Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 497. (Read 788155 times)

 I had the distinct feeling that Man UTD will hold Aston Villa to a draw. It's like a pattern; whenever Erik's future gets threatened as coach of the club and the management gives him ultimatums, you'd find him picking up and righting his wrongs because on a normal day, Man UTD weren't supposed to hold Aston Villa down being as they haven't been performing greatly.
 Check the two games he was given to deliver else he'd be sacked and you'd notice he gave them something to relax a bit about. Yes, it's not three points but at least it's better than a loss on the road and being that their away form haven't been impressive of late, getting a point from a club that has enough confidence and ball control is something to be happy over.

You don't need to be disappointed at their performance in the first half because they were able to make a welcome back in the second half y scoring three goals within 18 minutes to take the lead and win finally win the match. It will be a big shock and disappointment to Tottenham who was leading in the first half with two goals.

Brighton is indeed a team that can be promising with the way they took over the second half and dominated the match amazed me. Tottenham was unable to equalize the goal despite several attempts before the end of the match putting Tottenham two points below Brighton on the table.

Brighton is not weak as they shown their ability in latest seasons but beating Tottenham is very good results for them because Tottenham actually is at a little bit higher level and has better quality than Brighton. With this win, Brighton harms the position of Tottenham and their race to top four, and directly passes through Tottenham in the Premier League table, with 2 points more than Tottenham after this match.

The draw of Manchester United is helpful for Ten Hag and it reduces risk of sack on this coach. 1 point is better than a defeat that will bring bigger risk on Ten Hag's coach position in the club. The coach lets his players played very carefully with aim to control the midfield as best as possible. In fact Manchester United and Aston Villa created some chances to finalize this match with 3 points but they did not convert any chances to goal.

The draw of Chelsea is bad for them, a good result streak stops and they fall a little farther behind top three clubs including Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal.

These results are better than losses but I agree that their fans actually want more. They are not familiar with positions in middle of table, even under a first half of the league table. From top four, top six competition to under the half of table, it's very dramatic fall that is not easy to adapt.

They are not better, but actually worse in quality and I feel that discipline in their club becomes worse too. A hub of broken discipline is Bruno, their captain, and it's not right to say all bad things are because of Bruno. The player is given so much expectation and pressure that he fails to carry and consequently, he reacted wrongly individually, but the whole team seems to be broken too.

He spent a lot of money and players came to the club with his transfer request to the club for transfer budget. If most of bought players in his era, don't play well and fail to contribute considerably for the club, Ten Hag can not blame these things on these players or other staffs in this club. He is mainly responsible for these failed transfers, not the others.

The Aston Villa vs Man United match was very fierce. Both teams displayed equally good defense and attack. I think Ten Hag's team is really trying not to lose again. And they managed to share points with Aston Villa which I think is a pretty good result rather than losing.

But I was quite surprised by Chelsea being held to a draw by Nottingham and then I was even more surprised by Brighton who managed to beat Tottenham.

I am never surprised by the results of Manchester United's matches. I have no expectations from this team. And I don't bet on any Manchester United match. The overall condition of this team is dire right now. Still I don't understand how Ten Hag is so proud of his squad. I'd say Ten Hag's is less of a shame. He should resign. He turned the Manchester United team into rubbish. Manchester United's performance is getting worse day by day. Still, Ten Hag tells us to wait until the end of the season. But I don't believe we will see any improvement in Manchester United's performance at the end of the season.

Despite leading 2-0 against Porto, Manchester United could not win the match. United's players could not score any goals against Aston Villa. Manchester United lost 3-0 against Tottenham. I am very upset with this team. I'm especially tired of seeing Ten Hag's bad match tactics.

The match is over and Brighton beat Tottenham, actually not too surprised because Brighton is not a weak team both teams are at the same level but Brighton has the advantage as a home team, this is not about luck but Brighton does have abilities and mentality so they can make a comeback in the second half. with an additional 3 points now Brighton rises to 6th position after going through 4 bad results without a victory.

