Sutton's predictions - midweek games including Burnley v Man City

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Sutton's predictions - midweek games including Burnley v Man City

Chris Sutton, the BBC readers and AI make predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sutton's predictions - midweek games including Burnley v Man City

Chris Sutton, the BBC readers and AI make predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Manchester City will top the Premier League for the first time since 21 August if they beat Burnley on Wednesday - but will the struggling Clarets still save themselves from relegation?

"Mark Chapman was telling me on the Monday Night Club that Burnley are not mathematically down yet," said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.

"I know Artemis II has just been around the moon but if there is anyone in the universe who thinks Burnley are staying up, I've not met them."

There are three midweek Premier League games this week, and all of them have been moved forward because of the clubs involved in this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals.

Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against AI, BBC Sport readers and a variety of guests.

His guest for all of this weekend's games, Race Across the World: The Detour podcast host Alfie Watts, has also given his scores for these midweek matches.

Do you agree with their predictions? You can make your own below.

The most popular scoreline selected for each game is used in the scoreboards and tables at the bottom of this page.

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.

Chris Sutton was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

The AI predictions were generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat - we simply asked the tool to 'predict this week's Premier League scores'.

The last time Chelsea lost five consecutive league games without scoring was 1912, when the Titanic sank.

Their season under Liam Rosenior is heading the same way, but it could still be salvaged despite their rotten form.

After losing four in a row, a top-five finish looks unlikely now - but sixth place would get them in the Champions League if Aston Villa finish in the top five and win the Europa League.

They are in the FA Cup semi-finals this weekend too. Rosenior says he feels "100% support" from the club's owners but you can't get away from the fact there are lots of doubts about his future.

This is a huge end to the season for them and there is unrest everywhere - the fans protested about the owners before their defeat by Manchester United on Saturday, because they don't want a youth-development model - they want to be competing again, and winning things.

So they are under pressure and Brighton have their sights set on the top six too - they will go above Chelsea if they win this game, and with three wins and a draw from their past four matches, they are on a much better run.

The Seagulls beat them at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, with a couple of late goals from Danny Welbeck after Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah was sent off.

I have just got a feeling it could be a similar story this time, and Brighton are definitely going to get something.

It's hard to make a case for Rosenior's side to win it, other than to think that they have got so much quality in their team that they are going to improve and break this cycle eventually.

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