Premier League predictions: Lawro v Joe Montana
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Legendary NFL quarter-back Joe Montana gives his Premier League predictions
This week he takes on legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana, who won the Super Bowl four times in the 1980s with the San Francisco 49ers.
Montana, who is in the UK coaching aspiring quarterbacks, compares Liverpool to the 49ers as he backs them to beat West Brom, while he tips Newcastle to see off Sunderland in the north east derby because he "likes their Brown Ale".
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Joe |
|---|---|---|---|
SATURDAY | |||
Crystal Palace v Arsenal | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Aston Villa v Everton | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Liverpool v West Brom | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Man Utd v Stoke | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Norwich v Cardiff | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 |
Southampton v Fulham | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Sunderland v Newcastle | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Chelsea v Man City | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
Swansea v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 |
Tottenham v Hull | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
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 was not enough to stop BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid waltzing off with a win, with the Strictly Come Dancing contestant scoring 11 thanks to her seven correct results, including two perfect scores which puts her second on the guest leaderboard. Like Lawro, Reid's dance partner Kevin Clifton got six results right, with no perfect scores.
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).
Total scores after Week Eight | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 64 |
Guests | 54 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal
Aston Villa 0-2 Everton
Liverpool 4-1 West Brom
Man Utd 3-2 Stoke City
Norwich 0-0 Cardiff
Southampton 2-0 Fulham
SUNDAY
Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle
Chelsea 2-1 Man City
Swansea 0-0 West Ham
Tottenham 1-0 Hull City
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Montana's prediction: 2-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P8 | W3 | D0 | L5 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | Nicky Wire |
11 | Susanna Reid |
10 | Usain Bolt |
9 | Charlotte Green |
8 | Lawro (Average after seven weeks) |
6 | Kevin Clifton |
5 | Sam Tomkins |
4 | Jason Sudeikis |
2 | Cal Crutchlow |
1 | Michael Palin |
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Arsenal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2. | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
3. | Man City | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | +1 | |
4. | Tottenham | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | +1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | -2 | |
6. | Man Utd | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +2 | |
7. | Fulham | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | +7 | |
8. | Newcastle | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | +3 | |
9. | Southampton | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | -3 | |
10. | Everton | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -3 | |
11. | West Brom | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +1 | |
12. | West Ham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +3 | |
13. | Stoke | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +3 | |
14. | Norwich | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | +4 | |
15. | Hull | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | |
16. | Swansea | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | |
17. | Aston Villa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | |
18. | Crystal Palace | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +1 | |
19. | Cardiff | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | -2 | |
20. | Sunderland | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
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