This weekend, the 2024-2025 Premier League continues to bring fans many exciting matches, with the highlight being the English football derby between MU – Liverpool.
Round 3 of the Premier League will be a tough round for the “Big 6” teams, because besides the fierce battle between MU and Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea will all have to face tough opponents.
Liverpool topple Old Trafford fortress?
At 10pm on September 1, the highlight match of round 3 of the Premier League will take place at MU’s Old Trafford stadium.
The current situation of The Kop and the “Red Devils” is opposite to each other. Liverpool had a gloomy summer when it was not until the last days of the 2024 summer transfer window that they welcomed their first new player when Chiesa moved with a contract worth 15 million euros.
Although not very active in the transfer market, with the quality of the squad that has been affirmed over many years, Liverpool is still a formidable opponent this season. This has been partly proven by the 2 consecutive wins against Ipswich Town and Wolves recently to become one of the 4 teams that still maintain a winning streak in the Premier League season 2024-2025.
Meanwhile, MU has had 5 quality new recruits. Specifically, they spent 225 million euros to recruit striker Zirkzee, midfielder Urgate and 3 defenders: De Ligt, Mazraoiu, Leny Yoro. But despite continuously upgrading the squad, MU’s performance has not improved compared to last season. After 2 matches of the new season, the “Red Devils” only won against Fulham and lost to Brighton with a style of play lacking cohesion between the players. In addition, in the pre-season friendly match in the US, Liverpool easily defeated MU 3-0.
The above data shows that Liverpool is rated higher than their rival in the upcoming match despite MU playing at home at Old Trafford. However, English derbies always contain unexpected factors. Although MU has not achieved good form, with high determination every time they face their arch-rival Liverpool, they always know how to make things difficult for their opponents. Typically, in the 3 meetings between the two teams last season, MU did not lose in the Premier League, even eliminated Liverpool in the quarter-finals and then won the FA Cup. Therefore, the chance of winning is still divided equally between both sides even though The Kop is rated higher by fans.
Maintain winning streak
Besides the match between MU and Liverpool, in the earliest match of round 3 of the Premier League at 6:30 p.m. on August 31, Arsenal will welcome the “dark horse” Brighton.
After 2 rounds, Brighton is creating surprises this season. The “Seagulls” have won 3 consecutive victories in the new season when defeating Everton on the opening day, then created a surprise against MU in the Premier League and most recently a magnificent 4-0 victory over Crawley in the Carabao Cup. Not only having good form on the field, Brighton also had a successful summer transfer period when spending up to 232 million euros to upgrade the squad. With both a strong squad and good form, Brighton this season will certainly be a tough challenge for every team.
As for Arsenal, the most frightening thing that the Gunners bring is the stable performance that has been maintained since last season. In the first 2 rounds, Arsenal won all 2 matches, scored 4 goals and did not concede any goals. The solidity of the defense is making the Gunners difficult to defeat. With the good performance that both teams are showing, the match at Emirates Stadium tomorrow night promises to be very attractive.
In addition to Arsenal, Brighton and Liverpool, Man City will have a difficult away trip to West Ham. The defending champions will certainly be determined to win to continue their winning streak this season.