Saturday 24 October 2015 12:45, UK
Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling provides us with his latest round of Super 6 advice, with a typically forthright and insightful set of predictions.
This week's line-up consists of the five Premier League 3pm kick-offs along with the Sky Bet Championship clash between out-of-sorts duo Wolves and Middlesbrough.
Here's how Jeff assesses the most popular selections submitted by Super 6 entrants so far...
Most popular prediction: Villa 1-1 Swansea (23 per cent)
I'm going with the punters here. The game brings together two young managers who are both in a bit of trouble and both need a bit more time. Garry Monk deserves it in particular.
Villa gave the ball away so much against Chelsea and Tim Sherwood will be drumming home how important it is for them to look after the ball. They can't buy a goal either, scoring one in their past five home games, which was against Sunderland, who everyone scores against.
Swansea looked very poor against Stoke on Monday Night Football and I worry about their squad size. Monk hasn't got the options to change things around and I fear it will be a long winter for both.
Jeff predicts: 1-1
Most popular prediction: Leicester 2-1 Palace (32 per cent)
It feels like Groundhog Day when I say Leicester can't keep falling behind and still get results, having done so in six of their games this season, but they can't.
As for Palace, I'd almost disregard their defeat to West Ham, as they are set up to be more effective away from home, winning nine of their past 12 games. If I could pick a game to watch on Saturday, it would be this one.
Leicester have been magnificent, but I can't get away from their defensive vulnerability.
Jeff predicts: 1-2
Most popular prediction: Norwich 1-1 West Brom (26 per cent)
West Brom have looked really poor this season - even in the win against Sunderland they failed to impress. I do wonder where the goals will come from, not because of their strikers, but the lack of flair and creativity in midfield, having failed to score in six of their past 10 games. I know Norwich took a beating at Newcastle, but it could've ended up 6-6. They beat West Brom 3-0 in the Capital One Cup, and while I don't think it will be as comfortable as that, I'm backing the Canaries for the win.
Jeff predictions: 1-0
Most popular prediction: Stoke 2-0 Watford (31 per cent)
I'm going with Stoke. They have three wins on the bounce and have only won four in a row once, in 2011. There's a lot to like about this Stoke side and, by contrast to their Monday Night Football hosts Swansea, you look at the players they've got coming off the bench and they've got a really good squad. They're also starting to keep clean sheets again, with three from their past four. As for Watford, they worked socks of against Arsenal but you wonder who will score if it's not Odion Ighalo and they play very direct, which will play into Stoke's hands.
Jeff predicts: 2-0
Most popular prediction: West Ham 1-2 Chelsea (30 per cent)
Thirty per cent of you are thinking this is the Chelsea of previous seasons, but it's not. They beat Aston Villa but they didn't impress anybody in doing so. Yes, they were better in the Champions League and probably should've won, but they're a million miles away from last season, conceding 10 in their past four away games in the Premier League. This is a West Ham team that should fear nobody and, while their best results have been away, they've got a vibrancy about them with players like Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini playing the sort of football that Jose Mourinho dreams of. It will be a good game, a fantastic atmosphere and I'm going for what would have been an upset.
Jeff predicts: 2-1
Most popular prediction: Wolves 1-2 Middlesbrough (25 per cent)
I'll go in with that result as well. Boro have just been brought down to earth in past few weeks, with no goals in their past three games. However, they've got plenty of options to come off the bench and change things around.
Wolves have been really poor in their past couple of games, especially against Brentford, and are struggling at the back, with just three clean sheets after keeping 18 last season. I just wonder whether it was a mistake letting Richard Stearman go.
Boro have to click back into gear soon and I suspect it will be this week.
Jeff predicts: 1-2
