⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Accardo]

For Liverpool to sign Alexander Isak this season when Newcastle United say they are not interested in selling Alexander Isak anything is very much possible in football. Even if Red Bull chief said that Klopp is going nowhere, i believe if Liverpool is very serious in bringing Klopp back to Anfield, they can do that if they give Red Bull the money they cannot reject. I do not think Arne Slot is under pressure again in Liverpool because Liverpool have backed Arne Slot, and i believe Arne Slot will remain Liverpool manager till the end of the season.

Liverpool may not be able to have Klopp again, the chief said there is no release clause in Klopp's contract with red bull. Left for Klopp to decide he mentioned he'd never coach an England Club again, but Liverpool. However, the best thing for the club to do is to risk having Slot complete this season, then evaluate his overall performance in the club, before taking action on whether he'd stay or leave.

[Stable090]

Wolves got their first win of the season and a cleansheet but I  think they both teams are relegating and going through comments on BBC sport, both fans are accepting this fate already.

Wolves scored three goals in today’s match, how did  they even do that, it’s surprising because I wasn’t even expecting a win from wolves in the match, but they won the match, and they scored 3 goals in the match.

No matter the goals which wolves score right now, they can’t avoid relegation this season. How will a team that wants to stay in premier league be getting their first win today on their 20th match, thats really a bad one because they having just 6 points even as they won today so they can’t avoid relegation.

West ham are currently having 14 points, they are 3 points behind  Nottingham forest which is in 17th position, so if Nottingham forest keeps on performing poorly, and west ham can improve their performance, then they might end up not getting relegated, but they will have to work on their performance.

[bitgolden]

Although Chelsea had started to improve, especially in the first half of the season, their performance has been very unstable lately. Although several of their top players have returned and made quite good progress, as a club, it hasn't lived up to Chelsea's expectations and targets.

And now, with their interim coach, Calum McFarlane, they still have to fight not only in the Premier League against Manchester City, which will undoubtedly be very tough. In fact, Chelsea's challenge is truly formidable, not least because Marezca was named Manager of the Month in December and was sacked in early January. So? 

There is no way that we are going to see this be a big deal for Chelsea, because losing wouldn't really a big deal. They knew that they would lose this game, they knew it long ago and they know it now. Maresca or interim, they are not good enough to win this game. That doesn't mean it's impossible to get a win or dra out of this game, in football anything is possible, but that also doesn't mean they are "expecting" it, that's the important part, they are not expecting anything but a loss.

[Odohu]

Aston Villa are now really showing that fighting spirit to remain a top four club despite the hiccup with Arsenal last gameweek, and right now from what am seeing they are in really good form which should see them going for that 1 or 2 placing as City aren't convincing if you ask me, otherwise so far so good . Watkins still consistent with his game which is good to see hope he won't be poached with the transfer window open..

My prediction was accurate because I know that Aston Villa  will win this game and they are definitely went hard on Nottingham forest, and they were not even given them any breathing space and the pressure that Aston Villa are given was much and they could no longer stand the heat and it is good that they are trying to maintain a very good position on the table, and Aston Villa have cause a lot of clubs a lot of problems but there winning against Aston Villa was expected because of how poor Nottingham have been performing, and Arsenal playing 2:1 against Bournemouth we hopefully expect arsenal to win this game we can not afford to lose any of this games now. Because of the goal we want to archive this season.

Aston Villa had to win that match as a revenge for their humiliation by Arsenal. The winning have made them enter the second position in the league table even ahead of Manchester City pending when the later play their Match against Chelsea tomorrow. Manchester City are the favorite to win Chelsea but we do know that Chelsea have a tradition of beauty big teams when they least expected. Unless they remember this history, Manchester City is going to flog them well to avoid losing a match after drawing the previous match.

[ejikeme24]

There is no way that we are going to see this be a big deal for Chelsea, because losing wouldn't really a big deal. They knew that they would lose this game, they knew it long ago and they know it now. Maresca or interim, they are not good enough to win this game. That doesn't mean it's impossible to get a win or dra out of this game, in football anything is possible, but that also doesn't mean they are "expecting" it, that's the important part, they are not expecting anything but a loss.

I doubt it if you said that they are expecting anything but a loss, just so you know it is only those underdog teams that feel pressured or expecting nothing but loss whenever they are playing with superior teams, which Chelsea that I know is not in that class. So for that I would say that they are expecting wining even though Manchester city is in a very good form but anything can happen, it is just like the match between wolves and west ham I never believed that wolves would win West ham so easily considering their poor performance. So yeah everything is possible so Long as football is concerned.

