⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Docnaster]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

[hahay]

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.

It's unfortunate that some of Arsenal's main players are injured, and it seems to be an obstacle for Arsenal to maintain its consistency. But, if only playing against Leicester and even though Arsenal play away, a win on paper can certainly be a real result for their match tomorrow. At least, Liverpool and Arsenal will get opponents who are currently in the lower zone and or relegation zone, especially Liverpool will also play at home.

Therefore, Liverpool and Arsenal can still make sure to get three points, of course. About Chelsea, although it is difficult but of course they have great ambitions to avenge the previous defeat in the FA Cup match, so I also hope Chelsea will be able to beat Brighton at this moment.

[junder]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

The bookies give almost the same odds for both teams which means their strengths are balanced so both Brighton and Chelsea can end the match with a win.

However, placing a bet on 1x2 is indeed very tempting because the prize given is @2.++ but it is quite risky because as you said both teams are not in consistent performance. The most comfortable choice in my opinion is BTTS, @1.51 is not too high but quite good too.
I think both teams will be able to score.

[AprilioMP]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

Three goals that will be created in this match have a great opportunity to happen and to guess who will win, it's a difficult choice for me to choose one of them. that Brighton acts as Home.
Regarding consistent, both of them are the same that their consistent is not good.
Never mind, the choice of over in this fight can be relied upon.

[Amphenomenon]

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The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

Three goals that will be created in this match have a great opportunity to happen and to guess who will win, it's a difficult choice for me to choose one of them. that Brighton acts as Home.
Regarding consistent, both of them are the same that their consistent is not good.
Never mind, the choice of over in this fight can be relied upon.

Oh you are anticipating another 2 goals to 1 win from any of both team, just like we got in their recent FA Cup match were Brighton eliminated Chelsea two goals to one.

I think Chelsea might be able to get a win or a draw but that won't be easy. I have doubt on Nkunku ability and I wonder how well will they be able go maximise chances and if that would be the job of Cole Palmer only which will definitely be tasking for him. Anyway, I wish my team well this night but more likely BTTS.

[skarais]

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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.

If today you don't know the cause of Manchester City's declining performance, then I am very sure that you are not following the club's developments. I think everyone already knows what the reason is, so it's really unreasonable to say you don't know what the reason is after Manchester City have played 24 Premier League games so far. Injuries are one reason, while poor player performance is an additional reason why they find themselves in this situation.

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.

Their performance has improved in the last few matches, but Manchester City is still performing below expectations. They had difficulty maintaining consistency and poor defense meant they conceded quite often, and could even lose after they took the lead in the match. Pep Guardiola is almost constantly rubbing his head in confusion about what to do, but the season continues for him.

[KingsDen]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

Three goals that will be created in this match have a great opportunity to happen and to guess who will win, it's a difficult choice for me to choose one of them. that Brighton acts as Home.
Regarding consistent, both of them are the same that their consistent is not good.
Never mind, the choice of over in this fight can be relied upon.

It might not sound so nice if Brighton manages to win this match against Chelsea. Brighton has done this for sometimes, I think it is the time of Chelsea to take a revenge. I am expecting Chelsea to win this match, but it will surely be difficult for them but Chelsea's worse result should be a draw.

Brighton has been a surprising team as usual but they lack consistency but however has good records against big teams. It is still goaless although yet first half.

[aylabadia05]

It might not sound so nice if Brighton manages to win this match against Chelsea. Brighton has done this for sometimes, I think it is the time of Chelsea to take a revenge. I am expecting Chelsea to win this match, but it will surely be difficult for them but Chelsea's worse result should be a draw.

Brighton has been a surprising team as usual but they lack consistency but however has good records against big teams. It is still goaless although yet first half.

Since the early minutes Chelsea tried but Mitoma brought Brighton to temporarily win 1 goal. Indeed, the match still has enough time for Chelsea to avenge the defeat obtained when playing against Brighton and when the score position makes Chelsea behind by one goal, honestly this match is very interesting.

