Sutton's Predictions - Midweek Games Including Burnley V Man City

Manchester City will apical nan Premier League for nan first clip since 21 August if they hit Burnley connected Wednesday - but will nan struggling Clarets still prevention themselves from relegation?

"Mark Chapman was telling maine connected nan Monday Night Club that Burnley are not mathematically down yet," said BBC Sport shot master Chris Sutton.

"I cognize Artemis II has conscionable been astir nan satellite but if location is anyone successful nan beingness who thinks Burnley are staying up, I've not met them."

There are 3 midweek Premier League games this week, and each of them person been moved guardant because of nan clubs progressive successful this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals.

Sutton is making predictions for each 380 Premier League games this season, against AI, BBC Sport readers and a assortment of guests.

His impermanent for each of this weekend's games, Race Across nan World: The Detour podcast big Alfie Watts, has besides fixed his scores for these midweek matches.

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

Chris Sutton was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

The AI predictions were generated utilizing Microsoft Copilot Chat - we simply asked nan instrumentality to 'predict this week's Premier League scores'.

The past clip Chelsea mislaid 5 consecutive convention games without scoring was 1912, erstwhile nan Titanic sank.

Their play nether Liam Rosenior is heading nan aforesaid way, but it could still beryllium salvaged contempt their rotten form.

After losing 4 successful a row, a top-five decorativeness looks improbable now - but sixth spot would get them successful nan Champions League if Aston Villa decorativeness successful nan apical 5 and triumph nan Europa League.

They are successful nan FA Cup semi-finals this play too. Rosenior says he feels "100% support" from nan club's owners but you can't get distant from nan truth location are tons of doubts astir his future.

This is simply a immense extremity to nan play for them and location is unrest everyplace - nan fans protested astir nan owners earlier their conclusion by Manchester United connected Saturday, because they don't want a youth-development exemplary - they want to beryllium competing again, and winning things.

So they are nether unit and Brighton person their sights group connected nan apical six excessively - they will spell supra Chelsea if they triumph this game, and pinch 3 wins and a tie from their past 4 matches, they are connected a overmuch amended run.

The Seagulls beat them astatine Stamford Bridge earlier successful nan season, pinch a mates of precocious goals from Danny Welbeck aft Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah was sent off.

I person conscionable sewage a emotion it could beryllium a akin communicative this time, and Brighton are decidedly going to get something.

It's difficult to make a lawsuit for Rosenior's broadside to triumph it, different than to deliberation that they person sewage truthful overmuch value successful their squad that they are going to amended and break this rhythm eventually.

I deliberation Chelsea will people this time, but I don't spot them keeping a cleanable sheet.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Alfie's prediction: 0-2

AI's prediction: 2-1

If sixth spot does get you successful nan Champions League past Bournemouth are successful pinch a awesome outcry - they are successful superb form.

The Cherries person conscionable announced that Marco Rose will beryllium their head adjacent season, but Andoni Iraola seems to beryllium signing disconnected successful style.

Leeds are successful decent style too, aft back-to-back wins complete Manchester United and Wolves.

They are not mathematically safe yet but they soon will be, because they person been phenomenal erstwhile I've watched them recently. They are truthful good organised and their strategy useful - location is simply a beautiful equilibrium to their squad and they person sewage a extremity aliases 2 successful them.

Eli Junior Kroupi's stoppage-time extremity denied Leeds a win astatine Elland Road successful September, but astatine that shape of nan play Leeds had a wont of fading precocious successful games - not immoderate more.

Their erstwhile distant performance, for their triumph astatine Old Trafford, was perfectly outstanding and I tin spot them giving Bournemouth a bully game.

The Cherries are playing pinch tons of assurance too, however, and they person not mislaid successful nan convention since nan commencement of January. I americium going pinch them to nick this one, and time off Leeds pinch a small spot much activity to do.

This will beryllium close

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Alfie's prediction: 3-1

AI's prediction: 2-1

I wholly understood City's celebrations astatine full-time connected Sunday.

Arsenal are their main rivals, location is simply a batch of needle betwixt nan 2 sides - for illustration Erling Haaland and Gabriel for illustration - and they had conscionable beaten them successful a must-win crippled successful nan title race.

Now Pep Guardiola's broadside will beryllium afloat focused connected getting nan triumph they request present - and I don't conscionable deliberation City will triumph astatine Burnley, I deliberation they will triumph well.

I cognize nan Clarets went up against Nottingham Forest connected Sunday but they ended up losing that 1 heavily.

I tin spot a akin scoreline here. You conscionable consciousness for illustration City's tails will beryllium up - they person sewage immoderate reliable games ahead, but this should beryllium comfortable for them.

Burnley will conflict and they will springiness it a spell but pinch what is astatine liking for City, and nan value they person successful nan last third, I americium reasoning they tin boost their extremity quality arsenic good arsenic collecting nan 3 points.

Sutton's prediction: 0-4

Alfie's prediction: 0-3

AI's prediction: 0-3

Virgil van Dijk's 100th-minute victor for Liverpool successful nan Merseyside derby proved pivotal successful week 33.

If that crippled had vanished 1-1, arsenic Chris had predicted, he would person taken different play triumph and stretched his lead astatine nan apical of nan predictions table. Instead it was nan BBC readers who edged a tight week.

"I was astatine nan Hill Dickinson Stadium connected Sunday arsenic well," Sutton said. "I couldn't judge it."

Chris ended up pinch six correct results and nary nonstop scores from nan 10 games for a full of 60 points.

AI - which had gone for Liverpool to triumph 2-1 - sewage 4 correct results and that 1 nonstop score, for a tally of 70 points.

The corporate efforts of nan BBC readers saw you batch get 5 correct results and 1 nonstop people - Manchester City's 2-1 triumph complete Arsenal - leaving you connected 80 points.

Chris, AI and nan readers each went for nan aforesaid result, a 1-1 draw, successful Monday's crippled betwixt Crystal Palace and West Ham, which meant Chris and AI already knew they could not return nan play triumph earlier that last crippled was played.

Sutton's guests, boxer Molly McCann and Boo Radley's frontman Dr Simon 'Sice' Rowbottom could still person nicked nan triumph if Palace had won either 2-0 (Molly's prediction) aliases 2-1 (Sice) but nan consequence was a 0-0 draw.

That meant McCann and Rowbottom some ended up pinch 4 correct results pinch nary nonstop scores, for a full of 40 points.