⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[RockBell]

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.

And those who have been criticizing us, where are they now? They were busy trying to use our previous seasons to shade us. I don't want to say too much, but until they see us bagging the title and the game against Wolves, they did not do much, and they still won the game. and most of the tough clubs that are going to give us issues, we have played against them, and everything seems to be more perfectly fine yesterday for Arsenal, and I was so happy we won the game. Chelsea fans were already getting ready to mock us, but they were put to shame.

Since there was no single goal during the first half, I still did not lose confidence in them, and Arsenal really dominated that game, so there was nothing to fear even when there were no goals. I just expected Arsenal to win; I wasn't too sure of that.

[Woodie]

And those who have been criticizing us, where are they now? They were busy trying to use our previous seasons to shade us. I don't want to say too much, but until they see us bagging the title and the game against Wolves, they did not do much, and they still won the game. and most of the tough clubs that are going to give us issues, we have played against them, and everything seems to be more perfectly fine yesterday for Arsenal, and I was so happy we won the game. Chelsea fans were already getting ready to mock us, but they were put to shame.

Since there was no single goal during the first half, I still did not lose confidence in them, and Arsenal really dominated that game, so there was nothing to fear even when there were no goals. I just expected Arsenal to win; I wasn't too sure of that.

Am not an Arsenal fan but let's call it as it is... Yesterday's game wasn't the best we have seen from Arsenal, and knowing that Wolves were out of form we all expected this to be a walkover but from what we watched.. Arsenal struggled to put things together.. the number of shots on target do tell the same story.. but anyway this is water under the bridge and we await to see how far you guys can keep this up 

GG Arsenal, hope you now watching the City game

[Just Say]

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.

Wolves showed a remarkable performance against league leaders Arsenal And we noticed that they lost 2-1 against the league's top team. It was truly surprising that table toppers Arsenal failed to score a goal despite their ability and performance but Wolves' players blocked their way to victory in this match by scoring an own goal. If tonight's game between Arsenal and Wolves hadn't been for Mosqueura's unexpected own goal in the  90+4 minutes, I'm sure the match would have been completely undecided.

Moreover, Manchester City is now trying to catch up with Arsenal, as the City giant will establish further dominance in this league by winning against Crystal Palace in today's game, we can already see that Erling Haaland has given them the lead with a goal in the 41st minute.

[hyudien]

Arsenal match didn't live up to our expectations, but they still took home the three points, albeit in less-than-stellar fashion. Clearly, Arteta needs to evaluate his squad for the next match to avoid a repeat.

Now, let's move on to today Manchester City match. They are currently leading by a narrow margin thanks to Haaland goal, but they are struggling to build on their play, having only managed two shots in 45 minutes. CP could possibly equalize in the second half. I think taking BTTS (yes) is a good bet, as the odds are still 1.84.

[AprilioMP]

Am not an Arsenal fan but let's call it as it is... Yesterday's game wasn't the best we have seen from Arsenal, and knowing that Wolves were out of form we all expected this to be a walkover but from what we watched.. Arsenal struggled to put things together.. the number of shots on target do tell the same story.. but anyway this is water under the bridge and we await to see how far you guys can keep this up 

GG Arsenal, hope you now watching the City game

Correct. Arsenal's game is different from the usual ones I follow because Wolverhampton play with good defense, making it difficult for Arsenal to find gaps in scoring goals.
Wolverhampton in the first half they made 32 clearances and in the second half Wolves recorded 22 clearances. It's not surprising that only in the 70th minute and in the 90+ minute, two goals for Arsenal were recorded by OG Wolverhampton players.
However, Arsenal did not lose ball possession as usual in every match because controlling ball possession is Arsenal's trademark.

[jakdanyel]

Arsenal were simply horrible in that match. Nobody can claim they played impressively. For a serious time period they even struggled to create big goal chances. Against Wolves?? I believe Wolves deserved a point.

Gyökeres is a useless player. We see it every time he is given chance. He just can't get used to Premier League football. Jesus or Merino can do much better than him. Merino is already doing so.

[sotelorene]

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.

It is funny how they want to be winning all the time, well it doesn't work that way and I didn't see any mistake or fault from arsenal defense just that Wolverhampton surprised them by playing well beyond there imagination and accolade should be given to a team that did well and Wolverhampton surprised everyone with their performance because Initially everyone was thinking Arsenal will so beat Wolverhampton but that was just an assumption and against Everton it may not be the same with that of Wolverhampton.

[rachael9385]

Arsenal were simply horrible in that match. Nobody can claim they played impressively. For a serious time period they even struggled to create big goal chances. Against Wolves?? I believe Wolves deserved a point.

Gyökeres is a useless player. We see it every time he is given chance. He just can't get used to Premier League football. Jesus or Merino can do much better than him. Merino is already doing so.

