⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Stormisover]

It been an end to end attack in the Tottenham vs Aston Villa game, well we should have seen so much goal in this game, I’m still surprised we just seeing one goal. Tottenham are still without a goal In the premier league this season, with the way the match is going, I believe they will score today.

My gamble on this game is to see 3 goals scored, I have that confidence it will happen, both team are playing with high intensity. If you are watching, what do you think will be the outcome in this game.

Such a funny match lol, two flops facing each other what a joke, anyways after all don't and does the game still ended in favor of Aston Villa as expected of me, I actually predicted Aston Villa winning on that game despite the odd given to them, and they did exactly as expected of them, I don't know if I'm the only one having this feelings that Tottenham is relegating this season, like it's too obvious, after all the spendings at the transfer market yet they still put up this awful performance, isn't that enough reason why they will get relegated this season?

[Baki202]

In the end, Arsenal suffered a crushing defeat with no match at all. I think this is a big concern for Arsenal, Brighton started to show good progress at the beginning of the season. Brighton solid play was able to limit Arsenal wiggle room. They only got 1 shot on target throughout the match. A setback came too soon for Arsenal.

Gunners have the habit of not performing well at crucial stages of the league and hopefully they won't repeat that pattern this season. Today Brighton totally outclassed Arsenal and they have have also made it clear that they are also equally interested in winning this season. Arsenal who conceded just one goal in its opening four games was thrashed today by Brighton by 3-0. That is why I said earlier that I will wait till 10th week before I can pick 4 teams that have chances of winning ongoing season.   

I don't know what most have happened but I expected a lot more from them during the game and I did not expect what happened but the season is to early, I know arsenal will not easily give up because Brighton scored them just that they have one habit of actually doing any how especially when they are suppose to take things seriously and that is what caused them last season to even lose the champions league and it's just crazy, and arsenal can be very disappointing and everyone is expected more from them but they fucked because beating Brighton would have given them more confidence. And arsenal is definitely part of those that are going to win the premier League just that they have issues with consistency.

[ASloveapg]

I am just disappointed with Arsenal's performance, I don't understand why Arsenal were so weak in today's match, they were conceding goals, after conceding goals, they should have become more desperate to score goals, right? But even after conceding goals, they had no mentality to score goals, it is unacceptable that their attack will be weak like this throughout the match. Only 1 shot on target in the whole match, they conceded the third goal in the 57th minute, that is, they still had a lot of time left, but they had no attack during that entire period, it seemed that they had already conceded defeat and that is why they are not scoring any more goals now, and at the same time they are not trying to score goals. But I did not expect such a bad defeat from Arsenal, at least as the champions of the Premier League, I expected a strong performance from them. This is Arsenal's first defeat in the league, now Manchester City will take advantage of this opportunity and occupy the top spot.

[BIT-BENDER]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

A surprising event today that Arsenal team was knocked down by Brighton. The team tasted their first defeat of this season by losing 3-0.

In the end, Arsenal suffered a crushing defeat with no match at all. I think this is a big concern for Arsenal, Brighton started to show good progress at the beginning of the season. Brighton solid play was able to limit Arsenal wiggle room. They only got 1 shot on target throughout the match. A setback came too soon for Arsenal.

Brighton really show arsenal that they own the ground that they are visitors, that very defeat is to massive three nil as big as arsenal team is not to be over emphasize, from the beginning of the game when I saw the way the match was going I understand that it's not easy for arsenal to survive the game, arsenal didn't Play today game having the zeal to score because I don't even see any pressure from the team to get a goal against Brighton, just like the match between Hull city and Newcastle despite lossing they show higher pressure to get a goal by getting some target shots than that of arsenal.

[kriminall]

It been an end to end attack in the Tottenham vs Aston Villa game, well we should have seen so much goal in this game, I’m still surprised we just seeing one goal. Tottenham are still without a goal In the premier league this season, with the way the match is going, I believe they will score today.

My gamble on this game is to see 3 goals scored, I have that confidence it will happen, both team are playing with high intensity. If you are watching, what do you think will be the outcome in this game.

