Premier League predictions: Lawro v England cricketers Moeen Ali & James Anderson
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Manchester United suffered their first defeat of the season last weekend - but could they lose more ground on Premier League leaders Manchester City when they face in-form Tottenham on Saturday?
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson says: "United flunked at Huddersfield and, as bad as Liverpool were at Wembley, Tottenham played very well to beat them 4-1.
"But I don't see United losing again. They rolled over in the first half against the Terriers but there is no way Jose Mourinho is going to let Spurs beat his side at Old Trafford."
Lawro is going for a 1-1 draw - do you agree? You can make your own predictions now, take on Lawro and other fans, create your own league and try to make it to the top of the table by playing the new-look BBC Sport Predictor game.
Lawro scored 70 points in week nine, which saw him slip to 3,152nd place out of more than 240,000 users.
He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
Lawro, who beat Joe Root last week, takes on two of his England cricket team-mates for this weekend's fixtures - all-rounder Moeen Ali and bowler James Anderson.
Burnley fan Anderson predicts a 1-0 win for his side at home to Newcastle on Monday and is hopeful the club can keep hold of manager Sean Dyche, who has been linked with the Everton job.
"What Sean Dyche has done over the last four or five years has been outstanding," he said. "We're just keeping our fingers crossed we can keep hold of him."
Liverpool fan Moeen has backed his side to record a 3-1 win over Huddersfield at Anfield.
Moeen & Anderson take on Lawro
Premier League predictions - week 9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Anderson | Moeen | |
SATURDAY | ||||
Man Utd v Tottenham | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 |
Arsenal v Swansea | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
Crystal Palace v West Ham | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
Liverpool v Huddersfield | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 |
Watford v Stoke | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
West Brom v Man City | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
Bournemouth v Chelsea | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Brighton v Southampton | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Leicester v Everton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
MONDAY | ||||
Burnley v Newcastle | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Remember you can try to beat Lawro by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Anderson's prediction: 2-1
Moeen's prediction: 1-3
Arsenal 2-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Anderson's prediction: 3-0
Moeen's prediction: 2-1
Crystal Palace 2-2 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Anderson's prediction: 0-2
Moeen's prediction: 0-1
Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Anderson's prediction: 4-0
Moeen's prediction: 3-1
Watford 0-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Anderson's prediction: 2-0
Moeen's prediction: 3-2
West Brom 2-3 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Anderson's prediction: 0-3
Moeen's prediction: 0-1
Bournemouth 0-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Anderson's prediction: 1-3
Moeen's prediction: 2-2
SUNDAY
Brighton 1-1 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Anderson's prediction: 1-1
Moeen's prediction: 0-0
Leicester 2-0 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Anderson's prediction: 1-1
Moeen's prediction: 2-0
MONDAY
Burnley 1-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Anderson's prediction: 1-0
Moeen's prediction: 2-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do last time?
Last week, Lawro got four correct results, including one perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 70 points.
He beat England cricket captain Joe Root, who got five results correct but with no perfect scores, for a total of 50 points.
Total scores after week 9 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 790 |
Guests | 660 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P9 | W5 | D0 | L4 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Chris Shiflett |
120 | Will Poulter |
100 | Wretch 32 |
88 | Lawro (average after nine weeks) |
70 | Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Non Stanford |
50 | Steve Cram, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root |
*Foster and Cram both provided predictions on week one, but only Foster's score contributes to the guest total.
Lawro's best score: 150 points (week eight v Wretch 32)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, and week five v Non Stanford)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man Utd | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | +1 |
2 | Man City | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | -1 |
3 | Tottenham | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | +1 |
4 | Arsenal | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | +1 |
5 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | -1 |
6 | Liverpool | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | +3 |
7 | Southampton | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | +3 |
8 | Bournemouth | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | +11 |
9 | West Ham | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | +7 |
10 | Swansea | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | +5 |
11 | Leicester | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | +3 |
12 | Everton | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | +6 |
13 | Burnley | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 |
14 | Crystal Palace | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +6 |
15 | West Brom | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 |
16 | Stoke | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | +1 |
17 | Newcastle | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -10 |
18 | Brighton | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 |
19 | Watford | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -13 |
20 | Huddersfield | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -9 |
- Published21 October 2017
- Published24 October 2017
