Premier League predictions: Lawro v England captain Steph Houghton
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is England women's captain Steph Houghton.
Houghton shows off the silverware after helping Manchester City Women win the Continental Cup
Houghton is a centre-back for Manchester City Women, external and bases her game on Vincent Kompany, her counterpart in City's men's team.
"When I was growing up, my favourite players were David Beckham and Steven Gerrard because of their technique when they passed the ball," she told BBC Sport.
"I loved the way they played the game and seemed to see a different picture to other players.
"Now I really enjoy watching Kompany because that is the position I play in. We try to play the same way as the men and I think it is important to try to model yourself on someone - Kompany is definitely the centre-half I want to play like."
Just like the club's men's team, City Women have started collecting silverware, with Houghton helping them beat her former club Arsenal to win the Continental Cup in October and clinch their first major trophy.
"I go and watch pretty much every City home game. It's the same at every club I've been at," Houghton added. "We are both winning trophies at the moment, which is great for the club."
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Steph | |
TUESDAY | |||
Burnley v Newcastle | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Leicester v Liverpool | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Man Utd v Stoke | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Swansea v QPR | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
West Brom v West Ham | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
WEDNESDAY | |||
Arsenal v Southampton | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
Chelsea v Tottenham | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Everton v Hull | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Sunderland v Man City | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got six correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score.
His score of eight points meant he drew with German comedian Henning Wehn, who picked four correct results, but with two perfect scores to also give him a total of eight.
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 13 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 95 |
Guests | 81 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 19:45 GMT unless otherwise stated.
TUESDAY
Burnley 1-1 Newcastle
Leicester 1-3 Liverpool
Man Utd 2-1 Stoke
Swansea 2-0 QPR
Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa
West Brom 1-2 West Ham
WEDNESDAY
Arsenal 1-0 Southampton
Chelsea 3-0 Tottenham
Everton 1-1 Hull
Sunderland 1-4 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Steph's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P13 | W6 | D3 | L4 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle, Henning Wehn |
7.30 | Lawro (average after 13 weeks) |
7 | Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles |
6 | Football Manager, Mark Wright & Karen Hauer |
5 | Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann, Adil Ray |
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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | +3 | |
4. | Liverpool | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 | +7 | |
5. | Man Utd | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | -1 | |
6. | Stoke | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | +6 | |
7. | Everton | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | +3 | |
8. | Newcastle | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | +1 | |
9. | Southampton | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -6 | |
10. | Tottenham | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | -3 | |
11. | Sunderland | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | +2 | |
12. | Crystal Palace | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | +2 | |
13. | Hull | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | +4 | |
14. | Swansea | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -6 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | +1 | |
16. | West Ham | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | |
17. | QPR | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +1 | |
18. | Burnley | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | +1 | |
19. | West Brom | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -4 | |
20. | Leicester | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | |
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