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27 August 2026

Chris Sutton squares up to Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher with Premier League predictions

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Chris Sutton squares up to Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher with Premier League predictions

Chris Sutton has challenged Royal Blood drummer Ben Thatcher — and also pitted his views against BBC readers and an AI — with his predictions for this weekend’s Premier League fixtures. Sutton, a BBC Sport football expert, set out his picks as part of a comparisons feature that contrasts an expert’s forecasts with those of a musician, the public and an artificial intelligence. The piece places Sutton’s assessments alongside the selections of Thatcher, responses from BBC readers and an AI-generated set of choices, offering multiple takes on the upcoming matches. The format highlights how different voices and a machine model arrive at varying outcomes for the same fixtures. Fans and followers can use the comparisons to weigh expert analysis against popular opinion and algorithmic forecasts ahead of the weekend’s games, with all contributions presented by BBC Sport.

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Provides fans a range of expert, fan and AI predictions they can use when discussing or following this weekend’s matches.

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