Premier League predictions: Lawro v former NFL star Osi Umenyiora
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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 NFL star Osi Umenyiora, who will be making his predictions on Friday.
Umenyiora, born in London, played football as a child before switching to gridiron when he moved to the United States as a teenager.
Osi Umenyiora won two Super Bowls as a defensive end for New York Giants
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 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Osi | |
SATURDAY | |||
Crystal Palace v West Brom | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Aston Villa v Stoke | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
Bournemouth v Watford | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Man City v Newcastle | 6-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Norwich v Leicester | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
Sunderland v West Ham | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Chelsea v Southampton | 1-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Everton v Liverpool | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Arsenal v Man Utd | 3-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
Swansea v Tottenham | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
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 seven correct results from 10 Premier League games, including one perfect score.
His score of 100 points saw him beat Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones, who picked one correct result with no perfect scores, for a total of 10.
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 7 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 460 |
Guests | 270 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Crystal Palace 2-0 West Brom
Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke
Bournemouth 1-1 Watford
Man City 6-1 Newcastle
Norwich 1-2 Leicester
Sunderland 2-2 West Ham
Chelsea 1-3 Southampton
SUNDAY
Everton 1-1 Liverpool
Arsenal 3-0 Man Utd
Swansea 2-2 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Osi's prediction: 0-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P7 | W5 | D1 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
80 | Lawro (average after seven weeks) |
60 | Stuart Broad |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
30 | Darren Campbell, Mark Webber |
20 | Graeme Swann |
10 | Kelly Jones |
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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | +1 | |
2. | Southampton | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | +8 | |
3. | Arsenal | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | +1 | |
4. | Liverpool | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | +5 | |
5. | Chelsea | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | +9 | |
6. | Man Utd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | -5 | |
7. | West Brom | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | +8 | |
8. | Tottenham | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -2 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -2 | |
10. | Leicester | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | |
11. | Newcastle | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | +8 | |
12. | Stoke | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | +5 | |
13. | Bournemouth | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | +3 | |
14. | Norwich | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | |
15. | Swansea | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | |
16. | Sunderland | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | |
17. | West Ham | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -14 | |
18. | Everton | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -13 | |
19. | Aston Villa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -1 | |
20. | Watford | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -7 | |
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