⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Italian Panic]

Chelsea is in a very bad situation right now and I don't see them putting up any fight against Liverpool at the Anfield. Liverpool are not also in their best form right now, but I think they are still miles better than Chelsea right now, so I am expecting Liverpool to win this one easily. Chelsea also have some injury concerns to some important players,  which will also make their team more weak for this contest.  I will be surprised if Chelsea gets a result here, because they have been poor recently and I don't see them getting a result in this game.

Chelsea are in a bad situation because of their management and they are showing exactly how NOT to run a club. With Rosenior’s sacking, I have lost count of the number of managers but in a situation like this not even Guardiola could sort things out. With senseless signings and massive debts, I don’t know how they will get out of this. They also had excellent academy players whom they sold off cheaply, when they could have formed the backbone of the club given their love for the shirt.

[alankasman]

Chelsea is in a very bad situation right now and I don't see them putting up any fight against Liverpool at the Anfield. Liverpool are not also in their best form right now, but I think they are still miles better than Chelsea right now, so I am expecting Liverpool to win this one easily. Chelsea also have some injury concerns to some important players,  which will also make their team more weak for this contest.  I will be surprised if Chelsea gets a result here, because they have been poor recently and I don't see them getting a result in this game.

This is something Chelsea must be wary of going into next season as their current performance is very poor in every match they play especially in the next match which will be away to Liverpool. A loss could drop them to 12th place far from their hopes of competing in the Europa League.

Moreover in this match which took place at Anfield it was certainly very difficult for Chelsea to win but anything could happen even though the current situation they were experiencing many people doubted them to win the match against Liverpool because there were several Chelsea players who were injured of course this was a significant blow for the team nicknamed The Blues to be able to win the match especially since in several previous matches they had always failed to get the results they wanted.

[Moreno233]

Let's discuss the premier league session 2025/2026 on this thread.

Open for everyone.

This is a nice idea because this season is already coming to an end, although it is not still certain all the teams that will move from the champions to the top league as well as all the teams that will be relegated from the premiere league. So, I am of the opinion that making a new thread for next season will be better to keep things a little fresh amd also allow for the season to fully end and we know the constituents of the next season before such thread can emerge.

[Velvet78]

Manchester City are hosting Brentford this evening. While they are fighting for the league title, Brentford are also in a battle for a European tournament spot...

However I don't think Guardiola's students would lose points at Etihad. Especially after that unexpected Everton draw, they have no choice other than to keep winning and hope for Arsenal to lose points.

This is a nice idea because this season is already coming to an end, although it is not still certain all the teams that will move from the champions to the top league as well as all the teams that will be relegated from the premiere league. So, I am of the opinion that making a new thread for next season will be better to keep things a little fresh amd also allow for the season to fully end and we know the constituents of the next season before such thread can emerge.

We are already in the 2025/2026 season... That's a post edited on October 13, 2025.

[len01]

Manchester City are hosting Brentford this evening. While they are fighting for the league title, Brentford are also in a battle for a European tournament spot...

However I don't think Guardiola's students would lose points at Etihad. Especially after that unexpected Everton draw, they have no choice other than to keep winning and hope for Arsenal to lose points.

Given the pressure City are under right now, playing at home should be a good opportunity for them to secure all points. The gap between Arsenal and City is not that big either, so City really need to take advantage of the remaining matches and keep collecting points consistently. But honestly, I’ve got a bad feeling about today’s match if Brentford decide to park the bus and play for a draw. And if the game actually ends in a draw, I think Man City could kiss their title chances goodbye.

[Jossque]

Liverpool will face Chelsea at home. I expect Liverpool to win against their out-of-form opponent. Chelsea has been performing really poorly in their recent matches. With only 2 wins and 8 losses in their last 10 matches, we certainly can’t expect Chelsea to be the favorite against Liverpool. We can say that Liverpool aims to win and finish in 4th place. If Chelsea wins the match, they might at least continue competing for 6th place, but I see that as a long shot.

