⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[koang]

Is obvious that there performance in the EPL is always different from that of Europa league so i won't doubt it If you said that they will continue to get inconsistent results but I think this can only happen in the EPL not in Europa, because with the look of things I think manchester united is trying to maintain the unbeaten record till the final stage of the Europa. Because they have not been defeated ever since they started this Europa.

Yep. Manchester United's nine-match unbeaten run in the Europa League is their furthest run in Europe without defeat since 2011. Pure dominance!
Nice game United played in the European tournament so far. Amorim is showing workings.
Imagine if they actually went all the way and qualified for the Champions League after winning the Europa League, The first test will be against Lyon and they must win. On to the next!

[sana54210]

Arsenal - Chelsea is definitely the biggest game of the week. 

Chelsea are given quite high odds for the win - 4.40. Bookies underestimate them too much seemingly. I don't know if it's a good thing to take Arsenal win for granted that much here.

Yeah, maybe Chelsea haven't been in their best mood but they are healing lately. Arsenal's recent form in the PL isn't much different also. I want to believe in my beloved Chelsea to steal some points from them. 

This match will be full of tension because both teams are aiming for victory, especially Chelsea who are trying to stay in the top four. The chances of winning given to Chelsea are very reasonable, they are in high confidence after successfully returning to the UCL zone and have just managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Conference League, while the Arsenal squad is limping due to several of their goal machines being injured.
However, it should be underlined that Arsenal is not an easy team to beat, especially given their status as hosts.

Derbies games are always had tense atmosphere Chelsea is trying to secure their spot into top ranks and Arsenal is looking for cut of difference from Liverpool making things more tense for both teams because Nottingham Forest is also looking good and Manchester City is also now doing good which making things challenging.

Both London based clubs are already secured their spots in UEFA competitions which is good with level of workload and performance could be also good for both teams, but Arsenal is surely suffering due to injuries which are giving them problems but good advantage for them in last 5 away games Chelsea have just one point with they conceded 11 goals and score only 3 mean they are at the bottom of league table after performing like this.

[Hyphen(-)]

I was also thinking that maybe Man Utd's inconsistent EPL form is a result of them saving energy for the Europa League, they've been playing some decent football and the unbeaten run is starting to get some momentum, but we'll see how it pans out, Europa's a different beast and they might just get caught out, still, a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad was a great performance, let's see if they can carry it into the PL"

The teams in the EPL are different from the teams in the Europa League, and when you check the Europa League, you will see that Manchester United is likely the biggest team in the competition aside from form, that is why they have to show their class in the competition because losing to all these average teams will make them lose their value in the market and their players might also mother market value.

The Europa League competition is now very tough, Tottenham just get qualified to the quarterfinals, now there is a high possibility that they can face Manchester United in the finals if they did very well in quarterfinals and the semifinals because apart from Manchester United; Tottenham , Lazio, and Atletico Bilbao are the big teams remaining in the competition, and from these fixtures, the only team that can abstract Manchester United is Bilbao, while for Tottenham, I think only Lazio will be the main team to give them problem and if Tottenham succeeded then they might also win the title because they really need the title.

[AYOBA]

The good thing about Chelsea when considering them on your bet against a big club is that you can sense inconsistent ability to face off opponent unlike Arsenal that can put on tough performance, Chelsea is less likely competent to deliver in that game, home advantage to be included, i give credit to Arsenal to make the points available, Chelsea will have a hard time defending, they may get the game advantage but still unable to cover up the points, a draw might be possible but to pick singly Arsenal has to be the main pick.

This season Chelsea trying to make their performances so strong, but due to their inconsistency, they're unable to maintain their position. Imagine with the way Chelsea has been hot in the Premier League by winning against strong teams, who will think that they will come back to manage the top 4 in the table; shall we? That's all about the football.

This coming match against Arsenal won’t be an easy match for them, because not only do they have a hard time defending, but the entire team will know that they face a tough team, although Chelsea always has enough power when they face a strong opponent, but this coming match against Arsenal they will find it difficult to defeat; because Arsenal is going to give them a tough time this weekend.

