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.
Gabbiadini formed a prolific partnership with Eric Gates at Sunderland, scoring 87 goals in 185 games
His opponents for the Boxing Day Premier League fixtures are Match of the Day commentator Guy Mowbray, external and former Sunderland, York, Derby, Northampton and Darlington striker Marco Gabbiadini., external
Gabbiadini, known as 'Marco Goalo' when he was a prolific goalscorer for Sunderland from 1987 to 1991.
Both Mowbray and Gabbiadini, who is now a pundit on BBC Newcastle's Total Sport programme, think the day's other clash between Manchester and the north east will end in a victory for leaders Manchester United against Newcastle.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Guy | Marco |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BOXING DAY | ||||
Everton v Wigan | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
Fulham v Southampton | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Man Utd v Newcastle | 4-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Norwich v Chelsea | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 |
QPR v West Brom | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Reading v Swansea | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
Sunderland v Man City | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
Aston Villa v Tottenham | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Stoke v Liverpool | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro took on football impressionists Darren Farley and Paul Reid.
Lawro got six results right, with no perfect scores, and his score of six saw him beat both Farley (four correct results with no perfect scores), and Reid (two 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 18 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 137 |
Guests | 104 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
BOXING DAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Everton 2-1 Wigan
Prediction: 2-0
Fulham 1-1 Southampton
Prediction: 2-0
Man Utd 4-3 Newcastle
Prediction: 2-0
Norwich 0-1 Chelsea
Prediction: 0-2
QPR 1-2 West Brom
Prediction: 2-1
Reading 0-0 Swansea
Prediction: 1-1
Sunderland 1-0 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Aston Villa 0-4 Tottenham
Prediction: 1-1
Stoke 3-1 Liverpool
Prediction: 1-1
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P18 | W9 | D4 | L5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
Kevin Sinfield | 11 |
Luke Campbell | 10 |
Mo Farah | 8 |
Lawro | 7.61 (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 |
Darren Farley | 4 |
Justin Young | 4 |
Jonny Brownlee | 3 |
Stephanie Houghton | 3 |
Dani King | 2 |
Paul Reid | 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 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | +32 | 46 | 0 | |
2. | Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 39 | +2 | |
3. | Everton | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 39 | +2 | |
4. | Man City | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 38 | -2 | |
5. | Tottenham | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 35 | +1 | |
6. | Chelsea | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 34 | -3 | |
7. | Liverpool | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 29 | +1 | |
8. | Newcastle | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 28 | +6 | |
9. | QPR | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 | +10 | |
10. | Sunderland | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 25 | +5 | |
11. | Stoke | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 23 | -2 | |
12. | Southampton | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 22 | +5 | |
13. | West Brom | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 18 | -6 | |
14. | West Ham | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 17 | -2 | |
15. | Swansea | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 16 | -4 | |
16. | Fulham | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 14 | -3 | |
17. | Wigan | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 14 | +1 | |
18. | Norwich | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 10 | -8 | |
19. | Aston Villa | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 31 | -19 | 10 | -3 | |
20. | Reading | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 7 | 0 | |
Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.
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