⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Velvet78]

The top two EPL ranked teams will compete with relegation teams. They should have gotten 3 points.

Arsenal vs Ipswich
Leicester vs Liverpool

Arsenal's performance in the UCL was very good, they should have won easily unless Arteta played a couple of substitutes to give them a break. The difference of 13 points with Liverpool seems to be quite a lot, there is a possibility that they can catch up but it looks impossible.

For Liverpool at the moment they are only focused on the EPL. They should have more advantages. They are not in a tired position. Three points is a mandatory thing to get to maintain the point difference with Arsenal. What is your prediction? 

Too easy fixtures for Arsenal and Liverpool...

I'm expecting Arteta to go for some rotation. They don't have any championship competition left in them in the Premier League. They are 4 points ahead of Newcastle as well. There is no reason to take risks about possible injuries for Arteta.

Liverpool are too close to announce their title officially... I think they will continue to do their best to do it as early as possible. No way Leicester are fighting back. 

[shinratensei_]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Looking at the current table, Chelsea have a really difficult job to do... After a bad series of point losses they have found themselves in 7th place. It doesn't very likely for them to qualify for the Champions League this season. Despite the 5th spot given to PL teams for the CL.



Yes, the spots aren't updated here on the PL website but you know it already.

It seems no chance for Chelsea to qualify for UCL. They played so badly, and getting even worst. They showed disaster performance against Fulham in the first half. I expect nothing change in the second half. They is gonna miss another three points and no more chance for UCL spot.
They can only hope UEL spot through winning conference league, only if they can. They have so many teams to compete with. It sounds impossible to secure UCL spot with their performance now.

They won't play in UCL. UCL spot sounds to good to be true when they're still playing like championship club.

[dzonikg28]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Looking at the current table, Chelsea have a really difficult job to do... After a bad series of point losses they have found themselves in 7th place. It doesn't very likely for them to qualify for the Champions League this season. Despite the 5th spot given to PL teams for the CL.



Yes, the spots aren't updated here on the PL website but you know it already.

It seems no chance for Chelsea to qualify for UCL. They played so badly, and getting even worst. They showed disaster performance against Fulham in the first half. I expect nothing change in the second half. They is gonna miss another three points and no more chance for UCL spot.
They can only hope UEL spot through winning conference league, only if they can. They have so many teams to compete with. It sounds impossible to secure UCL spot with their performance now.

They won't play in UCL. UCL spot sounds to good to be true when they're still playing like championship club.

They have got every chance to qualify or maybe you are looking at a different table. An issue would be if they lose their match against Fulham now. That would make it complicated for them, but if they make up for the first half and win, I don't understand why their chances would be any less or as you say, no chance at all. Moreover, they play versus Newcastle and Nottingham, both are contenders for those UCL spots.

[shinratensei_]

They have got every chance to qualify or maybe you are looking at a different table. An issue would be if they lose their match against Fulham now. That would make it complicated for them, but if they make up for the first half and win, I don't understand why their chances would be any less or as you say, no chance at all. Moreover, they play versus Newcastle and Nottingham, both are contenders for those UCL spots.

We're at the second half and nothing changed. They still played badly with their invert strategy, which is useless. I wonder how long their manager will aware his strategy is not even working anymore. They also lost one nil. Impossible to comeback when they're always being so clueless when attacking.
Their system is very boring with no creavity on it. Their gameplay is also very stagnant. Their manager is absolutely have zero idea about how to deal with this kind of situation.

[Marykeller]

Well, well... This was pretty unexpected to tell the truth.    Aston Villa literally destroyed Newcastle today. I thought there would be a close match instead. They are currently the team that have the best form on last 5 weeks...

Looking at the current table, Chelsea have a really difficult job to do... After a bad series of point losses they have found themselves in 7th place. It doesn't very likely for them to qualify for the Champions League this season. Despite the 5th spot given to PL teams for the CL.



Yes, the spots aren't updated here on the PL website but you know it already.

It seems no chance for Chelsea to qualify for UCL. They played so badly, and getting even worst. They showed disaster performance against Fulham in the first half. I expect nothing change in the second half. They is gonna miss another three points and no more chance for UCL spot.
They can only hope UEL spot through winning conference league, only if they can. They have so many teams to compete with. It sounds impossible to secure UCL spot with their performance now.

