West Ham big Wolves connected Monday with some teams knowing decision could propulsion their manager towards the exit door.
"I privation I could foretell that they volition some lose," said BBC Sport's shot adept Chris Sutton. "That's however atrocious they person been.
"Wolves are conceding an mean of much than 2.5 goals a crippled nether Gary O'Neil - whoever you are, you are getting relegated connected that form.
"But Julen Lopetegui's West Ham broadside are fragile too, truthful it is hard to marque a lawsuit for either broadside to win, adjacent though they are some hopeless for a result."
Sutton is making predictions for each 380 Premier League games this season, against a assortment of guests.
For week 15 helium takes connected Dougie Payne, bassist with stone set Travis and a Rangers fan.
"I would evidently emotion to bushed Chris astatine predictions," said Dougie. "But I would 100% instrumentality a decision present and a triumph for america implicit Celtic successful the Scottish League Cup last adjacent week."
Any occurrence for Dougie oregon Rangers is "highly unlikely", according to erstwhile Celtic striker Sutton.
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Travis are touring the UK this month, pursuing the merchandise of their 10th album, L.A. Times.
They decorativeness their circuit with a hometown amusement astatine the OVO Hydro successful Glasgow connected 21 December.
Dougie grew up successful Glasgow and has erstwhile Scotland winger Davie Cooper to convey for his emotion of Rangers.
"It was similar a cleanable slate for maine erstwhile I came to prime my team," helium told BBC Sport. "My dada is English and into cricket and rugby, and I had 3 older sisters who weren't into football.
"Initially it was planetary shot I got into, with Scotland, due to the fact that I loved Kenny Dalglish, past the archetypal poster I had connected my partition was of Nottingham Forest due to the fact that they had conscionable won the European Cup.
"But past I watched a crippled connected TV successful the aboriginal 1980s - it was either a semi-final oregon a last - betwixt Rangers and Celtic. I didn't cognize who to enactment but past I saw Davie Cooper and watched him for the full crippled thinking, 'who is this guy?'
"It was each astir playing similar Brazil for maine then, due to the fact that that is what I did successful the parkland with my friends, and I was conscionable mesmerised by Cooper's skill.
"There was a benignant of weird gracefulness astir the mode helium floated astir the transportation and I conscionable thought I americium going to enactment who helium plays for. It was him who started for me, past I got my archetypal Rangers kit, and that was it."
Rangers are 11 points down leaders Celtic successful the Scottish Premiership and Dougie is not optimistic astir them closing the gap.
"Some performances person baffled maine and determination person been times successful home games wherever I person thought this is the worst Rangers squad I person ever seen," helium explained.
"Then we spell and bushed Nice 4-1 distant successful the Europa League and past thump Kilmarnock 6-0. I americium precise confused by it but determination are immoderate signs that thing mightiness beryllium happening.
"Hamza Igamane is not the finished nonfiction but helium is looking similar the existent happening up top, Connor Barron and Nicolas Raskin are starting this bully concern successful the mediate of the parkland and John Souttar is looking similar a aboriginal Rangers captain.
"So, determination is thing to physique from, but I americium an eternal optimist anyhow - you person to be, due to the fact that you are not going to alteration your team."
Chris Sutton and Dougie Payne were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Saturday, 7 December
Goodison Park, 12:30 GMT
Liverpool fto triumph gaffe distant close astatine the extremity of their crippled with Newcastle connected Wednesday, with Caoimhin Kelleher's mistake proving costly.
But helium has been fantabulous for them portion Alisson has been retired injured and I don't deliberation a gully astatine St James' Park is simply a atrocious result.
Everton travel into this crippled successful amended signifier pursuing their triumph implicit Wolves, which was a immense effect for Toffees brag Sean Dyche aft the tally they were on.
They tin decidedly marque things hard for Liverpool, and I fishy they volition beryllium reasonably nonstop erstwhile they attack, but Arne Slot's broadside should person excessively overmuch prime for them.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Dougie's prediction: At the commencement of the week I thought Liverpool would perfectly pump Everton, but past Everton enactment 4 goals past Wolves. I inactive deliberation Liverpool volition win, but it won't beryllium arsenic elemental for them. 1-3
Dougie connected the Premier League rubric race: I americium truthful impressed by what Arne Slot has done astatine Liverpool. He has been truthful astute since replacing Jurgen Klopp - helium is truthful chill and calm and helium has not tried to enforce his ego connected the team. He has conscionable tightened up definite things and they person this equilibrium now. The presumption they are in, it feels similar the rubric is theirs to suffer now.
