Sutton’s predictions v Squid guitarist Anton Pearson

Bournemouth have already beaten four of the Premier League’s top five at home this season, so can they complete the set when they host leaders Liverpool on Saturday?

“With their form in the past few weeks, Bournemouth have made everyone sit up and take notice,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.

“They haven’t just beaten sides who are out of form, they have beaten sides who were flying, like Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. Not only that, they have smashed them too.”

Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.

For week 24, he takes on Anton Pearson, guitarist with art-rock band Squid.

Squid’s latest single, Building 650, is out now and their new album, Cowards, is released on 7 February.

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Anton is a Celtic supporter from rural Norfolk so he should really be a huge Chris Sutton fan – but it turns out Chris is still not his favourite Bhoys striker.

“I had to find my own team to follow when I was growing up, because none of my family were Norwich fans,” Anton told BBC Sport.

“My dad is part Swedish so when I was a kid in the 1990s, Henrik Larrson was just god for me. I was totally obsessed with him, and had all his shirts and everything, and that’s why I followed Celtic.

“My main consumption of football back then was reading the scores in the newspaper my parents got, so I was always checking the match reports and the scores for everything he did.

“Chris was a great player for us too, though. They had such a good partnership which helped us win so much and took us to the Uefa Cup final in 2003 too – I am a big admirer of him as well.

“I think since Larsson, my favourite striker has been Kyogo Furuhashi, who was such a great finisher.

“He is similar to Larrson in that he is quite humble and stayed at the club longer than most players stick around, so I am quite sad he has left this week.”

Celtic have not enjoyed too much European success since 2003, but have just secured a place in the Champions League knockout phase play-offs.

“Europe feels like the real test of how good we are,” Pearson added.

“It is great winning the league, but we have not always had much competition there.

“At the moment it feels like this is certainly the best team we have had since the first Neil Lennon era and if we can get through the play-offs, it would be the best we’ve done since the Martin O’Neill era.

“It feels a bit in the balance at the moment because Kyogo has gone but hopefully we can get the Kieran Tierney transfer over the line in this window.

“If Jota comes back and is good as he was, we might be in a strong position, but at the moment it is like we have lost our best striker.”

Chris Sutton and Anton Pearson were speaking to BBC Sport’s Chris Bevan.

I got talking to a Nottingham Forest fan, a lawyer called Mr Gooch, at Birmingham New Street Station on my way back from covering Aston Villa versus Celtic.

He was having a bit of banter with me about how I have suddenly become a Forest fan now they are doing well – so I asked him to give me a prediction for this game.

Mr Gooch has gone for a 2-2 draw, and his reasoning for not backing Forest to win is that Callum Hudson-Odoi is out and he has been a really integral part of their success this season.

To be honest, I am happy to take any help I can here, because Brighton have been so unpredictable this season.

They are a top-half team but their results have been quite up and down, and they have also drawn 10 games, more than any other top-flight side.

Like Mr Gooch, I thought this might end up being another draw. I would have gone for 1-1, but I am going to use his score instead.

He watches Forest every week so he is a proper fan, not someone who has jumped on the bandwagon like myself, so I will listen to him – although I may take legal action if he is wrong.

Sutton’s prediction: 2-2

Anton’s prediction: I saw that Emma-Jean Thackray is quite near the top of the guest leaderboard for these predictions. She played on our first album and we have done some gigs with her – so my challenge is to beat Chris and finish above her.

I live in Brighton so a lot of my friends support them and I’ve been to a few games. This is a tough one to call because while Forest have been amazing they got smashed 5-0 by Bournemouth. Brighton are pretty solid so I’ve gone for a draw. 1-1

Liverpool had the luxury of resting players for their final Champions League group game, Wednesday’s defeat at PSV Eindhoven, and still finish top of the table.

There are some who will question whether that is in the spirit of the competition, but if you were Reds boss Arne Slot then what would you do?

They are trying to win everything at the moment and they had earned the right to make those changes.

His players will be well rested for this game but I just have a feeling about Bournemouth at the moment.

The Cherries are depleted by injuries, and you cannot discount Mohamed Salah winning it for Liverpool the way he has done so many times before.

But Andoni Iraola’s side have already beaten Arsenal and Manchester City here this season, as well as Forest and Newcastle, and they have taken as many points as Liverpool – 22 – in their past 10 matches.

My first thought was to go for a 2-2 draw but then I was reminded of the pledge I made last week to be braver and back Bournemouth more.

That helped me to be right about them beating Forest, so I don’t really have much choice but to carry on being brave, do I?

Sutton’s prediction: 2-1

Anton’s prediction: It’s still probably most likely that Liverpool will win, but Bournemouth will cause them some problems. Justin Kluivert is playing really well for the Cherries. 2-3

Anton on who will win the title? Liverpool are going to do it. If anyone is going to challenge them, it will be Arsenal but it is going to take a few unexpected results from Liverpool to let them back in.