[eisen33]

Given the pressure City are under right now, playing at home should be a good opportunity for them to secure all points. The gap between Arsenal and City is not that big either, so City really need to take advantage of the remaining matches and keep collecting points consistently. But honestly, I’ve got a bad feeling about today’s match if Brentford decide to park the bus and play for a draw. And if the game actually ends in a draw, I think Man City could kiss their title chances goodbye.

Considering that there are only a few rounds left until the end of the season, the gap between Arsenal and City is quite significant. But that doesn’t mean City should slow down. I think they will do everything they can to beat Brentford at home today. And odds of almost 1.4 for a home game for City are not that low.

What do you think about a parlay on both City and Arsenal to win? The combined odds come out to 2.2, which seems pretty solid to me. Both teams need to win.

[Adbitco]

Given the pressure City are under right now, playing at home should be a good opportunity for them to secure all points. The gap between Arsenal and City is not that big either, so City really need to take advantage of the remaining matches and keep collecting points consistently. But honestly, I’ve got a bad feeling about today’s match if Brentford decide to park the bus and play for a draw. And if the game actually ends in a draw, I think Man City could kiss their title chances goodbye.

I think they will still keep on fighting, if they win against Brentford, the gap will be 2 points, Pep has a never giving up mentality and if he continues to win, the title race will be dragged to the last day of the season, but if they drop points against Brentford that's the end of it all. As for Arsenal, I'm not expecting any slip up unless they want to put their fans in distress with just 3 games to go. On paper it's already over for Manchester City after their draw last Monday but it's football, anything can happen at any point in time.

[Mayor of ogba]

If you are talking about winning the premier league title there is no way arsenal is going to fail at this point because they have the upper hand now after city failed to win everton and arsenal has a high chance of winning their next game. Once that happens there is no way City would be able to overtake them. We all wrote arsenal off but it is surprising that they are still fighting, perhaps this season will be different.

Manchester City failure to win Everton has given Arsenal the control in the Premier League title race, and it will be difficult for Arsenal to drop points that will give Manchester City a chance to catch up with them in point or surpass them in point, Arsenal just need to win their remaining three matches to beat Manchester City to the Premier League title.

[Jossque]

Manchester City will face Brentford at home. City cannot afford to drop any points. Arsenal is five points ahead, and City must win against this strong opponent to close the gap again. Brentford is fighting hard to secure sixth place in the league. Both teams have different objectives, and I think it’s very likely that both will score in this match. It looks very unlikely that Brentford will take any points from this match, but City might be demoralized after drawing 3-3 against Everton.

[Mayor of ogba]

Liverpool will face Chelsea at home. I expect Liverpool to win against their out-of-form opponent. Chelsea has been performing really poorly in their recent matches. With only 2 wins and 8 losses in their last 10 matches, we certainly can’t expect Chelsea to be the favorite against Liverpool. We can say that Liverpool aims to win and finish in 4th place. If Chelsea wins the match, they might at least continue competing for 6th place, but I see that as a long shot.

Chelsea isn't in form and them travelling to Anfield is the more reason I am expecting Liverpool to triumph over them at Anfield. Yes, Chelsea has been performing poorly lately in their recent matches, I still believe they will perform poorly against Liverpool and lose the match. Chelsea isn't the favorite and they won't win Liverpool. Liverpool and Aston Villa are on the same point, so Liverpool will be aiming to beat Chelsea today in order for them to increase their chances of finishing in 4th position.

[Solodoski]

Liverpool will face Chelsea at home. I expect Liverpool to win against their out-of-form opponent. Chelsea has been performing really poorly in their recent matches. With only 2 wins and 8 losses in their last 10 matches, we certainly can’t expect Chelsea to be the favorite against Liverpool. We can say that Liverpool aims to win and finish in 4th place. If Chelsea wins the match, they might at least continue competing for 6th place, but I see that as a long shot.

