BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on rock band Travis with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.
West Ham host Wolves on Monday with both teams knowing defeat could push their manager towards the exit door.
Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests."I would obviously love to beat Chris at predictions," said Dougie. "But I would 100% take a defeat here and a win for us over Celtic in the Scottish League Cup final next week."Do you agree with their scores? You can make your own below.
"Initially it was international football I got into, with Scotland, because I loved Kenny Dalglish, then the first poster I had on my wall was of Nottingham Forest because they had just won the European Cup. "Some performances have baffled me and there have been times in domestic games where I have thought this is the worst Rangers team I have ever seen," he explained.
But he has been excellent for them while Alisson has been out injured and I don't think a draw at St James' Park is a bad result. Goalkeeper Joe Lumley wasn't their only player to make mistakes against Chelsea and I just think Villa will be too strong for them. What happens at Selhurst Park should give us an idea, and this is not an easy game for them. Forest had chances at the Etihad Stadium when the score was 1-0 and I am still not convinced by City's defending.
That is not me taking aim at United boss Ruben Amorim, but with what he has to work with, getting anything against the very top teams is going to be really difficult. The magnitude of the job means that he will need months and months to really turn things around. I can't believe I went for the Seagulls to win that game, because I know how strong Fulham are at Craven Cottage. It is only the fact they are playing Arsenal that is stopping me going for a home win here.
One of them could easily come back to haunt Arsenal and put a dent in their title bid, but Arteta's side have got the ability to grind out results when they need to.Odegaard and Bukayo Saka are like a dream double act, who are beautiful to watch. Their inter-play is like poetry and I could watch it all day. Fulham have been doing OK and it's good to see Raul Jimenez back among the goals, but I feel like Arsenal will have too much.
I have been backing Ipswich blindly but maybe I have to stop doing that now. They really need to recover after their result against Palace and maybe they can scramble something here, but I can't see it.The Tractor Boys are another team I like watching, but I do worry for them. Bournemouth have had some excellent results recently and this one will be quite tight. 1-1I am not fooled by what Leicester did against West Ham, as big a win as it was for them.
So, I am going with Chelsea here. While I do wonder about their experience, I think Enzo Maresca's side are title contenders even if he insists they aren't.When I won the title with Blackburn in 1995, the club's owner Jack Walker, always planned to win it the year after, but when you are in the title race and you keep winning then there is no reason why you shouldn't embrace being ahead of schedule.
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