⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Issa56]

It is not strange if Arsenal loses 3 points when it is nearing the end of the season. Because in fact they are starting to lose their fighting spirit in the League after the trophy was won by Liverpool. There is nothing Arsenal needs to do anymore to chase the top of the standings.

Arsenal is a team we all know their performance is always dropping towards the ending of the season, but Arsenal already knows that the only trophy which they can win this season is just the champions league, and they are not even sure about that, because their opponents is already ahead of them, so am expecting Arsenal to lose or draw most of the premier league matches which they are having left.

All arsenal fans are claiming they are focusing on the Champions league, I just hope they will be able to win the second leg which is against PSG, but it doesn’t make sense to lose focus in one competition just because of another one, if Arsenal is not careful, they might not be ending the season in second position.

[len01]

Aston Villa still maintains their hopes of qualifying for European competition next season, but the last 2 of the last three games are very tough for them, although Man United and Tottenham are not too strong in the EPL this season, but both teams can be a threat to Aston Villa who are hunting for tickets to the UCL or UEL.

Don't worry, now take a look at how Man United and Tottenham did. Looking at the performance of Spurs and Man United, it gives Aston Villa a great chance to get a top 6 position. While Aston Villa currently has a more stable performance quality.
But back to the concept of the final match of the season which is difficult to predict and most importantly Aston Villa still has that opportunity.

[Pokapoka124]

Ahead of the game, this img displays Jacksons stats, I'm certain he will sure find the back of the net against Liverpool come weekend

I listened to a podcast a few days ago, and one of the pundits (a Chelsea fan btw) claims that Jackson isn't that good. I guess he has a point, considering how many big chances he missed this season[1]. His goal conversion ratio is quite bad relative to other goal scorers in the league. Not to mention, some of the misses are hilariously terrible. I'm not sure he will score against Liverpool, but he will give them trouble with his pace.

[1] https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/big_chance_missed

Nicolas Jackson has been struggling recently with his form which in my opinion I don’t blame him entirely because the team is also having an impact on his performance lately but overall I think he improved in his finishing before now. Hopefully next season things will get better with Chelsea.

[sotelorene]

It is not strange if Arsenal loses 3 points when it is nearing the end of the season. Because in fact they are starting to lose their fighting spirit in the League after the trophy was won by Liverpool. There is nothing Arsenal needs to do anymore to chase the top of the standings.

Arsenal is a team we all know their performance is always dropping towards the ending of the season, but Arsenal already knows that the only trophy which they can win this season is just the champions league, and they are not even sure about that, because their opponents is already ahead of them, so am expecting Arsenal to lose or draw most of the premier league matches which they are having left.

All arsenal fans are claiming they are focusing on the Champions league, I just hope they will be able to win the second leg which is against PSG, but it doesn’t make sense to lose focus in one competition just because of another one, if Arsenal is not careful, they might not be ending the season in second position.

Since Arsenal has qualified for champions league next season there is no need to be struggling to win match in the premier league again because they still have strong match to play which is PSG. We all know how strong PSG is this season and there first leg they won Arsenal in Arsenal's home that was a great advantage for PSG what they just need now is win or draw either of these will favor them and considering the fact that Arsenal is coming there home to play, that is another big advantage for PSG and with what I'm seeing I don't think Arsenal can make it to the finals but if peradventure they entered penalty kick, Arsenal will defeat PSG but the possibility of this happening is very small.

[pawel7777]

After a 4-3 defeat to Brentford, Man United are now on 6 6-game no-win streak. I don't think the current expectation for the club is anything more than to avoid relegation, but this might pose a question about whether Amorim was the right replacement for Ten-Hag.
At least they still have a real chance to win the Europa League cup, which would grant them the right to play in the Champions League next season and would be a success United's fans are starving for.

Newcastle leaves Brighton with only one point, which means Man City stays in third place for now, with a one-point gap between them.

Liverpool seemed to have taken a relaxed approach when playing Chelsea and didn't try to do much to prevent the hosts from earning 3 points. I can't say I'm very surprised.
Now Newcastle and Chelsea each have the same number of points (63) and identical goal difference.

