Sutton's Predictions V Grime Stars Footsie & Strategy

The Premier League's apical 2 meet astatine Anfield connected Sunday but location is acold much astatine liking earlier nan aforesaid time erstwhile Newcastle big Chelsea.

"This is immense for some sides successful nan title for nan apical five, and location are decidedly immoderate goals successful this game," said BBC Sport shot master Chris Sutton.

"Chelsea person deed shape again and it is important for them that Cole Palmer has ended his extremity drought, but Newcastle are going to spell for it because they are astatine home."

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

For week 36, he takes connected grime stars Footsie and Strategy, who are some Manchester United fans.

Footsie and Strategy's collaborative album, Theatre of Dreams, was released connected Thursday on pinch their video for their caller lead single, Standard, which was changeable successful Manchester and London.

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

The astir celebrated scoreline selected for each crippled is utilized successful nan scoreboards and tables astatine nan bottommost of this page.

A correct consequence (picking a win, tie aliases defeat) is worthy 10 points. The nonstop people earns 40 points.

Footsie is from eastbound Lonadon but followed successful his family's footsteps by supporting United.

"When my grandparents came complete from Jamaica, they landed successful Manchester," he told BBC Sport.

"My grandad worked location for a bit, and that's wherever nan emotion for United comes from - my dada supported them too, and nan full family were Reds from there."

For Strategy, who grew up overmuch person to Old Trafford, location was ne'er immoderate prime either.

"My mum lived successful Lower Broughton which was information nan area from The Cliff (United's aged training ground) truthful erstwhile we were kids we utilized to bent retired location and spot each nan players for illustration Eric Cantona and David Beckham," he explained.

"My Nana lives successful Ordsall, which is for illustration a two-minute locomotion from Old Trafford, and I utilized to drawback my schoolhouse autobus from extracurricular nan crushed each day.

"I utilized to regularly spot Fergie (Sir Alex Ferguson) erstwhile I was stood waiting astatine nan autobus stop, and I've sewage a photograph of maine pinch him and Bobby Charlton.

"It's not rather nan aforesaid but conscionable nan different time Footsie and I sewage a travel disconnected JJ Gabriel [the 14-year-old aged United striker dubbed 'Kid Messi']. That will impressment a batch of girls successful astir 3 years time!"

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Footsie and Strategy performed a freestyle connected Sir Spyro's The Grime Show connected BBC Radio 1Xtra connected Tuesday, which is disposable now connected BBC Sounds.

Before opening his euphony career, Footsie was a talented footballer successful his youth. He played for celebrated eastbound London inferior broadside Senrab FC and was connected Charlton's books arsenic a teenager.

"Senrab produced an astonishing magnitude of footballers - Jermain Defoe, John Terry, Paul Konchesky and Ledley King each played for them," Footsie said. "I was successful nan aforesaid squad arsenic Muzzy Izzet and Jon Fortune and we were nan apical squad successful England successful our property group.

"I had a agelong stint astatine Charlton arsenic a schoolboy, but past euphony was my calling really."

Strategy played a batch of shot arsenic a teen too, but admits it was not astatine arsenic precocious a level.

"I had nan ability, but I ne'er had nan mentality," he said. "I was a awesome finisher, but I conscionable did not return good to training connected a Wednesday greeting successful nan rain.

"Like Footsie, I americium an FA qualified shot coach though. I did that for a while, but past euphony took complete for maine too."

Chris Sutton, Footsie and Strategy were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

I was astatine Goodison Park for Everton's tie pinch Ipswich past week and though nan consequence was disappointing, they played good capable to win.

If Everton had taken their chances they would person had nan points wrapped up earlier Ipswich sewage backmost into nan game.

As I've said earlier though, I don't deliberation it's a bad point that they person not sustained their early shape nether David Moyes because that would overgarment a mendacious image of really beardown their squad is, and it needs a superior overhaul successful nan summer.

Moyes decidedly lifted things erstwhile he took complete successful January but he has sewage immoderate large decisions to make astir who stays and goes, and it feels for illustration a fewer players are connected proceedings astatine nan moment, pinch their futures uncertain.

