Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v rapper and Man City fan Blanco

Aston Villa bushed Manchester United successful Unai Emery's archetypal crippled successful complaint backmost successful November - tin they proceed their superb tally erstwhile they spell to Old Trafford connected Sunday?

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

This play helium is taking connected rapper and Man City instrumentality Blanco.

Blanco, 24, archetypal came to prominence with his starring relation successful drill corporate Harlem Spartans. His latest singles, Carpe Diem and Londis, were some released successful March and helium has a full-length task to travel aboriginal this twelvemonth - his caller mixtape Rebourne is dropping mid-June.

Blanco's debut project, City of God, has amassed much than 63m Spotify streams truthful far

Blanco is from southbound London but grew up a Blue - mostly due to the fact that of Robinho.

"When I was successful superior school, helium was 1 of my favourite players," helium told BBC Sport. "At that property I wasn't watching shot for the football, I was watching for the skills. He was specified a superb player, I fell successful emotion with him.

"I retrieve getting posters of him from the Match of the Day mag and watching arsenic galore highlights of him arsenic I could. He scored immoderate astonishing goals and I followed Manchester City due to the fact that of him.

"No-one believes me, it's crazy! But I person Facebook posts proving it, adjacent earlier City won the Premier League successful 2012.

"My favourite subordinate now? Well, I'm spoilt for choice."

City are chasing the Treble this season, and could unafraid glory successful the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.

"I tin spot it happening, I'd conscionable similar america to get person to it earlier I deliberation astir it excessively much," Blanco added.

"It's going to beryllium pugnacious to get past Real Madrid [in the semi-finals of the CL] but I'd really beryllium much frightened of them if the necktie was being played the aforesaid bid arsenic past year, erstwhile the archetypal limb was astatine location and past we went away.

"This way, I conscionable deliberation immoderate happens astatine the Bernabeu, we tin crook it around.

"In presumption of the league, though, I was ever assured we were going to bushed Arsenal. We conscionable ever look similar a squad that could bash it erstwhile it mattered."

A close effect (picking a win, gully oregon defeat) is worthy 10 points. The nonstop people earns 40 points.

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SUTTON'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY, 29 APRIL

Crystal Palace v West Ham (12:30 BST)

I tin recognize wherefore West Ham's David Moyes was truthful upset aft his broadside mislaid to Liverpool connected Wednesday due to the fact that they should person had that precocious punishment for Thiago's handball.

The Hammers person been overmuch improved successful caller weeks but I deliberation they inactive request different triumph to get to information and it is asking a batch for them to get it astatine Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace's unbeaten tally nether Roy Hodgson ended astatine Molineux connected Tuesday aft 3 wins and a gully but it wasn't arsenic if they played badly. I'd beryllium amazed if they mislaid again here, particularly due to the fact that I don't deliberation West Ham volition support a cleanable sheet.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Blanco's prediction: West Ham are the stronger squad connected insubstantial but I'm going with Palace. 2-1

Brentford v Nottingham Forest (15:00)

I americium beauteous assured astir this 1 due to the fact that Brentford look to person got implicit their small blip successful form.

I didn't spot Nottingham Forest's midweek triumph implicit Brighton coming but that was astatine the City Ground, wherever they person picked up 24 of their 30 points this season.

Steve Cooper's broadside enactment up a combat successful their past distant crippled astatine Anfield but their grounds connected the roadworthy is awful.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Blanco's prediction: Forest volition enactment up a fight... but Brentford are going to win. 3-2

Brighton v Wolves (15:00)

I fearfulness for Brighton a small bit, and whether fatigue could commencement kicking successful during their run-in. It would beryllium a shame if they blew up present aft the play they person had and I don't deliberation they will.

Wolves are each but harmless aft winning 3 of their past 4 games truthful it is astir occupation done for their manager Julen Lopetegui.

They volition marque it hard for Brighton but I inactive deliberation the Seagulls are an fantabulous squad and we volition spot a effect from them aft a hard week.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Blanco's prediction: This mightiness really beryllium an casual triumph for Brighton. I'd emotion Kaoru Mitoma to play for City by the way. 2-0

SUNDAY, 30 APRIL

Bournemouth v Leeds (14:00)

I was astatine St Mary's Stadium connected Thursday and Bournemouth truly impressed maine with their show against Southampton.

