Premier League predictions: Lawro v England cricket star Stuart Broad

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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 England cricket star Stuart Broad.

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Rollercoaster as a Forest fan - Broad

The Ashes hero is a Nottingham Forest fan who saw his team beaten 8-1 by Manchester United on his first trip to the City Ground in 1999.

"I remember the guy who was sat in front of us arrived late and left early to avoid the traffic, and he missed about five goals," Broad told BBC Sport.

"So it was a bit of a learning experience - now I always make sure I get to a game early and stay until the end."

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 6

Result

Lawro

Broad

SATURDAY

Chelsea v Arsenal

2-0

1-1

2-0

Aston Villa v West Brom

0-1

1-2

2-2

Bournemouth v Sunderland

2-0

2-0

3-1

Newcastle v Watford

1-2

2-0

1-1

Stoke v Leicester

2-2

2-0

1-0

Swansea v Everton

0-0

1-1

1-2

Man City v West Ham

1-2

2-0

3-0

SUNDAY

Tottenham v Crystal Palace

1-0

2-0

2-1

Liverpool v Norwich

1-1

2-0

3-1

Southampton v Man Utd

2-3

2-1

0-0

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.

Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results from 10 Premier League games, including one perfect score.

His score of 80 points saw him beat ex-F1 driver Mark Webber, who picked five correct results with no perfect scores, for a total of 50.

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 5

Lawro

390

Guests

200

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated

SATURDAY

Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Broad's prediction: It is time for Chelsea to bounce back. 2-0

Match report

Aston Villa 0-1 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Broad's prediction: 2-2

Match report

Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 3-1

Match report

Newcastle 1-2 Watford

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 1-1

Match report

Stoke 2-2 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 1-0

Match report

Swansea 0-0 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Broad's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Man City 1-2 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 3-0

Match report

SUNDAY

Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Liverpool 1-1 Norwich

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Broad's prediction: 3-1

Match report

Southampton 2-3 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Broad's prediction: 0-0

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P5

W3

D1

L1

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

78

Lawro (average after five weeks)

50

Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall

30

Darren Campbell, Mark Webber

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 & +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND REAL TABLE

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

DIFF

+/-

1.

Man City

5

4

1

0

13

0

2.

Arsenal

5

3

2

0

11

+2

3.

Chelsea

5

3

1

1

10

+14

4.

Man Utd

5

3

1

1

10

-1

5.

Southampton

5

3

1

1

10

+6

6.

Leicester

5

2

3

0

9

-4

7.

Liverpool

5

2

3

0

9

+3

8.

Tottenham

5

2

2

1

8

+4

9.

Crystal Palace

5

2

1

2

7

-3

10.

West Brom

5

1

4

0

7

+4

11.

Norwich

5

2

0

3

6

-2

12.

Sunderland

5

1

3

1

6

+7

13.

Swansea

5

1

3

1

6

-5

14.

Newcastle

5

1

2

2

5

+6

15.

Bournemouth

5

1

1

3

4

+1

16.

West Ham

5

1

1

3

4

-11

17.

Aston Villa

5

1

0

4

3

-2

18.

Everton

5

1

0

4

3

-11

19.

Stoke

5

0

2

3

2

-1

20.

Watford

5

0

1

4

0

-7

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