⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Taricoins]

Chelsea drew at home against Bournemouth. It is unacceptable for Chelsea to drop points in this match. Dropping so many points at home would mean falling behind in the title race. Although Chelsea had most of the possession, we see that both teams had the same number of shots. Bournemouth have been on the up in recent weeks.

Another poor result from Chelsea. Unfortunately, I still believed in them and placed a bet on them, tempted by Bournemouth equally poor performance and the fact that they were playing at home, but even Chelsea weren't motivated to win.
They really should be written off as a bet, as it looks like they'll be inconsistent like this for a long time.

Drawing to Bournemouth was despicable for Chelsea, imagining drawing to a team that hasn't won in there last ten matches, I don't know what's happening to the Chelsea's Enzo Maresca, after that beautiful form at the beginning of the season, they are not just doing it anymore.

If not for Sanchez, Chelsea could have lost this match, inasmuch as they kept possession, Bournemouth had chances that could have put them in the lead.

Drawing to a team that was trashed by Brentford, SMH.

[colinistheman]

Drawing to Bournemouth was despicable for Chelsea, imagining drawing to a team that hasn't won in there last ten matches, I don't know what's happening to the Chelsea's Enzo Maresca, after that beautiful form at the beginning of the season, they are not just doing it anymore.

If not for Sanchez, Chelsea could have lost this match, inasmuch as they kept possession, Bournemouth had chances that could have put them in the lead.

Hahaha.... I am not surprised at all by the result of this match. I was expecting a draw. Chelsea are not  in their best form. We have been seeing Chelsea's inconsistent and weak performance  for a long  time.

Chelsea have won only one match in their last 5 matches. They have drawn in all three. their performance  is very inconsistent. In such a situation, it was not easy for them to win against bournemouth. chelsea  should have won. But it can not be denied that bournemouth performed  well in this match. Even  though it was chelsea's home match, the bournemouth players were confident. They were also able to attack a lot.

[Slow death]

Chelsea drew at home against Bournemouth. It is unacceptable for Chelsea to drop points in this match. Dropping so many points at home would mean falling behind in the title race. Although Chelsea had most of the possession, we see that both teams had the same number of shots. Bournemouth have been on the up in recent weeks.

Another poor result from Chelsea. Unfortunately, I still believed in them and placed a bet on them, tempted by Bournemouth equally poor performance and the fact that they were playing at home, but even Chelsea weren't motivated to win.
They really should be written off as a bet, as it looks like they'll be inconsistent like this for a long time.

Drawing to Bournemouth was despicable for Chelsea, imagining drawing to a team that hasn't won in there last ten matches, I don't know what's happening to the Chelsea's Enzo Maresca, after that beautiful form at the beginning of the season, they are not just doing it anymore.

If not for Sanchez, Chelsea could have lost this match, inasmuch as they kept possession, Bournemouth had chances that could have put them in the lead.

Drawing to a team that was trashed by Brentford, SMH.

When I analyzed Chelsea's game against Bournemouth, I knew Chelsea wasn't doing well, but honestly, I thought that at least in this game Chelsea would manage to win, just as I also believed that Manchester United would win against Wolves. But to my dismay, Chelsea struggled against Bournemouth, something that shocked me. It was unbelievable how Bournemouth, when they got the ball, managed to create so much danger for Chelsea, which had a weak defense. I believe the mistake in this game was Chelsea's defense. I lost my multi-bet because Chelsea and Manchester United drew.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Drawing to Bournemouth was despicable for Chelsea, imagining drawing to a team that hasn't won in there last ten matches, I don't know what's happening to the Chelsea's Enzo Maresca, after that beautiful form at the beginning of the season, they are not just doing it anymore.

If not for Sanchez, Chelsea could have lost this match, inasmuch as they kept possession, Bournemouth had chances that could have put them in the lead.

Drawing to a team that was trashed by Brentford, SMH.

I predicted Chelsea as one of the favourite teams to win the English Premier League trophy just because they started the season well. I never knew they couldn't be relied on, it was their performance that deceived me into predicting them as one of the strong contenders. But their performance keeps disappointing fans and people who always bet on them to win. Imagine Chelsea couldn't win against Bournemouth that is struggling at the bottom of the table.

Whenever Chelsea play a weak team, I don't expect much because it usually ends in a mess. But if its against strong teams I always have confidence that they'll perform well.

I don't see much difference between Chelsea and Manchester United this season they're both supposed to be competing in top-four position but they keep dropping unnecessary points.