They won't play in UCL. UCL spot sounds to good to be true when they're still playing like championship club.

Chelsea's chance of qualifying for the Champions League is lost. It is very unfortunate for them to lose in the race for the Champions League ambition after many assumptions that they will make it to the top. I wonder what has become of Chelsea of late since the change of ownership happened in the team. My question is, Should Abramovich take back the ownership of Chelsea? Because during the time Abramovich, Chelsea comes top of the Premier League table every season

[Adbitco]

It's official that Manchester United doesn't care about what happens to them anymore in the league as they have pushed all concentration and focus in the Europa League, because the last time Manchester United won any Premier League game was against Leicester City and elwe all know the position of this team on the log. Before that was, Ipswich Town, lol. I just hope they really perform continuously in the Europa so they can win it, if not, it's really going to be a disastrous season for them.

[JeffBrad12]

I was so pessimistic when i watched Chelsea's game play at the first half, and i thought they have no chance to win. They looked bad, and toothless. However, happy with Maresca's decision to subbed in young lad, and send off jackson. It creates big difference today.
This young lad teached his senior about how to score, and happy it continues with how Neto spun like a tornado when he's scoring second goal.
They need to put their young lad, Tyrique George as a starting line up instead of madueke. I think it's working.

[Balmain]

It's official that Manchester United doesn't care about what happens to them anymore in the league as they have pushed all concentration and focus in the Europa League, because the last time Manchester United won any Premier League game was against Leicester City and elwe all know the position of this team on the log. Before that was, Ipswich Town, lol. I just hope they really perform continuously in the Europa so they can win it, if not, it's really going to be a disastrous season for them.

The team is performing inconsistently in the Premier League under Ruben Amorim and is experiencing one of the lowest-scoring seasons in its history. Manchester United was also tired after the Lyon match, but being in its worst league ranking in history is a big first. Wolverhampton are making a good turnaround and winning their last matches. It was good for them to catch Manchester United in such a situation.

[Promocodeudo]

It's official that Manchester United doesn't care about what happens to them anymore in the league as they have pushed all concentration and focus in the Europa League, because the last time Manchester United won any Premier League game was against Leicester City and elwe all know the position of this team on the log. Before that was, Ipswich Town, lol. I just hope they really perform continuously in the Europa so they can win it, if not, it's really going to be a disastrous season for them.

I think you're creating excuses for them, the truth is, Manchester United is not in a good form and I think there's nothing they can do about that for now, when we even talk about them concentrating in the UEFA Europa league, I want to ask, how sure are we that they'll win that competition, the red devils performance is very annoying, what if those other competitions do not exist, would they have be playing as they are doing presently, the fans are getting tired day by day, although I know that some seasons really get bad for some teams but in the case of Manchester United it is becoming very worrisome, I think it would've been better if they had pushed for a draw in this particular encounter they had with wolves, I believe the red devils understands wolves very well, despite wolves position in league standings this season, they are still dangerous if you allow them to score you first, they may not Create an avenue for you to equalize them, wolves scored in the 77th minutes of the match, the worst of it all is that, there was no better opportunity created by Manchester United to even equalize the goal, they should stop frustrating the manager thereby making it look as if the fault is from him.

[Webetcoins]

If Arsenal loses against Ipswich and Liverpool wins, it is certain that Liverpool will win sooner. This is because the remaining five matches and 16 points cannot be chased by Arsenal. But this looks impossible for Arsenal to lose. Ipswich is statistically far below Arsenal. Meanwhile, Liverpool's contract renewal of Moh Salah and Van Djik certainly makes their mentality and will to win even higher, so I'm confident in Liverpool. They must still ensure victory in every match even though Ipswich is in the relegation zone.

Another thing that interests me is the position of Nothingham Forest and Aston Villa, currently Notthingham has the opportunity to enter the UCL next season. Although the points are thin with Aston Villa who are in the Europa League Zone. Aston Villa who were able to make history this season was very good because they managed to enter the top 8.

