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.

Russell Brand's Premier League predictions

His opponent is actor and comedian Russell Brand.

Brand, 37, who lives and works in America, is a life-long West Ham supporter, and told us: "My Dad supported West Ham and his Dad supported West Ham. Everyone at my school supported West Ham. It wasn't really an optional thing."

Predictions

Score

Lawro

Brand

SATURDAY

Liverpool v Norwich

5-0

2-0

2-1

Man City v Fulham

2-0

3-0

3-0

Newcastle v Reading

1-2

2-0

1-1

Swansea v Stoke

3-1

1-2

1-0

West Ham v QPR

1-1

1-2

2-1

Wigan v Sunderland

2-3

2-1

2-2

West Brom v Aston Villa

2-2

2-0

2-0

SUNDAY

Chelsea v Arsenal

2-1

1-1

1-2

Tottenham v Man Utd

1-1

1-1

1-2

MONDAY

Southampton v Everton

0-0

0-2

0-2

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

Last week, Lawro took on rappers Devlin and Wretch 32.

Lawro got seven results right, including two perfect scores, and his score of 11 saw him beat Devlin's tally of 10 (four correct results including three perfect scores) and Wretch 32's score of eight (six results including one score).

Neither Lawro or BBC football pundit Peter Reid guessed the score of Wednesday's rearranged game between Chelsea and Southampton correctly.

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 had come off (also at the bottom of the page).

Premier League total scores after week 22

Lawro

165

Guests

131

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

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

Liverpool 5-0 Norwich

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man City 2-0 Fulham

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Match report

Newcastle 1-2 Reading

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Swansea 3-1 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Match report

West Ham 1-1 QPR

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Wigan 2-3 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Match report

West Brom 2-2 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

SUNDAY

Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Tottenham 1-1 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Match report

MONDAY

Southampton 0-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P22

W12

D4

L6

GUEST LEADERBOARD

SCORE

Kevin Sinfield

11

Luke Campbell

10

Devlin

10

Wretch 32

8

Mo Farah

8

Lawro

7.5 (average)

James Arthur

7

Dave Brailsford

7

Example

7

Goran Ivanisevic

7

Joe Calzaghe

6

Guy Mowbray

6

Andy Murray

6

Peter Reid

6

Steve Wilson

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

22

18

4

0

44

5

+39

58

0

2.

Man City

22

14

6

2

38

12

+26

48

0

3.

Chelsea

21

14

5

2

33

12

+21

47

0

4.

Arsenal

21

14

4

3

34

12

+22

46

+2

5.

Everton

22

13

7

2

34

19

+15

46

0

6.

Tottenham

22

12

5

5

30

15

+15

41

-2

7.

QPR

22

10

4

8

26

26

0

34

+13

8.

Liverpool

22

8

9

5

25

19

+6

33

0

9.

Newcastle

22

9

5

8

27

23

+4

32

+7

10.

Sunderland

22

7

8

7

23

27

-4

29

+5

11.

Stoke

22

6

9

7

22

25

-3

27

-1

12.

Southampton

22

7

1

14

17

34

-17

22

+3

13.

West Brom

22

6

3

13

24

33

-9

21

-6

14.

Fulham

22

6

3

13

19

30

-11

21

-1

15

West Ham

21

5

5

11

19

27

-8

20

-4

16.

Swansea

22

4

8

10

17

31

-14

20

-7

17.

Wigan

22

4

4

14

14

36

-22

16

0

18.

Aston Villa

22

3

6

13

16

36

-20

15

0

19.

Reading

21

3

5

13

17

34

-17

14

0

20.

Norwich

22

2

5

15

14

37

-23

11

-8

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

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