Scottish Premiership 2024/25: Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton’s league predictions | Soccer Information

It’s shaping as much as be one other dramatic season within the Scottish Premiership, however the place will your membership end?

Nicely, with the summer time switch window now closed, we requested Sky Sports activities pundits Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton to foretell the place either side will find yourself and here is what they mentioned…

Aberdeen

Kris Boyd – third

I am purely saying this primarily based on the beginning the opposite groups have made as I am not getting carried away with Aberdeen. They’ve had a very good begin however they’re but to face any actually robust opponents. They’ve a run of fixtures that shall be troublesome for them. Having misplaced somebody like Bojan Miovski, I am unable to see them retaining this manner for lengthy. They do have a factors hole on the remaining however they are going to be dragged again into it. I’m nonetheless to be satisfied by them.

Chris Sutton – third

Jimmy Thelin has introduced in a single or two gamers he is aware of effectively which can actually assist. They have been a topsy-turvy group in the previous couple of seasons the place they’ve had patches the place they’re completed very well, then the wheels got here off. They appear to have taken their time in appointing Jimmy Thelin and he is a builder of golf equipment. He constructed Elfsborg and it took him three years to get them to a very first rate degree and he’ll be hoping to do the identical with Aberdeen who’re an enormous membership, however they’re striving for consistency. I feel splitting the Outdated Agency is not going to occur, it is an excellent begin for him however let’s not get too carried away simply but.

Celtic

Kris Boyd – 1st

Even I have been impressed by the way in which Celtic have began the season and that takes lots for me to say that! I simply get the sensation they’ll have an excessive amount of. The enterprise they’ve completed, they’re robust sufficient and they’re going to win the league by a very good few factors.

Chris Sutton – 1st

They’ve began the home season actually strongly and quick. Brendan is again in his second season and I feel it has been a clean pre-season for Celtic. They will have to deal with the calls for of Champions League soccer as effectively, therefore why it was essential to convey new gamers in. Brendan’s strongest go well with is teaching and creating gamers so I feel they will be pleased with the work they’ve completed within the window they usually’re nonetheless the group to beat.

Dundee

Kris Boyd – 4th

They’re stronger than final season. The addition of Simon Murray will convey actual tempo on the prime finish of the pitch. Dropping Luke McCowan is a big blow for them however I really feel as if they have sufficient in that space. Lyall Cameron may now see a chance to go and flourish, so there are gamers to fill that void. It is not going to be simple, after all they’ll miss somebody like McCowan who has moved for £1m, however I feel Dundee have proven they’re a top-six group.

Chris Sutton – sixth

Their massive problem is shedding Luke McCowan and the way they will cope with out him. They shocked me final season, I feel I had them relegated which exhibits what I do know! Tony Docherty is shrewd and is aware of the sport effectively, studying and absorbing tons throughout his time as Derek McInnes’ assistant and he units his groups up very well. I am mightily impressed with them. They have Lyall Cameron who’s a good participant and bringing in Simon Murray is a very good piece of enterprise.

Dundee United

Kris Boyd – ninth

The beginning that Jim Goodwin and his group has made has been spectacular. I do have them within the backside six as a result of new groups typically drop off. I could be 1,000,000 miles away although as a result of Tannadice is a troublesome place to go they usually have began very well. Jim’s recruitment has been good once more, David Babunksi and Kristijan Trapanovski have been robust additions to the squad. Jim additionally has some extent to show and there’s a lot using on this for his profession as effectively.

Chris Sutton – tenth

Jim Goodwin’s completed effectively to get them again up they usually had been actually busy within the switch market. It has been a rebuilding job at Tannadice with 13 new signings over the summer time and a few have impressed already, however it is going to take time for all of them to gel. They’ve made a robust begin to the marketing campaign with two wins and two attracts however I feel they may battle to take care of that type. Dundee United are an enormous membership although they usually have sufficient to remain up.

Hearts

Kris Boyd – fifth

I have been very disillusioned by Hearts up to now. They’ve performed two European video games along with their home duties, it isn’t as if it has been a tough shift for them. Do I concern for Steven Naismith? Sure, if their poor run continues for an additional week or so. They are going to have to start out getting outcomes. I am predicting fifth purely on the dimensions of the membership and the expectations as a result of proper now they’re 1,000,000 miles away from the place they need to be, however I do suppose they may enhance.

Chris Sutton – 4th

Simply because they’ve had a nasty begin doesn’t suggest it is over. I do suppose Steven Naismith did an excellent job final season and I they have a very first rate squad. They’re within the Convention League too and that steadiness could also be difficult for them. Preserving Lawrence Shankland is an enormous deal, they do have affordable energy and depth they usually’ll get it collectively quickly. Once they do, they will go on a run. I am not going to jot down Hearts off after 4 video games. I do suppose there is a want for endurance from the followers.

Hibernian

Kris Boyd – eighth

I simply suppose the tendencies are nonetheless there, the reasons have already began about lots of gamers being out of contract on the finish of this season they usually may be capable of clear up the mess the hierarchy have created then. Brief time period they’ll endure for that. I assumed they might have improved however at this second in time, I am simply unsure.