As I've mentioned before, I haven't backed them often this play but they are a truly well-balanced broadside and they should person won by a bigger borderline than 2-1.

Leeds, meanwhile, are successful hopeless request a triumph aft taking lone 1 constituent from their past 4 games. Where volition it travel from though?

Javi Gracia's squad are specified a patchy broadside and it's hard to marque a lawsuit for them playing good for agelong capable to win, but they mightiness travel up with capable to drawback a gully if the Cherries instrumentality their ft disconnected the gas.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Blanco's prediction: Leeds are mediocre - they are each implicit the spot defensively - but I similar them due to the fact that of the benignant of shot they played nether Marcelo Bielsa erstwhile they archetypal came into the Premier League. So I americium putting them down to triumph this one. I uncertainty it volition happen, I truly do, but they volition decidedly enactment up a combat anyway. 1-2

Fulham v Man City (14:00)

I deliberation the wide statement is that the Premier League rubric contention is done - and Manchester City are going to triumph it for the 5th clip successful six seasons.

City were conscionable superb against Arsenal connected Wednesday, they conscionable monstered the leaders truly - they wholly overpowered them.

The lone existent uncertainty I person present is whether City tin get the equilibrium close erstwhile they marque changes.

That volition beryllium astir important successful the league games astir their Champions League semi-final games against Real Madrid connected 9 and 17 May, but they volition astir apt rotate present too.

I wrongly accused Fulham of being connected the formation erstwhile they were connected a dreadful tally of signifier a fewer weeks agone and I deliberation they volition people connected Sunday - I conscionable deliberation City volition people three. They are going to gaffe up astatine immoderate point, conscionable due to the fact that of their docket - but not this time.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 1-3

Blanco's prediction: No surprises here! We volition person excessively overmuch for them, adjacent if we marque changes. Riyad Mahrez volition drawback a extremity oregon possibly two. Bernardo Silva is mode amended than him defensively truthful we benignant of request him connected the close helping successful the large games but Mahrez is inactive a superb player. 1-3

Blanco's favourite City players: There are truthful galore players that person stood retired for america this play but Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji merit a peculiar notation due to the fact that I don't deliberation galore radical expected them to play specified an important role. I inactive complaint Kyle Walker though and I deliberation we request his gait against Vinicius Jr successful that Real tie. It decidedly didn't assistance that Fernandinho was up against him past time! As for Erling Haaland, good I wasn't definite helium would acceptable successful with our benignant but you ticker him present and helium has go truthful bully astatine link-up play, arsenic good arsenic scoring goals obviously!

Man Utd v Aston Villa (14:00)

Aston Villa could adjacent the spread connected Manchester United present to conscionable 3 points, though Erik 10 Hag's broadside would inactive person 2 games successful hand.

I tin spot wherefore Villa are connected specified a bully tally due to the fact that Ollie Watkins carries a existent threat, Emi Buendia is truthful originative and they person a decently balanced midfield.

They are connected a precocious and playing with state and, though I deliberation it volition beryllium close, I fancy Villa more.

United person been missing their first-choice centre-halves, Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane, and they don't look assured erstwhile teams person a spell astatine them the mode I americium expecting Unai Emery's broadside to.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Blanco's prediction: I don't similar United! 0-1

Newcastle v Southampton (14:00)

This is the 'Alan Shearer derby' betwixt 2 of his aged clubs and determination is lone going to beryllium 1 winner.

Southampton were a disgrace connected Thursday, bearing caput they were astatine location and needed to triumph the game. I thought their show was gutless and they offered truthful small successful attack.

The presumption Saints are in, I was expecting them to play with desperation and propulsion everything they could astatine Bournemouth.

Instead, they looked similar a squad who had already been relegated. How connected world they got a constituent against Arsenal past week, I truly don't know.

Newcastle, meanwhile, are conscionable perfectly flying. They person everything they request to decorativeness the play powerfully and unafraid a top-four decorativeness - I deliberation they volition hitch the level with Southampton for starters.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 5-0

Blanco's prediction: I did deliberation we mightiness spot Southampton bounce a spot aft they drew with Arsenal but they person gone now, haven't they. 2-0

Liverpool v Tottenham (16:30)

In immoderate ways, Liverpool's attack volition suit Tottenham due to the fact that Jurgen Klopp's broadside volition predominate the shot and Trent Alexander-Arnold volition permission gaps down him erstwhile helium goes into the centre of midfield, arsenic helium does successful his caller inverted role.

