Sutton predicts lowest-ever points tally for Bluebirds

FORMER England striker and BT Sport pundit Chris Sutton has predicted that Cardiff City will be relegated with a record low points tally.

The former Blackburn and Chelsea forward, who also works on BBC FiveLive’s 606 radio phone-in, made the prediction on Sunday night after fellow 606 presenters Robbie Savage and Jason Mohammad branded him “lazy” for a prediction on Cardiff’s fate.

Sutton claimed that the Bluebirds were already down on Saturday - 15 minutes before their match against Bournemouth had even kicked off which really drew the ire of Savage and Mohammad.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live on Saturday night, Savage said: “Let me just say on the show I was on this afternoon, Chris Sutton, at 2.46, said Cardiff are down before they kicked a ball.”

“He’s done his homework hasn’t he?” replied Mohammad. “I’ve not seen Chris Sutton in Cardiff to do any research at all.

“It’s so lazy. Lazy punditry – that’s all it is.”

When presented with audio footage of Savage and Mohammad on the Sunday night 606 show, Sutton came out fighting and even doubled down on his prediction – claiming Neil Warnock’s side could do worse than the 2008 Derby County side who picked up just 11 points.

Replying to Mohammad’s jibes, Sutton retorted: “Lazy presenting!

“I said that before kick-off. Nothing I saw changed my mind on Cardiff.

“When you look at the other sides who have come up, Wolves have spent big money, Fulham have spent big money.

“Cardiff aren’t going to score enough goals. They are not good enough to stay in the Premier League.

“I’ve got a lot of time for Neil Warnock. He’s a fighter. He’s got a lot of teams up.

“I think he’s had eight promotions in his illustrious career but Cardiff, you’re just not good enough.

“You’ll be outclassed this season as you were yesterday. You were lucky to get away with a two-goal defeat at Bournemouth.

“I think Cardiff will go down – maybe with a record low points tally.”

Later during the show, Sutton revealed the mischievous reason behind his bold claim.

“I chucked it in really because I know it would really madden Jason Mohammad, to be honest,” he said.

“Jason’s a Cardiff fan, but he knows they’re going down.”