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,

King and Rowsell helped Britain become Olympic and world team pursuit champions

His opponents for the latest round of Premier League fixtures are Olympic gold medal-winning cyclists Dani King and Joanna Rowsell, part of Great Britain's successful women's team pursuit trio at London 2012.

Appropriately, given how well they combined in the London Velodrome, the pair did their predictions together, apart from for West Brom versus Southampton.

King is a big Saints fan and backs them to beat the Baggies. Rowsell, however, goes for a home win at The Hawthorns.

Predictions

Score

Lawro

Dani King & Joanna Rowsell

SATURDAY

Man Utd v Arsenal

2-1

2-0

3-1

Fulham v Everton

2-2

1-2

1-1

Norwich v Stoke

1-0

2-1

0-0

Sunderland v Aston Villa

0-1

2-0

2-0

Swansea v Chelsea

1-1

1-1

0-2

Tottenham v Wigan

0-1

2-0

3-1

West Ham v Man City

0-0

1-1

1-2

SUNDAY

QPR v Reading

1-1

2-0

2-0

Liverpool v Newcastle

1-1

2-1

3-4

MONDAY

West Brom v Southampton

2-0

2-0

0-3 (King) 2-0 (Rowsell)

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

Last weekend, Lawro took on former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Natalie Lowe.

Lawro got nine results right, including one perfect score, and his score of 11 gave him a convincing victory over Vaughan (four correct results, no perfect scores) and Lowe (also four right results with no exact scores).

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 all Lawro's predictions came off (also at the bottom of the page).

Total scores after week nine

Lawro

72

Guests

57

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Fulham 2-2 Everton

Prediction: 1-2

Match report

Norwich 1-0 Stoke

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Swansea 1-1 Chelsea

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

Tottenham 0-1 Wigan

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

West Ham 0-0 Manchester City

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

SUNDAY

QPR 1-1 Reading

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

MONDAY

West Brom 2-0 Southampton

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Lawro v Guests

P9

W3

D1

L5

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Luke Campbell

10

Kevin Sinfield

10

Mo Farah

8

Lawro

8 (average)

Dave Brailsford

7

Example

7

Natalie Lowe

5

Greg Rutherford

5

Michael Vaughan

4

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

9

7

2

0

17

4

+13

23

+2

2.

Man Utd

9

6

3

0

16

2

+14

21

0

3.

Tottenham

9

6

1

2

13

5

+8

19

+1

4.

Arsenal

9

5

3

1

14

6

+8

18

+2

5.

Everton

9

4

5

0

13

8

+5

17

0

6.

Chelsea

8

5

1

2

12

6

+6

16

-5

7.

Newcastle

9

4

3

2

12

8

+4

15

+3

8.

Sunderland

9

4

3

2

11

10

+1

15

+6

9.

Liverpool

9

2

6

1

11

8

+3

12

+3

10.

West Ham

9

3

2

4

10

11

-1

11

-1

11.

QPR

9

3

2

4

9

11

-2

11

+9

12.

Stoke

9

2

4

3

8

12

-4

10

+1

13.

Fulham

9

3

0

6

9

12

-3

9

-6

14.

Southampton

9

3

0

6

6

14

-8

9

+5

15.

Swansea

9

1

5

3

7

13

-6

8

-4

16.

West Brom

9

2

1

6

9

15

-6

7

-8

17.

Wigan

9

2

1

6

7

15

-8

7

-2

18.

Aston Villa

9

1

3

5

8

14

-6

6

-1

19.

Reading

8

1

2

5

8

13

-5

5

-1

20.

Norwich

9

0

3

6

5

15

-10

3

-4

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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