⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Solodoski]

Although teams in the relegation tend to be very tough and Wolverhampton would be very defensive, but Arsenal is a team adapt to any strategy, be it low blocks, high press, counters and so forth, and they have the trophy at stake and won't afford to miss the opportunity this year so they'll do everything possible to be Wolverhampton. Out of the remaining matches, if Arsenal can atleast win up to 9 or 19 matches then draw the rest, it would go a long way for them concerning winning the title this season.

You spoke well. Wolves wont come out to play the game man to man. They will adjust to 6 man defense making it difficult for Arsenal to defend. In their previous meeting, most of us know the drama that happened on that day. Very funny moment, where Arsenal almost drew the game, if not Gabriel Jesus who made the header that led to the winning goal. Although it was counted as an own goal. The games remainingg to play is not up to 19. You've made a mistake, I think 10 or 11 games is left. Winning 9 games, they will be the winner of the title.

[Webetcoins]

I think it's not just the fans who want trophies; the club's owners also want Arteta to bring major trophies to Arsenal. This season might be Arteta's last chance to win a trophy, as fans and management are starting to grow weary of him. Arteta has been in charge for six years, but he hasn't won a single major trophy. whereas, management has always fulfilled Arteta's wishes. Therefore, Arteta has no other reason than to win a trophy this season if he wants to remain a manager. Otherwise, he will likely be sacked.

I am not so sure about him being on his last chance because while he has not won anything decent so far, I think it's still not entirely that much of a big dela because he has done as great as there could be and Arsenal wasn't like winning everything before him neither.

Sure, he has gotten close and close every year, but this year he is very close and if he somehow loses (which I think Arsenal will win) then I think giving him more time isn't bad because who else could be better than him? Not like there are world class managers in line to get his job.

[Hypnotizer]

Arsenal will play against Wolverhampton tonight. I don’t think Wolverhampton, who are expected to be relegated, have much chance in this match.

Arsenal are sure favorite to win this match and they should definitely be able to grab this three points, Arsenal and Wolves head to head in their last five matches are all in favor of Arsenal..they won in all of the last five meetings between them.

For Arsenal, it is now very important not to drop any points, because they lost two crucial points last week and the gap with Manchester City has been reduced to four points.

There are still 12 matches left in the league, and they definitely must not drop points if they want to become champions.

At this time of the season Arsenal needs to win any match that comes their way if they want to lift the premier league trophy this season..

[bitLeap]

Arsenal clearly has a significant advantage over Wolverhampton in every aspect. In terms of players Arsenal has a very talented squad. And Arsenal statistically is far superior to Wolverhampton. The gap between their positions in the standings shows just how superior Arsenal is. Arsenal has won most of their matches against Wolves based on h2h. This season Arsenal has already faced Wolves in the 16th round of the Premier League, where they won it despite the narrow score. Arsenal also won their match last season. So I personally believe that Arsenal will dominate this match or even win it easily. The importance of Arsenal securing full points in this upcoming match makes me even more confident that Arsenal will fight with maximum performance. I'm sure Arsenal does not want to let their team lose points. And they do not want their position in the standings to be approached by other teams or even overtaken.

Well Well Well with all your praise for Arsenal I really appreciate it and the fact is Arsenal are great. But are the statistics that have been passed a benchmark for Arsenal to overcome the pressure they will face?
It's not who the opponent Arsenal will face, no matter Wolves performance under Arsenal though, the problem is whether Arsenal's current mentality is the same as the beginning of the season? in the EPL losing to the bottom team is a common thing and that also applies to Arsenal today.

[Volgastallion]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

[Oluwa-btc]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

Their problem is scoring goals and creating chances properly from open play. They struggle with that, it is not even hard to discover that their wingers, are not effective as they use to be, I honestly thought the new environment for Madueke will see him banging goals but he has done otherwise. Once MIkel Arteta fix that up, then they can win game easily because they have the best set of defenders in the Premier League right now.

[Sarah Azhari]

Chelsea and Manchester United have returned to form in recent times. Both these teams are undefeated for a long time. And there is a chance of them finishing in the top 4 of the table.

I consider Manchester United more deserving of fourth place in the table than Chelsea. They have played well against strong teams in the last few matches. If they can continue this trend, they also have the possibility of occupying the third place in the table. Aston Villa's performance is a bit erratic right now. Still each team will play 12 more matches. So anything can happen.

Since the change of managers, Chelsea and Manchester United's performances have improved, and they are unbeaten under new managers. Chelsea and Manchester United are separated by just one point, and they will be in a tight battle for a top-four finish to qualify for next season's Champions League. Honestly, I'd like to see Manchester United finish in the top four at the end of the season and return to the Champions League, as it's been a long time since we've seen them play in the Champions League.

