Welcome to week 29 of The Athletic<\/em>\u2019s Premier League predictions challenge, where it\u2019s starting to look like a straight fight between the subscribers and young Wilfred.<\/p>\n Wilfred continues to predict scores with a wisdom far beyond his six years \u2014\u00a0and far, far beyond my 50 \u2014\u00a0while one subscriber after another keeps coming up trumps.<\/p>\n Last week was the turn of Adam, a Newcastle United fan from Kildare, Ireland. Adam got two scorelines right and another three results right to maintain the subscribers\u2019 sudden title charge.<\/p>\n But Wilfred got two of Sunday\u2019s games spot-on (Fulham 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United 2-1 Crystal Palace) to keep his four-point lead intact.<\/p>\n Each week since the season began in August, four of us \u2014\u00a0Wilfred, a guest subscriber, an algorithm and I \u2014\u00a0have been predicting the Premier League results with varying degrees of success.<\/p>\n We are awarding three points for a correct scoreline and one for a correct result. There\u2019s also a bonus point for any correct \u201cunique\u201d prediction, so Adam picked up an extra point for the subscribers because he was the only one to predict Brighton & Hove Albion\u2019s win over Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n Having led the table for much of the campaign, I find myself in freefall. I got six correct results at the weekend, but I\u2019ve barely picked a correct scoreline in weeks.<\/p>\n To sum it up, I picked four of Saturday\u2019s five games to end up 2-1 \u2014 and none of them did. I picked none of Sunday\u2019s four games to end up 2-1 \u2014 and all of them did.<\/p>\n Even the algorithm got two of Sunday\u2019s 2-1s spot-on and suddenly I\u2019m looking over my shoulder and wondering whether I\u2019m in danger of finishing last. That would not be a good look.<\/p>\n Still, another week brings another opportunity for redemption (or further humiliation)\u2026 and another guest subscriber. This week, we have Derian, a 27-year-old Chelsea fan<\/strong> from New York City. Take it away, Derian.<\/p>\n Derian says: <\/strong>More for the off-field narrative than the promise of on-pitch entertainment, this London derby tops the midweek billing. Can Tottenham Hotspur stave off relegation? Will Oliver Glasner’s uneasy truce with Crystal Palace fans hold? Expect hard running, a red card, some wild shots \u2014 and a 1-0 win for Spurs.<\/p>\n Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace<\/em><\/p>\n Oli says: <\/strong>If Wednesday\u2019s results go anything like I\u2019ve predicted (spoiler: they won\u2019t), then Tottenham will still be two places and four points above the relegation zone when they kick off on Thursday evening. If Nottingham or West Ham have picked up a win, it really will be panic stations. Spurs were abject in defeat at Fulham on Sunday, the type of performance that demands a response. This fixture offers an opportunity for that \u2014 against a Crystal Palace team who are drifting \u2014 but even so, my prediction of a home win feels a little wild.<\/p>\n Tottenham 2-1 Crystal Palace<\/em><\/p>\n \n Richarlison and the rest of the Spurs team are in a relegation battle (Ben Stansall\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Every time Everton drop points, there\u2019s a flurry of anti-David Moyes sentiment on social media. But they\u2019re eighth in the table, higher than they have finished in any of the previous six seasons (and higher than just about anyone predicted last summer), so he\u2019s clearly getting a lot right. What he and Everton really need is to start winning at their new stadium, where they have taken just two points from their past six games. This is a good opportunity against a Burnley side whose laudable spirit might be dampened by the agonising nature of their 4-3 defeat by Brentford.<\/p>\n Everton 2-0 Burnley<\/em><\/p>\n Are Bournemouth the new Brighton? And are Brentford the new Bournemouth? Both teams have surpassed every expectation again this season despite selling key players (and in Brentford\u2019s case, losing an influential coach, Thomas Frank). Brentford are only two points behind sixth-placed Chelsea, which seems absurd. It\u2019s hard to predict which way this game will fall, but it should be lively.<\/p>\n Bournemouth 1-2 Brentford<\/em><\/p>\n Manchester City\u2019s 1-0 win on Saturday was Leeds\u2019 first defeat in an evening kick-off at Elland Road in 25 league\/play-off games. They were unfortunate against City, too. Games under the floodlights seem to energise Leeds\u2019 supporters and players, and they will know that, despite their huge improvement over the past three months, they need more points on the board. Sunderland look stronger for Granit Xhaka\u2019s return, but they should be braced for a tough evening.<\/p>\n Leeds 2-1 Sunderland<\/em><\/p>\n Opta\u2019s \u2018supercomputer\u2019 calculates that, after an upturn under Rob Edwards, underlined by their impressive victory over Aston Villa on Friday, Wolves have a chance of avoiding relegation. The chance in question is a mere 0.02 per cent, but still\u2026 \u2018So you\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a chance?\u2019 This is a strange situation because they are at home to Liverpool in the Premier League on Tuesday and then in the FA Cup on Friday. Is there a case for Edwards resting key players on Tuesday and going full-strength in the FA Cup? There might be, actually.<\/p>\n Wolves 0-2 Liverpool<\/em><\/p>\n Winning while playing poorly is said to be the hallmark of champions, but that 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Sunday left me questioning (slightly) my long-held belief that Arsenal will win the Premier League. It was a poor performance and, again, I felt the main concern was not one of \u2018bottle\u2019, as the popular narrative suggests, but of a low-risk approach that turns almost every game into a scrap. So often, there is a lack of freedom and variety in their play. Tension has come to engulf every Arsenal match, particularly at the Emirates Stadium, so a trip to the Amex \u2014 not the most intense of arenas \u2014 might feel like a welcome change of scenery. But Brighton are back on form after back-to-back wins, so it threatens to be another slog.<\/p>\nOur subscriber\u2019s match of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal Palace, Thursday, 8pm UK\/3pm ET<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nOli\u2019s other predictions<\/h2>\n
Everton vs Burnley<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Bournemouth vs Brentford<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Leeds United vs Sunderland<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal<\/strong><\/h3>\n