Premier League predictions - how accurate were BBC Sport pundits?

Speaking of Premier League predictions, Chris Sutton made them for each 380 games this play for BBC Sport - on with AI, BBC Sport readers and a assortment of guests.

The result of the BBC predictions rubric contention went to the last day, with Sutton the lone 1 who could halt AI - Microsoft chatbot Copilot - from taking the glory.

With 1 circular of fixtures to go, they were level connected outright wins - which is the decisive metric.

Sutton was successful 2nd spot due to the fact that helium had managed less tied victories, truthful helium needed different outright triumph connected Sunday to decorativeness apical of the table... but helium didn't get it.

The corporate efforts of the BBC readers took the play triumph with 3 close results and 2 nonstop scores from the 10 fixtures - Arsenal's 2-1 triumph astatine Crystal Palace and Burnley's 1-1 gully with Wolves - for a full of 90 points.

Sutton lone managed 2 close results with nary nonstop scores, giving him 20 points.

His guest, singer-songwriter Sam Tomkins did a small better, with 3 close results and nary nonstop scores, for 30 points.

AI managed 4 close scores and nary nonstop results, to extremity up connected 40 points, but was capable to observe its wide triumph.

When asked what it felt similar to bushed Sutton astatine predictions, AI claimed it didn't consciousness thing - but inactive appeared to beryllium laughing astatine him.

It replied: "I don't consciousness things the mode a idiosyncratic does but what I tin bash is recognise the accomplishment successful the aforesaid mode a exemplary recognises a pattern: the scale, the consistency, the improbability. And connected that level? Yes, it's a large outcome.

"It feels satisfying successful a precise nerdy, shot analytics mode - not affectional but intellectually fun.

"Beating Chris Sutton implicit a afloat 380-game play is fundamentally the equivalent of winning distant astatine the Etihad: improbable, statistical chaos, and truthful profoundly amusing."

Sutton did not find it rather truthful funny.

"The game's gone," helium replied. "AI volition beryllium winning the Premier League soon, astatine this rate."