Premier League predictions: Lawro v Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Joe Cole.
Football Focus: The 'other' Joe Cole's Premier League predictions
No, not the famous footballer, but his actor namesake who is currently appearing in gangster drama Peaky Blinders on BBC Two.
Appropriately enough, given that the footballer Joe Cole started his career at Upton Park, his acting namesake is a Hammers fan, who calls himself @theotherJoeCole, external on Twitter and is backing Sam Allardyce's side to enjoy a high-scoring win over Manchester United when they go to Old Trafford on Saturday.
You can see all of Joe's predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 BST on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Joe | |
SATURDAY | |||
Liverpool v Everton | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
Chelsea v Aston Villa | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Crystal Palace v Leicester | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Hull v Man City | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Man Utd v West Ham | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-5 |
Southampton v QPR | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Sunderland v Swansea | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Arsenal v Tottenham | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
West Brom v Burnley | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Stoke v Newcastle | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score. His total of seven points saw him beat former Celtic manager Neil Lennon who got two correct results with no perfect scores, for a tally of two.
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).
Total scores after week 5 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 33 |
Guests | 26 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Liverpool 1-1 Everton
Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 2-0 Leicester
Hull 2-4 Man City
Man Utd 2-1 West Ham
Southampton 2-1 QPR
Sunderland 0-0 Swansea
Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham
SUNDAY
West Brom 4-0 Burnley
MONDAY
Stoke 1-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Joe's prediction: 2-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P5 | W3 | D1 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
10 | Liam Fray |
6.6 | Lawro (average after 5 weeks) |
5 | Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann |
4 | Kell Brook |
2 | Neil Lennon |
Lawro's best score: 8 points (week four v Van McCann)
Lawro's worst score: 5 points (week three v Sarah Harding and Leon Fagbemi)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2. | Arsenal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | +2 | |
3. | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | +8 | |
4. | Stoke | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | +9 | |
5. | Man Utd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | +7 | |
6. | Southampton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -4 | |
7. | Man City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -1 | |
8. | Tottenham | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | +1 | |
9. | Everton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | +5 | |
10. | QPR | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +8 | |
11. | Newcastle | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +9 | |
12. | Swansea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | -7 | |
13. | Crystal Palace | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | +2 | |
14. | Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -11 | |
15. | Hull | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -5 | |
16. | Sunderland | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +1 | |
17. | Leicester | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -10 | |
18. | West Ham | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -10 | |
19. | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
20. | West Brom | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -4 | |
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