Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
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BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson gives his predictions for the next round of Premier League fixtures.
His opponent this week is former undefeated super-middleweight boxing champion, Joe Calzaghe.
The Welsh Dragon won all 46 of his professional fights with victories over big-name rivals including Chris Eubank, Jeff Lacy, Mikkel Kessler and Bernard Hopkins, before retiring from the sport in 2008.
A year earlier Calzaghe took home the 2007 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award,, external ahead of Lewis Hamilton and fellow boxer Ricky Hatton.
Calzaghe now runs his own boxing promotion company, Calzaghe Promotions, alongside his father and one-time trainer Enzo.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Joe |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Chelsea | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
Arsenal v Swansea | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Fulham v Tottenham | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Liverpool v Southampton | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Man City v Everton | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
QPR v Aston Villa | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
West Brom v Stoke | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Reading v Man Utd | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
SUNDAY | |||
Norwich v Sunderland | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Newcastle v Wigan | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
For the Premier League games on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lawro took on 2001 wildcard Wimbledon winner turned West Brom fan Goran Ivanisevic
Lawro got seven results right, with one perfect score, and his score of nine saw him ace Ivanisevic (five correct results, with one perfect score) by two points.
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 14 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 108 |
Guests | 86 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
West Ham 3-1 Chelsea
Prediction: 1-2
Arsenal 0-2 Swansea
Prediction: 2-0
Fulham 0-3 Tottenham
Prediction: 1-1
Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
Prediction: 2-0
Man City 1-1 Everton
Prediction: 1-2
QPR 1-1 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-1
West Brom 0-1 Stoke
Prediction: 1-1
Reading 3-4 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-2
SUNDAY
Norwich 2-1 Sunderland
Newcastle 3-0 Wigan
Prediction: 2-0
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P14 | W6 | D3 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Lawro | 7.72 (average) |
James Arthur | 7 |
Dave Brailsford | 7 |
Example | 7 |
Goran Ivanisevic | 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 36 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 33 | 0 | |
3. | Everton | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 32 | +3 | |
4. | Tottenham | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 28 | +1 | |
5. | Chelsea | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 27 | -2 | |
6. | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 27 | +1 | |
7. | Sunderland | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 23 | +9 | |
8. | Newcastle | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 21 | +6 | |
9. | Stoke | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
10. | Liverpool | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 19 | +2 | |
11. | QPR | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 18 | +9 | |
12. | Southampton | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 18 | +6 | |
13. | West Ham | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 13 | -3 | |
14. | Swansea | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 13 | -6 | |
15. | West Brom | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 11 | -11 | |
16. | Wigan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 11 | -1 | |
17. | Fulham | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 10 | -6 | |
18. | Aston Villa | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 9 | -1 | |
19. | Reading | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 7 | 0 | |
20. | Norwich | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 7 | -7 | |
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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