⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Inwestour]

If they go down they only have themselves to blame. Poss point deduction = Forest fault

Forest seems like the equivalent of what Palace was at the end of last season.
A strong foundation with good options for goals. Hard to break down with pace and power. Not an easy game for anyone right now in the league but you are right..Nuno Magic is over. They are running out of games to do so now.

If we evaluate this season, Nottingham have had a much better one than Leicester. Leicester are exactly the kind of opponent Nottingham must beat at home, while Leicester can only fight with Ipswich now. They definitely won’t climb above the relegation zone, and all they have left is to decide whether they’ll finish 17th or 18th. Nottingham need to try and win the games they have left, and then it will be clear whether they can move higher or not, but they’ve definitely failed the end of the season.

[DaNNy001]

PL's clubs journey in UCL is officially coming to its end after Arsenal as PL's last candidate kicked out by PSG. Appreciate how they tried so hard, but no match for PSG. They're still continuing their journey as a netflix club
The out of Arsenal show PL club quality is getting degrade. NT for all of PL clubs who have been playing at UCL, but out from the competition. We will able to send like 6 candidates next season. Hopefully, UCL will be ours.  

Lol, this is the funniest thing I Ve come across today... i told a die hard fan of arsenal that they might not last long in the finals because of how inconsistent they are but this guy said that Arsenal is going to win the trophy undoubtedly...he has been getting hyped up beating his chest that arsenal would win the championship but after they got eliminated he has been mute, so today I asked him "Is arsenal going to give it a try next season"? And he was so pained..Their biggest issue is inconsistency.

[reagansimms]

What we have int his season is not gonna happen in a long long time or never again.

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

It was really unexpected, Man United and Tottenham really made a big surprise after successfully qualifying for the UEL final, even though both of them performed very badly in the EPL. The success of these two teams in reaching the final also provides a big advantage for the Premier League because next season there will be 6 English teams in the UCL.
Whoever manages to win the trophy will be very lucky, besides winning a second-tier trophy in European competition, they will also appear in the Champions League next season even if they finish just above the relegation zone.

[rachael9385]

By the way Manchester City are really coming for that 2nd position.    Just look at the comparison of their and Arsenal's form graphs:

Manchester City: 4W 1D

Arsenal: 1W 3D 1L

The gap is only 3 points while there are still 3 games to be played. Guardiola's students have a much easier schedule ahead as well. Arsenal still have to play against Liverpool and Newcastle. Honestly I call this a big improvement for the Manchester team in the 2nd part of the season.

If they can beat Southampton tomorrow of which I know they will, Southampton can't stand a chance against them in their current form. Manchester city is going to score multiple goals so they can get up to four points in order to surpass arsenal. I must say that arsenal had quite a good run this season but it's so crazy that they keep getting replaced and defeated even after putting in a lot of effort to get to where they are. The second position is going to Manchester city and there's no doubt about that

[pawel7777]

Man City has a real chance of getting to the 2nd place. It's quite possible they will make up the points gap this weekend, as the City plays against the weakest team in the bunch: Southampton, while Arsenal is facing Liverpool in an away game. City will not overtake Arsenal jut yet though, because of Arsenal's much better goal difference.
Of course we can wonder whether Liverpool will take a relaxed approach, or maybe they will let the 2nd suit players a chance, but it's still likely that Liverpool could earn 3 points and Arsenal could come home with nothing.
Arsenal's last few games doesn't spark optimism either. Some could say they might be experiencing an unexplained dip in form, a similar that Man City had to go through earlier in the season, but I don't think it's that bad yet.

Man City has to stay laser-focused in their remaining game. They might have a chance for the 2nd place, but they're also only 1 point ahead the 5th Chelsea and only 3 points ahead of the 6th Nottm Forest. So it's not yet obvious whether the City would end up in the top 5 (Champions League places).

