Premier League predictions: Lawro v tennis star Tim Henman

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BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

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 former British tennis number one Tim Henman.

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Henman's Premier League predictions

Henman, a four-time semi-finalist at Wimbledon who is now a regular in the BBC Sport commentary box, is back on court this week in the ATP Champions Tour at the Statoil Masters at the Royal Albert Hall., external

The 40-year-old will take on the likes of former US Open champion Andy Roddick in a round-robin singles event and teams up with the American in the doubles.

Henman played a lot of football as a boy but says he never had ambitions to turn professional despite showing off his skills last summer when he beat the likes of Clarence Seedorf and Alan Shearer at the BBC Sport Copa-uppy challenge - keepy-uppies with a tennis ball.

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Watch Rafa Nadal and Tim Henman attempt the BBC Sport Copa-uppy challenge

He is an Oxford United fan and used to watch the U's play at their old home, the Manor Ground, in the 1980s.

"When I was growing up, Oxford were in the top division and Robert Maxwell was the money behind the team," he explained.

"Jim Smith was the manager and we had John Aldridge, Dean Saunders, Ray Houghton playing for us. Winning the Milk Cup at Wembley in 1986 was great. It's been a slightly different time since then."

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Tim

SATURDAY

Newcastle v Chelsea

2-1

0-2

1-2

Hull v West Brom

0-0

2-0

1-1

Liverpool v Sunderland

0-0

2-0

1-0

QPR v Burnley

2-0

2-1

2-0

Stoke v Arsenal

3-2

1-1

0-1

Tottenham v Crystal Palace

0-0

2-1

3-0

Man City v Everton

1-0

2-0

2-0

SUNDAY

West Ham v Swansea

3-1

2-1

0-0

Aston Villa v Leicester

2-1

2-0

2-2

MONDAY

Southampton v Man Utd

1-2

1-1

1-2

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

From the midweek Premier League programme, Lawro got seven correct results from 10 games, with one perfect score.

But his score of nine points was beaten by England Women's captain Steph Houghton, who also picked seven correct results, but with two perfect scores to give her a total of 11 points, and send her to the top of the guest leaderboard.

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 14

Lawro

104

Guests

92

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Tim's prediction: 1-2

Read match report

Hull 0-0 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Tim's prediction: 1-1

Read match report

Liverpool 0-0 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Tim's prediction: 1-0

Read match report

QPR 2-0 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Tim's prediction: 2-0

Read match report

Stoke 3-2 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Tim's prediction: 0-1

Read match report

Tottenham 0-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Tim's prediction: 3-0

Read match report

Man City 1-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Tim's prediction: 2-0

Read match report

SUNDAY

West Ham 3-1 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Tim's prediction: 0-0

Read match report

Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Tim's prediction: 2-2

Read match report

MONDAY

Southampton 1-2 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Tim's prediction: 1-2

Read match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

Lawro v Guests

P14

W6

D3

L5

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

11

Steph Houghton

10

Liam Fray, Rachel Riley

8

Roddy Doyle, Henning Wehn

7.43

Lawro (average after 14 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

14

12

2

0

38

0

2.

Man City

14

11

3

0

36

0

3.

Arsenal

14

10

3

1

33

+3

4.

Liverpool

14

8

6

0

30

+4

5.

Man Utd

14

9

2

3

29

-1

6.

Everton

14

6

6

2

24

+5

7.

Stoke

14

6

4

4

22

+6

8.

Newcastle

14

4

7

3

19

+1

9.

Southampton

14

5

3

6

18

-6

10.

Tottenham

14

4

6

4

18

0

11.

Sunderland

14

3

6

5

15

+3

12.

Swansea

14

4

2

8

14

-5

13.

Aston Villa

14

4

2

8

14

+1

14.

Crystal Palace

14

4

2

8

14

+1

15.

Burnley

14

3

4

7

13

+3

16.

Hull

14

4

0

10

12

+1

17.

West Ham

14

2

5

7

11

-12

18.

QPR

14

3

1

10

10

+1

19.

West Brom

14

2

3

9

9

-3

20.

Leicester

14

2

2

10

8

0

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