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

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

Effectively, with the summer season switch window now closed, we requested Sky Sports activities pundits Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton to foretell the place both sides will find yourself and this is what they mentioned…

Aberdeen

Kris Boyd – third

I am purely saying this based mostly 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 tough for them. Having misplaced somebody like Bojan Miovski, I can not see them protecting this kind 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 is able to 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 accomplished rather 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 extremely 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 I feel splitting the Outdated Agency is not going to occur, it is a terrific begin for him however let’s not get too carried away simply but.

Celtic

Kris Boyd – 1st

Even I have been impressed by the best way Celtic have began the season and that takes so much for me to say that! I simply get the sensation they will have an excessive amount of. The enterprise they’ve accomplished, they’re sturdy sufficient and they’ll 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 easy pre-season for Celtic. They’re going to have to deal with the calls for of Champions League soccer as effectively, therefore why it was necessary to carry new gamers in. Brendan’s strongest swimsuit is teaching and creating gamers so I feel they’re going to be pleased with the work they’ve accomplished within the window and so they’re nonetheless the group to beat.

Dundee

Kris Boyd – 4th

They’re stronger than final season. The addition of Simon Murray will carry actual tempo on the high finish of the pitch. Dropping Luke McCowan is a large blow for them however I really feel as if they have sufficient in that space. Lyall Cameron may now see a possibility to go and flourish, so there are gamers to fill that void. It isn’t going to be straightforward, in fact they will 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 challenge is shedding Luke McCowan and the way they’re going to cope with out him. They stunned me final season, I feel I had them relegated which reveals 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 rather well. I am mightily impressed with them. They have Lyall Cameron who’s a good participant and bringing in Simon Murray is a extremely 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 usually drop off. I could be 1,000,000 miles away although as a result of Tannadice is a tough place to go and so they have began rather well. Jim’s recruitment has been good once more, David Babunksi and Kristijan Trapanovski have been sturdy additions to the squad. Jim additionally has a degree to show and there’s a lot driving on this for his profession as effectively.

Chris Sutton – tenth

Jim Goodwin’s accomplished effectively to get them again up and so they had been actually busy within the switch market. It has been a rebuilding job at Tannadice with 13 new signings over the summer season and a few have impressed already, however it can 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’ll wrestle to take care of that kind. Dundee United are an enormous membership although and so they have sufficient to remain up.

Hearts

Kris Boyd – fifth

I have been very disenchanted by Hearts to date. 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 worry for Steven Naismith? Sure, if their poor run continues for an additional week or so. They will have to start out getting outcomes. I am predicting fifth purely on the scale 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’ll enhance.

Chris Sutton – 4th

Simply because they’ve had a foul begin doesn’t suggest it is over. I do suppose Steven Naismith did a terrific job final season and I they have a extremely first rate squad. They’re within the Convention League too and that steadiness could also be tough for them. Conserving Lawrence Shankland is an enormous deal, they do have cheap energy and depth and so they’ll get it collectively quickly. Once they do, they’re going to go on a run. I am not going to put in writing 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 traits are nonetheless there, the justifications have already began about plenty of gamers being out of contract on the finish of this season and so they may have the ability to clear up the mess the hierarchy have created then. Quick time period they will undergo for that. I assumed they’d 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 via so many managers not too long ago, there hasn’t been that endurance and now David Grey is in cost, who is aware of the membership effectively. You may’t simply hold 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. Will probably be one other tough 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 get outcomes and I might be completely astonished if their kind would not begin enhancing now that Europe is over. Sure, it has been a gradual begin, however I feel they’ll nonetheless have sufficient to complete within the high six.

Chris Sutton – fifth

I actually admire the job Derek McInnes has accomplished at Rugby Park. He overachieved massively final season and so they gave it a go within the Convention League qualifiers. His challenge is they cannot afford to choose up too many accidents. They obtained a going over at Celtic Park within the first recreation of the season however he had half a group. Everybody is aware of it can ultimately click on for them and so they’ve obtained battle-hardened gamers with a sprinkle of actual class. They’re going to actually decide up factors and outcomes and I am fairly certain they’re going to do it sooner fairly than later.

Motherwell

Kris Boyd – tenth

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

Chris Sutton – eighth

It might be any order from eighth downwards. In fact, Motherwell misplaced plenty of targets with the departure of Theo Bair, he was their excellent participant final season. There have additionally been plenty 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’ll 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’re going to have greater than the remaining however I do not suppose it’ll be as straightforward 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 velocity, they’re going to 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 season and they will 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 guage Clement this season fairly 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

Will we see Roy McGregor going and splashing the money once more to attempt to hold them within the high flight? Perhaps. If that is the case I then worry 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 tough to get the group organised. Dropping Yan Dhanda is a blow for them as a result of he was so influential. They’ll most likely keep up by way of the play offs once more.

St Johnstone

Kris Boyd – eleventh

The strikers would be the ones that hold them in that play-off spot. Craig Levein simply has a knack of discovering that outcome 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 plenty of that may depend upon Ross County.

Chris Sutton – twelfth

Craig Levein’s obtained a tough job at St Johnstone. They have a few vigorous centre forwards and holding onto Adama Sidibeh is a large 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 choosing up too many wins this season.

St Mirren

Kris Boyd – seventh

They’re an enormous bodily group and they’ll trigger plenty of sides issues, however I simply really feel others can have that little bit further 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 high finish of the pitch. They do not have an out-and-out goalscorer and that’s the reason I really feel they could simply wrestle 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 quite a lot of aptitude within the group. There was a good bit of change at St Mirren and though Stephen Robinson has introduced in plenty of promising signings, he additionally misplaced just a few. I feel the supervisor has overachieved, he is gone in there and accomplished effectively however I feel they’re going to simply miss out.

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