{"id":444,"date":"2026-04-24T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=444"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:22:48","slug":"premier-league-predictions-essential-football-vs-predicd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Predictions: Essential Football vs Predicd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n      <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re back for another round of Premier League predictions \u2013 this time, we\u2019ll be going against an AI service that is designed to predict football scores. Wish us luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Named Predicd, the service predicts football games from across the globe. This week, we\u2019ll only be looking at seven games, rather than ten \u2013 six of the 20 teams in the Premier League won\u2019t be partaking in this game week due to conflicting schedules. <\/p>\n<p>As always with our Premier League predictions, it is five points for a correct result and ten points for a correct score. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sunderland vs Nottingham Forest<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1075959157\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>Sunderland have a strong record at home, but this record has eroded somewhat towards the end of the season. Nottingham Forest have had a dreadful campaign \u2013 nevertheless, their last few results have been largely positive.<\/p>\n<p>Forest need all the points they can get to avoid relegation. Sunderland are still in with a shout of finishing in the top six, but it looks unlikely given the teams ahead of them in the table. <\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats have been leaky at the back recently, while Forest are in good goalscoring form \u2013 we\u2019ll back Forest to pick up an away win here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EF\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Sunderland 1-2 Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicd\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Sunderland 0-1 Nottingham Forest<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fulham vs Aston Villa<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076246811\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>Fulham fans will be relieved to hear that Alex Iwobi\u2019s hamstring injury isn\u2019t as serious as it looked. Without him, the Cottagers lack creativity going forwards. <\/p>\n<p>On the face of it, this looks like a comfortable win for Aston Villa, but one must remember how strong Fulham have been at home this season. They have won over half of their home games, but they will be hard-pressed to win this one.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are looking to cement their place in the top four. With a big win over Sunderland last time out, we definitely make them the favourites to win this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EF\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Fulham 1-2 Aston Villa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicd\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Fulham 2-2 Aston Villa <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liverpool vs Crystal Palace<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076074227\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>After a turbulent season, Liverpool are finally showing signs of steadying the ship. They have won their last two Premier League games, including a dramatic victory over Everton in the Merseyside derby. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Crystal Palace\u2019s season \u2013 at least, domestically \u2013 appears to be over. Mathematically, they can still finish inside the top six, but it\u2019s highly unlikely that they will do so. <\/p>\n<p>The Eagles\u2019 attention will likely be directed towards their Europa Conference League campaign \u2013 as such, this should open the door for Liverpool to pick up a comfortable home win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EF\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicd\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West Ham United vs Everton<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1075809597\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>West Ham are in need of points. They cannot afford to lose this game \u2013 the pressure is all on the Hammers. Unfortunately, Everton are a very strong away team.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do West Ham have issues in front of goal, they can also by very leaky at the back. Likewise, Everton are also known for showing profligacy in front of goal, but have been relatively tight at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, we\u2019d be forecasting an Everton win for this one. However, given West Ham\u2019s current predicament, we\u2019re expecting them to control the action. Nevertheless, a point is all we think they\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EF\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> West Ham United 1-1 Everton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicd\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> West Ham United 2-1 Everton<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wolves vs Tottenham Hotspur<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1068292686\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham fans from across he globe will be biting their nails all the way down to the knuckle in preparation for this game. Honestly, we don\u2019t think they have too much to worry about. <\/p>\n<p>In their last couple of games, Wolves appear to have given up the ghost. They lost 4-0 to West Ham and 3-0 to Leeds United \u2013 Spurs, meanwhile, looked like a much-improved outfit against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi knows he must work quickly, but his efforts are already seeming to pay off. We\u2019re expecting a big win for Tottenham in this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>EF\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Wolves 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicd\u2019s Prediction:<\/strong> Wolves 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- Article End -->\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back for another round of Premier League predictions \u2013 this time, we\u2019ll be going&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}