People were expecting too much from arsenal based on the fact that they played against wolves that is currently in a bad form but football is a game that is full of surprises, underestimating a team can be very dangerous.A lot of people placed a bet on the btts no option but I had a different thought on this, even though the chances of Wolves to score was low it doesn't mean that there's no possibility to it

[Nahl]

I didn't watching the game between Arsenal vs Wolves but some fans are making a joke that Wolves is very unlucky because they have scores 3 goals but still lost and i think this is a satire for Arsenal and Arteta because in this game basically Arsenal has helped by Wolves to gets 3 points and before the game some fans were predicted this is easy game because Arsenal opponent is only Wolves because as we all know that Wolves is relegation candidate and there were no hope for them to bounce back which i am sure Wolves will being an the first team who relegate this season but unfortunately Arsenal cannot beat this team easily

[Velvet78]

Aston Villa are still the most in-form team in the league now. They struggled a lot against West Ham but still won by a comeback. It was their sixth win in a row by the way. I really wonder how long they will manage to stay in the title race.

it is risky to think bet on arsenal not to concede, I'm not saying that this isn't going to be possible but the chances of wolves scoring is about 40 percent. it is quite unfortunate that your prediction on fhe Liverpool's game wasn't really according to your forecast, I also loat the bet because my prediction was over 2.5 goals but sadly they scored only 2 goals but I'm still happy they won the game

40 percent? How can Wolves' chances to score against Arsenal could be that high man? It is literally the least scoring team playing against the team with the least amount of goals conceded. 

Yeah Wolves scored in the 90th minute anyway. But it was just on Arsenal. Nobody expected them to play this poorly. Ball possession isn't ever enough by itself. Even those 2 goals scored by Arsenal were both OG.

[yixichloro2xx]

I didn't watching the game between Arsenal vs Wolves but some fans are making a joke that Wolves is very unlucky because they have scores 3 goals but still lost and i think this is a satire for Arsenal and Arteta because in this game basically Arsenal has helped by Wolves to gets 3 points and before the game some fans were predicted this is easy game because Arsenal opponent is only Wolves because as we all know that Wolves is relegation candidate and there were no hope for them to bounce back which i am sure Wolves will being an the first team who relegate this season but unfortunately Arsenal cannot beat this team easily

Arsenal watch your back we are coming for that premier league title. I expected the crystal palace game to give us some headaches but the team was very  composed and won 3--0. Halaand with a brace, also  foden on the score sheet.  Our last season run was very bad, but this season there is hope again. Now the gap is 2 points and the season is still long, alot of things can still happen. Arsenal need to keep up with their winning consistency in other to win this title because Pep  will looking  to  take any opportunities he sees from any mistakes Arsenal makes.

[beerlover]

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.

I mean Arsenal did manage to beat Wolves, while everyone beats Wolves, at least Arsenal didn't drop the ball and managed to get three points without a shocking result. That means City will have to keep up the case. But I do understand all the fans around the world expecting the worst from Arsenal, they always start good and then they always end up terrible, which is why everyone assumes that will be the case this season as well.

Reality is that we are probably not going to end up with anything that good at all, we are talking about nothing too bad neither. I think they may still win, or even if they do end up losing, it will be with very small margins either way.

[Joca97]

Aston Villa are still the most in-form team in the league now. They struggled a lot against West Ham but still won by a comeback. It was their sixth win in a row by the way. I really wonder how long they will manage to stay in the title race.

it is risky to think bet on arsenal not to concede, I'm not saying that this isn't going to be possible but the chances of wolves scoring is about 40 percent. it is quite unfortunate that your prediction on fhe Liverpool's game wasn't really according to your forecast, I also loat the bet because my prediction was over 2.5 goals but sadly they scored only 2 goals but I'm still happy they won the game

40 percent? How can Wolves' chances to score against Arsenal could be that high man? It is literally the least scoring team playing against the team with the least amount of goals conceded. 

Yeah Wolves scored in the 90th minute anyway. But it was just on Arsenal. Nobody expected them to play this poorly. Ball possession isn't ever enough by itself. Even those 2 goals scored by Arsenal were both OG.

Aston Villa is really playing good lately,they were able to win somehow today and this gaved them a huge boost,i think no one expected that Aston Villa would fight for the title. Currently i think that they are in the best form in the league but its only a matter of time when they will drop this good form,i dont think they can up with Arsenal or Man City.

Arsenal on other hand should have won the match a lot easier. Its really wierd that they struggle so much against a team that is already seen in the championship,but its always wierd when a first place team plays against a last place team,there is always some trouble in these matches and what is important for Arsenal that they got the win.

