⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[hahay]

Week 25 will open with the match between Brighton vs Chelsea and of course, this match will be an interesting match because Brighton previously managed to eliminate Chelsea in the FA Cup match. But, for their next match, the reality is that Chelsea will also still be playing away  and thus, it might still be a difficult match for Chelsea or perhaps, Chelsea is ambitious for revenge. Because if I consider their points in the Premier League table it is clear, Chelsea is better because Chelsea is in the top four as well and has a gap of 9 points with Brighton which is in 10th place. But even though Brighton is not in a good position in the Premier League table, the fact is that Brighton  is still a team that cannot be defeated easily at all.

[kawetsriyanto]

Nottingham Forest's performance  in the premier league this season has surprised us all. It was unimaginable to see this team in the top 3 of the table. However, the team has been able to perform well consistently. Although Nottingham Forest's attack is a bit weak,  this team's defense is very strong. If they can  maintain this performance, Nottingham fforest will be able to qualify for the Champions League . Nottingham Forest is 6 points ahead  of Manchester City, who are in fifth place in the points table.

Agree. No one predicted that Nottingham Forest will be among those teams in UCL zone. We know that this team often finish very close with relegation zone in every season. It is just simply amazing to see them in the 3rd place now, they even look stronger in the second half of this season. I think this team has strong attackers, too. They don't only have a strong defense. They proved it by defeating Brighton with 7 goals, it is very rare that an average team like Nottingham winning with many goals. Their main striker (Wood) even could score 3 goals (hattrick). It showed that they have a strong player in attacking line. Well, I'm sure they will play in UCL next season if there is no much change in their performance until the end of the season. Luckily, there is no transfer window anymore, so there will be no player to move to another team. 

[pawel7777]

Full fixtures and odds (by DuelBits) for the matchday 25 are as follows:

Brighton & Hove Albion x2.90 Vs Chelsea x2.30; Draw x3.66
Leicester City x9.00 Vs Arsenal FC x1.32; Draw x5.50
Aston Villa FC x1.42 Vs Ipswich Town x6.66; Draw x5.00
Fulham x2.22 Vs Nottingham Forest x3.33; Draw x3.33
Manchester City x1.90 Vs Newcastle United x3.40; Draw x4.33
Southampton x5.50 Vs Bournemouth x1.54; Draw x4.50
West Ham United x2.36 Vs Brentford x2.85; Draw x3.60
Crystal Palace x1.87 Vs Everton x4.33; Draw x3.50
Liverpool FC x1.20 Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers x12.00; Draw x7.50
Tottenham Hotspur x2.45 Vs Manchester United x2.66; Draw x3.75

The bookies expect easy 3 points for Liverpool and Arsenal. The most interesting one will be a clash between 5th Man City and 6th Newcastle. It won't be an easy game but I think Man City should be able to win it, especially given Newcastle have lost a bit of steam in their last league games.

[AYOBA]

Manchester city defense have been poor, if we careful check, we will see that Manchester city have been conceding so many goals, whenever Manchester city are playing, they are always conceding goals, even whenever Manchester city are winning in their matches, am not always confident that they will be able to maintain the win, I don’t really know why Manchester city are always conceding many goals in the second half of their matches.

There trying to embark their performances that’s why you can see that in some of their matches they always put much efforts to conceding a goal in the second half of the match, but the lack of inconsistency didn’t allowed them to return back their normally form; and that’s all this while there performances still remain poorly.

The Manchester City problem not only by their defense even their entire players have their own problems, because if we observe their previous performance when their still with their former coach. everybody was taking against their management, but after the coach has been sak there was moving normal before they come begin performing abnormal.

[KingsDen]

Manchester city defense have been poor, if we careful check, we will see that Manchester city have been conceding so many goals, whenever Manchester city are playing, they are always conceding goals, even whenever Manchester city are winning in their matches, am not always confident that they will be able to maintain the win, I don’t really know why Manchester city are always conceding many goals in the second half of their matches.

There trying to embark their performances that’s why you can see that in some of their matches they always put much efforts to conceding a goal in the second half of the match, but the lack of inconsistency didn’t allowed them to return back their normally form; and that’s all this while there performances still remain poorly.

The Manchester City problem not only by their defense even their entire players have their own problems, because if we observe their previous performance when their still with their former coach. everybody was taking against their management, but after the coach has been sak there was moving normal before they come begin performing abnormal.