The 5-4-1 formation makes Brighton focus on defense and while I am typing this post, Brighton widens the goal gap to two goals.
The possibility for Chelsea to take revenge will not be realized as expected.

[red4slash]

The 5-4-1 formation makes Brighton focus on defense and while I am typing this post, Brighton widens the goal gap to two goals.
The possibility for Chelsea to take revenge will not be realized as expected.

They want to try to maintain the midfield and defense because Brighton knows that facing Chelsea will not be possible if they ignore the defense they have and currently it seems that the scheme that is being carried out is working very well for them.

Although in terms of dominance Chelsea is clearly superior because they managed to control half the field but for the quality of attacks and utilization of momentum it is clear that Brighton is far superior at this time.

The first half is almost over and currently Brighton is already 2 goals ahead of Chelsea which makes Chelsea's situation not too good even though there is a second half.

Their dominance and possession of the ball means nothing at this time and instead they have to be willing to be 2-0 down just because they can't control the momentum that they actually have which is actually taken by Brighton with just a few attacks. If this is not fixed in the second half then it is certain that in this match Brighton will secure the points.

[KingsDen]

It might not sound so nice if Brighton manages to win this match against Chelsea. Brighton has done this for sometimes, I think it is the time of Chelsea to take a revenge. I am expecting Chelsea to win this match, but it will surely be difficult for them but Chelsea's worse result should be a draw.

Brighton has been a surprising team as usual but they lack consistency but however has good records against big teams. It is still goaless although yet first half.

Since the early minutes Chelsea tried but Mitoma brought Brighton to temporarily win 1 goal. Indeed, the match still has enough time for Chelsea to avenge the defeat obtained when playing against Brighton and when the score position makes Chelsea behind by one goal, honestly this match is very interesting.

The 5-4-1 formation makes Brighton focus on defense and while I am typing this post, Brighton widens the goal gap to two goals.
The possibility for Chelsea to take revenge will not be realized as expected.

Well, it might not be wrong to conclude that Chelsea has lost this one again. As long as this season is concerned, Chelsea is not known for having the ability to make a comeback and win. They don't have that capacity. It is becoming increasingly clear that Chelsea might not have a place in this season's top 4. This will be a wrong record for them because they are not in active European competition. Conference league is what they could easily feature their reserved players and rest their main players for the English Premier league. If there is anything I am expecting from Chelsea tonight, it is to try and avoid the score line being widen again by Brighton

[sotelorene]

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.

This is not a new thing and they are not the first team or club to experience this kind of thing, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and some other clubs experience this same thing some season back and it was not because they don't have a complete player, they have... But he cause of it was something I don't understand but with time I believe Manchester city will bounce back again and the funny thing about this Manchester city issues is that they are complete except Rodri, Walker and one or two player that is absent but before now they were doing absolutely well even in the absence of these players. But I'm certain and sure that no matter what they will finish top 4 or 5.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

It might not sound so nice if Brighton manages to win this match against Chelsea. Brighton has done this for sometimes, I think it is the time of Chelsea to take a revenge. I am expecting Chelsea to win this match, but it will surely be difficult for them but Chelsea's worse result should be a draw.

Brighton has been a surprising team as usual but they lack consistency but however has good records against big teams. It is still goaless although yet first half.

Since the early minutes Chelsea tried but Mitoma brought Brighton to temporarily win 1 goal. Indeed, the match still has enough time for Chelsea to avenge the defeat obtained when playing against Brighton and when the score position makes Chelsea behind by one goal, honestly this match is very interesting.

The 5-4-1 formation makes Brighton focus on defense and while I am typing this post, Brighton widens the goal gap to two goals.
The possibility for Chelsea to take revenge will not be realized as expected.

