to @KingHotspur for a top week, sweeping him to the top of the league. Knocks @audrey.s.thackeray into second place. Still with only 6 points between 1st and 10th, it will be very changeable for a while yet. Next fixtures before the International break September 1st 12:30 Leicester Liverpool 15:00 Brighton Fulham Chelsea Bournemouth Crystal Palace Southampton Everton Huddersfield West Ham Wolves 17:30 Manchester City Newcastle September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff Arsenal Burnley Manchester Utd 16:00 Watford Tottenham
My score this week was the sum of the two preceding weeks. If that continues I will be top quite soon......m
September 1st Leicester 1-2 Liverpool Brighton 2-2 Fulham Chelsea 3-1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton Everton 2-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-1 Wolves Manchester City 3-0 Newcastle September 2nd Cardiff 1-2 Arsenal Burnley 0-2 Manchester Utd Watford 1-2 Tottenham
September 1st 12:30 Leicester Liverpool - 1-3 15:00 Brighton Fulham - 2-1 Chelsea Bournemouth - 2-0 Crystal Palace Southampton - 1-0 Everton Huddersfield - 3-0 West Ham Wolves - 2-2 17:30 Manchester City Newcastle - 4-0 September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff Arsenal - 1-3 Burnley Manchester Utd - 1-1 16:00 Watford Tottenham - 1-3
September 1st 12:30 Leicester 1-1 Liverpool 15:00 Brighton 1-2 Fulham Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 3-1 Southampton Everton 0-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-2 Wolves 17:30 Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff 0-2 Arsenal Burnley 1-1 Manchester Utd 16:00 Watford 1-1 Tottenham
September 1st 12:30 Leicester 1 3 Liverpool 15:00 Brighton 1 2 Fulham Chelsea 2 1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 1 0 Southampton Everton 2 0 Huddersfield West Ham 1 1 Wolves 17:30 Manchester City 4 1 Newcastle September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff 1 3 Arsenal Burnley 1 1 Manchester Utd 16:00 Watford 1 3 Tottenham
September 1st Leicester 1-2 Liverpool Brighton 2-2Fulham Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 3-0 Southampton Everton 3-1 Huddersfield West Ham 1-2 Wolves Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle September 2nd Cardiff 0-3 Arsenal Burnley 2-1 Manchester Utd Watford 0-2 Tottenham Thanks
Leicester 1-1 Liverpool Brighton 0-1 Fulham Chelsea 1-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton Everton 1-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-1 Wolves Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle Cardiff 1-1 Arsenal Burnley 1-1 Manchester Utd Watford 0-2 Tottenham
September 1st Leicester 1-1 Liverpool Brighton 2-1 Fulham Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton Everton 2-0 Huddersfield West Ham 0-1 Wolves Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle September 2nd Cardiff 0-2 Arsenal Burnley 0-2 Manchester Utd Watford 1-0 Tottenham
September 1st Leicester 0-2 Liverpool Brighton 1-1 Fulham Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton Everton 2-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-1 Wolves Manchester City 3-0 Newcastle September 2nd Cardiff 0-3 Arsenal Burnley 1-1 Manchester Utd Watford 0-2 Tottenham
September 1st 12:30 Leicester 1 - 2 Liverpool 15:00 Brighton 1 - 1 Fulham Chelsea 2 - 1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 3 - 1 Southampton Everton 2 - 0 Huddersfield West Ham 1 - 2 Wolves 17:30 Manchester City 3 - 0 Newcastle September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff 1 - 1 Arsenal Burnley 1 - 2 Manchester Utd 16:00 Watford 1 - 2 Tottenham Why are we the last to play again
September 1st 12:30 Leicester 1 - 1 Liverpool 15:00 Brighton 1 - 1 Fulham Chelsea 3 - 1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Southampton Everton 3 - 0 Huddersfield West Ham 2 - 2 Wolves 17:30 Manchester City 6 - 0 Newcastle September 2nd 13:30 Cardiff 1 - 3 Arsenal Burnley 1 - 2 Manchester Utd 16:00 Watford 1 - 1 Tottenham
Premier League predictions: Lawro v Greg James, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show host please log in to view this image Liverpool will look to continue their perfect start to the season this weekend but face a tricky test against in-form Leicester. Jurgen Klopp's side have won all three of their Premier League games so far and are yet to concede a goal but the Foxes have recovered well since an opening day loss to Manchester United with back-to-back wins. Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests. This week's guest is BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James. Greg has just completed his second week as Radio 1's Breakfast Show host and he said: "The early starts are fine once you get here. Getting here is the real pain, but it is a great fun job to do and I love it." Greg is an Arsenal fan but admits he doesn't quite have the same passion for football as he did as a kid. "When Blackburn won the Premier League that was when I was obsessed with it," he added. "I was a proper Arsenal fan. I got all the sticker books I had all the kits but then I just sort of drifted. "I don't play any more because I am terrible." LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless stated. SATURDAY please log in to view this image Leicester v Liverpool (12:30 BST) Lawro's prediction: 1-1 There's no Jamie Vardy for Leicester but they've done well after a narrow defeat by Manchester United. Liverpool have also started extremely well but Leicester should be top-10 material this season and it will be a tough game. Greg's prediction: 0-2 Match preview please log in to view this image Brighton v Fulham Lawro's