By Mark Lawrenson
BBC Sport football expert
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Lawro's predictions Arsenal 2-0 West Brom Bolton 1-1 Stoke Everton 2-0 Blackburn Hull 1-0 Fulham Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham West Ham 2-0 Wigan Sunderland 1-1 Liverpool Chelsea 2-0 Portsmouth Aston Villa 2-0 Man City Man Utd 2-0 Newcastle |
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Actual results Arsenal 1-0 West Brom Bolton 3-1 Stoke Everton 2-3 Blackburn Hull 2-1 Fulham Middlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham West Ham 2-1 Wigan Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth Aston Villa 4-2 Man City Man Utd 1-1 Newcastle |
Lawro got six results right but no perfect scores.
THIS WEEK'S PREDICTIONS
(All kick-offs are 1500 BST unless specified)
SATURDAY
Blackburn 1-1 Hull City
Verdict: 2-1
Liverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough
Match report
Verdict: 2-1
Newcastle 1-0 Bolton
Match report
Verdict: 2-0
Stoke City 3-2 Aston Villa
Verdict: 1-1
Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland
Verdict: 2-1
West Brom 1-2 Everton
Verdict: 2-2
Fulham 1-0 Arsenal
Match report
Verdict: 0-2
SUNDAY
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
Verdict: 0-2
Manchester City 3-0 West Ham United
Match report
Verdict: 1-2
MONDAY
Portsmouth v Manchester United
(Kick-off 1600 BST)
Harry Redknapp is a really good man manager. He knows that top-level footballers are millionaires and that you can only deliver a blast to them every so often.
Pompey lost 4-0 at Chelsea on the opening day of the season. That result was probably the culmination of Pompey not quite being on it during pre-season and I expect that Harry has given his players something of a wake-up call.
Defensively they were all over the shop against Chelsea and you would expect a good response.
Man Utd are notoriously sluggish starters and Fratton Park is a difficult place to go.
Match previewVerdict: 1-1
Mark Lawrenson was talking to BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher.
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