Premier League predictions: Lawro v Unbroken star Jack O'Connell
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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 the Premier League fixtures on 28 and 29 December is actor Jack O'Connell.
The Derby County fan, who has appeared in TV dramas such as 'This is England' and 'Skins', is the star of the new Coen Brothers film 'Unbroken', which tells the life story of star athlete and World War II hero Louis Zamperini.
O'Connell, 24, is enjoying the Rams' revival under Steve McClaren, but also has happy memories of watching them when Jim Smith was manager in the late 1990s.
"Stefanio Eranio was the first name I had printed on the back of my shirt," O'Connell told BBC Sport.
"But quite a few players from that golden era stand out. People like Paulo Wanchope, Dean Sturridge, Aljosa Asanovic and Igor Stimac - the big Croat who ran our backline and was a fearless leader.
"Since then, we have had to put up with a good decade of being dismal but now things have gone full circle."
Premier League predictions | |||
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Result | Lawro | Jack | |
SUNDAY | |||
Tottenham v Man Utd | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Southampton v Chelsea | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Aston Villa v Sunderland | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Hull v Leicester | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-0 |
Man City v Burnley | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
QPR v Crystal Palace | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 |
Stoke v West Brom | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
West Ham v Arsenal | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Newcastle v Everton | 3-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
MONDAY | |||
Liverpool v Swansea | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
From the Boxing Day fixtures, Lawro got six correct results from 10 games, with one perfect score.
His score of eight points beat Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray, who picked four correct results, with no perfect scores, to give him a total of four 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 18 | |
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Lawro | 131 |
Guests | 120 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SUNDAY
Tottenham 0-0 Man Utd
Southampton 1-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Jack's prediction: I reckon Chelsea will get a run for their money but cannot see Saints beating them. 0-2
Aston Villa 0-0 Sunderland
Hull 0-1 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Jack's prediction: Well, as a Derby fan I am inclined to dislike Leicester and it will be a good Christmas if I am right here! 4-0
Man City 2-2 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Jack's prediction: I like Burnley a lot but it is City all day in this one. 3-1
QPR 0-0 Crystal Palace
Stoke 2-0 West Brom
West Ham 1-2 Arsenal
Newcastle 3-2 Everton
MONDAY
Liverpool 4-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Jack's prediction: 2-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P18 | W8 | D3 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7.27 | Lawro (average after 18 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, Guy Mowbray |
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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 41 | +3 | |
4. | Man Utd | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | -1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 37 | +5 | |
6. | Everton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | +5 | |
7. | Southampton | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -2 | |
8. | Tottenham | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -1 | |
9. | Stoke | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | +4 | |
10. | Sunderland | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -1 | |
11. | Newcastle | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | +3 | |
12. | Swansea | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | |
13. | Aston Villa | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | +6 | |
14. | Crystal Palace | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -10 | |
15. | Hull | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 | +2 | |
16. | West Ham | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | |
17. | QPR | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | |
18. | Burnley | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | |
19. | West Brom | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -4 | |
20. | Leicester | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
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