[len01]

If they can beat Southampton tomorrow of which I know they will, Southampton can't stand a chance against them in their current form. Manchester city is going to score multiple goals so they can get up to four points in order to surpass arsenal. I must say that arsenal had quite a good run this season but it's so crazy that they keep getting replaced and defeated even after putting in a lot of effort to get to where they are. The second position is going to Manchester city and there's no doubt about that

Don't underestimate Southampton, although this team looks weak, but late-season matches like this can have unexpected results. We can see in the first meeting of these two teams when Man City is the host only able to beat Southampton with 1 score. While from H2H, Southampton has also beaten Man City. So I will not think too much about the match. Because Southampton has a chance to hold a draw.
And I don't think the runner up position is too important for either team.

[Marvell1]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

In the Premier League, these two teams have been performing a bit weakly and irregularly for the last few seasons. However, this season we have seen terrible performances from Manchester United and Tottenham in the Premier League. Manchester United is in 15th place in the points table and Tottenham is in 16th place in the table.

Although they are not playing well in the Premier League, both teams have performed strongly in the Europa League. And both teams have qualified for the final.
However, it is difficult to predict which team will win the Europa League title. Considering the performance of the head-to-head matches, Tottenham has to be put ahead. Tottenham is unbeaten in the last 5 matches against United and has won four matches. However, Manchester United's overall condition is also quite good now.

[Velvet78]

While infact, Arsenal have not managed to advance to the UCL final this season, Arteta has once again failed to bring his club to lift the trophy, for the umpteenth time. Arsenal Lost to PSg with aggregate 3 - 1.

Arsenal are just being themselves. Giving their fans a silver lining in a tournament and failing them again and again... 

I don't know what's going wrong with them when they get close to a trophy honestly. The same thing happens in the Premier League and now the Champions League too.

They have a beautiful squad. Arteta is actually not a bad manager. Arsenal were much worse before he came. Maybe completing the last piece of the puzzle (a reliable CF) might be the key?

[Minor Miner]

While infact, Arsenal have not managed to advance to the UCL final this season, Arteta has once again failed to bring his club to lift the trophy, for the umpteenth time. Arsenal Lost to PSg with aggregate 3 - 1.

Arsenal are just being themselves. Giving their fans a silver lining in a tournament and failing them again and again... 
I don't know what's going wrong with them when they get close to a trophy honestly. The same thing happens in the Premier League and now the Champions League too.
They have a beautiful squad. Arteta is actually not a bad manager. Arsenal were much worse before he came. Maybe completing the last piece of the puzzle (a reliable CF) might be the key?

Arsenal's squad is strong. Arteta is also a very experienced coach. Even then, the team is not able to win the Premier League title. To win the Premier League title, it is necessary to play consistently well. But Arsenal has failed to do this.

Arsenal has been competing for the title in the last few seasons and has been in second place in the table until the end of the season. Every season, we have seen that Arsenal's performance becomes unstable when an important player in the Arsenal squad gets injured. Arsenal has a strong squad. However, Arteta does not have a suitable replacement for the players in the squad. If Arsenal does not add more talented players to their squad, it will not be possible for this team to win the title.

[Sandra_hakeem]

At the beginning of the Premier League, Arsenal were very strong, but towards the end of the league, they ran out of gas.
Arsenal have done little enough to change the outcome of their matches at the end of every season. They may be finishing second or probably third place in the EPL this season.
Staying out of cups because of the Board who decided not to sign players even though injuries ravaged through the 1st team can cause the team to loose momentum. The striker situation has been an Arsenal-like situation for 3 years now.

Last season they lost the EPL because they did not sign a striker. They still did not learn from that, instead they lost almost half of their squad and the board looked the other way. Whoever is in the Board -- look at yourselves in the mirror and decide if you are an impediment for this club to achieve success or otherwise. Imagine if they had a striker, some of those chances even from the 1st leg would have killed the game. Some of the draws in the EPL could have been 3 points. To the Board and the owner, Shape up or ship out.

[Hyphen(-)]

What we have int his season is not gonna happen in a long long time or never again.

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

They are few points away from relegation even though they have already escaped relegation because even if they lose all their three remaining matches, they will still finish above Ipswich Town, Leicester City, and Southampton; but their overall performance is very poor in respect to the caliber of teams they are among in the Premier League, and I don’t think these teams have putting such embarrassing performances in the last ten years.

