Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions

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BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.

Image caption,

Example (aka Elliott Gleave) is a lifelong Fulham fan

His opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures is singer, rapper and Fulham fan Example.

Example is tipping the Cottagers to see off champions Manchester City and continue their impressive start to the season.

He also thinks Arsenal will beat leaders Chelsea in a north versus west London derby, expects Norwich to overcome Liverpool and feels Manchester United will be too strong for Tottenham.

Predictions

Score

Lawro

Example

SATURDAY

Arsenal v Chelsea

1-2

2-1

2-0

Everton v Southampton

3-1

2-0

4-1

Fulham v Man City

1-2

0-2

1-0

Norwich v Liverpool

2-5

1-1

2-1

Reading v Newcastle

2-2

1-2

2-2

Stoke v Swansea

2-0

2-0

3-2

Sunderland v Wigan

1-0

2-0

3-1

Man Utd v Tottenham

2-3

2-0

3-0

SUNDAY

Aston Villa v West Brom

1-1

2-1

0-0

MONDAY

QPR v West Ham

1-2

2-0

2-1

A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.

Last weekend, Lawro took on double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah.

Lawro got five results right, including one perfect score, but his score of seven was not enough to beat Farah (six correct results including one perfect score). His score of eight points leaves him third in the the guest scoreboard (at the bottom of the page).

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 five

Guests

36

Lawro

34

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.

SATURDAY

Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Everton 3-1 Southampton

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Fulham 1-2 Man City

Prediction: 0-2

Match report

Norwich 2-5 Liverpool

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

Reading 2-2 Newcastle

Prediction: 1-2

Match report

Stoke 2-0 Swansea

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Sunderland 1-0 Wigan

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man Utd 2-3 Tottenham

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

SUNDAY

Aston Villa 1-1 West Brom

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

MONDAY

QPR 1-2 West Ham

Prediction: 2-0

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P5

W1

D0

L4

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Luke Campbell

10

Kevin Sinfield

10

Mo Farah

8

Lawro (average)

6.8

Greg Rutherford

5

Stephanie Houghton

3

Lawro's best score: nine points (week four).

Lawro's worst score: four points (week three).

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Tottenham

5

4

1

0

9

3

+6

13

+7

2.

Man Utd

5

3

2

0

9

1

+8

11

0

3.

Man City

5

3

2

0

8

3

+5

11

+4

4.

Chelsea

4

3

1

0

7

2

+5

10

-3

5.

Sunderland

5

3

1

1

7

6

+1

10

+7

6.

Everton

5

2

3

0

6

4

+2

9

-3

7.

Arsenal

5

2

2

1

7

4

+3

8

-2

8.

Newcastle

5

2

1

2

6

5

+1

7

+2

9.

West Ham

5

2

1

2

7

7

0

7

0

10.

QPR

5

2

1

2

5

6

-1

7

+9

11.

Stoke

5

1

3

1

5

6

-1

6

+2

12.

Swansea

5

1

3

1

5

6

-1

6

-1

13.

Fulham

5

2

0

3

6

8

-2

6

-7

14.

Southampton

5

2

0

3

4

7

-3

6

+2

15.

Liverpool

5

0

4

1

5

6

-1

4

+3

16.

West Brom

5

1

1

3

5

8

-3

4

-12

17.

Wigan

5

1

0

4

4

10

-6

3

-2

18.

Aston Villa

5

0

2

3

4

8

-4

2

-4

19.

Reading

4

0

1

3

4

7

-3

1

+1

20.

Norwich

5

0

1

4

3

9

-6

1

-3

Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.

Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.

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