[Pandu Geddon]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

Hopefully, they don't lose points in the match against Wolves. We saw how Barcelona eventually got caught up by Madrid. A similar situation could happen to Arsenal, who could also be overtaken by Man City if they keep dropping points. 
After facing Wolves, Arsenal will face Tottenham and Chelsea, opponents who may be stronger than Wolves. They can't afford to lose points that they should easily get.

[Baki202]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

That is one thing that nobody is going to forget about arsenal they will fight it to the top about end up dropping out and not winning so the question now is that why make it to the top. When they know they are finding it hard to win the Premier league because more than twice they have topped the table and they won't still be able to win that is there major problem and what they are use to do is already playing out because they are gradually loosing points because we expected them to gather more than enough point but since that is difficult for them to do they are giving us more chances to claim the title this season.

I don't know what is wrong with them from the beginning they gave people hope and now there fans are gradually losing that hope because they can not even predict exactly what there club are playing, is that not funny because now they started dropping points from when they were 9 points away from Manchester city and it kept dropping we don't know what will even happen next and even as good as there players they are still finding it hard to secure points maybe there lead is bad they need to do something different the normal is not longer working.

[KingsDen]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

Their problem is scoring goals and creating chances properly from open play. They struggle with that, it is not even hard to discover that their wingers, are not effective as they use to be, I honestly thought the new environment for Madueke will see him banging goals but he has done otherwise. Once MIkel Arteta fix that up, then they can win game easily because they have the best set of defenders in the Premier League right now.

To me Arsenal is doing beautifully well but what they have difficulty in doing is maintaining their composure during pressure. If Manchester City successfully closes the gap between them and Arsenal to three points, you will see how Arsenal will unapologetically lose the next match to give Manchester City an edge to be at the same point with them. This is the time for Arsenal to main high level composure and win the league.

I must confess, this outstanding they have with the team at the 20th position is a bonus 3 points to fortify them the more. I call it the second chance, so it will be beautiful and beneficial to them if they do not joke with it.

[rachael9385]

Arsenal will play against Wolverhampton tonight. I don’t think Wolverhampton, who are expected to be relegated, have much chance in this match.

Arsenal are sure favorite to win this match and they should definitely be able to grab this three points, Arsenal and Wolves head to head in their last five matches are all in favor of Arsenal..they won in all of the last five meetings between them.

For Arsenal, it is now very important not to drop any points, because they lost two crucial points last week and the gap with Manchester City has been reduced to four points.

There are still 12 matches left in the league, and they definitely must not drop points if they want to become champions.

At this time of the season Arsenal needs to win any match that comes their way if they want to lift the premier league trophy this season..

The Chances of wolves winning this game is very low, Arsenal has lots of reasons to win the game starting from the fact that they need to level up so they can give Manchester city enough gap, winning this game is important to them. But on the other hand wolves should not be underestimated today because they might surprise us especially in the first half, that's just what I think might happen today.

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Hopefully, they don't lose points in the match against Wolves. We saw how Barcelona eventually got caught up by Madrid. A similar situation could happen to Arsenal, who could also be overtaken by Man City if they keep dropping points. 
After facing Wolves, Arsenal will face Tottenham and Chelsea, opponents who may be stronger than Wolves. They can't afford to lose points that they should easily get.

We will definitely win against Wolves because this team is no longer balanced against Arsenal, even if we lose we will be surprised.
The next match against Tottenham may still be overcome by Arsenal because this team is in bad form, against Chelsea this is a bit difficult even though they are playing at home but what we see Chelsea is now better with their new coach, therefore Arsenal must be careful not to lose points again.

[IceLincoln]

Arsenal will play against Wolverhampton tonight. I don’t think Wolverhampton, who are expected to be relegated, have much chance in this match.

Arsenal are sure favorite to win this match and they should definitely be able to grab this three points, Arsenal and Wolves head to head in their last five matches are all in favor of Arsenal..they won in all of the last five meetings between them.

For Arsenal, it is now very important not to drop any points, because they lost two crucial points last week and the gap with Manchester City has been reduced to four points.

There are still 12 matches left in the league, and they definitely must not drop points if they want to become champions.

At this time of the season Arsenal needs to win any match that comes their way if they want to lift the premier league trophy this season..

They definitely need to win all remaining matches or atleast 10 starting from tonight, they need to show that they’re capable of lifting the trophy and there’s no better way than to win and beat your opponents very well.
All these games we see as easy games, they should see them as finals to them lifting the trophy and approach it as such.
Another thing is the level of motivation and discipline in the team cos this determines their fighting spirit when things get tough

[Dump3er]

They definitely need to win all remaining matches or atleast 10 starting from tonight, they need to show that they’re capable of lifting the trophy and there’s no better way than to win and beat your opponents very well.
All these games we see as easy games, they should see them as finals to them lifting the trophy and approach it as such.
Another thing is the level of motivation and discipline in the team cos this determines their fighting spirit when things get tough

But isn't it needless to say that in order to lift a trophy, winning is the key? That's like saying if you want to win a race, you have to be faster than everyone else. Yes what else could make you finish as the winner?

