The Athletic predicts Premier League: Reds 2-1 Everton, Manchester United 2-2 Blues, Gunners 2-1 Manchester City

The Premier League in the 25/26 season will be held in the fifth round of the league this weekend. Before the game started, The Athletic, a subscription website focusing on sports news, provides exclusive content such as in-depth event analysis and player transfer updates, also released their football reporters Oliver Kay and Oliver Kay as usual.

Oliver Kay, before joining The Athletic as a senior contributor in 2019, worked for the New York Times for 19 years, and served as chief football reporter for the last 10 years.

The predictions different from celestial bodies are just the personal predictions of TV expert Louis Jones. Oliver Kay's Premier League round predictions released by The Athletic will also invite other fans to participate in a comparison.

And this week, Oliver Kay continued to invite three fans to make different predictions about this round of Premier League (Oli Kay in the first column is Oliver Kay).

Oliver Kay, forecast details are released:

Liverpool 2-1Everton

This will be Moyes' 23rd game at Anfield as the opponent's head coach, but he is still seeking his first victory at Anfield.

According to statistics, in the past 10 visits - coaching Manchester United, Sunderland, West Ham and Everton, Moyes, all ended in failure. And, Everton's only win at Anfield since 1999 was in an empty match in a special period in 2021.

So yes, history is on Liverpool's side. Although Everton often plays beautifully or defeats opponents with tight defense, Liverpool's strong firepower usually leads to victory. As shown in the first 4 games of the season, it is difficult to stop Liverpool even if they are occasionally not in their best form.

Burnley 1-1 Nottingham Forest

Although the process was not exciting against Liverpool, Parker's team almost scored one point against the defending champion!

Believe, Burnley certainly wants to play more freely against the Forest, but they are still happy to run without the ball for a long time. Under Nuno's leadership, Forest always seems to be happiest when resisting pressure and using counterattacks to hit opponents. Postkoglu hopes to adopt a more proactive strategy, so it will be an interesting test for the new coach of the Forests.

Considering that the Forest still needs time to run in, Burnley is expected to hold a point at home.

Brighton 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Is the result of Brighton unpredictable? Neither is it—their results from rankings between 6 and 11 over the past four seasons are predictable, but their performance in the next week will be even harder to predict. Xuercele's young team beat Manchester City and tied with Fulham, but also lost to Everton and Bournemouth. But it seems that Brighton's threat at home is still a little bigger, so in Tottenham's double-game game in one week, perhaps Brighton can create some unexpected results!

West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace

Whoscored's website lists West Ham's weaknesses, including ending scoring opportunities (weak), defending top players (weak), maintaining a lead (weak), defending a set piece (very weak), and defending a wide-range offense (very weak). However, in terms of advantages, only one is listed: creating long-range shot opportunities (very strong).

This doesn't sound very good, doesn't it? The performance of Crystal Palace under Glasner was so admirable that the last round of Crystal Palace's 0-0 draw with the newly promoted Sunderland at home seemed to shock the team. And West Ham has been listless since Porter took office in January.

Judging from the result of the head coach's leadership, perhaps Crystal Palace is expected to win the final victory in this game!

Wolves 1-0 Leeds United

Wolves are indeed the worst team in the Premier League this season, but in fact, judging from the process of the game, it seems that their performance is still better than their record. Considering that the Wolves cannot keep losing, perhaps facing the newly promoted team, it will be a time for the team to win the first victory of the season!

Manchester United 2-2 Chelsea

From losing to Arsenal in the first round to losing to Manchester City in the last round, the occasional climax and frequent troughs reflected by Amorin's team actually makes it difficult to give accurate predictions for this Red Devils. But a foreseeable fact is that since Amorin took office in November last year, Manchester United's overall performance has not been very good.

Of course, Chelsea led by Maresca actually has characteristics of ups and downs, especially after losing to Bayern in the mid-week Champions League, it seems that their characteristics have been magnified.

Considering that the two sides have tied 6 times in the past 10 matches, this may be a draw.

Fulham 2-1 Brentford

Sunderland 1-1 Aston Villa

Sunderland continued to outperform expectations, while Villa was far below expectations. Not enough goals is worrying enough, but equally worrying is their lack of opportunities to create; only Wolves have lower expected goals (xG) in their first 4 games. Aside from Watkins' failure to score, it is also worrying that Rodgers, who performed well for England in Serbia last week, has been uninspired while playing for Villa.

So far this season, Villa doesn't look like a happy and united camp, so Villa isn't likely to win easily at the Light Stadium.

Bornemouth 1-1 Newcastle

Simply put, Sermen's good performance at Bournemouth this season and Newcastle's already resilience are expected to make this game look like a stalemate. Of course, in the case of Newcastle having a week-long double competition this week, physical fitness may also be a big test for Newcastle.

Bornemouth has achieved 1 win and 3 draws in the last four home games against Newcastle, and the draws are all 1-1. So, will 1-1 be the final result of this game again?

Arsenal 2-1 Manchester City

Arsenal is evolving into a more fierce and aggressive team. Nowadays, no one doubts whether this North London team can withstand the test of physical confrontation. More importantly, whether they are willing and able to take on the football risks that are sometimes necessary to win the game between these teams competing for the championship. After all, they are facing Manchester City at this time much stronger than the one they defeated 5-1 in this game in February.

But Arsenal, which has super defense and control capabilities, has undoubtedly made great progress compared to last season. It is highly likely that he will win.

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