Chris Sutton and Ben Thatcher Predict Premier League Scores
A BBC football expert and a rock drummer choose the scores for this weekend's games.
Chris Sutton is a football expert at BBC Sport.
Every week he predicts the scores of Premier League games.
This week his guest is Ben Thatcher. He is the drummer in the band Royal Blood.
Sutton thinks Arsenal will win at Aston Villa. "There's only one winner with this," he said.
Ben is a Brighton fan. He is happy about the new season.
Brighton sold some big players this summer. Ben is not worried.
Sutton will predict all 380 games this season.
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Sutton Picks Arsenal to Beat Aston Villa in Premier League Week Two
BBC Sport expert Chris Sutton makes his predictions with Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher.
Chris Sutton, a football expert at BBC Sport, is predicting the scores of all 380 Premier League games this season. He plays against AI, BBC Sport readers and different guests. This week his guest is Ben Thatcher, the drummer of the rock band Royal Blood.
Sutton thinks Arsenal will win at Aston Villa, because Villa have lost big players and lost heavily to Brighton last week. "There's only one winner with this," he said. "I think they are going to get better and better."
Ben has supported Brighton all his life and he feels good about the new season, even after the club sold the striker Danny Welbeck and the defender Jan Paul van Hecke. "We loved Danny," he said. "But the thing with Brighton is that we always bounce back."
Brighton are playing in Europe again this season. Ben hopes his team will finish in the top 10 of the table.
In the game, a correct result is worth 10 points. An exact score earns 40 points. Readers can also pick their own scores.
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Sutton and Royal Blood Drummer Ben Thatcher Predict Premier League Week Two
The BBC Sport expert expects Arsenal to win at Aston Villa, while his guest backs Brighton to have a good season.
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton is predicting the scores of all 380 Premier League games this season, competing against AI, BBC Sport readers and a variety of guests. For week two, his guest is Ben Thatcher, the drummer of the rock band Royal Blood.
Sutton expects Arsenal to win at Aston Villa, who were heavily beaten by Brighton last weekend and have sold several important players. "There's only one winner with this," he said. "Aston Villa had a slow start last season, they have lost big players and I just think Arsenal are going to run all over teams this season. I think they are going to get better and better which is ominous for everybody else."
Thatcher, a lifelong Brighton supporter, said he was optimistic about the new season, even though the striker Danny Welbeck and the defender Jan Paul van Hecke left the club this summer. He said the team always found new players and recovered. He added that he trusted the Brighton owner, Tony Bloom, who has sold many world-class players and replaced them with others.
Brighton are back in Europe in the Europa Conference League. Thatcher said he did not expect the club to qualify again through its league position this time, because of the extra games. He said a top-10 finish and a good run in Europe would make a great season.
In the prediction game, a correct result is worth 10 points and the exact score earns 40 points. Readers can choose their own scores, and the most popular scoreline for each game is used in the tables. The AI predictions were generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat.
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