Premier League predictions: Lawro v Comic Relief's Dermot O'Leary

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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 TV and radio presenter Dermot O'Leary.

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O'Leary's Focus predictions

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

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

Lawro

194

Guests

195

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

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

SATURDAY

Crystal Palace 3-1 QPR

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Dermot's prediction: 2-1

Match report.

Arsenal 3-0 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Dermot's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Leicester 0-0 Hull

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Dermot's prediction: 0-1

Match report

Sunderland 0-4 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Dermot's prediction: 0-1

Match report

West Brom 1-0 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Dermot's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Burnley 1-0 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Dermot's prediction: 1-4

Match report

SUNDAY

Chelsea 1-1 Southampton

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Dermot's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Everton 3-0 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Dermot's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Man Utd 3-0 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Dermot's prediction: 1-2

Match report

MONDAY

Swansea 0-1 Liverpool

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Dermot's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P28

W12

D4

L12

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

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

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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