⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Qhunman]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

Arsenal performance shows that they can't win the league tittle, Arsenal almost drew the game if not for the own goal that came at the extra time of the game i will say that Wolves scored all 3 goals in that game for me Wolves did better yesterday despite they lost 2-1 against league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City game against Crystal palace today will also be a tough game for City to win since the game will be played at Palace home ground Manchester City will only try all they could to still maintain the two points gap between them and Arsenal by winning Crystal palace today.

Arsenal can likely win the premier League title,you never can tell. Wolves performance improve lately at Arsenal Home ground,it was interesting as they gave arsenal tough play. For me, Wolves didn't do better than Arsenal, the overall statistics shows Arsenal had 16 shots,67% ball possession and 500 passes against wolves shows arsenal did better than wolves despite the OG. Arsenal has won and they're leading with Manchester City behind.
Manchester City will face crystals palace at Selhurst park. The both teams are in the title race, Manchester City should try hard to win against crystals palace no matter what, to keep a close points with Arsenal.

[Robinrex77]

Chelsea managed to secure three points at home against Everton, a team in good form lately. Many expected this before the match, but there was still talk of the possibility of Everton pulling off a surprise. However, Chelsea won the match without any problems, clearly demonstrating their superiority in the statistics.

Liverpool won against Brighton, but the opponents created many chances and failed to score. Liverpool seem to be struggling defensively. Ekitike scored two goals and his team won. They need the win, and this match could be the start of a winning streak.

Everton did well but Chelsea where more focused  in defense, fofana was amazing yesterday, the return of the best player in the team (Cole parmer) was a big boast for the team, also captain fantastic James is doing great in his new role in midfield, we are only afraid if Enzo team rotation policy will not continue to affect the team because that is Chelsea biggest problem, a winning team should not be changed but Chelsea often do that and that is the cause of the inconsistency in the team

[Lucas*]

Today five games will be played in premier League, let's begin with :
Crystal Palace vs Manchester city  , both teams to score and Man City to win.
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham , both team to score .
Sunderland vs Newcastle , both team to score and Newcastle to win .
West Ham vs Aston Villa , both team to score and Aston Villa to win.
Brentford vs Leeds United , both team to score .

[BitBakerr1]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

Arsenal performance shows that they can't win the league tittle, Arsenal almost drew the game if not for the own goal that came at the extra time of the game i will say that Wolves scored all 3 goals in that game for me Wolves did better yesterday despite they lost 2-1 against league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City game against Crystal palace today will also be a tough game for City to win since the game will be played at Palace home ground Manchester City will only try all they could to still maintain the two points gap between them and Arsenal by winning Crystal palace today.

It is wrong for you to say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday the reason why I'm saying so is because if you really watch the match you will discover that Arsenal was more in ball position Than Wolves, Arsenal was just touching the ball from one base to another around the field, Arsenal really performed well yesterday but their problem was they could not use the chances they got very well, it will interest you to know that Arsenal had more goal chances Than Wolves and Arsenal also had more short and target than wolves so why will you say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday.
As for the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace it won't be easy for Manchester City and any little mistake from them they will lose the match and drop point and I know that is what Arsenal is praying for to happen in that match but i doubt because Manchester City we make sure that they win the match by performing very well.

[Tonimez]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

Arsenal performance shows that they can't win the league tittle, Arsenal almost drew the game if not for the own goal that came at the extra time of the game i will say that Wolves scored all 3 goals in that game for me Wolves did better yesterday despite they lost 2-1 against league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City game against Crystal palace today will also be a tough game for City to win since the game will be played at Palace home ground Manchester City will only try all they could to still maintain the two points gap between them and Arsenal by winning Crystal palace today.

It is wrong for you to say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday the reason why I'm saying so is because if you really watch the match you will discover that Arsenal was more in ball position Than Wolves, Arsenal was just touching the ball from one base to another around the field, Arsenal really performed well yesterday but their problem was they could not use the chances they got very well, it will interest you to know that Arsenal had more goal chances Than Wolves and Arsenal also had more short and target than wolves so why will you say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday.
As for the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace it won't be easy for Manchester City and any little mistake from them they will lose the match and drop point and I know that is what Arsenal is praying for to happen in that match but i doubt because Manchester City we make sure that they win the match by performing very well.

