⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Kristiyana]

You are seeing alot of interesting matches while I am being pitiful for Manchester United. It is quite unfortunate that Manchester United has wasted all their chances with average teams and possibly lost majority of them all. This time around the fixture is a difficult one for them, which means they are gradually fading into the relegation zone. This is bad for Manchester United and I didn't think they would have such a hard opponents at this difficult period of their time. But we should also know that Manchester United is used to pulling surprises when no one expected, this means they can surprise us all.

Man United right now had a lead of 16 points from the third last team i.e. Ipswich. With 11 more games to play, Man united need to work hard to move up on the table and avoid elimination. Man United next encounter is against Arsenal which will be a tough game. Arsenal will try their best to win against Man United since they need points to close gap with Liverpool. Meanwhile Liverpool are in good position since they have lost only one game this season and surely won't lose anymore at this crucial moment.

You really can't tell for sure remember, is just so funny to see people making predictions about arsenal wining manchester united so easily without even having a second thought. Did you really think manchester united will be so lazy to watch arsenal gaining victory over them for the second time? actually I think this predictions is just for the fact that manchester united is not in a good performance this season. But with their previous performance I think the match will be a little bit tough for arsenal, considering the home advantage that was given to manchester united. So they might probably end up surprising everyone.

[Princess Leah]

Hehehehe who cares about Liverpool's bad gameplay? It's fantastic to see them win the game by having 0.27xG and one shoot on target, and this is the beauty of parking bus. They also made PSG's coach, Enrique gets upset with their parking bus. LMAO

You play bad, but you win. This is far better rather than play good, but lost. That's what we called "SlotBall". They know when they must play fully offensive, and defensive.

Who cares? Hopefully, Arne Slot and the rest of the team do care. If 'parking the bus' was their deliberate tactic (which I don't think it was) it wasn't working too well as PSG had plenty of scoring chances and would have won were it not for their bad luck and Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson's good performance.
But they can't play like that next week, and they need to come up with a better strategy. A win is a win, but one one-goal advantage is not that many. Nothing is yet decided.

Did someone said who cares? Well the fans might not care since parking the bus went in favour of his team but the coach would definitely care and I don't think they'll allow such performance repeat again in the next leg, it might have favoured them at Paris but PSG would be much more careful and try a different approach therefore Liverpool needs to be careful as well and try to score more goals since parking the bus for the full 90mins and hoping to score a lucky dying minute goal might not favour them again.

 Yeah nothing is decided yet and all it just take is for PSG for score one goal in the full 90 mins and they play extra minute before a penalty kick or PSG to make  the aggregate 2-1 by scoring twice,:therefore Liverpool needs to do better and score more goals to be sure of the next round, they're not doing for parking the bus therefore doing that at Anfield that's their ground and end up losing would be so disappointing.

[DiMarxist]

Man United is safe and they wont be relegated im sure of that. The gap between them and Ipswich is just to large. They should focus on europe league and try and reach the champions league by winning that. For them i think this season is over in the premier league they cannot go up or down.

Manchester United is one of the football clubs with the most fans in the world but this season their ranking is very sad.

I really want the old Manchester United where they fought to the max and were full of calculations.

I don't know how long the crisis faced by Manchester United will last, hopefully this season they will win the Europa League so they can advance to the Champions League next season and at least save the team's finances.

There are always two things making a football club strong and if any of them is not working well, it affect the club badly in term of performance. Coach and the players if the coach is is good and the players are bad there would be no progress in the team. And the coach have to restructure the team by making plus and minu. And if the players are good and the coach is bad, and once the coach has been changed everything would come back normal. Now in this case now. I believed the coach in Manchester United is good but the problem is from the players. And the coach need make some dramatic changes in the team.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Who cares? Hopefully, Arne Slot and the rest of the team do care. If 'parking the bus' was their deliberate tactic (which I don't think it was) it wasn't working too well as PSG had plenty of scoring chances and would have won were it not for their bad luck and Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson's good performance.
But they can't play like that next week, and they need to come up with a better strategy. A win is a win, but one one-goal advantage is not that many. Nothing is yet decided.

Yeah, I don't also think it was Arne Slot's plan.    This Liverpool isn't much different than Klopp's. This one also adopts an attacking-oriented game plan. They never park the bus unless it's really necessary.

Maybe he just wanted his players to play in a more controlled way but it was way too beyond that. PSG could have got a really good win if Alisson didn't prevent all those shots.

I think we will see much better performances as of the Southampton game and Liverpool will play differently vs PSG this time.