Chelsea next match is against Manchester City is going to be a challenging game

[Ayers]

Another poor result from Chelsea. Unfortunately, I still believed in them and placed a bet on them, tempted by Bournemouth equally poor performance and the fact that they were playing at home, but even Chelsea weren't motivated to win.
They really should be written off as a bet, as it looks like they'll be inconsistent like this for a long time.

It is foolish to bet on chelsea and manchester united matches. The performance of both these teams is very erratic. It is impossible to predict with certainty which match they will play better.

Chelsea played against bournemouth at home. Considering the home match, they should have won. The performance of Chelsea's attacking players was quite good. They were able to create many  attacking opportunities. But there was some weakness in finishing. Anyway, Chelsea's defense was shaky. If the defenders had played better , chelsea could have won the match. Chelsea has  conceded 6 goals in the last 3 matches of the Premier League. Chelsea's performance  will not be stable unless the defense is stronger.

[qurbanshah02]

Drawing to Bournemouth was despicable for Chelsea, imagining drawing to a team that hasn't won in there last ten matches, I don't know what's happening to the Chelsea's Enzo Maresca, after that beautiful form at the beginning of the season, they are not just doing it anymore.

If not for Sanchez, Chelsea could have lost this match, inasmuch as they kept possession, Bournemouth had chances that could have put them in the lead.

Hahaha.... I am not surprised at all by the result of this match. I was expecting a draw. Chelsea are not  in their best form. We have been seeing Chelsea's inconsistent and weak performance  for a long  time.

Chelsea have won only one match in their last 5 matches. They have drawn in all three. their performance  is very inconsistent. In such a situation, it was not easy for them to win against bournemouth. chelsea  should have won. But it can not be denied that bournemouth performed  well in this match. Even  though it was chelsea's home match, the bournemouth players were confident. They were also able to attack a lot.

Your expectation turned out to be absolutely correct, the match between them ended in a draw and it is not wrong to say that Chelsea is not strong at the moment because they could not win the match against a weak team, by the way, they are at number 4 in this league. Chelsea should have defended themselves and put pressure on Bournemouth, which would have helped them win, but they also played well and were weak, while getting 1 point, which is a big failure for Chelsea. If they had won these matches too, we would have had some other chances in this league. If Chelsea had succeeded in the match, they would have been in second position, but now they are unfortunately at the bottom and they will have to work hard to move up. It was easy for Chelsea, they could not bear their pressure, so we will consider Chelsea as weak. On the one hand, Chelsea did well to not take advantage of their home ground, but they should have played well, which would have made them successful.

[Solodoski]

Chelsea drew at home against Bournemouth. It is unacceptable for Chelsea to drop points in this match. Dropping so many points at home would mean falling behind in the title race.

We need to get this clear that Chelsea were never in the title race, I have said this over and over that Chelsea are not ready for the title,  because they don't have the team to compete for the title.  The team is so immature, so I hope people will stop putting Chelsea in the title conversation.
Talking about the performance against Bournemouth yesterday,  I was not surprised,  because it has been Chelsea all season, they turn up against big teams,  but fail to turn up when it comes to the average and small teams. Chelsea should be more worried of making the top 4, because it's already slipping away from them.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Chelsea's result was disappointment, but move on guys. We have City's game to come. As City is my favorite club, then it's a must in picking them, though it's gonna be away game. Good news is that pep said at his conference Doku and Rodri may be playing in this game. So let's expect huge improvement to happen.
There are still two days remaining. i hope it will be enough for Doku and Rodri to get even better fitness. So they can play with best line up. imagine having Haaland, Cherki, Rodri, Doku and Foden in the same pitch. It's gonna be a disaster for Sunderland.

Hopefully, no more problem to come, and they can bag three points.

[Volgastallion]

Is impossible to guess what Manchester United is gonna do in the next minute or second, is really impossible they are the most irregular and no sense team in the whole league, how the fuck you won against good teams and always drop points against the most weaker ones, the one from yesterday it was hilarious, how you can drop points against Wolves. Is just incredible.

[Sandra_hakeem]

The truth is Gyokerës was signed to be a super striker at Arsenal but the strategy in which the team plays with him is more like he's just a mere attacker as the wingers, he should stick to the middle more like Halaand, but sometimes he plays on the wings because he wants to switch positions and try to fit in the style of play.. That's is not why they got him. That pass from Trossard to him was so dope, yes he missed to score but again and again, he kept being in better positions, but less balls would get passed to him except for that shot off the woodwork from the Odegaard. He needs more passes.

Raya's fine performance is one of reasons that Arsenal is leading the English premier League table. Although It wasn't easy in the final minutes of the match, the important thing was that they had 3 points to maintain the top of the rankings.