Well, it might not be wrong to conclude that Chelsea has lost this one again. As long as this season is concerned, Chelsea is not known for having the ability to make a comeback and win. They don't have that capacity. It is becoming increasingly clear that Chelsea might not have a place in this season's top 4. This will be a wrong record for them because they are not in active European competition. Conference league is what they could easily feature their reserved players and rest their main players for the English Premier league. If there is anything I am expecting from Chelsea tonight, it is to try and avoid the score line being widen again by Brighton

It might not be wedding if they continue playing their traditional back passes and neglecting to play in the midfield which almost every team now knows about. The inability of Maresca to have have more than one play pattern in his little mind is really hurting Chelsea as a team. Chelsea players lack the ability to square play as most of them are frequently overlapping.

I think he should consider playing more in the midfield and limit his back passes because he doesn't have a smart player you front who can beat defenders easily like Raphinha of Barcelona. Palmer is experiencing the worst phase of his career currently and isn't contributing much, if at all in the Chelsea midfield, so far the midfield is only about Enzo Fernandez with Caicedo doing the major defensive midfield work. I miss Guiu in this match. I would've wished he didn't pick up his initial of last match, perhaps he's would've tricked the Frontline a little.

[ginsan]

Well, it might not be wrong to conclude that Chelsea has lost this one again. As long as this season is concerned, Chelsea is not known for having the ability to make a comeback and win. They don't have that capacity. It is becoming increasingly clear that Chelsea might not have a place in this season's top 4. This will be a wrong record for them because they are not in active European competition. Conference league is what they could easily feature their reserved players and rest their main players for the English Premier league. If there is anything I am expecting from Chelsea tonight, it is to try and avoid the score line being widen again by Brighton

Chelsea seems to have a hard time turning things around in the second half because they are already two goals behind. Moreover, Chelsea does not have a productive striker, they rely too much on Nkunku even though he is not able to provide much contribution to bring the team to victory.

If they lose again, of course Chelsea have not managed to maintain their best performance, because in the previous match they managed to get 3 points but this match will lose again, of course it is not a better pace for them to maintain their ranking in the standings. It can even be said that Chelsea is in a status of minimal attackers that they have so there is no other choice for Maresca but to rely on Nkunku in this match.

[Spaceman1000$]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

Three goals that will be created in this match have a great opportunity to happen and to guess who will win, it's a difficult choice for me to choose one of them. that Brighton acts as Home.
Regarding consistent, both of them are the same that their consistent is not good.
Never mind, the choice of over in this fight can be relied upon.

It might not sound so nice if Brighton manages to win this match against Chelsea. Brighton has done this for sometimes, I think it is the time of Chelsea to take a revenge. I am expecting Chelsea to win this match, but it will surely be difficult for them but Chelsea's worse result should be a draw.

Brighton has been a surprising team as usual but they lack consistency but however has good records against big teams. It is still goaless although yet first half.

It's looking like your expectation is been cut short, because Chelsea is already losing 2:0 half time, and from the look of things, Brighton might likely win this game. Their last encounter in the FA cup, Chelsea lost 2:1, and the game is towing towards a repeated decimal.

In football normally, there are some teams your tactics might not work against, and it's looking like Chelsea just cannot just come up with an easy route to win Brighton. Chelsea worse result cannot be draw, rather on this game, their best from what am looking at will be a draw.

[Felicity_Tide]

Since the early minutes Chelsea tried but Mitoma brought Brighton to temporarily win 1 goal. Indeed, the match still has enough time for Chelsea to avenge the defeat obtained when playing against Brighton and when the score position makes Chelsea behind by one goal, honestly this match is very interesting.

The 5-4-1 formation makes Brighton focus on defense and while I am typing this post, Brighton widens the goal gap to two goals.
The possibility for Chelsea to take revenge will not be realized as expected.

5 defense, which is clearly a low block play, though I'm still surprise on how Chelsea still operate through the wings well. Brilliant goal from mitoma, but that was a massive defensive blunder from Chalobah. Mitoma made a brilliant touch after receiving the ball from the goalkeeper, which I expected the main defender at that point to do a good job, but unfortunately, he failed. And as for the second goal, it was literally another confused moment in the Chelsea defense. The 5 man defense was also to operate a wing back type of play, which left Minteh in the right position to score the second goal. Still on the second half. And there is still enough time for more goals to come in from either sides. From the first half stat, Chelsea had more possession of the ball, but Brighton seem to be interested in scoring and defending.