[Joca97]

The good thing about Chelsea when considering them on your bet against a big club is that you can sense inconsistent ability to face off opponent unlike Arsenal that can put on tough performance, Chelsea is less likely competent to deliver in that game, home advantage to be included, i give credit to Arsenal to make the points available, Chelsea will have a hard time defending, they may get the game advantage but still unable to cover up the points, a draw might be possible but to pick singly Arsenal has to be the main pick.

This season Chelsea trying to make their performances so strong, but due to their inconsistency, they're unable to maintain their position. Imagine with the way Chelsea has been hot in the Premier League by winning against strong teams, who will think that they will come back to manage the top 4 in the table; shall we? That's all about the football.

This coming match against Arsenal won’t be an easy match for them, because not only do they have a hard time defending, but the entire team will know that they face a tough team, although Chelsea always has enough power when they face a strong opponent, but this coming match against Arsenal they will find it difficult to defeat; because Arsenal is going to give them a tough time this weekend.

They were really good at the start of the season and i was thinking they were gonna fight for the title but midway in the first part of the season they started dropping points and thats when we knew they couldnt do anything. Still main goal is to get that champions league spot, but the way that they have been playing that will hardly happen but they are still in a good position.

[Woodie]

This will be a busy weekend with some interesting fixtures, am still interested to see what City can do to bid for a top 3 finish.

Tough game to come in the coming weekend when Arsenal will meet Chelsea in a London derby match. Arsenal who shared points with Manchester United in the previous weekend will want to get a win out of these game and we know how competitive the London Derbies always are. I will be rooting for Arsenal to conquer Chelsea in this fixture because Chelsea have not been so good and stable whereas Arsenal have a better advantage over Chelsea even without a striker.

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

[EL MOHA]

They were really good at the start of the season and i was thinking they were gonna fight for the title but midway in the first part of the season they started dropping points and thats when we knew they couldnt do anything. Still main goal is to get that champions league spot, but the way that they have been playing that will hardly happen but they are still in a good position.

Seriously I won’t lie I didn’t expect anything major from Chelsea this season because with the type of squad they started the season with, young, talented but this raw I had thought they will struggle really hard this season. First that later gave me confidence on them was how Maresca actually managed to trim the squad to this little numbers after the owner went on a shopping spree signing every kid on the block. That was what even got them this far and nearly got them challenging for the league.

Personally I think what caused their downfall was actually the fact that the Coach himself had made statements which weren’t encouraging like they were not competing for the league title and even the top four wasn’t part of his bargain in the first season, I personally think this statement alone is enough to demoralize the team spirit which was high then and that was what caused the fall.

Right now they are still in the champions league spot chance as they can still get there with the poor form of Manchester City and others behind or they could finish fifth and UEFA remaining slots might be won by the EPL.

[Rengga Jati]

I was also thinking that maybe Man Utd's inconsistent EPL form is a result of them saving energy for the Europa League, they've been playing some decent football and the unbeaten run is starting to get some momentum, but we'll see how it pans out, Europa's a different beast and they might just get caught out, still, a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad was a great performance, let's see if they can carry it into the PL"

It is stupid if Man United focused on Europe league and they don't care with EPL. EPL should be the priority, because it is the main competition in England. I'm sure Man United prefers to win EPL than winning Europe league. But they may be more difficult to win in EPL matches because those teams in EPL know Man United well. So, they can anticipate with better tactics.

It is great that Man United performed well in Europa League. But I think they need to improve their position in EPL standings. It will be shameful if they fail to finish in the top 10 at the end of the season.

[blue Snow]

For them the premier league is over and they cannot go up or down and now the only focus they have is europe league and try and win it to secure the champions league spot. In premier league you never know with them they are so hot and cold while in europe league they are doing really good so far.

I just imagine what would happen if they won the Eufa Europa League title and competed in the Champions League tournament in the next session but degradation on the premier league?. Because of what happened in this club today, their position on standing is not safe, there is a possibility that they will be degraded in the championship tournament when they can't win all the rest of the matches. Amorim must think about that scenario because they still have 2 tournaments that they must win. If I look at how they played in the last match, MU seems to be coming back on track; they begin play effective and playing impressive, Bruno become a key player at the moment, and Amorim seeing great potential to bring back to the club on middle standing.

[Lidger]

Arsenal - Chelsea is definitely the biggest game of the week.  