[rezakurnia66]

Chelsea's result was disappointment, but move on guys. We have City's game to come. As City is my favorite club, then it's a must in picking them, though it's gonna be away game. Good news is that pep said at his conference Doku and Rodri may be playing in this game. So let's expect huge improvement to happen.
There are still two days remaining. i hope it will be enough for Doku and Rodri to get even better fitness. So they can play with best line up. imagine having Haaland, Cherki, Rodri, Doku and Foden in the same pitch. It's gonna be a disaster for Sunderland.

Hopefully, no more problem to come, and they can bag three points.

Man City won the first meeting with score 3-0 at Ettihad Stadium at matchday 16, next games against Sunderland at Stadium of Light indeed can win over 3-0 still favorite for City to win maybe 1 or 2 goals. Sunderland hasn't winning two matches in a row and Manchester City has 6 matches winning in a row. Lead head to head from  Sunderland and good statistic in last 6 games I favorite Manchester City to win match because ambition make 2 points with Arsenal won last night from Aston Villa.

Rodri already get recovery from injury? in my opinion best line up must to play Rayan Cherki, Reinjder, Doku and absolutely Erling Haaland will make City more stronger.

[jaberwock]

It was indeed an enjoyable match especially with the heap of goals accumulated in the second half,  looking from the first half I didn't think we will see such amount of goals and I thought surely Aston Villa might actually take draw at least but boy was I wrong.

The first half wasn't soo bad apart from the goal drought and Aston Villa did play ok, from the fast paced counter and there capitalization on Arsenal's mistake, it's just that Ollie Watkins couldn't convert especially those two chances he missed, although they were not that easy.

Arsenal fixed some of those mistakes and Arteta could have substituted Gyokeres faster because that guy was out of it.

At the end of first half, score was 0–0 and I was sure this match was going to be having just one or two goals because Aston Villa was doing good job, and they were on course to have their mark at Emirates but Arsenal done stunning comeback and scored two quick goals.

After having good lead, things were completely under their control this allowed their attack to play more aggressively, and they have done exceptional job to double their lead in minutes later and ended the winning streak of Aston Villa which is still having fair chance of keeping good pressure on both toppers in league table. Ollie Watkins was also not effective like he has done against Chelsea and Mikel Arteta is also doing good changes which making things positive for this team and their chances for staying at the top.

[jakdanyel]

This is how the points look in the Premier League while we are ending this year...

What a win by Arsenal right guys?    We watched 2 different halves. Aston Villa found critical chances in the first part of the match but wasted them all. Maybe we could have talked about a different scenario now.

Arsenal played the second half incredibly! That's definitely a deserved big win. Emery's streak was going to end sooner or later but the way of its end must have made him quite unhappy.

[Olatundespo]

Chelsea drew at home against Bournemouth. It is unacceptable for Chelsea to drop points in this match. Dropping so many points at home would mean falling behind in the title race.

We need to get this clear that Chelsea were never in the title race, I have said this over and over that Chelsea are not ready for the title,  because they don't have the team to compete for the title.  The team is so immature, so I hope people will stop putting Chelsea in the title conversation.
Talking about the performance against Bournemouth yesterday,  I was not surprised,  because it has been Chelsea all season, they turn up against big teams,  but fail to turn up when it comes to the average and small teams. Chelsea should be more worried of making the top 4, because it's already slipping away from them.

Chelsea may be a long way behind in the race for trophies but I still see potential in them. They failed to impress against Bournemouth but they didn't lose. You would be surprised by the way they have played but this season has not been going well for them. But don't forget they had beat Barcelona 3-0 last month and drew with Arsenal. No matter how much the statistics or experts' predictions go against Chelsea, I consider them the favourites in the match against Manchester City and I will bet on Chelsea.

[Juicyhome]

Is impossible to guess what Manchester United is gonna do in the next minute or second, is really impossible they are the most irregular and no sense team in the whole league, how the fuck you won against good teams and always drop points against the most weaker ones, the one from yesterday it was hilarious, how you can drop points against Wolves. Is just incredible.

Amorim should be investigated he's a gambler, he's using Manchester United to play gamble, wolves that are struggling at the button is drawing against Manchester United, it was a fix game, just look at how Amorim removed good players and brought in amateur players into the second half. He's not playing in any Europa competition this season yet he won't take this opportunity to achieve the top four spot.

The management should sack him, he's a motivator,not a coach. He signed the Players he wanted yet no good results, the club can't win three matches in a roll,it's disappointing seriously.  I watched the game am it was so embarrassing to watch a big club like Manchester United struggling to beat wolves.

