Sunday, December 29, 2024

Sutton’s predictions: Leicester v Everton

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

For week five, he takes on singer-songwriter and West Ham fan James Smith whose debut album Common People is out now.

Leicester host Everton in a 15:00 BST kick-off on Saturday..

Sutton’s prediction: 1-2

This is a huge game for both teams and it is probably safe to say that neither of them will want to go 2-0 up after what happened when they both did it last week – Leicester held by Crystal Palace and Everton losing at Aston Villa.

The Foxes’ collapse was not quite as extreme as Everton’s against Bournemouth and Villa, but it was still pretty bad.

So, who do I back here? Everton are still without a point and also went out of the Carabao Cup on penalties against Southampton in midweek, but I just have a feeling that this might be the day where their manager Sean Dyche catches a break.

He needs one, that’s for sure. Dyche should not be at risk of getting sacked – and I want to make that absolutely clear – but you sense that a fair few of the Everton fans have turned against him now and don’t have faith in him anymore.

Another defeat, especially against another side from down the bottom of the table, would not go down well.

Smith’s prediction: 1-1

Everton have been absolutely awful but maybe they will play it a bit safer because of what happened to them against Bournemouth and Villa when they were 2-0 up but lost each time.

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