Such a funny match lol, two flops facing each other what a joke, anyways after all don't and does the game still ended in favor of Aston Villa as expected of me, I actually predicted Aston Villa winning on that game despite the odd given to them, and they did exactly as expected of them, I don't know if I'm the only one having this feelings that Tottenham is relegating this season, like it's too obvious, after all the spendings at the transfer market yet they still put up this awful performance, isn't that enough reason why they will get relegated this season?

Tottenham opened up a bit towards the end of the match and scored two goals. However, this was not enough to stop Aston Villa, of course. Aston Villa were 0-3 up and had now shifted to a defensive approach. This home defeat makes me think Tottenham are heading towards the relegation zone and will be one of the teams most likely to be relegated. It's crucial to win your home games, especially at home. The opponent is irrelevant because you have the home advantage. Tottenham haven't won a game in five matches yet.

[Jaycoinz]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

I watched the game and from what I saw, this Arsenal team were playing totally off their game today. I mean, they couldn't even handle the pressure from Brighton and the most annoying part of the match was when they felt so relaxed even when Brighton scored goal number two. It looked so different from the Arsenal that I know and hopefully Arteta gets to correct it because today's performance was completely dreadful.

[Webutxo]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

What if Brighton are becoming who they say they were that time. There was a time Brighton used to be unbeatable in most of their matches, like teams struggle to beat them, even Manchester City. The season they won their premier league many times, only few games they were able to beat Manchester City. Maybe this is there time to prove they deserve a place because I don't just know how Arsenal will concede 3 goals and not score one.

Let's just say Arsenal can't beat this guys, they need to work on their game next time but it's not over yet. Manchester City also has their flaws, they are not all that especially not with Maresca. I have seen Maresca play book with Chelsea, even though the players are not the same, there is some elements of failure in his style of playin, no way he is going to win the Premier League like Pep did during his time. It will be hard for him.

[Somto9Light]

I am just disappointed with Arsenal's performance, I don't understand why Arsenal were so weak in today's match, they were conceding goals, after conceding goals, they should have become more desperate to score goals, right? But even after conceding goals, they had no mentality to score goals, it is unacceptable that their attack will be weak like this throughout the match. Only 1 shot on target in the whole match, they conceded the third goal in the 57th minute, that is, they still had a lot of time left, but they had no attack during that entire period, it seemed that they had already conceded defeat and that is why they are not scoring any more goals now, and at the same time they are not trying to score goals. But I did not expect such a bad defeat from Arsenal, at least as the champions of the Premier League, I expected a strong performance from them. This is Arsenal's first defeat in the league, now Manchester City will take advantage of this opportunity and occupy the top spot.

It is okay to lose matches too, the players were literally not in their best form because the match was just dominated by Brighton. Arsenal made a lot of mistakes, I have never seen Arsenal's defense so weak as they were today, they are even lucky that the match ended 3:0 because if not that Brighton missed a lot of chances the score would have probably reached 6:0. While we are bashing Arsenal for their awkward performance, we should also thank Brighton for playing a beautiful football that is exciting to watch. If you watch Brighton's match against Manchester United, you will understand why they won Arsenal today. This is the beauty of the Premier League as you can't predict a big team to keep winning all their matches. David Raya also made mistakes, that first goal came because he moved too forward from the goal post but just like I said, mistakes are part of the game. This is just Arsenal's first loss, it isn't that deep to start condemning their performance.

[Spaceman1000$]

A surprising event today that Arsenal team was knocked down by Brighton. The team tasted their first defeat of this season by losing 3-0.

In the end, Arsenal suffered a crushing defeat with no match at all. I think this is a big concern for Arsenal, Brighton started to show good progress at the beginning of the season. Brighton solid play was able to limit Arsenal wiggle room. They only got 1 shot on target throughout the match. A setback came too soon for Arsenal.

Brighton really show arsenal that they own the ground that they are visitors, that very defeat is to massive three nil as big as arsenal team is not to be over emphasize, from the beginning of the game when I saw the way the match was going I understand that it's not easy for arsenal to survive the game, arsenal didn't Play today game having the zeal to score because I don't even see any pressure from the team to get a goal against Brighton, just like the match between Hull city and Newcastle despite lossing they show higher pressure to get a goal by getting some target shots than that of arsenal.