The truth is that there's no amount of luck that will make this arsenal team to lift the league. Season haven't gone half and they're loosing grip on the top of the table. See their struggles against wolves, people that hope to win the league? Having shots and shots on goal does not win game. I'm their own home ground they couldn't score a single goal. That was a sign of a very horrible attack formation. They played the possession with nothing to show. I guess that wolves players allowed the arsenal's toothless attack to land them own goals.

Manchester city stands higher chances of winning the league again this season. I strongly believe that they will beat Crystal palace today at selhurst park, London. I love Guardiola for seasons like this. As a matter of fact, Chelsea and Liverpool is the only true competitors that Manchester city has faced in recent times because Arsenal's threat always fall the same way. Since Liverpool seems to have lost form this season, then Manchester city has nearly nothing holding them back.

[Juicyhome]

Arsenal can likely win the premier League title,you never can tell. Wolves performance improve lately at Arsenal Home ground,it was interesting as they gave arsenal tough play. For me, Wolves didn't do better than Arsenal, the overall statistics shows Arsenal had 16 shots,67% ball possession and 500 passes against wolves shows arsenal did better than wolves despite the OG. Arsenal has won and they're leading with Manchester City behind.
Manchester City will face crystals palace at Selhurst park. The both teams are in the title race, Manchester City should try hard to win against crystals palace no matter what, to keep a close points with Arsenal.

Wolves tried they were just unlucky yesterday because of the pressure Arsenal put them to, that's why they scored two home goals. Arsenal wanted a win by all means and they got it, Arsenal played well, but they missed big chances to covert to goal. If not for the OG goals they would have lost the match, they should be thanking the gods of OG goals.

If Manchester city wins against Crystal Palace, Arsenal will still maintain their two points lead till the next match, I'm betting on Manchester city to win crystal palace by 3 goals to 1. It will be a tough match, but Manchester city are in inform now, and would like to fight for the title again.

[Hyphen(-)]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

It’s indeed a stray bullet being dodged yesterday night, I was very surprised as an Arsenal fan because I expected this match to be an easy match since Wolves has been they worst team in the Premier League so far this season, and they yet to win a single match, I never expected to pack box against Arsenal.

It’s funny that Wolves scored three goals themselves and Arsenal took the three points

Well Arsenal has a record of not conceding more than two goals for loan, the last team that scored three goals against Arsenal was Luton Town in 2023, and the team was managed by Rob Edward then in a match that Arsenal managed to win 4-3; that same Rob Edward’s is in charge of Wolves as their head coach, so I expected the match to be a bid difficult for Arsenal. Nevertheless, the three points has been secured even though Arteta needs to work on his players because they are showing signs of weakness already and it’s just January.

[Different patterns]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

Arsenal performance shows that they can't win the league tittle, Arsenal almost drew the game if not for the own goal that came at the extra time of the game i will say that Wolves scored all 3 goals in that game for me Wolves did better yesterday despite they lost 2-1 against league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City game against Crystal palace today will also be a tough game for City to win since the game will be played at Palace home ground Manchester City will only try all they could to still maintain the two points gap between them and Arsenal by winning Crystal palace today.

It is wrong for you to say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday the reason why I'm saying so is because if you really watch the match you will discover that Arsenal was more in ball position Than Wolves, Arsenal was just touching the ball from one base to another around the field, Arsenal really performed well yesterday but their problem was they could not use the chances they got very well, it will interest you to know that Arsenal had more goal chances Than Wolves and Arsenal also had more short and target than wolves so why will you say wolves performed more better than Arsenal yesterday.
As for the match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace it won't be easy for Manchester City and any little mistake from them they will lose the match and drop point and I know that is what Arsenal is praying for to happen in that match but i doubt because Manchester City we make sure that they win the match by performing very well.

Manchester City can win this match probably 1-0 or 2-1 against Crystal palace but it's going to be a tough game for both team, mistakes should be avoided at all cost especially defensively and Manchester City  will try as much as possible to win this game to keep the title race on view, we can see how Chelsea are trying hard to get back to the top first 3 teams in the league after some mistakes and loss to Leeds united with a draw with Bournemouth, the win against Everton really help them back to the top 4 in the league. Manchester City just need to win this game to maintain their second position in the league. The game can be anyone's game because it is going to be a tough one Crystal palace can win this game too they have been doing well recently too. We have been experiencing some exciting games recently,we will experience more and more of it because the title race is still on and the title can be anyone's. It's just consistency that will determine who lift it, my favourite for this game is Manchester City though.

