Pundit predictions for Man United v Chelsea- Merson, Sutton, Cole

Manchester United will look to bounce back from their disappointing derby defeat at the hands of rivals Man City when they take on Chelsea in Game Week 5. The Red Devils weren’t involved in European action in midweek, while Chelsea lost 3-1 to Bayern in Munich. Here are the pundit predictions for this clash

Man United v Chelsea FC 2025

Chris Sutton

Sutton says it’s hard to make a case for United winning this one, and backs Chelsea to take this 2-1, especially in the light of Cole Palmer returning to form.

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L’Equipe Marca AS Player Ratings Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Arsenal Champions League 2025- Eze, Madueke, Gyokeres

Here is a look at the Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal newspaper player ratings from the big European media outlets following their MD1 Champions League clash on 16 September, 2025. Arsenal won 2-0 at San Mames thanks to goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard.

L’Equipe player ratings Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal 2025 UCL

L’Equipe have notoriously tough ratings and that’s reflected here, with both Arsenal and Athletic Club having an average team rating of below 5.

No Arsenal starting player gets more than a 6/10 in L’Equipe’s books, with Eze and Gyokeres both considered to be the worst AFC players on the evening (3/10 rating) by the French paper. Noni Madueke, a summer signing from Chelsea, got a 4/10 rating here from L’Equipe.

Athletic Bilbao vs Arsenal 2025 Player Ratings UCL

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EPL Team of the Week Round 4 (2025-26 season)- Zubimendi, Caicedo, Haaland

Here’s a look at the Premier League Team of the Week for Round 4 of the 25/26 season from the big media outlets (BBC and Alan Shearer)

BBC Team of the Week (MD4 25/26 season) from Deeney

Donnarumma (Man City)
Timber (Arsenal), Mukiele (Sunderland), Romero (Spurs), Mings (Villa)
Caicedo (Chelsea), Sarr (Spurs), Zubimendi (Arsenal)
Schade (Brentford), Foden and Haaland (both Man City)

BBC Team of the Week Round 4 25-26 Premier League season

Man City dominate the BBC’s PL TOTW for GW4, with three representatives in the form of debutant goalkeeper Donnarumma and Phil Foden and Erling Haaland. Arsenal and Spurs also have two reps each (Timber and Zubimendi for AFC & Romero and Sarr for THFC), with Sunderland, Villa, Brentford and Chelsea having one each.

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