[qurbanshah02]

I didn't watching the game between Arsenal vs Wolves but some fans are making a joke that Wolves is very unlucky because they have scores 3 goals but still lost and i think this is a satire for Arsenal and Arteta because in this game basically Arsenal has helped by Wolves to gets 3 points and before the game some fans were predicted this is easy game because Arsenal opponent is only Wolves because as we all know that Wolves is relegation candidate and there were no hope for them to bounce back which i am sure Wolves will being an the first team who relegate this season but unfortunately Arsenal cannot beat this team easily

Arsenal watch your back we are coming for that premier league title. I expected the crystal palace game to give us some headaches but the team was very  composed and won 3--0. Halaand with a brace, also  foden on the score sheet.  Our last season run was very bad, but this season there is hope again. Now the gap is 2 points and the season is still long, alot of things can still happen. Arsenal need to keep up with their winning consistency in other to win this title because Pep  will looking  to  take any opportunities he sees from any mistakes Arsenal makes.

Arsenal have actually won match with a good comeback performance. They played a match against Wolves and won by scoring 2 goals, due to which they have gained points as well as strength. Crystal Palace's move must have really broken my heart but in comparison to them, it was Manchester City who made us happy by winning the match. Crystal Palace is not as strong a team as Manchester City who have won by playing well. Yes, there will be a difference in points between them but the way they have played effectively was really good. Arsenal is still on top, so we can also see another team at the end of the season who should win and win points. Every team has to play well and try till the end of the season so that they do not suffer losses later.

[shinratensei_]

It's really beautiful to see City back again to the what they used. This is the City that i know. They scored three goals against Palace at Selhurst Park with cleansheet. Pep is truly building a new legacy by having Foden - Haaland - Cherki as his new trio.
They played so calmly, though a bit struggle during the first 35 minutes, but can break it down in the end. All of them are balling in this game. Importantly, they finally revenged all of team that gave them lost last season. It should be marked as a Champion performance.  

[Abbatty]

The pressure is now mounting on Arsenal, that draw at Chelsea and the lost at villa park is now proving to be costly. As both Aston Villa and Manchester city won their games today it now a matter of time to see if arsenal can remain at that top. I just hope it not looking like the script we’ve see before. Today I was expecting either Manchester city or Aston Villa to drop point as there were both playing away from home.

Manchester city are currently like a team that really want the premier league title this season, they are not conceding goals like they use to before, they look more disciplined now defensively. For an arsenal fan this is not something they would like.

With Arsenal now conceding goals in almost every match they are playing it only a matter of time before they drop points in another premier league game. It now very much interesting, let see if gunners come hold on to that pressure or they will fall off like they always do.

[Showlove01]

I didn't watching the game between Arsenal vs Wolves but some fans are making a joke that Wolves is very unlucky because they have scores 3 goals but still lost and i think this is a satire for Arsenal and Arteta because in this game basically Arsenal has helped by Wolves to gets 3 points and before the game some fans were predicted this is easy game because Arsenal opponent is only Wolves because as we all know that Wolves is relegation candidate and there were no hope for them to bounce back which i am sure Wolves will being an the first team who relegate this season but unfortunately Arsenal cannot beat this team easily

Arsenal watch your back we are coming for that premier league title. I expected the crystal palace game to give us some headaches but the team was very  composed and won 3--0. Halaand with a brace, also  foden on the score sheet.  Our last season run was very bad, but this season there is hope again. Now the gap is 2 points and the season is still long, alot of things can still happen. Arsenal need to keep up with their winning consistency in other to win this title because Pep  will looking  to  take any opportunities he sees from any mistakes Arsenal makes.

The reasons I think Manchester city will defeat Crystal palace today was because crystal palace defeated them last season or earlier this year and secondly they are very close to Arsenal and so it won't make sense if they jeopardize it by losing or drawing against crystal palace. I believe it was going to be strong but I have a feeling Manchester city will win despite anything and I think it is about the time or the period of the season Arsenal use to fumble and they have started showing some signs already who knows what will happen henceforth.

[Mate2237]

Aston Villa should courage and class today as they came back from from behind to win 2:3 at away against West Ham United. After the first half ended 2:1 in favour of West Ham United I was thinking that the game was going to be difficult for Villa to play and come back eventually but that was not the case, as Villa came out in the second half and controlled the game making things difficult for the home team to play.


Villa is really in a very good run of form because, the way they play is something else they play with class especially in their attacks Villa has one of the most fastest fronts line that is in the premier League their counter attack is so deadly a team may be pressing them but when they go on the counter it's difficult for teams to stop their attacks because of the way that their attacks runs .

[MK-74]

Man City beat Crystal Palace 3–0 away and took all 3 points. It was a very comfortable win for City, they dominated the match and completed the week without dropping points.

Nottingham Forest beat Tottenham 3–0 at home. The managerial change at Nottingham Forest seems to have paid off—they are showing improved form and look likely to move away from the relegation zone.

[jostorres]

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.

Playing style doesn't make one team better than the other. While Mourinho sucks and terrible today, he is the one that showed the whole world that "ugly" style of playing still can lift titles, that dudes Chelsea was the worst team I have ever seen and in every single game they played they looked like they were about to lose and get humiliated and instead they won so many trophies.

Arsenal didn't "look" good if you watched the game but if you check the stats suddenly you see that they are doing wonderful which is why I think it's the most important part and will be doing a lot better.