Every football team have their strengths and weaknesses best on defense, midfield and attack. Manchester City is not known to be a club that is very strong in defense but their strength is always in attack just like Liverpool of some seasons ago before van dijk came in and just like Real Madrid. Not being a defensive team does not mean that they are defense is porous but it means that they are attention is always more and scoring higher goals than conceding.
If you ask me, I would say that Manchester City problem started from the midfield when Rodry and KDB were both absent. Before KDB returned, that bond was already broken and it has been difficult for Pep Guardiola to repair it. Maybe Manchester City fans should be hopeful and patient till their ballon d'or winner comes back to the team.
Meanwhile, for the weekend match I take Manchester city to win because Tottenham has no headway this season.

[Docnaster]

Week 25 will open with the match between Brighton vs Chelsea and of course, this match will be an interesting match because Brighton previously managed to eliminate Chelsea in the FA Cup match. But, for their next match, the reality is that Chelsea will also still be playing away  and thus, it might still be a difficult match for Chelsea or perhaps, Chelsea is ambitious for revenge. Because if I consider their points in the Premier League table it is clear, Chelsea is better because Chelsea is in the top four as well and has a gap of 9 points with Brighton which is in 10th place. But even though Brighton is not in a good position in the Premier League table, the fact is that Brighton  is still a team that cannot be defeated easily at all.

Brighton will be the host team in that game and considering Chelsea's inconsistency this season in the English Premier League, I'll not be surprised of the home team gets all three points against the London club. We all saw how Brighton outplayed Chelsea to eliminate them from the English FA Cup last weekend so it's possible they'll gain so much confidence from that result to still win the game this weekend. Enzo Maresca at this moment knows his job at the club might be in a risk of he continues to drop points so I expect him to field his best players in that game and also go for the playing pattern that gives him the best results. I predict a Chelsea win and I think BTTS option will also happen in that game

[Alpha Marine]

Week 25 will open with the match between Brighton vs Chelsea and of course, this match will be an interesting match because Brighton previously managed to eliminate Chelsea in the FA Cup match. But, for their next match, the reality is that Chelsea will also still be playing away  and thus, it might still be a difficult match for Chelsea or perhaps, Chelsea is ambitious for revenge. Because if I consider their points in the Premier League table it is clear, Chelsea is better because Chelsea is in the top four as well and has a gap of 9 points with Brighton which is in 10th place. But even though Brighton is not in a good position in the Premier League table, the fact is that Brighton  is still a team that cannot be defeated easily at all.

I don't see Chelsea as a big threat. They're are a team that any team can get a point against. I can't comfortably say Chelsea will win a match before they go into that game.
Let's also not forget that Jackson is out injured and as horrible as he might he might be for Chelsea, he will be missed. He adds a lot to the attack. I don't know who the coach might use to replace him, but it's not going to be an easy match for Chelsea.

By H2H, Chelsea mostly defeat Brighton, but this current Chelsea is something else. Brighton is a team that you need to press constantly or they will hurt you and this Chelsea team doesn't know how to press properly. What is guaranteed is that it's going to be a good game because both teams will attack.

[blue Snow]

Week 25 will open with the match between Brighton vs Chelsea and of course, this match will be an interesting match because Brighton previously managed to eliminate Chelsea in the FA Cup match. But, for their next match, the reality is that Chelsea will also still be playing away  and thus, it might still be a difficult match for Chelsea or perhaps, Chelsea is ambitious for revenge. Because if I consider their points in the Premier League table it is clear, Chelsea is better because Chelsea is in the top four as well and has a gap of 9 points with Brighton which is in 10th place. But even though Brighton is not in a good position in the Premier League table, the fact is that Brighton  is still a team that cannot be defeated easily at all.

Chelsea is only a bit favored to win, they have a 41% chance, while Brighton has 33% to win. Probably because Brighton was able to defeat them in the FA cup so it is not so featured for Chelsea to get 3 points. Both have meet twice on this session, as remember at the first meet Cole Palmer created 4 goals and won that match convincingly. May he repeat that and revenge for the defeat the other day?. Some observers instead have prediction the match end with draw because Chelsea not doing so well when playing away. This is based on the statistics in their last few matches, and there are some players who have decreased performance.

(we're going to celebrate for this thread because it has reached 500 pages or almost 10,000 post since june 2023   )

[tusandii]

Nottingham Forrest realized that they will probably not win it, so why would they tire their players out at all, they put the bench and the young players in, so that they could focus on the league. They are doing unexpectedly well at the league right now, nobody assumed that they would be in top 10, let alone be in top four, if they keep this up, they are going to get huge amounts of money for finishing up at premier league, but also they will get a huge amount from UCL as well. This is why they are focusing on premier league more than they do FA cup.

