Premier League predictions: Lawro v Circa Waves' Kieran Shudall

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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 the midweek Premier League fixtures is Kieran Shudall, singer and guitarist in indie-rock band Circa Waves.

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Kieran (second from left) has been an Everton fan since he was a "wee lad"

Shudall has been an Everton fan since he was a boy and says his favourite player was Duncan Ferguson.

"I can't quite remember why I am an Evertonian - my brother must have convinced me when I was three or four that they were the best team," Shudall told BBC Sport.

"But I always felt more attracted to them than Liverpool anyway. When I was younger I was always quite into Dunc - he was tall, fearless and really cool.

"At the moment I like Steven Naismith, because he seems to put in more effort than anyone else, and Leighton Baines too.

"Baines is into his guitar music and and he looks like a bit of a mod. He is also one of the best crossers of a ball in the Premier League - maybe he will come to see us at a gig one day and I can pat him on the back and tell him 'nice one'."

Circa Waves are set to release their debut album and start a UK tour, and Shudall admits that it is always difficult for the band to follow football as much as they would like when they are on the road.

Sam Rourke (bass) is a Liverpool fan, Colin Jones (drums) supports Tottenham and Joe Falconer (guitar) backs Aston Villa.

"Joe supports Villa, but not much really," Shudall added. "He is probably the least into it, but we all enjoy it.

"It is quite difficult obviously on tour to try to keep up with all the games, but we try our best."

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Kieran

TUESDAY

Aston Villa v West Brom

2-1

1-1

2-1

Hull v Sunderland

1-1

2-1

1-1

Southampton v Crystal Palace

1-0

2-0

2-0

WEDNESDAY

Man City v Leicester

2-0

3-0

3-0

Newcastle v Man Utd

0-1

1-1

1-2

QPR v Arsenal

1-2

0-2

1-2

Stoke v Everton

2-0

2-1

0-1

Tottenham v Swansea

3-2

2-1

1-0

West Ham v Chelsea

0-1

0-2

0-3

Liverpool v Burnley

2-0

2-0

2-0

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 three correct results from eight Premier League games, including two perfect scores.

His score of seven points saw him beat England rugby union star George Ford, who picked five correct results but with no perfect scores to earn five points.

Lawro also correctly guessed the score and result in the Capital One Cup final, but that does not count towards his weekly total or average for the season.

Any points earned for the two Premier League games which were postponed because of that tie will be added after the matches take place.

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 27

Lawro

184

Guests

177

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 19:45 GMT unless otherwise stated.

TUESDAY

Aston Villa 2-1 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Kieran's prediction: 2-1

Read match report.

Hull 1-1 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Kieran's prediction: 1-1

Read match report.

Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Kieran's prediction: 2-0

Read match report.

WEDNESDAY

Man City 2-0 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Kieran's prediction: 3-0

Read match report

Newcastle 0-1 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Kieran's prediction: 1-2

Read match report

QPR 1-2 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Kieran's prediction: 1-2

Read match report

Stoke 2-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Kieran's prediction: 0-1

Read match report

Tottenham 3-2 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Kieran's prediction: 1-0

Read match report

West Ham 0-1 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Kieran's prediction: 0-3

Read match report

Liverpool 2-0 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Kieran's prediction: 2-0

Read match report

Lawro and Kieran Shudall were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P27

W12

D4

L11

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

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

6.81

Lawro (average after 27 weeks)

6

Carl Fogarty, Football Manager, Mark Wright & Karen Hauer, Steve Wilson

5

Joe Cole, George Ford*, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann, Adil Ray

4

Kell Brook, Guy Mowbray

2

John Cooper Clarke, Neil Lennon, Jack O'Connell

* Does not include scores for postponed games

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

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Chelsea

26

23

3

0

72

0

2.

Man City

27

22

5

0

71

0

3.

Man Utd

27

19

4

4

61

+1

4.

Arsenal

27

17

8

2

59

-1

5.

Liverpool

27

14

11

2

53

0

6.

Southampton

27

12

7

8

43

0

7.

Everton

27

11

8

8

41

+7

8.

Tottenham

26

8

10

8

34

-1

9.

Hull

27

11

1

15

34

+6

10.

Sunderland

27

8

9

10

33

+6

11.

West Ham

27

8

7

12

31

-2

12.

Newcastle

27

7

9

11

30

-1

13.

Stoke

27

7

7

13

28

-3

14.

Crystal Palace

27

8

4

15

28

-2

15.

Aston Villa

27

7

4

16

25

+4

16.

Burnley

27

6

5

16

23

+2

17.

West Brom

27

5

7

15

22

-4

18.

QPR

26

6

3

17

21

-1

19.

Swansea

27

5

4

18

19

-11

20.

Leicester

26

5

3

18

18

0

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