Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL) - page 43. (Read 1199172 times)

Leicester to reclaim its 3rd position and Man United to jump in front of Chelsea or both if Leicester failed to win. Nice fight over there for CL really!
Many goals these days BTW, Wolves 3 - 0 Everton!

Yeah Kepa is not worth the price of his transfer. He is so immature and not a high skilled goalkeeper, especially after that Manager Kepa's incident. Should have loaned him to other club like Courtois. But beside him, I also feel Jorginho doesn't fit with Lampard's strategy. He almost led the Sheffield scored 4th goal in the match. Since the league restart, everything went right when he didn't play, the midfield area looked solid enough with Kante - Barkley/Kovacic - Mount. I wasn't surprised when Lampard chose Gilmour over him after Kante's injury when played Crystal Palace previously. Now Gilmour also gets injured, so I think the disaster on Chelsea's side isn't done yet.

And also one thing that caught my attention, it's about Giroud. In Premier League so far, he only played in starting line-up 9 times includes when played Man City, but Chelsea won 7 games of them. Maybe he is not a best scorer, but when he playing, his teammates have more space to dribble and shoot. This was also one of the reasons why France could won World Cup with his zero goal during the tournament lol. Imo, currently he is better than Tammy who often wasted chances and played bit selfish. In yesterday game, Tammy had 5 shots (most in the match) which only 1 on goal shot, while in the game agains Palace, Willian had the most with 3 shots, and Giroud made 2 with 1 goal. Using young squad is indeed important for sustainability purpose, but it should be balanced with experience players.

I have to admit that too, Sheffield United's game was extraordinary. And with Chelsea's defeat, it opens up opportunities for Leicester and Manchester United to be able to take advantage of this situation. Because it is one of the opportunities to enter the UCL zone.

That's what i mean , the odds is against us now.

Lampard knew about that and he probably wondering all day after that match .. regretting what he have done , well that's an expensive lesson.

As we might know that lampard has very limited experience, we should have expected this since the beginning but well 5th place isn't that bad tho for a rookie manager.

Sheffield United have indeed played very well to be able to beat Chelsea with the scoreline of 3-0, both Arsenal and Tottenham are in need of points in order to have a chance to qualify for the Uefa Europa League, I think there is a high chance for the match between Arsenal and Tottenham to end up with a draw.

TBH situation is very tricky for Chelsea and as they play last night now I sure they are going to lost position from top 4 as Leicester and Manchester Unites both have some good edge for Chelsea next match against Norwich then Liverpool away and then Wolves losing one match mean 66 points on other side for Manchester United Southampton, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Leicester mean they have 3 easy matches 67 points if they lost against Leicester and last team is Leicester Bournemouth Sheiff United Tottenham and Manchester United if they are winning 3 matches then surely going to 68 points which is also safe heaven for them.

That was a fuck show , i can't stand watching them playing like a shit , like there's no motivation.

Kepa must be blamed all the way, whether we have to see the most expensive goalkeeper benched and become 2nd choice GK while waiting he grow up and get some skills to become a real world class goalkeeper or we have to completely ignore the fact that that kepa transfer is the worst and let him go on cheaper and get a new GK , that's a clear problem in chelsea , an awful goalkeeper.

Now we are in a threat to get dropped to 5th position with Manchester united and Leicester city will play their games. That was a real mess especially with the new kit sponsor , everything seems going on 3.
Whether we lost 3 or conceded by 3.

it would be much easier for LFC, if they won match with Burnley, Arsenal and Chelsea are much tougher opponents, and LFC does not seem to be in best form themselves either, so do not expect from them to reach 100 points
Chelsea on the other hand could lose their top four teams position tomorrow, with Leicester and Manchester United wins, but one should bear in mind that this schedule is really tough, playing match after match every few days, after long break, where the trainings were not regular, and as well, keeping in mind that football players are only people after all, and some of them could be more scared by corona then others

bottom line - do not expect from LFC to reach 100 points

It's only just Southampton, but it's a big test for Manchester United, prolly one of the biggest for them since the epl restarted, the Saints have been winning games and Danny Ings has been scoring lots of goals as well (19 in the epl) United have also been doing the same with their star man Bruno, flying high. If man u can win, then could prolly have the edge and momentum to finish above Chelsea and Leicester.
They need seven points from their remaining three matches to get the century points, that's about two wins and a draw; i think Liverpool will achieve that, i predict a draw when they play Chelsea and a win in the other two games for them.

