Sutton’s FA Cup third-round predictions v DJ & producer Shadow Child – and AI

Shadow Child is a Portsmouth fan who has fond memories of the FA Cup that go back much further than when Pompey won it in 2008.

“That was huge, and so was when we lost narrowly in the final two years later,” he told BBC Sport.

“But my favourite FA Cup memory was actually 1992, when we had a run to the semi-finals and lost to eventual winners Liverpool in a replay.

“I was 15, stood on the Clock End at Highbury for the first of those games, and that is when I fully understood the emotion that goes with football.

“I’d been going to Fratton Park since I was five, but that was the moment for me. That’s the power of the FA Cup, and a run like that can resonate with you for your whole life.

“The year we won it, all five games from round three to the final were 1-0 wins. You take them all, obviously, but most of those ties were not that glamorous.

“The really memorable game that year was our 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Rio Ferdinand ended up in goal when we scored our winner from the penalty spot, which sounds crazy talking about it now. Again, I will never forget it.”

The AI predictions were generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat. We asked the tool to predict the score of each tie.