[Baki202]

I am happy someone have my opinion on that match because Liverpool just escaped being beaten by PSG who did all that was needed to win the match if not of luck and Liverpool goalkeeper Alison. If Liverpool play the same thing at Anfield, they may not be that lucky to escape being beaten. Arne Slot urgently need to come of with a strategy that will stop the shots that were flying from all corners when they went to France. If they become the team that are in the offensive, it will be much better than being on the defensive like they were.

And one of the problem that liverpool had was te fact that they underestimated psg and because psg was creating more chances than liverpool but it looks like they dont want to put in any form of energy in the champions league, there main focus might be the premier league since that is a already secured spot and they were even more lucky because to me that game might have ended draw and alison did a great job saving a lot of goals and if not for him they would recieve more goals, but eventually they are lucky to have been able to defeat psg so they will just maybe focus on there premier league because there lack of intrest is just to much.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Arsenal football team has excellent players who will give excellent effort in this match. Arsenal football team stats is wonderful in the table.  Arsenal team has 54 points on the table and Manchester United football team has very low position on the table and that team points are only 33 on the table and that team had 14 position on the table. Arsenal football team performance is not wonderful because that team could not win most of the matches because that team won only 2 matches out of 5 matches and that team lost 2 matches out of 5 matches and 1 match was lost by that team.Manchester United football team could win only 1 match out of 5 matches and two matches ended with draw result and 2 matches lost by that team.

Why do you think that? it may be that Manchester United's extraordinary players will also make great efforts in this match. We cannot expect anything good from Manchester United this season because they have won only nine matches in the Premier League so far. It is also a matter of seeing whether they will be able to play properly against the Arsenal football team. One thing to note is that Arsenal scored seven goals against PSV football team in the UEFA Champions League, that means they scored a lot in this match. So in my opinion they may win in this match, even I want to support them for this match.

[Joca97]

Man United is safe and they wont be relegated im sure of that. The gap between them and Ipswich is just to large. They should focus on europe league and try and reach the champions league by winning that. For them i think this season is over in the premier league they cannot go up or down.

Manchester United is one of the football clubs with the most fans in the world but this season their ranking is very sad.

I really want the old Manchester United where they fought to the max and were full of calculations.

I don't know how long the crisis faced by Manchester United will last, hopefully this season they will win the Europa League so they can advance to the Champions League next season and at least save the team's finances.

I dont think we will see the old Man United for a really long time. They need to rebuild the entire team and give Amorim everything so he can build it from the ground up. Too many bad players in the team and they need players that can make a difference and currently they dont have a single player that can impact their gameplay

[WatChe]

There is nothing to expect from Manchester United this season, they have indeed performed very badly, even the number of defeats they have experienced is more than the number of victories they have achieved. In 27 matches in the EPL, Manchester United have only managed to record 9 wins, 6 draws, and 12 losses. Likewise with the goal difference they have recorded this season, they have only managed to record 33 goals and conceded 39 goals.

And facing Arsenal in week 28, Arsenal is currently in very good condition, where in yesterday's match Arsenal impressively defeated PSV with a big score of 7-1 in the UCL. So in my opinion Arsenal will only be a nightmare for Amorin and the team, and most likely Man United will again swallow the bitter pill of defeat.

Meanwhile, regarding Liverpool, their performance has been unstoppable in gaining points, they are really in a safe position to relax at the top of the standings.

Arsenal made a record in Champions League history by becoming first team to score seven goals away from home in the knockout phase of the league. Both Man United and West Ham United have same number of victories, draws and loses in EPL so far but interestingly West Ham United has defeated Arsenal on Feb 22 by 1-0. If West Ham can beat Arsenal then Man United can also do that provided they play well on Mar 9th. Arsenal on the other hand can't afford more defeats to remain in contest of winning this season title.   

Liverpool next encounter is against Southampton, Liverpool has lost only one game while Southampton has won only 2 games. Liverpool are favourite for that game.

[Huppercase]

Man United is safe and they wont be relegated im sure of that. The gap between them and Ipswich is just to large. They should focus on europe league and try and reach the champions league by winning that. For them i think this season is over in the premier league they cannot go up or down.

The point is too large because they extend their performance immediately Ten Hag left and ever since Amorim came as the new coach, from the 24 games he has played in the club, he has only managed to win 9 and that 9 came most from Europa League, I'm not sure if Premier League is upto 4. If they continue with this sequence, that gap they are using as shield of not gone to relegation is going to catch up with them and they are going to be in trouble.

The players are bad IMo, but Amorim has a problem too but who knows if the tactics he is trying to make the players used to isn't what the best for them. I have that fear too of seeing them in relegation but if they pass trough this bridge, there is chance next season to make things right again, if after next season and things doesn't go well, he will be replace. I'm not even sure the management will be that patient like they did with Ten Hag, they will make him pack up with immediate effect.

