Premier League predictions: Lawro v DJ & producer Mark Ronson

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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 DJ, musician and producer Mark Ronson.

Ronson is currently at number one in the UK single and album charts, and his team Chelsea also occupy top spot in the Premier League table.

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Premier League predictions: Mark Ronson

The London-born star insists he is no glory-hunter, explaining: "My interest in football and Chelsea goes back to before I was born.

"My dad is a lifelong Chelsea fan so I'm sure he took my mum to games when she was pregnant with me.

"I went to a lot of Chelsea matches as a boy, then moved to the United States when I was eight, but I feel like I have been with Chelsea since they were in the rough, in the Kerry Dixon years in the 1980s - if anyone wants to talk to me about being a fair-weather fan, I have that.

"The time I went to the most matches was during the era of Dennis Wise, Gianluca Vialli and Gianfranco Zola at the end of the 1990s.

"To be honest I haven't been to that many matches recently because they lost the last time I went, which was about four years ago, when my dad took me.

"Now he won't take me again because he believes I am like a curse, even though they are doing so well this season that I don't think he can jinx it by taking me."

Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Ronson is at number one in the UK single chart with Uptown Funk, and top of the album chart with Uptown Special

Premier League predictions

Result

Lawro

Mark

SATURDAY

Hull v Newcastle

0-3

2-1

2-2

Crystal Palace v Everton

0-1

1-1

0-1

Liverpool v West Ham

2-0

2-1

2-0

Man Utd v Leicester

3-1

3-0

2-0

Stoke v QPR

3-1

1-1

0-1

Sunderland v Burnley

2-0

2-1

1-2

West Brom v Tottenham

0-3

2-1

1-2

Chelsea v Man City

1-1

1-1

2-1

SUNDAY

Arsenal v Aston Villa

5-0

2-0

2-0

Southampton v Swansea

0-1

2-0

0-1

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.

In his FA Cup fourth-round predictions, Lawro got four results right out of the 16 ties, including one perfect score, to give him a total of six points.

He beat his guest, Cambridge United legend Dion Dublin, who got five correct results but with no perfect scores, for a total of five. Dublin did have the consolation of seeing the U's get the replay he wanted against Manchester United.

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 22

Lawro

153

Guests

143

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

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

SATURDAY

Hull 0-3 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Mark's prediction: 2-2

Match report

Crystal Palace 0-1 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Mark's prediction: 0-1

Match report

Liverpool 2-0 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Mark's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man Utd 3-1 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Mark's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Stoke 3-1 QPR

Sunderland 2-0 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Mark's prediction: 1-2

Match report

West Brom 0-3 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Mark's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Chelsea 1-1 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Mark's prediction: 2-1

Match report

SUNDAY

Arsenal 5-0 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Mark's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Southampton 0-1 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Mark's prediction: 0-1

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P22

W10

D3

L9

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

11

Steph Houghton

10

Liam Fray, Rachel Riley

8

Death in Paradise, Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong

7

Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles, Seann Walsh

6.95

Lawro (average after 22 weeks)

6

Football Manager, Mark Wright & Karen Hauer, Steve Wilson

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: 2 points (week 20 v Steve Wilson)

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Chelsea

22

20

2

0

62

0

2.

Man City

22

19

3

0

60

0

3.

Man Utd

22

15

4

3

49

+1

4.

Arsenal

22

13

7

2

46

+1

5.

Liverpool

22

12

9

1

45

+3

6.

Everton

22

10

6

6

36

+6

7.

Tottenham

22

7

9

6

30

-1

8.

Southampton

22

7

7

8

28

-5

9.

Stoke

22

7

5

10

26

+1

10.

West Ham

22

6

7

9

25

-3

11.

Newcastle

22

5

9

8

24

0

12.

Crystal Palace

22

7

3

12

24

+1

13.

Hull

22

8

0

14

24

+5

14.

Sunderland

22

5

8

9

23

+2

15.

Aston Villa

22

6

4

12

22

0

16.

QPR

22

6

2

14

20

+3

17.

Swansea

22

5

4

13

19

-8

18.

Burnley

22

5

4

13

19

-1

19.

Leicester

22

4

3

15

15

+1

20.

West Brom

22

3

5

14

14

-6

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