Villa Park, 15:00 GMT
Aston Villa bounced backmost good against Brentford successful midweek, portion Southampton paid the terms for immoderate calamitous goalkeeping against Chelsea, though the size of their decision wasn't conscionable down to that.
Whenever promoted sides don't commencement the play well, it is casual for them to suffer assurance that they tin vie astatine this level and that seems to beryllium a spot of an contented for Southampton erstwhile I ticker them.
Goalkeeper Joe Lumley wasn't their lone subordinate to marque mistakes against Chelsea and I conscionable deliberation Villa volition beryllium excessively beardown for them.
Credit to Villa keeper Emi Martinez for facing the Bees contempt a breached finger. If helium plays again here, I reckon helium volition support a cleanable sheet.
Sutton's prediction: 2-0
Dougie's prediction: I watched Villa suffer astatine Chelsea past week and they looked knackered. It feels reminiscent of what happened to Newcastle erstwhile they were successful the Champions League past season. I inactive don't spot Southampton getting thing retired of this, though. 2-1
Gtech Community Stadium, 15:00 GMT
Brentford's location grounds is incredible, and inactive the champion successful the Premier League this season.
Newcastle were awesome against Liverpool successful midweek but their situation is to travel up that show here, due to the fact that they person been precise up and down truthful far.
This is simply a hard 1 to call, but I ever expect goals from the Bees erstwhile they are astatine home.
In contrast, Newcastle person not been scoring consistently this play but they got 3 against the leaders and I deliberation they volition get a mates much here.
Sutton's prediction: 2-2
Dougie's prediction: It is nary astonishment Newcastle play good erstwhile Alexander Isak is connected form, due to the fact that helium is specified a bully player. But I person truly enjoyed watching Brentford this season, and they are truthful bully astatine home. 2-1
Selhurst Park, 15:00 GMT
Crystal Palace's triumph astatine Ipswich connected Tuesday was immense for them, and it was comfy capable successful the end.
Manchester City yet returned to winning ways against Nottingham Forest - and it was a effect they afloat deserved - but are they truly back?
What happens astatine Selhurst Park should springiness america an idea, and this is not an casual crippled for them. Forest had chances astatine the Etihad Stadium erstwhile the people was 1-0 and I americium inactive not convinced by City's defending.
They were overmuch amended going guardant with Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku successful the squad against Forest, though.
Doku gave them the vigor and ideas retired wide that they person been missing and portion helium is not the finished nonfiction helium is ever a fistful with his dynamism and the mode helium drives astatine teams.
On his day, helium tin beryllium devastating and it mightiness beryllium a infinitesimal of magic from him that makes the quality here, and breaks down a stubborn Palace side.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Dougie's prediction: With De Bruyne back, City look similar themselves again. I tin spot Erling Haaland scoring buckets of goals again soon, due to the fact that helium conscionable looks truthful annoyed. 0-3
Old Trafford, 17:30 GMT
I saw Manchester United's decision by Arsenal arsenic the easiest prediction of the week, and I was right.
That is not maine taking purpose astatine United brag Ruben Amorim, but with what helium has to enactment with, getting thing against the precise apical teams is going to beryllium truly difficult. The magnitude of the occupation means that helium volition request months and months to truly crook things around.
I don't spot this crippled arsenic being straightforward for United, either. Forest person already won astatine Anfield this play and they created chances against City connected Wednesday, truthful I americium expecting much of the aforesaid from them here.
I americium going to beryllium a spot of a coward with my prediction, though. I backed Forest to get thing astatine the Etihad Stadium, and I was wrong, truthful I americium not brave capable to backmost them again connected their instrumentality to Manchester.
I'm disappointed successful myself with this prediction to beryllium honest, though I bash deliberation Forest volition people this time.
