Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 1254. (Read 774925 times)

The only strange thing is that City could not do the same with Liverpool and Arsenal, and could not score a single goal. In the match with Arsenal, it was clear how an organized defense can ruin Guardiola’s plans, but I think they are no strangers to such games, most teams are simply trying to defend against City, by the way, even though Arteta’s strategy worked, I didn’t like Arsenal’s game at all.

The game with Crystal Peles has already started, and Crystal Peles opens the scoring in the first minutes, this is unexpected and now City will have to win back, let's see how quickly they can do it. Now, by the way, Krista Peles may well play from defense on counterattacks.

I see this as Ten Hag mistake in making substitutions which made the team's performance even worse after he made several changes.
In the last few matches, even since the start of the season, the Manchester United team has not shown consistent performance even in one full match, their game seems to lack the rhythm and tactics of a coach who is capable of executing it well.

The defeat against Chelsea was very painful for Manchester United and it is also very likely that it will further worsen their performance in the future due to the team's mentality and self-confidence.

I haven't seen any statistics regarding this, so I'm not sure if that's actually true that smaller clubs tend to perform better towards the end of the season, but this makes some sense.
The logic would be that at the beginning of the season, smaller clubs would play much more carefully and defensively, being primarily focused on not losing games. But at the end of the season, if such teams are placed safely above the relegation zone, they can allow themselves to play more relaxed football, have more fun out of it, and take more risks by playing more offensively, which can often pay out with surprise wins over bigger clubs.
Having a lot at stake, be it fighting for the league title or to avoid relegation could be very motivating, but could also be very stressful and harm team's performance.

 I like that you used the word "if" which is a really strong word in this context because like you pointed out earlier, City are hungry for goals and would be looking to do to another club that which they did to Aston Villa and you'd agree with me that in terms of strength, Unai Emery's Aston are tougher than Crystal but they still got that thrashing and you think Crystal Palace will survive it? Home or away, it makes no difference. The only thing that might occur is that we might see Palace making it difficult for City to score but that won't mean they won't. Haaland hasn't scored in three games now if I'm not mistaken and will be itching to do so, and coupled with the fact that they drew their last match, Pep will be looking to take his pound of flesh, don't you think?

I don't know what to say when I see the final result of this match both teams play aggressively and make comeback with each other until finally Chelsea was the luckiest for scoring 2 goals in the last minutes obviously no one thinks that Chelsea will do it so we can call it luck. This defeat certainly hinders Manchester United to hunt for the 5th place and now Manchester United 9 points behind Tottenham. Both teams have played as much as possible but weaknesses in the defense are inevitable also luck is in favor of one of them, this is one of the most interesting matches in the Premier League this season.

What I thought about Man United in that match was that they were careless in the last minutes. They lowered their rhythm and created several gaps in the defense. And talking about Man United's defense line, we can understand that since the start of the season they have had problems with this. It's just that sometimes their defense line gets stronger and sometimes it weakens again. This is nothing new at Man United and Ten hag has not been able to overcome this problem since the start of this season. Man United sometimes they make good plays at the start of the match and start to let their guard down when they think they are going to win. And maybe this is a matter of their mentality or maybe it is a matter of calmness as you said. The point is that Man United always seems unprepared for pressure. In fact, they also played very badly in the UCL, which is proof that their mentality does not seem ready for greater pressure.

This part of the season is just that period when we see the bigger boys struggle to beat the smaller clubs and this is their (smaller clubs) period of being stronger than they were in the first half of the season.
Crystal Palace will be hosting Man City in today's early kick off, I believe that in as much as Palace are not in a good form I think they can get something out of this encounter but mind you that the Citizens are having this hunger for goals and getting their spot at the top of the table because they know they're running out of time with Liverpool sitting at the top followed by Arsenal at 2nd position.
In this game I feel it might end in a draw or City have to lose this game to the host, Palace might be deadly just to cover up for their last game that they lost shamefully, I'd say is a 2-1 win for Palace if they're lucky enough.

