Sports Mole takes on Kerr Okan of The LaFontaines for a Premier League predictions challenge in gameweek 37 of the 2023-24 season.
While some teams still have games in hand to play, this weekend will see the penultimate official gameweek of the 2023-24 Premier League season, with plenty still left to be decided.
Manchester City get things underway at Fulham, where a win would send them back to the top of the table until at least Sunday, when Arsenal visit Manchester United in the headline match of the weekend.
Dropped points for either could prove decisive in the title race with so little time left in the campaign, and this weekend could also see time run out for two relegation battlers.
Should results go against them this weekend then both Burnley and Luton Town could be relegated, completing a full house of promoted sides suffering immediate returns back to the Championship.
The curtain comes down on gameweek 37 on Monday night, when Jurgen Klopp takes charge of his penultimate match as Liverpool manager away to an Aston Villa side on the brink of qualifying for the Champions League.
Each gameweek, Sports Mole is taking on a famous musician or band in a prediction competition, and this week it is the turn of Kerr Okan of The LaFontaines.
Saturday, 12.30pm
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Kerr: Fulham 1-4 Man City
Sports Mole: Fulham 1-3 Man City
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: Bournemouth 1-1 Brentford
Sports Mole: Bournemouth 2-1 Brentford
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: Everton 2-0 Sheff Utd
Sports Mole: Everton 2-0 Sheff Utd
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: Newcastle 2-1 Brighton
Sports Mole: Newcastle 3-1 Brighton
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: Spurs 2-0 Burnley
Sports Mole: Spurs 4-1 Burnley
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: West Ham 2-1 Luton
Sports Mole: West Ham 2-2 Luton
Saturday, 3pm
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Kerr: Wolves 0-3 Crystal Palace
Sports Mole: Wolves 1-2 Crystal Palace
Saturday, 5.30pm
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Kerr: Nott’m Forest 0-0 Chelsea
Sports Mole: Nott’m Forest 2-3 Chelsea
Sunday, 4.30pm
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Kerr: Man Utd 0-2 Arsenal
Sports Mole: Man Utd 1-3 Arsenal
Monday, 8pm
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Kerr: Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
Sports Mole: TBC – please check back on Saturday
Kerr Okan Q&A
How did you come to support Manchester United and what are your favourite memories from your time as a fan?
Like it is for many of us, it was passed down to me through family. My dad was a United supporter, so I became one too. I got my first shirt after Beckham scored the half way line goal against Wimbledon in the 96-97 season, and that was me hooked.
My favourite memory will forever be the treble in ’99. To win the Champions League final in the fashion we did, to have a season like we had that year and to cement the class of ’92 in history – it will forever be my number one.
Who have been your favourite five players for your club?
Roy Keane, David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Paul Scholes, Jaap Stam
What’s going on with the band at the moment?
We have our brand new single out on May 14 ‘Since You Made A Move’ with probably the funniest video we’ve ever shot too – and if you know anything about our videos that’s saying something. This tune feels like the Sound Of The Summer, so we are buzzing to get it out there!
You can preorder our brand new album ‘Business As Usual’ now – dropping June 14, plus come and see us on a bunch of live dates next month. As the season comes to a close, we’ll provide the entertainment over the summer… along with Scotland in the Euros of course.
Check out ‘The LaFontaines’ latest single ‘Business As Usual’, available on all digital streaming platforms now.
You can follow The LaFontaines on Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter).
2023-24 SEASON LEADERBOARD (ARTISTS)
Scores are calculated as one point for a correct result and five points for a correct scoreline.