Arsenal Were literally powerless, and the most unfortunate thing is the fact that a lot of people have predicted this game and have given Arsenal a straight win, lots of bet copies have gotten spoiled just because of this game despite the fact that the odd for Arsenal to win is even small. 3 goals and 3 points, that's a total win. I cannot even pinpoint the setback I would say Arsenal had in this game, because everything seemed overwhelming for them. Brighton were definitely solid in every angle, lots of persons didn't see this result coming, I heard somebody said, "Arsenal have Brighton his Day".

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

I am just disappointed with Arsenal's performance, I don't understand why Arsenal were so weak in today's match, they were conceding goals, after conceding goals, they should have become more desperate to score goals, right? But even after conceding goals, they had no mentality to score goals, it is unacceptable that their attack will be weak like this throughout the match. Only 1 shot on target in the whole match, they conceded the third goal in the 57th minute, that is, they still had a lot of time left, but they had no attack during that entire period, it seemed that they had already conceded defeat and that is why they are not scoring any more goals now, and at the same time they are not trying to score goals. But I did not expect such a bad defeat from Arsenal, at least as the champions of the Premier League, I expected a strong performance from them. This is Arsenal's first defeat in the league, now Manchester City will take advantage of this opportunity and occupy the top spot.

I still can't believe that Arsenal did actually lost their todays game to Brighton without even scoring a single goal in the entire 90 minutes. Because todays game was unlike Arsenal, and this will be the first game Arsenal is losing since 10 straight winning on all leagues without any draw or a lost game, which was an outstanding record, not until today. But however, those Brighton guys did actually played a beautiful game today, and they truly deserves the outstanding victory they got today, despite having 4 yellow cards. And with this, its obvious that this year's league is really going to be competitive.

[Nwadiche]

What if Brighton are becoming who they say they were that time. There was a time Brighton used to be unbeatable in most of their matches, like teams struggle to beat them, even Manchester City. The season they won their premier league many times, only few games they were able to beat Manchester City. Maybe this is there time to prove they deserve a place because I don't just know how Arsenal will concede 3 goals and not score one.

Let's just say Arsenal can't beat this guys, they need to work on their game next time but it's not over yet. Manchester City also has their flaws, they are not all that especially not with Maresca. I have seen Maresca play book with Chelsea, even though the players are not the same, there is some elements of failure in his style of playin, no way he is going to win the Premier League like Pep did during his time. It will be hard for him.

Brighton is becoming more stronger in Premier league right now, and if they continue with such performance this season i think they'll make top four this season because Brighton have played 3 big clubs this very season with good performance. Their match against Chelsea they conceded 3 goals in first half and managed to score 1 goal, came back second half scored another goal to make 3-2 before Palmer second the 4th goal for Chelsea, still Brighton bounce back and scored again the luck Chelsea has was the scored 4th goal if not Brighton would draw the match or even won them with the kind of pressure they mouthed on Chelsea. Caraboa cup we saw how man utd was leading with 2-0 down, the same Brighton came up with a brilliant performance and defeated man utd by 2-3. Today match against Arsenal i already knew that this match will be very tough one for Arsenal, because if you watch Brighton matches this season they're playing with pressure and Brighton is a club that doesn't over look those big clubs in England, with the kind of defence that Arsenal has I'm surprised to see them conceding 3 goals without scoring a single goal.

Talking about Maresca you don't really need to say that he can't win trophy for man city, because you saw his book when he was at Chelsea. Don’t forget his first time coaching Chelsea he won 2 trophies for them before he joined man city. With squad he has don't be surprised he might win any of England trophies this season. I guess you remember Vincent company Bayern Munich coach right now he was coaching derby county and couldn't win anything there until he went to Bayern Munich and won trophies with the some qualities players he has winning Germany Bundesliga back to back, this is football and you can't predict the outcome of it.

[Obim34]

I still can't believe that Arsenal did actually lost their todays game to Brighton without even scoring a single goal in the entire 90 minutes. Because todays game was unlike Arsenal, and this will be the first game Arsenal is losing since 10 straight winning on all leagues without any draw or a lost game, which was an outstanding record, not until today. But however, those Brighton guys did actually played a beautiful game today, and they truly deserves the outstanding victory they got today, despite having 4 yellow cards. And with this, its obvious that this year's league is really going to be competitive.

