Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 2060. (Read 789710 times)

Chelsea won but it wasn't a fantastic win they could boost off for me. How can they lead by 3 goals and allow Luton to score 2 goals against them between the stoppage time of 10 minutes?
Chelsea not being able to comfortably secure a victory against their opponent without them conceding goals is the major problem I find in the Chelsea team that Pochettino needs to resolve. If more time had been given, the match between Luton and Chelsea would have ended in draw.

Chelsea were lucky to win and didn’t show any resilience, they played woefully in the second half and almost bottled a 3 goal lead. It is a poor performance in my opinion and I wouldn’t say they end the year in great form, they need to step up their game because i think their performance is depreciating with time because few months back this is not how Chelsea played, even while losing they are more in control and are well coordinated but that’s not the case now.

The match was super interesting and both fans enjoyed it, Luton gave it their all and tried to fight their way back but in the end they couldn’t. Despite losing at home they need to be applauded for a wonderful performance despite going 3 goals down. It’s their mentality for me, “It’s not over until it’s over”.

manchester city will be going up again even with the secondary squad caused by some players were injured. Alvarez is still showing if he can be considered as a worthy striker for the club too. His performance is just very amazing to see that. There is no doubt that people are beginning to praise his performance, especially since he has been ordered to replace Haaland, who will be missing some matches due to an injury. Im very happy to see that alvarez is showing he is truly a world class striker. Pep seldom deployed him in the striker position, yet he consistently demonstrates outstanding performance. Arsenal was missing so numerous chances and gunner has been trying so hard to equalize the game or at least get another point but it keeps failed. Arteta needs to evaluate the performance of its club.
The main weakness of arsenal was a defensive strategy. It puts arsenal to gamble that involved very high risk caused by the club potentially received direct counter attack from its opponent.

If Luton Town played defensively, maybe it would not have been so easy for Chelsea to score. Luton Town were very confident in their home match. And the Luton Town team played completely attacking strategy in this match. They made a lot of attacks in this match. I would say they attack more than Chelsea. This is why Luton's defense was a little weak. Chelsea players have used this opportunity very well. They managed some brilliant counter-attacks and Chelsea went 3-0 up in the 80th minute. However, Chelsea conceded two goals in the last 10 minutes and the match ended 3-2. I would say Chelsea coach should strengthen their defense. Otherwise, Chelsea will not be able to win against the big teams.

Manchester City are still trying to find a way to get a big win in this match, after Rodri scored a goal in the 14th minute, they needed 47 minutes to double their lead to 2-0. Actually, this match was very easy for Manchester City, Guardiola didn't want to take the risk by immediately playing De Bruyne who has just recovered from injury.
Guardiola has included his name in the Manchester City squad, his presence is good news for fans because one of the key players can play again. Maybe De Bruyne will be played towards the last game or not at all, it all depends on Guardiola because he knows what is best for his team.

Manchester city is definitely going to win Sheffield without stress and I can tell from their performance so far that Sheffield may end up without a goal by the end of this match as Manchester city continually dominates the whole game keeping Sheffield at their 18 yard box and having only but a few chances to get to the midfield.

Sheffield is playing a very defensive tactics withe hopes of possible break outs on a counter attack to getting a goal but then Manchester city is already two goals ahead so I doubt if they will be able to get up to two opportunities of counter attack to getting an equalizer because I don't see them attempting to win this game , Sheffield almost had an early goal but the Manchester city keeper was smart enough to hold the ball outside the touch line, anyways I wasn't expecting any less from Manchester city against a club as this which can be considered weak.

I know that maybe Chelsea won't win easily against Luton even though the club is weak at the bottom of the points table but that doesn't mean it can be underestimated because Luton defense is actually very strong, it's just that the club doesn't have high consistency and I think the club is from the bottom of the points table. like this can give us all a surprise and for me there are only 2 choices in this match, either Chelsea win or draw.
What I know that Luton can always be very strong when playing at home, as you said, Luton is always more aggressive when playing at home, while chelsea always has a decline in performance when playing away because the club still in an unstable condition.

