Premier League predictions: Lawro v Jeremy Vine & the Eggheads
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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 this weekend's Premier League fixtures are the Eggheads - host Jeremy Vine and general knowledge experts Kevin and Dave from the daily BBC Two quiz show.
Vine is a Chelsea fan who chose the Blues when he decided to support a football club in the mid 1990s because he was "ashamed" he knew nothing about the game.
He told BBC Sport: "I know people are very down on this but I looked at the travel connections from where I lived in Maida Vale at the time and thought Chelsea was convenient on the tube.
"I was hooked from my first game. Now I have two season tickets and go with my daughter, who is 10 and has been coming for the last two years.
"Her name is Martha and the most exciting thing in my life right now is that she has suddenly decided that Chelsea matters, and it matters more than almost anything."
Kevin (wearing the blue shirt in the video) is a Tottenham fan whose favourite player is Jimmy Greaves.
And Dave (check shirt) is a Manchester United supporter who says his first hero was Martin Buchan.
You can see all of their predictions on Football Focus at 11:30 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website (in the UK)
You can watch Eggheads at 18:30 GMT every weekday on BBC Two.
Premier League predictions | |||
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Result | Lawro | Eggheads | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man City v West Brom | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Aston Villa v Swansea | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Newcastle v Arsenal | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 |
Southampton v Burnley | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5-2 |
Stoke v Crystal Palace | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Tottenham v Leicester | 4-3 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
West Ham v Sunderland | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Man Utd | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
Hull v Chelsea | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
QPR v Everton | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got seven correct results from 10 Premier League games, with no perfect scores.
His score of seven points was beaten by TV and radio presenter Dermot O'Leary, who picked six correct results, but with one perfect score. That gave O'Leary, who raised £643,336 for Comic Relief with his '24-hour non-stop day of dance' last week, 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 29 | |
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Lawro | 201 |
Guests | 203 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man City 3-0 West Brom
Aston Villa 0-1 Swansea
Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal
Southampton 2-0 Burnley
Stoke 1-2 Crystal Palace
Tottenham 4-3 Leicester
West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
SUNDAY
Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd
Hull 2-3 Chelsea
QPR 1-2 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Eggheads' prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P29 | W12 | D4 | L13 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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17 | Kieran Shudall |
12 | Mark Ronson |
11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
9 | Kelly Smith |
8 | Death in Paradise, Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Dermot O'Leary, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7 | Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles, Seann Walsh |
6.97 | Lawro (average after 29 weeks) |
6 | Carl Fogarty, George Ford*, 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 |
* Does not include scores for postponed game - Leicester v Chelsea
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 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 65 | 0 | |
4. | Man Utd | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 0 | |
5. | Liverpool | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 59 | 0 | |
6. | Southampton | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 0 | |
7. | Everton | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | +7 | |
8. | Tottenham | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 41 | -1 | |
9. | Hull | 29 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 38 | +6 | |
10. | Sunderland | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 33 | +7 | |
11. | Stoke | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 31 | -3 | |
12. | West Ham | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 31 | -2 | |
13. | Newcastle | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -2 | |
14. | Crystal Palace | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 31 | -2 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | +1 | |
16. | West Brom | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -3 | |
17. | Burnley | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +1 | |
18. | QPR | 29 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 21 | +1 | |
19. | Swansea | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | -10 | |
20. | Leicester | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
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