⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[cxtreenal]

Yea, Manchester United is always strong when it comes to playing bigger games and teams compared to how they okay small teams. Sincerely, it's not gonna be an easy game between them. Arsenal are fighting not to drop plus supremacy, Manchester United are fighting to win and climb plus supremacy too. Plus Carrick, a new coach looking forward to break bounds and make name, it's gonna really be tough. The final score can go either way, any team can win, they could also end draw, I stand with no one, it's gonna be a tough match

Michael Carrick will be looking to make his Manchester United keep more better possition by winning against a big team. It is easy to imagine that Arsenal will struggle to get a win. Arsenal will be looking to extend their lead but Manchester United will be fighting to stay in the tournament. Arsenal will be looking to dominate from the start but Man United have a strong defence. I think their defence is stronger than Arsenal's. I think the match will probably end in a draw.

[abhiseshakana]

i won't go so far as to say manchester city are in such a bad position that they can't close the gap with arsenal, but their chances are really slim. they seem to have a free win against wolves today, which is at least encouraging for them. if they fail to prove they are still title contenders against wolves tonight, it will be virtually impossible to keep arsenal at bay.

i think they'll secure an easy win against wolves tonight. that's what they need to do. city has had miraculous championship wins, and another one could happen, why not?

If Manchester City doesn't win today, then the dream of competing for premier League titles is over, they will just focus on next season. Even if they win today, they need to pray for Manchester United to win Arsenal which make the point gap to reduce to 3 points, with that maybe they will have motivation. To be honest Manchester City aren't doing well, they are playing absolute nonsense since last season. It seems they don't have any spark in them anymore. So this match I will predict that Manchester City will win by 3-1 , with Halaand being on the score sheet.

This season is very difficult for Manchester City to win the Premier League title due to their inconsistent performance. Furthermore, expecting Arsenal to drop many points is also impossible because Arsenal is in hot form. Perhaps Manchester City will win easily because Wolves are a very weak opponent. But Arsenal will give it their all against Manchester United to get all three points, especially since the match is being played at Arsenal's home ground. But honestly, Manchester City will find it difficult to stop Arsenal's dominance this season because in addition to Manchester City's inconsistent performance, Manchester City is also missing many players due to injuries.

Man City are actually still better than they were last season , it's just that their performance hasn't been that great lately, where they have suffered consecutive defeats in matches they could  have won (at least they could have gotten points against Bodoe/Glimt). Lucky for them, this time they will only be playing against Wolves, and  this should be an opportunity for Man City to regain their confidence, because Wolves have performed poorly this season and in this match, Man City has the advantage of playing at home. So this should be an easy win for Man City, and I see no reason for Man City to lose again.

[Cryptmuster]

Both Manchester City and Aston villa are both good contenders against Arsenal in the race for the Premier league title winner this season, Aston villa may have failed multiple times to win games against smaller or weaker clubs but so also have Manchester City failed multiple times too, and one would want to say isn't this why both of this club currently are sitting on that same number of points.

Arsenal have a great opportunity in their hands at the moment as they can use this time to secure more wins, get ahead in points and make it impossible for both Manchester City and Aston villa to reach them again even if they end up losing a couple of games towards the end of the season, but then, I am not really sure if they (Arsenal) are really ready to win the title this season.

Aston Villa and City are for now the only teams that can keep up with Arsenal, at least if you can call a seven-point gap keeping up, because against such a strong Arsenal, seven points is a fairly large margin that will be very difficult to close. What also surprises me is how City and Aston Villa both drop points in the same round, and then Arsenal fail to beat Nottingham to extend the gap even further. But perhaps fatigue is starting to show, as the season has passed its halfway point, and teams are competing in multiple tournaments. I think we’ll see more dropped points going forward, and it may happen even more often. I’d be even more surprised if Manchester United manage not to lose to Arsenal, or even beat them.

[rezakurnia66]

Man City vs Wolves

Losses two matches in a row at Premier League from Man United and last match defeating from Bodo/Glimt in Champion League make Man City on the wake up moment against Wolves few hours later. Man  City won't loss three points again in Premier League and have played four matches in a row never success getting three points, fail get three points last four matches in a row make Man City have remaining 7 points with Arsenal but today is moment to pressure first standings position but Man City must get three points.
My prediction Manchester City will wake up and get three points because Wolves is the bottom standings team in premier league with poor performance this season.

[1kodumtek7]

Man City vs Wolves

Losses two matches in a row at Premier League from Man United and last match defeating from Bodo/Glimt in Champion League make Man City on the wake up moment against Wolves few hours later. Man  City won't loss three points again in Premier League and have played four matches in a row never success getting three points, fail get three points last four matches in a row make Man City have remaining 7 points with Arsenal but today is moment to pressure first standings position but Man City must get three points.
My prediction Manchester City will wake up and get three points because Wolves is the bottom standings team in premier league with poor performance this season.

