Sutton’s predictions: Chelsea v Wolves

BBC pundit Chris Sutton is taking on Ski Sunday presenter Ed Leigh for this weekend’s Premier League predictions.

Sutton’s prediction: 1-1

Chelsea simply have to respond after their defeat by Liverpool on Wednesday. I was at Anfield for BBC Radio 5 Live and they were so poor and a long way off Jurgen Klopp’s side.

With the money Chelsea have spent, they need to have a much better return than that and I think qualifying for Europe in some shape or form is probably their target from here.

Mauricio Pochettino needs to deliver that, I think, but I am still not sure about them and whether they are up to it.

I base these predictions on what I see, and I was painting a positive picture about Chelsea after the little run they went on before the Liverpool game. But Anfield was a reminder of where they are at and, as well as their defensive issues, they are not a free-scoring, nor free-flowing side.

Wolves lost to Manchester United on Thursday to end their unbeaten run but we know they will be well organised and carry a threat – whereas Chelsea are still a bitty team, and we don’t know what we will get from them from one week to the next.

Ed’s prediction: 0-1

It seems weird this fixture is a mid-table scrap but that is where Chelsea are at the moment, and we saw against Liverpool they have a lot of defensive flaws. I think Wolves will cause them problems and I am going to go for an upset here, partly because Pedro Neto has been one of my favourite players to watch this season so I’d like to see him make a menace of himself.

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