Nottingham Forest's Premier League position if Chris…

Nottingham Forest's Premier League position if Chris Sutton's predictions became reality

Chris Sutton issues Premier League predictions every week - but where would Nottingham Forest be positioned if the table was based off his prognostications?

Forest will return to action this weekend when they host Wolves at the City Ground and Sutton will no doubt try his best to predict the right outcome. Looking at the other end of the Premier League table, he has predicted both Bournemouth and Southampton to be at the bottom two, albeit in the wrong order.

When it comes to Forest, he has them placed in 18th place, but in reality, Steve Cooper's side are two places above in 16th and two points away from the relegation zone. West Ham who are currently the other team in the bottom three was placed in 10th position in Sutton's table.

"This season has probably been the most difficult for predicting results since the Premier League started, so I'm pretty happy with that," Sutton told BBC Sport. "In recent years you didn't have to think twice about whether Liverpool would win every week and you could always trust Chelsea to beat most teams too, but the wheels have really fallen off for both of them this time.

"On top of that, the fact there is a relegation battle involving nine clubs who can all beat each other tells you how hard it has been to get their scores right. The team at the bottom of my table, Bournemouth, still have a fighting chance of staying up in real life, which has surprised me.

"They have proved me wrong a few times now, but they are not the only ones because I don't have many teams who I can rely on, to always be good or bad. All things considered, I think I'm doing really well but please remember that, if I really were a predictions genius, I would not be working as a pundit - I'd be a billionaire."