⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Agbamoni]

There hasn't been nearly any team declaring their championship in the Premier League before March for a long time. I would like to congratulate Liverpool already now. Alongside Liverpool's being very successful this season effected this result to happen, Manchester City and Arsenal's quite bad performances also have been effective. Especially Arsenal's struggling with injuries during the whole season cost them a lot.

From start until now it has been rosey for Liverpool, yes they have played some very good football I won't deny that but this season has been very off for some very strong title Contenders.
Arsenal, Manchester city and maybe Chelsea at some point we're suppose to give Liverpool a run for their money but this season they have really been inconsistent making the race to Liverpool being crowned champions very smooth.

13 points gaps. How is it even possible that Liverpool will lose straight 4 games before the end of the season? It's impossible if you ask me. The League has already been won here. Congratulations to Liverpool in advance. Arsenal messed up the opportunity to put Liverpool under pressure. I was not really happy because it was more fun to see the competition very tough, now everyone knows who wins the league before the league ends.

Please dont mention Chelsea. The only teams that have been on the title race this season were just Liverpool and Arsenal. Chelsea only had some lucky weeks, but we saw that was an initial show of power. At last, they went back to where they belonged.

[Donneski]

Arsenal, Manchester city and maybe Chelsea at some point we're suppose to give Liverpool a run for their money but this season they have really been inconsistent making the race to Liverpool being crowned champions very smooth.

The only club that would have been a serious contender to Liverpool EPL title this summer is Manchester City but that's not possible atm, there was a point I kept believing in them to pick up their form but it seems the work force between the players is very low, the energy had decrease massively that I don't think City will at least get any title out of this season. No strategy has ever worked so far and it's been a total breakdown on the players and the coach also. It's messy.

On a season Manchester City are having difficulties with their performance, no other English Premier League club was able to give Liverpool a strong competition for who wins the title this season and if you ask me, I think it goes a long way to tell how  good Pep Guardiola's side have been over the years. Arsenal have never been a serious title contender in the last 20 years and even in the seasons where they happen to be the second best team, you still see them flopping in the last games of the season but Chelsea on the other hand I thought was going to be the main challenger to Liverpool's title quest this season but surprisingly, they couldn't keep up with their impressive start to the season.

[TelolettOm]

.....Leicester City was increasingly established in the relegation zone.

After losing to West Ham without any goal, I now strongly believe that Leicester City would not be in the EPL next season, Ruud Van Nistelroy has tried his best but it's not enough to keep them in the Premier League, their defense and attack is very poor and that's why they concede goals without replying back, four consecutive times is not a coincidence it shows how poor they're currently, too bad they'll have to go back to the Championship League.

Yes, sir; Ruud Van Nistelrooy is a talented coach. It's just that, Leicester City, the contents of the squad are not that good. And moreover, when Ruud Van Nistelrooy entered, their position was also dropping in the relegation zone. Unfortunately, it seems very difficult to lift the club.

The problem is that for the next matches, Leicester City also has a very tough opponent.
Look at this chart:
This club will be even more exhausted from them.

Source: google/Leicester City Fixture

They have no chance again to win from them.

[Zaguru12]

On a season Manchester City are having difficulties with their performance, no other English Premier League club was able to give Liverpool a strong competition for who wins the title this season and if you ask me, I think it goes a long way to tell how  good Pep Guardiola's side have been over the years. Arsenal have never been a serious title contender in the last 20 years and even in the seasons where they happen to be the second best team, you still see them flopping in the last games of the season but Chelsea on the other hand I thought was going to be the main challenger to Liverpool's title quest this season but surprisingly, they couldn't keep up with their impressive start to the season.

There is no too side to what you have said, I have also said this before that Pep has made this league just like the way Sir Alex Ferguson dominated the league. First of all I will say i am not too surprised seeing the Manchester City team having this difficult. It simple this set of players are getting old playing the tiring Pep pattern and this which requires the recycling to a new players hasn’t been a very great transition so far because the team is definitely not too strong with the new players who need time to adapt to not just the league alone but to also Pep style of play.

