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.
Vaughan and Lowe take part in a Halloween themed Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday
His opponents for the latest round of Premier League fixtures are former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Natalie Lowe.
Vaughan and Lowe might get on famously on the dance floor but they only agree on the outcome of three of the weekend matches.
Sheffield Wednesday fan Vaughan backs Everton to win the Merseyside derby and Chelsea to beat Manchester United, while Lowe is backing Liverpool and Sir Alex Ferguson's side to come out on top.
You can see all of their predictions on Football Focus on BBC One at 12:15 BST on Saturday.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Vaughan | Lowe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | ||||
Aston Villa v Norwich | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 |
Arsenal v QPR | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3-1 |
Reading v Fulham | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 |
Stoke v Sunderland | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Wigan v West Ham | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 |
Man City v Swansea | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Everton v Liverpool | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 |
Newcastle v West Brom | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-3 |
Southampton v Tottenham | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
Chelsea v Man Utd | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro took on British triathlete Jonny Brownlee.
Lawro got eight results right, including three perfect scores, and his score of 14 gave him a resounding victory over Brownlee (three correct results but no perfect scores) who is joint-bottom of the guest scoreboard with three points but had the consolation of winning the world triathlon title last weekend.
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 eight | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 61 |
Guests | 53 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Aston Villa 1-1 Norwich
Prediction: 1-1
Arsenal 1-0 QPR
Prediction: 2-0
Reading 3-3 Fulham
Prediction: 2-1
Stoke 0-0 Sunderland
Prediction: 1-1
Wigan 2-1 West Ham
Prediction: 1-0
Man City 1-0 Swansea
Everton 2-2 Liverpool
Prediction: 1-1
Newcastle 2-1 West Brom
Prediction: 2-0
Southampton 1-2 Tottenham
Prediction: 0-2
Chelsea 2-3 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-1
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P8 | W2 | D1 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Lawro | 7.63 |
Dave Brailsford | 7 |
Example | 7 |
Greg Rutherford | 5 |
Jonny Brownlee | 3 |
Stephanie Houghton | 3 |
Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).
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 City | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 20 | +2 | |
2. | Man Utd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | 0 | |
3. | Chelsea | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | -2 | |
4. | Tottenham | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 16 | +1 | |
5. | Everton | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 | -1 | |
6. | Arsenal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | +3 | |
7. | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 14 | +7 | |
8. | Newcastle | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | +3 | |
9. | Liverpool | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | +3 | |
10. | West Ham | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | -3 | |
11. | QPR | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | +9 | |
12. | Fulham | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 9 | -4 | |
13. | Stoke | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 | 0 | |
14. | Southampton | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 | +4 | |
15. | Swansea | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 | -5 | |
16. | West Brom | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 7 | -10 | |
17. | Aston Villa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 5 | 0 | |
18. | Wigan | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 4 | -2 | |
19. | Reading | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 2 | 0 | |
20. | Norwich | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 2 | -5 | |
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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