[Pokapoka124]

Manchester City ever since their return from international break seems like they’ve found their lost mojo, they’ve been on a fine form since then, Wining four now and drawing one. I had no doubts they were gonna win tonight, I  think Pep and most of his players wouldn’t want to miss out on Champions league action next year. Liverpool reaped from the misfortune of City, Arsenal has chosen to just be second best every year, the only way they can redeem themselves is if they Win UCL which is now a huge mountain to climb.

Manchester City can breathe fresh air a bit, they have struggled too much this season but they managed to qualify for Champions League next season. The return of their injured players has eventually made them better and stronger. It is good to see them finally winning games again.

[tiCeR]

After a 4-3 defeat to Brentford, Man United are now on 6 6-game no-win streak. I don't think the current expectation for the club is anything more than to avoid relegation, but this might pose a question about whether Amorim was the right replacement for Ten-Hag.
At least they still have a real chance to win the Europa League cup, which would grant them the right to play in the Champions League next season and would be a success United's fans are starving for.

Newcastle leaves Brighton with only one point, which means Man City stays in third place for now, with a one-point gap between them.

Liverpool seemed to have taken a relaxed approach when playing Chelsea and didn't try to do much to prevent the hosts from earning 3 points. I can't say I'm very surprised.
Now Newcastle and Chelsea each have the same number of points (63) and identical goal difference.

Relegation was never a serious topic for them as their advantage was too big although this has nothing to do with them playing well, but with the last three in the league to underperform all season long.

Manchester United is putting all eggs in one basket and they aren't left with any other choice anyway. The match against Bilbao couldn't have gone any better for them with that red card and three goals. The are probably like a 9:1 favorite in the second game.

If they win the Europa League, qualify for the CL that way, then nobody will discuss about Amorim. But to be fair, Amorim took over a team that was devastated already because ten Hag made so many mistakes on a weekly basis. He was never able to sustainably solve problems. One week they played ok, next week was a disaster. This has to stop next season of course as this is not Ipswich Town, but Manchester United.

[Alphie12]

Ahead of the game, this img displays Jacksons stats, I'm certain he will sure find the back of the net against Liverpool come weekend

I listened to a podcast a few days ago, and one of the pundits (a Chelsea fan btw) claims that Jackson isn't that good. I guess he has a point, considering how many big chances he missed this season[1]. His goal conversion ratio is quite bad relative to other goal scorers in the league. Not to mention, some of the misses are hilariously terrible. I'm not sure he will score against Liverpool, but he will give them trouble with his pace.

[1] https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/big_chance_missed

Nicolas Jackson has been struggling recently with his form which in my opinion I don’t blame him entirely because the team is also having an impact on his performance lately but overall I think he improved in his finishing before now. Hopefully next season things will get better with Chelsea.

his numbers arent even bad i believe he will really good numbers next season

[Pokapoka124]

Such a decline for Nottingham is unfortunate. Although it was expected. Because we could see Nottingham Forest's weak attack from the beginning of the season. I was just waiting for their performance to start declining. However, despite the weak attack, Nottingham Forest was able to keep their overall performance stable for a long time.

However, Nottingham United has played quite well this season. I hope that this team will take the necessary measures to strengthen their squad next season. If Nottingham management takes steps to strengthen their attack more, this team will fight to stay in the top 5 of the table next season.

It was expected that the decline will happen because it would not be easy to continue in that form until the end of the season. For teams like Liverpool and Manchester City it would have been possible but for Nottingham Forest it is difficult. Nottingham Forest are still trying and I hope they get rewarded with either champions league or Europa league next season.

[Salahmu]

All arsenal fans are claiming they are focusing on the Champions league, I just hope they will be able to win the second leg which is against PSG, but it doesn’t make sense to lose focus in one competition just because of another one, if Arsenal is not careful, they might not be ending the season in second position.

Arsenal was not focusing on champions League that made them to look like this on the premier League, they were only privileged to pass those stages, so as they gone through all and came out they started playing well since it was there last hope of fighting for trophy and they fought very obedient but they had a disorganizing meeting with PSG, so there diversification of strength might result differently if the tune changes again like it did, i like Arsenal but Bournemouth has putting fear in me after how they push it back to Arsenal with the wining, how would they win PSG with that.