So in this period of Manchester City crisis it has been established that Manchester City are the only genuine or true tittle contenders amongst the others without them Liverpool under a new manager is riding them to the tittle, this is exactly something I was expecting from Arteta and his boys after chasing Manchester City for two consecutive seasons it was them I think I had hopes of actually stealing the championship from Manchester city should they ran into fatigue but as usual Arsenal are yet to utilize a chance I think wouldn’t come this easy again because I expect Pep to build another squad for the tittle again. As for Chelsea I never rate them as tittle contenders because they are also in a beta stage

[blue Snow]

What a huge win for Aston villa tonight in the FA cup against Cardiff, actually I think Aston villa was finding it very difficult to score in the first half of the game because cardiff never gave them the opportunity, you know looking at their odd from the early stage. You won't believe that they can only end up with 2 goals, and I'm pretty sure that majority of this gamblers will prefer going for over 2.5 instead of going for straight win because the odd will be very low for them, but it was quite unfortunate that they didn't get the outcome they were actually expecting.

It's a bit weird that Aston Villa can't score on 1st half even they have more ball possession. Maybe Unay did not pay enough attention to give movement for Rashford on 1st half, but Unay changed his strategy on 2nd half. That ex-MU former made a lot of contributions to the first goal. He gave a good pass to Asensio and disrupted the Cardiff defenses. I think even the result of match is not so many expect too many goals, Aston Villa has played a good match, they have established an unbeaten record in 6 consecutive matches. This is something to be quite proud of, because they weren't in good shape before Rashford joined with them

[BlackBoss_]

There is no too side to what you have said, I have also said this before that Pep has made this league just like the way Sir Alex Ferguson dominated the league. First of all I will say i am not too surprised seeing the Manchester City team having this difficult. It simple this set of players are getting old playing the tiring Pep pattern and this which requires the recycling to a new players hasn’t been a very great transition so far because the team is definitely not too strong with the new players who need time to adapt to not just the league alone but to also Pep style of play.

Pep already done his great job for Manchester City because before his era, Manchester City won some Premier League titles but they did not dominate the league, and most impressively he won a first Champions League title for the club too. Any era has to come to the end, and no coach can succeed forever with any club or any national team.

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola must know about it, accept this fact, and move on, perhaps with a termination of their contract and find a new future with a new head coach, new tactics for Manchester City and Pep will have to take a rest for a while before finding a new club in a different league.

So in this period of Manchester City crisis it has been established that Manchester City are the only genuine or true tittle contenders amongst the others without them Liverpool under a new manager is riding them to the tittle, this is exactly something I was expecting from Arteta and his boys after chasing Manchester City for two consecutive seasons it was them I think I had hopes of actually stealing the championship from Manchester city should they ran into fatigue but as usual Arsenal are yet to utilize a chance I think wouldn’t come this easy again because I expect Pep to build another squad for the tittle again. As for Chelsea I never rate them as tittle contenders because they are also in a beta stage

I think now it's no longer time to talk about crisis in Manchester City because they are in recovery phase already. They are not too good now to compete with strongest clubs like Real Madrid in Champions League or Liverpool in Premier League but in a long league like Premier League, I believe they will be able to play well against average and weak clubs so that they will secure their fourth position and even can improve it to a higher position at the season ending.

[SatoPrincess]

Congratulations to Manchester United! A really tough win that was for sure.    After that red card I thought there would be another point loss for them. But I really like the way they fought their way for the 3-2 win.

I liked the way they answered Ipswich today. Yeah maybe they weren't a strong opponent but this is still a good thing to see. The remaining part of the season will still be challenging for them. Amorim should be only targeting to finish the season away from the relegation area as much as possible.

Kudos to Manchester United despite the fact that they played against a weak team lol. However they have failed to record wins even against weak teams in the past weeks so I will commend their effort getting a win against this weak team in the week. They put on a good performance though, coming from behind to equalize and going ahead that is not a usual thing for United so they played well and deserved the win.

[mamesso]

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Kudos to Manchester United despite the fact that they played against a weak team lol. However they have failed to record wins even against weak teams in the past weeks so I will commend their effort getting a win against this weak team in the week. They put on a good performance though, coming from behind to equalize and going ahead that is not a usual thing for United so they played well and deserved the win.

An important win for Man United, but not perfect as they conceded two goals from Ipswich Town who are still stuck in the Relegation Zone. In my opinion, this victory will not last long if the defense is still very fragile because in the next few games Man United will face a stronger team than Ipswich Town, their next game will face Fulham (FA Cup), Real Sociedad (UEL) and Arsenal (EPL).
Amorim will be under even more pressure if they are unable to create a surprise in the UEL or FA Cup because in those competitions they still have a chance to win a trophy, while in the EPL their chances are already closed.