The odds are now looking good for Manchester City to win tomorrow against Sunderland, seeing Arsenal disturbing performance only gives Manchester City a chance to take advantage on, a win tomorrow will place them ahead of every club, with a three point lead and unbeaten so far in the Premier League. Maresca cannot sabotage such privilege, he may not get them again if teams start fixing up loose areas in their games.

[Alex077]

I am seeing some strange result in Week 5 matches. I am sure plenty of gambler have lost money. Aston Villa secured their first win of season against Tottenham. And following this defeat Spurs have dropped into relegation zone.

Performances of Arsenal and Chelsea have taken everyone by surprise. Both team lost by 3-0 margin. Arsenal had been in excellent form. They had conceded only one goal and won all of their first four match. So it is truly difficult to accept result of this match.

Now, I am looking forward to seeing performances of Manchester United and Liverpool.
After dropping point in two match Red Devils have strong chance of winning against Fulham today.
On the other hand my prediction for Liverpool vs Bournemouth match is 2-2 draw.

[Berry2d]

I am seeing some strange result in Week 5 matches. I am sure plenty of gambler have lost money. Aston Villa secured their first win of season against Tottenham. And following this defeat Spurs have dropped into relegation zone.

Performances of Arsenal and Chelsea have taken everyone by surprise. Both team lost by 3-0 margin. Arsenal had been in excellent form. They had conceded only one goal and won all of their first four match. So it is truly difficult to accept result of this match.

Now, I am looking forward to seeing performances of Manchester United and Liverpool.
After dropping point in two match Red Devils have strong chance of winning against Fulham today.
On the other hand my prediction for Liverpool vs Bournemouth match is 2-2 draw.

I will say chelsea's lost is justifiable because they have not been in good form for a long time now but that of Arsenal which where considered one of the most consistent team in the world now is indeed a thing of shock to all.
The game started well with Arsenal fighting to secure a goal but how it turned is what i can't tell not to talk of them losing with a complete 3 goals margin.
Other big teams of England may have lost but putting Manchester United in same train is what i don't think can be possible because Fulham don't have what it takes to force Manchester United now they are trying to prove to all that they are still alive.

[ChocolateBitcoinK]

I still can't believe that Arsenal did actually lost their todays game to Brighton without even scoring a single goal in the entire 90 minutes. Because todays game was unlike Arsenal, and this will be the first game Arsenal is losing since 10 straight winning on all leagues without any draw or a lost game, which was an outstanding record, not until today. But however, those Brighton guys did actually played a beautiful game today, and they truly deserves the outstanding victory they got today, despite having 4 yellow cards. And with this, its obvious that this year's league is really going to be competitive.

The match itself is another proof that nothing is certain in football, a strong team like Arsenal, almost everyone expected Arsenal to win the match, but where everyone expected to win, a disappointing 3-0 defeat is very unacceptable. Arsenal's performance was so bad that they could not survive in front of Brighton. Brighton's attack defense was excellent in all aspects throughout the match, but Arsenal's defense in today's match was also very weak and what can I say about the attack, their attack was non-existent. In other words, the match was completely a match full of disappointment beyond expectations, it is unbelievable that an unstoppable team like Arsenal will lose by a margin of 3-0, but after all, it is the reality that a strong team does not always win.

[Slow death]

The results of this round were disastrous for some teams and managers. I’ll start with Tottenham; even though I’ve discussed them a lot already, there is still more to say and unfortunately, it’s not good news.

Tottenham 2 - 3 Aston Villa

Tottenham were playing at home, while Aston Villa arrived on a four-game winless streak. It was a prime opportunity for Tottenham to secure their first victory, but instead, they suffered another defeat. This loss extends their winless run to five games meaning Tottenham have yet to win a single match in the Premier League. I find myself wondering if this will be yet another season where Tottenham fans have to watch their team fight to avoid relegation. It seems the manager hasn't learned from last season, he failed to make good signings, and as a result, Tottenham are in a bad state this season

Brighton 3 - 0 Arsenal

This is the match that cost me my bet; I had wagered on an Arsenal win or draw, thinking it was a safe bet, so I sat down to watch the game. But I have to admit, it was one of the worst Arsenal performances I’ve seen in their last 20 matches. The players didn't seem motivated; they barely attacked, and the defense was constantly making errors. They could have conceded several goals in the first half alone but got lucky. Unfortunately for Arsenal, that luck didn't last, as Brighton scored three goals and conceded none. I have no idea what happened to Arsenal in today's match



Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya didn't seem focused during the match; I don't know what happened to him, but I hope he improves for the next game. The Arsenal defenders were also terrible, making passes in dangerous areas.