Chelsea are given quite high odds for the win - 4.40. Bookies underestimate them too much seemingly. I don't know if it's a good thing to take Arsenal win for granted that much here.

Yeah, maybe Chelsea haven't been in their best mood but they are healing lately. Arsenal's recent form in the PL isn't much different also. I want to believe in my beloved Chelsea to steal some points from them.  

Arsenal and Chelsea have been performing well this season so it goes without saying that the match will undoubtedly be very competitive when these two well-performing teams take on each other. Arsenal are in a better position than Chelsea at the moment. In the second position of the points table we see Arsenal who have 55 points on the other hand in the fourth position of the points table we see Chelsea who have 49 points. However, before entering this match, it is good news for Arsenal that they have not lost any match against Chelsea in the last five matches, instead, they have won three of the last five matches by a big margin, while Arsenal have drawn in two matches. Since past statistics are always in Arsenal's favor, if any team has a chance to win this match, Arsenal will definitely be ahead in that direction.

This is a London Derby and no team would agree for each other to win, however Arsenal is in a better position and in a greater form to win this game, if they manage their chances very well and cooperate as a team, But Chelsea would greatly enjoy a victory in this game as a maximum of points from thise match will keep them firm in their current position in the premier league table and would increase their chances of qualifying for the next seasons champions league.

Considering past statistics and current performance, Arsenal are slightly ahead of Chelsea but football is a game of uncertainty, here you have to wait until the end because even in the last minute many results can change. Arsenal just need to focus on their good performances and play the normal game they have been playing lately. If Arsenal don't take too much pressure and play their best against Chelsea then I believe they can win against Chelsea.  

In this match, each team will have to focus more on their defense. If a team concedes a penalty or scores a goal due to a defensive error, the opposing team will fall behind and it will be difficult for every team to come back from that match.  
Hopefully these two parties will definitely keep in mind.

[Zlantann]

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

Arsenal is the better team and is my favorite to win the game. They have had a very fruitful champion league campaign beating PSV mercilessly. But they have not been doing well in the Premiership recently. They lost to West Ham, and drew with Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The injury of key players like Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, and others might have had a negative impact on the club.

Chelsea on the other hand have been highly inconsistent this season. They lost to Brighton and Aston Villa. But they have won two straight premier league games beating Southampton and struggling Leicester. They also had a slim win in the Conference League where they won Copenhagen. Maybe the game would end in a draw, which would give Liverpool more space to win the EPL.

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal is the better team and is my favorite to win the game. They have had a very fruitful champion league campaign beating PSV mercilessly. But they have not been doing well in the Premiership recently. They lost to West Ham, and drew with Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The injury of key players like Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, and others might have had a negative impact on the club.

Chelsea on the other hand have been highly inconsistent this season. They lost to Brighton and Aston Villa. But they have won two straight premier league games beating Southampton and struggling Leicester. They also had a slim win in the Conference League where they won Copenhagen. Maybe the game would end in a draw, which would give Liverpool more space to win the EPL.

Not just the injury,  they had this players and drew a game or two no? They lacking when it comes to goal,  I mean, they don't have a striker who comes out to win big games like this for them. I don't see no winners in this game, what I see is both sides sharing the spoils at the end of this game.

Chelsea also has no striker, even with Nicholas Jackson they struggled. The change of tactics has also affected Cole Palmer who's been their source of goals and joy. Him getting too focused on scoring has stopped him from scoring? He should just focus on creating so these goals can come back naturally same way it was last season.

[Derekfunds]

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

Arsenal is the better team and is my favorite to win the game. They have had a very fruitful champion league campaign beating PSV mercilessly. But they have not been doing well in the Premiership recently. They lost to West Ham, and drew with Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The injury of key players like Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, and others might have had a negative impact on the club.

Chelsea on the other hand have been highly inconsistent this season. They lost to Brighton and Aston Villa. But they have won two straight premier league games beating Southampton and struggling Leicester. They also had a slim win in the Conference League where they won Copenhagen. Maybe the game would end in a draw, which would give Liverpool more space to win the EPL.