[Franctoshi]

There hasn't been nearly any team declaring their championship in the Premier League before March for a long time. I would like to congratulate Liverpool already now. Alongside Liverpool's being very successful this season effected this result to happen, Manchester City and Arsenal's quite bad performances also have been effective. Especially Arsenal's struggling with injuries during the whole season cost them a lot.

From start until now it has been rosey for Liverpool, yes they have played some very good football I won't deny that but this season has been very off for some very strong title Contenders.
Arsenal, Manchester city and maybe Chelsea at some point we're suppose to give Liverpool a run for their money but this season they have really been inconsistent making the race to Liverpool being crowned champions very smooth.

What makes it rosey for Liverpool? Is that they haven't faced the teams which other clubs have faced in the domestic league, or they have lesser competition which they're involved? But to my knowledge they're in the Champions League they've played in the FA cup, They've played in the Carabao cup, and Therefore, I don't see the angle from which you're talking from rather than that Liverpool are playing with much of team work and has been consistent with their performances, that's where I see them getting things smooth for themselves.

[Kristiyana]

What a huge win for Aston villa tonight in the FA cup against Cardiff, actually I think Aston villa was finding it very difficult to score in the first half of the game because cardiff never gave them the opportunity, you know looking at their odd from the early stage. You won't believe that they can only end up with 2 goals, and I'm pretty sure that majority of this gamblers will prefer going for over 2.5 instead of going for straight win because the odd will be very low for them, but it was quite unfortunate that they didn't get the outcome they were actually expecting.

Aston villa deserved to win this match, because right from when the match begin it has declared that Cardiff City do not have that capacity of winning Aston Villa their performances is not up to that so there’s not any surprise when we see Aston Villa bring out a positive result against them; I was even that expecting more than that 2 goals with the way I saw their performances right from the first half of the game but it was not possible: when it comes to gamble this kind of match it better to go for 2.5 them play straight winning.

Yeah, that's because Aston villa was giving a lesser odd so going for 2.5 I think the odd will be more higher than that of straight win, but those who choose to go for over 2.5 will still end up losing because Aston villa was unable to score more than 2 goals that's to show how difficult it is to predict accurately. Though you're right Cardiff city is never to be compared with Aston villa, forgetting the fact that they are doing absolutely well in thier league but not when it has to do with premier league teams.

[mammusu]

Arteta himself has given up on the title this season after losing to West Ham and sharing points with Nottingham Forest. Sakà returning to the team won't change a thing. The best they can get with his return is strengthen their position as second which has been the heightest they have gone in past few seasons.

We can't say that Arteta has given up on the title race because Liverpool has played 28 games and Arsenal has only played 27 which means they still have an outstanding match to play which if they win, the gap will drop from 13 to 10 points and who knows if anything can happen to Liverpool towards the ending periods of the season such that Arsenal may become resilient and surprise majority of people by overthrowing Liverpool at the top of the table. Due to how Arsenal have been jeopardizing their chances of getting closer to Liverpool has made people not to put their trust on Arsenal again but we should not forget that this England Premier League is always full of shocking moments especially when the season is getting near to end. Arsenal should not keep settling for the second position, Arteta and his boys should try and use new formats that will work for the team and lead them to winning trophies instead of always ending as a runner up to the champions.

The league journey still leaves 10 matches left for Liverpool and 11 for Arsenal with a difference of 13 points in the current English league standings, although indeed the opportunity to thwart Liverpool champions at the end of this season is still open to other teams including Arsenal, but I think it will be difficult for us to see this will happen with the performance and consistency that has been shown by Liverpool so far, many experiences that occur when a team fails to get trophies even though they lead the standings in mid-season, because towards the end of season their rival managed to rise, but in the case of this season, I don't see arsenal having the ability to thwart liverpool champions and maybe it will be different when manchester city becomes a serious challenger to liverpool in the race for the title as happened last 2019 season, although arsenal has shown good performance throughout the season but their poor mentality and consistency have always been the reason for their failure to reach trophies so far.

[sana54210]

The managerial change that Wolves did helped them quite a bit, so it is not really a complicated situation anymore, looks like they are doing quite well. We can say, after these last games, Leicester and Ipswhich would need a miracle to stay in the league, the gap is 5 points, and while it could be closed of course, it looks like it would be very tough.