As for the missed opportunities for Manchester United, this only concerns their poor defensive performance. The attack periodically shows a very good game, but it is worth almost nothing when the team is unable to maintain a winning result. I understand that there are circumstances that are difficult to influence when the referee gives a penalty at the end of the match, but after that, to concede again is simply a lack of proper experience among the players.

Man United were extremely lucky to have earned a point against Brantford.
Brantford were a much better team that day, they had 31 shots on goal against United's 11. They were a bit out of luck there though, with 2 shots hitting the cross-bar and one hitting the post. It should've been at least 3-1 win for Brentford.
That game exposed all types of United's weaknesses, especially lack of attacking power. I think that both, players and fans accepted that this season is a wasted one for United. I don't expect United's owners to give Ten Hag another chance next season. He's almost certainly on his way out unless a miracle happens and he manages to win all the remaining games.

I think this is a problem that Man United must address immediately. In the previous match when Man United played against Brentford, they also make the same mistakes. Victory was in sight, but they were careless and gave Brentford the opportunity to equalize. And this happened again when they played against Chelsea. I think Man United really have problems with their composure. I think Ten Hag also made a mistake, playing Rashford and McTominay was very ineffective, it even made Man United lose their rhythm.

In this match it is clear that Manchester City will still win because Crystal Palace is not tough opponent, it is indeed an away match for Manchester City but that will not affect anything for Manchester City victory.
Crystal Palace experienced lot of bad results with defeats in their previous home matches and today Manchester City will be the team that makes Crystal Palace lose in their home match.
Manchester City is guaranteed to have full points so they can still catch up on points from Arsenal and Liverpool, the difference is not too far and there is chance for Manchester City to achieve it.

In Liverpool away match against Manchester United, it is actually clear that Liverpool remains the favorite but it does not rule out the possibility that Manchester United will be able to cause surprise.
It just that looking at how Manchester United have competed in the last few matches shows that they will still have difficulty against Liverpool even though it is home match, previously they lost to Chelsea because of mistakes they made.
This is an interesting match because it is difficult to determine or predict from the start before being able to see how the match starts.

Chelsea scoring a goal against Manchester United in the 90+10 minute is okay, but Manchester United conceding another goal from Chelsea in the 90+11 minute is something that Manchester United's defense needs to be questioned about. Manchester United lost to Chelsea because of defensive errors, not the tactics used by Erik Ten Hag.

I think it will not be difficult for Man City and Arsenal to get a win in the next match. Crystal Palace and Brighton may not be easy opponents for Man City and Arsenal, but with the motivation to win the title, I think both of them will definitely be able to get rid of that obstacle. What actually faces a difficult path is Liverpool. Their opponents had just lost to Chelsea and their performance is very inconsistent. But, Liverpool still cannot take Man United lightly because Man United often plays well when playing against big teams, and they could make a surprise in this match, moreover, Man United will play at home.

Crystal Palace managed to surprise Manchester City in the first game of the season by holding Manchester City 2-2 draw, and maybe they will be able to surprise Manchester City again in the next game, Arsenal vs Brighton I think it will not be an easy game because after all Brighton this season is performing quite well and has a good performance so far,  While Chelsea against Shefield it will obviously be an easy game for chelsea if they can maintain the game like they did against Manchester United yesterday, but if Chelsea return to their poor form of course against Sheffield United may potentially repeat the poor result Chelsea got against Burnley.

For the Liverpool vs Manchester United match, of course, it will be very decisive for both teams including Liverpool who really cannot to lose the match to maintain their championship chances this season, while Manchester United who failed to defend the victory against Chelsea yesterday certainly has a mission to rise and also take revenge in the match, besides indeed winning 3 points will still keep their chances of staying close to Tottenham.
Newcastle vs fulham, to be honest if the game will be a fierce match, although Newcastle is currently hit by injuries but I think they still deserve to be favored over fulham in the game later, especially so far Newcastle has a good record over Fulham.

