Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL) - page 628. (Read 1199179 times)

Manchester City's narrow victory last night from Newcastle United in boxing day matches this season confirmed them that Manchester City is the strongest candidates to become Premier League champions this season. Distance points away from its current competitors then Manchester City can already be crowned as champion.

Manchester City continues its incredible dominance in the Premier League!
there are, now, 15 points ahead of Manchester United. Manchester City can win the Premier League already in April or even in March!

it will be interesting the challenge for the other 3 places useful for the champions:
now there are 5 teams (United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal) in only 6 points.

Based on Man.City latest performances where they have scored at least 2 goals in a game, and usually 4 or more I think that many people who bet on goals lost their bets and I was surprised too to see that result. I was thinking a 1-4 win for Man.City but I understand that the Premier league is long and they are having a look at the Champions too this year so they need sometime to relax and not push to 100% when they got the result they wanted, the 3 points.

first of all newcastle is defending like crazy, it seems their motivation for the game is to get a draw from manchester city. I can totally see that with their strategy defending with 10 people in their own half

Secondly, manchester city did have alot of chances but they are up against a fully defending team newcastle city which also known as the team that has solid defence so it is kinda reasonable that they win with only 1 goal

Arsenal's recent winning margin is at least by 1 goal my pick is on Crystal Palace +1. Last time they won more than 2 goals in an away game is against Everton which was 2 months ago. I think this will end on a draw and both teams will continue with their streak because if West Ham could draw against Arsenal then they could do it too. I also like the under 3 goals on this match 2 units on both predictions.

I'm not sure if I would personally bet on it but I think Arsenal could have a tough time tonight especially with their inconsistent form recently. I could see it being 1-1 or 2-1 either way.


They're professional athletes getting paid millions... they should be able to handle it lol. We need entertaining over the holidays so they should earn their wages  ,

I was expecting City to slaughter them but even though the scoreline should have been higher it just goes to show you that they're not invincible especially when there was just ultimately one goal in the game.

Just 1 goal, missed a lot of chances, but the win is a win. Winning a goal was enough to remain calm at the top of the standings. And as great as any Manchester City, they remain a football club, which will not be consistent at all times. Lucky for them still can win when they get a lot of misfortune in one game.

Kevin deBruyne is one of the best player on manchester city, manchester city is really lucky have Kevin deBruyne on their team. His performance is really good this season. Another win for Manchester City, man city still strong on the top 1 premier league

More like 4 - 0.  Kevin deBruyne also hit the wood work.  It's just one of those days, you know?  The unwillingness to play + the holiday season does put a toll on some clubs, even the best ones in Europe.

But still happy overall with Pep and City.

BAd week for me, but then what did I expect betting on Newcastle for a surprise 1-0 win? Last game tonight to make amends haha, and I have CP to take down Arsenal, also by a 1 goal margin.


I think anyone who watches their favourite league will say it's the best. Best for me has a lot to do with entertainment as a supporter, and as someone who plays Sunday football. Perhaps for the purist, yes, I can easily understand why you'd go for Spain, Germany, Italy even France. The games are more technical. Their leagues are more open to experimentation (which, only after being recognised do they get brought to England). They breed more world class talents and have scouting systems and youth academies that are very well integrated.

I can also see why England attracts so much excitement. Leicester City two seasons ago ring any bells? Say Spain's domestic league and cups. You basically know who wins them. Because the gulf in skill and ability is too wide between the top and the rest. The same, to an extent, does apply to English teams, but the Big 4 is now the Big 6, and none of them can prevent teams like Leicester suddenly striking out from nowhere.

Amateur players like me also enjoy the physicality of English football, in fact, I feel it has toned down a lot. I loved the fiery games, the crunching tackles, the lung bursting runs.

They did missed some chances but it seems that most of us here are fan of Manchester City. And I'm sorry for your lost mate that's how gambling works and it doesn't matter if you lost or not but as an avid supporter of Manchester City we are all happy that they'd won the match. Being undefeated? Let's see on how it they can work things out for it.

Undefeated? i don't know about that. We can't expect that Man City will keep this form for the next six months, especially when they're still in the Champions League. Pep will realize that by having such a big lead in the league, the priority should be the champions league. He'll have to rotate the squad, and at that point is when we're going to see Man City struggling in the EPL.
I'm not saying it's not possible that they're gonna win the EPL undefated, but it is very unlikely to happen.

Yeah I was a little disappointed that Man City didn't score more goals as they missed some good chances in this game. I lost my bet with over 2.5 goals but that's the way it goes sometimes, I'm just happy that Man City won again and now they will be very hard to catch. They should win the title from here and I hope they can achieve to go undefeated in a EPL season.

The score remained at 1-0 during the final whistle. Manchester City pull further ahead in the league tables. Although Manchester City had possession for most of the time (almost 80%), they missed a few chances and could have been up 3-0 at half time. Newcastle gave a good account of themselves in the second half.

The match between Newcastle vs Manchester City is currently underway with a temporary score 0-1 for Manchester City advantage. I'm sure the Premier League standings can keep their lead until the final whistle sounded even maybe they can increase the score if you see from the game that is dominated by them.

lol hoping for the worst but Manchester City are already on their way to increasing the gap between them and the next best team, and should this go on I do not see city losing a game in the premier league unless the champions league were the real competition is for them

This is all true but NewCastle is using this strategy so to not let Manchester have any more goals.
They are acting as a wounded animal trying to not let the attacker poke at their cut opened arm or leg.
They did almost put in a goal if Ageuro did not head out that ball at the goal line. Their defender caused an error by mistaking the ball's bounce and not being able to adjust to head it away. In that key play Sergio almost injured himself with him rubbing his backbone while sitting in the net after that play.

Pep is not using his best Eleven in this match maybe he doesn't think that Newcastle could be threatening to their Dominance. Unfortunately for City they also lost Kompany services for the rest of the game when he walked off in the 11 minute . Gabriel Jesus stepped in instead of a defender and Sterling put one in first with the help of KDB cross.it was expected to get the goal in I'm just surprised that they didn't get more because Newcastle players are almost not there.they are just putting all today their back trying to not let City players break through I guess they failed in that mission . Benitez should have known better he cannot stop them like that many teams trying but They have been unsuccessful.

Let the match finish, you never know what happens, though I would also kind off agree the league title seems to be going to Manchester City.
But also cannot jump to my personal conclusions as still many games are left. As per current scenario if Manchester City keeps it position an hold on to win the upcoming important games nobody can stop them to hold the trophy this season.

Kane will have bright career apparently because he able to manage his performance and i'm pretty sure next season there will be plenty big teams who interested using his service and this is also good signal for England because Kane as England national team player will be so important to carrying his country to get good achievement on world cup 2018