'Absolute nightmare': Chris Sutton wrestles with his thoughts as he tries to predict score between Newcastle United and Everton
Everton make the trip to St James' Park on Saturday for a good old 3pm non-televised game. Probably our last one of the season.
The Toffees come into this game off the back of three consecutive defeats, while Newcastle are starting to find form. Results may not always have gone as we've hoped, but our performances have certainly warranted more.
Despite winning on Tuesday, we were expecting a lot more from the boys, whereas on the other hand, Newcastle were excellent against Manchester City and deserved more than we got.
As much as we don't like sticking our necks out to make predictions, we'd say that this one has a home win written all over it. Albeit probably a narrow one.
Chris Sutton can't separate the sides
However, Chris Sutton can't seem to make up his mind in his prediction for the BBC, settling on a draw after wrestling with his thoughts.
"Everton's inconsistency makes them an absolute nightmare to predict, and the fact their away form is much better than their home results doesn't help me much here either.
"Anthony Gordon looks sharp as anything up front for Newcastle, with Nick Woltemade playing just in behind.
"The Magpies won 4-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium in November and I'd usually back them in this kind of game at St James' Park and be quite confident they would win.
"But Everton won here last season and, given how good they are on the road, I just have a sneaky feeling they will get something this time too.
"Sutton's prediction: 1-1"
Anthony Gordon could be key to how this game pans out
Sutton's AI companion has gone with a 2-0 win to Newcastle, which is closer to Paul Merson's 2-1 win for the Toon, which we think is the most likely outcome.
Of course, now that we've made this thought public, we're going to get beaten, such is my curse.
A big factor in what happens is going to be whether Anthony Gordon puts in his first half-decent performance against his old club or withers again.
