Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
- Published
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Football impersonators predict results
His opponents for the latest round of Premier League fixtures are impersonators Darren Farley and Paul Reid.
David Beckham, Jose Mourinho, Rafael Benitez and Lawro himself are among the personalities to feature as Farley and Reid take a look at the weekend's games.
You can see all of their predictions - and impersonations - on Football Focus at 12:15 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and this website (in the UK).
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Farley | Reid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | ||||
Wigan v Arsenal | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Man City v Reading | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Newcastle v QPR | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Southampton v Sunderland | 0-1 | 1-1 | 7-4 | 4-0 |
Tottenham v Stoke | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
West Brom v Norwich | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 |
West Ham v Everton | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Liverpool v Fulham | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Swansea v Man Utd | 1-1 | 0-2 | 6-7 | 1-2 |
Chelsea v Aston Villa | 8-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro took on former Manchester City and Sunderland manager Peter Reid.
Lawro got five results right, with one perfect score, and his score of seven saw him edge out Reid (six correct results, with no perfect 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 17 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 131 |
Guests | 100 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Wigan 0-1 Arsenal (12:45 GMT)
Prediction: 0-2
Man City 1-0 Reading
Prediction: 3-0
Newcastle 1-0 QPR
Prediction: 2-1
Southampton 0-1 Sunderland
Prediction: 1-1
Tottenham 0-0 Stoke
Prediction: 2-0
West Brom 2-1 Norwich
Prediction: 2-0
West Ham 1-2 Everton
Prediction: 2-0
Liverpool 4-0 Fulham
Prediction: 2-0
SUNDAY
Swansea 1-1 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-2
Chelsea 8-0 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P17 | W8 | D4 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Kevin Sinfield | 11 |
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Lawro | 7.71 (average) |
James Arthur | 7 |
Dave Brailsford | 7 |
Example | 7 |
Goran Ivanisevic | 7 |
Joe Calzaghe | 6 |
Andy Murray | 6 |
Peter Reid | 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 |
Carl Froch | 1 |
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 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 43 | 0 | |
2. | Everton | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 39 | +4 | |
3. | Arsenal | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 36 | +2 | |
4. | Man City | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 35 | -2 | |
5. | Tottenham | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 32 | -1 | |
6. | Chelsea | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 31 | -3 | |
7. | QPR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 27 | +12 | |
8. | Liverpool | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 26 | +4 | |
9. | Newcastle | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 25 | +6 | |
10. | Sunderland | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 24 | +6 | |
11. | Stoke | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 | -2 | |
12. | Southampton | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 21 | +5 | |
13. | Swansea | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 16 | -3 | |
14. | West Brom | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 15 | -7 | |
15. | West Ham | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 14 | -4 | |
16. | Fulham | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 14 | -3 | |
17. | Wigan | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 14 | +1 | |
18. | Norwich | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -16 | 10 | -10 | |
19. | Aston Villa | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -17 | 10 | -5 | |
20. | Reading | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 7 | 0 | |
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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