⚽ Matchday 8 - Premier League Discussion Thread 2025/2026

[masulum]

With EPL season 2025/2026 officially underway, i decided to create a dedicated discussion thread. Since our previous one from @Blue Snow seems to be on hiatus, I'll be stepping in to open this new thread and will be updating the schedule for you every week. Feel free to share your thoughts, predictions, and highlights here!

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 8
All times in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Saturday, 18 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea	|	11:30	|	TBA
Sunderland vs Wolverhampton Wanderers	|	14:00	|	TBA
Burnley vs Leeds United	|	14:00	|	TBA
Crystal Palace vs AFC Bournemouth	|	14:00	|	TBA
Brighton vs Newcastle United	|	14:00	|	TBA
Manchester City vs Everton	|	14:00	|	TBA
Fulham vs Arsenal	|	16:30	|	TBA

Sunday, 19 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa	|	13:00	|	TBA
Liverpool vs Manchester United	|	15:30	|	TBA

Monday, 20 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
West Ham United vs Brentford	|	19:00	|	TBA

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 7
All times in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Friday, 3 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
AFC Bournemouth vs Fulham	|	14:00	|	3-1

Saturday, 4 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
Leeds United vs Tottenham Hotspur	|	06:30	|	1-2
Arsenal vs West Ham United	|	09:00	|	2-0
Manchester United vs Sunderland	|	09:00	|	2-0
Chelsea vs Liverpool	|	11:30	|	2-1

Sunday, 5 October 2025

Match	|	Time (UTC)	|	Result
--------------------------------------------------------	|	--------------------	|	--------------------
Everton vs Crystal Palace	|	08:00	|	2-1
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest	|	08:00	|	2-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Brighton	|	08:00	|	1-1
Aston Villa vs Burnley	|	08:00	|	2-1
Brentford vs Manchester City	|	10:30	|	0-1

Match Results Log:

Code:

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 1: Liverpool 4-2 Bournemouth | Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle United | Brighton 1-1 Fulham | Sunderland 3-0 West Ham | Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Burnley | Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Manchester City | Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace | Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brentford | Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal | Leeds United 1-0 Everton

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 2: West Ham United 1-5 Chelsea | Manchester City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur | Bournemouth 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers | Brentford 1-0 Aston Villa | Burnley 2-0 Sunderland | Arsenal 5-0 Leeds United | Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest | Everton 2-0 Brighton | Fulham 1-1 Manchester United | Newcastle United 2-3 Liverpool

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 3: Chelsea 2-0 Fulham | Manchester United 3-2 Burnley | Sunderland 2-1 Brentford | Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Bournemouth | Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Everton | Leeds United 0-0 Newcastle United | Brighton 2-1 Manchester City | Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham United | Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal | Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 4: Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest | Crystal Palace 0-0 Sunderland | Everton 0-0 Aston Villa | Fulham 1-0 Leeds United | Newcastle United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers | AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton | West Ham United 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur | Brentford 2-2 Chelsea | Burnley 0-1 Liverpool | Manchester City 3-0 Manchester United

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 5: Liverpool 2-1 Everton | Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest | Brighton 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur | West Ham United 1-2 Crystal Palace | Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Leeds United | Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea | Fulham 3-1 Brentford | Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa | AFC Bournemouth 0-0 Newcastle United | Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 6: Brentford 3-1 Manchester United | Leeds United 2-2 AFC Bournemouth | Chelsea 1-3 Brighton | Manchester City 5-1 Burnley | Crystal Palace 2-1 Liverpool | Nottingham Forest 0-1 Sunderland | Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers | Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham | Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal | Everton 1-1 West Ham United

EPL 2025/2026 - Matchday 7: AFC Bournemouth 3-1 Fulham | Leeds United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland | Arsenal 2-0 West Ham United | Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool | Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace | Newcastle United 2-0 Nottingham Forest | Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Brighton | Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley | Brentford 0-1 Manchester City

EPL TEAM - 2025/2026

[masulum]

OFFICIAL! Noah Okafor has moved permanently to Leeds United. The transfer fee is €19 m. This is quite an expensive purchase, and Leeds have made a big decision. Okafor hasn't been particularly impressive at AC Milan, only managed to score 1 goal in 11 games last season, as a striker, this is not a good achievement. Leeds United management certainly hopes their team can stay in the Premier League by signing Okafor.