Chelsea isn't in form and them travelling to Anfield is the more reason I am expecting Liverpool to triumph over them at Anfield. Yes, Chelsea has been performing poorly lately in their recent matches, I still believe they will perform poorly against Liverpool and lose the match. Chelsea isn't the favorite and they won't win Liverpool. Liverpool and Aston Villa are on the same point, so Liverpool will be aiming to beat Chelsea today in order for them to increase their chances of finishing in 4th position.

Liverpool is not a good team now, but one thing I know Chelsea is the worst of them all. After this game, Chelsea's faith will be sealed. Chelsea wont qualify for the conference league anymore if care is not taking. We will see them around 12 position at the end of this game week. Liverpool chance of going to the UCL lies in this game, and if by any reason Chelsea is the easiest club to get 3 point.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Under an hour until Liverpool vs Chelsea kicks off. A terrible season for us, we need one more win to cement CL football. You just can’t trust this Liverpool team though so who knows what will happen.

 

[AprilioMP]

Chelsea is no longer in the running for a Champions League spot, but Liverpool is fighting to ensure they don’t lose their automatic qualification spot.
This season, Chelsea is in the same position as in the 2023/2024 season. That season, Chelsea finished in 6th place.
This match is still drawing a lot of interest from fans because both teams are major clubs.

The Premier League will be exciting to watch, with every Arsenal and Manchester City match being a must-see. Then there are the matches involving Tottenham and West Ham United, as the teams I’ve mentioned are fighting hard. The top two are battling to win the trophy, while the bottom two are fighting to avoid relegation.

Yeah, Chelsea bad form and losing their last 6 games in the premier league has taken them away from the champions league spot. It will be difficult for Chelsea to get back to the champions league spot this season as they are 10 points behind the champions league spot, and i do think they can finish in the 6th place in the league standings and hope for Aston Villa to win the Europa league so they could qualify to the champions league with Aston Villa spot in the league standings while Aston Villa will qualify to the champions league because they won the Europa league. With the suspens in the premier league race between Arsenal and Manchester United and the relegation race between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham, the premier league will be exciting to watch, as football lovers are eager to see how these teams would play.

Finishing in 6th place in the standings is still possible, but if they lose to Liverpool, Chelsea will fail to secure that spot—especially if Bournemouth, Brentford, and Brighton all avoid defeat in their remaining matches this season.
So we can say that Chelsea this season is in the same situation as they were in the 2023/2024 season.
Both Liverpool and Chelsea have confirmed their lineups for this match, which is about to be played. What catches my attention is Chelsea’s formation; McFarlane is playing with three defenders.

I think the rivalry between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United is the most interesting one, aside from Arsenal and Manchester City.

[Stormisover]

Liverpool will face Chelsea at home. I expect Liverpool to win against their out-of-form opponent. Chelsea has been performing really poorly in their recent matches. With only 2 wins and 8 losses in their last 10 matches, we certainly can’t expect Chelsea to be the favorite against Liverpool. We can say that Liverpool aims to win and finish in 4th place. If Chelsea wins the match, they might at least continue competing for 6th place, but I see that as a long shot.

Chelsea isn't in form and them travelling to Anfield is the more reason I am expecting Liverpool to triumph over them at Anfield. Yes, Chelsea has been performing poorly lately in their recent matches, I still believe they will perform poorly against Liverpool and lose the match. Chelsea isn't the favorite and they won't win Liverpool. Liverpool and Aston Villa are on the same point, so Liverpool will be aiming to beat Chelsea today in order for them to increase their chances of finishing in 4th position.

Liverpool is not a good team now, but one thing I know Chelsea is the worst of them all. After this game, Chelsea's faith will be sealed. Chelsea wont qualify for the conference league anymore if care is not taking. We will see them around 12 position at the end of this game week. Liverpool chance of going to the UCL lies in this game, and if by any reason Chelsea is the easiest club to get 3 point.