Yes I was actually saying the same thing in my previous post, Arsenal injury players is what causes the sudden change in their performance but even without the injury players I doubt if they can be able to win Nothingham forest because Nothingham forest performance this season is amazing and I think they will be among the premier league team that will qualify for next season champions league if actually they will maintain there current position and Chelsea on the other hand was also inform initially but I don't know what could be the cause of there...

[asriloni]

I was also thinking that maybe Man Utd's inconsistent EPL form is a result of them saving energy for the Europa League, they've been playing some decent football and the unbeaten run is starting to get some momentum, but we'll see how it pans out, Europa's a different beast and they might just get caught out, still, a 4-1 win over Real Sociedad was a great performance, let's see if they can carry it into the PL"

It is stupid if Man United focused on Europe league and they don't care with EPL. EPL should be the priority, because it is the main competition in England. I'm sure Man United prefers to win EPL than winning Europe league. But they may be more difficult to win in EPL matches because those teams in EPL know Man United well. So, they can anticipate with better tactics.

It is great that Man United performed well in Europa League. But I think they need to improve their position in EPL standings. It will be shameful if they fail to finish in the top 10 at the end of the season.

Your statement is fuckin hilarious mate! How can you blame Manchester United to put all of their focus on Europa League? they did it right because they have no chance anymore in EPL. They can only try to survive from being relegated, but they have a chance to play at UCL as long as they can win europa league.

They can't play at UCL with their performance at PL. That's why they're doing it right by focusing onto the Europa League, which can reward them UCL spot.

[Kristiyana]

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

Arsenal is the better team and is my favorite to win the game. They have had a very fruitful champion league campaign beating PSV mercilessly. But they have not been doing well in the Premiership recently. They lost to West Ham, and drew with Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The injury of key players like Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, and others might have had a negative impact on the club.

Chelsea on the other hand have been highly inconsistent this season. They lost to Brighton and Aston Villa. But they have won two straight premier league games beating Southampton and struggling Leicester. They also had a slim win in the Conference League where they won Copenhagen. Maybe the game would end in a draw, which would give Liverpool more space to win the EPL.

Yes I was actually saying the same thing in my previous post, Arsenal injury players is what causes the sudden change in their performance but even without the injury players I doubt if they can be able to win Nothingham forest because Nothingham forest performance this season is amazing and I think they will be among the premier league team that will qualify for next season champions league if actually they will maintain there current position and Chelsea on the other hand was also inform initially but I don't know what could be the cause of there...

Sure chelsea was doing absolutely well right from the beginning of the season but I don't know what came over them lately, or should we also say that is because of injury players? I think that's not the point If I can guess correctly I think all there key players are very sound and healthy but I'm still wondering what could have bring this sudden change of performance lately. However, I think is obvious that the reason why arsenal have not being doing well lately is due to the injury players which is true. Because I could remember when all arsenal players are in form, of course they don't always take it easy with this premier league teams back then.

[Velvet78]

This will be a busy weekend with some interesting fixtures, am still interested to see what City can do to bid for a top 3 finish.

Before thinking about a top 3 finish, they had better focus on not to finish out of top 4.    Their recent results are so horrible that their job for even a Champions League spot seems quite difficult...

It is up to what Chelsea and Forest will do in the meantime of course. I can't say they are perfect either.

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

There is a big hype for the London derby tomorrow but I don't know... Arsenal have messed up a lot about their title chase. Now they have obviously given up as the point gap has reached 15 points. Did you see Arteta's face after the last league game? 

I wouldn't be able to choose any side to win here. If Arsenal had Saka or at least a proper CF then my choice would also be them clearly.

[uchegod-21]

Am just hoping that this match lives up to the hype because both team's have the potential of carrying the day especially that they aren't at their best, and with a few injuries here and there..but of course between the two Arsenal has a slight better team but these derby games throw form outside the window 🪟.

Arsenal for the win I guess

Arsenal is the better team and is my favorite to win the game. They have had a very fruitful champion league campaign beating PSV mercilessly. But they have not been doing well in the Premiership recently. They lost to West Ham, and drew with Nottingham Forest and Manchester United. The injury of key players like Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, and others might have had a negative impact on the club.

Chelsea on the other hand have been highly inconsistent this season. They lost to Brighton and Aston Villa. But they have won two straight premier league games beating Southampton and struggling Leicester. They also had a slim win in the Conference League where they won Copenhagen. Maybe the game would end in a draw, which would give Liverpool more space to win the EPL.

