Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
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BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures is long jumper Greg Rutherford, who leapt to glory at London 2012 as one of three GB gold medallists in an hour at the Olympic Stadium on the middle Saturday of the Games.
Greg Rutherford becomes the first British man to claim long jump gold since Lynn 'the leap' Davies in 1964
Milton Keynes-born Rutherford is no slouch on the football field, having had trials with Aston Villa before he decided to pursue a career in athletics.
The 25-year-old is also the great-grandson of footballer Jock Rutherford, who won three First Division titles with Newcastle, before going on to play for Arsenal, and earned 11 England caps.
Greg has tipped healthy wins for both Manchester clubs, with City to beat QPR 4-1 and United to emerge 3-0 winners at Southampton. He also predicts wins for Sunderland, Everton, Stoke and Newcastle.
You can see all of Greg's predictions in Football Focus at 11:30 BST on BBC One on Saturday.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Greg Rutherford |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Fulham | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 |
Swansea v Sunderland | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Tottenham v Norwich | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
West Brom v Everton | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Wigan v Stoke | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
Man City v QPR | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Arsenal | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
Newcastle v Aston Villa | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Southampton v Man Utd | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro took on Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield.
Lawro got five results right, including one perfect score, but his score of seven was beaten by Sinfield (six correct results, including two perfect scores), who joins Luke Campbell at the top of the guest scoreboard (at the bottom of the page).
Any points Lawro and Sinfield score from the postponed game between Sunderland and Reading will be added to their total when that match is played.
This season, we will also be keeping a record of the total scores for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if Lawro's predictions came off (also at the bottom of the page).
Total scores after week two | |
|---|---|
Guests | 20 |
Lawro | 14 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
West Ham 3-0 Fulham
Prediction: 2-1
Swansea 2-2 Sunderland
Prediction: 1-1
Tottenham 1-1 Norwich
Prediction: 2-0
West Brom 2-0 Everton
Prediction: 1-2
Wigan 2-2 Stoke
Prediction: 1-2
Man City 3-1 QPR
Prediction: 2-0
SUNDAY
Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal
Prediction: 1-1
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-0
Southampton 2-3 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Phil Dawkes
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
Lawro (average) | 7 |
Lawro's best score: seven points (week one and two).
Lawro's worst score: seven points (week one and two).
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 0 | |
2. | QPR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | +16 | |
3. | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | +9 | |
4. | Man City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | +1 | |
5. | Tottenham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | +9 | |
6. | Man Utd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | +1 | |
7. | Fulham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 | -1 | |
8. | West Ham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | |
9. | Southampton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +10 | |
10. | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | +3 | |
11. | Swansea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | -9 | |
12. | Liverpool | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | |
13. | Stoke | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | |
14. | Everton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -11 | |
15. | West Brom | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | -11 | |
16. | Reading | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | -1 | |
17. | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | +3 | |
18. | Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 | -9 | |
19. | Norwich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | -2 | |
20. | Wigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | -12 | |
Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.
- Published26 August 2012