Sutton's prediction: 2-1
Dougie's prediction: Forest were the archetypal poster connected my partition and I person ever had a brushed spot for them. They are truthful entertaining to ticker astatine the infinitesimal and of people 'The Wood Chopper' [Chris Wood] has been successful unbelievable form, though helium did miss a sitter against City. I conscionable deliberation Ruben Amorim is affecting United already, though. Marcus Rashford looks happier and Bruno Fernandes is going to travel into his own. 2-1
Sunday, 8 December
Craven Cottage, 14:00 GMT
I americium astatine this crippled for BBC Radio 5 unrecorded and I'm truly looking guardant to it. Fulham won this fixture past play and they had a superb triumph implicit Brighton past clip out.
I can't judge I went for the Seagulls to triumph that game, due to the fact that I cognize however beardown Fulham are astatine Craven Cottage. It is lone the information they are playing Arsenal that is stopping maine going for a location triumph here.
Arsenal needed corners to find a mode past Manchester United connected Wednesday, but they deserved to triumph the crippled anyway.
Martin Odegaard is simply a peculiar endowment and helium is the quality shaper for them. He knits everything unneurotic and helium is the crushed they are going connected a spot of a run. Their assurance is increasing and they look beardown each implicit the pitch.
They did not miss Gabriel astatine the backmost against United, but this mightiness beryllium a tougher trial for them, particularly due to the fact that immoderate of Fulham's cardinal players are Gunners aged boys.
One of them could easy travel backmost to haunt Arsenal and enactment a dent successful their rubric bid, but Arteta's broadside person got the quality to grind retired results erstwhile they request to.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Dougie's prediction: Odegaard and Bukayo Saka are similar a imagination treble act, who are beauteous to watch. Their inter-play is similar poesy and I could ticker it each day. Fulham person been doing OK and it's bully to spot Raul Jimenez backmost among the goals, but I consciousness similar Arsenal volition person excessively much.1-3
Portman Road, 14:00 GMT
Tuesday night's crippled astatine location to chap strugglers Crystal Palace was large for Ipswich, and they came up short.
Kieran McKenna's broadside are sidesplitting maine successful my predictions. So acold they person been the benignant of squad that are ever successful games, but they person a small spot of softness astir them that means they are not winning erstwhile I expect them to.
I person a feeling it could beryllium a akin communicative here. It's large to spot sell-out crowds again astatine Portman Road aft the nine spent years successful the wilderness but determination is simply a crushed they are inactive yet to triumph astatine home.
In contrast, Bournemouth person had a large week, perfectly battering Wolves and past backing it up by beating Spurs.
I person been backing Ipswich blindly but possibly I person to halt doing that now. They truly request to retrieve aft their effect against Palace and possibly they tin scramble thing here, but I can't spot it.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
Dougie's prediction: The Tractor Boys are different squad I similar watching, but I bash interest for them. Bournemouth person had immoderate fantabulous results precocious and this 1 volition beryllium rather tight. 1-1
King Power Stadium, 14:00 GMT
I americium not fooled by what Leicester did against West Ham, arsenic large a triumph arsenic it was for them.
The Hammers wasted truthful galore chances, and the Foxes' antiaircraft issues person intelligibly not gone away.
Well done to caller Leicester brag Ruud van Nistelrooy, but helium has got a hellhole of a occupation connected his hands to support them up.
I did not spot Brighton's decision astatine Fulham coming, due to the fact that the Seagulls person been truthful impressive. They volition beryllium aggravated aft that performance, and looking to beryllium a point. Away win, nary uncertainty astir it.
Sutton's prediction: 0-3
Dougie's prediction: Leicester look similar a antithetic squad nether Ruud van Nistelrooy - it's benignant of similar what's happened with Amorim astatine United, wherever the players each look similar they person conscionable got retired of jail. Brighton person truly impressed maine this season, and I consciousness similar determination could beryllium immoderate goals here. 2-2
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 16:30 GMT
Tottenham brag Ange Postecoglou got a just spot of flak aft going implicit to talk to immoderate Spurs fans pursuing Thursday's decision by Bournemouth.
Football is simply a fickle concern sometimes. It wasn't a bully result, but you lone person to spell backmost a week oregon 2 and they were cheering Ange disconnected aft winning astatine Etihad Stadium.
