BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on The Courteeners frontman Liam Fray to make his predictions for the opening round of Premier League fixtures.
Sutton faced off against a guest for each of the 38 game weeks in 2023-24 and triumphed 21-10 to secure his second predictions title in a row.You can make your own score predictions below, and then see which scoreline is the most popular. That will be used to calculate your points total to compare with Sutton and his guests.
"Look, we have to improve on eighth place from last year, we simply have to, but there are a lot of teams who like us are vying for fourth place so it is going to be very difficult. "On the basis of last year, and I have to be honest, my heart says we can make the top four this time, but my head says no.
Ten Hag has made a few new signings but they will miss injured striker Rasmus Hojlund up front, and they need to show they can control this kind of game at home.I am going, and it will be good to get back in there and hear everyone singing. It is a big blow to be without Hojlund who had really found his form at the end of last season, and looks so fearless. I still think we will win though, and I don't really care how - getting three points is the most important thing.
Mikel Arteta's side can not do much more than last season, when they took the title race to the final day, but they really need to get off to a flyer. I think they will. Dyche always seems to have been fighting fires since taking over but without last season's points deductions they would have been in mid-table for most of the campaign and that's where I think they will end up this time.
This is a difficult one to call because there are reasons to back both teams, so I am going to go with a draw.I like watching Villa - I think John McGinn is brilliant - but both of these teams are going to have good seasons. 1-2England striker Ivan Toney is still at Brentford and who knows how that will pan out.
We will have to wait to see how things settle down for both sides but, in the meantime, this is another game with draw written all over it.Several of Manchester City's stars won't play at all, because they only returned to training this week, but the likes of Kevin de Bruyne and Bernado Silva will be able to play more minutes after featuring as late substitutes in the Community Shield.
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