[bitzizzix]

OFFICIAL! Noah Okafor has moved permanently to Leeds United. The transfer fee is €19 m. This is quite an expensive purchase, and Leeds have made a big decision. Okafor hasn't been particularly impressive at AC Milan, only managed to score 1 goal in 11 games last season, as a striker, this is not a good achievement. Leeds United management certainly hopes their team can stay in the Premier League by signing Okafor.

Signing Noah Okafor may have been a mistake for Leeds United. In his first season with AC Milan, while unsurprising, he only managed six goals and three assists in 36 appearances across all competitions.
However, in his second season, Noah Okafor's performance dropped significantly, registering only one goal and two assists. This means Noah Okafor's contribution to AC Milan has not been significant, and I think signing Noah Okafor for such a high price was a risky decision, as Leeds United could have found a better striker for that price. However, we'll see if Leeds United can compete in the Premier League, at least in the mid-table, with Noah Okafor.

[Tonimez]

Thanks for raising this thread and most importantly the update on the match day 2. I hope this table will be updated regularly all through the season. Manchester city and Tottenham Hotspur game will be the top, I don't see Tottenham Hotspur having any chance at Etihad stadium. I would give it a 3 - 1 win for Manchester city. Their odds too are not bad, but going by their previous games...it would be a straight win for Manchester city.

[Spaceman1000$]

OFFICIAL! Noah Okafor has moved permanently to Leeds United. The transfer fee is €19 m. This is quite an expensive purchase, and Leeds have made a big decision. Okafor hasn't been particularly impressive at AC Milan, only managed to score 1 goal in 11 games last season, as a striker, this is not a good achievement. Leeds United management certainly hopes their team can stay in the Premier League by signing Okafor.

Signing Noah Okafor may have been a mistake for Leeds United. In his first season with AC Milan, while unsurprising, he only managed six goals and three assists in 36 appearances across all competitions.
However, in his second season, Noah Okafor's performance dropped significantly, registering only one goal and two assists. This means Noah Okafor's contribution to AC Milan has not been significant, and I think signing Noah Okafor for such a high price was a risky decision, as Leeds United could have found a better striker for that price. However, we'll see if Leeds United can compete in the Premier League, at least in the mid-table, with Noah Okafor.

Something I don't like judging players in a certain way, this is because I've seen them improve with time, some times a move to another club might just trigger the beast in them, I had this observation with Ademola Lookman, man wasn't on the watchlist when he was in EPL, later went to to ATALANTA and improved tremendously, so let's see what Noah Okafor has for Leeds. However I think AC Milan has gotten a replacement for Noah and that I think will be Victor Boniface from Bayern Leverkusen.

[ILuckyGuyI]

We start the game week with West Ham vs Chelsea tonight!

Honestly it's a quite comfortable one for my Chelsea on paper. 1.66 is really nice odds... Yeah, I'm aware how much lost Chelsea were vs Crystal Palace last week.

But I believe in them today. West Ham still look hopeless. You must've seen how they got destroyed by even Sunderland which just promoted to the PL.

I hope Palmer has a good day this time. 

[asriloni]

Chelsea successfully thrashed Westham with five one as the final score. They deserved it as they fight a horrible team. We know how crap Westham is after they coached by Potter. Only feel a bit disappointed they should conceded a goal during the first half. Hoever, good game overall by them. They created  some chances from set pieces, which is successfully converted into some goals. I think this was a case of West Ham being bad than them. I also credit to all player who never gave up when they lose the lead to the Westham.

[masulum]

We start the game week with West Ham vs Chelsea tonight!