Arsenal have thumbing win against Ipswich Town with the score of 0–4 now Liverpool is entertaining Leicester City after 65 minutes game both are on level which is frustrating for the Liverpool and their fans because this game is going to be good for them, but maybe they are going to secure their title in coming game against Tottenham at home.

Liverpool had good boost before next season as two big names are going to stay here for two more years which is surely going to be exciting for them because this give them good advantage and their team rhythm could be also on top with presence of these big names into their squad.

Nottingham done good job, but suddenly these two defeats give them big below for their chances to have spot into top 5 in case of losing against Tottenham things can go from bad to worse for them as well while Chelsea and Aston Villa both are giving their best which is also increasing pressure on them.

[virasog]

The match between Leicester City F.C. and Liverpool is still equal with both teams unable to score and we are in the 65th minute of the play. Leicester City isn't a very strong team, they are able to win only four matches, yet they are hanging in there strongly in this match and have not conceded any goals yet. Can they draw this game ? If they do this, it will be a big achievement for them.

Remember Liverpool is the top team in this Premier League season and they have won 23 matches. You may see the difference between the two team. Also in this match, Liverpool is all attack mode and I can sense a goal anytime from them now.

[Nanga Parbat]

Yeah, manchester city did absolutely well in today's match, honestly I never believed they will win Everton in thier home because Everton is not that easy to be defeated both home or away. But manchester city succeeded in wining them without considering the home advantage that was given to them, you know I wouldn't have been surprised if manchester city is in their best performance, I could remember back then when manchester city was form, Everton was one of the least team that can challenge them. But is so sad to see manchester city struggling so hard before they can defeat those smaller teams.

Arsenal is not much interested in EPL since they are in semi finals of Champions League and that's their prime focus. The competition to finish among top 5 is getting tough as EPL ongoing season is coming to it's end. For next season of UEFA champions league, top 5 teams of EPL will qualify for the event instead of top 4. Liverpool is nicely placed at number one position and will finish this season as winner. Apart from Liverpool, next in line teams from Arsenal - Chelsea on points table have competition to qualify for champions league.

Arsenal full strength football team played very well in today match and that team did maximum goals in this match because opponent team was not good form . Trossard was a match winner because he did 2 goals in this match and he was a person who did goal at 14 minutes of the match when match has started. After that we expected that opponent team will try to do goals in this match but they could not because defense system of Arsenal full strength team was hard and they stopped all balls.Martinelli was a person who did second goal of the match and he did this goal at 28 minutes of the match and that was in first half and now team was pressure free because opponent team has to do 3 goals to win the match but opponent team remained recessive in this match.

[Silikiem]

The match between Leicester City F.C. and Liverpool is still equal with both teams unable to score and we are in the 65th minute of the play. Leicester City isn't a very strong team, they are able to win only four matches, yet they are hanging in there strongly in this match and have not conceded any goals yet. Can they draw this game ? If they do this, it will be a big achievement for them.

Remember Liverpool is the top team in this Premier League season and they have won 23 matches. You may see the difference between the two team. Also in this match, Liverpool is all attack mode and I can sense a goal anytime from them now.

Yes I stand with you on this, Liverpool is the top team in the premier league this season and they have shown their dominance in the 76th minute of the encounter between them and Leicester city when substitute Trent Alexandre Arnold scored for the Away side, what a goal that was

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm really glad with the way Chelsea made that comeback. Those goals in the last part of the game were really magnificent. 

They have had a really difficult time in PL games lately... They have lost unnecessary amount of points on the road going to the Champions League.

They shouldn't forget this is their only chance to qualify for the CL. I know they want to win a trophy also - the Conference League one. But I'm just saying...

[Just Say]

For now Leicester City's full-strength team is playing football with incredible speed against the powerful Liverpool. There is no doubt that Liverpool will snatch victory in their 34th match but their performance indicates that they have become a bit disorganized. Alexander Arnold was the only scorer in this match and he amazed football fans like us with his talent. According to the status of this match, it is clear to me that Leicester City were much more focused on defense but in today's match they could not maintain discipline, as a result we see that they committed a large number of fouls against Liverpool.