[el kaka22]

If the odds were different than I would say betting on United could make sense. However, 1.77 for Arsenal is a great return, you make a 77% profit from that "investment" so you are going to do a lot better. Is it possible at all that Arsenal may fail to win? Of course it is possible and of course we are going to end up seeing Arsenal losing or getting a draw, but for a 1.77 odds I feel as if the bet is worth it and betting is alright.

You could even parlay that with some other games and take a bigger risk but a bigger payout as well. There are rare cases were favorites get this kind of odds, so it would make sense to bet on Arsenal, since we usually see Arsenal get 1.40 or worse type of odds, 1.77 for them is a cool bet.

[ingiltere]

Tomorrow's game means a lot for Manchester City. If they beat Nottingham Forest away, they will move above them and into third place. I know that for Manchester City it doesn't mean much to become 2nd or 4th unless they are champions, either way they are going to the Champions League. But they will want to finish the league higher. They can say that even in our worst season we were 3rd. 
My local bookmaker has Manchester City winning odds at 1.70. We can understand that it's not going to be an easy game from odds. But against Nottingham Forest, who have been on a downward trend lately, City will take advantage of this situation.

[Furious 7]

I dont think we will see the old Man United for a really long time. They need to rebuild the entire team and give Amorim everything so he can build it from the ground up. Too many bad players in the team and they need players that can make a difference and currently they dont have a single player that can impact their gameplay

If in the end there is a courage to overhaul as a whole not only from the player structure but also from coaching and of course management then I am quite sure that even though it takes time but they can still regain momentum later but for now as long as it still cannot be done then honestly I doubt that in the end Manchester United can change quickly for now.

They try to change players and coaches too much without seeing that in the end the chaotic ones are above them but they don't see it as a mistake that in the end Mancehster United make the same mistakes every season.

There has to be a comprehensive fix for something like this but when they can't do the things that have to be done then in the end their performance will not be much different from before because after all they are currently there is no chemistry, no spirit of play and no harmony between players and coaches which makes their situation always worsen every season.

[GiftedMAN]

Man United is safe and they wont be relegated im sure of that. The gap between them and Ipswich is just to large. They should focus on europe league and try and reach the champions league by winning that. For them i think this season is over in the premier league they cannot go up or down.

Manchester United is one of the football clubs with the most fans in the world but this season their ranking is very sad.

I really want the old Manchester United where they fought to the max and were full of calculations.

I don't know how long the crisis faced by Manchester United will last, hopefully this season they will win the Europa League so they can advance to the Champions League next season and at least save the team's finances.

I dont think we will see the old Man United for a really long time. They need to rebuild the entire team and give Amorim everything so he can build it from the ground up. Too many bad players in the team and they need players that can make a difference and currently they dont have a single player that can impact their gameplay

The old team can only be seen again if the new manager starts to do the needful in the team, he's trying to introduce another another method into the team which is not helpful in the team right now, he needs to bring in new players, introduce his style together with the old team, do away with some of the players that are not helping the team to grow after that I believe the team will become better again. Manchester United still have some good players but the bad players are affecting the good ones that's why the manager needs to do away with team so they can give room for good players to come into the team.

[pawel7777]

Full fixtures + odds (by DuelBits) for this weekend's round 28:

Nottingham Forest x3.66 Vs Manchester City x1.94; Draw x3.80
Brighton & Hove Albion x2.00 Vs Fulham x3.60; Draw x3.66
Crystal Palace x1.48 Vs Ipswich Town x6.00; Draw x4.75
Liverpool FC x1.12 Vs Southampton x18.00; Draw x9.50
Brentford x2.28 Vs Aston Villa FC x2.90; Draw x3.75
Wolverhampton Wanderers x2.60 Vs Everton x2.83; Draw x3.20
Chelsea x1.20 Vs Leicester City x12.00; Draw x7.50
Tottenham Hotspur x2.66 Vs Bournemouth x2.42; Draw x3.80
Manchester United x5.33 Vs Arsenal FC x1.73; Draw x3.50
West Ham United x3.14 Vs Newcastle United x2.25; Draw x3.50

Nottm Forest Vs Man City should be an interesting one. Who knows, the result of this game could play a deciding role on who finishes in the 3rd place.
I think the City is most likely to win it and the odds are looking pretty decent. All they have to do is not be reckless in the defence.

[Issa56]

You really can't tell for sure remember, is just so funny to see people making predictions about arsenal wining manchester united so easily without even having a second thought. Did you really think manchester united will be so lazy to watch arsenal gaining victory over them for the second time?

Manchester United performance might be so poor this season, but Arsenal playing against Manchester United won’t really be a easy match for Arsenal, the pattern which Manchester United will play will be a different one, and Manchester United might surprise us the same way they surprised us against Manchester city, nobody expected a win from Manchester United in the match.