Nottingham Forest's performance  in the premier league this season has surprised us all. It was unimaginable to see this team in the top 3 of the table. However, the team has been able to perform well consistently. Although Nottingham Forest's attack is a bit weak,  this team's defense is very strong. If they can  maintain this performance, Nottingham fforest will be able to qualify for the Champions League . Nottingham Forest is 6 points ahead  of Manchester City, who are in fifth place in the points table.

Nottingham Forest's performance reminds me of Leicester City's performance in the 2015-16 season, no one expected the club to win the EPL title after they were just promoted in the previous season, while Nottingham Forest has only been in the EPL for 3 seasons but they have surprisingly performed well, but even so I'm not sure they can win the EPL title like Leicester City did, the more realistic thing is they can be in the top 4 to be able to play in the UCL next season, but Nottingham Forest's obstacles are not over, they have to maintain their performance until the end of the season because the competition in the EPL is very tight and competitive.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Nottingham Forest's performance  in the premier league this season has surprised us all. It was unimaginable to see this team in the top 3 of the table. However, the team has been able to perform well consistently. Although Nottingham Forest's attack is a bit weak,  this team's defense is very strong. If they can  maintain this performance, Nottingham fforest will be able to qualify for the Champions League . Nottingham Forest is 6 points ahead  of Manchester City, who are in fifth place in the points table.

Agree. No one predicted that Nottingham Forest will be among those teams in UCL zone. We know that this team often finish very close with relegation zone in every season. It is just simply amazing to see them in the 3rd place now, they even look stronger in the second half of this season. I think this team has strong attackers, too. They don't only have a strong defense. They proved it by defeating Brighton with 7 goals, it is very rare that an average team like Nottingham winning with many goals. Their main striker (Wood) even could score 3 goals (hattrick). It showed that they have a strong player in attacking line. Well, I'm sure they will play in UCL next season if there is no much change in their performance until the end of the season. Luckily, there is no transfer window anymore, so there will be no player to move to another team. 

Bournemouth  and nottingham Forest are performing strangely this season . Bournemouth was a bit behind at the beginning of the season. But now the team is in pretty good form. We don't see this team in the top 10 of the points table. Even qualifying for the ppremier League is a big achievement for these teams. Even then bournemouth is performing well.

On the other hand, Nottingham Forest is trying to qualify for the Champions League. However, since the performances of Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United are not regular, it has become a little easier for Nottingham Forest to be in the top four of the table.

The performance of nottingham forest's attacking players is a little weak. However, Nottingham Forest got a big 7-0 win against Brighton a few days ago. If  Nottingham continues such a performance,  the road to qualifying for the Champions League will become easier.

[Velvet78]

We are starting the week with a Brighton - Chelsea game. They faced each other earlier in the FA Cup you know and Brighton eliminated their opponent. But I feel like Chelsea will make up for it this time by a win in the league. 

Tomorrow starts with a game between Leicester and Arsenal. Arteta's students should be able to win this one without excuses. They have no chance other than to keep winning for the title chance. By the way I have heard Havertz's injury is serious and he is out for the season. I wonder who is going to play as the CF...

Liverpool should be beating Wolves home easily to maintain the gap with Arsenal at worst. They conceded a shocker by Everton in the last moments. This time I don't expect a point loss.

[Woodie]

Week 25 will open with the match between Brighton vs Chelsea and of course, this match will be an interesting match because Brighton previously managed to eliminate Chelsea in the FA Cup match. But, for their next match, the reality is that Chelsea will also still be playing away  and thus, it might still be a difficult match for Chelsea or perhaps, Chelsea is ambitious for revenge. Because if I consider their points in the Premier League table it is clear, Chelsea is better because Chelsea is in the top four as well and has a gap of 9 points with Brighton which is in 10th place. But even though Brighton is not in a good position in the Premier League table, the fact is that Brighton  is still a team that cannot be defeated easily at all.

Such fixtures are tricky to catch if one is putting money ,  one team will be believing that we beat them just a few days ago and we can do it again while the other(Chelsea) will want to use that lose as motivation to get a win, but away from home it will be difficult to beat Brighton especially that Chelsea didn't not even get a goal of their own had it not been for that own goal.

Tbh, this game will either be explosive with goals, or both team's will have that mutual respect and play out for a draw to share points.

[Adiljutt156]

Today there is a Merseyside derby. Let's go! 

Liverpool are overwhelmingly the favoured side of course. However I don't think it's going to be that simple during the game. Because as of David Moyes' arrival, Everton have been rising. They are scoring easier than ever and getting better results. FYI, Everton have a really good history home vs Liverpool.    I mean they don't lose most of the time. I wouldn't bet on Liverpool here because of that. It looks like a considerable risk to me.

