Arsenal are sitting high of the Premier League at Christmas, however it’s BBC Sport soccer knowledgeable Chris Sutton who leads the way in which with regards to predictions.

“I am primary at Christmas – once more,” mentioned Sutton, who as a participant led the Premier League desk at this level with Norwich in 1992 and Blackburn in 1994, and went on to win the title with Rovers.

“It is a large deal for me to be high, in addition to for Arsenal.

“AI is the go-to for just about everybody on this planet each time they must ask something, so the truth that I’m beating it – and let’s face it, I’ve stuffed it for half a season now – is fairly unimaginable. It says so much about me, and I am delighted.

“Relatively than asking AI about every thing, perhaps individuals ought to come to me to faucet into my intelligence as a substitute?”

Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League video games this season, towards AI, BBC Sport readers and quite a lot of company.

For week 18 – the festive fixtures on Boxing Day and the weekend of 27 and 28 December – he takes on Jonny Stewart, bass singer with sea shanty folks supergroup The Wellermen, who’s a Newcastle fan.

The Wellermen have been the originators of the ocean shanty pattern on TikTok, with their variations of Misty Mountain, Nancy Mulligan and Hoist the Colors racking up billions of views.

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