⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Joy- maker]

I really don't understand how you can say so confidently that Manchester United will beat Manchester City. Look at the last matches, Manchester United drew one and lost one. But Manchester City is still maintaining their winning streak. They may not have won by a large goal difference in any match like Manchester United, but they have not lost in the last matches. So it will not be that easy for  Manchester United to beat  Manchester City . According to the current form, I think Manchester City will win. Maybe the goal difference will not be much, but  Manchester United's position is slightly behind City.

Does it mean that, a team that has not lost a simple match this season cannot be defeated by Manchester United? Manchester City May be in their best performance but beating Manchester United at home is not always easy.  Last season Manchester City under pep guardiola was defeated by Manchester United, even if Manchester United end up losing to Manchester City the match is not going to be an easy one, Manchester United still have a chance to course an upset.

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Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That is  indeed a good start for pedro and Chelsea this season,  his performance last month calls for praises as he stood firm to help Chelsea step on there opponent in the last few games. With his consistent performance in those games I think he will become an important part of Chelsea's attacking line and will continue with same spirit except he is visited by some setbacks like injuries and lost of consistency,  then alone will his productivity at Chelsea's front line be in doubt which am sure won't be possible for now that he is in his best form.

[Miles2006]

I share same thoughts with you, Manchester United are going to bring out all their artilleries on that day to unleash on City, it's a derby match, and without much saying, the odds are in favor of city, so Manchester United are like the underdogs in this encounter, but in a bid to prove a point, United wouldn't want to stand idle, they will literally fight with everything they have, it's a super Sunday game, one of the biggest since the league started.

If we look at performance of Man City and Man United after week 3 then Man City is way ahead of Man United. Time is running out for Man United to start winning matches becasue if they were not able to do good after week 10 then there fans have to wait for the next season. Man City is at number one on points table while Man United is on number eleven spot, still we can't say that it will be an easy win for Man City. EPL is top league and every team has the ability to beat any other team in the league, just look at performance of Hull City.

Match like this I don’t care to know who’s ahead in terms of goals, performance, strategy, anything can happen reason why football games are hard to predict till date. On a regular day Manchester City will defeat Manchester United but then, we all know how Manchester United do things differently when facing a strong club though there’s nothing like a strong club presently and so far Manchester City has only proven points with lesser clubs sorry to say the league just started and judging based on recent performance might give the wrong prediction, Manchester United will be getting the higher odds due to the present form of both clubs, just not sure if Manchester city will defeat United.

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Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

We all know Carlo Ancelotti fumbled this pal just so he can have Neymar Jr in the Brazil national team right? Glad he's officially gotten the call up.

This player of the month was earned and merited from his hard-working and he will most definitely get more this season don't be surprised.

Yea, there's a lot of possibilities packed with this Xabi Alonso's system. At least , he is focused on the footballing aspect of the game. Congratulations to Pedro BTW.

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Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That’s being such a long time for something as simple as player of the month. It’s so simple that it sounds unrealistic to think of it, since the time of the troublesome Diego Costa, man was a beast back in the day. It’s well deserved though, Chelsea forming this trio in their frontlines, many good things would come off it and that’s certain.

We all know Carlo Ancelotti fumbled this pal just so he can have Neymar Jr in the Brazil national team right? Glad he's officially gotten the call up.

No way they were just going to leave Neymar out, his a fantastic player except for the injuries but, only getting to play few minutes in the entire cup showed how useless that decision was.

[sokani]

Man United won against a small club and even Sabah FK club logo wasn't on Livescores, so it's quite natural that Man United could win that match.

Hmm... What an excuse. If Sabah had beaten United, I'm sure you would be laughing at United, but since it's United that won, you can't give credit to them for getting the job done. Rather, your excuse is that Sabah is a small club. Yeah, yeah, very nice.

In the upcoming EPL Man United will face Man City. Looking at the opponent Man United is up against a tough team, and even though they are playing at home, betting on a Man United win carries a big risk because their performance in the EPL so far is still unstable. On top of that, Man City will definitely use this match to secure a win to stay at the top of the table, especially since so far the only teams to have a perfect record in the first three matches are Man City and Arsenal.

So because City is in a better form than United, it means City is going to win the match? It seems you've forgotten what happened in the last derby. For what it's worth, I'm not trying to say the match is going to be the same as the last one. All I'm saying is don't write United off.

[Padi24]

I really don't understand how you can say so confidently that Manchester United will beat Manchester City. Look at the last matches, Manchester United drew one and lost one. But Manchester City is still maintaining their winning streak. They may not have won by a large goal difference in any match like Manchester United, but they have not lost in the last matches. So it will not be that easy for  Manchester United to beat  Manchester City . According to the current form, I think Manchester City will win. Maybe the goal difference will not be much, but  Manchester United's position is slightly behind City.

