Premier League predictions: Lawro v singer Olly Murs
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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 singer Olly Murs, who has just released his new album 'Never been better'.
Murs is a Manchester United fan who is still celebrating last week's win over Liverpool.
"Without David De Gea it could have been a completely different outcome but it was an incredible result and it is always a great feeling to beat one of our biggest rivals," he told BBC Sport.
"I don't think we have played particularly well in the last three or four games but, under Louis van Gaal, we seem to have our winning mentality back."
Premier League predictions | |||
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Result | Lawro | Olly | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man City v Crystal Palace | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 |
Aston Villa v Man Utd | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Hull v Swansea | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
QPR v West Brom | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Southampton v Everton | 3-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Tottenham v Burnley | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
West Ham v Leicester | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Newcastle v Sunderland | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Liverpool v Arsenal | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Stoke v Chelsea | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
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 five correct results from 10 games, with no perfect scores.
But his score of five points was beaten by Marco Polo star Benedict Wong, who picked six correct results, with one perfect score to give him a total of eight points.
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 16 | |
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Lawro | 113 |
Guests | 108 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 1-1 Man Utd
Hull 0-1 Swansea
QPR 3-2 West Brom
Southampton 3-0 Everton
Tottenham 2-1 Burnley
West Ham 2-0 Leicester
SUNDAY
Newcastle 0-1 Sunderland
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
MONDAY
Stoke 0-2 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Olly's prediction: 1-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P16 | W6 | D3 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7.1 | Lawro (average after 16 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 | ||||||||
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POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | +3 | |
4. | Man Utd | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | -1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | +6 | |
6. | Everton | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | +4 | |
7. | Stoke | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | +5 | |
8. | Southampton | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -3 | |
9. | Tottenham | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -2 | |
10. | Newcastle | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -2 | |
11. | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | +2 | |
12. | Sunderland | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | +3 | |
13. | Crystal Palace | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | +3 | |
14. | Swansea | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -5 | |
15. | Hull | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 15 | +4 | |
16. | West Ham | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | |
17. | Burnley | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |
18. | QPR | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | |
19. | West Brom | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -5 | |
20. | Leicester | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
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