Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week, he takes on musician Emma-Jean Thackray, who is a Leeds fan.
Sutton’s prediction: 0-2
Is anyone going to be able to stop Liverpool? I don’t think West Ham will.
To be fair to the Hammers, they are level on points with Spurs and above Manchester United in the table, so maybe their season is just a slow burner.
So far, they have been underwhelming under Julen Lopetegui, but they have now put together a four-game unbeaten run and Jarrod Bowen seems to have become their go-to player in recent weeks.
Liverpool’s ability to rotate their team could be key again here, though. They did that against Leicester last time out, when Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Diaz dropped to the bench – I had Diaz as my Fantasy captain, so I was not happy – but it made no difference to the way they played.
Arne Slot has such great quality right through his squad that I just think the Reds will keep rolling on. They won’t have as much fun as they did the last time they were in London, but they should leave with the points again.
Emma-Jean’s prediction: 1-2
OK, so I really want Liverpool to win the league because there is a weird statistic where the past three times Leeds have been promoted to the top flight, they have been champions – 1963-64, 1989-90 and 2019-20. That bit of stat magic might make all the difference for us this time too.
As for this game? Well it should be a good watch and it is going to be tighter than people think, but I am backing Liverpool. That is not through any sort of love of them – only for Leeds United!