Premier League predictions: Lawro v Football Manager, the game

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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson was up against an unusual opponent in his weekly predictions.

Instead of a human, Lawro's opponent for the weekend's Premier League fixtures was a computer game: Football Manager 2015, the latest edition of the long-running management simulation series.

The game has a database of 605,000 players and staff, collated by 1,300 scouts around the world in 51 countries.

Miles Jacobson, the studio director of the company behind Football Manager also joined in with his predictions.

See how they all got on...

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Football Manager

Miles

SATURDAY

Liverpool v Chelsea

1-2

1-1

0-3

0-2

Burnley v Hull

1-0

1-0

1-3

2-1

Man Utd v Crystal Palace

1-0

2-0

2-1

4-0

Southampton v Leicester

2-0

2-1

3-0

2-1

West Ham v Aston Villa

0-0

2-0

1-0

2-0

QPR v Man City

2-2

0-2

0-2

2-3

SUNDAY

Sunderland v Everton

1-1

1-1

1-1

1-1

Tottenham v Stoke

1-2

2-0

2-1

2-1

West Brom v Newcastle

0-2

1-1

2-1

1-1

Swansea v Arsenal

2-1

0-2

2-3

1-2

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.

Last weekend, Lawro got three correct results from 10 Premier League games, including one perfect score.

His total score of five points was beaten by Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley, who got six correct results including two perfect scores. Her total of 10 puts her joint top of the guest leaderboard with Courteeners star Liam Fray.

We are 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).

Total scores after week 10

Lawro

75

Guests

62

LAWRO'S PREDICTION

SATURDAY

Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Football Manager's prediction: 0-3

Miles's prediction: 0-2

Read the match report

Burnley 1-0 Hull

Lawro's prediction: 1-0

Football Manager's prediction: 1-3

Miles's prediction: 2-1

Read the match report

Man Utd 1-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Football Manager's prediction: 2-1

Miles's prediction: 4-0

Read the match report

Southampton 2-0 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Football Manager's prediction: 3-0

Miles's prediction: 2-1

Read the match report

West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Football Manager's prediction: 1-0

Miles's prediction: 2-0

Read the match report

QPR 2-2 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Football Manager's prediction: 0-2

Miles's prediction: 2-3

Read the match report

SUNDAY

Sunderland 1-1 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Football Manager's prediction: 1-1

Miles's prediction: 1-1

Read the match report

Tottenham 1-2 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Football Manager's prediction: 2-1

Miles's prediction: 2-1

Read the match report

West Brom 0-2 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Football Manager's prediction: 2-1

Miles's prediction: 1-1

Read the match report

Swansea 2-1 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Football Manager's prediction: 2-3

Miles's prediction: 1-2

Read the match report

Lawro v Guests

P10

W5

D2

L3

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

10

Liam Fray, Rachel Riley

8

Roddy Doyle

7.5

Lawro (average after 10 weeks)

7

Ossie Ardiles

6

Mark Wright & Karen Hauer

5

Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann

4

Kell Brook

2

Neil Lennon

Lawro's best score: 17 points (week seven v Ossie Ardiles)

Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week nine v Mark Wright and Karen Hauer)

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Chelsea

10

9

1

0

28

0

2.

Man City

10

7

3

0

24

+1

3.

Liverpool

10

6

4

0

22

+4

4.

Arsenal

10

6

3

1

21

0

5.

Man Utd

10

6

2

2

20

+5

6.

Stoke

10

5

4

1

19

+7

7.

Everton

10

4

4

2

16

+2

8.

Southampton

10

4

3

3

15

-6

9.

Tottenham

10

3

5

2

14

-1

10.

Newcastle

10

3

5

2

14

+2

11.

Crystal Palace

10

4

0

6

12

+6

12.

Sunderland

10

2

5

3

11

+3

13.

Swansea

10

3

1

6

10

-7

14.

Hull

10

3

0

7

9

0

15.

Aston Villa

10

2

2

6

8

+1

16.

Leicester

10

2

2

6

8

+2

17.

West Brom

10

2

1

7

7

-6

18.

QPR

10

2

1

7

7

+1

19.

West Ham

10

1

3

6

6

-14

20.

Burnley

10

0

4

6

4

0

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