Sutton's festive predictions v DJ & producer Eats Everything

Premier League leaders Liverpool are 4 points clear astatine Christmas pinch a crippled successful hand, but tin Arsenal aliases Chelsea adjacent the spread successful 2025?

"We are not astatine the shape yet wherever the title is Liverpool's to lose," said BBC Sport's shot master Chris Sutton.

"Arsenal person shown they tin beryllium a juggernaut erstwhile they get going, and I would not norm Chelsea retired either.

"Liverpool are decidedly the squad to hit and they are going to return immoderate stopping, but location are still immoderate twists and turns to come."

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

For week 18's fixtures, to beryllium played complete the festive play connected 26 and 27 December, he takes connected Eats Everything, aka DJ & producer Daniel Pearce, who is simply a Manchester United fan.

Eats Everything's latest track, Upside Down, is retired now, and his adjacent single, pinch Gardna, is released successful January. His caller medium follows successful 2025, including features from legendary figures MJ Cole and Goldie.

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

Eats Everything has ever had a soft spot for his hometown squad Bristol City, but fell successful emotion pinch Manchester United arsenic a boy.

"I'd been watching City since the property of six, and went to Wembley to watch them triumph the Freight Rover Trophy successful 1986," he explained.

"But, pinch United, my dada played rugby for Salford backmost successful the time and he was besides location head of a institution called BSS [British Steel Supplies].

"When United did a refit of Old Trafford successful the precocious 1980s, he brokered the woody for the pipes and worldly for illustration that, truthful he took maine to immoderate games and that was it.

"It sounds ridiculous but I conscionable loved the truth Mark Hughes had monolithic thighs - he was the first subordinate I really latched connected to arsenic being a leader of mine.

"Hughes, and Bryan Robson too, was wherever it started for me. Then it was players for illustration Lee Sharpe and Ryan Giggs coming through.

"I loved the measurement Sharpe played pinch a grin connected his look and seemed to for illustration having a laugh. He was an entertainer, and I americium not judge galore players for illustration that beryllium astatine the highest level anymore - it is almost for illustration it is coached retired of them.

"It is each astir the squad now, which is superb successful immoderate respects, but I miss the days erstwhile each broadside had an breathtaking subordinate aliases players who you looked guardant to watching for their flair and superb individual skill.

"There were acold much entertainers astir successful the 1990s and early 2000s. If you look astatine the database of Ballon d'Or winners from that era, it is group for illustration Ronaldo and Ronaldinho who are getting those accolades. I don't deliberation immoderate existent players successful the Premier League aliases La Liga tin really get adjacent to them."

Chris Sutton and Eats Everything were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Etihad Stadium, 12:30 GMT

Manchester City are uncovering everything difficult astatine the moment, including creating chances and scoring goals, but I still deliberation it is conscionable a matter of clip until they travel bully again - they person to.

There is truthful overmuch sound astir City astatine the moment, astir what is going wrong, but this is still a crippled they should win.

Everton person kept cleanable sheets successful 5 of their past six games but they sewage thumped the past clip they came to Manchester - astatine the commencement of December, erstwhile they mislaid 4-0 to Manchester United.

I deliberation they will suffer astatine Etihad Stadium too.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Eats Everything's prediction: Everton person been drafting a batch but they person not seen overmuch of the shot - they had little than 25% of possession against Chelsea and Arsenal - and it is going to beryllium the aforesaid communicative here. Arsenal battered them really, conscionable without scoring, and though City person been struggling I still deliberation they will find a measurement through. 2-0

Vitality Stadium, 15:00 GMT

I americium not going to overthink this one.

Until they mislaid to Arsenal doubly past week, Crystal Palace were showing signs of improvement, but Bournemouth person been brilliant.

Andoni Iraola's broadside thoroughly deserved to hit Manchester United connected Sunday. They ever create loads of chances and, astatine the moment, they are taking them.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Eats Everything's prediction: Bournemouth are perfectly connected occurrence - arsenic United recovered retired connected Sunday, unfortunately. I emotion Antoine Semenyo, who is an ex-Bristol City subordinate and is absolute dynamite, but the full squad conscionable look really coagulated and play astonishing football.

Palace person started to footwear connected a spot now too, and Oliver Glasner is doing a bully occupation there, but I'm decidedly going pinch Bournemouth here. 2-1

Stamford Bridge, 15:00 GMT

I americium a large instrumentality of Fulham manager, Marco Silva, but the Cottagers person a dismal grounds astatine Stamford Bridge - they person not won location since 1979 - and location won't beryllium immoderate 'Silva Bells' ringing successful ceremony this clip either.

Chelsea will beryllium disappointed not to person beaten Everton connected Sunday, but I don't spot them failing to occurrence again here. They are backmost connected location turf, and they should beryllium backmost to winning ways.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Eats Everything's prediction: I'd usually conscionable spell pinch Chelsea present because they person been doing good but Fulham person really impressed maine - Silva is different head who has been fixed clip to build a very useful team.