[Stavri]

Arsenal just dodged a bullet !!

Can't imagine what the headlines would have be should the Gunner's have dropped points today... Saka with two assists thanks to those 2 own goals.. and what a hard fought battle after looking like this was heading to a boredraw, and with this result it's back to City to put in the work to get a win over Palace.

Arsenal performance shows that they can't win the league tittle, Arsenal almost drew the game if not for the own goal that came at the extra time of the game i will say that Wolves scored all 3 goals in that game for me Wolves did better yesterday despite they lost 2-1 against league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City game against Crystal palace today will also be a tough game for City to win since the game will be played at Palace home ground Manchester City will only try all they could to still maintain the two points gap between them and Arsenal by winning Crystal palace today.

Arsenal can likely win the premier League title,you never can tell. Wolves performance improve lately at Arsenal Home ground,it was interesting as they gave arsenal tough play. For me, Wolves didn't do better than Arsenal, the overall statistics shows Arsenal had 16 shots,67% ball possession and 500 passes against wolves shows arsenal did better than wolves despite the OG. Arsenal has won and they're leading with Manchester City behind.
Manchester City will face crystals palace at Selhurst park. The both teams are in the title race, Manchester City should try hard to win against crystals palace no matter what, to keep a close points with Arsenal.

Correct but a last minute win against the team at the bottom of the league is something Arsenal really need to think seriously about man. If they truly want to achieve something this season, it’s clear there are issues that need fixing. Luck was on Arsenal’s side this time but i am not sure it will always be that way. A few years ago there was an Arsenal Southampton match where Arsenal dropped points at home against Southampton and ended up handing the title to City...

[Oluwa-btc]

Win is still a win, though they made it from two OG. However, you must also fully focus on how downgrade their gameplay is. The fact this tells how they have only 1 attacker who could deliver in their current system, Saka. They should not have had to win like that with their superiority stats over Wolves in this game.
It feels rather than a win, they're getting so lucky in this game.

Some games can lead that way, you play everything only to be disappointed at the ending, Wolverhampton deserves that win trust but those goals saved Arsenal.
I believe Mikel Arteta will be demanding them to be more forward next game since they have Saliba back into their defence. Ben White has not been more of a first team player for Arsenal, why the unnecessary injuries with him? Shouldn't he be tye next set of players shown to leave the club? Saka can also be very selfish which is not good for a club who wants to win the Premier League.

[ancafe]

The final result could not be changed, Man City managed to emerge victorious regardless of their opponent's performance. I'm really happy with Man City recent form, but now Arsenal are under even more pressure after they managed to close the gap to 2 points.
I'm not too surprised by Chelsea's decline in performance, before facing Atalanta, they were first humiliated by a team struggling in the relegation zone. Now Chelsea is under more pressure after being unable to capitalize on the opportunity when facing a weaker team, even though they have the opportunity to qualify for the UCL knock-out round through the Play-offs, but the pressure from Man United is very real in the EPL, now their struggle is getting harder because the competition for the top four is not as easy as imagined.

The title race has intensified following Manchester City's much-improved performances in previous matches. After Arsenal secured all three points in Week 16, Manchester City must be at their best against Crystal Palace, as losing points could widen the gap between the two sides in the standings. Conversely, the battle for third to fifth place will be much more competitive, as I believe some teams are so close in points that a loss could have a significant impact on their standings. Chelsea remain in fourth place, with several teams yet to play, and it wouldn't be surprising if they end up dropping significantly lower if another team wins tonight.

[Sarah Azhari]

Arsenal won 2-1 against Wolverhampton with a goal scored in the final minutes. They were about to drop points against a weak opponent.

Arsenal winning without a single goal from their own players was truly bizarre and comical. This victory was clearly a stroke of luck for Arsenal. Arsenal, who had always been dominant, suddenly found themselves unable to execute their chances against Wolves. Wolves lost not because Arsenal were too strong, but because they failed to defend against their own mistakes, which Wolves paid dearly for in this match. Arsenal's performance needs to improve immediately if they want to win the title this season, especially since the points gap with Manchester City is so close and Manchester City is in top form.

