Liverpool’s clash with Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday night will bring to an end the 82-day wait for Premier League action to get back underway.
Usually at this point of the summer we’re desperate for top flight football to return, having either been exhausted by the events of a World Cup, European Championship or Copa América, or because the sporting highlights have come from watching Wimbledon, The British Open or the multitude of Formula 1 Grand Prix that fill the calendar in June and July.
But 2025 has been a little bit different.
The revamped 32-team Club World Cup, played out in sweltering conditions on both the east and west coast of the United States, took up a large portion of what’s usually the offseason, meaning there’s been little to no respite from club football. And as soon as that was over, those who weren’t participating in that competition were back reporting for preseason training, gearing up for friendlies that are no longer simple trips up the road to play local, lower league opposition.
The oversaturation of the footballing calendar means some aren’t really ready for the 2025–26 campaign to get underway, but there’s a large majority who can’t wait for things to get cracking. After all, this year’s edition of the most-watched league in the world could be bigger and better than ever.
So what better way to prepare for the new season than by making some wildly inaccurate predictions that will almost certainly come back to bite you in nine months time? We at agree, so feast your eyes on how our team of writers and editors feel things will play out between now and May 24, 2026.
