clear we are going to end up with a great return without a doubt. Hopefully we can do a better job with this and bet accordingly, but I think I may just avoid it.

There is still some time until the game, so I am going to wait for it but at the time of this, I think it's clear that we are going to see this as good. What we should achieve here is getting some good returns, and if we can do that then we are going to end up with good odds too. In any case, this is a good period to be in, it's a good game to bet.

[Woodie]

One of the lovely games this weekend is Crystal Palace - Bournemouth. 

First of all, it is a game that's quite hard to predict the winner of... Everton have ended Crystal Palace's 19 unbeaten run. But this doesn't mean they are just weaker now. They are still one of the teams with the strongest defense.

This is what happens when a small or average team beats a big team a weekend before, win a big team and next game fans think this will continue but they go on to lose and honestly, I didn't see Crystal palace losing to Everton because Mateta and co are really doing justice...but I believe with the international break being over, they should get back to winning ways despite Bournemouth being that unpredictable team that can surprise you on a good day.

[Rockson1]

Why will the management choose to sack him without making it open are they hiding something that they don't what the public to know or they have given him time to win some games if he doesn't when then they will let him go?  If they have already made their decision they shouldn't waste time in replacing him because if he has not done anything to improve the performance of the team he can't do it now not when he will be losing 3 matches and winning one game.

I don't think time wasted should be entertained here, I believe they coach has been much time to do the job why he was hired, if at this time he has not been able to do that, is their any need of keeping him around, he should be given all his entitlements and be shown the exit door, one thing people don't understand is that football is business, if a club hires a manger, they give him target and if he is not meeting up, i don't think there is any need of keeping such manager, it is obvious that Manchester United is bigger than amorim and there is nothing he can do and if I were to be him, i will just resign, he can not do the job, he keep playing the same formation, so is time for the management to make there decision known that is if they have any.

[SmartCharpa]

A team that has Isak and Viktor Gyokeres should have been winning their matches easily because Isak and Viktor Gyokeres will be too hot for their opposition to handle. I am surprised Isak and Viktor Gyokeres couldn't help sweden qualify for the world cup, and their failure to help sweden win Kosovo made them crash out from qualifying for the world cup. I am not surprised with Viktor Gyokeres's performance for Arsenal because i believe he hasn't adapted to the premier league, but for Isak, i am surprised that he is yet to score for liverpool because he is premier league proven.

Having two excellent strikers does not guarantee that your team will win the match. Sweden should not rely on Gyokeres and Isak since two players cannot win a match if the rest of the team is not giving it their all. Gyokeres and Isak gave it their all, but it wasn't enough to push Sweden to the next World Cup. Do you ever see a team score a lot of goals but then lose a game because of a weak defense? Isak and Gyokeres cannot be hold responsible for their failure.

However, Isak played in the Premier League with his former team last season, and others believe he should be able to come to Liverpool and start scoring goals. Despite the fact that he is in the same league this season, he is guided by the same manager or teammate, which they are very familiar with each other's games, and no matter how long these players go without scoring goals, I will not blame them because it is their first season.

[pawel7777]

Fixtures and odds for matchday 8:

Nottingham Forest x3.75 Vs Chelsea x1.91; Draw x3.80
Brighton x2.55 Vs Newcastle United x2.65; Draw x3.50
Burnley x3.25 Vs Leeds United x2.30; Draw x3.25
Crystal Palace x2.20 Vs Bournemouth x3.30; Draw x3.40
Manchester City x1.40 Vs Everton x7.50; Draw x4.80
Sunderland x2.40 Vs Wolves x3.15; Draw x3.15
Fulham x5.75 Vs Arsenal x1.58; Draw x4.20
Tottenham x2.10 Vs Aston Villa x3.25; Draw x3.60
Liverpool x1.60 Vs Manchester United x4.80; Draw x4.35
West Ham x2.45 Vs Brentford x2.80; Draw x3.45

Odds for Chelsea are looking fairly decent, especially considering Nottm Forest are seriously underperforming and are clearly not the same team they were in the previous season. Chelsea's form is hit and miss, but their last victory over Liverpool hopefully gave them the confidence boost they needed.

Man City could also be a good pick. I think the odds of x1.40 seem fair. Everton has proven to be a solid team so far this season, but home advantage usually plays big role for the City, so I don't expect any surprises here.

