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 Charlotte Green, the former Radio 4 newsreader, who made her debut reading out the classified football results on BBC Radio 5 live and the World Service on Saturday.
Green says it was a pleasant surprise when she was asked to take over from James Alexander Gordon.
Focus predictions: Charlotte Green
"I was absolutely delighted," Green said, who supports Tottenham.
"It is something I always dreamed about as a child. When I was six, I used to sit at the kitchen table and read them out loud, much to the annoyance of my sister who thought it was all terribly boring."
And her debut on Saturday predictably passed off perfectly.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Charlotte Green |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Tottenham v Chelsea | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Aston Villa v Man City | 3-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Fulham v Cardiff | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Hull v West Ham | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Man Utd v West Brom | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 |
Southampton v Crystal Palace | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Swansea v Arsenal | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Stoke v Norwich | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Sunderland v Liverpool | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
MONDAY | |||
Everton v Newcastle | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
A correct result is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got four results right, with one perfect score. His score of six saw him beaten by superstar sprinter Usain Bolt, whose six correct results with two perfect scores gave him 10 points, and put him second on the guest leaderboard.
We're 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 Five | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 37 |
Guests | 33 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Green's prediction: 1-0
Aston Villa 3-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Green's prediction: 1-3
Fulham 1-2 Cardiff
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Green's prediction: 0-0
Hull 1-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Green's prediction: 2-1
Man Utd 1-2 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Green's prediction: 2-0
Southampton 2-0 Crystal Palace
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Green's prediction: 2-0
Swansea 1-2 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Green's prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Stoke 0-1 Norwich
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Green's prediction: 0-0
Sunderland 1-3 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Green's prediction: 0-3
MONDAY
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P5 | W2 | D0 | L3 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | Nicky Wire |
10 | Usain Bolt |
7.4 | Lawro (Average after five 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2. | Tottenham | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |
3. | Man City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
4. | Chelsea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
5. | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
6. | Newcastle | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | +6 | |
7. | West Ham | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | +8 | |
8. | West Brom | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | +6 | |
9. | Norwich | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | +8 | |
10. | Man Utd | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -2 | |
11. | Southampton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -4 | |
12. | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | +7 | |
13. | Everton | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | |
14. | Fulham | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | +4 | |
15. | Stoke | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | |
16. | Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | |
17. | Swansea | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -8 | |
18. | Hull | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -7 | |
19. | Cardiff | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | |
20. | Sunderland | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Make your own predictions, external to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.
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