I posted it earlier that Chelsea would have to play well to win at Luton Town stadium and lucky to scrape a win after leading with three goals unfortunately conceded two quick goals against a struggling and relegation battling team that show how inconsistent Chelsea is , kudos to Luton Town for fighting back though the lost the match, however if they can continue with this type of play and up their game they would surely survive relegation, in the other match Man City had scored their second goal by Alvarez against a stubborn Sheffield United side while Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Wolves are currently leading their opponents.

Manchester City proved their ability in this match. Manchester City players showing excellent dominance. At 65 minutes, Manchester City is leading 2-0. The interesting thing is that Manchester City has 83% ball possession in this match. Manchester City's players are not allowing Sheffield United's players to create any opportunities to attack. Even so, Sheffield United players managed to make 3 shots. Even with 2 shots on target, they were not able to score.

Rodri Hernandez scored the first goal of the match. Rodri gave Manchester City the lead in the 16th minute of the match. Alvarez's goal in the 61st minute of the second half gave City a 2-0 lead. Apart from Haaland and De Bruyne, Manchester City are playing well today.

I think Man City needs to score the second goal quickly because even though they completely dominated the game, they seemed to have difficulty creating good opportunities. If Man City can score the second goal, I think it will be an easy win for them because Sheffield United will have to catch up so most likely they will loosen up their defense.

Chelsea ended 2023 and started the second half of the season by winning over Luton Town. Pochettino squad actually had the chance to achieve a landslide 3-0 victory if they didn't concede in the last 10 minutes of normal time. However, the additional 3 points are very meaningful for them, even though Pochettino fleet is still stuck in 10th place in the standings with 28 points. The hope of fans in the future is of course that Chelsea can appear consistent, and can finish in a better place than last season.

Another ongoing match is Manchester City versus Sheffield United, currently the score is still 1-0 in favor of Pep Guardiola squad. I predict City can secure full points and overtake Arsenal temporarily, because Arteta squad will play their match against Fulham tomorrow. Meanwhile, the match between Aston Villa versus Burnley is currently running with a score of 2-1 in favor of Unai Emery squad.

Even if Chelsea won this match, they could not dominate the match. At the same time, the weakness of Chelsea's defense was very well realized. Luton Town's players were confident and created plenty of attacking opportunities. If Chelsea's players were able to dominate the match, Luton Town would not have been able to attack so much. However, Chelsea managed to get 3 points in the end which is good news for Chelsea fans. However, Chelsea's performance needs to improve. If such a performance, the Chelsea team will not be able to place in the top 6 of the points table.

Yes, it's true that Guardiola should try to play KDB just to warm up in the second half, at least play to see whether by playing KDB there is a change in Manchester City's game which seemed to have played badly in the previous few matches. If there is a change in the game it should be a correction, that's true. Manchester City really needs KDB in the main squad because without him they don't play as well as last season.

I'm still watching this match even though it has won 1 - 0 but there is still a chance for Sheff Utd to retaliate because Manchester City often concedes goals to weak clubs. That's why Guardiola must pay attention to Manchester City's defensive side which sometimes often creates gaps for opponents. score a goal. I hope the full three points can be obtained today.

Sure Luton would have excellently won this game should they had started with the pressure and energy they had within the last 10 minutes of the match but they were awoken at a late timing when the ship was already setting sail. They just have to learn from this and make sure to always start with all they have in their strength and take the bull by the horns early in other games as time will never wait for any team in the game.


If Pep Gardiola decides to field him Kevin De Bruyne in this game against Sheffield united then he must have full assurance in the fitness of De Bruyne, Gardiola is one fine coach in the EPL that I trust has good judgement as it concerns his team/players. Moreso, City have lost quite a few important matches dropping points behind and now Haaland is absence at least Debruyne presence in the team after this months of absence due to injury can boost the team's moral in this games and more to come.

The match ended and 3 points were again won by Chelsea in this match.
But even though this result is quite good and 3 points they can win back but I think in this case there are some thing  that Chelsea need to pay attention to in this case because if time is still long then it could be a result that is not too good for them after winning 3 goals and the fact of Luton's 2 goals in this crucial time is still a special concern that should be from Chelsea because they are still not that good especially in maintaining  the score that has been obtained.