Does it mean that, a team that has not lost a simple match this season cannot be defeated by Manchester United? Manchester City May be in their best performance but beating Manchester United at home is not always easy.  Last season Manchester City under pep guardiola was defeated by Manchester United, even if Manchester United end up losing to Manchester City the match is not going to be an easy one, Manchester United still have a chance to course an upset.

This argument may not be necessary for now, let's keep fingers crossed and watch out. Although with the look of things I think Manchester city has moe chance of wining. If you're considering the home advantage that was given to Manchester united, I would say it doesn't matter because Manchester united don't look strong for me I mean they still need more time to build up. Although even though Manchester city would win but the wining can not be achieve so easily I'm sure that Manchester united would make things difficult for them.

[EL MOHA]

This argument may not be necessary for now, let's keep fingers crossed and watch out. Although with the look of things I think Manchester city has moe chance of wining. If you're considering the home advantage that was given to Manchester united, I would say it doesn't matter because Manchester united don't look strong for me I mean they still need more time to build up. Although even though Manchester city would win but the wining can not be achieve so easily I'm sure that Manchester united would make things difficult for them.

I think we need to understand something here that this game isn’t just any regular Manchester United fixture but rather it’s Manchester derby and regardless of the form that Manchester City are on right now it will be highly competitive match. Let’s look at the stats that Favour’s Manchester United in this match, they are at home and ever since last season Micheal Carrick has not lost a game at old Trafford and Manchester last game here with city also goes in their favour.

Are city are better team than Manchester United? I will say yes current but they don’t look like the fearsome side when Pep Guardiola was here, they struggled against Coventry in the last game and with the chances they give away Manchester United will in that position hurt them.

Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

Congratulations to him for winning this award he sure deserves it because in those matches he was the best striker in league then for me. But I voted for Hull goal keeper Tzolakis who kept two clean sheet and was excellent in post for me in those two games

[Zoomic]

Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That is  indeed a good start for pedro and Chelsea this season,  his performance last month calls for praises as he stood firm to help Chelsea step on there opponent in the last few games. With his consistent performance in those games I think he will become an important part of Chelsea's attacking line and will continue with same spirit except he is visited by some setbacks like injuries and lost of consistency,  then alone will his productivity at Chelsea's front line be in doubt which am sure won't be possible for now that he is in his best form.

He performed exceptionally well last season with Chelsea, that was why I was very surprised that he was omitted from Brazil national team squad that played at the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament.

I'm very happy for him to have started the season on a very good note, I just hope he continues to deliver great results as a way of proving his doubters wrong. I expect Chelsea to seriously contend for the English Premier League title this season but that will very achievable of Pedro continues to deliver top performances.

[Pandorak]

Congratulations indeed . Their games are so inconsistent, all the time's I choose to add them in my bet they always mess up, and now I get scared of betting on them, I could bet on them today because I have totally lost confidence on the team. And with their performance today the urge of betting on them will eventually increase, but I will not let it until I have seen how their next 4 games will be like, but for now Manchester united will have to go off my bet list for a while.

Maybe you could place a bet on Manchester United in their next match against Manchester City, who knows, maybe you’ll recoup your losses, LOL. Just kidding.

I can’t imagine the expressions and feelings of the bettors who bet on a Manchester United win, thinking they’d make a profit, only to see Everton stage a comeback in stoppage time, resulting in a draw, they were so unlucky.

Against Manchester City, it’s hard to imagine them winning, we know full well how City squad has been performing so far, they’ve been incredibly consistent. Maybe a draw would be a good outcome and a decent result for Manchester United.

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Just so you know. In such derbies, the form of a team usually does not work, which is why you have seen Manchester United beat Manchester City even when Pep Guardiola was still coach and Manchester City was in red-hot form.
I would give this derby a 50-50 chance of both teams winning, maybe even a draw.

Odds from bookies @3.15 - @2.10

Man City remains the favorite in the game later could have changed, this time is somewhat different from last season, Man City there are some changes in terms of coaches and players who entered his squad including Enzo who just arrived from Chelsea.

Man United no significant changes his line-up, but by having Carrick as coach somewhat different game, they also had time to beat him last season in this last meeting exactly won at Old Trafford.
Oddd BTTS @1.43 is much smaller, looks like the chances of winning are much greater than 1x2.

[laijsica]

Congratulations indeed . Their games are so inconsistent, all the time's I choose to add them in my bet they always mess up, and now I get scared of betting on them, I could bet on them today because I have totally lost confidence on the team. And with their performance today the urge of betting on them will eventually increase, but I will not let it until I have seen how their next 4 games will be like, but for now Manchester united will have to go off my bet list for a while.

