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2025/26 Premier League Picks, Score Predictions for Every Matchday 8 Fixture

17Oct

By Cody AcevedaNo Comments

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2025/26 Premier League Picks, Score Predictions for Every Matchday 8 Fixture

The international break is over, and the Premier League is back. Matchday 8 starts on Saturday with Nottingham Forest taking on Chelsea and Crystal Palace playing Bournemouth in a battle of two surprise top-four challengers. On Sunday, Manchester United head to Anfield to play Liverpool in the biggest matchup of the weekend. Let’s get ready for these fixtures and the rest of the weekend’s action with our Premier League Matchday 8 picks and predictions. Nottingham Forest vs. Chelsea The City Ground, 12:30pm BST (7:30am ET), Saturday, October 18 Matchday 8 kicks off with arguably the most lopsided match of the weekend. Nottingham Forest have yet to win a match since Ange Postecoglou took over in September (0W, 2D, 5L). The Reds lost three matches in a row before the international bre...

Ranking the 5 best Premier League wingers of the 2025/26 season at the October break

14Oct

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

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Ranking the 5 best Premier League wingers of the 2025/26 season at the October break

With seven matchdays done and dusted in the 2025/26 Premier League season and a natural break in the action for October's World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches, it's time to take stock of the season thus far. The winger position has become just as much of a marquee post as the striker position in the Premier League these days, and while most people are still fixated on goals and assists, more and more fans are going back to the days of respecting the wingers who carry the ball tirelessly and win their one-on-ones to open up the entire team. In that spirit, let's rank the top five best wingers of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far, specifically ranking them based only on their displays in the current campaign. 5. Yankuba Minteh, Brighton Yankuba Minteh was alw...

2025/26 Premier League Picks, Score Predictions for Every Matchday 7 Fixture

1Oct

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2025/26 Premier League Picks, Score Predictions for Every Matchday 7 Fixture

Premier League Matchday 7 will see Liverpool play Chelsea in a Big 6 clash, undefeated Crystal Palace take on Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium, and Ange Postecoglou’s Nottingham Forest battle against Eddie Howe’s Newcastle. Let’s get ready for these games and the rest of this weekend’s action with our Premier League picks and predictions for every Matchday 7 fixture. Bournemouth vs. Fulham Vitality Stadium, 8:00pm BST (3:00pm ET), Friday, October 3 Both Bournemouth and Fulham will be looking to set things right after disappointing results on Matchday 6. The Cherries barely managed to draw with newly-promoted sides Leeds, while Fulham conceded three unanswered goals in a 3-1 loss to Aston Villa. Bournemouth have had the upper hand in this matchup since Andoni Iraola took over the ...

2025/26 Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 6

1Oct

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2025/26 Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 6

Premier League Matchday 6 saw Liverpool lose to Crystal Palace, Arsenal gain ground in the title race, and Manchester City hammer Burnley 5-1. Let’s look back at these results and the rest of Matchday 6 to see where each club stands ahead of Matchday 7. 20. Wolves (–1) It feels harsh dropping Wolves back down to 20th place after their gutsy 1-1 draw against Tottenham, but someone has to be last, and they are definitely deserving candidates. Vitor Pereira’s side have just one point this season and the league’s worst goal difference through six matches (-9). They’ve pulled off great escapes before, but it’s looking pretty unlikely this season. 19. Burnley (-1) Burnley’s 5-1 loss to Manchester City was the most expected result of the weekend. I guaranteed City would win by two goals in...

2025/26 Premier League picks, score predictions for every Matchday 6 fixture

25Sep

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2025/26 Premier League picks, score predictions for every Matchday 6 fixture

Premier League Matchday 6 features a full slate of weekend action, including a clash between new rivals Chelsea and Brighton and a matchup between top-of-the-table Liverpool and Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace. On Sunday, Newcastle will try to jump-start their season at home against Arsenal. Let’s get ready for these big matchups and every other Matchday 6 fixture with our EPL predictions for each match. Brentford vs. Manchester United Gtech Community Stadium, 12:30pm BST (7:30am ET), Saturday, September 27 Manchester United bounced back from their 3-0 defeat to Manchester City with a 2-1 win at home against Chelsea. As chaotic as that match was, the Red Devils played well and will be coming into this match on a high. Brentford, on the other hand, are feeling as low as they’ve ...

