Premier League predictions: Lawro v rugby league star Sam Tomkins
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is England rugby league star Sam Tomkins.
The Wigan Warriors full-back has a knee injury that has ruled him out of the England team to play New Zealand on Saturday, and he will miss the rest of their three-match Test series in November.
But Tomkins, a Manchester United fan whose favourite player of all time is Ryan Giggs, was fit enough to take on Lawro,
Giggs "could have been a rugby league winger" according to Tomkins but it is another United player who he thinks is best suited to his sport.
"Wayne Rooney, definitely," Tomkins told BBC Sport. "I reckon he could have been like a niggly little half-back."
You can hear some of Sam's tales of following United on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
And you can watch England play their first Test against New Zealand in Hull at 16:45 GMT on Saturday, live on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website.
| Premier League predictions - Week 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Sam | |
| SATURDAY | |||
| Chelsea v Liverpool | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| Crystal Palace v Man Utd | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Man City v Norwich | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
| Newcastle v Stoke | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Swansea v Arsenal | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Watford v West Ham | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
| West Brom v Leicester | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Everton v Sunderland | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
| Southampton v Bournemouth | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| MONDAY | |||
| Tottenham v Aston Villa | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Our scoring system has changed this season and a correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is now worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last weekend, Lawro got four correct results from 10 Premier League games, with no perfect scores.
His score of 40 points saw him beat singer Paul Heaton, who picked one correct result with no perfect scores, to go joint-bottom of the guest leaderboard with 10 points.
We are keeping a record of the totals for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all of Lawro's predictions were correct (at the bottom of the page).
Make your own predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
| Total scores after week 10 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 670 |
| Guests | 440 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sam's prediction: There has been a real feel-good factor at Liverpool since Klopp came in and I think he will get his first league win. 1-3
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sam's prediction: United are coming off the back of the derby, which was not a great game, but I think they will go well on Saturday. 0-2
Man City 2-1 Norwich
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Sam's prediction: City have still got a few men out but they should be too good for Norwich. 3-0
Newcastle 0-0 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Sam's prediction: I don't think it will be a classic. 0-0
Swansea 0-3 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sam's prediction: Arsenal are real title contenders this season. 1-2
Watford 2-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: The bubble still hasn't burst for West Ham. 0-2
West Brom 2-3 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 1-1
SUNDAY
Everton 6-2 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Sam's prediction: Sunderland will be buoyed by their derby win. 0-2
Southampton 2-0 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: Bournemouth to bounce back from a couple of heavy defeats. 1-2
MONDAY
Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: Villa's poor form will continue. 3-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P10 | W7 | D2 | L1 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 90 | Amir Khan |
| 70 | Osi Umenyiora |
| 67 | Lawro (average after 10 weeks) |
| 60 | Stuart Broad |
| 50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
| 30 | Darren Campbell, Mark Webber |
| 20 | Graeme Swann |
| 10 | Paul Heaton, Kelly Jones |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Jack Whitehall & week four v Darren Campbell)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann)
| ARROWS & +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man City | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 |  | 0 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | | 0 |
| 3. | Chelsea | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 |  | +12 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | | +5 |
| 5. | West Brom | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | | +5 |
| 6. | Southampton | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | | +2 |
| 7. | Crystal Palace | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | | 0 |
| 8. | Tottenham | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |  | -2 |
| 9. | Man Utd | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | | -5 |
| 10. | Stoke | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | | +4 |
| 11. | Newcastle | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | | +8 |
| 12. | Bournemouth | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | | +5 |
| 13. | Norwich | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | | +3 |
| 14. | Sunderland | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | | +4 |
| 15. | Swansea | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | | -3 |
| 16. | Leicester | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | | -11 |
| 17. | Everton | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | -6 |
| 18. | West Ham | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | | -15 |
| 19. | Aston Villa | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | | +1 |
| 20. | Watford | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | | -7 |
