Premier League predictions: Lawro v commentator Steve Wilson
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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 the Premier League fixtures on New Year's Day was Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson.
Wilson correctly predicted a rare defeat for Chelsea in their trip to London rivals Tottenham and tipped Manchester City to beat Sunderland - results which left the teams with identical records at the top of the table.
"Spurs hardly ever beat Chelsea, but even that has to happen every now and again," Wilson told BBC Sport.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Steve | |
NEW YEAR'S DAY | |||
Stoke v Man Utd | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Hull v Everton | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Liverpool v Leicester | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Man City v Sunderland | 3-2 | 2-0 | 4-2 |
Newcastle v Burnley | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
QPR v Swansea | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 |
Southampton v Arsenal | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
West Ham v West Brom | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Tottenham v Chelsea | 5-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
The last round of festive fixtures, on Sunday and Monday, saw Lawro get three correct results from 10 games, with no perfect scores.
His score of three points was enough to beat Unbroken star Jack O'Connell, who picked two correct results, with no perfect scores, to give him a total of two points and leave him joint-bottom of the guest leaderboard with Bolton manager Neil Lennon.
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 19 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 134 |
Guests | 122 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Stoke 1-1 Man Utd
Aston Villa 0-0 Crystal Palace
Hull 2-0 Everton
Liverpool 2-2 Leicester
Man City 3-2 Sunderland
Newcastle 3-3 Burnley
QPR 1-1 Swansea
Southampton 2-0 Arsenal
West Ham 1-1 West Brom
Tottenham 5-3 Chelsea
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P19 | W9 | D3 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
8 | Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7.05 | Lawro (average after 19 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, Guy Mowbray |
2 | Neil Lennon, Jack O'Connell |
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 and week 19 v Jack O'Connell)
ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 41 | +2 | |
4. | Man Utd | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | -1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 37 | +3 | |
6. | Everton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | +6 | |
7. | Southampton | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -3 | |
8. | Tottenham | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -1 | |
9. | Stoke | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | +2 | |
10. | Sunderland | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | +4 | |
11. | Newcastle | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -1 | |
12. | Swansea | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -3 | |
13. | Aston Villa | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | |
14. | Crystal Palace | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | +4 | |
15. | Hull | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 | +2 | |
16. | West Ham | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | |
17. | QPR | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -2 | |
18. | Burnley | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | +1 | |
19. | West Brom | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -3 | |
20. | Leicester | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | |
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