Premier League predictions: Lawro v snooker star Ken Doherty
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Doherty predicts Man Utd victory
His opponent for the Easter weekend's Premier League fixtures is snooker star Ken Doherty, who won the world title in 1997.
The Irishman also has a big weekend as he plays Stuart Bingham at the Crucible in the first round of the 2014 World Championship on Saturday.
Doherty, 44, has supported Manchester United ever since they beat Liverpool 2-1 in the 1977 FA Cup final and has tipped David Moyes's side to win their away game at Everton on Sunday.
You can see all of Doherty's predictions on Football Focus at 12:00 BST on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website (in the UK).
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Doherty | Lawro | |
SATURDAY | |||
Tottenham v Fulham | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Aston Villa v Southampton | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
Cardiff v Stoke | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Newcastle v Swansea | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 |
West Ham v Crystal Palace | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Chelsea v Sunderland | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Norwich v Liverpool | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Hull v Arsenal | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 |
Everton v Man Utd | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Man City v West Brom | 3-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
A correct result (ie picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results from eight Premier League games, with no perfect scores. His opponent, boxer and Chelsea fan George Groves, also got five correct results, but with three perfect scores.
Lawro and Groves also backed Arsenal to beat West Ham 2-0 on Tuesday, in a game which was rearranged from the weekend because the Gunners were playing in the FA Cup semi-finals. Arsenal's 3-1 win over the Hammers means they both pick up a point apiece, giving Lawro a total of six points.
Groves scored a total of 12, putting him joint top of the Guest Leaderboard with Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers. Groves could still score more, depending on the outcome of Manchester United's game with Hull, which he predicted would end in a 1-0 win for the Tigers.
The results of the other rearranged midweek games (Man City 2-2 Sunderland and Everton 2-3 Crystal Palace) did not result in any extra points for Lawro or Team Sky cyclist Geraint Thomas, his opponent when they were originally to be played.
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 34 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 255 |
Guests | 174 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Tottenham 3-1 Fulham
Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton
Cardiff 1-1 Stoke
Newcastle 1-2 Swansea
West Ham 0-1 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 1-2 Sunderland
SUNDAY
Norwich 2-3 Liverpool
Hull 0-3 Arsenal
Everton 2-0 Man Utd
MONDAY
Man City 3-1 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Doherty's prediction: 3-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P34 | W22 | D2 | L10 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | George Groves*, Nicky Wire |
11 | Susanna Reid |
10 | Usain Bolt, Tim Key* |
9 | Charlotte Green, Camp Bastion troops |
7.5 | Lawro (average after 34 weeks) |
7 | Danny John-Jules, Steve Wilson |
6 | Katy B, John Bishop, Kevin Clifton, Gaz Coombes, Alistair McGowan, Joe Montana, Greg James, Alan Shearer |
5 | Geraint Thomas, Sam Tomkins, The National |
4 | David Baddiel, David Cameron, Guy Mowbray, Jason Sudeikis, Eliza Doolittle |
3 | Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kaiser Chiefs, Woody* |
2 | Sam Bailey, Cal Crutchlow, Gail Emms, Jim Kerr, David Schneider |
1 | Michael Palin, Vic Reeves |
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)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 33 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 91 | +2 | |
2. | Chelsea | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 82 | 0 | |
3. | Man Utd | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 76 | +4 | |
4. | Liverpool | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 73 | -3 | |
5. | Arsenal | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 66 | -1 | |
6. | Tottenham | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 0 | |
7. | Everton | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 51 | -2 | |
8. | Southampton | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 0 | |
9. | Stoke | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | +1 | |
10. | Swansea | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 38 | +5 | |
11. | Norwich | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 37 | +6 | |
12. | Aston Villa | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | +2 | |
13. | West Brom | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 36 | +3 | |
14. | Fulham | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | -4 | |
15. | Newcastle | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 34 | -6 | |
16. | West Ham | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -4 | |
17. | Crystal Palace | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 34 | -6 | |
18. | Hull City | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -5 | |
19. | Sunderland | 33 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 18 | +1 | |
20. | Cardiff | 34 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 14 | -1 | |
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