Premier League predictions: Lawro v boxer Amir Khan
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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 boxer Amir Khan.
Bolton-born Khan supports his hometown team and feels they will soon climb out of the Championship relegation zone.
Amir Khan won his last fight against Chris Algieri in May - but how will he fare against Lawro?
Khan says his favourite Wanderers player of all time is Kevin Davies.
The former two-time light-welterweight world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist told BBC Sport: "Kevin was with us for 10 years and did a lot for Bolton - he scored a lot of vital goals, was very loyal to the team and always encouraged all the other players,"
Premier League predictions - Week 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Amir | |
SATURDAY | |||
Tottenham v Liverpool | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Chelsea v Aston Villa | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Crystal Palace v West Ham | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Everton v Man Utd | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
Man City v Bournemouth | 5-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Southampton v Leicester | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
West Brom v Sunderland | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Watford v Arsenal | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Newcastle v Norwich | 6-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Swansea v Stoke | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
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.
Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results from 10 Premier League games, including one perfect score.
His score of 80 points saw him beat former NFL star Osi Umenyiora, who picked four correct result with one perfect score, for a total of 70.
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).
Make your own predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
Total scores after week 8 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 540 |
Guests | 340 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Tottenham 0-0 Liverpool
Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 1-3 West Ham
Everton 0-3 Man Utd
Man City 5-1 Bournemouth
Southampton 2-2 Leicester
West Brom 1-0 Sunderland
Watford 0-3 Arsenal
SUNDAY
Newcastle 6-2 Norwich
MONDAY
Swansea 0-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Amir's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P8 | W6 | D1 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
80 | Lawro (average after eight weeks) |
70 | Osi Umenyiora |
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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2. | Arsenal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
3. | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | +13 | |
4. | Liverpool | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +6 | |
5. | Southampton | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | +4 | |
6. | West Brom | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | +11 | |
7. | Man Utd | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | -4 | |
8. | Tottenham | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -5 | |
10. | Stoke | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | +4 | |
11. | Bournemouth | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +4 | |
12. | Norwich | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +1 | |
13. | Leicester | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | |
14. | Sunderland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | +5 | |
15. | Newcastle | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | +5 | |
16. | Swansea | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -5 | |
17. | Everton | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -10 | |
18. | West Ham | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -12 | |
19. | Aston Villa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -1 | |
20. | Watford | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | -8 | |
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