[coinlocket$]

Arsenal is losing points, imagine if they will fail to qualify in the top 4 while they were the only contender few months ago.
Mission very hard now for Nottm Forest, I guess they will be in Europa League next year

City if not penalty and Newcastle will be in CL.

[baeva]

After facing PSG in the second leg of the Champions League which will be played in a few days, Liverpool and Newcastle are very tough opponents for Arsenal and Southampton may be an easy opponent for Arsenal, but if you look at the results of the two teams' matches, Southampton still has several draws with Arsenal which could potentially make Arsenal unable to finish in second, third, or even fourth place. However, that is not necessarily the case because anything can still happen in a football match, because Chelsea was also able to beat Liverpool who already had the status of Premier League champions.

Yes, anything can actually happen in football, although we can only speculate. Liverpool lost today and I knew that because since they are already champions they have nothing to prove again. But on the other hand, since they have already lost this week to Chelsea, I don't think they would also want to lose again to another big team next week, that's where the problem comes in now. Even with being the champions, losing series of games wouldn't sit well with the fans especially when they are aware that they are not longer in any other competition.

I think fans will understand why a team can lose, there are only a few games left in the season and it doesn't matter that apart from the EPL they aren't playing anywhere else at the moment. It's been a difficult season for them one way or another, so they have the right to rest and start that rest now. I think they realise that a winning streak means nothing globally and it's okay to not stick with it

[Judith87403]

Arsenal is losing points, imagine if they will fail to qualify in the top 4 while they were the only contender few months ago.
Mission very hard now for Nottm Forest, I guess they will be in Europa League next year

City if not penalty and Newcastle will be in CL.

I think arsenal is still very much concern on how they can be able to make a comeback in thier upcoming match against psg, which is why they weren't performing as they used to in their previous match against bournemouth. But even as that they're supposed to maintain their consistency at least drawing against bournemouth would have been a good one instead of losing entirely. Because they still have contenders who are also trying to make it up to the champions league next season, and of which the point differences isn't that much. And if they should continue dropping thier point, i won't be surprise to see them in the Europa league next season.

[Stable090]

On the other hand, Man United as usual is not interested in performing optimally in the League, they seem to have given up and want to stay focused on playing in the Europa League. Brentford is now leading 2-1 and in the second half will they add one more goal or Man United try a little seriously.

Let’s just assume Manchester United couldn’t win against Brentford just because they are focused on Europa league, thats where their attention is currently in, but if I will be honest with all Manchester United fans, then I will say even if Manchester United are having target in the premier league, with Manchester United current performance, they will find it difficult to win Brentford, they just should stop using Europa league as an excuse, and I just hope Manchester United will be able to win the Europa league.

[kawetsriyanto]

Arsenal is a team we all know their performance is always dropping towards the ending of the season, but Arsenal already knows that the only trophy which they can win this season is just the champions league, and they are not even sure about that, because their opponents is already ahead of them, so am expecting Arsenal to lose or draw most of the premier league matches which they are having left.

It is the problem of Arsenal in the last few seasons. They usually performed well in the first half of the season, but they started to decline their performance in the second half of the season. Even worse, they lose their focus when the end of the season is almost reached. The physical condition and the mentality of the players may be two of the reasons of the problem. Arsenal board may need to consider changing their physical trainers, they also need to have more quality players to change the main players if they are injured or not performing well. Nowadays, Arsenal also have many injured attackers. The problem looks quite complicated.

In UCL, I'm not sure Arsenal can reach the final. PSG is leading the aggregate with 1 goal now, Leg 2 will be held in PSG home. In this condition, PSG has a better chance to win the next match. With the injury of some key players, I think Arsenal will be difficult to beat PSG.

All arsenal fans are claiming they are focusing on the Champions league, I just hope they will be able to win the second leg which is against PSG, but it doesn’t make sense to lose focus in one competition just because of another one, if Arsenal is not careful, they might not be ending the season in second position.

It is nonsense if they focus on UCL match. The time gap between Leg 1 and Leg 2 is quite far, they have enough time to rest. It's just a fans' excuse made up to defend the lose of Arsenal. It is true that Man City has a chance to overtake Arsenal position if Arsenal gets a lose again in the next matches. Arsenal must keep winning the match if they want to finish as a runner up.

