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.
This week he took on Tottenham supporter Nicky Wire, bass player and lyricist of Welsh band Manic Street Preachers.
Nicky Wire predictions
Wire was captain of the Welsh national schoolboys' team aged 14 and had trials with Arsenal and Tottenham before knee injuries and the lure of eyeliner and rock music took hold.
Will it be a case of 'From Despair To Where' for Wire's guesses? Or will he condemn Lawro to the 'Archives of Pain' with an emphatic win?
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Nicky Wire |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Man Utd v Crystal Palace | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Aston Villa v Newcastle | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Fulham v West Brom | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
Hull v Cardiff | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Stoke v Man City | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
Sunderland v Arsenal | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Tottenham v Norwich | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Everton v Chelsea | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Southampton v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Swansea v Liverpool | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
A correct result is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got six results right, with no perfect scores. His score of six saw him beat MotoGP star Cal Crutchlow, whose two correct results with no perfect scores gave him two points.
This season, we will 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 of Lawro's predictions were correct (also at the bottom of the page).
Premier League total scores after week 3 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 21 |
Guests | 11 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Manchester United 2-0 Crystal Palace
Prediction: 3-0
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle
Prediction: 2-1
Fulham 1-1 West Brom
Prediction: 2-0
Hull 1-1 Cardiff
Prediction: 1-1
Stoke 0-0 Manchester City
Prediction: 1-1
Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal
Prediction: 0-2
Tottenham 2-0 Norwich
Prediction: 2-0
Everton 1-0 Chelsea
Prediction:1-1
SUNDAY
Southampton 0-0 West Ham
Prediction: 2-1
MONDAY
Swansea 2-2 Liverpool
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Tom Rostance
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P3 | W2 | D0 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
7 | Lawro (Average after three weeks) |
5 | Sam Tomkins |
4 | Jason Sudeikis |
2 | Cal Crutchlow |
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | +2 | |
2. | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +2 | |
3. | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -1 | |
4. | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -3 | |
5. | Norwich | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +4 | |
6. | Newcastle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | +6 | |
7. | Tottenham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | |
8. | West Brom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | +12 | |
9. | West Ham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | |
10. | Everton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +5 | |
11. | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +3 | |
12. | Man Utd | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | |
13. | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -3 | |
14. | Stoke | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -9 | |
15. | Fulham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +2 | |
16. | Cardiff | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | |
17. | Hull | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
18. | Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
19. | Swansea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -3 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -7 | |
Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.
- Published11 August 2013