[JiiBs]

Chelsea seems to have a hard time turning things around in the second half because they are already two goals behind. Moreover, Chelsea does not have a productive striker, they rely too much on Nkunku even though he is not able to provide much contribution to bring the team to victory.

With this kind of result for this Brighton 3:0 Chelsea fixture, I think it’s okay to say Brighton have got Chelsea’s game plan figured out. They did beat Chelsea in the FA cup in a game that ended 2:1 in favour of Brighton. Then here they are a game with yet another win just days after. Mitoma scoring in both games against them and was looking to get a hat trick tonight. Chelsea dominated the game play but, couldn’t hold down nothing of it.

[Baki202]

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.

And this season everyone is complaining that Manchester City is not doing well and a lot of people are putting blame of pep and it is not actually okay when people blame you just because the club is not doing or performing very well and at some point it was even looking better but will not account for anything again because of how people have been blaming pep for everything and I don't think that should be a problem because he act as one of the best coaches so he should not worry about those comments.

Truely I know that our performance have dropped but we don't even expect much this season but we are coming back stronger next season I don't even have hope for us in the champions league there is no doubts about that and eventually we are going come back powerfully so they should expect how return so people will feel the heat thay we are going to be coming with.

[AYOBA]

5 defense, which is clearly a low block play, though I'm still surprise on how Chelsea still operate through the wings well. Brilliant goal from mitoma, but that was a massive defensive blunder from Chalobah. Mitoma made a brilliant touch after receiving the ball from the goalkeeper, which I expected the main defender at that point to do a good job, but unfortunately, he failed. And as for the second goal, it was literally another confused moment in the Chelsea defense. The 5 man defense was also to operate a wing back type of play, which left Minteh in the right position to score the second goal. Still on the second half. And there is still enough time for more goals to come in from either sides. From the first half stat, Chelsea had more possession of the ball, but Brighton seem to be interested in scoring and defending.

Chelsea are lack of consistency, imagine Brighton are able to beat Chelsea 3-0 without single equalize that’s was the very disappointing result from them. Because with way Chelsea started the season with very nice performances nobody expecting that there performance turn into the poorly where by even the league’s is not yet the middle.

And the most surprised thing is that Chelsea are make a strong performing by gathering higher possession of the ball without single goals, to be honest Brighton played admirably game against Chelsea that surprised a lot of people’s after they bring out a positive results.

[Pokapoka124]

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.

Yes it does. Leicester City winning the Premier League was one of the greatest underdog stories in football history. While Nottingham Forest may be in good from this season, they have shown moments of weakness too. I don't think that they can be able to win the premier League but if they maintain momentum, they can be able to finish in a comfortable position that will guarantee them an European competition next season.

[Justbillywitt]

The first fixture in the match week 25 of the English Premier League kicks off in less than 2 hours from now with Brighton playing host to Chelsea. I'm struggling to come up with a good prediction for this game because of Brighton's shocking results against some of the supposed top teams this season and the fact that Chelsea have been inconsistent. I want to settle for the option of the game to produce 3+ goals however, I also think it might be very difficult to play our since both clubs haven't been that prolific in their recent games. A straight win for Chelsea will be a big risk but at the moment, I think that's the best option for me to go for.

If you finally settled for Chelsea straight win, you will be regretting that decision by now. Brighton humiliated Chelsea again. Going for the 3+ goals you predicted earlier would have been better. Brighton won Chelsea in Fa cup, and Chelsea wasn't impressive during that match. Today again they were very poor against Brighton. I don't know what's wrong with Chelsea they have been having poor results and even in the transfer window they didn't add to the team. Now they will continue with this their miserable squad for the rest of the season. Brighton didn't give them any chance to cause them problems. Enzo Maresca has to do his magic and get the team back to winning ways.