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- Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season against AI, BBC Sport readers and guests; for Week 8, he faces John Hannah, star of Bad Day At The Office.
- John Hannah, an Arsenal fan since moving to London more than 40 years ago, said he once dreamed of becoming a footballer, compared his small, fast right-wing style to Bukayo Saka, and now does only cycling and running after an ACL injury ended football and most sport.
- Arsenal were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two side Fleetwood Town at Highbury, prompting Sutton to call the night humiliating and frame Liverpool’s Sunday visit as an immediate test.
- Sutton chose Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United, Bournemouth 1-1 Leeds, Nottingham Forest 1-1 Brentford, Coventry 0-1 Sunderland, Hull 1-2 Ipswich, Manchester City 3-1 Brighton, Tottenham 2-0 Crystal Palace and Aston Villa 3-1 Fulham for the eight Saturday fixtures.
- John Hannah matched Sutton on Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United and Manchester City 3-1 Brighton, but chose Bournemouth 2-2 Leeds, Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest, Sunderland 2-0 Coventry, Hull 2-0 Ipswich, Crystal Palace 1-0 Tottenham and Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa.
- Microsoft Copilot Chat generated the AI slate by being asked to predict the weekend’s Premier League scores; it matched Sutton on Bournemouth-Leeds 1-1, Manchester City-Brighton 3-1 and Tottenham-Palace 2-0, but chose Chelsea 2-1, Sunderland-Coventry 1-1, Hull-Ipswich 1-1 and Aston Villa-Fulham 2-1.
- Match of the Day predictor game awards 10 points for a correct result and 40 for an exact score, while each fixture’s most popular reader prediction supplies the displayed scoreboard and table.
Why it matters: Across eight Saturday fixtures, Sutton and Hannah agree on only two exact scores: Chelsea 3-1 Manchester United and Manchester City 3-1 Brighton. Because predictor participants earn 40 points for an exact score versus 10 for the result, their disagreements on six games—including Tottenham-Palace and Aston Villa-Fulham—carry four times the scoring stakes.
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