As for Fulham, good I've recovered them almost intolerable to telephone for astir of nan season, particularly astatine home, but I americium going to backmost Marco Silva's broadside to return nan points here.

They will person a spell astatine Everton and, pinch James Tarkowski injured, I don't deliberation nan Toffees will clasp out.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Strategy: Let's make this competitive, shall we?

Footsie: Okay then!

Strategy's prediction: I americium going pinch Everton 1-2

Footsie's prediction: I americium ne'er judge which Fulham will move up, but my first thought was that they will win. 2-1

Strategy: Oh it is for illustration that, is it!?

Ipswich did good to conflict backmost for a tie against Everton past week but this is simply a really reliable crippled for them.

Brentford are specified a move squad and now they person sewage Kevin Schade scoring arsenic good arsenic Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, truthful it is going to beryllium difficult to support them quiet.

The Bees recovered from 2-0 down to triumph 4-3 erstwhile they played Ipswich astatine location successful October, pinch Mbeumo scoring nan victor successful nan 96th minute.

That was a large rustle for nan Tractor Boys astatine nan time, but I don't deliberation this will beryllium anyplace adjacent arsenic close. Brentford person won 3 games successful a row, and this will make it four.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

Footsie's prediction: Brentford are scoring immoderate goals here. 1-3

Strategy's prediction: Yeah, this 1 is an distant win. 0-2

Manchester City person sewage nan FA Cup last to look guardant to adjacent play but they besides person a top-five spot to secure, truthful location is nary threat they will not beryllium afloat focused connected that connected Saturday.

After winning their past 4 convention games, City besides person immoderate existent momentum for nan first clip successful a agelong while. You person to spell backmost to August for nan past clip they managed a tally for illustration that.

So, I tin only spot 1 result astatine St Mary's Stadium, and it is going to time off Southampton stuck connected 11 points for astatine slightest different week. The only mobility present really is really galore goals City score.

Sutton's prediction: 0-3

Footsie's prediction: This is decidedly a City win, whether we for illustration it aliases not! 0-3

Strategy's prediction: I americium going to spell pinch Southampton to people a cheeky goal, but City to get four. 1-4

Wolves' winning tally was ended by Manchester City past clip retired but I was still really impressed by their strength and they will origin Brighton plentifulness of problems too.

It has been a unusual play for nan Seagulls, who person been a top-half squad for nan full run but person won only 1 of their past 7 convention games.

I don't deliberation their run is needfully fizzling retired because they played good successful their tie pinch Newcastle past week, but their mediocre tally mightiness proceed because I don't spot them beating Wolves either.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Footsie's prediction: This is simply a reliable 1 to call. 2-2

Strategy's prediction: I americium backing Wolves here. This is simply a spot of a gamble, but I conscionable person a hunch. 2-0

This should beryllium a cracking game. Aston Villa really request a triumph to boost their hopes of making nan apical five, but really tin I backmost against a Bournemouth broadside that hit Arsenal past clip out?

Part of my predictions strategy past week was to backmost nan teams who are going for nan Champions League places, but I don't deliberation you tin conscionable disregard really good a squad for illustration Bournemouth are playing.

Sutton's prediction: 2-2

Footsie's prediction: Bournemouth mightiness nick this. 2-1

Strategy's prediction: No, Villa are taking it. 1-2

It's awesome to spot 2 teams going head-to-head successful this title for nan apical 5 and Chelsea astir apt travel into it successful amended shape aft getting a awesome consequence against Liverpool connected Sunday.

Yes, they were playing consecutive aft Liverpool had won nan title and nan Reds had astir apt been celebrating each week, but they still had to put them distant and they did that convincingly.

It intends Enzo Maresca's broadside person won their past 3 convention games truthful they will beryllium afloat of assurance up of this one, but it's going to beryllium reliable for them to widen that run.

We cognize Maresca is simply a stickler for playing retired from nan back, but doing that against Newcastle is asking for trouble. The Magpies will put them nether superior pressure, because that's what they do to teams astatine St James' Park.

