Premier League predictions: Lawro v Justin Moorhouse
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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 comedian and Phoenix Nights star Justin Moorhouse.
Justin (far left) starred with Manchester United legend Eric Cantona in the 2009 film 'Looking for Eric'
Moorhouse is a lifelong Manchester United fan who once lost his little brother in a Stretford End melee and has worked with his hero Eric Cantona on the film 'Looking for Eric', but he is far from enamoured with the current brand of football under manager Louis van Gaal.
"Please someone, wake me up! It's soporific stuff at the moment," he said.
"Van Gaal is an extremely confident man, an expert coach and his 'philosophy' has proved to be a success around the world. It is just incredibly dull to watch.
"It's the most boring football I've ever seen at Old Trafford and I'd rather be on the edge of my seat than at the top of the table. I could accept this football if we were 10 points clear at the top but struggling to finish fourth and still playing the worst football of all time is just… I've just given up on him."
Unsurprisingly, Moorhouse believes Van Gaal's side will be held to yet another goalless draw at home to Norwich this weekend.
Premier League predictions - Week 17 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Justin | |
SATURDAY | |||
Chelsea v Sunderland | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Everton v Leicester | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
Man Utd v Norwich | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Southampton v Tottenham | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Stoke v Crystal Palace | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
West Brom v Bournemouth | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Newcastle v Aston Villa | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Watford v Liverpool | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
Swansea v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Arsenal v Man City | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
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, including one perfect score.
His score of 70 points saw him beat indie band Mumford & Sons, who scored 40 points with four correct results.
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 16 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,130 |
Guests | 820 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland
Everton 2-3 Leicester
Man Utd 1-2 Norwich
Southampton 0-2 Tottenham
Stoke 1-2 Crystal Palace
West Brom 1-2 Bournemouth
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa
SUNDAY
Watford 3-0 Liverpool
Swansea 0-0 West Ham
MONDAY
Arsenal 2-1 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Justin Moorhouse's prediction: 2-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P16 | W11 | D4 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Sam Tomkins |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Amir Khan |
71 | Lawro (average after 16 weeks) |
70 | Osi Umenyiora |
60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
40 | Neville, Mumford & Sons |
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 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 42 | +2 | |
2. | Arsenal | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
3. | Chelsea | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 35 | +13 | |
4. | Liverpool | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 34 | +5 | |
5. | Man Utd | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | -1 | |
6. | Southampton | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | +6 | |
7. | West Brom | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | +6 | |
8. | Crystal Palace | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | -2 | |
9. | Tottenham | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -4 | |
10. | Newcastle | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | +5 | |
11. | Swansea | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | +6 | |
12. | Norwich | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | +6 | |
13. | Stoke | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -2 | |
14. | Bournemouth | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -5 | |
15. | Sunderland | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | +4 | |
16. | Everton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |
17. | Leicester | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -16 | |
18. | Watford | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -11 | |
19. | West Ham | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | -11 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
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