Honestly it's a quite comfortable one for my Chelsea on paper. 1.66 is really nice odds... Yeah, I'm aware how much lost Chelsea were vs Crystal Palace last week.

But I believe in them today. West Ham still look hopeless. You must've seen how they got destroyed by even Sunderland which just promoted to the PL.

I hope Palmer has a good day this time. 

1-5! Your prediction was absolutely correct, Chelsea played well in this match! Unfortunately, Palmer was unable to play due to injury. What was surprising was Estevao's excellent performance. Estevao also set a historic record, becoming the youngest Premier League player, He is only 18 y and 120 d old, but has already proven that he has potential. With this convincing result and fantastic score, those who bet on Chelsea must be smiling today. Especially with odds of 1.66, your bet was a decent profit!  Congrats!

[Mate2237]

It's seems that Chelsea is back to form like the Chelsea that we use to know because I can't remember Chelsea scoring five goals in a single game playing at away nice one for the team moving forward to the season I expect that Chelsea should maintain this form because one thing I have seen with this Chelsea team is there level of inconsistency.



A bad start of the season for graham potter and fans has already called for the sake of the Manager as the head coach of West Ham united with his opening two matches which has all ended in a humiliating defeat

[qurbanshah02]

Chelsea successfully thrashed Westham with five one as the final score. They deserved it as they fight a horrible team. We know how crap Westham is after they coached by Potter. Only feel a bit disappointed they should conceded a goal during the first half. Hoever, good game overall by them. They created  some chances from set pieces, which is successfully converted into some goals. I think this was a case of West Ham being bad than them. I also credit to all player who never gave up when they lose the lead to the Westham.

We all know that Chelsea is a good and hard-working team due to which they are successful and in this match Chelsea's hard work is impressing us a lot which was a good win with 5 goals. I would say West Ham are a good team and Chelsea are stronger than them which is the result of which we are seeing a 4 goal difference in this match. They should improve in this which will eliminate their weakness and also see strength in a good form which will be better than the one mentioned earlier. This match was one-sided West Ham also worked hard but they could only score 1 goal in their efforts while they kept working hard later but to thwart their efforts Chelsea players Pedro, Neto, Fernandes, Caicedo, Chalobah these players scored 5 goals each for their team.

[len01]

There are 5 matches today, but all eyes are on the Man City vs Spurs game. Previously, Spurs managed to secure 3 points against Burnley, and in my opinion, it's no surprise they did so easily without much resistance, as Burnley is just a mediocre team that doesn't have the same level of performance as Spurs.

But today, Spurs have to face one of the strongest teams in the EPL. After successfully signing new players Reijnders and Cherki, Man City's squad has become more stable and looks very strong in every area.

What do you think? Can Spurs put up a fight against Man City? And can City beat Spurs?

[emrecemsan]

Maybe West Ham got an embarrassing kind of a loss last night. But Paquetá still scored a superb goal at least.    It was unfortunate that Palmer got injured just before the match but Chelsea still finished off West Ham without issues.

Now of course we are all waiting for the main event today. Less than an hour left. Manchester City or Tottenham? It's hard to forget how Guardiola's team lost 4-0 home last season... But I think they'll win today. 1.53 is just great odds to take and leave.

[hyudien]

What do you think? Can Spurs put up a fight against Man City? And can City beat Spurs?

Without further ado, I'll place City in a 1x2 bet. The return isn't too bad at x1.53. yeah I can't underestimate Spurs here. They have a good chance of stealing points or even beating City but looking at their recent form, there are still issues. Burnley still managed to create plenty of chances, although none of them resulted in goals. This is a weakness that City will certainly exploit.

[Velvet78]

I assume this is the new thread for the 2025/26 season. Have a good discussion everybody. 

What do you think? Can Spurs put up a fight against Man City? And can City beat Spurs?