[SatoPrincess]

Arsenal winning without a single goal from their own players was truly bizarre and comical. This victory was clearly a stroke of luck for Arsenal. Arsenal, who had always been dominant, suddenly found themselves unable to execute their chances against Wolves. Wolves lost not because Arsenal were too strong, but because they failed to defend against their own mistakes, which Wolves paid dearly for in this match. Arsenal's performance needs to improve immediately if they want to win the title this season, especially since the points gap with Manchester City is so close and Manchester City is in top form.

Wolves haven’t won a game all season so it was expected that they would lose this one as well. I don’t know what got into Arsenal players that they couldn’t score a single goal. Arsenal seem to slip happens every Christmas, and ruin their title chances while Manchester City are usually at their best in January/February. It’s going to be a hard-fought title race this season and if Arsenal aren’t careful they might lose it.

[Rgram]

Source: ESPN have named the worst deals of the summer transfer window for Premier League clubs
This post is absolutely ridiculous, like how do you even think Nick Woltamade is one of the worst signings, well I could actually agree with saying Isak is one of the worst signings and Florian Wirtz is one of the worst signing, probably because you think they aren’t firing, but when you look at it, how many games have Alexander Isak played for Liverpool, he is a player that have been injured and didn’t even have a proper pre-season and when he was about to get started he got a groin injury, and Florian Wirtz is one of the top players with chances created in the Premier League and Champions League, well a goal is missing in his game which is why this things might sound ridiculous with your statistic and I could possibly argue with you on that, Sometimes teams have it’s ups and low moments so I don’t think you could actually judge them like that.

Seeing Xavi Simons on the list of the worst signings so far is something I really can’t believe. This is a player who came from La Masia, one of the best academies in football. At some point, he was even seen as a possible future replacement for Xavi or Iniesta, which shows how highly rated he was.
He didn’t get the chance to play regularly for Barcelona’s first team before leaving for PSG in 2019. After that, he played for PSV and later RB Leipzig, where he actually performed very well and showed his quality. Now he’s at Tottenham, and maybe he’s just struggling to settle in.

[Fuso.hp]

Chelsea and Liverpool won their matches 2-0.

Arsenal won 2-1 against Wolverhampton with a goal scored in the final minutes. They were about to drop points against a weak opponent.

Let's see what Manchester City does tomorrow; it looks like it will be a tough match. Crystal Palace is in good form, let's see who wins.

Liverpool have finally secured a win after drawing two consecutive matches in the Premier League. Yesterday, this team took the field against Brighton and secured a 2-0 victory. Liverpool took a lead by one goal in the 16th minute of the match and Ekitike scored a goal early on, and another goal came from him in the second half of the match, meaning that in total this player scored two goals to secure Liverpool's victory. Although the victory in this match did not change their position in the point table much because they are still at number 6 in the point table. Where they started the season from number 1 in the point table and where they had consecutive wins at the beginning, they have fallen a lot and their path to the first, second or third position in the point table is difficult.

[HyperCodexV]

Arsenal won 2-1 against Wolverhampton with a goal scored in the final minutes. They were about to drop points against a weak opponent.

Arsenal winning without a single goal from their own players was truly bizarre and comical. This victory was clearly a stroke of luck for Arsenal. Arsenal, who had always been dominant, suddenly found themselves unable to execute their chances against Wolves. Wolves lost not because Arsenal were too strong, but because they failed to defend against their own mistakes, which Wolves paid dearly for in this match. Arsenal's performance needs to improve immediately if they want to win the title this season, especially since the points gap with Manchester City is so close and Manchester City is in top form.

All that matters is that they won the match and got atleast the necessary 3 points out of it, sometimes the God of luck can just smile on a struggling team and give them the win they need just to boost their demoralizing mentality, but Arsenal really need to do better going forward, they have fell off that winning streak mentality they were rolling effortlessly on. Arteta must find a way to motivate this lads else they will just miss out on winning the league this season again.

[knowngunman]

Here is a parlay I think of for the weekend.



Total odds: 4.25

I'm aware of some risky choices here. Or maybe only one of them is risky?    That one could be Chelsea to win home against Everton... Why? Because they couldn't win for 3 weeks while Everton have been on the rise.

I'm confident about Liverpool to score and concede. We all know their defense so far. And Arsenal should easily be able to win without conceding. Even Manchester United conceded only 1 goal from Wolves which was away.

I mean you know their defense that's why I said "even".

