Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions

BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.

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His opponent for the latest round of Premier League fixtures is Nottingham boxer Carl Froch.

The IBF super-middleweight champion is a big Nottingham Forest fan and went to his first game at the City Ground as an eight-year-old.

Froch is going for a Manchester City win in Sunday's top-of-the-table Manchester derby, and reckons West Ham will defeat Liverpool.

Predictions

Score

Carl Froch

Lawro

SATURDAY

Arsenal v West Brom

2-0

1-1

2-0

Aston Villa v Stoke

0-0

1-0

1-1

Southampton v Reading

1-0

1-2

2-1

Sunderland v Chelsea

1-3

0-1

1-1

Swansea v Norwich

3-4

0-0

2-0

Wigan v QPR

2-2

0-1

0-2

SUNDAY

Man City v Man Utd

2-3

2-1

1-1

Everton v Tottenham

2-1

0-1

2-0

West Ham v Liverpool

2-3

1-0

0-0

MONDAY

Fulham v Newcastle

2-1

1-2

2-1

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

Last week, Lawro took on undefeated former super-middleweight boxing champion Joe Calzaghe.

Lawro got four results right, with one perfect score, and his score of six saw him draw with Calzaghe (also four correct results, with one perfect score).

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 15

Lawro

114

Guests

92

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

Arsenal 2-0 West Brom

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

Southampton 1-0 Reading

Prediction: 2-1

Match report

Sunderland 1-3 Chelsea

Prediction: 1-1

Match report

Swansea 3-4 Norwich

Prediction: 2-0

Match report

Wigan 2-2 QPR

Prediction: 0-2

Match report

SUNDAY

Man City 2-3 Man Utd

Match report

Prediction: 1-1

Everton 2-1 Tottenham

Match report

Prediction: 2-0

West Ham 2-3 Liverpool

Match report

Prediction: 0-0

MONDAY

Fulham 2-1 Newcastle

Match report

Prediction: 2-1

Lawro v Guests

P15

W6

D4

L5

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Luke Campbell

10

Kevin Sinfield

10

Mo Farah

8

Lawro

7.6 (average)

James Arthur

7

Dave Brailsford

7

Example

7

Goran Ivanisevic

7

Joe Calzaghe

6

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

15

12

3

0

29

2

+27

39

0

2.

Everton

15

10

5

0

25

13

+12

35

+4

3.

Man City

15

10

3

2

26

9

+17

33

-1

4.

Arsenal

15

9

3

3

23

11

+12

30

+6

5.

Chelsea

14

9

3

2

21

9

+12

30

-2

6.

Tottenham

15

9

2

4

21

10

+11

29

-2

7.

Newcastle

15

7

3

5

20

13

+7

24

+7

8.

Sunderland

15

6

5

4

18

16

+2

23

+9

9.

Liverpool

15

5

7

3

16

14

+2

22

+2

10.

Stoke

15

5

6

4

16

16

0

21

-1

11.

QPR

15

6

3

6

16

19

-3

21

+9

12.

Southampton

15

6

0

9

13

22

-9

18

+6

13.

West Ham

15

3

4

8

13

21

-8

13

-5

14.

Swansea

15

2

7

6

12

22

-10

13

-7

15.

West Brom

15

3

3

9

15

23

-8

12

-10

16.

Fulham

15

3

2

10

12

22

-10

11

-3

17.

Wigan

15

3

2

10

10

25

-15

11

-1

18.

Norwich

15

2

4

9

11

24

-13

10

-6

19.

Aston Villa

15

2

3

10

11

26

-15

9

-4

20.

Reading

14

1

4

9

12

23

-11

7

-1

Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.

Make your own predictions to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.

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