Sutton's predictions v Oli Fox of Good Neighbours

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Oli Fox from indie band Good Neighbours, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Sutton's predictions v Oli Fox of Good Neighbours

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26 February 2026

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AI is still leading the BBC Sport predictions table, but could Albert Einstein be the unlikely inspiration to help Chris Sutton hit back this week?

"Einstein used to live in a hut across the field from my house," said BBC Sport football expert Sutton. "He would have gone for a walk in my garden, I'm sure, so I'm literally following in his footsteps most days.

"I don't know what he was like at predicting football results, but that kind of genius rubs off, even years later.

"So, AI should beware - for this week's predictions I've been gazing at where his hut used to be and thinking 'what would Albert do?'"

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 week 28 is Oli Fox from indie band Good Neighbours, who supports West Ham.

An expanded version of Good Neighbours' debut album, Blue Sky Mentality (Complete Edition), is out now.

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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.

[Good Neighbours musicians Oli Fox and Scott Verrill]
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Good Neighbours are Oli Fox (left) and Scott Verrill (right). Their 2024 track, Home, has had more than 500 million streams on Spotify, and more than one billion streams worldwide

Oli is the younger brother of Wigan's former Wales Under-21s defender Morgan Fox, and his early dreams were to follow him into the professional game.

He told BBC Sport: "I played a bit myself growing up, and had trials here and there, but I was never as close as my brother to being a pro - so I sacked it off pretty quickly.

"I don't think I'll get away with saying I was better than him. Morgan always had the natural ability when we were kids, even at the age of four or five, and he was scouted by Ipswich by the age of seven.

"Our dad's Welsh so he was very proud when Morgan played for their under-21s. He got called up for the senior team as well, against Turkey, which was awesome. That was a fun away day.

"It's been awesome going to watch him down the years - even when I am away on tour I get a link to tune in wherever I am in the world. I've not really missed a game, visually anyway.

"It's been harder for him to come and watch me, but we had our first UK tour in more than a year the other week, and he came to see me in Manchester. That was brilliant too."

The pair have both featured in the past two editions of best-selling video game EA FC - Good Neighbours songs are on the soundtrack of EA FC 25 and 26, while Morgan is in both as a player.

"We grew up playing it, so that was really cool," Oli added.

Chris Sutton and Oli Fox were 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'.

[Wigan's Morgan Fox battles Arsenal's Noni Madueke for possession]
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Morgan Fox played for Charlton, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke and QPR before joining Wigan. Here, he battles Noni Madueke for possession during their 4-0 FA Cup defeat at Emirates Stadium this month

Premier League predictions

Friday, 27 February

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Molineux, 20:00 GMT

I keep hearing people say that, mathematically, Wolves still have a chance of staying up, but let me just tell them straight - there is no chance of that happening.

There is no doubt Wolves have improved under Rob Edwards, but this is still a game I'd expect Aston Villa to win.

Unai Emery's side have slipped up a few times in recent weeks, however, and it has cost them.

They have only won one of their past four league games and I am a bit gutted they haven't managed a couple more wins to really be in the title race.

Emery has always talked down their title hopes anyhow, and I understand why - he obviously doesn't truly believe they can do it - but until this blip in form they were in with a real shout.

I still think they will have too much for Wolves, but they are going to have to work hard for the points. Villa won 1-0 at Villa Park earlier in the season, so I am going for the same scoreline here.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

Oli's prediction: I don't think either team is in particularly fine form. Wolves don't have much to play for but they have got a few young players in the team now who are really good, and they can get a result here. 1-1

AI's prediction: 1-2

Saturday, 28 February

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Vitality Stadium, 12:30

Sunderland just seem to be fading a little bit.

They went fourth in the table when they beat Bournemouth 3-2 at the Stadium of Light at the end of November, but their results have tailed off recently and they have missed Granit Xhaka's influence in recent weeks.

Xhaka came off the bench in last week's defeat by Fulham and, if he starts this time, they will be better organised here.

I still fancy Bournemouth to win it, though. They always create chances and Rayan has done well since signing in January to replace Antoine Semenyo.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Oli's prediction: Bournemouth's front three is frightening and West Ham did well to keep them out last week. Sunderland don't really have the legs in midfield to cope. 3-1

AI's prediction: 1-1

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Turf Moor, 15:00

Burnley are still competitive, still scrapping and still picking up points. Their players are still playing for Scott Parker but, even so, it's still not going to be enough to keep them up.

The Clarets' draw at Chelsea last week was a good result and they could even have won that game, too, but they didn't. That lack of wins has been their problem all season, not their performances.

They have only won four of their 27 games so far and I think they are going to need to win five of their final 11 to stay up from here - and that's not going to happen.

I don't think anyone saw Brentford's home defeat by Brighton coming last week - I didn't anyway - but I am still going to back them at Turf Moor.

It's going to be another tight one but I can see Igor Thiago getting back on the scoresheet with the winner. That's as exact as predictions can get.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

Oli's prediction: I always kind of fancy Burnley to get something at home. Zian Flemming is in good form for them too. 2-2

AI's prediction: 1-2

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Anfield, 15:00

I keep hearing how West Ham have turned a corner, and they have improved recently, but I still thought last week's draw at home to Bournemouth was a poor result.

The Hammers were helped by Nottingham Forest and Tottenham both being beaten, but a win would have been massive for them.

Liverpool were very unconvincing at Forest, but they did nick the win.

Some of their fans are still whinging about Arne Slot and he is always being compared to Jurgen Klopp, but they are actually on a decent run of results and showing a bit of spirit too.

They are right in the mix for the top four but now they need to keep winning - I expect them to do that on Saturday.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Oli on why he's a West Ham fan: All my family are from East Ham and Upton Park. They grew up watching them, so when I was a kid I didn't really have a choice. I wouldn't have it any other way, though - I love them to bits.

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