Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
This week he takes on the fastest man in the world - Olympic and world 100m and 200m champion and world record holder Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt gives his Football Focus predictions
The Jamaican, who is a big Manchester United fan, trained with Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero ahead of this week's derby.
Aguero joked afterwards: "Usain was terrible at the beginning, but I realised after a while that he was just trying to wear me out.
"When he started to play properly, he showed some skills though. He is not good enough to play for City, but I think he would have a good chance of getting into the United team!"
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Bolt |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Norwich v Aston Villa | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Liverpool v Southampton | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Newcastle v Hull | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
West Brom v Sunderland | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
West Ham v Everton | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Chelsea v Fulham | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Arsenal v Stoke | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Crystal Palace v Swansea | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
Cardiff v Tottenham | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Man City v Man Utd | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got six results right, with two perfect scores. His score of 10 saw him beaten by Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire, whose six correct results with three perfect scores gave him 12 points, and put him top of the guest leaderboard.
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 Four | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 31 |
Guests | 23 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Norwich 0-1 Aston Villa (12:45 BST)
Prediction: 1-1
Liverpool 0-1 Southampton
Prediction: 2-0
Newcastle 2-3 Hull
Prediction: 2-0
West Brom 3-0 Sunderland
Prediction: 2-1
West Ham 2-3 Everton
Prediction: 2-1
Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (17:30 BST)
Arsenal 3-1 Stoke
Prediction: 2-0
Crystal Palace 0-2 Swansea (13:30 BST)
Prediction: 2-1
Cardiff 0-1 Tottenham
Prediction: 0-2
Man City 4-1 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P4 | W2 | D0 | L2 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | Nicky Wire |
7.75 | Lawro (Average after four 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. | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +2 | |
3. | Tottenham | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -1 | |
4. | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -1 | |
5. | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +1 | |
6. | Norwich | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +8 | |
7. | Man Utd | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -2 | |
8. | Newcastle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
9. | Southampton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +3 | |
10. | West Ham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +1 | |
11. | West Brom | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +8 | |
12. | Everton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | |
13. | Fulham | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
14. | Stoke | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -7 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | |
16. | Crystal Palace | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | |
17. | Cardiff | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -7 | |
18. | Hull | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +3 | |
19. | Swansea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
20. | Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.
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