prediction: 2-1 I did really worry where Fulham's goals would come from, but Aleksandar Mitrovic has started the season well. However, Brighton have a knack of getting a defeat and then winning at home next time and they just have that bit more quality than they did last season. Greg's prediction: 2-2 Match preview please log in to view this image Chelsea v Bournemouth Lawro's prediction: 2-1 Bournemouth have enjoyed their best start for ages - but Chelsea have won all three of their games so far. With Maurizio Sarri coming in it looked like it might take them time to get used to his system, but he has started really well. Despite Bournemouth's good start, I don't think they expect to get much at Stamford Bridge. Greg's prediction: 1-0 Match preview please log in to view this image Crystal Palace v Southampton Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Southampton have struggled and scoring goals is their major problem. The Saints have just started to worry me a little bit. Greg's prediction: 1-0 Match preview please log in to view this image Everton v Huddersfield Lawro's prediction: 2-0 Everton have started brightly and Huddersfield just have the one point from their home game against Cardiff. There's a real feel-good factor at Goodison, and goals are flying in as well. Greg's prediction: 3-0 Match preview please log in to view this image West Ham v Wolves Lawro's prediction: 2-0 West Ham have frightened me defensively - and if the back door has not got a lock on it you have a problem. Wolves' goal against Manchester City shouldn't have happened, but it was a good point for them. Greg's prediction: 1-2 please log in to view this image Man City v Newcastle (17:30) Lawro's prediction: 3-0 Newcastle were smashed out of the Carabao Cup. I know they go on about Mike Ashley - and they have a point - but he isn't going to change. They have to get on with what they have got. This will be a very tough game. Greg's prediction: 4-1 SUNDAY please log in to view this image Cardiff v Arsenal (13:30) Lawro's prediction: 0-2 Arsenal... interesting. Goals are not a problem for them, but it will be a culture shock for some of the new players going to Cardiff. However, I think they have enough. Cardiff know they will be scrapping for points all season. They will give everything they've got and they have a a manager who knows how to get them going. Greg's prediction: 1-1 please log in to view this image Burnley v Man Utd (16:00) Lawro's prediction: 0-2 Burnely are out of the Europa League and struggling. Manchester Utd are in a bit of a mess - it is time to get their heads screwed on and get a win. Greg's prediction: 3-1 please log in to view this image Watford v Tottenham (16:00) Lawro's prediction: 1-2 Both these teams have started really well. With Watford, I always worry they will have that dip and look like a team cascading towards relegation - but I like the manager. Tottenham did seem to miss the boat by not signing anyone during the summer transfer window, but they have some really good players. Greg's prediction: 0-2
Paul Merson's predictions: Leicester v Liverpool, Burnley v Manchester United and more... (likes 0-3!) Weird comments on Leicester v Liverpool game??? http://www.skysports.com/football/n...iverpool-burnley-v-manchester-united-and-more Leicester v Liverpool I can't see anything but a Liverpool win. There's no [Jamie] Vardy for Leicester, who had a great result at Southampton, but this Liverpool team has so much going forward. You look at that front three Manchester City had at Wolves on Saturday - Liverpool beat them last season (4-3 at Anfield in January). PAUL PREDICTS: 0-3 Cardiff v Arsenal I watch Arsenal play and I seriously think it's a charity match. It's so open, end to end, there's no tackling and it's like watching ex-professionals playing. I've not seen anything like it, the West Ham game was just unreal. Cardiff will be loving this game; they live on scraps - a free-kick here, a corner there - and if they get enough of them they could cause an upset. If the game opens up and Arsenal can play then there's only one winner. I don't know why I've gone for 3-0, because I don't see how Cardiff can't score, and if they get enough free-kicks and corners before the end of the game Arsenal could shoot themselves in the foot. The first goal is massive - that's not even the word, Cardiff haven't scored yet. If you didn't know [Unai] Emery wasn't there, you'd think Arsene Wenger was still manager. But Emery doesn't have the personnel, this is the way the players have played since year dot. It's hard to change things that quickly. It's hard work doing this press, it takes a lot of dedication and hard work during the week. And it won't work against Cardiff, as they get the ball forward quickly. Arsenal have to move it quickly and attack quickly too. PAUL PREDICTS: 0-3 Watford v Tottenham Spurs have to cement what they did on Monday at Old Trafford. You can't go to Manchester United and win and then drop points, or even lose, at Watford. It'll be a tough game for Spurs but they normally do well there and have ripped them to shreds in the past. Watford have started well, they were my team to go down but they've got virtually a quarter of the points they need already and we're three weeks into the season. They've got a bit more about them than Huddersfield, who started well and stayed up last season. They've got players who can do something in a game, like Roberto Pereyra and Troy Deeney. PAUL PREDICTS: 0-3 Brighton v Fulham (Saturday, 3pm) It's a good game, this. Fulham had a massive result on Sunday, they had to win that one against Burnley. They are a bit suspect at