Premier League predictions: Lawro v Charlatans singer Tim Burgess
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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 Tim Burgess, the lead singer of The Charlatans.
Burgess says his favourite FA Cup memory is when Man Utd beat Liverpool in the 1977 final. "There is nothing better than beating Liverpool in a cup final," he said.
Burgess is a Manchester United fan and told BBC Sport: "My all-time United hero is Gary Neville, because of his passion really - he has got the club running through his veins - and he has become a friend of mine as well.
"He joined us on stage and played guitar when the Charlatans did a show on the roof of his hotel in July, on the five-a-side pitch.
"I thought it would be a great thing to ask him to play - I knew he would be nervous but I also knew he wouldn't back out of it.
"He played 'Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over' which is one of his favourites, and it was brilliant. He is a great musician - but he is good at everything isn't he?"
Premier League predictions - Week 15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Tim | |
SATURDAY | |||
Stoke v Man City | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 |
Arsenal v Sunderland | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Man Utd v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Southampton v Aston Villa | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Swansea v Leicester | 0-3 | 2-1 | 4-4 |
Watford v Norwich | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
West Brom v Tottenham | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
Chelsea v Bournemouth | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Newcastle v Liverpool | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
MONDAY | |||
Everton v Crystal Palace | 1-1 | 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 week, Lawro got four correct results from 10 Premier League games, with no perfect scores.
His score of 40 points saw him beat British NBA star Luol Deng, who picked three correct results and no perfect scores.
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 14 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,000 |
Guests | 720 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Stoke 2-0 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Tim's prediction: I really like Stoke and I really like Mark Hughes too. 1-0
Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland
Man Utd 0-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tim's prediction: We have not really clicked yet this season but there have been a few signs and I have got faith that it will happen. A top-four finish looks a pretty safe bet but I am not sure about the title yet. As for Saturday, it will be a low-scoring game and Chris Smalling will get the winner. 1-0
Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tim's prediction: My friend Martin Duffy out of Primal Scream is a Villa fan. I'd like to see them win, but it is not going to happen. 2-0
Swansea 0-3 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Tim's prediction: Vardy is very good - United should buy him actually. 4-4
Watford 2-0 Norwich
West Brom 1-1 Tottenham
Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth
SUNDAY
Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool
MONDAY
Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tim's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P14 | W10 | D3 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Sam Tomkins |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Amir Khan |
71 | Lawro (average after 14 weeks) |
70 | Osi Umenyiora |
60 | Stuart Broad |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
40 | Neville |
30 | Darren Campbell, Luol Deng, Mark Webber |
20 | Graeme Swann |
10 | Paul Heaton, 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
2. | Chelsea | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | +12 | |
3. | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 30 | +1 | |
4. | Liverpool | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | +2 | |
5. | Southampton | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | +5 | |
6. | Man Utd | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | -3 | |
7. | Tottenham | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | -2 | |
8. | West Brom | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | +5 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | -2 | |
10. | Newcastle | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | +9 | |
11. | Stoke | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | +1 | |
12. | Bournemouth | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | +6 | |
13. | Sunderland | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | +4 | |
14. | Swansea | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | +1 | |
15. | Everton | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | |
16. | Norwich | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |
17. | Leicester | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -16 | |
18. | West Ham | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -10 | |
19. | Watford | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | -8 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
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