[Amphenomenon]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

I'm so excited about Gunners lost, man I thought the whole weekend would have been a quiet one for me after Chelsea disappointing defeat to Brentford but thank God Gunners got a share of theirs today.

I can't really mock Arsenal rather would say they are still inconsistent or football happens because I won't use this to disrupt their excellent run thus far and neither will I ignore the fact that they have a more better squad depth than my team.

[Odusko]

The results of this round were disastrous for some teams and managers. I’ll start with Tottenham; even though I’ve discussed them a lot already, there is still more to say and unfortunately, it’s not good news.

Tottenham 2 - 3 Aston Villa

Tottenham were playing at home, while Aston Villa arrived on a four-game winless streak. It was a prime opportunity for Tottenham to secure their first victory, but instead, they suffered another defeat. This loss extends their winless run to five games meaning Tottenham have yet to win a single match in the Premier League. I find myself wondering if this will be yet another season where Tottenham fans have to watch their team fight to avoid relegation. It seems the manager hasn't learned from last season, he failed to make good signings, and as a result, Tottenham are in a bad state this season

Brighton 3 - 0 Arsenal

This is the match that cost me my bet; I had wagered on an Arsenal win or draw, thinking it was a safe bet, so I sat down to watch the game. But I have to admit, it was one of the worst Arsenal performances I’ve seen in their last 20 matches. The players didn't seem motivated; they barely attacked, and the defense was constantly making errors. They could have conceded several goals in the first half alone but got lucky. Unfortunately for Arsenal, that luck didn't last, as Brighton scored three goals and conceded none. I have no idea what happened to Arsenal in today's match



Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya didn't seem focused during the match; I don't know what happened to him, but I hope he improves for the next game. The Arsenal defenders were also terrible, making passes in dangerous areas.

The table above shows all the match results for this weekend and among them is the surprising defeat for the defending champions of the premier league by a team that is considerably lower then them in term of recent performance since the season began, I understand the disappointment with b]Tottenham 2 - 3 Aston Villa but the Asernal Brington defeat is more prevailing in this weekend considering how the goal came in and from the image you shared you can see how players early negligence leads to Asernal losing in points for this weekend making the total goals a 3:0 for Asernal is a big slap for the defending champions.

[Princess Leah]

I am just disappointed with Arsenal's performance, I don't understand why Arsenal were so weak in today's match, they were conceding goals, after conceding goals, they should have become more desperate to score goals, right? But even after conceding goals, they had no mentality to score goals, it is unacceptable that their attack will be weak like this throughout the match. Only 1 shot on target in the whole match, they conceded the third goal in the 57th minute, that is, they still had a lot of time left, but they had no attack during that entire period, it seemed that they had already conceded defeat and that is why they are not scoring any more goals now, and at the same time they are not trying to score goals. But I did not expect such a bad defeat from Arsenal, at least as the champions of the Premier League, I expected a strong performance from them. This is Arsenal's first defeat in the league, now Manchester City will take advantage of this opportunity and occupy the top spot.

If i were an Arsenal fan or staked on them, maybe i would've had reasons to be disappointed or bother about their lost, although i still very suprised that they lost with a cleansheet, three goals for that matter, that’s terrible. Arsenal has the best defence in the EPL, how did Brighton manage to break them and find the net thrice.

 Brighton is in a great from this period, apart from losing 4-3 to Chelsea, they didn’t lose the rest of their matches, no wonder they've climbed to third position, if they can maintain this form, they could be the underdog that would challenge the big teams for the trophy this season. I hope this lose to Brighton won't expose Arsenal's defensive weak point.