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.

His opponent for the Premier League fixtures on New Year's Day and 2 January is Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson.

Predictions

Score

Lawro

Wilson

NEW YEAR'S DAY

West Brom v Fulham

1-2

2-0

3-1

Man City v Stoke

3-0

2-0

3-0

Swansea v Aston Villa

2-2

2-0

1-1

Tottenham v Reading

3-1

2-0

2-0

West Ham v Norwich

2-1

2-1

2-2

Wigan v Man Utd

0-4

0-2

1-3

Southampton v Arsenal

1-1

0-2

2-4

WEDNESDAY

Chelsea v QPR

0-1

2-0

2-0

Liverpool v Sunderland

3-0

2-0

1-1

Newcastle v Everton

1-2

2-1

0-0

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

Last week, Lawro took on rap star Lethal Bizzle.

Lawro got four results right, including one perfect score, and his score of six saw him narrowly beat Bizzle (five 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 20

Lawro

147

Guests

115

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

NEW YEAR'S DAY

West Brom 1-2 Fulham

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man City 3-0 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Swansea 2-2 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Tottenham 3-1 Reading

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

West Ham 2-1 Norwich

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Wigan 0-4 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Southampton 1-1 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Match report

WEDNESDAY

Chelsea 0-1 QPR

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Newcastle 1-2 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Lawro v Guests

P20

W10

D4

L6

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Kevin Sinfield

11

Luke Campbell

10

Mo Farah

8

Lawro

7.35 (average)

James Arthur

7

Dave Brailsford

7

Example

7

Goran Ivanisevic

7

Joe Calzaghe

6

Guy Mowbray

6

Andy Murray

6

Peter Reid

6

Lethal Bizzle

5

Natalie Lowe

5

Joanna Rowsell

5

Greg Rutherford

5

Darren Farley

4

Marco Gabbiadini

4

Michael Vaughan

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 (weeks three and 19).

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Man Utd

20

16

4

0

40

4

+36

52

0

2.

Man City

20

13

5

2

35

11

+24

44

0

3.

Everton

20

12

7

1

31

17

+14

43

+3

4.

Arsenal

19

13

3

3

31

11

+20

42

+1

5.

Chelsea

18

11

5

2

27

11

+16

38

-2

6.

Tottenham

20

11

4

5

27

14

+13

37

-2

7.

QPR

20

10

3

7

25

23

+2

33

+13

8.

Liverpool

20

7

9

4

22

17

+5

30

+1

9.

Newcastle

20

8

4

8

24

21

+3

28

+6

10.

Stoke

20

6

9

5

21

21

0

27

-2

11.

Sunderland

20

6

8

6

21

24

-3

26

+2

12.

Southampton

19

7

1

11

16

28

-12

22

+6

13.

Fulham

20

6

2

12

18

27

-9

20

+1

14.

West Brom

20

5

3

12

21

31

-10

18

-7

15.

West Ham

19

4

5

10

16

24

-8

17

-3

16.

Swansea

20

3

8

9

15

29

-14

17

-6

17.

Wigan

20

4

3

13

13

33

-20

15

0

18.

Aston Villa

20

2

6

12

14

33

-19

12

-1

19.

Reading

19

2

5

12

15

31

-16

11

0

20.

Norwich

20

2

4

14

12

34

-22

10

-9

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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