Premier League predictions: Lawro v England netball stars Helen Housby and Jo Harten

The Premier League is back - and here is your chance to prove Mark Lawrenson wrong.

BBC Sport's predictions expert has picked his scores for the first 10 games of the new campaign, including Liverpool's match against Norwich on Friday.

Lawro is backing the Reds to win, and continue their long unbeaten run - according to his results anyway - that has not seen them lose a game in his league tables since the final day of the 2015-16 season.

It is not just Liverpool that Lawro is making predictions for - he will do the same for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests.

First to take him on in the 2019-20 campaign are England netball stars Helen Housby and Jo Harten.

Housby is a Manchester United fan, and Harten supports Tottenham.

Housby and Harten were part of the England squad that won bronze at this summer's World Cup

Premier League predictions - week 1
	Result	Lawro	Helen	Jo
FRIDAY
Liverpool v Norwich	4-1	2-0	2-0	3-0
SATURDAY
West Ham v Man City	0-5	1-2	1-3	0-4
Bournemouth v Sheff Utd	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-1
Burnley v Southampton	3-0	2-1	0-1	1-0
Crystal Palace v Everton	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-0
Watford v Brighton	0-3	2-0	0-2	0-2
Tottenham v Aston Villa	3-1	2-0	1-0	5-0
SUNDAY
Leicester v Wolves	0-0	2-1	1-0	1-0
Newcastle v Arsenal	0-1	0-2	2-1	2-1
Man Utd v Chelsea	4-0	1-1	2-1	1-2

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless stated.

FRIDAY

Liverpool 4-1 Norwich

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Helen's prediction: 2-0

Jo's prediction: 3-0

Match report

SATURDAY

West Ham 0-5 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Helen's prediction: Being a United fan I obviously never want to back City - but I am going to have to say that they will win this one, and probably by a few goals. 1-3

Jo's prediction: 0-4

Match report

Bournemouth 1-1 Sheff Utd

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Helen's prediction: I reckon we've got to back Bournemouth here for Geva. One of our England team-mates (Geva Mentor) is a Bournemouth girl and a big fan. 2-1

Jo's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Burnley 3-0 Southampton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Helen's prediction: 0-1

Jo's prediction: 1-0

Match report

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Helen's prediction: 0-0

Jo's prediction: 0-0

Match report

Watford 0-3 Brighton

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Helen's prediction: 0-2

Jo's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Tottenham 3-1 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Helen's prediction: 1-0

Jo's prediction: Easy! 5-0. Spurs have just had one of their best seasons for a long time, and I am backing them to be up there again this year.

Match report

SUNDAY

Leicester 0-0 Wolves

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Helen's prediction: 1-0

Jo's prediction: 1-0

Match report

Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Helen's prediction: 2-1

Jo's prediction: I can't ever back Arsenal, as a Spurs fan. 2-1

Match report

Man Utd 4-0 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Helen's prediction: I have been saying for years now that this is going to be our year, but obviously it has not been the best time for United.

This is a big game to start off with, but I am always hopeful, and I always think we can deliver. 2-1

Jo's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro's Premier League predictions - the final league table

In Lawro's league table based on his 2018-19 weekly predictions, Manchester City finished champions - just as they did in reality.

Overall, he had six teams out of 20 in their correct positions, with 10 more only one or two places out.

+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	PTS	+/-
1	Man City	38	35	3	0	108	0
2	Liverpool	38	27	11	0	92	0
3	Man Utd	38	28	6	4	90	+3
4	Tottenham	38	23	11	4	77	0
5	Chelsea	38	23	7	8	73	-2
6	Leicester	38	20	6	12	66	+3
7	Arsenal	38	19	7	12	64	-2
8	Everton	38	19	5	14	62	0
9	Wolves	38	16	3	19	51	-2
10	Burnley	38	13	11	14	50	+5
11	Newcastle	38	14	7	17	49	+2
12	West Ham	38	12	6	20	42	-2
13	Watford	38	11	6	21	39	-2
=14	Bournemouth	38	10	7	21	37	0
=14	Southampton	38	11	4	23	37	+2
16	Crystal Palace	38	9	9	20	36	-4
=17	Brighton	38	8	8	22	32	0
=17	Fulham	38	9	5	24	32	+2
=19	Cardiff	38	3	6	29	15	-1
=19	Huddersfield	38	3	6	29	15	+1