Premier League predictions: Lawro v Idles bassist Adam Devonshire
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Top-of-the-table Leicester travel to injury-hit Liverpool on Sunday, but will the Foxes clinch their fifth successive away win of the season at Anfield?
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson said: "This is an even harder game for Liverpool than when they went to Manchester City before the international break.
"There is the threat of Leicester and the way they play with Jamie Vardy, which is so effective - especially away from home.
"But then you have to consider how many players the Reds are missing at the back, and you have to think a draw would be a decent result for Jurgen Klopp's side."
Lawro is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.
This weekend, he is up against Adam Devonshire, bassist with punk band Idles.
Idles are (left to right) Mark Bowen, Lee Kiernan, Jon Beavis, Joe Talbot and Adam Devonshire. Their latest album 'Ultra Mono' reached number one in September and is the fastest-selling LP this year
Adam grew up in Devon but is a Newcastle fan.
He told BBC Sport: "When I was about nine or 10, everyone started choosing their team in school and everyone seemed to like Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United.
"I kind of just thought I want to support someone a bit different. You think you're being a bit outside the box when you do that at that age.
"I really liked the black and white shirts and at the time they had players like Ruel Fox and Andy Cole, who was banging them in, and I thought 'yeah, they're the team for me.'
"So yeah, I chose them... and once you've chosen your team, you're stuck after that, aren't you really?
"The first few years were when we were just taking off under Kevin Keegan and it lulled me into a false sense of security. I thought 'this is what it is always going to be like' and I was wrong.
"We were regulars in Europe for most of the later 1990s and early 2000s and back in the Champions League under Sir Bobby Robson in 2002-03, but it has not been like that in the past 10 to 15 years or so.
"It is very different being a Newcastle fan now."
Idles' 2018 album 'Joy as an act of Resistance' was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2019. The band go back on tour in the UK next April
Devonshire worshipped Alan Shearer when he was growing up but his favourite Newcastle player was someone he felt could model his own game on.
"I was always a defender or a defensive midfielder so David Batty was always my hero," he explained. "I enjoyed putting a tasty challenge in here and there.
"I played for my county and a few adult teams when I was 14 and 15, which was when music kind of took over, really. I realised I was never going to make it or anything like that, so I focused my attention on other things."
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Premier League predictions - week 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Adam | |
SATURDAY | |||
Newcastle v Chelsea | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Aston Villa v Brighton | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
Tottenham v Man City | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Man Utd v West Brom | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Fulham v Everton | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Sheff Utd v West Ham | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Leeds v Arsenal | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Liverpool v Leicester | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Burnley v Crystal Palace | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Wolves v Southampton | x-x | 2-0 | 2-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton
Tottenham 2-0 Man City
Man Utd 1-0 West Brom
SUNDAY
Fulham 2-3 Everton
Sheff Utd 0-1 West Ham
Leeds 0-0 Arsenal
Liverpool 3-0 Leicester
MONDAY
Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace
Wolves v Southampton (20:00 GMT)
Southampton showed they could cope without Danny Ings when they brushed Newcastle aside before the international break. This is a much sterner test, however.
Saints are not just well-organised, they are forward-thinking. I really like the way they look to move the ball forward, get people in wide areas and stretch the opposition.
But they are up against Wolves, who are really canny team and have got a bit of class too.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side very rarely have off nights. Yes, they keep things very tight but they are what I would call a probing team. Once they find a weakness, they are in.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adam's prediction: This is going to be close. Wolves play good football and have got a bit of class about them, but Southampton have made a great start to the season. 2-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do last time?
From the last set of games, played before the international break, Lawro got four correct results, with no exact scores, for a total of 40 points
He was beaten by singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, who goes joint-top of the guest leaderboard. She got eight correct results from the 10 matches, including one exact score, for a total of 110 points.
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- | |
1 | Man Utd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | +13 |
=2 | Leeds | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | +13 |
=2 | Tottenham | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
=4 | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | +1 |
=4 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | -1 |
6 | Arsenal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | +5 |
=7 | Leicester | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | -6 |
=7 | Man City | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | +3 |
9 | Wolves | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
10 | Southampton | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -6 |
=11 | Burnley | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | +8 |
=11 | Newcastle | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +2 |
13 | Everton | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 |
14 | West Ham | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 |
15 | Brighton | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | +1 |
=16 | Aston Villa | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | -10 |
=16 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -8 |
17 | Sheff Utd | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
19 | Fulham | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 |
20 | West Brom | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | -2 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD 2020-21
Score | Guest |
|---|---|
110 | Amy Macdonald, Steve White |
83 | Lawro (average after eight weeks) |
80 | Raye |
60 | Celeste, Caroline Weir |
50 | Declan McKenna, DJ Target |
0 | Rema |
Total scores after week 8 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 660 |
Guests | 520 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P8 | W5 | D0 | L3 |