But indeed with the 3 points that occurred in this match of course it was very good for them because there were at least 2 consecutive matches that they could get with a win but of course the results of this victory are not to be proud of because sometimes after they win, they always have problems in other matches.
Even so the end before the holiday closed with a victory of course this is something very good.

Right, in this match Chelsea was able to take the lead in the first half with a score of 0-2. Cole Palmer even scored two goals in this match. he scored in the 12th minute and in the 70th minute. however, in the 80th minute and 87th minute, Luton was able to reduce their defeat and in the end the match ended with a score of 2-3. as I predicted at the start, Luton will definitely be able to score goals in this match. unfortunately, the home team was unable to make this match end in a draw. my previous guess was that this match had the potential to end in a draw. however, Chelsea finally got full points in this match. fortunately, the option I chose was a handicap with +1.25. even though you don't get a full win, this option is better than other bets. unfortunately, Luton was unable to equalize. referring to match statistics, in the first half Chelsea dominated the game, two goals came from Palmer and Noni. entering the second half, Luton turned to dominate the game. very natural, because they had fallen behind with a score of 0-3. in the end, Luton was able to reduce the goal difference even though they still lost this match.

In the other match, Aston Villa vs Burnley, temporary position with score 2-1. the first round is over. my previous estimate was Over 3 goals for the battle between these two teams.
As for City, Pep Guardiola's squad was temporarily leading 1-0, Rodri scored a goal in the 14th minute. in the second half, Pep will definitely maximize his squad, perhaps by rotating or changing his strategy. I'm pretty sure that City will score at least 1 more goal against Burnley, we'll see in the second half.

Luton almost get it back from Chelsea today. Imagine both playing 2-3 after Chelsea already leading with 3 goals. I wonder what Chelsea defenders were looking for Luton to have scored this two goals within the shortest time.


I know the match will be an easy win for Man City but I'm expecting more goal even at first half of the game. I know Man City will definitely score more in this game.

Arsenal’s defeat to West Ham is one which was not expected but happy for Arteta because it came in at the right time where the team will be able to make some changes and try to learn from their errors. Now there’s an Aston Villa who yes lost to Man United but are still lurking around the Top 4 spot. Aston Villa for their final match of the year will be playing at Home to Burnley; this fixture could be seen as an easy one at the Villa Park but Burnley could pull some surprises on their final match for 2023 so for safe bet I think double chancing on Aston Villa will be better.

 Arsenal will be away at the Craven Cottage, the stadium for fellow Londoners; this will be a fixture for Arteta and his boys to prove they can bounce back quickly from a defeat and continue their chase and I feel it’s so but for safe bet, I think we bet on the match having 2 goals and above. Liverpool will have a difficult fixture to maintain top spot and that’s against Newcastle, yes they’ve been bad but I think they’ll be a tough nut for Liverpool to crack though I feel Liverpool will come out victorious.The race for the league seems same as the race for the Top 4 spot because these are currently the most consistent teams in the league.

Losing points in the last match against Manchester United was very painful, especially now that Aston villa  on the path to winning the championship, the defeat in the last match seems to be an evaluation for Unai Emery to improve his team in the next match, today Aston Villa faces Burnley who are not a strong team in the league and even Burnley who are in the relegation zone should be an easy opponent for Aston Villa, when I wrote this post, the score 1-1 is still a temporary score for both teams but I think this score will not last long considering Aston Villa quite dominating the current match, but even so, Aston Villa must be wary of the rise of Burnley who are currently struggling to get out of the relegation zone.

Chelsea won with narrow points and they're still 10th position on the table. The interests and significant odds are build on City ground because they're definitely not going to struggle and obtaining three points become very important for them. The match already becoming pressuring from City towards the visitors. Sheffield United losing and having zero ball possession against an elite side doesn't make any sense to me, they're suppose to be in a position of fighting and trying harder to win matches. The match kickoff and it's 1-0 with lead coming from Manchester City.