3 matches today in the Premier League are very disappointing Aston Villa and Manchester United only drew without a goal also the match between Chelsea and Nottingham ended in a draw, no one thinks Chelsea will have difficulty in this match because Chelsea games are impressive in the last 3-4 matches and put them in top 4 but yeah this is Chelsea Team that has not been able to play consistently.

Man United is no better than last season so far, and I think they have not improved even though they have made many changes. It was quite clear that Ten Hag seemed very desperate, and he tried to return to play last season's squad as a starter (except Mazraoui because Man United no longer has options at full-back). It's like a sign that the new players haven't been able to meet his expectations. Whereas, he should have also thought about the possibility that it wasn't the new players who were the cause, but rather his strategy that wasn't working or he was actually the cause as he was simply incompetent.

Yea, me too. I never expected this match to end in a goalless draw. Even if I thought it would be a draw, I predicted a 2-2 or 1-1 draw. There games usually have goals in it, and what made me more confident about that prediction was the fact that Aston Villa are in a good form. I expected them to win since they were at home. I never thought the game will end in a goalless draw.

Manchester United are in more trouble than they care to admit. It's not looking good for them at all. They've not been able to win any decent team this season. For United to win any team, that team has to be a total disaster. Fulham was the only reasonable team they've managed to win this season on the opening game week and they were lucky to get all 3 points in that game. They really need to improve because it's not looking good at all.


He's a mediocre manager. A top manager should see a 0-0 draw as a positive result. In his post match interview he said they kept a clean sheet. Can you imagine that? What's the point in keeping a clean sheet if you do not win the game? Isn't it better to concede an get all 3 points? That kind of mentality is not the kind of mentality a team like United should have. That's really poor.
Like I always say, Manchester United may not have world class players, but they have a team that shouldn't be struggling in every game they play.

Honestly I'm disappointed at the Brighton side for what I saw them play today, reason why I'm not pleased with them is because of the way they played against Chelsea, why didn't they bring all these energy against the Blues when it matters? Today's game was good but when you start slacking behind you tend to give the other teams opportunity to run through you and the poor display against Chelsea made me believe that Tottenham can as well get a win against them (Brighton) but seeing them coming from behind is outstanding I must say, they did well but they're not consistent and I don't think they can go far this season like finishing at a very comfortable position on the table.
Tottenham Hotspur still haven't changed a bit, leading a game and ending up losing it after a 0-2 lead, is too poor and I wonder if this was the same team that ran over Manchester United like a speeding bus. This is another sign to show that every team that have been struggling to be at the top knows where they belong. Spurs are gradually going off the top 6, with this performance I don't even know if they can fight for the top 4 just as every other clubs are doing.

This is the worst performance Manchester United have ever had, they keep going down down the table yet the coach is not remorseful. He is still boasting with the facts that Manchester United has clean sheets and some other qualities he's bragging about when other clubs are boasting of more wins and being at the top of the table. We need more than just clean sheets. I do not think the players and even the coach are motivated enough to put in their best performances and strategy. It is really disappointing watching Manchester United these days playing with zero motivation. Wherever the problem is coming from, I just hope they fix it.

Your opinion coincides with the bookmakers' opinion, before this round they rated Arsenal as the favorite (approximately 2.24), City as the underdog (approximately 3.0) and Liverpool was over 5.0. I can say that I disagree with Liverpool's rating and think it should be higher as they are the leaders. As for City not being favourites, it's too good to be true.

Nothing new about Manchester United performance since years and it doesn't seem to get better any soon. Ten Hag tried his best and failed so far especially in English Premier League. I don't know if a potential change in the management could help getting better results either..
This round wasn't good for many teams and not only Manchester United. Even Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle weren't successful.