2025/26 Premier League Player of the Season Rankings after Matchday 5

22Sep

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2025/26 Premier League Player of the Season Rankings after Matchday 5

Now that a full five Matchdays have been completed in the 2025/26 Premier League season, it's time to take stock of the best players in the English top flight right now and rank the 10 best Premier League Player of the Season candidates. All statistics are courtesy of WhoScored.com 10. Liverpool ST Hugo Ekitike New Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike has been getting all the shine while Alexander Isak works his way into the starting lineup, and the Frenchman has been absolutely tremendous all-around and exactly as advertised. With three goals through five matchweeks, Ekitike is already a touch away from equaling Darwin Nunez's goal-scoring total last season, and we're not even two months into the season. On top of the goals, Ekitike is averaging two dribbles completed per game and is...

2025/26 Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 5

22Sep

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2025/26 Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 5

Premier League Matchday 5 featured a full slate of games, including Manchester United’s 2-1 crazy upset victory against Chelsea and Arsenal’s hard-fought 1-1 draw against Manchester City. With those results in the books, let’s take a look at our updated PL power rankings and see where each club stands ahead of Matchday 6. 20. West Ham (–1) West Ham aren’t bottom of the table, but they really should be. They only lost by one goal to Crystal Palace at the weekend. It could’ve been much worse. Palace created 2.31 xG from 18 shots to the Hammers’ 0.66 xG from 8 shots. Graham Potter’s side have lost five of their six competitive matches this season, including three London derbies. I’m frankly stunned he still has a job. If recent reports are true, he might not have one for much longe...

Every 2025/26 Champions League contender’s biggest X-Factor

20Sep

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

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Every 2025/26 Champions League contender’s biggest X-Factor

The Champions League is the time for all the brightest stars to come out and write their legacies in leading their clubs to victory, as the biggest legends of the modern game like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Toni Kroos, and so many others have taken the opportunity to etch their names in history with remarkable Champions League campaigns. But Champions Leagues are also just as much about the X-Factors who step up in key moments or have career years to defy expectations. This is where the Alvaro Moratas, the Francesco Acerbis, and the John Stoneses of the world make their mark. Who could be the biggest X-Factors in the 2025/26 Champions League campaign? Here are eight players to watch from the ...

Every Premier League club’s most valuable player of the 2020s decade so far

20Sep

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Every Premier League club’s most valuable player of the 2020s decade so far

Debating "value" can often be difficult, because there are so many ways to ascribe a player's value to a team. It can be because of their brilliance on the field, statistical dominance, scarcity of position, lack of star players in surrounding areas, or by being part of a dominant team. Let's do a fun exercise and look through all the current Premier League teams with experience in the top flight this decade prior to the 2025/26 season (so Sunderland is out) and try to pick out each club's most valuable player from the 2020s decade thus far. Wolves Ruben Neves and Pedro Neto both have strong cases, and I think Rayan Ait-Nouri and Adama Traore merit honorable mentions somewhere in there. But the most recent Wolves star, Matheus Cunha, absolutely has to be considered the best on an indi...

Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 4

16Sep

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

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Premier League Power Rankings after Matchday 4

Another Premier League matchweek is in the books as Arsenal, Manchester City, and Tottenham put up impressive 3-0 victories, Liverpool and Newcastle ground out tough 1-0 ones, and Chelsea dropped valuable points. Here are the power rankings after Matchday 4. 20. Wolves Wolves cut it close against Newcastle, only losing by a goal, but that's hardly any real consolation. They are easily the worst team in the Premier League right now, and it's going to be a long season for a team that has not come anywhere near replacing the star power left by Matheus Cunha. 19. West Ham Annihilated by rivals Tottenham, really nobody is surprised by the futility the Hammers have displayed, and it feels like only a matter of time before they burn through another notable Premier League manager and then r...