Maybe you could place a bet on Manchester United in their next match against Manchester City, who knows, maybe you’ll recoup your losses, LOL. Just kidding.

I can’t imagine the expressions and feelings of the bettors who bet on a Manchester United win, thinking they’d make a profit, only to see Everton stage a comeback in stoppage time, resulting in a draw, they were so unlucky.

Against Manchester City, it’s hard to imagine them winning, we know full well how City squad has been performing so far, they’ve been incredibly consistent. Maybe a draw would be a good outcome and a decent result for Manchester United.

Even if you dismiss your opinion as joking, I am just seriously thinking that if I take the risk, the result might be favorable. Manchester City are consistent but there is no guarantee that they will not be defeated. Manchester United are not a consistent team nor are they weak opponents. It will not be easy to beat the team, those who saw United's performance in the first match of the UCL will be able to guess how great the team played and scored 4 goals. The team has not started the current tournament well, but they have a strong desire to be consistent.

Along with the strong position of Man City's attack, Enzo Maresca has quickly completed the repair of every weak position. The team has started this mission very well to erase the regrets of last season. There is excitement among the gamblers surrounding the upcoming match, some may like to take a lot of risks.

[Adbitco]

Congratulations to all the bettors who made some money from United’s game tonight.  I knew they were going to win, I just didn’t expect they would beat Sabah four nil. It’s pretty impressive, the only thing I find weird is that Carrick didn’t rotate his players for the upcoming derby on Sunday. Bruno Fernandes shouldn’t be playing 90 minutes when you’re already 3 nil up. Manchester City are not at their best but they are still a formidable team to play against especially in a derby.

That was a very low and risky odd for Manchester United, I still remember seeing Manchester United alone having ov 3.5 at just 1.80 odd or thereabouts. For me that's too risky, what if Manchester United just doesn't score up to 4 goal or maybe just scored w and won by that, that means it gone, for me that odd was too small for me to risk it because I don't really trust that team to give me lots of goals. Yes, they actually did it by scoring at least the 4 goals but it was a risk I wasn't ready to take. There was no suitable option for me to pick in that game, so I let it go but congrats to those who won from it.

[Samlucky O]

If you check Manchester United and City head to head matches in the last 5 games, they draw just one game and that was the time City were not balance, the time Guardiola was having hard time. They have not win any match against City. The way Haaland is screening number of goals in Premier league, I'm very sure he is going to feast very well on this match.

Both teams are great. I think Haaland has connected very well with Enzo, although I think they're saying he wants to leave City now. I don't know, that's just what people are saying. However, right now I see that City is virtually unstoppable. Manchester United is doing very well; in fact, they're putting on a great show in the Champions League.

But they've started slipping up in the Premier League. I know Carrick has fixed many errors and weak spots, but I think Manchester United will be in the fight for top two in the Premier League. I don't know, I have a feeling. Carrick is really sharpening the players to be unstoppable, so a good run of form from the team could take them through the rest of the Premier League. It's still early days, but they can do it.

Haaland on his own is natural born scorer, it really doesn't matter who his playing with as a teammate, just give him the ball in open spaces and see him turn it into goals more often than not. I also understand that Manchester City really needed a tested player to cover that position because of the departure of Bernardo Silver and Rodrigo in one window, so I will not downplay Enzo's impact. The new coach is very much building a team, it takes time and eventually we might start seeing the City we used to know before hopefully. The mistake Carrick made was against Hull City, I won't entirely blame him alone and leave out the players because they too contributed in that defeat but his corrected that mistake and the team went on to win, I also believe in Carrick as well.

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Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That is  indeed a good start for pedro and Chelsea this season,  his performance last month calls for praises as he stood firm to help Chelsea step on there opponent in the last few games. With his consistent performance in those games I think he will become an important part of Chelsea's attacking line and will continue with same spirit except he is visited by some setbacks like injuries and lost of consistency,  then alone will his productivity at Chelsea's front line be in doubt which am sure won't be possible for now that he is in his best form.

Joao Pedro delivered a stellar performance for Chelsea last season, and his attacking prowess this season remains formidable, making it difficult for opposing teams to contain him. His style of play has been highly beneficial for the team; they have adopted an aggressive approach from the outset to secure a strong position in the standings. Furthermore, the arrival of a new coach has brought about tactical changes and a stronger squad composition, allowing the team to grow increasingly formidable over time. There is no doubt that Chelsea possesses a potent attacking line that poses a significant threat to opponents; given the way they are asserting their strength this season, they certainly deserve a spot at the top. However, they also need to bolster their defense to effectively withstand opposition attacks; doing so will ensure they maintain a strong position throughout the season.

