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 Croatian tennis star Goran Ivanisevic.
The 2001 wildcard Wimbledon winner became a West Brom fan during the Baggies' 2004-05 'Great Escape' season, when they became the first team to beat the drop after being bottom of the Premier League on Christmas Day.
Ivanisevic is back in London at the Albert Hall for the Statoil Masters Tennis from 5-9 December.
He will play former British number one Tim Henman - whom he beat in the semi-finals en route to his Wimbledon triumph - on Saturday 8 December as part of the Winter Whites Gala., external The event will raise money for Centrepoint, the charity that supports homeless 16- to 25-year-olds in the UK.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Goran |
|---|---|---|---|
TUESDAY | |||
Sunderland v QPR | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Aston Villa v Reading | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
WEDNESDAY | |||
Chelsea v Fulham | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Everton v Arsenal | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Southampton v Norwich | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Stoke v Newcastle | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Swansea v West Brom | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 |
Tottenham v Liverpool | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Man Utd v West Ham | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Wigan v Man City | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro took on Justin Young, singer from The Vaccines.
Lawro got five results right, with no perfect scores, and his score of five saw him beat Young (four correct results, again with no perfect scores) by a single point.
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 13 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 99 |
Guests | 79 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
TUESDAY
Sunderland 0-0 QPR
Prediction: 1-1
Aston Villa 1-0 Reading
Prediction: 2-1
WEDNESDAY
Chelsea 0-0 Fulham
Prediction: 2-0
Everton 1-1 Arsenal
Prediction: 2-1
Southampton 1-1 Norwich
Prediction: 2-0
Stoke 2-1 Newcastle
Prediction: 1-0
Swansea 3-1 West Brom
Prediction: 2-1
Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool
Prediction: 2-0
Man Utd 1-0 West Ham
Prediction: 2-0
Wigan 0-2 Man City
Prediction: 0-2
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P13 | W5 | D3 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Lawro | 7.62 (average) |
James Arthur | 7 |
Dave Brailsford | 7 |
Example | 7 |
Andy Murray | 6 |
Natalie Lowe | 5 |
Joanna Rowsell | 5 |
Greg Rutherford | 5 |
Michael Vaughan | 4 |
Justin Young | 4 |
Jonny Brownlee | 3 |
Stephanie Houghton | 3 |
Dani King | 2 |
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 Utd | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 33 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 30 | 0 | |
3. | Everton | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 29 | +2 | |
4. | Arsenal | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 27 | +2 | |
5. | Tottenham | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 25 | +2 | |
6. | Chelsea | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 24 | -3 | |
7. | Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 22 | +9 | |
8. | Newcastle | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 21 | +6 | |
9. | Liverpool | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 19 | +2 | |
10. | Stoke | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 17 | +2 | |
11. | QPR | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 17 | +9 | |
12. | Southampton | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 15 | +5 | |
13. | West Ham | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 13 | -5 | |
14. | West Brom | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 11 | -11 | |
15 | Wigan | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 11 | 0 | |
16. | Fulham | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 10 | -6 | |
17. | Swansea | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 10 | -8 | |
18. | Reading | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 7 | -1 | |
19. | Norwich | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 7 | -6 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 6 | -2 | |
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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