Guardiola has decided to go for some rotations in his lineup. No Doku, Haaland and Foden as starters... I wonder how much this will affect their attacking in the first half. Technically you would expect it to be at a serious level.

I know the opponent is Wolves but they don't deserve to be belittled either. You know how they played against some top teams of the league. Even the leader Arsenal struggled to beat them at home comfortably.

[aylabadia05]

Michael Carrick will be looking to make his Manchester United keep more better possition by winning against a big team. It is easy to imagine that Arsenal will struggle to get a win. Arsenal will be looking to extend their lead but Manchester United will be fighting to stay in the tournament. Arsenal will be looking to dominate from the start but Man United have a strong defence. I think their defence is stronger than Arsenal's. I think the match will probably end in a draw.

Arsenal missed an opportunity to pull away from their rivals in the standings when they failed to beat Nottingham Forest. Facing Manchester United will not be an easy task for Arsenal to secure a victory. Arsenal will be under even more pressure if Manchester City beats Wolverhampton shortly.
Michael Carrick wants to prove that in a short period of time he can deliver what Manchester United fans expect by finishing in 4th place in the Premier League standings so that next season they can compete in the UCL.

Among the many speculations surrounding the big match between Arsenal and Manchester United, I can conclude that most predict a draw, but I am not so sure. I predict that Manchester United will win by targeting an early goal without focusing on ball possession, as they did in the match against Manchester City.

[DBTC-brain]

Its right time Manchester united prove there superiority in the premier league this season after an inconsistent performance at the beginning of the season, for so long Manchester united have been faced with consistency issues all because of team mismanagement and wrong approach to games by the sacked coaches but now they have found Alex Ferguson's replacement which is Michael Carrick. In there last game against Manchester city when all where expecting a humiliating results in the side of united but they where able to prove world wrong by winning Manchester in an unexpected manner which they will do same against arsenal in there next game and that of Arsenal will be worst than that of city.

  Is Michael Carrick really the perfect replacement of  Sir Alex Ferguson? Well will see about that on Sunday.
  I really don't think Carrick deserves all that praise because of just one game. Because luck was on his side doesn't mean Man U has found a better replacement and proper management. I still Carrick like a second division coach. Anyways , all this talk will end on Sunday. Till then.

[Byebyebtc]

Michael Carrick will be looking to make his Manchester United keep more better possition by winning against a big team. It is easy to imagine that Arsenal will struggle to get a win. Arsenal will be looking to extend their lead but Manchester United will be fighting to stay in the tournament. Arsenal will be looking to dominate from the start but Man United have a strong defence. I think their defence is stronger than Arsenal's. I think the match will probably end in a draw.

Arsenal missed an opportunity to pull away from their rivals in the standings when they failed to beat Nottingham Forest. Facing Manchester United will not be an easy task for Arsenal to secure a victory.

Why do you think so?
Is it because of the victory Manchester United had against Manchester city that makes you think it will be a hard task for Arsenal?
Well if that is you confidence behind your statement, I'm not sure. Manchester United are not good enough to make the match difficult for Arsonal to win

If you see a club that is ready to win trophies you will know and as you can see Arsonal is that club,they don't back down, attack threatening, defence is intermediation Manchester United will not be an issue for them

[asriloni]

Guardiola has decided to go for some rotations in his lineup. No Doku, Haaland and Foden as starters... I wonder how much this will affect their attacking in the first half. Technically you would expect it to be at a serious level.

I know the opponent is Wolves but they don't deserve to be belittled either. You know how they played against some top teams of the league. Even the leader Arsenal struggled to beat them at home comfortably.

It's good rotation. Haaland was exhausted and he deserves to take some rest, while Foden is always playing better when he came as a subs. Benching Doku is looking good too consider Semenyo can play better as LW instead of RW. It's solid rotation on paper.

Pep does it right when his team faces a terrible side (wolves). however, i won't be surprised even Haaland, Foden and Doku can also subbed in at 2nd half. Logically, this kind of squad can win easily against Wolves. Yet, whatever the outcome this team has tried their best.

[snipie]

Pep does it right when his team faces a terrible side (wolves). however, i won't be surprised even Haaland, Foden and Doku can also subbed in at 2nd half. Logically, this kind of squad can win easily against Wolves. Yet, whatever the outcome this team has tried their best.