If I bet on this one I'd go for both teams to score @1.91.

Both teams to score entered from first half and I wonder what your motivation was for betting on that. Everton even scored first and when that goal entered, I was afraid that they were going to win Liverpool but it was not before half time that Liverpool made it even. Now the match is at minutes and Liverpool is leading by 1-2 courtesy of a clean goal by Mohamed Salah who is famous for scoring great goals for Liverpool. If the had match ended that way, Liverpool would be 9 points clear from their closest rider Arsenal but Everton refusal to surrender has yielded result that made the match end in 2-2 draw after the late goal of Everton.

Liverpool football team stats was brilliant because that team possession was excellent which was 64 percent and in the comparison, the possession percentage of Everton team was only 36 percent. The passes of  Liverpool team were also more and due to which Everton team could not win this match. Liverpool team should win this match but they could not defend well at the end of match which changed the result of match and match went to the draw. The pass accuracy of Everton was also low which was 70 percent and that of Everton is 82 percent.The fouls of Liverpool football team were more in number which were 20 and that of Everton team were 9 . Everton team shots were 10 which were more in this match and 3 were on target.

[hyudien]

I don't see Chelsea as a big threat. They're are a team that any team can get a point against. I can't comfortably say Chelsea will win a match before they go into that game.
Let's also not forget that Jackson is out injured and as horrible as he might he might be for Chelsea, he will be missed. He adds a lot to the attack. I don't know who the coach might use to replace him, but it's not going to be an easy match for Chelsea.

By H2H, Chelsea mostly defeat Brighton, but this current Chelsea is something else. Brighton is a team that you need to press constantly or they will hurt you and this Chelsea team doesn't know how to press properly. What is guaranteed is that it's going to be a good game because both teams will attack.

Hah who misses Nicolas Jackson? You? Maybe it's just you because when he plays it will give Chelsea players more space to avoid wasting opportunities. Remember Chelsea doesn't depend on him, there are still many players who can be relied on and are even better than him in terms of execution when there is a chance to score in front of the goal. Brighton is not a weak team, they have shown tough resistance to Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Man City several times. This match could be a revenge for Teh Blues because last week Chelsea was eliminated from the FA Cup by Brighton.

[Lida93]

Nottingham Forrest realized that they will probably not win it, so why would they tire their players out at all, they put the bench and the young players in, so that they could focus on the league. They are doing unexpectedly well at the league right now, nobody assumed that they would be in top 10, let alone be in top four, if they keep this up, they are going to get huge amounts of money for finishing up at premier league, but also they will get a huge amount from UCL as well. This is why they are focusing on premier league more than they do FA cup.

Nottingham Forest's performance  in the premier league this season has surprised us all. It was unimaginable to see this team in the top 3 of the table. However, the team has been able to perform well consistently. Although Nottingham Forest's attack is a bit weak,  this team's defense is very strong. If they can  maintain this performance, Nottingham fforest will be able to qualify for the Champions League . Nottingham Forest is 6 points ahead  of Manchester City, who are in fifth place in the points table.

This club has beat the imagination of many as they have been able to maintain a long stay in the top four right from last year till this time, a position we all thought they might not hold for this long. I give credit to the coach, Nuno Espírito Santo, with him resuming the manager responsibility the team has been greatly motivated, going into almost every game with their shoulders high getting a 9 unbeaten run that have earned them the 3rd place on the EPL table. I think they have a big chance of securing a place in the UCL or at least the Europa next season if they continue with this impressive performance.

[shinratensei_]

We are starting the week with a Brighton - Chelsea game. They faced each other earlier in the FA Cup you know and Brighton eliminated their opponent. But I feel like Chelsea will make up for it this time by a win in the league. 

Tomorrow starts with a game between Leicester and Arsenal. Arteta's students should be able to win this one without excuses. They have no chance other than to keep winning for the title chance. By the way I have heard Havertz's injury is serious and he is out for the season. I wonder who is going to play as the CF...

Liverpool should be beating Wolves home easily to maintain the gap with Arsenal at worst. They conceded a shocker by Everton in the last moments. This time I don't expect a point loss.

Unbelievable to see Chelsea to face Brighton again after they out from FA cup. I think that's gonna be a hot game. I have different view about the result from this game. It seems to me draw will be the best result for Chelsea.

They looked so damn clueless in their attack, shaky at their defense, and incompetence on their midfield. I see nothing that makes them feel superior in this game. Things worsen when Jackson out until April due to the serious injury.

Chelsea's actually getting a big blow with Jackson's injury, and they can't rely to Nkuku to handle this game. We have seen how Nkuku did nothing at FA cup, and i expect the same in this game.

