Sunderland’s 3-0 win over West Ham on the opening weekend really set the tone for both teams’ seasons, but it doesn’t really help me much here.
The Hammers’ win at Tottenham last week was extraordinary given their form going into that game, but their home record is still extremely poor.
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Sunderland, meanwhile, are not the same force on the road as they are at the Stadium of Light, and they have not won away since the end of October.
Still, it has been such a strange season, with everyone beating everyone, that form, history, tables and stats are not really much help with these predictions anyway.
In the past few weeks, I have thought too much about AI and gone down the stat route to try to beat it at its own game, but that’s not how I won the predictions title in previous seasons.
I need to go with my gut instinct more, and that’s what I’m doing here.
Sutton’s prediction: 1-1
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