Premier League predictions: Lawro v ex-Tottenham star Ossie Ardiles
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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 former Tottenham star Ossie Ardiles.
Ardiles was known for his cavalier approach during his time as Spurs boss in the mid-1990s, when he fielded his 'Famous Five' forward line of Jurgen Klinsmann, Teddy Sheringham, Ilie Dumitrescu, Darren Anderton and Nick Barmby.
Ardiles was Spurs boss when Klinsmann moved to White Hart Lane in 1994
That Spurs side scored and conceded plenty of goals and Ardiles is tipping Manchester United - who currently have a similar ethos - to have the sort of high-scoring encounter with Everton on Sunday that used to be his trademark.
Ardiles also backs Spurs to see off Southampton, and thinks Chelsea - who are his tip for the Premier League title - will win their west-versus-north London derby against Arsenal.
You can see all of Ossie's predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 BST on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Ossie | |
SATURDAY | |||
Hull v Crystal Palace | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Leicester v Burnley | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Liverpool v West Brom | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Sunderland v Stoke | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Swansea v Newcastle | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
Aston Villa v Man City | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Man Utd v Everton | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
Chelsea v Arsenal | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Tottenham v Southampton | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
West Ham v QPR | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
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 seven correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score. His total of nine points was his best so far this season and saw him beat Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole, who got five correct results with no perfect scores, for a tally of five.
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 6 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 42 |
Guests | 31 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Hull 2-0 Crystal Palace
Leicester 2-2 Burnley
Liverpool 2-1 West Brom
Sunderland 3-1 Stoke
Swansea 2-2 Newcastle
Aston Villa 0-2 Man City
SUNDAY
Man Utd 2-1 Everton
Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
Tottenham 1-0 Southampton
West Ham 2-0 QPR
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Ossie's prediction: 3-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P6 | W4 | D1 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
10 | Liam Fray |
7 | Lawro (average after 6 weeks) |
5 | Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann |
4 | Kell Brook |
2 | Neil Lennon |
Lawro's best score: 9 points (week six v Joe Cole)
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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2. | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | +2 | |
3. | Man Utd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | +4 | |
4. | Southampton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -2 | |
5. | Man City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -2 | |
6. | Stoke | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | +5 | |
7. | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | +7 | |
8. | Tottenham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
10. | Everton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | +5 | |
11. | Newcastle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | +8 | |
12. | QPR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | +6 | |
13. | Swansea | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | -8 | |
14. | Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +3 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -9 | |
16. | West Brom | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | |
17. | Hull | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | |
18. | Leicester | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -6 | |
19. | West Ham | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -6 | |
20. | Burnley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
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