Premier League predictions: Lawro v X Factor winner Sam Bailey
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponent for the weekend Premier League fixtures is singer Sam Bailey.
X Factor star Sam's score forecasts
The 2013 X Factor winner, a former footballer who played for West Ham "many moons ago", is a Leicester fan.
She told BBC Sport: "I've lived in Leicester since 2001 and I married into Leicester. My other half is a massive fan. We started going to games, I fell in love with the atmosphere and I'm now an avid supporter."
The Foxes are top of the Championship but Bailey is not willing to jinx their promotion bid.
"I'm not going to say they've done it," she said. "It's looking good for them to go up but you never know. Hopefully they'll be in the Premier League next season causing a storm.
"I've not been to a game since their unbeaten streak started. I daren't go because if they lose, I'll think it's my fault. Once I know they're going to be promoted, I'll go again."
Which Premier League player would she like to see at her club? "Theo Walcott. He's a great player, great all-rounder. He's passionate, young, he's still got a few years left in him. I think he'd sit quite nicely with the current team."
Score | Lawro | Sam Bailey | |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Man Utd v Aston Villa | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Crystal Palace v Chelsea | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Southampton v Newcastle | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Stoke v Hull | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Swansea v Norwich | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
West Brom v Cardiff | 3-3 | 2-0 | 2-3 |
Arsenal v Man City | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-4 |
SUNDAY | |||
Fulham v Everton | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
Liverpool v Tottenham | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Sunderland v West Ham | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
A correct result (ie picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got six correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score. His score of eight points saw him beat Sport Relief singer Eliza Doolittle, who got four correct results, with no perfect scores, giving her a score of four points.
We're 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).
Totals after Week 31 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 235 |
Guests | 154 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man Utd 4-1 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 1-0 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sam's prediction: 0-3. I was a season-ticket holder for Chelsea in 1994 and they're a pretty strong side.
Southampton 4-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 2-1. I think Southampton are doing pretty well this season. They have some interesting England players.
Stoke 1-0 Hull
Swansea 3-0 Norwich
West Brom 3-3 Cardiff
Arsenal 1-1 Man City
SUNDAY
Fulham 1-3 Everton
Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham
MONDAY
Sunderland 1-2 West Ham
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P31 | W20 | D2 | L9 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | Nicky Wire |
11 | Susanna Reid |
10 | Usain Bolt, Tim Key* |
9 | Charlotte Green, Camp Bastion troops |
7.58 | Lawro (average after 31 weeks) |
7 | Danny John-Jules, Steve Wilson |
6 | Katy B, John Bishop, Kevin Clifton, Gaz Coombes, Alistair McGowan, Joe Montana, Greg James |
5 | Geraint Thomas*, Sam Tomkins, The National |
4 | David Baddiel, David Cameron, Guy Mowbray, Jason Sudeikis, Eliza Doolittle |
3 | Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix |
2 | Cal Crutchlow, Gail Emms, Jim Kerr, David Schneider |
1 | Michael Palin, Vic Reeves, Woody* |
0 | Josh Franceschi |
* Does not include scores for postponed games
Lawro's best score: 16 points (week 21 v Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone)
Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week 26 v Geraint Thomas, before postponed games are played)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 84 | +2 | |
2. | Chelsea | 31 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 75 | -1 | |
3. | Man Utd | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 70 | +4 | |
4. | Liverpool | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 66 | -2 | |
5. | Arsenal | 31 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 62 | -1 | |
6. | Tottenham | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 0 | |
7. | Southampton | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 44 | +2 | |
8. | Everton | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 44 | -3 | |
9. | Norwich | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | +5 | ||
10. | Stoke | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 34 | +1 | |
11. | Swansea | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 34 | -4 | |
12. | West Ham | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 34 | -1 | |
13. | Newcastle | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | -5 | |
14. | Fulham | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 33 | +6 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -3 | |
16. | West Brom | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 0 | |
17. | Crystal Palace | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 0 | |
18. | Hull City | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 25 | -5 | |
19. | Sunderland | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 15 | -1 | |
20. | Cardiff | 31 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 13 | -1 | |
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