Lawro's Premier League predictions v England rugby league captain Sam Burgess
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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 guests.
Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is England rugby league captain Sam Burgess.
Burgess and England play New Zealand on Saturday then take on Scotland (5 November) and Australia (13 November), hoping to reach the final at Anfield on 20 November.
You can make your own predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - week 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Sam | |
SATURDAY | |||
Sunderland v Arsenal | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Man Utd v Burnley | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Middlesbrough v Bournemouth | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Tottenham v Leicester | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
Watford v Hull | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
West Brom v Man City | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Crystal Palace v Liverpool | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Everton v West Ham | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Southampton v Chelsea | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Stoke v Swansea | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the last round of fixtures, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 90 points.
He was beaten by Olympic kayak gold medallist Joe Clarke, who got four correct results, but with two perfect scores, for a total of 100 points.
Total scores after week 9 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 740 |
Guests | 670 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man Utd 0-0 Burnley
Middlesbrough 2-0 Bournemouth
Tottenham 1-1 Leicester
Watford 1-0 Hull
West Brom 0-4 Man City
Crystal Palace 2-4 Liverpool
SUNDAY
Everton 2-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sam's prediction: My team-mate James Graham is a massive Everton supporter, so I am going to back West Ham. Sorry James. 0-1
Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
MONDAY
Stoke 3-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 0-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P9 | W5 | D0 | L4 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke |
82 | Lawro (average after nine weeks) |
70 | Dave Bautista, Athletico Mince |
50 | Charlie Sloth, Laura Trott |
40 | Ed Balls |
30 | Blossoms |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Laura Trott)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Liverpool | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | +2 |
2 | Man Utd | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | +5 |
3 | Arsenal | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | -1 |
4 | Chelsea | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
5 | Man City | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | -4 |
6 | Tottenham | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | -1 |
7 | West Ham | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | +8 |
8 | Leicester | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | +4 |
9 | Everton | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | -3 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | +1 |
11 | Southampton | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -3 |
12 | Stoke | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | +4 |
13 | Sunderland | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | +7 |
14 | Burnley | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
15 | Bournemouth | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -5 |
16 | West Brom | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
17 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
18 | Swansea | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
19 | Watford | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -10 |
20 | Hull | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | -2 |