Giving Chelsea a direct win pose a threat to this ticket. Although Chelsea is suppose to win this game if they want to retain their stay in top four/five and having lost their last Premier league match and champions league match yesterday against Leeds and Atalanta respectively. I still doubt their chances but I hope they deliver your ticket. One more risky game on the ticket is Arsenal to win Wolves without conceding a goal. For sure Arsenal is winning this goal without a single doubt, wolves hasn't score a goal since October until against Manchester united on Monday. Unless Wolves has given up on fighting to get out of relegation, they should score at least a goal even though they stand no chance to win. The Liverpool and Brighton is a safe bet.

And everything turn out the opposite way. I was closely monitoring this ticket but I was completely wrong doubting Chelsea. Chelsea pick was the only game I fear the most in that ticket but it turns out to be the only game that played according Velvet78 prediction. Although ought to have won with high score margin but they wasted bunch of chances and Everton couldn't utilise their own too. Liverpool pick I considered the safest bet did the opposite too. I was right on Arsenal and Wolves prediction thou. I know Arsenal will win but I doubted them winning with a cleansheet and they proved me right. They were lucky to even get a late minutes goal to seal their victory otherwise Wolves could have shared point with them.

[rdbase]

Chelsea and Liverpool won their matches 2-0.

Arsenal won 2-1 against Wolverhampton with a goal scored in the final minutes. They were about to drop points against a weak opponent.

Let's see what Manchester City does tomorrow; it looks like it will be a tough match. Crystal Palace is in good form, let's see who wins.

Liverpool have finally secured a win after drawing two consecutive matches in the Premier League. Yesterday, this team took the field against Brighton and secured a 2-0 victory. Liverpool took a lead by one goal in the 16th minute of the match and Ekitike scored a goal early on, and another goal came from him in the second half of the match, meaning that in total this player scored two goals to secure Liverpool's victory. Although the victory in this match did not change their position in the point table much because they are still at number 6 in the point table. Where they started the season from number 1 in the point table and where they had consecutive wins at the beginning, they have fallen a lot and their path to the first, second or third position in the point table is difficult.

With this win yesterday it shows that Slot will definitely keep his position as Liverpool's manager in the foreseeable future with the club.
The differences between him and Mo Salah have been rectified for the time being since he subbed in the match at the 25' minute of the match and started playing at his usual performance once again.
Ekitike scoring that first goal showed the offensive awareness that Liverpool should have inorder to challenge Arsenal for their position at the top of the Premier League table.

Today's matches don't have much excitement for me exceot for the Manchester City one since they play away and have good odds to bet on them.

[Accardo]

All that matters is that they won the match and got atleast the necessary 3 points out of it, sometimes the God of luck can just smile on a struggling team and give them the win they need just to boost their demoralizing mentality, but Arsenal really need to do better going forward, they have fell off that winning streak mentality they were rolling effortlessly on. Arteta must find a way to motivate this lads else they will just miss out on winning the league this season again.

Arteta made mention of the defensive faults of his boys during the game against wolves, Arsenal was only lucky in the match, having two own goals from their opponents. If nothing is done about the Arsenal defense, it'll be tough for them to defeat Everton in the coming next leg on Saturday.

[Not your key not your BTC]

Chelsea and Liverpool won their matches 2-0.

Arsenal won 2-1 against Wolverhampton with a goal scored in the final minutes. They were about to drop points against a weak opponent.

Let's see what Manchester City does tomorrow; it looks like it will be a tough match. Crystal Palace is in good form, let's see who wins.

Liverpool have finally secured a win after drawing two consecutive matches in the Premier League. Yesterday, this team took the field against Brighton and secured a 2-0 victory. Liverpool took a lead by one goal in the 16th minute of the match and Ekitike scored a goal early on, and another goal came from him in the second half of the match, meaning that in total this player scored two goals to secure Liverpool's victory. Although the victory in this match did not change their position in the point table much because they are still at number 6 in the point table. Where they started the season from number 1 in the point table and where they had consecutive wins at the beginning, they have fallen a lot and their path to the first, second or third position in the point table is difficult.

The win over Brighton at least ended Liverpool's poor Premier League run, but overall, their performance shows that they are still far from stable and consistent. Ekitike performed well and scored, but his over-reliance on individual players highlights Liverpool's lack of collective consistency. This dip in form indicates deeper issues, ranging from a fragile defense to a struggle to create goals. Liverpool certainly want to return to the top four, but they must improve their performance and maintain consistency until the end of the season.