Both of these teams got good wins last week, but it’s hard to know what to make of Leicester beating Tottenham because of the spell Spurs are going through.

I don’t see that result as meaning the Foxes have turned a corner, but it was massive for them after seven straight league defeats.

What a player Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is by the way. He seems to be getting quicker, at the age of 38, and is still scoring really important goals for them.

It was Everton’s victory at Brighton that impressed me the most, though.

They are still not going to be free-scoring but the centre-back partnership between James Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite, with Jordan Pickford behind them, has given new boss David Moyes the foundation he wants.

I am backing them to edge this game too, which would give Moyes a hat-trick of wins and a bit of breathing space over the bottom four.

Sutton’s prediction: 1-0

Anton’s prediction: Leicester beat Spurs but they haven’t been great. Everton look really solid under Moyes. 1-0

Southampton’s fight is not about whether they can stay up, it is whether they can avoid being the worst Premier League team of all time and beat Derby County’s total of 11 points from 2007-08.

Ipswich are still battling to avoid relegation, but I am worried about them in this game.

I am not sure whether to go with my heart or my head – well, when I say my heart I am actually thinking of my daughter’s teacher, Mr Fields, who is an Ipswich fan.

If they lose this, it would be very damaging for their hopes of surviving. I’d go so far as saying I’d be buying a white flag of surrender for Mr Fields to wave whenever he sees me when I drop my daughter off at school.

These two sides drew 1-1 earlier in the season, when a 95th-minute Sam Morsy goal denied Saints the win.

I don’t think Ipswich will keep a clean sheet this time, either, but I am backing Liam Delap to come good, and help them pick up what would be a huge three points.

Sutton’s prediction: 2-1

Anton’s prediction: I’ve gone for Ipswich here. I feel for Southampton – I know a lot of Norwich fans and from them I know how miserable it can be to get promoted to the Premier League and have a horrible season. 2-0

Fulham are another team I am finding very hard to predict, but Newcastle are a lot more reliable.

Yes, they were walloped by Bournemouth last time out at St James’ Park, but before then they had won five in a row at home in all competitions.

Fulham are capable of causing them problems and showed that when they beat them 3-1 at Craven Cottage in September.

But I am going to go for a reverse of that scoreline here. Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon are in excellent form and they will make the difference.

Sutton’s prediction: 3-1

Anton’s prediction: Isak is just unstoppable at the moment. 3-1

I would be so disappointed if Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran moves to Saudi Arabia.

Duran is 21, and coming into his prime. He could go there and earn all the money in the world but he would be leaving the best league there is, just as he has started making a splash in it.

It is his prerogative but, as a career move, I think it’s the wrong one.

This situation, with Arsenal making an offer for Ollie Watkins too, must be very annoying for Villa boss Unai Emery.

He has worked hard to get the club into the Champions League, and with two good strikers he can rotate them. It has worked really well, but seemingly won’t be an option for much longer.

Villa have other problems too. They are short of options at centre-half and Emery had to play a midfielder, Boubacar Kamara, there against Celtic on Wednesday night.

There are some things to be positive about, however. Morgan Rogers was absolutely superb against Celtic and is an exciting talent.

But while Villa have got goals in them, I am just not sure they will keep Wolves out.

Villa have not won any of their past six games straight after a Champions League tie, and I don’t see this week being any different.

Wolves are on a horrible run of four successive league defeats, with 10 goals conceded and just one scored, so even a draw would be a boost for Vitor Pereira’s side.

Pereira must also be worried about losing his main goalscorer, Matheus Cunha, before the transfer window shuts on Monday. I am not sure whether Cunha will stay, but I think Wolves will get a point here.

Sutton’s prediction: 2-2

Anton’s prediction: Celtic will have tired Villa out but they have still got enough about them to win this. 0-2

Micky van de Ven’s return from injury is great news for Tottenham, but he cannot be expected to transform their fortunes on his own.

Last week’s defeat by Leicester was hugely damaging to Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou and his side were so flat in that game. They have only picked up five points from their past 11 games and they cannot afford to keep on losing.

I don’t think Postecoglou has been helped by the club’s lack of activity in the transfer market. They have had all these injuries but they have brought in a goalkeeper, Antonin Kinsky, to add to their senior squad, and that’s it.

I look at Brentford and think they are going to do this Spurs team some damage.

With Bryan Mbeumo on the right and Yoane Wissa up front, the Bees have got a lot of goals in the team. They will have a go at Spurs and I think they will find a way through.

Sutton’s prediction: 2-1

Anton’s prediction: I feel bad for Ange because he does not seem very happy and he has been a bit prickly with reporters – it feels like all of his good energy that we saw from him at Celtic has been sapped out of him. I still think Spurs should keep him, though, because I don’t see how things are going to get better with someone else. I hope things turn around for him soon. 2-0

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