Manchester City has to stay in good performance while having a high rythme so it is normal to rotate players and push them whenever the result is not following what is expected from him.
We are now in the first ten minutes and Manchester City is already leading with 1 goal to 0 thanks to the goal scored by Marmoush since the sixth minute of the game.
Wolverhampton is indeed a weak team this season barely getting few points from a single victory and few draws.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Why do you think so?
Is it because of the victory Manchester United had against Manchester city that makes you think it will be a hard task for Arsenal?
Well if that is you confidence behind your statement, I'm not sure. Manchester United are not good enough to make the match difficult for Arsonal to win

If you see a club that is ready to win trophies you will know and as you can see Arsonal is that club,they don't back down, attack threatening, defence is intermediation Manchester United will not be an issue for them

This is exactly his point.
It is funny that when Manchester United looks weak is when they try to put up a fight against big opposition. You can't sign such praises about Arsenal yet in the last EPL match they dropped points against Nottingham Forest. Where was the usual performance and goals?

Can you also show us Arsenal's performance against the "big six" this season? I want to see some thing.

[DYOR+BTC]

Why do you think so?
Is it because of the victory Manchester United had against Manchester city that makes you think it will be a hard task for Arsenal?
Well if that is you confidence behind your statement, I'm not sure. Manchester United are not good enough to make the match difficult for Arsonal to win

If you see a club that is ready to win trophies you will know and as you can see Arsonal is that club,they don't back down, attack threatening, defence is intermediation Manchester United will not be an issue for them

This is exactly his point.
It is funny that when Manchester United looks weak is when they try to put up a fight against big opposition. You can't sign such praises about Arsenal yet in the last EPL match they dropped points against Nottingham Forest. Where was the usual performance and goals?

Can you also show us Arsenal's performance against the "big six" this season? I want to see some thing.

Thank god you know what Manchester united is capable of doing to big teams even in there inconsistent moment talk more of now they are back to winning runs with the help of there new coach Michael Carrick that have remained unbeaten since taking over as intrim coach now and before now. Arsenal they say is one of the best team in the world now, proving it by winning most of there game s in the premier league and winning all in the champions league but can never win against Manchester united tomorrow because the Manchester of before is no longer the united of now

[aylabadia05]

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Well if that is you confidence behind your statement, I'm not sure. Manchester United are not good enough to make the match difficult for Arsonal to win

If you see a club that is ready to win trophies you will know and as you can see Arsonal is that club,they don't back down, attack threatening, defence is intermediation Manchester United will not be an issue for them

How long have you known and followed the Premier League? If you've been following the Premier League for a long time, at least since Cristiano made his debut at Old Trafford and Fabregas was still playing for Henry, then you've been following the Premier League for quite a while. I don't want to know from you the name of Arsenal's stadium before it became the Emirates, that's too old for you.

Arsenal's issues are mental, and Arteta is trying his best. I also want Arsenal to win a trophy this season, but facing Manchester United isn't like facing a team that can be scored on every three minutes.
Are you willing to bet on the outcome of Arsenal vs. Manchester United tomorrow? Manchester United may lose often, but be careful if that team wakes up.

[Abbatty]

Guardiola has decided to go for some rotations in his lineup. No Doku, Haaland and Foden as starters... I wonder how much this will affect their attacking in the first half. Technically you would expect it to be at a serious level.

I know the opponent is Wolves but they don't deserve to be belittled either. You know how they played against some top teams of the league. Even the leader Arsenal struggled to beat them at home comfortably.

It's good rotation. Haaland was exhausted and he deserves to take some rest, while Foden is always playing better when he came as a subs. Benching Doku is looking good too consider Semenyo can play better as LW instead of RW. It's solid rotation on paper.

Pep does it right when his team faces a terrible side (wolves). however, i won't be surprised even Haaland, Foden and Doku can also subbed in at 2nd half. Logically, this kind of squad can win easily against Wolves. Yet, whatever the outcome this team has tried their best.

Yeah, the squad rotation is as a good one and we all saw how they played really well in the first half, they created chances too and were able to score 2 good goals, well when you come to look at it maybe this was what the team actually lacked these past weeks and that why it has actually affected their results. Now Even if the first half didn’t go as planned at least they have a very solid bench that can also make a huge impact in the game. So far they are still winning 2-0 which I feel there should be more goals in the match.

With Arsenal playing Manchester United it is only right for Manchester city to take absolute advantage of that match and win today, well even if arsenal eventually wins but at least they have played their part by winning. It a good game for Manchester city and now they just have to build on this momentum.

[Velvet78]

After Guardiola's rotation preference I was wondering how things were going to be. But they managed to get the 2-0 lead in the first half already. Finding the first goal early helped them a lot about opening the lock quickly.

