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.
Brailsford masterminded Team GB's Olympic cycling success
His opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures was British cycling supremo Dave Brailsford, who masterminded Team GB's success in the velodrome at the London Olympics and, as general manager of Team Sky, oversaw Bradley Wiggins' triumph in the Tour de France.
Here were their Barclays Premier League predictions...
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Dave Brailsford |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Man City v Sunderland | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Chelsea v Norwich | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Swansea v Reading | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
West Brom v QPR | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Wigan v Everton | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 |
West Ham v Arsenal | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Southampton v Fulham | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Liverpool v Stoke | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Tottenham v Aston Villa | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Newcastle v Man Utd | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro took on singer and rapper Example.
Lawro got four results right, including one perfect score, but his score of six was not enough to beat Example (five correct results including one perfect score). His score of seven points leaves him fourth in 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 six | |
|---|---|
Guests | 43 |
Lawro | 40 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Man City 3-0 Sunderland
Prediction: 2-0
Chelsea 4-1 Norwich
Prediction: 2-0
Swansea 2-2 Reading
Prediction: 1-1
West Brom 3-2 QPR
Prediction: 2-1
Wigan 2-2 Everton
Prediction: 1-2
West Ham 1-3 Arsenal
Prediction: 1-1
SUNDAY
Southampton 2-2 Fulham
Prediction: 2-0
Liverpool 0-0 Stoke
Prediction: 2-0
Tottenham 2-0 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-0
Newcastle 0-3 Man Utd
Prediction: 1-1
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P6 | W1 | D0 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Example | 7 |
Lawro (average) | 6.66 |
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. | Man Utd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 14 | +2 | |
2. | Man City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | +2 | |
3. | Tottenham | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | +2 | |
4. | Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | +9 | |
5. | Everton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | -3 | |
6. | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | +2 | |
7. | Chelsea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | -6 | |
8. | Newcastle | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | +2 | |
9. | QPR | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | +11 | |
10. | Stoke | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | +2 | |
11. | West Ham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 | -4 | |
12. | Swansea | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 | -1 | |
13. | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 | -4 | |
14. | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 | +3 | |
15. | Liverpool | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 5 | -1 | |
16. | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 | -1 | |
17. | West Brom | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 4 | -11 | |
18. | Wigan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 3 | -2 | |
19. | Norwich | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 2 | -1 | |
20. | Reading | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 1 | -1 | |
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.
- Published26 August 2012