Leicester is at a point where it is not even about winning, they are not even scoring, they are quite terrible and the possibility of them going down is almost guaranteed. Which is sad of course, seeing them be this bad, after that famous magical season, is a bad feeling to see them in, but let see if they can do the Championship run they had last year again for next year.

[Webetcoins]

Before Saka return, we will be more confident that this season's EPL title belongs to Liverpool after seeing this match schedule which I think will make Liverpool move further away from Arsenal.

• Liverpool vs Southampton (Liverpool secured a guaranteed victory and earned full points, bringing their total points to 70.)
• Man United vs Arsenal + Arsenal vs Chelsea (Two matches are not an easy task.  Meanwhile, against a weaker team, Arsenal was able to be defeated by West Ham.  And Saka's absence only managed to result in draws in those 2 matches, and Arsenal could only earn 2 points from those 2 matches.)

This will be Arsenal's third consecutive season without a title.  I wouldn't be surprised by this result because Arsenal has a history of being strong at the start of the season and then falling apart near the finish.

Now title race is ended with Liverpool is holding good lead which is not easy for any team to end 20 points difference from Manchester City mean all end for them while Arsenal attack is totally crap in last four games just 2 goals with 2 defeats and 1 draw their chances are also not good to have comeback.

Arsenal and Manchester City could be at second and third spots while Nottingham is going down which is concern for them, they have to improve their performance in these pressure games otherwise Chelsea and Newcastle United also ready to overtake which could be big setback. Arsenal is surely big disappointment as they fail to keep things at top while their mentality problem is not allowing them to have any chance of title win Arteta is surely good coach but still fail which is miserable for all.

[bangjoe]

What a huge win for Aston villa tonight in the FA cup against Cardiff, actually I think Aston villa was finding it very difficult to score in the first half of the game because cardiff never gave them the opportunity, you know looking at their odd from the early stage. You won't believe that they can only end up with 2 goals, and I'm pretty sure that majority of this gamblers will prefer going for over 2.5 instead of going for straight win because the odd will be very low for them, but it was quite unfortunate that they didn't get the outcome they were actually expecting.

In this fifth round, Aston Villa won the victory for the initial match this week at Palan FA, this firmness was certainly an additional key to continuing to the Fa Cup in the FA Cup, having previously defeated Tottenham with a score of 2-1 and this week added another victory with a 2-0 perfect victory over Cadiff.

But very unfortunately they experienced a decline in performance in the English Premier League now, currently in the 10th position of the English Premier League standings, of course this season is very different from last season for Aston Villa's achievement in the English Premier League.

[Adiljutt156]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

We saw last match of Liverpool football team which they played against Newcastle United football team. That match was totally one sided because one team did 2 goals in this match and other team could not do any goal in this match and that match was organized in the Anfield . I am impressed by the players of Liverpool because they always try to win every match and now they are at the top because of their hard work and they have 67 points on the table and opponent team which was Newcastle United has 44 points on the table and has 6 position on the table.Szoboszlai was the person who gave goal to his team at the start because team requirement was goal and he did this at 11 minutes of the match.

[Xcode7]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

We saw last match of Liverpool football team which they played against Newcastle United football team. That match was totally one sided because one team did 2 goals in this match and other team could not do any goal in this match and that match was organized in the Anfield . I am impressed by the players of Liverpool because they always try to win every match and now they are at the top because of their hard work and they have 67 points on the table and opponent team which was Newcastle United has 44 points on the table and has 6 position on the table.Szoboszlai was the person who gave goal to his team at the start because team requirement was goal and he did this at 11 minutes of the match.

In the match, Liverpool has shown how consistent and also the best performance of this team so that it is not difficult for Liverpool to win the match even though Newcastle is also a strong Premier League team this season, but Liverpool can overcome it without any significant obstacles.
So for now there is no more debate and competition, no one can stop Liverpool from winning the Premier League title this season, this is truly an extraordinary season for Arne Slot and also Liverpool and they deserve it after what they have shown so far.

