Premier League predictions: Lawro v Liam Fray of The Courteeners
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of different guests.
His opponent for the opening weekend of the Premier League season is The Courteeners frontman Liam Fray.
Premier League: The Courteeners' Liam Fray gives his predictions
The Courteeners, whose song 'Not 19 Forever' was used by United to mark their 20th league title in 2013, release their fourth album, 'Concrete Love' on 18 August.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Liam | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man Utd v Swansea | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Leicester v Everton | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
QPR v Hull | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
Stoke v Aston Villa | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
West Brom v Sunderland | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
West Ham v Tottenham | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Arsenal v Crystal Palace | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Southampton | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Newcastle v Man City | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Burnley v Chelsea | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
You can see how all the guests from last season fared in the scoreboard at the bottom of the page, plus the final table showing how the 2013-14 Premier League would have looked if all of Lawro's predictions were correct.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man Utd 1-2 Swansea
Leicester 2-2 Everton
QPR 0-1 Hull
Stoke 0-1 Aston Villa
West Brom 2-2 Sunderland
West Ham 0-1 Tottenham
Arsenal 2-1 Crystal Palace
SUNDAY
Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
Newcastle 0-2 Man City
MONDAY
Burnley 1-3 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Liam's prediction: 1-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
HOW DID LAWRO DO LAST SEASON?
SCORE | FINAL GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | George Groves, Nicky Wire |
11 | Zac Efron, Susanna Reid, Tim Key |
10 | Usain Bolt |
9 | Charlotte Green, Camp Bastion troops |
7.68 | Lawro (average after 38 weeks) |
7 | Danny John-Jules, Steve Wilson |
6 | Katy B, John Bishop, Kevin Clifton, Gaz Coombes, Greg James, Alistair McGowan, Joe Montana, Simon Neil, Alan Shearer, Woody |
5 | Geraint Thomas, Sam Tomkins, The National |
4 | David Baddiel, David Cameron, Fatboy Slim, Guy Mowbray, Jason Sudeikis, Eliza Doolittle |
3 | Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kaiser Chiefs |
2 | Sam Bailey, Cal Crutchlow, Ken Doherty, Gail Emms, Jim Kerr, David Schneider |
1 | Michael Palin, Vic Reeves |
0 | Josh Franceschi |
Lawro's best score: 16 points (week 21 v Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone)
Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week 26 v Geraint Thomas)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO FINAL STANDINGS IN REAL 2013-14 TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 38 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 0 | |
2. | Chelsea | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 91 | +1 | |
3. | Man Utd | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 86 | +4 | |
4. | Liverpool | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 83 | -2 | |
5. | Arsenal | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 76 | -1 | |
6. | Tottenham | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 0 | |
7. | Southampton | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | +1 | |
8. | Everton | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 52 | -3 | |
9. | Stoke | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 0 | |
10. | Swansea | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | +2 | |
11. | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 40 | +4 | |
12. | Fulham | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 40 | +7 | |
13. | West Brom | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 39 | +4 | |
14. | Newcastle | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | -4 | |
15. | Crystal Palace | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | -4 | |
16. | Norwich | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 38 | +2 | |
17. | West Ham | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -4 | |
18. | Hull City | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -2 | |
19. | Sunderland | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | -5 | |
20. | Cardiff | 38 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 0 | |
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