[allfriends88]

Another poor result from Chelsea. Unfortunately, I still believed in them and placed a bet on them, tempted by Bournemouth equally poor performance and the fact that they were playing at home, but even Chelsea weren't motivated to win.
They really should be written off as a bet, as it looks like they'll be inconsistent like this for a long time.

It is foolish to bet on chelsea and manchester united matches. The performance of both these teams is very erratic. It is impossible to predict with certainty which match they will play better.

Since Chelsea loss to Aston Villa, I've stopped betting on their wins, including the match against Bournemouth. I forgot to include Man United in my parlay bet, but it saved me from losing.

[Danica22]

Chelsea may be a long way behind in the race for trophies but I still see potential in them. They failed to impress against Bournemouth but they didn't lose. You would be surprised by the way they have played but this season has not been going well for them. But don't forget they had beat Barcelona 3-0 last month and drew with Arsenal. No matter how much the statistics or experts' predictions go against Chelsea, I consider them the favourites in the match against Manchester City and I will bet on Chelsea.

IMO Chelsea are already out of the Premier League title race. We expect Chelsea to make a comeback in every match. But they are not succeeding in any way. They have won only one of their last 5 matches. Chelsea's point gap with Arsenal is now 15 points. Is it even possible to close such a big gap? Also, Chelsea's performance is still very erratic. We don't know when they will return to form and be able to play consistently well. I guess we won't find Chelsea even in the top 4 of the table at the end of the season.

[GiftedMAN]

Since Chelsea loss to Aston Villa, I've stopped betting on their wins, including the match against Bournemouth. I forgot to include Man United in my parlay bet, but it saved me from losing.

No difference between Chelsea and Manchester United if you stopped adding Chelsea to your picks it's better to exclude Manchester United also because they will break your heart when you least expect them. Manchester United and Chelsea are so inconsistent this season they win one game today you will see them losing the next two games or draw that's why they need to be avoided by all means when playing bet.

[Different patterns]

Why did Chelsea sell Kovacic to their rival?

 The EPL is just a league where clubs do the unthinkable as the case of Chelsea selling Kovacic to City they're not even showing how it will affect them (like delaying the process to think about it) in the future and I can't say I know the reason why Chelsea sold one of their consistent midfielder to one of their threat in the EPL.
 What about Havartz who was sold to Arsenal, this transfer window is still in a blur state where we can't see what happens next. I don't even see any replacement coming in the squad after Kovacic left and they're still acting comfortable, I hope it won't back fire, Chelsea are just selling anything they get their hands on.

When a club shows interest on a particular player and it becomes obviously clear that such player also wants to move to that club, it is best to allow the player leave.
If Chelsea decides not to let Kovacic leave the club now that he's very interested in going to Manchester City, the player would be very unhappy with the decision and would not passionately play for Chelsea again. So I think the club management was right to let him leave

Another poor result from Chelsea. Unfortunately, I still believed in them and placed a bet on them, tempted by Bournemouth equally poor performance and the fact that they were playing at home, but even Chelsea weren't motivated to win.
They really should be written off as a bet, as it looks like they'll be inconsistent like this for a long time.

It is foolish to bet on chelsea and manchester united matches. The performance of both these teams is very erratic. It is impossible to predict with certainty which match they will play better.

Since Chelsea loss to Aston Villa, I've stopped betting on their wins, including the match against Bournemouth. I forgot to include Man United in my parlay bet, but it saved me from losing.

The only win they've had in the premier League is against Everton, and in Champions League the last time they won was against Barcelona and loss to Atalanta,  I was no expecting these results at all if I must say, they've dropped both in the Champions League and Premier league and if they continue like this In the new year they may not win any title this season at most they will end up 5th or 7th in Premier League. They level of the inconsistency is very high honestly

[Accardo]

Your expectation turned out to be absolutely correct, the match between them ended in a draw and it is not wrong to say that Chelsea is not strong at the moment because they could not win the match against a weak team, by the way, they are at number 4 in this league. Chelsea should have defended themselves and put pressure on Bournemouth, which would have helped them win, but they also played well and were weak, while getting 1 point, which is a big failure for Chelsea. If they had won these matches too, we would have had some other chances in this league.

Chelsea's center back was a complete mess, Bournemouth deserved to win the blues except for the manipulated penalty kick awarded to Chelsea. No way that was a penalty, the defender only did his task, and it was counted as foul just for the sake of covering up their lapses in Stamford bridge, Bournemouth made everyone around me proud in this game, their attacking force was much more stronger than the Chelsea's defense, which was not strategic.