[Hyphen(-)]

I think if this season were to end with Arsenal winning the league the player of the season would be heavily contested between the two players; Declan Rice and Gabriel Magalhaes because both have been seriously superb this season. Hopefully they are both get to crown the league winners. Manchester city have a game at hand tomorrow against Chelsea and a win will help them reduce the point deficit to four points but this three points is seriously an important one for Arsenal

Deciding who to be the best player of the season will be really tough between Declan Rice and Gabriel Magahalhaes because both of them are very impressive and with the players in the team, they all have the motivation to win every game that is why whenever they lose match, these players look frustrating. I like the two of them, they have improved seriously this season, and if Arsenal keep up playing this way, they will win the league because Manchester City will now be under pressure to defeat Chelsea which will not be easy for them even though Chelsea is without a manager yet, they will struggle to win the match, while Arsenal fans will praying for a draw or Chelsea to defat Manchester City.
If Arsenal win the EPL and the Champions League this season, they will have consistency especially in the EPL because the players will keep having confidence and they might do the same thing Manchester City did in the premier .

[hyudien]

Wolves scored three goals in today’s match, how did  they even do that, it’s surprising because I wasn’t even expecting a win from wolves in the match, but they won the match, and they scored 3 goals in the match.

Yes this is a surprise even I'm sure many bettors are not interested in this match, but Wolves have shown signs of improvement when facing Man Utd by successfully holding a draw and today they showed their good form again with a landslide victory over West Ham.

No matter the goals which wolves score right now, they can’t avoid relegation this season. How will a team that wants to stay in premier league be getting their first win today on their 20th match, thats really a bad one because they having just 6 points even as they won today so they can’t avoid relegation.

Nothing is impossible, if Wolves can do this kind of work in every match they still have hopes of getting out of the relegation zone, after all they are not far behind. The hope to catch up is still there.

[Callido]

Aston Villa had to win that match as a revenge for their humiliation by Arsenal. The winning have made them enter the second position in the league table even ahead of Manchester City pending when the later play their Match against Chelsea tomorrow. Manchester City are the favorite to win Chelsea but we do know that Chelsea have a tradition of beauty big teams when they least expected. Unless they remember this history, Manchester City is going to flog them well to avoid losing a match after drawing the previous match.

I can't say much on Chelsea's game tomorrow, Maresca isn't the one to coach them, he's always been great during big games. For Calum McFarlane, the Chelsea under 21 head coach, i don't know how good he is managing the club facing Manchester City, i don't perceive the outcome in a good way, but i won't doubt potential because he is a coach and he should know how important it is to get a good result in the match.

If only Chelsea can get a draw in this game, expecting them to win City at their home is placing too many expectations.

[pawel7777]

Wolves earning their first win after 20 rounds in the season was a refreshing view. They (and their fans) deserve it. Nothing will stop them from relegation with only 6 points on their account, but they should keep trying nevertheless.

Arsenal with another win means there will be even more pressure on Man City in their game against Chelsea tomorrow, which they have to win if they don't want to end up with 7 points behind Arsenal.
Arsenal's game wasn't easy though. They started off horribly wrong when Gabriel messed up his pass and ended up handing the ball to Bournemouth's Evanilson, who just put it into an empty goal. Gabriel redeemed himself only 6 minutes later with an equaliser, so nobody will be mad about his earlier mistake.

Man City are a clear favourite in their match tomorrow against Chelsea, but I think it could go either way. After Maresca left the club, Chelsea will be led by Calum McFarlane for the first time. It often happens that whenever there's a change in head coach, players are extra-motivated to prove they are worthy of a position in the first squad. Let's see if this will be a case for Chelsea tomorrow.

[Abbatty]

There is no way that we are going to see this be a big deal for Chelsea, because losing wouldn't really a big deal. They knew that they would lose this game, they knew it long ago and they know it now. Maresca or interim, they are not good enough to win this game. That doesn't mean it's impossible to get a win or dra out of this game, in football anything is possible, but that also doesn't mean they are "expecting" it, that's the important part, they are not expecting anything but a loss.

I doubt it if you said that they are expecting anything but a loss, just so you know it is only those underdog teams that feel pressured or expecting nothing but loss whenever they are playing with superior teams, which Chelsea that I know is not in that class. So for that I would say that they are expecting wining even though Manchester city is in a very good form but anything can happen, it is just like the match between wolves and west ham I never believed that wolves would win West ham so easily considering their poor performance. So yeah everything is possible so Long as football is concerned.

What do you mean they are expecting to lose this match, like this is a football club, every team goes into every match to win it. This is the premier league we are talking about, we have seen Manchester city drop point to even less club this season. It just so funny how most  of you just down play some football clubs. This is going to be a tough and interesting match, both clubs are going to have their moments, it now left for who wants it more. Manchester city though in this game have an upper hand, they would be playing at home and again their are much more in foam than Chelsea.

While Chelsea on the other hand are in a struggling position currently, they just recently sacked their manager, their most important players this season will be out for this game and also they don’t always find it easy at the Ethihad.