However, their main hope is the Europa League which both of them are now through to the final, and only one of them will win it. Ange Postecoglue is in the verge of been sacked by the Tottenham management, but if he can breaks their deadlock of not winning titles for long, they can leave him to continue because he did well in his first season and might do well if he signed more players.

Manchester United on the other hand will like to win the Europa League in order to qualify to the next season’s Champions League, and Ruben Amorim will also wants to start his season very well with the Europa league title to cover up for the team’s poor performance in the Premier League.

[kawetsriyanto]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

[TelolettOm]

Lol, this is the funniest thing I Ve come across today... i told a die hard fan of arsenal that they might not last long in the finals because of how inconsistent they are but this guy said that Arsenal is going to win the trophy undoubtedly...he has been getting hyped up beating his chest that arsenal would win the championship but after they got eliminated he has been mute, so today I asked him "Is arsenal going to give it a try next season"? And he was so pained..Their biggest issue is inconsistency.

But, even Netflix Series has its final season, not continuing to wait for the next season. And at the end of each season there is usually a happy ending (although sometimes hanging. But Arsenal, it is still unclear when the next season will be, and often sad endings in every season. 

Well, let's Leave aside for a moment the results of Arsenal's matches and also the EPL clubs that have all been defeated by PSG, now they must focus on returning to the Premier League which will start tomorrow.

And based on the following match list:

Source: Premier League

The winners should be: Fulham, Brentford, Man City, Brighton, Aston Villa, but for the next one, it is still quite difficult to predict.

[Webetcoins]

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

UEFA events are having amazing history about this because I watch in past many teams those were near relegation or having terrible performance done good stuff here it's never been new because things are interesting for soccer fans.

In this season, Europa League is having two finalists which are currently on their lowest level in Premier League but done surprising stuff and have spot into final with winner is going to be had spot in Champions League for next season. Manchester United was undefeated in event while Tottenham done good job and have some good wins which keep them in limelight for having their best but now who is going to win it's another interesting match because both are on same level of performance and quality with have terrible defense and poor attack.

[sotelorene]

If they can beat Southampton tomorrow of which I know they will, Southampton can't stand a chance against them in their current form. Manchester city is going to score multiple goals so they can get up to four points in order to surpass arsenal. I must say that arsenal had quite a good run this season but it's so crazy that they keep getting replaced and defeated even after putting in a lot of effort to get to where they are. The second position is going to Manchester city and there's no doubt about that

Don't underestimate Southampton, although this team looks weak, but late-season matches like this can have unexpected results. We can see in the first meeting of these two teams when Man City is the host only able to beat Southampton with 1 score. While from H2H, Southampton has also beaten Man City. So I will not think too much about the match. Because Southampton has a chance to hold a draw.
And I don't think the runner up position is too important for either team.

It is true that Southampton use to give Manchester city tough time but at this critical period that Manchester city is striving to qualify for champions league next season I doubt if they are going to draw or lose against any team again and I have said this before. Moreover, I don't think Southampton is fighting or struggling for anything but  Manchester city on the other hand is fighting because there is a strong competition between them, Newcastle and Chelsea and so any mistake they will be displaced from there position and right now what they need to do is just to continue winning till the end of the season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It may be quite surprising for most people but this isn't not the first time happening in football. In the past, there were also some teams which performed quite badly in the leagues but they performed well in UCL or UEL. They may have a better confidence when they play in UCL or UEL. The game will be also difficult to predict because there are varied teams from different leagues there. Meanwhile in the local leagues, they know well each others. So, the tactics or strategy of the teams can be easier to predict/analyze. However, I can agree that it is a crazy achievement for both Man United and Tottenham. Reaching the final UEL is something difficult to do. Even more, it is more crazy that we have 2 EPL teams in the final. 

We have seen many times that teams did well in the Champions League or Europa League even though they could not do well in their own league. Chelsea did not do well in the Premier League in the 2020/21 season. However, the team surprised everyone by winning the Champions League title.

