Premier League Predictions
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The Times
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🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A quick reflection on an epic night for Scotland, a big win for Wales and some of the surprises who have qualified for World Cup 26’
Then it’s back to the Premier League. How much will Arsenal miss Gabriel? They have strength in depth but are any up Gabriel’s tag of ‘defender of the season’ ?
Predictions; first for the north London derby and Liverpool v Forest and then a much longer term - how will the table look come the end of the season?
Tom Clarke is joined by Alyson Rudd and Gregor Robertson
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from the Times. |
| 0:07.8 | Manchester City top, Sunderland 7th and Nottingham Forest avoiding relegation. |
| 0:12.9 | What does the Premier League table look like if you try to predict all the results this season? |
| 0:18.2 | On today's show, we'll be looking ahead to the return of the Premier League |
| 0:21.3 | and trying to predict how things might play out. We'll also discuss the other stories |
| 0:26.0 | that caught our eye during the international break and check in on any Scottish hangovers. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm Tom Clark and joining me today, we have the senior sports writer and Sunday Times |
| 0:34.0 | columnist Alison Rudd and the former footballer turned journalist Gregor Robertson is here |
| 0:38.0 | not wearing his Scotland shirt |
| 0:40.8 | I'm still buzzing though Tom |
| 0:42.8 | You were specifically asked to wear your Scotland shirt |
| 0:45.5 | and you're not you're wearing an |
| 0:46.4 | admittedly nice grey jumper |
| 0:49.3 | But still |
| 0:50.0 | It's cold as well |
| 0:50.8 | It's not cold give over |
| 0:52.5 | You're forgetting your roots here You're still buzzing though I was taking a little one to nursery in the morning after and it was snowing. Sleep, but I was toasty inside, Tom. Toasty inside with pure joy. Still buzzing. I mean, we did our Scotland special yesterday, which listens. I hope you've checked out and please do so if you haven't already. But still overwhelmed with joy, I imagine. Still can't believe it. No, I mean, there's a lot of disbelief. I've still been watching the goals back on Loop really. Like the celebration with the players in the changing room when Kenny McLean's goal is just going over and over and they just keep celebrating over and, they go, oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. And then they show it again and again. That's basically been me for the last. You in your living room. Have you tried showing you trying to engage your eldest daughter in it saying, look at this, this is Scott McTominee. This is an overhead kick. No, not yet. |
| 1:44.3 | Not tried any of that. |
| 1:45.3 | Come on. |
| 1:46.0 | No, yeah. It'll come. It'll come. She's, you know, she's got a lot of, a lot of, you know, glorious failure to look forward to still probably. No. It can't. Not now. I mean, as Gregor says, Alison, this is completely unscottland-like, wasn't it? It was remarkable to watch these amazing goals going in |
| 2:01.7 | and a turnaround victory from the jaws of defeat. this is completely unscottland-like, wasn't it? It was remarkable to watch these amazing goals going in |
| 2:01.7 | and a turnaround victory from the jaws of defeat. |
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