Of course, the attackers and midfielders felt a lot of disappointment who had fought very hard to get a bigger score, but it was the defenders who were disappointed and in yesterday's match there was no one to blame except ETH who currently has the responsibility to organize the players into better, but apparently ETH failed to give Manchester United a victory and even a very embarrassing defeat.
Chelsea felt very proud of being able to beat Manchester United by taking advantage of a very good situation when MU's defense was starting to become fragile and easy to break down.
As a neutral fan, seeing MU's defeat yesterday really made me feel very sad and embarrassed.

Aston Villa just suffered a heavy defeat, 1-4, on the field of defending champion Man City. Although that result did not affect Aston Villa's position on the rankings, it put coach Unai Emery and his team under great pressure. Currently, they are only 2 points ahead of the 5th ranked team, Tottenham, while playing 1 more match than Tottenham. If Aston Villa continues to lose points in the match against Brentford, the risk of them being knocked out of the Top 4 is very high. There was a time when Aston Villa was considered a dark horse in the Premier League championship race. However, now this team aims to protect its position in the top 4. Aston Villa really needs to try because if Tottenham wins the replay, Aston Villa will be pushed to 5th place. Aston Villa's position is shaking violently, and they must win at all costs in the match against Brentford.

I am quite sure that Aston Villa will win this match because Brentford is very bad in away matches, but still Aston Villa cannot be careless in this match considering that Brentford's game which is quite aggressive without tight guarding is very likely to break through Aston Villa's defense.
There is no other choice for Aston Villa but to win the match because the difference in points with Tottenham is only two, but their rivals have a postponed match against Chelsea so there is no room for Aston Villa to make mistakes if they want to be in the top four at the end of the season.

And Tottenham will face a relatively easier match against Nottingham Forest by winning three points, Tottenham will continue to maintain the opportunity to overtake Aston Villa place, because for Ange Postecoglou, being able to bring this team to play in the Champions League in his first season as Tottenham coach is an extraordinary achievement considering that he is not the coach is wellknown or has experience with big clubs so at that time it was quite doubtful.

Probably yes for arsenal but not for chelsea. Chelsea won against united but it 's got draw against burnley with 10 players. This club's performance is still up and down drastically. Im not even interesting to take bet on chelsea this week.
You meant united on FA cup, right? This can be a revenge for liverpool or another matches that will push liverpool to miss three points. I can't really guess the result from this match. I tried to save myself from betting on double chance liverpool or united.
Newcastle may be winning this since it was never lose against fulham this season. Fulham may be trying to own the ball possessions and newcastle play lowblock.

The upcoming match, I think both Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal will win easily.

For Manchester United vs Liveprool, this will be interesting because Manchester United was able to beat Liverpool in the previous match, so I feel there's kind of uncertainty to Liverpool. But I'm sure Liverpool has better form to Manchester United in the upcoming match because Manchester United still haunted with their previous lose.

For bettors, take a look with the match Newcastle vs Fulham, Newcastle is currently have so many players injured and the match will held in Craven Cottage, so this should be Fulham's game.

You're right on your observations on the big three but I'm more interested in Man City's game. It's an early kick off to start with and clubs have often found it hard to be their best in early kick offs. Man City are clear faves to win but then again I won't put it past Palace to want to prepare a surprise package for Pep and his men. The last time these two met, they drew 2-2 all thanks to a late penalty from Micheal Oliseh at the Etihad and the last time the Eagles won the Citizens was in the 2020/21 campaign. 2-0 the game ended in favor of Crystal Palace.
 One thing I'd advise them if they hope to get a shot at City is that they should try not to be too defensive; which they aren't good at to start with, but rather come out, match City toe for toe as that has proven to confuse and disorganize things for Pep's men.