1. SPRINTS’ Sam (19pts | Gameweek 9)
2. Flat Party’s Nic (18pts | Gameweek 7)
3. SPRINTS’ Jack (16pts | Gameweek 9)
= Joshua Grant (16pts | Gameweek 30)
5. SPRINTS’ Karla (14pts | Gameweek 9)
= Noah and the Loners’ Noah Riley (14pts | Gameweek 20)
7. Palace’s Leo Wyndham (13pts | Gameweek 24)
= Nathan Evans (13pts | Gameweek 28)
9. Flat Party’s Dylan (12pts | Gameweek 7)
10. Swim Deep’s Cavan McCarthy (11pts | Gameweek 33)
11. Flat Party’s Rory (10pts | Gameweek 7)
= Master Peace (10pts | Gameweek 23)
13. Tom Speight (9pts | Gameweek 2)
= Majestic & Beyond Chicago (9pts | Gameweek 3)
= Sea Girls’ Andrew Dawson (9pts | Gameweek 8)
16. New Rules’ Ryan Meaney (8pts | Gameweek 6)
= K.A.D (8pts | Gameweek 12)
= Solar Eyes (8pts | Gameweek 25)
19. Kid Kapichi’s Jack Wilson (7pts | Gameweek 5)
= Feeder’s Taka Hirose (7pts | Gameweek 18)
= Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi (7pts | Gameweek 21)
= One True Pairing (7pts | Gameweek 29)
= Spinn’s Louis O’Reilly (7pts | Gameweek 34) *
24. Ed Cosens (6pts | Gameweek 22)
= Only The Poets (6pts | Gameweek 27)
= DAYTIME TV’s Will Irvine (6pts | Gameweek 37)
27. Sainte (5pts | Gameweek 13)
28. Insincere (4pts | Gameweek 1)
= STONE (4pts | Gameweek 10)
= Slick Don (4pts | Gameweek 14)
= The Blinders’ Charlie McGough (4pts | Gameweek 15)
= Alex Spencer (4pts | Gameweek 16)
= Chiedu Oraka (4pts | Gameweek 26) *
= Corella’s Joel Smith (4pts | Gameweek 32)
35. Barry Can’t Swim (3pts | Gameweek 4)
= Keen Roy (3pts | Gameweek 11)
= The Mysterines’ Paul Crilly (3pts | Gameweek 31)
= Public Order’s Elis Lloyd Jones (3pts | Gameweek 29) *
= A Certain Ratio’s Martin Moscrop (3pts | Gameweek 35)
40. Bill Ryder-Jones (2pts | Gameweek 19)
* = Gameweek with reduced number of fixtures
2023-24 COMPETITION HISTORY
Gameweek 1: Insincere 4-16 Sports Mole
Gameweek 2: Tom Speight 9-16 Sports Mole
Gameweek 3: Majestic & Beyond Chicago 9-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 4: Barry Can’t Swim 3-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 5: Kid Kapichi’s Jack Wilson 7-11 Sports Mole
Gameweek 6: New Rules’ Ryan Meaney 8-10 Sports Mole
Gameweek 7: Flat Party’s Rory, Nic & Dylan 10/18/12-3 Sports Mole
Gameweek 8: Sea Girls’ Andrew Dawson 9-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 9: SPRINTS’ Jack, Same & Karla 16/19/14-16 Sports Mole
Gameweek 10: STONE 4-6 Sports Mole
Gameweek 11: Keen Roy 3-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 12: K.A.D 8-8 Sports Mole
Gameweek 13: Sainte 5-2 Sports Mole
Gameweek 14: Slick Don 4-6 Sports Mole
Gameweek 15: The Blinders’ Charlie McGough 4-4 Sports Mole
Gameweek 16: Alex Spencer 4-3 Sports Mole
Gameweek 17: N/A
Gameweek 18: Feeder’s Taka Hirose 7-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 19: Bill Ryder-Jones 2-7 Sports Mole
Gameweek 20: Noah and the Loners’ Noah Riley 14-5 Sports Mole
Gameweek 21: Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi 7-10 Sports Mole
Gameweek 22: Ed Cosens 6-4 Sports Mole
Gameweek 23: Master Peace 10-12 Sports Mole
Gameweek 24: Palace’s Leo Wyndham 13-11 Sports Mole
Gameweek 25: Solar Eyes 8-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 26: Chiedu Oraka 4-5 Sports Mole *
Gameweek 27: Only The Poets 6-8 Sports Mole
Gameweek 28: Nathan Evans 13-2 Sports Mole
Gameweek 29: One True Pairing 7-3 Sports Mole *
Gameweek 30: Joshua Grant 16-10 Sports Mole
Gameweek 31: The Mysterines’ Paul Crilly 3-9 Sports Mole
Gameweek 32: Corella’s Joel Smith 4-7 Sports Mole
Gameweek 33: Swim Deep’s Cavan McCarthy 11-14 Sports Mole
Gameweek 34: Spinn’s Louis O’Reilly 7-5 Sports Mole *
Midweek fixtures: Public Order’s Elis Lloyd-Jones 3-3 Sports Mole *
Gameweek 35: A Certain Ratio’s Martin Moscrop 3-14 Sports Mole
Gameweek 36: DAYTIME TV’s Will Irvine 6-11 Sports Mole
* = Gameweek with reduced number of fixtures
