Bournemouth to upset Chelsea in Opta Joe's Super 6 £1m predictions

By Duncan Alexander, author of the OptaJoe Yearbook 2016

Image: Opta provide their insight for the Super 6 £1m round

We've enlisted one of football's greatest sources of knowledge, Opta Joe, to help you win the Boxing Day £1m Soccer Saturday Super 6 jackpot.

The sports data company has provided us with the key stats for the six selected Premier League fixtures and its predictions as Super 6 cranks up the prize for a festive treat.

Here's what Opta Joe makes of the clashes... 

Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion

Last year, Arsenal crashed to a 4-0 defeat at Southampton, their heaviest Boxing Day defeat since the day the London Palladium opened in 1910. There will be no pantomime performance this year, though, as the Gunners will avoid a third successive Premier League defeat and ease past West Brom.

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Prediction: Arsenal 3-1 WBA

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Burnley v Middlesbrough

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Boro are Boxing Day experts, having won their past five games on December 26 without conceding a goal. They could still find it tough at Turf Moor, though, with Burnley picking up 94 per cent of their points at home this season (16 of 17), a higher proportion than any other side.

Prediction: Burnley 1-1 Middlesbrough.

Chelsea v Bournemouth

Chelsea are hunting a club record 12th successive league win and have not lost on Boxing Day since 2003, but Bournemouth are unbeaten in six on Boxing Day and, with the home team missing Diego Costa, could spring the ultimate festive surprise.

Prediction: Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

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Leicester City v Everton

At this point last season, Leicester had 38 points, more than twice as many as they do now. But they face an equally hit-and-miss Everton team who are looking to avoid five successive away defeats in the Premier League. The Foxes' most recent home game saw them beat Manchester City 4-2 but shorn of Jamie Vardy for three games, they could well face more title hangover pain.

Prediction: Leicester 1-2 Everton

Manchester United v Sunderland

The last time David Moyes was a manager at Old Trafford, his team ran out 4-1 winners, a rare highlight in his largely dismal spell in charge of United. Now at Sunderland, he can call upon Boxing Day's top-scoring active player, Jermain Defoe with six goals, but at the other end of the pitch Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored seven goals from his last eight shots on target and will be confident of plundering more against the Black Cats.

Prediction: Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland

Swansea City v West Ham United

Swansea and West Ham have been handing out presents all season but the Hammers, at least, look to have become more Scrooge-like in recent weeks, and will try and record a third successive clean sheet when they face Bob Bradley's men. There have been 16 goals in the last three Premier League games at Liberty Stadium and on a festive day that used to see high-scoring games, this could be another.

Prediction: Swansea 3-3 West Ham

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