Premier League predictions: Lawro v ex-F1 driver Mark Webber
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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 former F1 driver Mark Webber.
The Australian is a Manchester United fan and thinks Old Trafford cult hero Eric Cantona is the football star who would make the best racing driver.
Why I support Man Utd - Webber
"He's a nutter isn't he? Us racing drivers are all nutters too so you can't have anyone sensible behind the wheel," Webber explained. "So I've got to go for Eric. He's a legend."
Webber has been a United fan since their dramatic win over Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final.
"That was pretty much the first football match I watched in its entirety," he said.
"It was a pretty special game and you couldn't help but be drawn to the team that never gave up. That was my first experience of 'Fergie time' but I saw lots more of that from that day onwards.
"It is still my favourite game of all time. I've been to some live matches which were great but watching them win the treble on TV was the real emotional spark for me to start watching football."
You can make your predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - Week 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Webber | |
SATURDAY | |||
Everton v Chelsea | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
Arsenal v Stoke | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Crystal Palace v Man City | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Norwich v Bournemouth | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Watford v Swansea | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
West Brom v Southampton | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
Man Utd v Liverpool | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Sunderland v Tottenham | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Leicester v Aston Villa | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
MONDAY | |||
West Ham v Newcastle | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Our scoring system has changed this season and a correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is now worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the last round of games before the international break, Lawro got five correct results from 10 Premier League games, including two perfect scores.
His score of 110 points saw him beat sprint star Darren Campbell, who picked three correct results with no perfect scores, for a total of 30.
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 4 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 310 |
Guests | 150 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Everton 3-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Webber's prediction: I'm going for a draw between the two blue teams. 1-1
Arsenal 2-0 Stoke
Crystal Palace 0-1 Man City
Norwich 3-1 Bournemouth
Watford 1-0 Swansea
West Brom 0-0 Southampton
Man Utd 3-1 Liverpool
SUNDAY
Sunderland 0-1 Tottenham
Leicester 3-2 Aston Villa
MONDAY
West Ham 2-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Webber's prediction: Both of these teams are inconsistent but I am going to back Newcastle. 0-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P4 | W2 | D1 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
78 | Lawro (average after four weeks) |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
30 | Darren Campbell |
20 | Graeme Swann |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Jack Whitehall & week four v Darren Campbell)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann)
ARROWS AND +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
2. | Man Utd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +3 | |
3. | Southampton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +7 | |
4. | Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
5. | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
6. | Chelsea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +7 | |
7. | Crystal Palace | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | |
8. | Tottenham | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +8 | |
9. | Leicester | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | |
10. | West Brom | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +5 | |
11. | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +9 | |
12. | Swansea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | |
13. | Bournemouth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | |
14. | Newcastle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +5 | |
15. | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | |
16. | Everton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | |
17. | Norwich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | |
18. | West Ham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -10 | |
19. | Stoke | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | |
20. | Watford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 | |
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