Premier League predictions: Lawro v Marco Polo star Benedict Wong
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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 actor Benedict Wong, who plays Mongol ruler Kublai Khan in Netflix's new TV adventure series Marco Polo.
Wong shaved his head and put on two-and-a-half stone to star as Kublai Khan
Eccles-born Wong grew up in Salford supporting Manchester United and says his favourite players were Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.
"They were the two players in midfield that drove the team to so much success," he told BBC Sport.
These days, Wong enjoys watching United's all-star attack but feels the rest of the team needs some strengthening before they can think about challenging for the title again.
"Christmas is coming up so I have written to Santa and asked for a few more defenders," he added. "Get it right there and we might have it all.
"Can we push for the title this season? No, let's just get third place and get back in the Champions League. Then we can push on from there."
You can see all of Wong's predictions on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Wong | |
SATURDAY | |||
Burnley v Southampton | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
Chelsea v Hull | 2-0 | 3-0 | 5-0 |
Crystal Palace v Stoke | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Leicester v Man City | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 |
Sunderland v West Ham | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
West Brom v Aston Villa | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
Arsenal v Newcastle | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Man Utd v Liverpool | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Swansea v Tottenham | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Everton v QPR | 3-1 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
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 games, with no perfect scores.
But his score of four points was beaten by former British tennis number one Tim Henman, who also picked four correct results, but with two perfect scores to give him a total of eight points.
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 15 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 108 |
Guests | 100 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Burnley 1-0 Southampton
Chelsea 2-0 Hull
Crystal Palace 1-1 Stoke
Leicester 0-1 Man City
Sunderland 1-1 West Ham
West Brom 1-0 Aston Villa
Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle
SUNDAY
Man Utd 3-0 Liverpool
Swansea 1-2 Tottenham
MONDAY
Everton 3-1 QPR
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Wong's prediction: 4-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P15 | W6 | D3 | L6 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Henning Wehn |
7.2 | Lawro (average after 15 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | +3 | |
4. | Liverpool | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | +5 | |
5. | Man Utd | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | -2 | |
6. | Everton | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | +6 | |
7. | Stoke | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | +6 | |
8. | Tottenham | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | +2 | |
9. | Southampton | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | -4 | |
10. | Newcastle | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -3 | |
11. | Aston Villa | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 0 | |
12. | Sunderland | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | +2 | |
13. | Hull | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | +5 | |
14. | West Ham | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | |
15. | Swansea | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -7 | |
16. | Crystal Palace | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -1 | |
17. | QPR | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | |
18. | Burnley | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | +1 | |
19. | West Brom | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -3 | |
20. | Leicester | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | |
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