[Hewlet]

Man United won against a small club and even Sabah FK club logo wasn't on Livescores, so it's quite natural that Man United could win that match.

Hmm... What an excuse. If Sabah had beaten United, I'm sure you would be laughing at United, but since it's United that won, you can't give credit to them for getting the job done. Rather, your excuse is that Sabah is a small club. Yeah, yeah, very nice.

Manchester united really need o come out of this phase of being looked down on because this is not the Manchester united we have always known them to be. it almost looked like fans can no longer vouch that they will always beat smaller teams if not, what is the excuse of Sabah FK not having their logo being displayed on  livescore? how is that in any way a considerable factor that influences the outcome of that game? a 4 goal advantage couldn't be in the slightest way considered as a luck. Against Manchester city tomorrow, we will eventually see how capable they are in performing real good against big team.

[Shussainshah]

Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

Carlo Ancelotti doesn't want to see this Hahaha. Technically joao Pedro is very versatile striker and everyone want him as seem Barcelona in favourite list as well but after the Julian Alvarez drama starts they ignore joao Pedro but in my opinion he is the one who can perfectly fit in Barca. Carlo Don Ancelotti will regret it to not give a chance to Pedro but if they give chance to them I think the Norway matchs they will win it easily because they are versatile and they make them trouble their defence and the only problems Brazil face in the worldcup they don't have any verstile striker which can create Caos in the defend and the winger make their run and scored that was the only problem Brazil face in the worldcup if they give a chance to joao Pedro I think they will easily reached to the semi-finals.

[AprilioMP]

Odds from bookies @3.15 - @2.10

Man City remains the favorite in the game later could have changed, this time is somewhat different from last season, Man City there are some changes in terms of coaches and players who entered his squad including Enzo who just arrived from Chelsea.

Man United no significant changes his line-up, but by having Carrick as coach somewhat different game, they also had time to beat him last season in this last meeting exactly won at Old Trafford.
Oddd BTTS @1.43 is much smaller, looks like the chances of winning are much greater than 1x2.

The betting markets have indeed named Man City as the favorite, as the team has delivered results in line with expectations across all competitions in recent matches. Their strategic play remains strong enough to solidify their status as favorites.
Although Man United hasn’t quite reached the level of last season’s play under Carrick—especially given their early-season form—Man City must be wary of the surprising twists that can occur in a derby match.
Their performance against Sabah FK in the Champions League could be the deciding factor in their upcoming match against Man City.

[Sally9256]

Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That is  indeed a good start for pedro and Chelsea this season,  his performance last month calls for praises as he stood firm to help Chelsea step on there opponent in the last few games. With his consistent performance in those games I think he will become an important part of Chelsea's attacking line and will continue with same spirit except he is visited by some setbacks like injuries and lost of consistency,  then alone will his productivity at Chelsea's front line be in doubt which am sure won't be possible for now that he is in his best form.

Indeed it's not a bad start, 4 goals contribution in 2 games is really impressive. He could have had more if not for the chance he missed against Brighton IIRC but still very impressive and well deserved because his overall performance in the matches were outstanding. This is a good achievement for him, it will also serve as a motivation for him to perform even better. I got scared that Joao Pedro wearing the number 9 shirt might affect him but it seems the curse has finally been broken.

Just a few games into Alonso's era and we are already seeing many changes, this shows the team is in good hands now. Let's hope they perform well consistently till the end of the season before we can be certain about anything. Later today they will face Hill City, a team that has impressed everyone since getting promoted. The odds is in Chelsea favor, they play at home so they have to win this one to keep up in the title race.

[OsaiEmma]

Joao Pedro wins his first ever Player of the Month award with Chelsea.

He becomes the first Chelsea striker to win the Premier League Player of the Month award since Diego Costa in 2016.

It is over a decade since a Chelsea striker won it. Many changes are coming at Chelsea Football Club.

That is  indeed a good start for pedro and Chelsea this season,  his performance last month calls for praises as he stood firm to help Chelsea step on there opponent in the last few games. With his consistent performance in those games I think he will become an important part of Chelsea's attacking line and will continue with same spirit except he is visited by some setbacks like injuries and lost of consistency,  then alone will his productivity at Chelsea's front line be in doubt which am sure won't be possible for now that he is in his best form.

When I first saw Joao Pedro play in the CWC, I knew he is a great talent. So many people where pessimistic about him, but I felt differently. I knew he will help Chelsea a lot, and he will solve the top 9 curse. I can boldly say, he is the best top 9 Chelsea has ever had—Didier Drogba isn't a top 9. Just hope Alonso keeps using him in that position.

Congrats to him, and am sure he'll have more individual awards if Chelsea as a whole doesn't drop form.