Tottenham and Manchester United have performed terribly in the Premier League this season. I have never seen such a bad performance from these two teams in the past. We have always seen the two teams in the top 10 of the table despite performing badly. However, this season, United and Tottenham are in 15th and 16th place in the table.

Both teams have qualified for the Europa League final. It is difficult to predict which team will win. Most gamblers consider Manchester United to be the favorite. However, Manchester United has lost both matches against Tottenham in the Premier League. This should not be forgotten.

[aylabadia05]

And based on the following match list:

Source: Premier League

The winners should be: Fulham, Brentford, Man City, Brighton, Aston Villa, but for the next one, it is still quite difficult to predict.

Here are my betting predictions for the Premier League Matchweek 36 matches:
Fulham vs Everton= Fulham
Ipswich vs Brentford= Over
Southampton vs Manchester City= Manchester City
Wolverhampton vs Brighton= Draw
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa= Draw

Of the five matches, the one to watch is Bournemouth vs Aston Villa.

[Cryptmuster]

It is true that Southampton use to give Manchester city tough time but at this critical period that Manchester city is striving to qualify for champions league next season I doubt if they are going to draw or lose against any team again and I have said this before. Moreover, I don't think Southampton is fighting or struggling for anything but  Manchester city on the other hand is fighting because there is a strong competition between them, Newcastle and Chelsea and so any mistake they will be displaced from there position and right now what they need to do is just to continue winning till the end of the season.

Southampton might have been able to cause problems in the past, but they used to be a completely different team. Now they're losing to everyone, they’ve lost any chance of staying in the Premier League, while City have some very important matches left that they need to win to secure a spot in the Champions League. Guardiola also mentioned that if City don’t make it to the Champions League zone, it would seriously affect their transfer policy. I have no doubt that City will win today, it seems like they’ve found their game and have looked very good in recent matches. I think it’s worth trying to bet on City with a -1 handicap or include this match in a parlay.

[pawel7777]

All fixtures for this weekend's games together with odds (BC.Game):

Ipswich Town x5.6 Vs Brentford FC x1.53; Draw x4.5
Fulham FC x1.91 Vs Everton FC x4.2; Draw x3.4
Wolverhampton Wanderers x2.82 Vs Brighton & Hove Albion x2.52; Draw x3.35
Southampton FC x12.0 Vs Manchester City x1.21; Draw x6.8
AFC Bournemouth x2.5 Vs Aston Villa x2.7; Draw x3.55
Newcastle United x2.18 Vs Chelsea FC x3.05; Draw x3.75
Manchester United x1.91 Vs West Ham United x3.9; Draw x3.65
Nottingham Forest x1.36 Vs Leicester City x8.2; Draw x5.0
Tottenham Hotspur x2.66 Vs Crystal Palace x2.48; Draw x3.65
Liverpool FC x1.97 Vs Arsenal FC x3.75; Draw x3.55

If anyone has any betting tips to share, speak up.
I think Man City is a sure bet with City being in a good shape recently + having a lot to play for, while Southampton is already certain of getting relegated.
I wouldn't put my money on Nottm Forest, despite them being a clear favourite. That's because of their recent poor performance, i.e. only one win in the last 5 games.

[Distraction]

What we have int his season is not gonna happen in a long long time or never again.

I mean if you look in the position of Manchester United and Totenham you can see they are just above the relegation spots with one of his worst performance ever made by both in the history of Premier League, but what i want to point out? Well they are both in the final of the second largest european competition, is insane to see teams from below the 15 position playing a final, just crazy.

There is really an ironic situation at the same time. Yeah it's interesting to see these 2 strugglers in the PL doing a nice work in the EL.

However let's have a look at what English teams have done in the CL so far also. PSG eliminated 3 of them to reach the final, right? This shows how terrible even the teams at top places in the PL have been there...

Luis Enrique laughed at them because of the mockery related to Ligue 1's being farmers league. Still a farmers league though but this wasn't an obstacle for PSG to destroy them.