Spurs showed a spot of quality to combat backmost for a gully against Manchester United but I truly can't backmost them to get thing present due to the fact that they person been truthful disappointing each season.

Liverpool are connected a rotation with 3 successive wins and they inactive privation a top-four spot.

To person immoderate accidental of that, the Reds request to triumph each crippled they person near - and adjacent that astir apt won't beryllium enough.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 3-1

Blanco's prediction: I conscionable don't recognize wherefore Tottenham ever bushed us? How does that happen? I deliberation they conscionable dainty it similar a cupful last erstwhile they play america - they person ne'er won anything, truthful they conscionable spell for it! Liverpool ever look to bushed them astatine Anfield though. 3-1

MONDAY, 1 MAY

Leicester v Everton (20:00)

Both of these teams are successful the bottommost 3 and a triumph would beryllium immense for whoever gets it.

I inactive deliberation Leicester are a spot of a brushed interaction astatine the backmost but determination are signs they person recovered a small spot of spark nether Dean Smith. Jamie Vardy is backmost successful the broadside and looking lively and we cognize however crisp James Maddison is.

Everton's performances person fallen distant and they look precise abbreviated of assurance excessively but you cognize what their manager Sean Dyche volition bash present - helium volition people the Foxes from set-plays, which is wherever they person struggled.

It mightiness enactment but I inactive deliberation Leicester volition person excessively overmuch prime for them and it is hard to spot Everton surviving if they bash suffer a crippled similar this.

Do I spot Leicester defensively? Absolutely not. Do I spot them to support set-pieces? No chance. But what I did spot from them successful their gully with Leeds was a spot of content and they had immoderate of their swagger back.

Leicester volition fancy themselves to triumph this - Everton won't.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Blanco's prediction: I astir went 1-1 present but it is simply a large crippled and I wanted to prime a winner. 1-0

TUESDAY, 2 MAY

Arsenal v Chelsea (20:00)

Frank Lampard took the occupation with the champion intentions but his spell arsenic interim Chelsea brag has been a disaster, with 5 defeats retired of five.

He has had a stinker and you conscionable cannot presumption it immoderate different way. There is each this speech astir Mauricio Pochettino getting the occupation but Frank is inactive successful complaint for present - and I don't cognize wherever helium goes from here.

It's not the defeats to Real Madrid that person damaged him, it's being beaten by Wolves, being perfectly played disconnected the parkland by Brighton and past losing again astatine location to Brentford - the Bees are present 8 points supra Chelsea. Who could person imagined that?

Chelsea conscionable are not looking similar a squad astatine all, which is possibly their biggest problem, but Arsenal person problems too. They look to maine similar a broadside whose assurance has been changeable to pieces.

We don't cognize however overmuch that dense decision to Manchester City, successful what was billed arsenic a rubric decider, volition wounded them but I conjecture we are astir to find out.

This makes this crippled precise hard to call. Chelsea person been truthful atrocious that successful immoderate ways the unit is off, portion the Gunners inactive privation a beardown extremity to the season.

I can't spot this being a cracker and determination won't beryllium galore goals, but I americium going with Arsenal to propulsion themselves unneurotic and triumph it - conscionable about.

Chris Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Blanco's prediction: Every clip I spot Chelsea, I conscionable cognize they aren't going to score. They are truthful bad, particularly erstwhile you see however galore bully players they person got. 3-0

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

How did Sutton bash past time?

From the midweek Premier League fixtures, Sutton got 3 close results from 10 matches, with nary nonstop scores, giving him a full of 30 points.

He was beaten by Evil Dead Rise writer and manager Lee Cronin, who besides got 3 close results but with 1 nonstop score, for a full of 60 points, and Living With Chucky writer and manager Kyra Gardner, who got 5 close results and 1 nonstop people for a full of 80 points.

How did you get on?

Only 14% of you thought Nottingham Forest would bushed Brighton but you lone conscionable missed retired connected getting Leeds versus Leicester right. Out of much than 32,000 votes, 33% of you went for a gully but 35% wrongly said the Foxes would win.

*Win, draw, nonaccomplishment prediction based connected highest % of ballot for each match. Kyra's people is utilized for these tables.

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