Premier League 2025/26: Race For The Title

[BaZZe]

Opta bases its predictions on this season’s performances

I'm gonna a take a guess that it also takes into account how tough the games left to play are.

 

[BaZZe]

Sp**s being 1 point above relegation helps us indirectly. Surely West Ham will be really up for it against City now?

 

[Diesel]

Sp**s being 1 point above relegation helps us indirectly. Surely West Ham will be really up for it against City now?

West ham are comedy too but maybe just maybe they can do one thing right. Come on Nuno... Nuno trying to beat out both his old clubs. The narrative writes itself

 

[DJ_Markstar]

League's done guys, City are spent and complaining in every interview. We just need to stay focussed until Etihad, get a result there and they'll crumble.

 

[goonerfamily]

I do find it amusing that it's not implausible that Arsenal could win the quadruple and Sp**s get relegated. If I wrote a movie about my life I couldn't include that, because it would be considered too unrealistic... all I need now is for Dua Lipa to ask me out on a date.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

We're in a strong position currently; see it out against Everton and Bournemouth and avoid defeat at the Etihad (we don't even need to win), and we can afford to lose a game and still win it.

I always thought the chat of "Arsenal and City both have it in their own hands" (until the brighton/forest results) was missing the point that City have to win and we don't...from that perspective we're in a commanding position. We just have to match City's results and can play the stinkiest haramball of all time at Etihad and there's no much they can do about any of it.

 

[Squillaci]

I don't wanna jinx it, but I really think there is no way City doesn't drop points away to Chelsea.
Since Rosenior came, we are the only team that won against them (every time), but we did not play them off the park in 2 out of those 3 wins.
They are a solid team, but ill disciplined.

 

[Red London]

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He got city Sunderland incorrect. That was 3-0…

 

[Tomb Bomadil]

6 Wins from 8 guarantee you the title imo 5 from 8 you have to hope city drop more points with fixtures list that remaining apart from man city on paper at least we should win them all but our football not been great so this not guarantee as well.

Man city have westham and Chelsea away I think they'll get 4 points we need to make sure get 6 points against Everton and Bournemouth

City will drop more points. They even dropped points at home to Forrest. Away they won half of their games. And they have a really tought schedule coming up.

If we don't have a break down we should win the title: We should win against Fullham and Burnley at home and Palace away. So win 2/4 against Everton (H), Bornemouth (H), Newcastle (H), West Ham (A) and draw against City and the title would be ours.

 

[ajamaican]

We have come to a point where a dominating 5-0 win or a struggling 1-0 win means **** all.

Just win. Take care of business and don’t allow this thing to come down to the final match day.

 

[Gooner Zig]

I don't wanna jinx it, but I really think there is no way City doesn't drop points away to Chelsea.

Tbf we thought that for sure they would lose/draw at Anfield...

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Tbf we thought that for sure they would lose/draw at Anfield...

And win against Forrest.

This is all pointless. We just need to play like they are on the heels of ours all the time.

 

[Gooner Zig]

And win against Forrest.

This is all pointless. We just need to play like they are on the heels of ours all the time.

Everything is in our hands, our job is to just win our games and it doesn't matter what City do. We are in a fantastic position.

 

[HighburyHigh]

I do find it amusing that it's not implausible that Arsenal could win the quadruple and Sp**s get relegated. If I wrote a movie about my life I couldn't include that, because it would be considered too unrealistic... all I need now is for Dua Lipa to ask me out on a date.

If that happened I would die happy and retire from watching football ever again as my life would be complete! You simply couldn't top that buzz ever again!

I'd take up watching the curling.

 

[Iwobeast]

Tbf we thought that for sure they would lose/draw at Anfield...

Chelsea is a stronger team than Liverpool and can also exploit City’s weakness much better. It will be a really difficult game for them

 

[BIoodBrother]

Why do people still calculate in wins and draws?
Like 6 wins likely and one draw. And 86 points therefore. That's not how this works. You have to look at a game and say there's likelihood of 6/10 that we win at home vs Bournemouth, 2/10 draws and 2/10 losses. That makes an estimate of 2 points in this game.
Seeing people come up with 80points to City. You're way off. Especially after the results and also games we've been seeing. Opta estimated a league winner of 76 points before the start of the season in this very competitive league. City is estimated at finishing around 76 now and Arsenal at 84. All teams are highly professional and the margins are slim.
That would mean 17 points out of 24 for Arsenal and 16 out of 27.
Why? Because Arsenal is a bit better than City statswise but mostly because City have the harder fixtures. You can look at it closer and argue that Brentford and Villa are easier games but even then, make your own odds, dont see it as black and white.
Of course games arent stats and everything can be absolutely different in reality but if you're gonna do estimates don't do silly ones, where you give 3 points to the favourite and 0 to the outsider.

 

[BaZZe]

Crazy long 4 game break from the PL after Everton if we progress in the FA cup and CL like we expect to. Lot of good opportunities to use the squad and rest and rotate. Will the long break have a positive or negative mental effect with regards to the league?

 

[HighburyHigh]

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Playing worse than them??

Absolutely no chance, I watched all 90 of the Leeds and Newcastle games and they were genuinely awful.

We've had to grind out results playing not great football in two derbies and away to Brighton who always cause big teams trouble, city also played **** football, and dropped more points in a far far easier run of three games

On point this.
We can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. The difficulty of fixtures on paper has now flipped and they have the harder ones, but they won't win the majority of them like we've done with ours.

 

[Iwobeast]

Crazy long 4 game break from the PL after Everton if we progress in the FA cup and CL like we expect to. Lot of good opportunities to use the squad and rest and rotate. Will the long break have a positive or negative mental effect with regards to the league?

Think it will be positive the players need a rest from the non stop high octane games in the league

Plenty of opportunities to rotate and refresh for the final push

 

[Riou]

Gut feeling is we do the Prem and Carabao Double, plus Sp**s get relegated.

Warra season it will be!