It a big game and it very unpredictable, Manchester city might be favorite to win this game but you can write off Chelsea.

[Alphie12]

The score stayed 2-3 and Arsenal won this tough game, I admire Bournemouth's fightback here and if only they had been more clinical maybe they could have stolen a point from Arsenal, whatever the result Bournemouth still deserve credit for the fightback. Arsenal are now firmly at the top of the table with a 6 point lead over Man City which should not have happened if Man City had not failed in yesterday's match.

By the way today we have only witnessed 4 matches and many goals have occurred, it seems that this will continue in other matches.

This is a champions response if you ask me, seriously this is the kind of response that every club who have been champions make immediately after going down. Today’s game once again tested Arsenal’s resolve and they came out on top, I was a bit skeptical about the outcome of the game most especially when they went a goal down because I thought what happened last season when the cherries hosted the gunners would still repeat it self but yet again a very important goal by Gabriel again in this game after been the one who cheaply gave the ball away to Evanilson for the first goal.

I think if this season were to end with Arsenal winning the league the player of the season would be heavily contested between the two players; Declan Rice and Gabriel Magalhaes because both have been seriously superb this season. Hopefully they are both get to crown the league winners. Manchester city have a game at hand tomorrow against Chelsea and a win will help them reduce the point deficit to four points but this three points is seriously an important one for Arsenal

arsenal and westham are showing us that if you continue knocking on a door it will eventually open for you westham(relegation), arsenal(champions)

[Bigjoe33]

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League and have managed to secure three points. They are currently second behind Aston Villa, having played one more match. Manchester City will face a very difficult match tomorrow against Chelsea, and we all know how good Chelsea are in big matches. If Chelsea drop points against them, Arsenal will have a huge advantage in their pursuit of the league title. Right now, Arsenal are focused on tomorrow's match, having achieved the difficult task. Millions of people in the Premier League and around the world expect Arsenal to win the championship this year. Will they be able to do it? Or will they once again decline and finish second?

Could this be a typo error or what? Did you preview your work or statement before posting? That Arsenal are unbeaten, and are second placed, begun Aston Villa, how?

Arsenal has lost two matches this season, 1:0 against Liverpool and a 2;1 defeat from Aston Villa last two weeks or so. So pls, you have to edit this post as soon as possible and make corrections.

As for them going home with the trophy, well, we can never tell for now. We have seen them(Arsenal) been in better positions like this, Ans when everybody feels that the cup is there's, they end up drawing and loosing matches, and slowly, other clubs will creep in and take it home. We still have enough matches to be played. Let's see if he will deliver and put smiles on the face of there fans and the chlib generally

[Wakate]

I doubt it if you said that they are expecting anything but a loss, just so you know it is only those underdog teams that feel pressured or expecting nothing but loss whenever they are playing with superior teams, which Chelsea that I know is not in that class. So for that I would say that they are expecting wining even though Manchester city is in a very good form but anything can happen, it is just like the match between wolves and west ham I never believed that wolves would win West ham so easily considering their poor performance. So yeah everything is possible so Long as football is concerned.

Never you use poor performances of a team to judge what the team might be capable of doing in their next match.
For Wolves to beat West Ham, it was a surprise about so many predictions that wolves might not win the match.
For Chelsea, they are busy playing draw matches when they supposed to play serious matches and compete with Arsenal.

[Donneski]

Aston Villa had to win that match as a revenge for their humiliation by Arsenal. The winning have made them enter the second position in the league table even ahead of Manchester City pending when the later play their Match against Chelsea tomorrow. Manchester City are the favorite to win Chelsea but we do know that Chelsea have a tradition of beauty big teams when they least expected. Unless they remember this history, Manchester City is going to flog them well to avoid losing a match after drawing the previous match.

I can't say much on Chelsea's game tomorrow, Maresca isn't the one to coach them, he's always been great during big games. For Calum McFarlane, the Chelsea under 21 head coach, i don't know how good he is managing the club facing Manchester City, i don't perceive the outcome in a good way, but i won't doubt potential because he is a coach and he should know how important it is to get a good result in the match.

If only Chelsea can get a draw in this game, expecting them to win City at their home is placing too many expectations.

Even without a manager, I don't think the Manchester City vs Chelsea game will be an easy game for either teams. I haven't seen the results of Calum McFarlane's tactical strength in the past but I believe he should know what he'll tell the Chelsea boys to approach the game with and get a good result against a Pep Guardiola Manchester City that's doing everything possible not to drop points. A draw will be a good result for Chelsea no doubt but I think they've got what it takes to win the in the game

[DaNNy001]

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League and have managed to secure three points. They are currently second behind Aston Villa, having played one more match. Manchester City will face a very difficult match tomorrow against Chelsea, and we all know how good Chelsea are in big matches. If Chelsea drop points against them, Arsenal will have a huge advantage in their pursuit of the league title. Right now, Arsenal are focused on tomorrow's match, having achieved the difficult task. Millions of people in the Premier League and around the world expect Arsenal to win the championship this year. Will they be able to do it? Or will they once again decline and finish second?

