Premier League predictions: Lawro v Countdown star Rachel Riley

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

Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Countdown co-presenter Rachel Riley.

Riley is better known for her love of Maths of the Day rather than Match of the Day - she is the numbers expert on the long-running Channel Four show.

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Predictions from Countdown's Rachel Riley

But the Oxford University mathematics graduate actually knows her football as well as her figures and was brought up as a Manchester United fan - starting with a United babygrow and teddy bear when she was born - because her dad is from Salford.

Her favourite United players are Ryan Giggs and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and she also enjoys playing too - she starred at the Soccer Six Fest in August.

Will Riley get her calculations correct with her scores for the weekend? You can see all of her predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Rachel

SATURDAY

Newcastle v Liverpool

1-0

1-1

1-3

Arsenal v Burnley

3-0

3-0

3-0

Chelsea v QPR

2-1

3-0

4-0

Everton v Swansea

0-0

2-0

1-1

Hull v Southampton

0-1

2-1

0-1

Leicester v West Brom

0-1

2-0

2-1

Stoke v West Ham

2-2

1-0

2-1

SUNDAY

Man City v Man Utd

1-0

2-0

3-2

Aston Villa v Tottenham

1-2

1-1

0-2

MONDAY

Crystal Palace v Sunderland

1-3

2-1

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 one correct result from 10 Premier League games, predicting the perfect score in Swansea's 2-0 win over Leicester.

His total score of three points was beaten by The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Karen Hauer, who got four correct results including one perfect score.

We are 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 9

Lawro

70

Guests

52

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

SATURDAY

Newcastle 1-0 Liverpool

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Rachel's prediction: 1-3

Read match report.

Arsenal 3-0 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Rachel's prediction: 3-0

Read match report.

Chelsea 2-1 QPR

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Rachel's prediction: 4-0

Read match report.

Everton 0-0 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Rachel's prediction: 1-1

Read match report.

Hull 0-1 Southampton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Rachel's prediction: 0-1

Read match report.

Leicester 0-1 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Rachel's prediction: 2-1

Read match report.

Stoke 2-2 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 1-0

Rachel's prediction: 2-1

Read match report.

SUNDAY

Man City 1-0 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Rachel's prediction: 3-2

Read match report.

Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Rachel's prediction: 0-2

Read match report.

MONDAY

Crystal Palace 1-3 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Rachel's prediction: 2-2

Read match report.

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

Lawro v Guests

P9

W5

D2

L2

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

10

Liam Fray

7.78

Lawro (average after 9 weeks)

8

Roddy Doyle

7

Ossie Ardiles

6

Mark Wright & Karen Hauer

5

Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann

4

Kell Brook

2

Neil Lennon

Lawro's best score: 17 points (week seven v Ossie Ardiles)

Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week nine v Mark Wright and Karen Hauer)

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Chelsea

9

8

1

0

25

0

2.

Man City

9

6

3

0

21

+1

3.

Liverpool

9

6

3

0

21

+4

4.

Man Utd

9

6

2

1

20

+4

5.

Arsenal

9

5

3

1

18

0

6.

Stoke

9

4

4

1

16

+6

7.

Southampton

9

4

3

2

15

-5

8.

Everton

9

3

4

2

13

+1

9.

Tottenham

9

3

4

2

13

+2

10.

Newcastle

9

3

4

2

13

+4

11.

Sunderland

9

2

5

2

11

+7

12.

Swansea

9

3

1

5

10

-6

13.

Crystal Palace

9

3

0

6

9

+3

14.

West Brom

9

2

1

6

7

-1

15.

Aston Villa

9

2

1

6

7

0

16.

QPR

9

2

1

6

7

+3

17.

West Ham

9

1

3

5

6

-13

18.

Hull

9

2

0

7

6

-8

19.

Leicester

9

1

2

6

5

-2

20.

Burnley

9

0

4

5

4

0

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