Premier League predictions: Lawro v comedian Henning Wehn
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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 German comedian Henning Wehn.
The Hagen-born comic's stand-up career actually owes its origins to English football, after he took part in an open-mic night while working for Wycombe Wanderers in 2002.
Henning Wehn says he is watching "as much football as possible" while touring the UK
Wehn explained: "The company I was working for in Germany was about to go under so I looked at my CV, which looked all right, but I didn't speak English.
"I thought 'that has to change' so I applied to the 92 League clubs in England, because I'd always worked in sports marketing. I ended up working for Wycombe in their marketing department.
"They are still the first result I check, and I try to get to five or six games a season. A lot of the people who I worked with are still there, so it's great to go home."
Wehn is touring the UK with his new show 'Eins, Zwei, DIY' and is using his travels to watch "as much football as possible".
"So far I've been to Bristol Rovers versus Forest Green and Oldham against Bradford," he added.
"There's not that many people at lower league games so I can get in and out easily. If there's lots of people I might miss soundcheck."
You can see all of Henning's predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Henning | |
SATURDAY | |||
West Brom v Arsenal | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
Burnley v Aston Villa | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Liverpool v Stoke | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Man Utd v Hull | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
QPR v Leicester | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Swansea v Crystal Palace | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
West Ham v Newcastle | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Sunderland v Chelsea | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Southampton v Man City | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Tottenham v Everton | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got four correct results from 10 Premier League games, with no perfect scores.
His score of four points was was beaten by Citizen Khan actor Adil Ray, who picked three correct results, but had one perfect score to give him a total of five.
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 12 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 87 |
Guests | 73 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
West Brom 0-1 Arsenal
Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa
Liverpool 1-0 Stoke
Man Utd 3-0 Hull
QPR 3-2 Leicester
Swansea 1-1 Crystal Palace
West Ham 1-0 Newcastle
Sunderland 0-0 Chelsea
SUNDAY
Southampton 0-3 Man City
Tottenham 2-1 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Henning's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P12 | W6 | D2 | L4 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle |
7.25 | Lawro (average after 12 weeks) |
7 | Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles |
6 | Football Manager, Mark Wright & Karen Hauer |
5 | Joe Cole, Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann, Adil Ray |
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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | +1 | |
3. | Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | +5 | |
4. | Liverpool | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | +8 | |
5. | Man Utd | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | -1 | |
6. | Stoke | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | +5 | |
7. | Everton | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | +2 | |
8. | Southampton | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | -6 | |
9. | Newcastle | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -4 | |
10. | Tottenham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |
11. | Sunderland | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | +3 | |
12. | Crystal Palace | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | +3 | |
13. | Hull | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | +4 | |
14. | Aston Villa | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | +2 | |
15. | Swansea | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -8 | |
16. | West Ham | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | |
17. | West Brom | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | |
18. | Leicester | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
19. | QPR | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +1 | |
20. | Burnley | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -1 | |
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