This reasons you just gave will actually make the game become more interesting, the first team will be fighting to seal up their spot in the UEFA Champions League competition comes next season, while the other one will be fighting to at least play any of the European competitions comes next season also, so it's will be a tough game though, but we all know Chelsea pose no threat on this game, in other words it's a straight winning for Liverpool no doubt, because I don't see any reason why Liverpool can't beat Chelsea in today's game.

[HajiBagi]

Liverpool will face Chelsea at home. I expect Liverpool to win against their out-of-form opponent. Chelsea has been performing really poorly in their recent matches. With only 2 wins and 8 losses in their last 10 matches, we certainly can’t expect Chelsea to be the favorite against Liverpool. We can say that Liverpool aims to win and finish in 4th place. If Chelsea wins the match, they might at least continue competing for 6th place, but I see that as a long shot.

Liverpool is the clear favourite to win this match because they are in a better form than Chelsea, Chelsea is like a team that need a miracle to make it to the Champions League spot, at this point Chelsea is in big trouble because the club is not ready to play any European competition next season with their current performance, Liverpool on the other hand want to win the game to make sure they qualify for the Champions League which they have the chance to do it if they win their remaining games.

Chelsea players lose their form since the departure of Enzo Maresca, Maresca make Chelsea look better and can compete against any team and now they look like they are the worst team in the world, Liverpool need to play well in the game because Chelsea will want to win the game to make the fans happy,m because they have not win many games in 2026 or score many goals.

[Mayor of ogba]

Liverpool is not a good team now, but one thing I know Chelsea is the worst of them all. After this game, Chelsea's faith will be sealed. Chelsea wont qualify for the conference league anymore if care is not taking. We will see them around 12 position at the end of this game week. Liverpool chance of going to the UCL lies in this game, and if by any reason Chelsea is the easiest club to get 3 point.

I know very well that Liverpool isn't a good team now, but since Chelsea is worst than Liverpool and they haven't won any of their past six Premier league matches, they have no chance against Liverpool at Anfield. If Liverpool doesn't win Chelsea the match will end in a draw. Chelsea chances of not qualifying for the Conference League is very high, anything that make them lose three points to Liverpool they won't qualify for the Conference League.

[Nahl]

Liverpool probably will play without some key players even the players such as Florian or Konate still not confirmed whether they will be absent or available but Isak maybe can be played if Salah really absent and indeed from update condition Liverpool is unfavourable but if Liverpool want to gets champion league ticket i think they should be win over Chelsea today and on the first met Chelsea won at that time Chelsea as a host and today hopefully Anfield will makes Liverpool more confident to play and from the statistics indeed Liverpool is better but sometimes they were playing under perform and gets unpredictable result

[Princess Leah]

Liverpool probably will play without some key players even the players such as Florian or Konate still not confirmed whether they will be absent or available but Isak maybe can be played if Salah really absent and indeed from update condition Liverpool is unfavourable but if Liverpool want to gets champion league ticket i think they should be win over Chelsea today and on the first met Chelsea won at that time Chelsea as a host and today hopefully Anfield will makes Liverpool more confident to play and from the statistics indeed Liverpool is better but sometimes they were playing under perform and gets unpredictable result

They're still in a better position to win, I mean the home advantage, better form recently, and more confident players compared to Chelsea that's yet to win a league match in more than five games now, it's sad that they might still go suffer another lose at Anfield, I'm not confident that they'll win Liverpool there except maybe a draw.

 Also remember that Liverpool is still in the top four race and would try to do their best to maintain that fourth position, a draw is not safe since they're sharing points with Aston Villa so winning shouldn't be something they should gamble with it's a must and they'll really try to. Well you're right about their unpredictable result.

[Byebyebtc]

As I expected, Liverpool has scored the first goal of the match against Chelsea,

As a Chelsea fan I didn't even want to watch the match because of the present form of Chelsea, I don't want to get emotional today, but that's not what a real fan will do, so have to

Nevertheless I hope that they will perform well to be able to equalise immediately and there will be enough to make something positive happen.