Premier League predictions: Lawro v singer Olly Murs

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BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

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 singer Olly Murs, who has just released his new album 'Never been better'.

Image caption,

Olly Murs played semi-professionally for Witham Town in the Ryman League between 2006 and 2008

Murs is a Manchester United fan who is still celebrating last week's win over Liverpool.

"Without David De Gea it could have been a completely different outcome but it was an incredible result and it is always a great feeling to beat one of our biggest rivals," he told BBC Sport.

"I don't think we have played particularly well in the last three or four games but, under Louis van Gaal, we seem to have our winning mentality back."

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Olly

SATURDAY

Man City v Crystal Palace

3-0

1-0

4-0

Aston Villa v Man Utd

1-1

0-2

1-2

Hull v Swansea

0-1

2-1

2-2

QPR v West Brom

3-2

1-1

2-1

Southampton v Everton

3-0

2-1

1-1

Tottenham v Burnley

2-1

2-0

2-0

West Ham v Leicester

2-0

2-0

3-1

SUNDAY

Newcastle v Sunderland

0-1

1-1

0-0

Liverpool v Arsenal

2-2

1-1

2-2

MONDAY

Stoke v Chelsea

0-2

0-2

1-2

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 five correct results from 10 games, with no perfect scores.

But his score of five points was beaten by Marco Polo star Benedict Wong, who picked six correct results, with one perfect score 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 16

Lawro

113

Guests

108

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

SATURDAY

Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 1-0

Olly's prediction: 4-0

Match report

Aston Villa 1-1 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Olly's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Hull 0-1 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Olly's prediction: 2-2

Match report

QPR 3-2 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Olly's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Southampton 3-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Olly's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Tottenham 2-1 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Olly's prediction: 2-0

Match report

West Ham 2-0 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Olly's prediction: 3-1

Match report

SUNDAY

Newcastle 0-1 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Olly's prediction: 0-0

Match report

Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Olly's prediction: 2-2

Match report

MONDAY

Stoke 0-2 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Olly's prediction: 1-2

Match report.

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

Lawro v Guests

P16

W6

D3

L7

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

11

Steph Houghton

10

Liam Fray, Rachel Riley

8

Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong

7.1

Lawro (average after 16 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

16

14

2

0

44

0

2.

Man City

16

13

3

0

42

0

3.

Arsenal

16

11

4

1

37

+3

4.

Man Utd

16

10

3

3

33

-1

5.

Liverpool

16

9

6

1

30

+6

6.

Everton

16

7

6

3

27

+4

7.

Stoke

16

6

5

5

23

+5

8.

Southampton

16

6

4

6

22

-3

9.

Tottenham

16

5

7

4

22

-2

10.

Newcastle

16

4

7

5

19

-2

11.

Aston Villa

16

5

3

8

18

+2

12.

Sunderland

16

4

6

6

18

+3

13.

Crystal Palace

16

5

2

9

17

+3

14.

Swansea

16

4

3

9

15

-5

15.

Hull

16

5

0

11

15

+4

16.

West Ham

16

3

5

8

14

-12

17.

Burnley

16

3

4

9

13

0

18.

QPR

16

4

1

11

13

0

19.

West Brom

16

2

4

10

10

-5

20.

Leicester

16

2

2

12

8

0

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