[Bobrox]

I'm really glad with the way Chelsea made that comeback. Those goals in the last part of the game were really magnificent. 

They have had a really difficult time in PL games lately... They have lost unnecessary amount of points on the road going to the Champions League.

They shouldn't forget this is their only chance to qualify for the CL. I know they want to win a trophy also - the Conference League one. But I'm just saying...

Glad to see Chelsea success made comeback after conceding early 1-0 from Fulham, have hold draw in last two consecutives games when facing Brentford and Ipswich Town now Chelsea get back to the top fourth race with Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Newcastle United.

Lately, Chelsea have difficult games in premier league after holding draw by Brentford and Ipswich Town then defeated at Conference League match last middle week. Three points help Chelsea back to 5th position for awhile waiting Nottingham Forest match result against Tottenham Hotspurs, if Forest get three points Chelsea have out from the Champion League spot qualify standings because Nott Forest have 60 points.

[Coyster]

They shouldn't forget this is their only chance to qualify for the CL. I know they want to win a trophy also - the Conference League one. But I'm just saying...

Chelsea do not care about the Conference league, a club of their status that has won everything couldn't care less if they won the Conference league. Chelsea's main goal now is to finish in the top five which will give them CL football for next season, that said, the race for that top five spot is really heating up right now and there are so many contenders, so to secure one of it they have to be impeccable from now until the end of the season.

[Inwestour]

Chelsea do not care about the Conference league, a club of their status that has won everything couldn't care less if they won the Conference league. Chelsea's main goal now is to finish in the top five which will give them CL football for next season, that said, the race for that top five spot is really heating up right now and there are so many contenders, so to secure one of it they have to be impeccable from now until the end of the season.

Maresca clearly understands that he needs to get a place in the Champions League zone, any other result could lead to his dismissal, I don’t see any talk about it yet, but Boehli changes coaches too often in any situation when he doesn’t like something, and if Chelsea are left without the Champions League then this will be possible. I expected that Nottingham could drop lower in the table, but they still have a chance to stay in the top 5, and Aston Villa are in good form and they are very close, they also expect to be in the top 5.

[SuperBitMan]

It's official that Manchester United doesn't care about what happens to them anymore in the league as they have pushed all concentration and focus in the Europa League, because the last time Manchester United won any Premier League game was against Leicester City and elwe all know the position of this team on the log. Before that was, Ipswich Town, lol. I just hope they really perform continuously in the Europa so they can win it, if not, it's really going to be a disastrous season for them.

The team is performing inconsistently in the Premier League under Ruben Amorim and is experiencing one of the lowest-scoring seasons in its history. Manchester United was also tired after the Lyon match, but being in its worst league ranking in history is a big first. Wolverhampton are making a good turnaround and winning their last matches. It was good for them to catch Manchester United in such a situation.

I really don't know what is the problem of Manchester United they are not performing very well in the premier league but doing very well in Europa League, Manchester United has really lost form and I really don't know who to blame but for me the coach and the management are to be blame especially the management they are doing politics with everything when sir Alex Ferguson was Coaching Manchester United he was making important decisions in the team and that was how the team was progressing I think if the management can allow the coach to make important decisions in the team it will help them pick form.
And again Manchester United should also calm down and look for a better coach in other to change the team and make them form like before again because ever since Sir Alex Ferguson retired from coaching Manchester United they have not been the same again.
I think the players are okay they just need a coach that can use them very well for now I believe they are just focused on the Europa League.

[Ambatman]

It's official that Manchester United doesn't care about what happens to them anymore in the league as they have pushed all concentration and focus in the Europa League, because the last time Manchester United won any Premier League game was against Leicester City and elwe all know the position of this team on the log. Before that was, Ipswich Town, lol. I just hope they really perform continuously in the Europa so they can win it, if not, it's really going to be a disastrous season for them.

I came to this thread specifically for Manchester United
Their fans celebrated their last win like they won the UCL
Forgetting what Manchester United has turned to in recent years
And with such performance I don't see them getting any silverware this season.
I was like let me give them the benefit of the doubt and place in win or draw
Only for them to loss and cut my slip