And yet again we saw how Manchester United played like the weaker team. I don't know who is in charge of affairs at the Manchester United board but he isn't doing a good job. The team is suffering too much and it's now affecting the reputation of the club. Manchester United played this game against Aston Villa as the lower team, yes they maybe lower on form than Aston Villa now but the have a bigger reputation than villa and that should atleast motivate them to playing better.

Back to back draw isn't a result Manchester United fans want to see. I saw a poll about the coach staying or leaving and a high majority went for him to be sacked. I think Manchester United should respect the choice of the man and move on without him.

What a football weekend! Very interesting matches played today expecially the match between Chelsea and Nottingham Forest that surprised many pundits that thought it would be an easy ride for the Blues. Today just got to show that Nottingham Forest winning Liverpool was not a mistake but but well deserved. Going forward, every team will be careful of Nottingham Forest at away.

Brighton against Tottenham is also another surprising matching as Brighton came from 1-2 at half time to make it 3-2 lead. It was indeed a display of beautiful football today.

For how long will the Manchester United board pardon Ten Hag? Assuming Ten Hag gets pardoned this time around, what about other matches to come? Will he deliver by making Manchester United win their upcoming matches? That's the question to ask. Remember, there are several matches in the pipeline for Manchester United to play before the end of the season. Will it be nice if Manchester United draws and loses many of their games before it becomes obvious that Ten Hag should be sacked, to save Manchester United from further match disgrace. However, Manchester needs a savior as a coach to change the team formation by benching players like Rashford, and Bruno Fernándes that are having poor performance in the field of play

Actually, I thought that Aston Villa would win against Man united
But, well, it's draw.
it's okay. It's good for Man United.

Yes, unfortunately this time they failed to win against Nottingham Forest and only ended in a 1-1 draw.
Anyway regarding Chelsea, currently it seems that Cole Palmer is increasingly being discussed.


Source: Cole Palmer in the Premier League this season

I was surprised to see the host Brighton against Tottenham, because in the second half they were able to turn things around after being 0-2 behind Tottenham in the first half. In the second half Brighton immediately stepped on the gas to attack because in the first half they were already 0-2 behind and finally they were able to score 3 goals in the 48th, 58th and 66th minutes. There are still 15 minutes left in normal time, whether Brighton is able to maintain their victory or still have the opportunity to score a 4th goal and whether Tottenham is able to equalize the score because in 15 minutes anything can still happen.

About Chelsea's draw I think it was a surprising result, because I was sure Chelsea would be able to win and also continue their good trend with their winning streak. But yes, who would have thought that Nottingham also played well in this match, so Chelsea also in fact conceded first and then Chelsea managed to make a return goal and make the draw score last until the end of the match. I thought, playing at home will make Chelsea able to secure three points, but my prediction was wrong and made my bet also lost.

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About the Aston Villa v Manchester United draw, at least I really hope this match has many goals or at least 2-1 for the final result either for Aston Villa or Manchester United. But the truth is, in this match Manchester United also had better shots on target than Aston Villa. And with results like that, then Aston Villa again showed that Aston Villa has a good defense.

Though that's definitely not the result that Manchester United fans would want at this moment but we have to accept the fact that Aston Villa have easily been the better team in the English Premier League this season so getting a draw against them at the Villa Park is a very impressive result for a struggling Manchester United. My prediction about the game was that the Red Devils will lose so to me, it's fair to pick a point from the game.

Chelsea's failure to pick all three points against Nottingham Forest at the Stamford Bridge I think was surprising. The Blues who have scored 8 goals in their last two games in all competitions couldn't score more than 1 goal against Nottingham Forest. The result I think will affect their quest to climb the submit of the EPL table

Indeed Man United is always monotonous in terms of creativity in building attacks and for some reason Erik Ten Hag always considers a draw as something extraordinary. Maybe he doesn't see what Man United's position is in the current standings. There is no change for the better, minimal goals and just playing without a clear vision, so a draw against Aston Villa is not enough. Man United needs a win and that win is difficult for Ten Hag to get to guarantee his fate as a coach.