Premier League predictions: Lawro v X Factor winner Sam Bailey

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BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.

His opponent for the weekend Premier League fixtures is singer Sam Bailey.

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X Factor star Sam's score forecasts

The 2013 X Factor winner, a former footballer who played for West Ham "many moons ago", is a Leicester fan.

She told BBC Sport: "I've lived in Leicester since 2001 and I married into Leicester. My other half is a massive fan. We started going to games, I fell in love with the atmosphere and I'm now an avid supporter."

The Foxes are top of the Championship but Bailey is not willing to jinx their promotion bid.

"I'm not going to say they've done it," she said. "It's looking good for them to go up but you never know. Hopefully they'll be in the Premier League next season causing a storm.

"I've not been to a game since their unbeaten streak started. I daren't go because if they lose, I'll think it's my fault. Once I know they're going to be promoted, I'll go again."

Which Premier League player would she like to see at her club? "Theo Walcott. He's a great player, great all-rounder. He's passionate, young, he's still got a few years left in him. I think he'd sit quite nicely with the current team."

Score

Lawro

Sam Bailey

SATURDAY

Man Utd v Aston Villa

4-1

2-0

1-2

Crystal Palace v Chelsea

1-0

0-2

0-3

Southampton v Newcastle

4-0

2-0

2-1

Stoke v Hull

1-0

2-0

1-1

Swansea v Norwich

3-0

2-1

0-0

West Brom v Cardiff

3-3

2-0

2-3

Arsenal v Man City

1-1

0-2

2-4

SUNDAY

Fulham v Everton

1-3

1-2

2-2

Liverpool v Tottenham

4-0

2-0

1-2

MONDAY

Sunderland v West Ham

1-2

2-1

0-2

A correct result (ie picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.

Last weekend, Lawro got six correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score. His score of eight points saw him beat Sport Relief singer Eliza Doolittle, who got four correct results, with no perfect scores, giving her a score of four points.

We're keeping a record of the totals 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 (at the bottom of the page).

Totals after Week 31

Lawro

235

Guests

154

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

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

SATURDAY

Man Utd 4-1 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Sam's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Crystal Palace 1-0 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Sam's prediction: 0-3. I was a season-ticket holder for Chelsea in 1994 and they're a pretty strong side.

Match report

Southampton 4-0 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Sam's prediction: 2-1. I think Southampton are doing pretty well this season. They have some interesting England players.

Match report

Stoke 1-0 Hull

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Sam's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Swansea 3-0 Norwich

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Sam's prediction: 0-0

Match report

West Brom 3-3 Cardiff

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Sam's prediction: 2-3

Match report

Arsenal 1-1 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Sam's prediction: 2-4

Match report

SUNDAY

Fulham 1-3 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Sam's prediction: 2-2

Match report

Liverpool 4-0 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Sam's prediction: 1-2

Match report

MONDAY

Sunderland 1-2 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Sam's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Lawro v Guests

P31

W20

D2

L9

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

12

Nicky Wire

11

Susanna Reid

10

Usain Bolt, Tim Key*

9

Charlotte Green, Camp Bastion troops

7.58

Lawro (average after 31 weeks)

7

Danny John-Jules, Steve Wilson

6

Katy B, John Bishop, Kevin Clifton, Gaz Coombes, Alistair McGowan, Joe Montana, Greg James

5

Geraint Thomas*, Sam Tomkins, The National

4

David Baddiel, David Cameron, Guy Mowbray, Jason Sudeikis, Eliza Doolittle

3

Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Ricky Wilson, Simon Rix

2

Cal Crutchlow, Gail Emms, Jim Kerr, David Schneider

1

Michael Palin, Vic Reeves, Woody*

0

Josh Franceschi

* Does not include scores for postponed games

Lawro's best score: 16 points (week 21 v Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone)

Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week 26 v Geraint Thomas, before postponed games are played)

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Man City

30

27

3

0

84

+2

2.

Chelsea

31

23

6

2

75

-1

3.

Man Utd

31

21

7

3

70

+4

4.

Liverpool

31

19

9

3

66

-2

5.

Arsenal

31

17

11

3

62

-1

6.

Tottenham

31

15

5

11

50

0

7.

Southampton

31

12

8

11

44

+2

8.

Everton

31

11

11

9

44

-3

9.

Norwich

31

9

7

15

+5

10.

Stoke

31

9

7

15

34

+1

11.

Swansea

31

9

7

15

34

-4

12.

West Ham

31

9

7

15

34

-1

13.

Newcastle

31

8

10

13

34

-5

14.

Fulham

31

8

9

14

33

+6

15.

Aston Villa

30

7

12

11

33

-3

16.

West Brom

30

8

8

14

32

0

17.

Crystal Palace

31

8

6

17

30

0

18.

Hull City

31

5

10

16

25

-5

19.

Sunderland

30

2

9

19

15

-1

20.

Cardiff

31

1

10

20

13

-1

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