Newcastle person sewage a very beingness midfield which mightiness beryllium wherever nan conflict is won and lost, and of people Alexander Isak is specified a threat too.

Chelsea person sewage match-winners too, if Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke are firing, and my first thought was that location will beryllium tons of goals successful this game.

With what's astatine stake, though, it mightiness beryllium a small cagier than that. I deliberation nan BBC readers will spell for a tie but I americium going to instrumentality my cervix retired and opportunity Newcastle will separator it.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Footsie's prediction: Newcastle are astatine home, which makes a difference. 3-1

Strategy's prediction: I complaint Newcastle but I'm going pinch Chelsea. 1-2

I americium not judge who would want to watch this game? Manchester United's 2nd drawstring versus specified a mediocre West Ham broadside pinch thing to play for is not precisely basal viewing, is it?

The Europa League last is going to beryllium Ruben Amorim's attraction for nan remainder of nan play and Brentford made nan astir of that erstwhile they hit a weakened United squad past weekend.

I americium not judge nan Hammers are arsenic move arsenic Brentford successful attack, however, truthful they whitethorn not beryllium tin of doing nan aforesaid thing.

A batch depends connected nan United squad selection, though. It is difficult capable making predictions anyway, but its moreover harder erstwhile location could beryllium wide changes, and you don't cognize whether it is nan United first squad who are going to play, aliases beryllium much for illustration nan younker team.

That makes this much of a guess, erstwhile I americium utilized to applying subject to my predictions, but I wish I had gone for West Ham to tie pinch Tottenham past week, and I americium not going to make nan aforesaid correction this time.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Footsie's prediction: I've sewage to backmost United haven't I? 2-1

Strategy's prediction: I don't moreover cognize what to expect but I deliberation location will beryllium immoderate goals. 4-3

Footsie's favourite United player: I utilized to play right-back truthful I utilized to watch Paul Parker and Denis Irwin avidly and conscionable study their games. Now I've sewage emotion for Harry Maguire. He was 10 seconds distant from leaving nan nine but now he is 1 of our champion players by a agelong way. I emotion each nan workhorses, because you request them.

Strategy's favourite United player: I was a full-back too... a left-back. I started retired arsenic a striker but conscionable sewage pushed further back. Everyone starts up front, don't they!? The players I liked were not conscionable down to their performances, but nan cognition they brought to nan team. So Eric Cantona for maine was a monolithic hero. As a kid, he was nan guy. Now? I really for illustration Lisandro Martinez, aka The Butcher. That's my benignant of subordinate - moreover if nan capacity is not up there, he is giving it everything.

I americium astatine this crippled for BBC Radio 5 Live and it is simply a must-win for Nottingham Forest successful nan top-five race.

The unit is disconnected Leicester because they are already down and they are astir apt still smiling aft getting a uncommon triumph complete Southampton past clip out, erstwhile Jamie Vardy scored his 199th extremity for nan Foxes.

I stake Vardy would dearly emotion to get extremity number 200 against Forest's rivals earlier he leaves nan nine successful nan summer, and this crippled does person a whiff of being 1 wherever he has a opportunity successful keeping Forest retired of nan Champions League places

Still, if some teams play thing for illustration they person done each play past this is simply a Forest win, easily.

Chris Wood scored doubly successful a 3-1 triumph astatine nan King Power successful October and though his goals person dried up a bit, I tin spot him getting backmost connected nan scoresheet here.

The consequence is really each that matters for Forest, because they request to get to nan past crippled of nan play successful touch pinch Chelsea earlier they meet successful what mightiness move retired to beryllium a Champions League play-off.

Forest are playing catch-up astatine nan infinitesimal but, pinch West Ham up adjacent aft this, I still deliberation they person a very bully chance of making it.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Footsie's prediction: Forest are taking this. 2-0

Strategy's prediction: Leicester mightiness get thing here. 1-1

Both clubs tin almost hide astir this game, really. It is simply a spot of a nuisance for some of them.

Tottenham's play rests connected what happens successful nan Europa League last connected 21 May, while for Crystal Palace it is each astir nan FA Cup last adjacent weekend.