The chances of Arsenal ending up in the second position is quite low because they have enough points away from city and Aston villa and these are the only two teams that tried to match up to their level...Arsenal is aiming for both the premiere league title and also the uefa champions League, i don't think it would be possible for them to win both titles even ifnthey they have a high chance of achieving this

[GiftedMAN]

Even without a manager, I don't think the Manchester City vs Chelsea game will be an easy game for either teams. I haven't seen the results of Calum McFarlane's tactical strength in the past but I believe he should know what he'll tell the Chelsea boys to approach the game with and get a good result against a Pep Guardiola Manchester City that's doing everything possible not to drop points. A draw will be a good result for Chelsea no doubt but I think they've got what it takes to win the in the game

Manchester City struggled again Forest to a 0:0 draw in their last match if they face a Chelsea team without a coach you don't need a physician to inform you the outcome you should expect because Pep Guardiola and his boys will play against Chelsea with a heavy anger and the result will definitely be in their favour because they know that wasting any point at this point will see Arsenal gradually getting more chances of winning the league since they win today after Manchester City played their own draw. The game is not going to be an easy game for both teams but Manchester City is in a better position to win the game.

[MorganaX]

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League and have managed to secure three points. They are currently second behind Aston Villa, having played one more match. Manchester City will face a very difficult match tomorrow against Chelsea, and we all know how good Chelsea are in big matches. If Chelsea drop points against them, Arsenal will have a huge advantage in their pursuit of the league title. Right now, Arsenal are focused on tomorrow's match, having achieved the difficult task. Millions of people in the Premier League and around the world expect Arsenal to win the championship this year. Will they be able to do it? Or will they once again decline and finish second?

The chances of Arsenal ending up in the second position is quite low because they have enough points away from city and Aston villa and these are the only two teams that tried to match up to their level...Arsenal is aiming for both the premiere league title and also the uefa champions League, i don't think it would be possible for them to win both titles even ifnthey they have a high chance of achieving this

I can boldly say that the chances of Arsenal winning the EPL title this season is very high now, as they look like they are the only contender for the race, even though Aston villa and Manchester City are still chasing, they are the only team that is winning all their games even though with a fight, I can still say that they have the chance of winning the league this season, I know it will not be that easy one though, but they are getting closer and closer already for it, hope they win it at the end.

[TelolettOm]

I can't say much on Chelsea's game tomorrow, Maresca isn't the one to coach them, he's always been great during big games. For Calum McFarlane, the Chelsea under 21 head coach, i don't know how good he is managing the club facing Manchester City, i don't perceive the outcome in a good way, but i won't doubt potential because he is a coach and he should know how important it is to get a good result in the match.

This is a big challenge for Chelsea, who will face Man City without Maresca, having sacked the manager. Well, it won't be easy, as Man City certainly has a strong and solid defense, not to mention Haaland and company. However, Chelsea also has several other potential players, but that's just the case.

They entrusted Calum McFarlane for the match this time. They are trying to sign Liam Rosenior as the new coach, but the progress is still being discussed.

Source: Calum McFarlane

[MK-74]

Arsenal beat Bournemouth 3–2 away from home and continue their title challenge without dropping points. They made good use of Manchester City’s slip up and managed to keep the points gap intact.

Aston Villa defeated Nottingham Forest 3–1 at home and this win was very important for them after their loss to Arsenal.

Wolverhampton beat West Ham 3–0 at home and picked up their first win in the Premier League. They won after 19 matches. This defeat was very disappointing for West Ham, as it was a game they really needed to win.

[shinratensei_]

Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League and have managed to secure three points. They are currently second behind Aston Villa, having played one more match. Manchester City will face a very difficult match tomorrow against Chelsea, and we all know how good Chelsea are in big matches. If Chelsea drop points against them, Arsenal will have a huge advantage in their pursuit of the league title. Right now, Arsenal are focused on tomorrow's match, having achieved the difficult task. Millions of people in the Premier League and around the world expect Arsenal to win the championship this year. Will they be able to do it? Or will they once again decline and finish second?

I'm doubting Chelsea to prevent City to bag three points. After the Maresca drama, Chelsea took the interim manager from their young squad, which i think it's not reliable enough to fight against City's pep in tactical term. Importantly, pep is coming with the proper squad compared to the last season.
Chelsea still has major problem in their defense, and it can be exploited by Haaland with his endurance and physicality. So i'm rooting on City in this game.

As for the EFL cup. Arsenal and City take the lead to win the trophy. I don't wanna put Arsenal as favorite caused by City is also slowly moving up too. So it's likely 50:50.