Who Are the Current Favourites For Each End of Season Premier League Awards?
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Who Are the Current Favourites For Each End of Season Premier League Awards?

Who Could Bet Set to Win Each Individual Premier League Award?

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As yet another Premier League season nears its conclusion, the destination of the title is still far from decided. With both Mikel Arteta's Arsenal and Pep Guardiola's Manchester City locked in an intense fight for the crown which looks set to gov down to the wire.

But as well as that, there are also multple individual awards up for grabs for players and coaches come the end of the campagin. With that in mind, here is who we believe is the current frontrunner for each award.

Player of the Season: Declan Rice

Whilst there are many names that could easily scoop up the Premier League Player of the Season award come the end of the campaign, as it stands with Arsenal top of the league Declan Rice has to be the current favourite for the award.

The Gunners record signing has been a revelation since switching the East London colours of West Ham for the North London red and white of Arsenal in 2023. And has once again enjoyed a hugely impressive individual campagin.

One of the most well-rounded and complete midfielders in world football, Rice's four goals and five assists in the Premier League so far don''t even begin to tell the full story. The England international has cemented himself in a box-to-box style role in Arteta's system, and has been instrumental both on and off the ball.

Add his crucial and incredibly consistent delivery from set pieces, and Rice has undoubtedly been one of the league's stand-out performers.

Manager of the Season: Keith Andrews

Despite the fact it's likely the Premier League winning manager takes the award for the best manager for the season, we believe Brentford's Keith Andrews could be up for the accolade.

The Irishman took over from the long-serving Thomas Frank after the Dane departed for Tottenham, with Brentford deciding to promote Andrews from set piece coach to head coach in a move that many felt could be a risk given his inexperience.

However, Andrews has gone on to continue the good work done by Frank at the Gtech Community Stadium, and prove all the doubters wrong. With Brentford right in the fight to earn a European spot next season, despite many believing they could be fighting for survival at the start of the campagin.

Andrews' first months in management have been superb, and he has been rewarded wit ha bumper new contract at Brentford as a result.

Young Player of the Season: Elliot Anderson

Nottingham Forest may be firmly in the fight to stay up, and still have every chance of being relegated to the EFL Championship this season, but 23 year-old midfielder Elliot Anderson looks set for bigger things regardless of Forest's eventual finish.

The England international has shone in the middle of the park in a turbalmnet season for Forest both on and off the pitch. with his consistency, quality in possession and calmness helping Forest to be at least out the relegation zone at the time of writing.

Anderson looks set to have a pivotal summer, with a key role expected at the World Cup with England, and a big move on the cards in the transfer window with the likes of Manchester City heavily interested.

Goal of the season: Dominik Szoboszlai vs Manchester City

It takes a special type of strike to beat a goalkeeper of Gianluigi Donnarumma's quality from 30-yards out, but that is exactly what Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai did when Manchester City visited Anfield in February.

Although Pep Guardiola's team eventually turned the game around and earned a vital win at the home of the 24/25 champions, Liverpool took the lead in stunning style with fifteen minutes of normal time to go.

The Hungarian had already scored a free-kick from similar distance vs Arsenal back in August during a very similar in-game scenario and when a free-kick was awarded 30 yards from the City goal with the game locked at 0-0, Szoboszlai was always going to go for goal.

Go for goal he did, and the strike was so accurate and powerful that Donnarumma was helplessly standstill as it smashed off the inside of the post and into Kop End net.

It was a shame a goal like that ended up meaning little, but it is certainly one of the best free-kick goals the Premier League has seen.

Save of the season: Jordan Pickford vs Newcastle

A recent moment, but one that looks certain to at least be right in with a shout for winning the save of the season award.

As a former Sunderland player, Jordan Pickford would have been hoping to be the difference for his Everton side as they travelled to St. James Park to face Newcastle, and he helped be exactly that.

Everton won the match 2-3, but it wasn't just the goals at the attacking end of the pitch that won the game, it was Pickford's heroics at the other end.

In the third of six added minutes and Everton hanging on to what would be a huge victory, Magpies midfielder Sandro Tonali left fly on the volley from a dropping ball at the edge of Pickford's box.

It was a brilliant effort, powerful and dipping underneath the bar, but somehow the England goalkeeper managed to react to get a hand to the ball and push it onto the crossbar and out. Stunning the crowd, the Newcastle players and helping Everton to three points.

Golden Boot: Erling Haaland

The Golden Boot is the award given out to the Premier League's top goalscorer for the season, and despite Brentford's Igor Thiago pushing him, it looks like it will be another year at the top of the scoring charts for Manchester City's Erling Haaland.

At the time of writing, the Norwegian has 22 goals in the division, four more than Thiago who finds himself on 18.

Since arriving in the Premier League, Haaland has already won the award twice. In the 2022/23 season he struck home an incredible 36 goals to win it in his debut season as a City player, before retaining it the year after in 23/24 with 27 goals.

If he goes on to win the award for a third time this season, he will become the fifth player to win three or more. Joining Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry.

Playmaker of the Season: Bruno Fernandes

Love him or hate him, there can be little doubting Bruno Fernandes's immense footballing ability, and this season has been one of his best in a Manchester United shirt.

Despite many of his teammates struggling under Ruben Amorim this season, Fernandes continued to lead by example, and his form in recent weeks under MIchael Carrick has been nothing short of superb.

With 13 assists to his name so far, he looks set to claim the Playmaker of the Season award, and could even break the record for most assists in a season set by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne with 20.

Fernandes finds himself five ahead of anyone else when it comes to assists, and has created the most chances out of any player in the division so far this season.

Golden Glove: David Raya

For the past two seasons, David Raya has claimed the golden glove whilst at Arsenal. Both down to a superb defence in front of him and the Spaniards own ability between the posts.

And this season so far looks to be no different. The Gunners stopper has 13 clean sheets so far, three more than any other goalkeeper, and with Arsenal top of the league and fighting for the title, it looks difficult for anyone to stop Raya claiming a third successive golden glove award. Equaling Ederson and Pepe Reina on three, and one behind Petr Cech and Joe Hart.

Benji Kosartiyer
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Oliver Seymour

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