Eagles leader Oliver Glasner went beardown pinch his squad action against Forest past week and if he does nan aforesaid present past I tin spot a Palace victory. They don't person overmuch to play for, though, because triumph aliases suffer they look apt to decorativeness successful their accustomed position - 12th.

Spurs are still having a stinker of a clip pinch injuries, pinch James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall some group to miss nan remainder of nan season, and that business hardly helps Ange Postecoglou pinch nan broadside he picks.

It is difficult to make a telephone without knowing who will play but, each things considered, nan astir apt result is astir apt a draw.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Strategy's prediction: Palace will separator it. 0-1

Footsie's prediction: Yeah, Palace mightiness nick that. 1-2

Arsenal were really bully against Paris St-Germain connected Wednesday, and I was impressed by really brave they were, but they still went retired of nan Champions League.

There will beryllium Gunners fans retired location who will deliberation they should beryllium winning much trophies than they person managed nether Mikel Arteta, who has still not added to nan FA Cup he lifted successful his first season, 2019-20.

Arsenal are still heading successful nan correct guidance but nan biggest problem for maine has been their recruitment, particularly for them to not motion a striker past summer. There are specified good margins betwixt occurrence and nonaccomplishment astatine nan highest level, and you request personification to put distant your chances successful nan biggest games.

They fundamentally admitted that by trying to motion Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa successful January and if anyone aliases thing is to blasted for different trophyless season, past that's wherever it lies.

Now Arsenal request to refocus and make judge they don't fto 2nd spot gaffe away.

This crippled evidently is not nan title decider that immoderate group whitethorn person anticipated earlier successful nan season, but I still consciousness some sides will beryllium hopeless to triumph it.

It's conscionable a shame that, from Liverpool's constituent of view, it mightiness beryllium over-shadowed by nan guidance to Trent Alexander-Arnold's announcement he is leaving nan club.

There is this statement surrounding Alexander-Arnold now, and whether he should commencement astatine Anfield this play aliases play for nan nine again astatine all, and besides what benignant of reception he will get if he does.

No-one tin show Liverpool fans, aliases fans of immoderate club, what to deliberation - myself included - but we tin each person an sentiment connected this whether we support them aliases not, and I deliberation immoderate of nan guidance to this full saga has been wholly complete nan top.

Fair-minded group will look astatine Alexander-Arnold arsenic personification who has fixed complete 20 years work to his boyhood nine aft rising done nan ranks, but conscionable wants a different situation astatine Real Madrid, nan biggest nine successful nan world, and nan astir successful 1 successful position of winning European Cups and Champions Leagues.

If they were successful nan aforesaid position, what would they do? You person ever sewage your die-hards who are not going to alteration aliases spot things anyone else's way, but Alexander-Arnold does not merit nan ridiculous maltreatment he is getting.

In position of nan crippled itself, I really don't cognize what to expect. Liverpool were measurement beneath their champion against Chelsea past week, but Arne Slot could spell beardown present and they whitethorn consciousness they person a constituent to beryllium against their nearest rivals.

Similarly, Arsenal could beryllium level aft their disappointment successful Paris, aliases they could travel retired firing. Hopefully that's nan case, and some teams will beryllium up for it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Footsie's prediction: It will beryllium adjacent but Liverpool will win. 2-1

Strategy's prediction: That's not a bad shout, I mightiness person to opportunity nan aforesaid there. 2-1

Last week was immense for Chris and his hopes of defending his BBC predictions title.

After nan first 9 games of week 34, he had 5 correct results pinch nary nonstop score, putting him connected 50 points.

His guest, vocalist Sasha Keable, had only managed 1 correct results truthful had 10 points, but nan BBC readers led nan measurement acknowledgment to 3 correct results and 1 nonstop score, giving them 70 points.

That meant it each came down to Monday's crippled betwixt Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest and, while Sasha and nan BBC readers backed Palace to win, Sutton went for a 1-1 draw.

That earned him 40 points for an nonstop score, which gave him his 10th outright play triumph of nan play and put him backmost connected apical of nan table.

"I americium a predictions genius," was his, erm, somewhat predictable response.