Chelsea ever look to people though - their goalless tie pinch Everton connected Sunday was the first clip they had grounded to people successful the convention since the opening play - truthful I americium going to play it safe and backmost them to separator it. 2-1

St James' Park, 15:00 GMT

Newcastle look to beryllium hitting a spot of shape - arsenic I predicted, though I don't for illustration to mention it - and Alexander Isak looks unstoppable astatine the moment. It conscionable shows that group should ne'er constitute disconnected Magpies head Eddie Howe.

Aston Villa were comfortable successful their triumph against Manchester City connected Saturday, and I emotion what Morgan Rogers is doing for them this season.

Villa head Unai Emery has a bully headache up front, to take betwixt Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran, and it intends they person ever sewage goals successful them.

It is Newcastle I americium going pinch here, though. They look to beryllium building existent momentum though I conjecture location is the consequence I americium reference excessively overmuch into them being truthful comfortable against small Ipswich Town astatine the weekend.

They were ruthless against small Ipswich astatine Portman Road, and I deliberation they will beryllium ruthless astatine location against Villa too.

Sutton's prediction: 3-1

Eats Everything's prediction: This is simply a reliable 1 because some sides person been very up and down this season, and they some had bully wins astatine the weekend.

I americium not going to opportunity Newcastle person been 'Spursy' but they look to beryllium either really good, aliases unspeakable - truthful I americium going to spell pinch Villa here. I don't really cognize why, it is conscionable a emotion I person got. 0-2

City Ground, 15:00 GMT

Tottenham are flagging astatine the infinitesimal and missing a batch of cardinal players but it is evident that Spurs head Ange Postecoglou won't discuss connected his playing style - he has made that clear successful the past week.

It makes this crippled fascinating because Nottingham Forest are successful awesome shape and they are besides resilient defensively, and capable to soak up pressure.

Spurs are specified a unusual squad that I still consciousness they could spell to the City Ground and triumph by 3 aliases 4 goals, but you person to fancy Forest to people a mates too.

I americium very tempted to backmost Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside to triumph this, because they will conscionable beryllium successful a mid to debased artifact and conscionable counter-attack, which will origin Spurs problems.

But Tottenham person sewage goals successful them, truthful I americium going for a draw.

Sutton's prediction: 2-2

Eats Everything's prediction: One of my champion mates, Matt, is simply a die-hard Forest instrumentality truthful I travel them rather intimately and I americium really pleased they are doing truthful well. They person sewage immoderate superb players excessively - if United signed Murillo past I would beryllium complete the moon, and I really for illustration Chris Wood.

Forest were superb against United earlier this period and afloat deserved to hit us. They person had immoderate large results already this play and I deliberation they will get different triumph here. I was going to spell 2-0 to Forest, but Spurs ever score. 3-1

St Mary's Stadium, 15:00 GMT

There has not been overmuch Christmas cheer for Southampton but they did astatine slightest support a cleanable expanse against Fulham and their caller manager, Ivan Juric, would astir apt beryllium happy pinch different bore tie successful his first crippled successful charge.

West Ham besides picked up a constituent complete the weekend, against Brighton, but they really sewage distant pinch 1 location - I was truthful unlucky pinch my prediction of a Seagulls win, because they perfectly battered them.

The Hammers person sewage immoderate really value players, for illustration Jarrod Bowen, and I support reasoning they are yet going to get going and find immoderate consistency, but it has not happened yet.

I'm still not convinced by West Ham leader Julen Lopetegui, and I don't really cognize what to expect from Juric, truthful the safest prediction present is astir apt different 1-1 tie - which would beryllium West Ham's 3rd successful a row, each against southbound seashore clubs.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Eats Everything's prediction: Southampton will beryllium hoping for a caller head bounce, but West Ham person been decent successful their past mates of games - they sewage battered by Bournemouth but showed they were resilient and it was akin against Brighton. I americium going to spell for them getting different tie here. 1-1

Molineux, 17:30 GMT

I usually get a spot of feedback connected societal media erstwhile I foretell a Manchester United conclusion but it has been very quiet since I said they would suffer to Bournemouth connected Sunday.

I did not deliberation the scoreline would beryllium 3-0 again, but the logic I went pinch the Cherries is because they won astatine Old Trafford past play and, since then, they person improved while United person gone backwards. So, was it really specified a surprise?

Moving connected to this game, and the aforesaid reasoning applies. Why would anyone look astatine Ruben Amorim's broadside and backmost them to hit Wolves? I can't deliberation of immoderate compelling logic why thing will beryllium different here.

I consciousness sorry for Amorim because he arrived pinch specified excitement astir his assignment but, only a fewer weeks later, he must beryllium afloat alert of really large a occupation he faces to move things around.

United person wasted a luck to build this squad and, arsenic Amorim keeps saying, he is still trying to find his champion XI. This is simply a proceedings play for him but he has sewage to woody pinch issues for illustration Marcus Rashford's early arsenic well. He has sewage a batch to benignant out.