Otherwise maybe things might have been really difficult.    Even now I can't say this is a very impressive performance. The xG isn't even 1.00 now. Doku and Haaland have also entered the game so maybe the gap could get bigger in the last 10 minutes.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

After Guardiola's rotation preference I was wondering how things were going to be. But they managed to get the 2-0 lead in the first half already. Finding the first goal early helped them a lot about opening the lock quickly.

Otherwise maybe things might have been really difficult.    Even now I can't say this is a very impressive performance. The xG isn't even 1.00 now. Doku and Haaland have also entered the game so maybe the gap could get bigger in the last 10 minutes.

With or without the rotation, a win was something I expected cause Wolverhampton is one of the weakest team in the league this season, moreover Pep still played several good players in his line-up, Manchester City would've scored more if only the refree had awarded the potential penalty, I really don't understand why it wasn't awarded.
 It's going to see Semenyo doing great in City’s shirt, he's a top player and I expect more of this from him. I don't know if you wanted Manchester City to score 5 goals in the first half before you’ll appreciate their effort, this did well and dominated the game mostly, scoring 2 goals is nice since it's enough to secure the 3 points.

[Sim_card]

After Guardiola's rotation preference I was wondering how things were going to be. But they managed to get the 2-0 lead in the first half already. Finding the first goal early helped them a lot about opening the lock quickly.

Otherwise maybe things might have been really difficult.    Even now I can't say this is a very impressive performance. The xG isn't even 1.00 now. Doku and Haaland have also entered the game so maybe the gap could get bigger in the last 10 minutes.

The game has come to an end. City couldn't score any goal in the second half because they did not get it right but the two goals they got in the second half gave them the advantage to get all three points since Wolves was unable to equalize the goals. City is one point behind Arsenal currently.

[ejikeme24]

Its right time Manchester united prove there superiority in the premier league this season after an inconsistent performance at the beginning of the season, for so long Manchester united have been faced with consistency issues all because of team mismanagement and wrong approach to games by the sacked coaches but now they have found Alex Ferguson's replacement which is Michael Carrick. In there last game against Manchester city when all where expecting a humiliating results in the side of united but they where able to prove world wrong by winning Manchester in an unexpected manner which they will do same against arsenal in there next game and that of Arsenal will be worst than that of city.

So sumptuous of you to think that Manchester united have gotten Alex Ferguson's replacement, but before jumping into conclusion you should wait to see how they will perform in this their upcoming match against Arsenal before making your final judgement, for now what happened in their previous match against Manchester city is a coincidence or maybe they just do all of that to  make Michael carrick look different from other coaches. if you ask me I would say that I'm impressed with the way they performed against Manchester city but I'm not convinced yet not until I see them defeating Arsenal.

[ITExpert]

i won't go so far as to say manchester city are in such a bad position that they can't close the gap with arsenal, but their chances are really slim. they seem to have a free win against wolves today, which is at least encouraging for them. if they fail to prove they are still title contenders against wolves tonight, it will be virtually impossible to keep arsenal at bay.

i think they'll secure an easy win against wolves tonight. that's what they need to do. city has had miraculous championship wins, and another one could happen, why not?

Manchester city is a talented team and has the potential to fight. But I think if we make a comparison between Manchester City and Arsenal then it is very clear that Arsenal has more points and there is a gap between these two teams. But Manchester city is much stronger than Wolves. And in the match tonight between Wolves and Manchester city will be clearly won by City as they are occupying a strong position. But to win the championship I think Arsenal are more willing or more favourite for this trophy this time. Because their performance was too good throughout the season and they managed their position which is really good for their status and position. Arsenal are the big and real title contenders this time but Manchester city is also not so far as the things may have changed in the end.

[Baki202]

Man City are actually still better than they were last season , it's just that their performance hasn't been that great lately, where they have suffered consecutive defeats in matches they could  have won (at least they could have gotten points against Bodoe/Glimt). Lucky for them, this time they will only be playing against Wolves, and  this should be an opportunity for Man City to regain their confidence, because Wolves have performed poorly this season and in this match, Man City has the advantage of playing at home. So this should be an easy win for Man City, and I see no reason for Man City to lose again.

And I don't even see any difference between Manchester City last season and this season because it's not as if they won anything, so how are they better? They need to do better because we don't even know where we are, but since they were able to win their game against wolves and sometimes Manchester City is my club, but sometimes, and before the first half, we already scored the 2 goals, and then they stopped Wolves from winning the game.

And from the look of things, we need to do better, because this is not the kind of reputation that Manchester City have been keeping, and we need to make a difference at least next season. I'm not even putting my hopes in the city this time around because Manchester City will do better, because it looks like Arsenal have hijacked this season already.