If Manchester United will be playing against a weak them, then am not always having confidence in them, but now that they will be playing against a strong team, it’s not going to be a easy one, am not saying Manchester United will in the match, but even if Arsenal will win, it’s not going to be a easy one.

[asriloni]

Tomorrow's game means a lot for Manchester City. If they beat Nottingham Forest away, they will move above them and into third place. I know that for Manchester City it doesn't mean much to become 2nd or 4th unless they are champions, either way they are going to the Champions League. But they will want to finish the league higher. They can say that even in our worst season we were 3rd.  
My local bookmaker has Manchester City winning odds at 1.70. We can understand that it's not going to be an easy game from odds. But against Nottingham Forest, who have been on a downward trend lately, City will take advantage of this situation.

I don't think so. Manchester City really needs to secure top 4 in order to rebalance their finance and comply with the FFP rules. The money from playing at UCL is really helping them in this. If they missed UCL spot, they potentially face a sanction as they can't rebalance their finance to meet FFP.

Talking about the odds, pretty weird your local bookmakers give City far less than what stake give (1.90). However, i can't really expect them to have ez win against Nottingham Fores, though my expectation is kinda high in this game. The problem is that they're missing Ake for 10 weeks. I reckon their defense may be a little bit shaky, and draw to happen as the result.

The game most probably to end with 1 - 1.

[CroverNo01]

You really can't tell for sure remember, is just so funny to see people making predictions about arsenal wining manchester united so easily without even having a second thought. Did you really think manchester united will be so lazy to watch arsenal gaining victory over them for the second time?

Everyone have a problem they're facing, probably these elite teams in the EPL are going through alot already to even standing top. Manchester united headcoach, Ruben Amorim have another test to pass this weekend and his oppositions is Mikel Arteta. Amorim needs more time to blend but so you know, Arsenal are equipped with every potential players with top phase qualities. Everyone now believes Arsenal wil win Manchester United with ease efforts this weekend, because Gunners have proven themselves worthy to compete for the league title.

[Judith87403]

Man United is safe and they wont be relegated im sure of that. The gap between them and Ipswich is just to large. They should focus on europe league and try and reach the champions league by winning that. For them i think this season is over in the premier league they cannot go up or down.

Manchester United is one of the football clubs with the most fans in the world but this season their ranking is very sad.

I really want the old Manchester United where they fought to the max and were full of calculations.

I don't know how long the crisis faced by Manchester United will last, hopefully this season they will win the Europa League so they can advance to the Champions League next season and at least save the team's finances.

I dont think we will see the old Man United for a really long time. They need to rebuild the entire team and give Amorim everything so he can build it from the ground up. Too many bad players in the team and they need players that can make a difference and currently they dont have a single player that can impact their gameplay

You're right, most of those players are not capable anymore. Because from team to time they don't even improve instead they keep falling. I still wonder why manchester united still choose to keep those players who are not capable of playing for the team, most people always think that the fault is from the side of the coach. But for me I don't think if the fault is from the side of the Coach, because there are alot of weak players in manchester united that is not supposed to be part of the squared. Yet they keep making use of them, The worst part is that they can't even give amorim the opportunity to do whatever thing he wish to do.

[mamesso]

Tomorrow's game means a lot for Manchester City. If they beat Nottingham Forest away, they will move above them and into third place. I know that for Manchester City it doesn't mean much to become 2nd or 4th unless they are champions, either way they are going to the Champions League. But they will want to finish the league higher. They can say that even in our worst season we were 3rd. 

Although it is a bit difficult to win this match, three points are very important for Man City to improve their position and secure a place in the top four. Now it's time for Man City to step on the gas, even though the title is very far from their reach, but a win over Nottingham could open up the opportunity for Man City to finish as Runners-up or at least in third place. At least that was enough to prove they could fix things in a short time.

[liuka]

I dont think we will see the old Man United for a really long time. They need to rebuild the entire team and give Amorim everything so he can build it from the ground up. Too many bad players in the team and they need players that can make a difference and currently they dont have a single player that can impact their gameplay

You are absolutely right Manchester United need to build their foundation of strength from the beginning or overhaul the team in a big way like what some teams have done. Management must sell many players and buy many players, such as Eriksen and several others who have not performed impressively this season. If you look at the strength of other teams, of course Manchester United is very far behind so that they are less competitive this season.

The goalkeeper may also need to be looked for another player because Onana cannot show his best quality like he did with Inter Milan. Maybe the defense line is the main focus of improvement because Manchester United is very easy to break through by their opponents this season. If you look at the front line, of course Manchester United must also look for young players who are more productive in scoring goals. I think Amorim can immediately arrange which players will be their targets in the transfer market next season.