Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions

  • Published
BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.

Media caption,

X Factor star predicts Magpies massacre

His opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures is X Factor finalist James Arthur.

Arthur is a Middlesbrough fan, which is probably one of the reasons why he is tipping his side's north east rivals Newcastle and Sunderland to be beaten - heavily in the Magpies' case.

He also backs the top three of Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City to win their respective games and keep things tight in the title race.

You can see all of Arthur's predictions on Football Focus at 12:15 GMT on BBC One on Saturday.

Predictions

Score

Lawro

James Arthur

SATURDAY

Arsenal v Fulham

3-3

2-0

3-1

Everton v Sunderland

2-1

2-0

2-0

Reading v Norwich

0-0

1-1

2-1

Southampton v Swansea

1-1

2-1

0-1

Stoke v QPR

1-0

2-0

3-0

Wigan v West Brom

1-2

2-1

1-1

Aston Villa v Man Utd

2-3

0-2

1-3

SUNDAY

Man City v Tottenham

2-1

2-1

2-1

Newcastle v West Ham

0-1

2-0

0-5

Chelsea v Liverpool

1-1

2-0

1-0

A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.

Last weekend, Lawro took on Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning cyclists Joanna Rowsell and Dani King.

Lawro got five results right, including two perfect scores, and his score of nine gave him a convincing victory over Rowsell (three correct results, one perfect score) and King (two right results but with no exact scores).

This season, we will also be keeping a record of the total scores for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all Lawro's predictions came off (also at the bottom of the page).

Total scores after week 10

Lawro

81

Guests

62

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

Arsenal 3-3 Fulham

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Everton 2-1 Sunderland

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Reading 0-0 Norwich

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

Southampton 1-1 Swansea

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Stoke 1-0 QPR

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Wigan 1-2 West Brom

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Aston Villa 2-3 Man United

Prediction: 0-2

Match report

SUNDAY

Man City 2-1 Tottenham

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Newcastle 0-1 West Ham

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Lawro v Guests

P10

W4

D1

L5

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Luke Campbell

10

Kevin Sinfield

10

Mo Farah

8

Lawro

8.1 (average)

Dave Brailsford

7

Example

7

Natalie Lowe

5

Joanna Rowsell

5

Greg Rutherford

5

Michael Vaughan

4

Jonny Brownlee

3

Stephanie Houghton

3

Dani King

2

Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).

Lawro's worst score: four points (week three).

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Man Utd

10

7

3

0

18

2

+16

24

0

2.

Man City

10

7

3

0

18

5

+13

24

+1

3.

Tottenham

10

7

1

2

15

5

+10

22

+3

4.

Everton

10

5

5

0

15

9

+6

20

0

5.

Arsenal

10

5

3

2

14

8

+6

18

+2

6.

Sunderland

10

5

3

2

13

10

+3

18

+10

7.

Chelsea

9

5

2

2

13

7

+6

17

-5

8.

Liverpool

10

3

6

1

13

9

+4

15

+4

9.

Newcastle

10

4

3

3

13

10

+3

15

+1

10.

QPR

10

4

2

4

11

11

0

14

-9

11.

West Ham

10

3

3

4

11

12

-1

12

-1

12.

West Brom

10

3

1

6

11

15

-4

10

-7

13.

Stoke

10

2

4

4

9

14

-5

10

+2

14.

Fulham

10

3

0

7

10

14

-4

9

-6

15.

Swansea

10

1

6

3

8

14

-6

9

-4

16.

Southampton

10

3

0

7

6

16

-10

9

+4

17.

Wigan

10

2

1

7

7

17

-10

7

-4

18.

Norwich

10

1

3

6

7

16

-9

6

-4

19.

Aston Villa

10

1

3

6

8

16

-8

6

-2

20.

Reading

9

1

2

6

8

15

-7

5

-2

Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.

Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.

Around the BBC

Related internet links

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.