OMG, Tottenham did it again!    They beat Guardiola's students once again at Etihad. Manchester City couldn't even answer with a goal. And honestly, they really played like sh*t. It was thanks to a super solid defending by Tottenham too of course.

van de Ven and Porro were quite impressive. Man what was that performance by Trafford? He made horrible mistakes... After this disappointment I must admit one thing. I started to think Manchester City should absolutely bring Donnarumma...

The Wolves game was deceptive. Manchester City still have problems.

[X-ray]

There are 5 matches today, but all eyes are on the Man City vs Spurs game. Previously, Spurs managed to secure 3 points against Burnley, and in my opinion, it's no surprise they did so easily without much resistance, as Burnley is just a mediocre team that doesn't have the same level of performance as Spurs.

But today, Spurs have to face one of the strongest teams in the EPL. After successfully signing new players Reijnders and Cherki, Man City's squad has become more stable and looks very strong in every area.

What do you think? Can Spurs put up a fight against Man City? And can City beat Spurs?

City gets thrashed by Tottenham again for the second times. The last time they got this embarrassing result was around November last year. The ball possession and transition still remain their main problem in this game. Their goalie is also terrible by always holding the ball way too long.

They get worsen with their mid that played so deep in this game. They looked so bad today. They need to find the balance in their squad.

[Callido]

Arsenal vs Leeds ongoing. Scores 0-0 as both teams keep fighting for the opening goal. Gyokeres got a perfect chance in front of the post but the rush to hit the ball didn't help change the scores.

Leeds are playing well also, great reflex from Raya kept the game alive for Arsenal. Couldn't watch Mancity vs Tottenham match live, the final scores was unbelievable, wondering how bad it was for gamblers who supported Mancity in their bet.

[Odohu]

Arsenal vs Leeds ongoing. Scores 0-0 as both teams keep fighting for the opening goal. Gyokeres got a perfect chance in front of the post but the rush to hit the ball didn't help change the scores.

Leeds are playing well also, great reflex from Raya kept the game alive for Arsenal. Couldn't watch Mancity vs Tottenham match live, the final scores was unbelievable, wondering how bad it was for gamblers who supported Mancity in their bet.

Arsenal better not break my heart tonight because I went all in on them. Everything point to their advantage and they are also playing at home which should make it an easy three points for them. Leeds can be stubborn sometimes but it should not be tonight that Arsenal need the winning to keep their record clean. Arsenal is supposed to aim for many goals as Chelsea and Tottenham are standing strong on goal advantage.

[Fiatless]

Arsenal better not break my heart tonight because I went all in on them. Everything point to their advantage and they are also playing at home which should make it an easy three points for them. Leeds can be stubborn sometimes but it should not be tonight that Arsenal need the winning to keep their record clean. Arsenal is supposed to aim for many goals as Chelsea and Tottenham are standing strong on goal advantage.

Arsenal didn't break your heart mate, they have lived up to your expectations.  The game is currently 4-0 with goals from Timber, Saka, and  Gyökeres. The match is almost coming to an end, so the Gunners have secured the maximum three points. The big teams or favourites are winning this week, except Manchester City, who were beaten by Tottenham. It's a high score and a clean sheet for Arsenal against Leeds.

[emrecemsan]

Mate, I thought Manchester City would be the one winning this time. But I got so wrong... Still nothing improved at this team, for real? Maybe it's too early you'll say but this really reminds me of the last season I'm afraid. 

Good work by Gyökeres in his 2nd match! 2 goals... Saka had to be subbed off early because of an injury. I hope it's not a serious one again. Arsenal have just got him back. What should we say about Timber actually? Spectacular effort!

[len01]

What do you think? Can Spurs put up a fight against Man City? And can City beat Spurs?

It was thanks to a super solid defending by Tottenham too of course.

-snip

The Wolves game was deceptive. Manchester City still have problems.

You're right. Looking at these statistics, it's clear that in terms of ball possession, Man City was much better. However, they failed to break through Spurs defense. On the other hand, Spurs managed to tear apart Man City's defense with quicker attacks. This time, I was misled by Man City's strong start, but they still have some weaknesses in their defense, something Guardiola should prioritize more.