Premier League predictions: Lawro v commentator Steve Wilson

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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 New Year's Day was Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson.

Wilson correctly predicted a rare defeat for Chelsea in their trip to London rivals Tottenham and tipped Manchester City to beat Sunderland - results which left the teams with identical records at the top of the table.

"Spurs hardly ever beat Chelsea, but even that has to happen every now and again," Wilson told BBC Sport.

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Steve

NEW YEAR'S DAY

Stoke v Man Utd

1-1

0-2

2-2

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

0-0

1-2

0-0

Hull v Everton

2-0

2-1

1-2

Liverpool v Leicester

2-2

2-0

2-0

Man City v Sunderland

3-2

2-0

4-2

Newcastle v Burnley

3-3

2-1

2-1

QPR v Swansea

1-1

2-1

3-2

Southampton v Arsenal

2-0

1-1

1-1

West Ham v West Brom

1-1

2-0

3-1

Tottenham v Chelsea

5-3

0-2

2-1

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

The last round of festive fixtures, on Sunday and Monday, saw Lawro get three correct results from 10 games, with no perfect scores.

His score of three points was enough to beat Unbroken star Jack O'Connell, who picked two correct results, with no perfect scores, to give him a total of two points and leave him joint-bottom of the guest leaderboard with Bolton manager Neil Lennon.

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 19

Lawro

134

Guests

122

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

NEW YEAR'S DAY

Stoke 1-1 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Steve's prediction: 2-2

Match report

Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Steve's prediction: 0-0

Match report

Hull 2-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Steve's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Liverpool 2-2 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Steve's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man City 3-2 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Steve's prediction: 4-2

Match report

Newcastle 3-3 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Steve's prediction: 2-1

Match report

QPR 1-1 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Steve's prediction: 3-2

Match report

Southampton 2-0 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Steve's prediction: 1-1

Match report

West Ham 1-1 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Steve's prediction: 3-1

Match report

Tottenham 5-3 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Steve's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Lawro v Guests

P19

W9

D3

L7

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

11

Steph Houghton

10

Liam Fray, Rachel Riley

8

Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong

7.05

Lawro (average after 19 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, Jack O'Connell

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 and week 19 v Jack O'Connell)

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

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

+2

4.

Man Utd

18

12

3

3

39

-1

5.

Liverpool

18

10

7

1

37

+3

6.

Everton

18

8

6

4

30

+6

7.

Southampton

18

7

5

6

26

-3

8.

Tottenham

18

6

8

4

26

-1

9.

Stoke

18

6

5

7

23

+2

10.

Sunderland

18

5

7

6

22

+4

11.

Newcastle

18

4

8

6

20

-1

12.

Swansea

18

5

3

10

18

-3

13.

Aston Villa

18

5

3

10

18

0

14.

Crystal Palace

18

5

3

10

18

+4

15.

Hull

18

6

0

12

18

+2

16.

West Ham

18

4

5

9

17

-10

17.

QPR

18

4

2

12

14

-2

18.

Burnley

18

3

4

11

13

+1

19.

West Brom

18

2

5

11

11

-3

20.

Leicester

18

2

3

13

9

0

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