Premier League & Capital One Cup predictions: Lawro v George Ford
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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 England rugby union star George Ford.
George Ford's Focus predictions
The Bath fly-half is a Chelsea fan who will not be able to watch much of their clash with Tottenham in Sunday's Capital One Cup final because he is playing for England in their Six Nations game against Ireland in Dublin on the same day.
Ford is confident that Chelsea will beat Spurs at Wembley on Sunday to win their first trophy of the season and thinks they will collect more silverware very soon. "We have been going well - playing some really good football and scoring some really nice goals," he told BBC Sport.
"I've enjoyed watching us and I think we will have a really strong finish to the season.
"Will we win the Premier League? Yes I think so. The Champions League? I'm not sure.
"But I would back us to get the result we need at Stamford Bridge against Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals and, once we are there, anything can happen."
Ford started supporting Chelsea because he was living in London when he first got into football
Ireland v England is live on BBC One on Sunday. Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT and coverage starts at 14:30 GMT.
Premier League and Capital One Cup predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | George | |
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Crystal Palace | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Burnley v Swansea | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
Man Utd v Sunderland | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Newcastle v Aston Villa | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Stoke v Hull | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
West Brom v Southampton | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Chelsea v Tottenham (Capital One Cup final) | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Liverpool v Man City | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Arsenal v Everton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
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, including one perfect score.
His score of six points saw him draw with Superbike legend Carl Fogarty, who also picked four correct results with one perfect score to earn six 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 26 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 177 |
Guests | 172 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
West Ham 1-3 Crystal Palace
Burnley 0-1 Swansea
Man Utd 2-0 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa
Stoke 1-0 Hull
West Brom 1-0 Southampton
SUNDAY
Capital One Cup final: Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham
Liverpool 2-1 Man City
Arsenal 0-0 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
George's prediction: 3-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P26 | W11 | D4 | L11 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
12 | Mark Ronson |
11 | Steph Houghton |
10 | Liam Fray, Rachel Riley |
9 | Kelly Smith |
8 | Death in Paradise, Roddy Doyle, Tim Henman, Olly Murs, Henning Wehn, Benedict Wong |
7 | Miles Jacobson, Ossie Ardiles, Seann Walsh |
6.81 | Lawro (average after 26 weeks) |
6 | Carl Fogarty, 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 | John Cooper Clarke, 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 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 0 | |
3. | Man Utd | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 58 | +1 | |
4. | Arsenal | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 56 | -1 | |
5. | Liverpool | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 52 | +1 | |
6. | Everton | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 41 | +6 | |
7. | Southampton | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | -2 | |
8. | Tottenham | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | -1 | |
9. | Hull | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 33 | +6 | |
10. | Sunderland | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | +6 | |
11. | West Ham | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -3 | |
12. | Crystal Palace | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | +1 | |
13. | Stoke | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | -3 | |
14. | Newcastle | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -3 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 25 | +4 | |
16. | West Brom | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -2 | |
17. | QPR | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 0 | |
18. | Burnley | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 0 | |
19. | Swansea | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -10 | |
20. | Leicester | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | |
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