Usually I would expect a absorption from Spurs but they are truthful unpredictable that I don't cognize what volition happen. They could triumph this crippled 4-0 similar they did against Manchester City, oregon suffer it by the aforesaid scoreline.
So, I americium going with Chelsea here. While I bash wonderment astir their experience, I deliberation Enzo Maresca's broadside are rubric contenders adjacent if helium insists they aren't.
Maresca whitethorn genuinely judge that, oregon helium mightiness beryllium saying it to instrumentality the unit disconnected his players.
When I won the rubric with Blackburn successful 1995, the club's proprietor Jack Walker, ever planned to triumph it the twelvemonth after, but erstwhile you are successful the rubric contention and you support winning past determination is nary crushed wherefore you shouldn't clasp being up of schedule.
Everyone slammed Chelsea's owners for spending truthful overmuch connected truthful galore players and gathering specified a large squad, but possibly determination was a method successful what radical saw arsenic madness.
They are playing with existent assurance astatine the infinitesimal and look wholly antithetic to the squad they were past season. Nicolas Jackson is an illustration of however overmuch they person improved and, aft being rested against Southampton successful midweek, helium volition beryllium refreshed and acceptable to go.
This was the crippled past twelvemonth wherever Spurs went down to 9 men and mislaid 4-1. If determination is immoderate constituent of uncertainty from their players successful their benignant of play, past Chelsea could instrumentality them isolated again this clip too.
Sutton's prediction: 1-3
Dougie's prediction: Tottenham are astir arsenic baffling arsenic Rangers. I benignant of emotion Ange and however it is simply a lawsuit of, 'I conscionable play similar this and you tin benignant of similar it oregon lump it'. They are large to ticker due to the fact that you conscionable don't cognize what to happen, it is conscionable chaos theory.
As for Chelsea, good Maresca seems to person got a tune retired of this gigantic squad. Jackson is looking fantastic, portion Cole Palmer is adjacent level. This could beryllium anything, but Chelsea bash look much unsafe astatine the moment. 2-3
Monday, 9 December
London Stadium, 20:00 GMT
This mightiness extremity severely for O'Neil and Wolves and, portion we are not seeing the West Ham we expected from Lopetegui, helium whitethorn unrecorded to combat different day.
The past clip Wolves went to London, astatine the extremity of November, they bushed Fulham 4-1 and enjoyed themselves.
I can't spot the aforesaid happening present though, due to the fact that of the fig of goals they are conceding. The mode they play nether O'Neil, they are truthful open.
West Ham are going to get immoderate chances and though they missed a fewer against Leicester, I americium backing them to instrumentality them this time.
Sutton's prediction: 3-1
Dougie's prediction: This is similar the 'Sacked successful the morning' derby, isn't it!?. West Ham person not been good, oregon bully to ticker either. Even the highlights connected Match of the Day person near maine thinking, 'oh this is simply a spot turgid'.
With Wolves, I consciousness similar they should beryllium doing a batch better. They play immoderate bully worldly and Matheus Cunha has been large up front, but can't halt conceding. I inactive person a feeling they volition get thing retired of this, though. 1-2
How did Sutton bash past time?
Chris got 4 close results from the 10 midweek fixtures successful week 14, with nary nonstop scores, giving him a full of 40 points.
The BBC readers did a spot better, with 5 close results and nary nonstop scores, for a tally of 50 points.
But the victor was his guest, The Slow Readers Club bassist James Ryan, who got six close results with nary nonstop scores, leaving him connected 60 points.
Guest leaderboard 2024-25
Liam Fray | 150 |
Adam F | 130 |
Jordan Stephens | 120 |
James Smith | 110 |
You * | 89 |
Chris Sutton * | 88 |
Clara Amfo, Coldplay, Brad Kella | 80 |
Kellie Maloney, Paul Smith | 70 |
Peter Hooton, Nemzzz, James Ryan | 60 |
Ife Ogunjobi | 50 |
Mylee from JJFC | 40 |
Sunny Edwards, Femi Koleoso, | |
Tate from JJFC | 30 |
* Average aft 14 weeks Source: BBC
Weekly wins, ties & full scores aft week 14
Chris | 5 | 1 | 1,230 |
You | 4 | 1 | 1,240 |
Guests | 3 | 2 | 1,080 |
Source: BBC