Sutton's predictions v Make Me a Mixtape hosts Clara & Jordan

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Chris Sutton's Premier League predictions

Aston Villa hit Arsenal location and distant past season, but will they derail nan Gunners' title bid this time?

"I can't hold for this one," said BBC Sport shot master Chris Sutton.

"Aston Villa did nan double complete Arsenal past season. But Mikel Arteta is utilizing each his innovations, including hiring pickpockets to make judge his squad are alert.

"It would person been absorbing had 1 of his players caught nan pickpockets taking their stuff..."

Sutton is making predictions for each 380 Premier League matches this season, against a assortment of guests.

"I sewage smashed past week. Liam Fray from nan Courteeners did really well, but nan first week is ever tricky," added Sutton.

For week two, he takes connected Make Me a Mixtape hosts Clara Amfo and Jordan Stephens.

Do you work together pinch their forecasts? You tin make your ain predictions, below.

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Make Me a Mixtape is simply a caller play euphony show, exclusive to BBC Sounds, wherever Clara and Jordan conflict it retired to build nan eventual mixtape for listeners aliases personage guests.

Long-time friends and philharmonic experts Amfo and Stephens compete each week successful Make Me a Mixtape - but it turns retired they work together connected which squad they support... well, benignant of.

Amfo: Full disclosure: I americium a adjacent upwind shot fan. I've ever enjoyed it done a popular civilization lens arsenic opposed to nan lens of nan athletics itself. It's things for illustration World Cups, nan Euros and Africa Cup of Nations wherever I really get interested.

I still travel nan Premier League, though. I've sewage 4 brothers who each support different teams - 2 of them are Liverpool fans, 1 supports Chelsea and nan different Manchester United.

Stephens: That is simply a ridiculous operation of teams!

Amfo: It's nan Amfo way, babe. It's conscionable who we are!

Stephens: I americium an Arsenal fan, calved adjacent to Highbury... Whittington Hospital, Archway, convey you very much! Arsenal done and through!

Amfo: I really deliberation arsenic an big I americium inclined towards supporting Arsenal.

Stephens: As you should be!

They are besides some large fans of Gunners prima Bukayo Saka, who starred for England astatine Euro 2024.

Stephens: Saka is my hero, and he is 10 years younger than me.

Amfo: He is incredible. When I spot him successful interviews, he is truthful poised and level-headed, but he still seems for illustration he is having fun. Considering nan levels of disgusting maltreatment he was subjected to aft missing a punishment astatine Euro 2020, that is beautiful incredible. I afloat complaint him.

Stephens: He was picked to return nan past punishment successful a shootout successful nan last of his first awesome tournament, and past sewage horrendous abuse.

This time? He put nan shot connected nan spot successful nan semis... and went 'Boom!' He is not conscionable my favourite player, he is my existent hero.

Saturday, 24 August

Amex Stadium, 12:30

Getting disconnected to a winning commencement successful nan Premier League was important for Erik 10 Hag, albeit Manchester United didn't deed nan heights they are possibly tin of.

Lisandro Martinez is going to beryllium nan cardinal for them this season. I cognize everybody talks astir attacking players, but they missed him for ample parts of past play and he gives them a spot of alloy astatine nan back.

I predicted Brighton to suffer astatine Everton and they won easy successful nan end. They for illustration a left-field assignment and Fabian Hurzeler has made a really bully start.

It's ever important to get that first triumph nether your loop arsenic a caller head to get that belief that your connection is getting across.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Clara's prediction: 1-3

Jordan's prediction: Are you conscionable guessing these? If so, that's rather a bully one. I've gone for a tie because I don't cognize what to make of Brighton yet, but you could get maine connected this one. 2-2

Selhurst Park, 15:00

Crystal Palace played very good against Brentford and ended up losing. It is simply a wholly different Palace nether Oliver Glasner, but Joachim Andersen has near for Fulham and will beryllium a large nonaccomplishment for them.

It is simply a caller dawn for Julen Lopetegui astatine West Ham and he will want to get his first triumph nether nan belt.

Sutton's prediction: 2-2

Clara's prediction: 2-2

Jordan's prediction: Another bully shout. Oddly I've gone for 1-3, because I consciousness for illustration West Ham are going to spell for it.

Craven Cottage, 15:00

Fulham were competitory against Manchester United past week and astir apt felt difficult done by they didn't travel distant pinch a point.

Leicester sewage perfectly trounced successful nan first half against Tottenham. But successful fairness, they were resilient, sewage nan extremity and carried a threat.

It was awesome to spot Jamie Vardy backmost successful nan Premier League and getting a extremity from Leicester's perspective, too.

But I deliberation Fulham astatine home, this will beryllium a 2-0 win.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Clara's prediction: 2-1

Jordan's prediction: The truth you are guessing these is hilarious because your scores are each reasonable, while I person gone for hopeful... pinch tons of goals. 4-0

Etihad Stadium, 15:00

I really for illustration nan activity Ipswich person done successful nan transportation market. They are signing Armando Broja and besides sewage Sammie Szmodics, Liam Delap and Omari Hutchinson in, truthful they are giving it a go.

For nan first hr against Liverpool, I thought they really pushed them and played pinch awesome intensity. I consciousness really sorry for them nan fixtures person fallen arsenic they person done.

Manchester City sewage a beautiful regular triumph against Chelsea past week and that is them reasonably half-cooked and obscurity adjacent up to speed, truthful that is ominous for Arsenal, Liverpool and everybody else. At home, it will beryllium business arsenic accustomed for City.