It is difficult to cognize what Wolves will beryllium for illustration either, though. One of the positives from their triumph complete Leicester successful Vitor Pereira's first crippled was a cleanable expanse but you person to retrieve that the Foxes are bang average.

So, arsenic mediocre arsenic United person been, I americium not going for Wolves to triumph this either. Instead, I deliberation this will beryllium a tight crippled and it has sewage tie written each complete it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Eats Everything's prediction: I was hoping our triumph successful the derby would boost our shape but evidently that wasn't the lawsuit against Bournemouth. Wolves sewage a bully triumph successful in Pereira's first lucifer successful complaint and playing them successful his first location crippled is going to beryllium tough, but of people I americium going to backmost us.

I'd for illustration to deliberation if Rashford aliases Alejandro Garnacho are connected the chair past 1 of them will travel connected and beryllium itching to do something, and make the difference. 0-2

Eats Everything connected United's season: I really for illustration Ruben Amorim, I deliberation he's an absolute dude. Erik 10 Hag was akin erstwhile he came in, and ruled pinch an robust fist, but I deliberation connection was his problem. Ten Hag wanted to do it his measurement erstwhile he arrived, and it didn't work, but alternatively of sticking to his guns he tried to make the strategy activity astir the players alternatively than the different measurement round.

It worked for a while successful his first season, until Casemiro's shape dropped off, but the squad was ne'er really the aforesaid aft that and Ten Hag did not look very convincing connected the touchline. Amorim is already articulating things a batch amended and moreover if results person not been great, I do deliberation we will get better.

Anfield, 20:00 GMT

Liverpool perfectly smashed Tottenham connected Sunday pinch a superb show of power, power and attacking thrust.

They were brilliant. My only disapproval of their capacity is that they could person been much objective and should person reached double figures pinch the chances they created.

The interest for Leicester arsenic they caput to Anfield is that they are leaking tons of chances anyway, whoever they face.

They will beryllium in, and effort to unopen up shop, but it won't make immoderate quality - they will not beryllium capable to header pinch Liverpool's firepower.

Even if Reds leader Arne Slot makes changes, they still create tons of chances and the only existent mobility is really galore they will score. I americium being bully by saying Liverpool will only get four.

Sutton's prediction: 4-0

Eats Everything's prediction: Leicester are different squad I for illustration and I'd emotion spot Ruud van Nistelrooy get thing here, but I can't spot thing different than a Liverpool win. 3-0

Amex Stadium, 19:30 GMT

Brighton person been patchy of precocious but they should person beaten West Ham connected Saturday and I don't consciousness for illustration they person dropped disconnected rather arsenic overmuch arsenic their tally of 5 games without a triumph suggests.

There will beryllium goals successful this game, because the Seagulls are leaking them and Brentford ever look dangerous, but I americium going for a constrictive location win.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Eats Everything's prediction: Brentford person been unspeakable distant and unreal astatine home, astatine slightest until they mislaid to Forest connected Saturday anyway. I was going to springiness this to Brighton but they person been truthful deed and miss that I americium really going to spell for a draw. 1-1

Emirates Stadium, 20:30 GMT

Ipswich missed the suspended Liam Delap successful their dense location conclusion against Newcastle. He will beryllium backmost for this game, but I don't spot him making overmuch quality to the outcome.

Saturday was the benignant of thumping that mightiness put a monolithic dent successful Ipswich's assurance and this is simply a large trial for them. I cognize they person already won successful northbound London this season, erstwhile they saw disconnected Tottenham successful November, but it is difficult to spot them getting thing astatine Emirates Stadium.

It is important for Arsenal that Gabriel Jesus is backmost successful the goals. They are going to miss the injured Bukayo Saka for the adjacent fewer weeks but they will still person excessively overmuch firepower for Ipswich.

The Tractor Boys are successful the relegation area astatine Christmas and I want to opportunity that I consciousness sorry for my daughter's coach Mr Fields, who is an Ipswich fan. To beryllium honest, that's thing new, though - I ever consciousness sorry for each Ipswich fans.

Being serious, I still deliberation they person sewage a chance of staying up and I still complaint their manager, Kieran McKenna, very highly - but that Newcastle conclusion was a large rustle for them. They are still without a location triumph this play and that has to alteration quickly if they are going to person immoderate chance of beating the drop.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Eats Everything's prediction: If Arsenal move up location is nary contest, really. Ipswich gave United a bully crippled and they are not a bad team, but they concede excessively galore goals. 3-0

Chris sewage 4 correct results from the 10 games successful week 17, pinch nary nonstop scores, giving him 40 points.

His guest, Reverend and the Makers vocalist Jon McClure, did a spot better. He besides sewage 4 correct results but pinch 1 nonstop score, for a tally of 70 points.

But it was the BBC readers who came retired connected top. They sewage 5 correct results, pinch 2 nonstop scores, for a full of 110 points.