[Palakka]

Full fixtures and odds (by DuelBits) for the matchday 25 are as follows:

Brighton & Hove Albion x2.90 Vs Chelsea x2.30; Draw x3.66
Leicester City x9.00 Vs Arsenal FC x1.32; Draw x5.50
Aston Villa FC x1.42 Vs Ipswich Town x6.66; Draw x5.00
Fulham x2.22 Vs Nottingham Forest x3.33; Draw x3.33
Manchester City x1.90 Vs Newcastle United x3.40; Draw x4.33
Southampton x5.50 Vs Bournemouth x1.54; Draw x4.50
West Ham United x2.36 Vs Brentford x2.85; Draw x3.60
Crystal Palace x1.87 Vs Everton x4.33; Draw x3.50
Liverpool FC x1.20 Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers x12.00; Draw x7.50
Tottenham Hotspur x2.45 Vs Manchester United x2.66; Draw x3.75

The bookies expect easy 3 points for Liverpool and Arsenal. The most interesting one will be a clash between 5th Man City and 6th Newcastle. It won't be an easy game but I think Man City should be able to win it, especially given Newcastle have lost a bit of steam in their last league games.

If you look at the opponents that Liverpool and Arsenal will face this weekend, it is very natural that the betting market favors them to win the match later, but we also cannot deny that if all possibilities can happen in the  match, Liverpool lost full points in their last match against Everton, while Wolves actually showed a positive performance when defeating Aston Villa in their last match, so  we can't say if Liverpool will probably be able to win easily over Wolves in the match, besides that facing Leicester city should not be a difficult match for Arsenal so far, but with many injured Arsenal players it is certainly possible for Leicester City to gain an advantage in the match later, while Manchester City vs Newcastle, with the current condition of the two teams, of course the option of betting on a draw can be a better option in my opinion.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Hopefully tonight Chelsea are going to be leaving the pitch happily.    I didn't like them against Brighton in the FA Cup game. They were so below my expectations.

But now there is a chance to atone for that bad result. There is a significant drop in their form lately. It's time to realize how bad they have been.

There are some missing players such as Jackson. But no issue with Jackson's absence.    Nkunku should be even doing a better work than him. I believe Chelsea will win tonight.

[asriloni]

Hopefully tonight Chelsea are going to be leaving the pitch happily.    I didn't like them against Brighton in the FA Cup game. They were so below my expectations.

But now there is a chance to atone for that bad result. There is a significant drop in their form lately. It's time to realize how bad they have been.

There are some missing players such as Jackson. But no issue with Jackson's absence.    Nkunku should be even doing a better work than him. I believe Chelsea will win tonight.

I hope Chelsea can fulfill your wish, but seeing how they missed Jackson in this game is really worrying me. They can't rely on Nkuku, which has lost his form. Things worsen with Brighton knew very well how to stop them.

They got more than 2.33 for away game, which is strange to see how big the odds. I'm not feeling fine about that. I'm also hoping them to win the game, but the odds made me feel so damn pessimistic to them in this game.

Unless they made some miracle during the game, they may not able to win it.

I will obviously blame them if they don't learn from FA cup.

[Lidger]

Manchester city defense have been poor, if we careful check, we will see that Manchester city have been conceding so many goals, whenever Manchester city are playing, they are always conceding goals, even whenever Manchester city are winning in their matches, am not always confident that they will be able to maintain the win, I don’t really know why Manchester city are always conceding many goals in the second half of their matches.

There trying to embark their performances that’s why you can see that in some of their matches they always put much efforts to conceding a goal in the second half of the match, but the lack of inconsistency didn’t allowed them to return back their normally form; and that’s all this while there performances still remain poorly.

The Manchester City problem not only by their defense even their entire players have their own problems, because if we observe their previous performance when their still with their former coach. everybody was taking against their management, but after the coach has been sak there was moving normal before they come begin performing abnormal.

Since the start of the new season, we can see a new Manchester City that Manchester City is performing much worse than last season. Manchester City's squad hasn't changed significantly but I don't understand why Manchester City's performance has changed so much. While Manchester City has won almost all the tournaments under the manager who is currently in charge, why is this team performing so poorly this season under this manager? However, compared to Manchester City's performance a few matches ago, the performance of this team has improved somewhat. Manchester City is slowly trying to climb to the top of the points table. Maybe they are trying to improve their performance keeping in mind that if they can't stay between one and five in the points table this season then they know very well that they won't be able to play in the Champions League next season. Hopefully they can finish the Premier League season in a good position.