This EPL championship race is far from over and there is still one of the most important games to be played. In about 8 weeks, Manchester City will host Arsenal and in my opinion that game is probably going to be one of the biggest key moments for both teams. Both may not play perfectly until then in terms of results, but they probably stay in range of each other. That is when that game could be a serious indicator of where this season is heading for both teams.

Arsenal still has the strongest defense in the league, but it can be seen that their results have suffered recently.

[Hypnotizer]

They definitely need to win all remaining matches or atleast 10 starting from tonight, they need to show that they’re capable of lifting the trophy and there’s no better way than to win and beat your opponents very well.
All these games we see as easy games, they should see them as finals to them lifting the trophy and approach it as such.
Another thing is the level of motivation and discipline in the team cos this determines their fighting spirit when things get tough

Arsenal have already got a goal in their match tonight against Wolves, Saka scored just five minutes into the game with an assist from Rice..

Arsenal’s performance is so far really good and I think they’ll definitely win this match, they’ve got three shots on target while Wolves have zero shots in this game, wolves goalkeeper also save two chances which could have turnout to be goals for Arsenal.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I’m definitely confident that Arsenal will win the match because they are more inform, Arsenal needs to win this match because the match is very important to them. They have already draw their last match, which is now making Manchester city closer to them and if they should lose or draw this match again, then their chance of lifting the Premier league title will be very short, so if they know what is better for them, they should make sure that they win this match. They should put all pressure and strength to win this match and they should not be scared because one of the things I have noticed about Arsenal is that in a match like this they usually become scared and if they’re scared, they draw the match, but if they play any match without being scared, they win it very well. I just believe Arsenal will surely win the match.

Arsenal is in a cautious mode because City is chasing them, and City has a devastating mode when they set their sights on a team. In fact, I'm seeing that City now has a much greater hunger to win, they've recovered Arsenal now has to win all their remaining matches. Pep has it all calculated; they want to win this Premier League, taking that first place from Arsenal is their main objective.

[Jaycoinz]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

And for some of the players the whole situation will now turn out be something that is looking psychological because a whole lot of them will just find it very hard to scope seeing that the vicious circle ⭕ is actually drawing near to them again and eventually they might even have some mental breakdown because of this as so many players won't just stand a chance at handling the pressure but what arteta needs to do is keep the players mentally fit so that they can manage up this time out and finally break out from the circle.

[Egii Nna]

The main problem for Arsenal is again themselves, and their heads because they all know what all people think of Arsenal and they know how many times they were at top for the whole league and end up losing it at the last hurdle, and this seems to be happening again, every single point they drop is feeding that litle snake in the footballers head.

I don’t know what to say, but Arsenal really need to prove people wrong this season, because they have been performing well for several seasons now, and even one has started to lose hope on them after seeing their current performance, and Manchester City will be happy to use that opportunity to gain what they have already worked for. We all saw how Arsenal played since from the beginning of the season, but if they are not able to be more consistent and maintain their spot from the upcoming games before the end of the season, then I don’t think they will ever won a trophy anymore.

[pawel7777]

Arsenal have just lost points to Wolverhampton as they drew 2-2. Arsenal were leading 2-1 and were waiting for the final whistle, but Wolves made a final push and bagged one in the 4th minute of the stoppage time. This was a matchday 31 game that they played ahead. It was a great opportunity for Arsenal to put extra pressure on Man City, but instead, they proved they are not as solid as many thought they were and can lose points even to a team from the bottom of the table.

Fixtures and odds (by 2UP.io) for matchday 27:

Chelsea x1.20 Vs Burnley x11.00; Draw x6.80
Aston Villa x1.77 Vs Leeds x4.32; Draw x3.68
Brentford x1.96 Vs Brighton x3.43; Draw x3.74
West Ham x2.42 Vs Bournemouth x2.63; Draw x3.62
Manchester City x1.43 Vs Newcastle x6.00; Draw x4.88
Crystal Palace x1.61 Vs Wolves x5.10; Draw x3.94
Nottingham Forest x3.82 Vs Liverpool x1.83; Draw x3.82
Sunderland x2.67 Vs Fulham x2.67; Draw x3.13
Tottenham x5.70 Vs Arsenal x1.57; Draw x3.90
Everton x3.47 Vs Manchester United x1.96; Draw x3.69

[logfiles]

Arsenal dropping points yet again against Wolves, this time round  
A week back I told a friend how Manchester City were gaining momentum while Arsenal seemed to lose theirs, and he insisted that this time round, it is Arsenal's trophy, but now he completely has doubt that they will win it.

This is a sad reality for the fans. It's going to be brutal for them if they don't win it once again after being on top of the table for the big part of the season