Sutton's prediction: 4-0

Clara's prediction: 2-1

Jordan's prediction: I consciousness for illustration Ipswich will get one, conscionable because City ever commencement beautiful slow. 4-1

St Mary's Stadium, 15:00

Southampton were superb astatine Newcastle. If location was a disapproval of them it was they didn't really create capable erstwhile Newcastle went down to 10 men. Southampton's capacity deserved something.

Forest had nan horrendous wounded to Danilo, which is simply a large rustle to them. But I americium going to spell for Forest.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

Clara's prediction: 2-0

Jordan's prediction: That is your first 1 I'd opportunity is controversial. I consciousness for illustration Southampton will person immoderate of that post-promotion buzz successful their first location game, but it will only beryllium capable to get them a point. 1-1

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 15:00

Spurs could person been 8 up astatine half-time against Leicester but didn't return nan chances and that will person been a spot of a sickener, it will person felt for illustration a defeat.

There are precocious hopes for Ange Postecoglou successful his 2nd play and they made awesome advancement past year.

Everton played good for nan first 20 minutes against Brighton and are a squad who will beryllium and frustrate nan life retired of Tottenham and past counter.

They ran Tottenham adjacent past play but I will opportunity Spurs astatine home, successful beforehand of their ain fans, request to beryllium much objective and will be.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

Clara's prediction: 2-1

Jordan's prediction: I want to opportunity 17-0 to Everton but I've gone for a Tottenham win, which makes maine consciousness a spot sick. I do deliberation Dominic Solanke is simply a really bully signing for them though. 3-0

Villa Park, 17:30

Arsenal really had power complete Wolves past week and VIlla are astatine location aft a large triumph against West Ham.

It smells of a tie but I americium going to opportunity Arteta's Arsenal will pickpocket Aston Villa and separator it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Clara's prediction: 2-2

Jordan's prediction: Aston Villa are virtually nan logic we mislaid nan title past play truthful surely Mikel Arteta has looked intimately astatine what went incorrect there. 0-2

Jordan connected whether Arsenal will triumph nan convention this season? I deliberation we tin do it, yeah. Just looking astatine it logically, by really adjacent we came past time, past yes we tin return that step, but we request Kai Havertz to beryllium successful nan shape he was successful astatine nan extremity of past season. I loved seeing him playing truthful good because, moreover erstwhile group were against him, I believed successful him and I was for illustration 'that is my guy'.

I besides person this emotion that thing will click for Gabriel Jesus, too. There's that flimsy vexation that he has everything isolated from an extremity product, but I conscionable consciousness for illustration this twelvemonth mightiness beryllium nan twelvemonth wherever he mightiness do it, and deed 20 goals... maybe! If he does that, we triumph nan Premier League.

Clara: I emotion this passion!

Jordan: This is my Beyonce. Arsenal v City is fundamentally for illustration watching Renaissance.

Clara: I get it!

Sunday, 25 August

Vitality Stadium, 14:00

The Eddie Howe Derby. It will beryllium absorbing to spot if Evanilson plays for Bournemouth, they person spent £40.2m connected him.

Newcastle huffed and puffed and recovered a measurement past week astatine location against Southampton and Bournemouth drew astatine Forest, they astir apt will consciousness they should person won nan game.

Based connected past week, I would err towards Bournemouth but I americium a large instrumentality of Newcastle guardant Alexander Isak and I deliberation leader Eddie Howe will return to his aged nine and triumph it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Clara's prediction: 1-2

Jordan's prediction: Newcastle are different logic we did not triumph nan convention past year. There were 3 refereeing errors for their winning extremity astatine St James' Park. That's not nan logic I'm going pinch Bournemouth to hit them, though. 3-2

Molineux, 14:00

It will beryllium absorbing to spot nan Chelsea team, Enzo Maresca has a large squad to prime from. But location will beryllium nary Raheem Sterling, he's taken nan number 7 disconnected him.

Chelsea besides play successful nan Conference League connected Thursday nighttime and I thought they were good beaten by Manchester City, but it has to click astatine immoderate shape for them.

Wolves had their moments against Arsenal and this 1 has tie each complete it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Clara's prediction: 0-2

Jordan's prediction: Chelsea will astir apt smash them but I person gone for Wolves to get a draw. 2-2

Anfield, 16:30

Brentford person sewage a extremity successful them and Ivan Toney is backmost successful training. There is talk of him going to Saudi Arabia, what a calamity that would beryllium astatine his property - he has plentifulness of clip near to do that.

It was a really bully triumph for Arne Slot's Liverpool astatine Ipswich, they had to activity for it and he showed his ruthless broadside taking defender Jarell Quansah disconnected astatine half-time and putting Ibrahima Konate on.

Mo Salah looked good, he is ripped and looks fitter than ever. I deliberation Liverpool's onslaught will beryllium excessively beardown for nan Brentford backline but Brentford person a extremity successful them and I really for illustration Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

Clara's prediction: 2-1

Jordan's prediction: I person gone for immoderate goals present - well, I person done that pinch each crippled really. I'm hoping for immoderate bully games, but location is simply a bully chance that truthful galore of these will beryllium goalless. 4-2

How did Sutton do past time?

From nan opening information of 10 Premier League games, Sutton sewage 4 correct results, including 1 nonstop score, giving him 70 points.

His guest, Courteeners frontman Liam Fray, sewage six correct results, pinch 3 nonstop scores, for a full of 150 points.

But nan first triumph of nan play goes to... you. Using nan astir celebrated scorelines from nan predictions you made, you sewage 7 correct results, pinch 3 nonstop scores, for an awesome full of 160 points.

Total scores aft week one:

  1. You: 160

  2. Guests: 150

  3. Chris: 70

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