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Sutton's predictions: Chelsea v Brighton

Chris Sutton and Paul Smith
[BBC]

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

For week six, he takes on Maximo Park singer Paul Smith, whose latest album, Stream Of Life, is out on Friday.

Chelsea host Brighton at 15:00 on Saturday.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Chelsea deserved the criticism they got when their performances were all over the place, so people need to give them praise now they are playing well.

There is still some turbulence at the top level, in terms of the power struggle that seems to be going on in the boardroom, but you cannot fault what they are doing on the pitch.

I have struggled to predict their results in the past, and for good reason, but hopefully that will start to get easier now they are showing the consistency they had previously been missing.

Having said all that, this is still a very tricky game to call. Brighton have also made a decent start, and they will definitely carry a threat.

So, I had to think hard about this but I am going to for a narrow Chelsea win, with Cole Palmer to do the business for them, and Nicolas Jackson to carry on his good form too.

Smith's prediction: 2-2

In my head it is going to be a score-draw because both teams can score quite easily with the way they attack so fluidly.

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