[Nightwatchmare]

Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres are among the most expensive forwards in the Premier League, with a combined value of around €200 million.
However, I believe their individual contribution to their national team has been almost zero.
They failed to make any impact in the World Cup qualifiers and were eliminated after losing to Kosovo tonight.
For players with such high market value, I think they should have at least influenced the game.
In my opinion, Arsenal and Liverpool overpaid for these players.

A team that has Isak and Viktor Gyokeres should have been winning their matches easily because Isak and Viktor Gyokeres will be too hot for their opposition to handle. I am surprised Isak and Viktor Gyokeres couldn't help sweden qualify for the world cup, and their failure to help sweden win Kosovo made them crash out from qualifying for the world cup. I am not surprised with Viktor Gyokeres's performance for Arsenal because i believe he hasn't adapted to the premier league, but for Isak, i am surprised that he is yet to score for liverpool because he is premier league proven.

There are players that always do well in the club side and don't perform well in the country side vise versa and there are also players that always do great in both club side and country side and it happens that these two players you mentioned fall under the category of player that don't perform well in the country side I would not just conclude because it maybe, that is what was meant to happen to them because sometimes players shine while sometimes they don't. As a matter of fact there are clubs that has better striker than Isak and gykores and yet they don't win match and sometimes it is not there fault but rather the entire team fault.

In the case of Isak and Viktor Gyokeres, i don't accept they fall under the players that do well in the club side and don't perform well in the country side because before sweden started playing its world cup qualifying matches, Isak and Viktor Gyokeres were helping their country win matches, but when it got to qualifying for the world cup, Isak and Viktor Gyokeres couldn't help sweden win one match after they had played 4 matches. It seems it is the tactics sweden coach used that hindered Isak and Viktor Gyokeres to shine because after sweden match against Kosovo, sweden coach was sacked.

[7juju]

Why will the management choose to sack him without making it open are they hiding something that they don't what the public to know or they have given him time to win some games if he doesn't when then they will let him go?  If they have already made their decision they shouldn't waste time in replacing him because if he has not done anything to improve the performance of the team he can't do it now not when he will be losing 3 matches and winning one game.

I don't think time wasted should be entertained here, I believe they coach has been much time to do the job why he was hired, if at this time he has not been able to do that, is their any need of keeping him around, he should be given all his entitlements and be shown the exit door, one thing people don't understand is that football is business, if a club hires a manger, they give him target and if he is not meeting up, i don't think there is any need of keeping such manager, it is obvious that Manchester United is bigger than amorim and there is nothing he can do and if I were to be him, i will just resign, he can not do the job, he keep playing the same formation, so is time for the management to make there decision known that is if they have any.

The management of Manchester United has already made their decision on Amorim are you not aware of this? Before the international break Ratcliff said he is going to give Amorim three years to prove himself at Manchester United. That was to let us know that they are not going to sack the Man. With the comparison he gave between Amorim and Arteta in his early years at Arsenal shows that they believe that Amorim has the right strategy to restore the club. Amorim is going nowhere for the next three years. Manchester United fans are stuck with him.

[el kaka22]

Neither Gyokeres nor Isak can do anything with a team that doesn't have other players who are at the same quality. I know that saying this probably will make some of the fans mad, or even if players are reading similar comments on twitter and what not, they are pissed about it. But the reality is simple, other players are not as good and that is why these two look like they are not great.

A player doesn't worth 100 million because he can win games all by himself, he is worth 100 million because you can put him around other 100 million valued players and won't be bad. Put me in Liverpool or Arsenal, and no matter how great everyone else is, I will not score a single goal (or maybe like a few if I get lucky and I also take penalties lol).

[Catenaccio]

We should forget the match Liverpool vs Arsenal because it happened 2 months ago. There are some changes in the performance of Arsenal, Liverpool, and Man United recently. Liverpool defense isn't really solid as in the match against Arsenal, it looks weaker now.

Two months ago, when Liverpool beat Arsenal down by a freekick, Arsenal looked likely falling to a crisis and feeling kind of hopelessly for the title competition with Liverpool. As you said, things changed from both Liverpool and Arsenal so that the first position held by Liverpool in earliest weeks now already is taken over by Arsenal since a latest match day of Premier League.