[dezoel]

We can't say that Arteta has given up on the title race because Liverpool has played 28 games and Arsenal has only played 27 which means they still have an outstanding match to play which if they win, the gap will drop from 13 to 10 points and who knows if anything can happen to Liverpool towards the ending periods of the season such that Arsenal may become resilient and surprise majority of people by overthrowing Liverpool at the top of the table. Due to how Arsenal have been jeopardizing their chances of getting closer to Liverpool has made people not to put their trust on Arsenal again but we should not forget that this England Premier League is always full of shocking moments especially when the season is getting near to end. Arsenal should not keep settling for the second position, Arteta and his boys should try and use new formats that will work for the team and lead them to winning trophies instead of always ending as a runner up to the champions.

Just one game in hand with 13 points lead, and their attack is totally crap mean things are already gone out of way for title they need to work on for consistency and also have some good depth into their performance with this mentality Arteta can't win title here in Premier League.

Liverpool done enough job for win which giving them good advantage while now Manchester City is also ready for taking second spot which is challenging for Arsenal because they needed to stay good if they want to have any chance 11 matches are remaining surprises are always part of Premier League but still title race is ended. Three spots are wide open for few teams which are looking for European chances competitiveness is always important while quality is on same level, but few clubs needed consistency which will make things interesting in coming rounds.

[abhiseshakana]

We can't say that Arteta has given up on the title race because Liverpool has played 28 games and Arsenal has only played 27 which means they still have an outstanding match to play which if they win, the gap will drop from 13 to 10 points and who knows if anything can happen to Liverpool towards the ending periods of the season such that Arsenal may become resilient and surprise majority of people by overthrowing Liverpool at the top of the table. Due to how Arsenal have been jeopardizing their chances of getting closer to Liverpool has made people not to put their trust on Arsenal again but we should not forget that this England Premier League is always full of shocking moments especially when the season is getting near to end. Arsenal should not keep settling for the second position, Arteta and his boys should try and use new formats that will work for the team and lead them to winning trophies instead of always ending as a runner up to the champions.

Just one game in hand with 13 points lead, and their attack is totally crap mean things are already gone out of way for title they need to work on for consistency and also have some good depth into their performance with this mentality Arteta can't win title here in Premier League.

Liverpool done enough job for win which giving them good advantage while now Manchester City is also ready for taking second spot which is challenging for Arsenal because they needed to stay good if they want to have any chance 11 matches are remaining surprises are always part of Premier League but still title race is ended. Three spots are wide open for few teams which are looking for European chances competitiveness is always important while quality is on same level, but few clubs needed consistency which will make things interesting in coming rounds.

Arsenal still have a chance, but it's obviously very tough because they are not only required to play well consistently, but they also have to hope that Liverpool will struggle in the following games. But if Arteta can be realistic, then it would be better if they quickly waved the white flag in the EPL race, so they can focus on other competitions (eg, the Champions League), and that might increase their chances there.

[Renampun]

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In the match, Liverpool has shown how consistent and also the best performance of this team so that it is not difficult for Liverpool to win the match even though Newcastle is also a strong Premier League team this season, but Liverpool can overcome it without any significant obstacles.
So for now there is no more debate and competition, no one can stop Liverpool from winning the Premier League title this season, this is truly an extraordinary season for Arne Slot and also Liverpool and they deserve it after what they have shown so far.

I am still wondering now, is this Liverpool like in previous years because this is a record, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 24 matches, against Newcastle yesterday, Liverpool played amazingly, Moh Salah and Szoboszlai were the stars in that match.

Liverpool's next opponent is Southampton and the match will take place at Anfield, this is a good opportunity for Liverpool to get full points.

[TelolettOm]

In this fifth round, Aston Villa won the victory for the initial match this week at Palan FA, this firmness was certainly an additional key to continuing to the Fa Cup in the FA Cup, having previously defeated Tottenham with a score of 2-1 and this week added another victory with a 2-0 perfect victory over Cadiff.

But very unfortunately they experienced a decline in performance in the English Premier League now, currently in the 10th position of the English Premier League standings, of course this season is very different from last season for Aston Villa's achievement in the English Premier League.

Marco Asensio played very well this time. He managed to contribute 2 winning goals for Aston Villa in the second half. He is new to this club, but has been able to contribute quite well to the team. After previously he was active in Ligue 1.

Source: Marco Asensio
After the first half seemed quite boring even though Aston Villa was very dominant. Actually, Cardiff was quite smart and was able to match Aston Villa's performance, it's just that, in the second half, Aston Villa played better and could control the ball better.