the back, though. Brighton, after beating Manchester United, at home will be full of it. They could beat anyone at home, and Chris Hughton is a good manager so he will make sure they're up for this. If you beat United then lose to Fulham, you haven't really gained anything, so they need to get a result and win the game. PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 Chelsea v Bournemouth (Saturday, 3pm) I watched Bournemouth last week [against Everton] and they went behind and came back. But, if they go behind here, Chelsea will pick them off and win by more, that would be my worry. Bournemouth upset them at Stamford Bridge last season with a 3-0 victory, but I think Chelsea will win. Chelsea have been alright, we haven't seen the best of them but if you're being alright and winning all three games, that's decent. Bournemouth have started well, but that's happened before and then you can go on a run of seven or eight games without a win. You have to get your points when you can. They will cause Chelsea problems with Josh King and Callum Wilson, and I like how they are willing to have a go wherever they play. PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1 Crystal Palace v Southampton (Saturday, 3pm) Southampton look like they're going to struggle, with a bad result again last week (2-1 home defeat by Leicester). You worry for them. Palace had a bad result last week with a 2-1 defeat at Watford, but I think they'll win this one. I thought Southampton would be alright this season after how they avoided relegation and with Mark Hughes in there from the start. Danny Ings looked like a good arrival, but it was a poor result last weekend. I thought Palace were poor against Liverpool, they sat everyone behind the ball and hoped for a set-play or for Wilfried Zaha to do something special. But if they take the game to Southampton then they'll be alright. PAUL PREDICTS: 2-0 Everton v Huddersfield (Saturday, 3pm) This would have been a banker if Richarlison was playing, they looked alright at Bournemouth. They went 2-0 up and I think they ran out of legs, Bournemouth just looked the fitter team. I don't see Huddersfield doing anything, though, to be honest. It's going to be a long season for them, they had a nightmare start but Cardiff was the game for them, and they never really looked like scoring. That was a must-win match for Huddersfield, and I don't expect them to get anything here. Going into the international break with one point would be tough. They stayed up last season because of their start, and you've got to keep doing the things you did last season to match it, and they won't beat Manchester United at home or get anything at Chelsea. PAUL PREDICTS: 2-0 West Ham v Wolves (Saturday, 3pm) West Ham played really well at Arsenal. Matt Le Tissier was watching the game and at 1-1 he said they were going to win - but then Marko Arnautovic went off and that was it. This will be tough, Wolves did well against Manchester City and the West Ham fans are going to turn up expecting something; the pressure is on. It's alright going to Arsenal where you're not expected to win but this is at home. If I go Wolves here, and West Ham win easily, I could get embarrassed and you think: 'Why did I go for a team who've just come up?' West Ham have got the capabilities, if Arnautovic is fit I wouldn't have a worry. There's some class in the team, there's no doubt about that. PAUL PREDICTS: 2-2 Manchester City v Newcastle (Saturday, 5.30pm) You have got to feel for the Newcastle fans. Fifty-five thousand supporters turn up every week and now they're out of the cup. Now it's a long season for them - last week's stats against Chelsea were bordering on atrocious. With 25 minutes played, it was 90 per cent possession to 10 per cent in favour of Chelsea. I've seen that in five-minute spells, I've never seen it in a 25-minute spell, ever. Newcastle will go to the Etihad and defend, but Man City will break them down, 100 per cent. It's just when, and how many times. The Newcastle fans packed the away ends at Nottingham Forest [in the Carabao Cup], and they're out of the cup already. I think they'd probably rather win something and spend another season in the Championship than watch this every week at the moment. PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0 Burnley v Manchester United (Sunday, 4pm) Burnley's form is all over the place. Manchester United will bounce back, I didn't think played as badly on Monday night as a 3-0 defeat might suggest. At times they were good but to keep that up from the first 30 minutes was always going to be hard work when you're not used to doing it. It's not really the game either team want, Burnley will get the ball forward early and make it hard. It's a tough game, but I expect Jose Mourinho to get it right. I worry for Burnley, I thought they'd be down there and they haven't really bought anyone and they're not going to get some of the results they got last year. PAUL PREDICTS: 0-2
Leicester 0-2 Liverpool Brighton 1-1 Fulham Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton Everton 3-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-1 Wolves Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle Cardiff 0-3 Arsenal Burnley 0-4 Manchester Utd Watford 1-3 Tottenham thank you
September 1st Leicester 0-3 Liverpool Brighton 1-1 Fulham Chelsea 2-0 Bournemouth Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton Everton 2-0 Huddersfield West Ham 1-1 Wolves Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle September 2nd Cardiff 0-3 Arsenal Burnley 0- 3 Manchester Utd Watford 1-3 Tottenham
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