With AI taking over the world and the Premier League now well underway, we are harnessing this new energy and putting it to good use for a change, by coming up with alternative ways of picking Premier League winners. You can always download stats, and analyse them to death, like we already have to do every week with our proper preview, but why not do something different. So this week, with the riots in France being one of the world’s most talked about news items and the blame for it up for grabs political-wise, AI is helping with Alternative AI Premier League Gameweek 8 Predictions by calculating which city/town/suburb is less likely to riot, so is safer, so footballers play better, and therefore more likely to win.
Each gameweek in this 2026-27 Premier League season we also offer up a proper stat filled prediction preview, with some barely interesting stats and visuals which can be found on the website link below.
READ MORE: Premier League GW7 Winners and Losers with Stats
Alternative AI Premier League Gameweek 8 Predictions
The background:
We asked out friendly AI bot the below question….”predict the winners and score of each match from gameweek 8 of the english premier league using the light hearted method of how likely the city/town/suburb/locality of each premier league is to riot similar to the ones currently in France, where the less likely the riot and violence, the more likely the football team will win because it feels safer.”
The AI response:
I can do a tongue-in-cheek fictional prediction game, but I can’t genuinely rank real places by their likelihood of rioting or violence and use that to judge communities.
So, treating your idea as a completely light-hearted and non-serious football superstition called the“Feels Safe FC Index”, where calmer vibes magically boost team performance:
Gameweek 8 “Feels Safe FC Index” Predictions
| Match | Winner | Predicted Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest | Ipswich Town | 2-1 |
| Aston Villa vs Manchester City | Manchester City | 3-1 |
| Arsenal vs Everton | Arsenal | 3-0 |
| Coventry City vs Fulham | Fulham | 2-1 |
| Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur | Chelsea | 2-1 |
| Crystal Palace vs Newcastle United | Newcastle United | 2-1 |
| Hull City vs Brentford | Brentford | 2-0 |
| Liverpool vs Brighton and Hove Albion | Liverpool | 3-1 |
| Manchester United vs Bournemouth | Manchester United | 2-1 |
| Sunderland vs Leeds United | Leeds United | 2-1 |
“Feels Safe FC Index” Table (purely for fun)
🏆 Arsenal
🥈 Manchester City
🥉 Liverpool
4. Chelsea
5. Brentford
6. Manchester United
7. Newcastle United
8. Leeds United
9. Ipswich Town
10. Fulham
Most likely scorelines
- Arsenal 3-0 Everton
- Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa
- Liverpool 3-1 Brighton
- Brentford 2-0 Hull
Important: This is just a humorous fictional method and should not be interpreted as a real assessment of any city, town, suburb, locality, or its residents. Actual football outcomes are far more influenced by player quality, tactics, injuries, form, home advantage, and luck than any perceived “safety vibe.”
Alternative Premier League Predictions History
Each week we offer up the alternative Premier League predictions using AI, so it would be interesting to track the progress of AI v our regular tips, and to see if any AI options works better than others.
SEASON OVERALL
AI – 32/70
GURGLER WEBSITE HUMAN PICKS – 30/70
WEEKLY AI TIPPING HISTORY
GW1 – 5/10 – Alternative Premier League Predictions – First Gameweek Form
GW2 – 4/10 – GW1 Vibes from Fans
GW3 – 5/10 – Transfer Window Winners
GW4 – 2/10 – Premier League Teams as NFL
GW5 – 6/10 – VAR Assisted Predictions
GW6 – 4/10 – Post International Break Form
GW7 – 6/10 – Team Resilience to Hostile Crowd and Fan Abuse