[JiiBs]

I think fans will understand why a team can lose, there are only a few games left in the season and it doesn't matter that apart from the EPL they aren't playing anywhere else at the moment. It's been a difficult season for them one way or another, so they have the right to rest and start that rest now. I think they realise that a winning streak means nothing globally and it's okay to not stick with it

They already had there title celebration match, ain’t nothing much in the games that is left so, they could as well play it just the way they like, for entertainment and be sure not to sustain any injuries because, it would have been for nothing. What they need now is a long big rest and to test out some of those academy guys along with their bench since, some of the teams are still battling for positions on the league table. So their wasn’t anything much in Chelsea’s win today except for Chelsea.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I think fans will understand why a team can lose, there are only a few games left in the season and it doesn't matter that apart from the EPL they aren't playing anywhere else at the moment. It's been a difficult season for them one way or another, so they have the right to rest and start that rest now. I think they realise that a winning streak means nothing globally and it's okay to not stick with it

They already had there title celebration match, ain’t nothing much in the games that is left so, they could as well play it just the way they like, for entertainment and be sure not to sustain any injuries because, it would have been for nothing. What they need now is a long big rest and to test out some of those academy guys along with their bench since, some of the teams are still battling for positions on the league table. So their wasn’t anything much in Chelsea’s win today except for Chelsea.

I agree with the both of you though I made the mistake of betting on Liverpool to beat Chelsea which eventually did not happen and I've lost my money, I am really not surprised that Chelsea ended up winning the game, Liverpool lost but also at the same time did not loose looking at the number of points they have accumulated all through this season and their position in the league table, winning the premier league title this season is already a kind of guarantee for them since the season is also coming to an end with only a few games generally left to play..

I consider my betting on them as a mistake because 7 should have thought about what I am thinking now before putting that bet up, but all the same, I am happy for them though, atleast for giving Chelsea the chance to improve her point too, for I believe that if Liverpool were to take this yesterday match seriously, Chelsea wouldn't have beaten them.

[qurbanshah02]

On the other hand, Man United as usual is not interested in performing optimally in the League, they seem to have given up and want to stay focused on playing in the Europa League. Brentford is now leading 2-1 and in the second half will they add one more goal or Man United try a little seriously.

Let’s just assume Manchester United couldn’t win against Brentford just because they are focused on Europa league, thats where their attention is currently in, but if I will be honest with all Manchester United fans, then I will say even if Manchester United are having target in the premier league, with Manchester United current performance, they will find it difficult to win Brentford, they just should stop using Europa league as an excuse, and I just hope Manchester United will be able to win the Europa league.

Manchester United had tried hard, due to which they had scored 3 goals in this match which is very much preferred for winning but the opposing team has scored 4 goals and because of this Manchester United's 3 goals will be a defeat for winning. If they had scored one more goal, they could have drawn the match, due to which Manchester United could have got one point, due to which they would not have gone towards defeat. The reason for this is that they are working hard on their part and their players also play with their struggle but other teams do not think much about this which is why they have won the match. This win is also enough for Manchester United because they play well and play with heart, so if they get this league win, they will get the reward for their hard work.

[Pokapoka124]

It is unfortunate that Manchester United have to suffer and struggle so much this season, we hoped Amorim will bring the change immediately at arrival but we will have to wait a bit longer probably until next season to really evaluate his performance. This transfer window will help him rebuild and restructure the team to be better and stronger.

[aylabadia05]

I made the mistake of betting on Liverpool to beat Chelsea which eventually did not happen and I've lost my money, I am really not surprised that Chelsea ended up winning the game, Liverpool lost but also at the same time did not loose looking at the number of points they have accumulated all through this season and their position in the league table, winning the premier league title this season is already a kind of guarantee for them since the season is also coming to an end with only a few games generally left to play..

I don't want to say that the Chelsea vs Liverpool match yesterday was like a match that helped Chelsea to qualify for the Champion League because Chelsea played well, especially how Chelsea really wanted to get 3 points from Liverpool.
You made a mistake by betting on Liverpool, I bet on a draw because what I thought yesterday was that this match no longer had any effect on Liverpool and the match only meant for Chelsea who were struggling to fill 5th place in the standings.