My bets for today:
Wolves – Everton – 1 @2.11
Tottenham – Arsenal – 1 @2.7
Bournemouth – Leicester – 2 @1.71
The most promising match is the London derby, Tottenham-Arsenal. Both teams have played quite well in recent matches, although Arsenal seems to be in better form. Additional emotion is added by the fact that these teams are fighting each other for European cups. I have a feeling that the home team will win today, although no result in this match will surprise me.

Yesterday draw ended their fine home win run at Anfield but there are lot of achievements to go for. These are the records that they have set as reported here : https://www.premierleague.com/news/1561869

Regarding 100 points one, they have some tough opponents in remaining matches. They have to face Arsenal away and Chelsea at Anfield. Chelsea is looking for at least top 4 finish and with last loss against Sheffield United they will not be looking for anymore lose of points now.

At least they all failed on the same day, all this football is intense. Don't jinx it but no corona disaster stories. Yay






I made up the head to heads again



Arsenal Tottenham that will be interesting (I may be hunching towards arse)

A friend of mine said Chelsea should bring back Yokohama Tyre, but that's not actually what make them loss. It's non preparation.  And for the Manchester United and Leicester City for third position fighting. Leicester statics of play against Bournemouth today would be high and never underrate the low dogs if they really out to win for 2pts top of Chelsea.

Norwich with 21 points out of 35 games are the only team that have been mathematically relegated from the league.

from all that teams played after restart, i expect Arsenal to win today with Tottenham
Aston Villa and Bournemouth are already relegated, so would not play on those matches, since teams do not have much to win or lose, and Leicester is not showing pre-covid strenght to play on them, so will skip these
regarding Wolves, they lost two consecutive matches that were not that hard, and kicked themselves from CL fight, so now even their European competition place in endangered, Everton is my favorite team, so will skip this as well

So many exciting fixtures to look forward to today.
Wolves welcome Everton and have to win to keep pace with the rest of the European football contenders. Both teams are lacking in squad depth and as a result players have been overworked over the past couple of weeks, with little space for experiments as we approach the decisive point of the season.
I expect a tight match, which may be decided by a moment of magic or a silly mistake. A 1:0 victory for wolves maybe.

Villa and palace have been in very poor form since the restart, having only picked up two and three points respectively. This is a very difficult match to predict as it's a must win for Villa, but their opponents really have nothing to gain or lose except a better finish. Possible draw and BTTS.

Tottenham vs Arsenal
Bournemouth vs Leicester

Three teams in the battle for European football and one chasing survival. I expect goals in both games, O 1.5?

bye bye norwich city and liverpool only draws against the FC Burnley team  .so far the fc liverpool has won all games at home.
so far this was a fantastic series from the english champion ..... and now only 1-1 against burnley 
i think it will be really hard for liverpool and jürgen klopp to reach these magic 100 points

Lampard must be really furious with his team as it is second loss since the restart and with a bit out of form teams. Couple of weeks ago we saw them losing against West Ham who are getting relegation scare and now against Sheffield. Abraham isn't working for them like he was in starting of the season. Defence also wasn't able to hold their attacks properly.

We have now Bournemouth vs Leicester which I think should be easy for Leicester and Manchester United vs Southampton which I think could go either way. Southampton are playing great football so far but United are also not playing bad either after restart.

I must admit that Sheffield United were superior to Chelsea in that match. 3-0 was a very good result for Sheffield United and they managed to secure 3 additional point from this match and hope Wolverhampton cant win later against Everton. EPL only has 3 matches left and if Sheffield United is able to maintain good performance in the remaining 3 matches, then they will definitely enter as participants in the European League next season.

A deep disappointment for those who sailed with Chelsea last night, and there really are a lot of gamblers losing their money in this match because of the very surprising results. The third goal is a sign that Sheffield is king in this match. Applause for those who dare to sail with Sheffield United.

Same with me suffered a huge loss in sports betting by choosing Liverpool and Chelsea to win the match. But the results are outside allegedly,
Liverpool could draw against Burnley is enough to make me disappointed. Liverpool's game has continued to decline since it was confirmed
the Premier League champions. Then what surprised me was the final result of Sheffield v Chelsea, I didn't understand why Chelsea could lose 3-0.
Though in quality Chelsea players are far above Sheffield, this is the worst day for me.