FA Cup predictions: Lawro v the giant-killers Thomas & Jemson
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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 opponents for the FA Cup fifth round were Mickey Thomas and Nigel Jemson, responsible for two of the biggest shocks in the history of the competition.
Thomas scored a spectacular free-kick to help Fourth Division side Wrexham memorably beat league champions Arsenal in 1992.
Eleven years later, Jemson hit both goals as Shrewsbury beat an Everton side who were 80 places above them., external
FA Cup predictions | ||||
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Result | Lawro | Mickey | Nigel | |
SATURDAY | ||||
West Brom v West Ham | 4-0 | 1-1* | 2-1 | 1-3 |
Blackburn v Stoke | 4-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Derby v Reading | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 |
Crystal Palace v Liverpool | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-1* | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Aston Villa v Leicester | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Bradford v Sunderland | 2-0 | 1-1* | 1-3 | 0-3 |
Arsenal v Middlesbrough | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 |
MONDAY | ||||
Preston v Man Utd | 1-3 | 1-1* | 1-3 | 1-1* |
* Away team to win at home in the replay
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
For the midweek Premier League matches, Lawro got seven correct results from 10 games, with no perfect scores.
His score of seven points was not enough to beat Arsenal Ladies star Kelly Smith, who picked five correct results, but with two perfect scores for atotal of nine 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 25 | |
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Lawro | 171 |
Guests | 166 |
LAWRO'S FA CUP PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
West Brom 4-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (West Ham to win the replay)
Mickey's prediction: 2-1
Nigel's prediction: 1-3
Blackburn 4-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Mickey's prediction: 0-2
Nigel's prediction: 0-2.
Derby 1-2 Reading
Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Mickey's prediction: 1-1
Nigel's prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester
Bradford 2-0 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Sunderland to win the replay)
Mickey's prediction: 1-3
Arsenal 2-0 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Mickey's prediction: 4-1
Nigel's prediction: 2-1
MONDAY
Preston 1-3 Manchester United
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Man Utd to win the replay)
Mickey's prediction: 1-3
Nigel's prediction: 1-1 (United to win the replay).
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P25 | W11 | D3 | L11 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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12 | Mark Ronson |
11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
9 | Kelly Smith |
8 | Death in Paradise, Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7 | Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles, Seann Walsh |
6.84 | Lawro (average after 24 weeks) |
6 | Football Manager, Mark Wright & Karen Hauer, Steve Wilson |
5 | Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann, Adil Ray |
4 | Kell Brook, Guy Mowbray |
2 | John Cooper Clarke, Neil Lennon, Jack O'Connell |
Lawro's best score: 17 points (week seven v Ossie Ardiles)
Lawro's worst score: 2 points (week 20 v Steve Wilson)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
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POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 0 | |
3. | Man Utd | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 0 | |
4. | Arsenal | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 53 | +1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 52 | +2 | |
6. | Everton | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 38 | +6 | |
7. | Southampton | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 | -3 | |
8. | Sunderland | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | +7 | |
9. | Tottenham | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -3 | |
10. | Hull | 25 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 30 | +6 | |
11. | West Ham | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -3 | |
12. | Crystal Palace | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 28 | +1 | |
13. | Stoke | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -3 | |
14. | Newcastle | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -3 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 22 | +3 | |
16. | West Brom | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | +3 | |
17. | QPR | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 0 | |
18. | Burnley | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | +1 | |
19. | Swansea | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -10 | |
20. | Leicester | 25 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
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