Meanwhile Man United performance looks improving a bit, they could beat Chelsea as one of the favorite teams in this season. So, it is not impossible that Man United can bring a trouble for Liverpool in the next match. You must understand that Man United sometimes can surprise anyone although their performance is always not consistent. Regarding the squad quality, I think Man United also has good players. It is better to not underestimate Man United, even the match will be held in Liverpool own stadium.

Manchester United had kind of improvement in latest matches and it gives some positive signals about their possible growth with Ruben Amorim but it's too soon to know these good results lately will be actual foundation for more good matches in the future. In the big match with Liverpool, Manchester United will still be a weaker team and Liverpool have neccesary things to beat Manchester United down again.

The management of Manchester United has already made their decision on Amorim are you not aware of this? Before the international break Ratcliff said he is going to give Amorim three years to prove himself at Manchester United. That was to let us know that they are not going to sack the Man. With the comparison he gave between Amorim and Arteta in his early years at Arsenal shows that they believe that Amorim has the right strategy to restore the club. Amorim is going nowhere for the next three years. Manchester United fans are stuck with him.

It's a promise from Ratcliff and we only know whether the club owner will keep his promise and defend Ruben Amorim in three years. Only time can help us knowing how this promise is kept or not, and Ruben Amorim must focus on his management with awareness that there is still risk of sack by Ratcliff and Manchester United board members if performances and results in coming months won't be good and acceptable. He has risk of losing his job even before next three years, sooner than the deadline given by Ratcliff.

[ancafe]

However I can't say for sure if they will lift the league title because some season ago they had same opportunity but as Time goes on they did not use it well because they started losing matches and that was how they lost the opportunity of lifting the league title I pray that does not happen this season, this is there season they should fight with everything they have to make sure they lift the league title.

This isn't about the certainty of which team will win the league, but rather how they see the opportunity, especially regarding the club's performance and consistency in facing competition. As has happened to Arsenal in recent seasons, despite playing well at the start of the season, they eventually lost their best form, ultimately failing to win the Premier League. This is what Arteta needs to think about, and mistakes like those of the past few seasons must be addressed so they don't lose another chance to win the title this season.

[Futurexxx]

This isn't about the certainty of which team will win the league, but rather how they see the opportunity, especially regarding the club's performance and consistency in facing competition. As has happened to Arsenal in recent seasons, despite playing well at the start of the season, they eventually lost their best form, ultimately failing to win the Premier League. This is what Arteta needs to think about, and mistakes like those of the past few seasons must be addressed so they don't lose another chance to win the title this season.

Mikel arteta doesn't really have anything to fix because you cannot give out what you don't have, and I think I have said this before, Mikel arteta no longer has anything to offer this arsenal team because if they wanted to win the league for the past four seasons, they would have won it at least twice, but I sees them as a bottler, and let's not be surprised if they do not win anything again this season, which might bring to the end of his stay at arsenal.
I know that he has tried to stabilize arsenal to now be a force in English football but it's not proper that a team like arsenal that has spent so much in the transfer market and with the quality players at their disposal are still struggling to win a major trophy, it's just too bad.

[Jostern]

However I can't say for sure if they will lift the league title because some season ago they had same opportunity but as Time goes on they did not use it well because they started losing matches and that was how they lost the opportunity of lifting the league title I pray that does not happen this season, this is there season they should fight with everything they have to make sure they lift the league title.

This isn't about the certainty of which team will win the league, but rather how they see the opportunity, especially regarding the club's performance and consistency in facing competition. As has happened to Arsenal in recent seasons, despite playing well at the start of the season, they eventually lost their best form, ultimately failing to win the Premier League. This is what Arteta needs to think about, and mistakes like those of the past few seasons must be addressed so they don't lose another chance to win the title this season.

I think what you have said have been very clear, it’s just all about a consistent performance from Arsenal, but it’s really a long way to go for the season, and so many things could still happen along the line, which is why Arsenal have so many players at the disposal and they barely sold any players, which is a very strong and complete squad, all what Arteta have to do this season is win the Premier League, because they will have no excuse if they don’t win the Premier league this season, because I can see something unexpected going to happen this season, Manchester City and Liverpool are watching.