Premier League predictions: Lawro v Comic Relief's Dermot O'Leary
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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 TV and radio presenter Dermot O'Leary.
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He is an Arsenal fan who was at Old Trafford on Monday to see the Gunners beat Manchester United and carry out the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals.
O'Leary told BBC Sport: "I've been a Arsenal fan since I was five and we lost the 1978 FA Cup final to Ipswich. I was bereft.
"One of the reasons I started supporting them was that they always had an Irish spine to their team - starting with Pat Jennings, then with David O'Leary, Liam Brady and Frank Stapleton.
"Brady was always my favourite player but I traded off the fact David O'Leary was my uncle - which he isn't - for most of my primary school years."
Premier League predictions | |||
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Result | Lawro | Dermot | |
SATURDAY | |||
Crystal Palace v QPR | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Arsenal v West Ham | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Leicester v Hull | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Sunderland v Aston Villa | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
West Brom v Stoke | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Burnley v Man City | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-4 |
SUNDAY | |||
Chelsea v Southampton | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Everton v Newcastle | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Man Utd v Tottenham | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Swansea v Liverpool | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
For the FA Cup quarter-finals, Lawro got two correct results from the four ties, including one perfect score.
His score of four points was enough to beat dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who picked two correct results, but with no perfect scores, for a total of two points.
Lawro's FA Cup scores do not count towards his Premier League total, but Tottenham's win over QPR in the only top-flight match last weekend meant he and England rugby star George Ford both picked up an extra point.
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 28 | |
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Lawro | 194 |
Guests | 195 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Crystal Palace 3-1 QPR
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
Leicester 0-0 Hull
Sunderland 0-4 Aston Villa
West Brom 1-0 Stoke
Burnley 1-0 Man City
SUNDAY
Chelsea 1-1 Southampton
Everton 3-0 Newcastle
Man Utd 3-0 Tottenham
MONDAY
Swansea 0-1 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Dermot's prediction: 1-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P28 | W12 | D4 | L12 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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17 | Kieran Shudall |
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 |
6.92 | Lawro (average after 28 weeks) |
6 | Carl Fogarty, George Ford*, 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 |
* Does not include scores for postponed game - Leicester v Chelsea
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 | ||||||||
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POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Chelsea | 27 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 0 | |
2. | Man City | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 0 | |
3. | Arsenal | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 0 | |
4. | Man Utd | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 0 | |
5. | Liverpool | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 56 | 0 | |
6. | Southampton | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 46 | +1 | |
7. | Everton | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | +7 | |
8. | Tottenham | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 40 | -2 | |
9. | Hull | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 37 | +6 | |
10. | Sunderland | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 33 | +6 | |
11. | Stoke | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 31 | -3 | |
12. | West Ham | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -2 | |
13. | Newcastle | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -2 | |
14. | Crystal Palace | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 28 | -2 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | +2 | |
16. | West Brom | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -3 | |
17. | Burnley | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | +2 | |
18. | QPR | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 0 | |
19. | Swansea | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | -10 | |
20. | Leicester | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
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