Chris Sutton – ninth

I like Hibs as a soccer membership. They’ve had a lot turmoil and gone by means of so many managers just lately, there hasn’t been that endurance and now David Grey is in cost, who is aware of the membership effectively. You’ll be able to’t simply preserve overhauling a squad, bringing in new gamers then altering a supervisor. I do not know whether or not there shall be endurance this season and Hibs followers will say a bottom-six end represents a poor season, however they should make small steps. It will likely be one other troublesome season for them.

Kilmarnock

Kris Boyd – sixth

If there was one group that has been hindered by European video games, it is Kilmarnock. Derek McInnes is aware of learn how to get outcomes and I’d be completely astonished if their type would not begin bettering now that Europe is over. Sure, it has been a sluggish begin, however I feel they may nonetheless have sufficient to complete within the prime six.

Chris Sutton – fifth

I actually admire the job Derek McInnes has completed at Rugby Park. He overachieved massively final season they usually gave it a go within the Convention League qualifiers. His problem is they can not afford to select up too many accidents. They obtained a going over at Celtic Park within the first sport of the season however he had half a group. Everybody is aware of it is going to finally click on for them they usually’ve obtained battle-hardened gamers with a sprinkle of actual class. They will definitely decide up factors and outcomes and I am fairly positive they will do it sooner somewhat than later.

Motherwell

Kris Boyd – tenth

Once you take a look at what they’ve misplaced, it might be a tricky season forward. Theo Bair may be very troublesome to interchange, they do have some good children there however I take a look at the group and surprise the place the targets will come from. They’ve added Tony Watt however you surprise is that only a case of scrambling round to get somebody in the direction of the tip of the switch window? They might simply lose Lennon Miller in January. With all of the adjustments, in the event that they handle to complete no less than tenth it is going to be a profitable season.

Chris Sutton – eighth

It might be any order from eighth downwards. After all, Motherwell misplaced lots of targets with the departure of Theo Bair, he was their excellent participant final season. There have additionally been lots of accidents to gamers who can be first picks, so instantly Stuart Kettlewell is on the again foot. I do, although, suppose he’ll get them organised and they’re going to do okay this season.

Rangers

Kris Boyd – 2nd

I knew it was going to be a tricky season, I did not suppose it might be as robust as this. I nonetheless suppose they will have greater than the remaining however I do not suppose it should be as simple as it has been over the previous couple of years to get that second place. As soon as the season settles down a bit and gamers rise up to match pace, they will be okay. As soon as accidents begin to hit the smaller groups that is while you see the larger ones draw back. Rangers can have greater than sufficient to complete second however I do not suppose they’ve sufficient to problem Celtic.

Chris Sutton – 2nd

Philippe Clement says Rangers will get higher however they’re nonetheless a piece in progress. There’s been such an overhaul and a messy summer time and they’ll take time to gel. Whether or not Clement will get the time stays to be seen. He’ll need his group to be hanging on in there and simply staying on Celtic’s coattails however then, because the season progresses, look to essentially hit a rhythm and discover his well beyond them. It’s fairer to evaluate Clement this season somewhat than final season when he inherited an actual mess. This season it is his group and there shall be no excuses.

Ross County

Kris Boyd – twelfth

Can we see Roy McGregor going and splashing the money once more to attempt to preserve them within the prime flight? Perhaps. If that is the case I then concern for St Johnstone. At this second I simply suppose that Ross County are those who will go straight down.

Chris Sutton – eleventh

Ross County all the time end eleventh! Don Cowie is sort of a quiet and unassuming man and he is obtained a tricky job. An overhaul of gamers each season and that makes it troublesome to get the group organised. Dropping Yan Dhanda is a blow for them as a result of he was so influential. They’ll in all probability keep up through the play offs once more.

St Johnstone

Kris Boyd – eleventh

The strikers would be the ones that preserve them in that play-off spot. Craig Levein simply has a knack of discovering that consequence every time he wants one and also you get the sensation it might be the identical once more this season. He may simply have sufficient to maintain them up, however lots of that can rely upon Ross County.

Chris Sutton – twelfth

Craig Levein’s obtained a troublesome job at St Johnstone. They have a few vigorous centre forwards and holding onto Adama Sidibeh is a big plus, however I feel that this season shall be an excessive amount of for them. It has already been a tricky begin with three defeats from their opening 4 video games and it’s laborious to see them selecting up too many wins this season.

St Mirren

Kris Boyd – seventh

They’re an enormous bodily group and they’re going to trigger lots of sides issues, however I simply really feel others can have that little bit additional to push above them to get into the highest six. St Mirren might sneak in and upset my predictions however I fear about them on the prime finish of the pitch. They do not have an out-and-out goalscorer and that’s the reason I really feel they may simply battle to get into the highest half of the desk.

Chris Sutton – seventh

I do not know why I am writing them off. They’re efficient once they get it proper, however I do not suppose they’ve an excessive amount of aptitude within the group. There was a good bit of change at St Mirren and though Stephen Robinson has introduced in lots of promising signings, he additionally misplaced a couple of. I feel the supervisor has overachieved, he is gone in there and completed effectively however I feel they will simply miss out.

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