The match between Arsenal and Chelsea appeared like a match that will be interesting, but I'm reality it might be disappointing. I trust Arsenal to play good football, but I don't trust Chelsea to reciprocate. Although it will have the vibe of two big teams playing but it will not be as interesting as we envisage.

Arsenal might not be interested in chasing the league title as most of their players have admitted that it is lost already. In the other hand, Chelsea is still in a sincere race for the top 4 slot. So, I see Chelsea being more aggressive than Arsenal.

[Hanadawa]

I just imagine what would happen if they won the Eufa Europa League title and competed in the Champions League tournament in the next session but degradation on the premier league?. Because of what happened in this club today, their position on standing is not safe, there is a possibility that they will be degraded in the championship tournament when they can't win all the rest of the matches. Amorim must think about that scenario because they still have 2 tournaments that they must win. If I look at how they played in the last match, MU seems to be coming back on track; they begin play effective and playing impressive, Bruno become a key player at the moment, and Amorim seeing great potential to bring back to the club on middle standing.

I think it is impossible to happen at least in this season. I mean about Manchester United getting relegated. I see there is a chance for them to be UEL champions but the possibility of United getting relegated is almost zero percent. You can see the current EPL table. Currently Manchester United is 17 points away from Ipswich who is on the edge of the relegation zone. With 10 games left United can get relegated if they lose 8 times and win only 2 times so they get a total of 40 points at the end of the season. And on the other hand Ipswich and Leicester need to win 8 games to get 41 points and make United in the relegation zone. Please correct me if my calculation is wrong but here we can see how small the chance of United getting relegated this season.

[Nanga Parbat]

Is obvious that there performance in the EPL is always different from that of Europa league so i won't doubt it If you said that they will continue to get inconsistent results but I think this can only happen in the EPL not in Europa, because with the look of things I think manchester united is trying to maintain the unbeaten record till the final stage of the Europa. Because they have not been defeated ever since they started this Europa.

Manchester United's performance in the UEFA Europa League this season haven't been anything short of outstanding but they've failed to replicate that in the English Premier League. Yesterday, they Ruben Amorim's men thrashed their Spanish opponents Real Sociedad 4:1 to advance to the quarter finals and now, many are now very hopeful that'll go to King Power stadium stadium on Sunday and claim all three points against a relegation zone Leicester City. If they can go all the way and lift the Europa League trophy this season, it'll be a very good achievement for Ruben Amorim but he also have to help the club finish the season in the top 10 of the league table.

Manchester City full strength football team could not give good performance in last match and that team could not do any goal in last match and that is the reason that team lost  the match against Nottingham Forest full strength football team. Nottingham Forest football team did 1 goal in this match and that team players tried hard to stop goal in this match and Manchester City football team need improvement in their game between they are doing mistakes again and again. And with these mistakes they will not be successful in their mission. Today,they will play against Brighton football team and that match will be interesting because both teams are full prepared for this match.Brighton football team have to give hundred percent to win this match and should try to stop the goals in this match .

[Woodie]

For them the premier league is over and they cannot go up or down and now the only focus they have is europe league and try and win it to secure the champions league spot. In premier league you never know with them they are so hot and cold while in europe league they are doing really good so far.

I just imagine what would happen if they won the Eufa Europa League title and competed in the Champions League tournament in the next session but degradation on the premier league?. Because of what happened in this club today, their position on standing is not safe, there is a possibility that they will be degraded in the championship tournament when they can't win all the rest of the matches. Amorim must think about that scenario because they still have 2 tournaments that they must win. If I look at how they played in the last match, MU seems to be coming back on track; they begin play effective and playing impressive, Bruno become a key player at the moment, and Amorim seeing great potential to bring back to the club on middle standing.

Consistency for Manchester United is missing because Amorim is still experimenting with the team, and trying to find which positions each player plays better from..but with the last Europa game it was a solid performance and they showed some hunger for goals and winning...the energy was there which we haven't seen in a long time..and am guessing reenforcement from the young stars could be helping the team as his working with what's there.

But it would be something interesting to look into, win Europa but get relegated...damn the world of football will shake.