Premier League predictions: Lawro v Creed stars Jordan & Bellew
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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 the latest round of Premier League fixtures are Creed stars Michael B Jordan & Tony Bellew.
Everton fan and professional boxer Bellew plays 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan in the film, that sees Sylvester Stallone reprise his role as the former world heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa.
Balboa is trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson - played by Jordan - the son of his former rival Apollo Creed.
Creed actors try Lawro's predictions
"At one point Ricky was going to be a Liverpool fan," Bellew told BBC Sport. "I said I can't play a Liverpool fan because, if I do that, I cannot go home.
"We got Everton involved instead and I am so happy because the club have given me so much - I have been around Europe watching them and I have supported them since I was a baby - so I feel I have given something back by getting their ground and the club's badge global exposure in this film."
California-born Jordan says listening to Bellew has made him a Toffees supporter too, and explained: "I am an honorary Evertonian now. I cannot speak in a Scouse accent but I can understand it."
You can hear more from Jordan and Bellew on Football Focus at 12:10 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions - Week 22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Jordan & Bellew | |
SATURDAY | |||
Tottenham v Sunderland | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Bournemouth v Norwich | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Chelsea v Everton | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
Man City v Crystal Palace | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 |
Newcastle v West Ham | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Southampton v West Brom | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
Aston Villa v Leicester | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-4 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Man Utd | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Stoke v Arsenal | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
MONDAY | |||
Swansea v Watford | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
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.
From the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got four correct results from 10 matches, with no perfect scores.
His score of 40 points saw him beat comedian and actor Elis James, who picked one correct result, and a state-of-the-art sports-forecasting super-computer called SAM (Sports Analytics Machine), that picked three correct results.
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 21 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,530 |
Guests | 1,040 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 19:45 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Tottenham 4-1 Sunderland
Bournemouth 3-0 Norwich
Chelsea 3-3 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Jordan & Bellew: We are going to beat them - Guus Hiddink has not seen anything until he sees the Blue Army turn up. 0-1
Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-1 West Ham
Southampton 3-0 West Brom
Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester
SUNDAY
Liverpool 0-1 Man Utd
Stoke 0-0 Arsenal
MONDAY
Swansea 1-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Jordan & Bellew: 0-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
SAM was built by Professor Ian McHale, Dr Georgi Boshnakov and Tarak Kharrat from the Centre for Sports Business at the University of Salford.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P21 | W14 | D4 | L3 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Sam Tomkins, SAM Super Computer |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Amir Khan |
73 | Lawro (average after 21 weeks), |
70 | Osi Umenyiora, Guy Mowbray |
60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
40 | Neville, Mumford & Sons |
30 | Darren Campbell, Luol Deng, Mark Webber, Steve Wilson |
20 | Graeme Swann |
10 | Elis James, Paul Heaton, Kelly Jones |
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray)
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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 52 | +2 | |
2. | Arsenal | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 49 | -1 | |
3. | Chelsea | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 48 | +11 | |
4. | Liverpool | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 47 | +5 | |
5. | West Brom | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | +8 | |
6. | Man Utd | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 0 | |
7. | Southampton | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 38 | +5 | |
8. | Tottenham | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 34 | -4 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | -1 | |
10. | Newcastle | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | +9 | |
11. | Everton | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 0 | |
12. | Stoke | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -5 | |
13. | Norwich | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 22 | +2 | |
14. | Swansea | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 22 | +3 | |
15. | Bournemouth | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | +1 | |
16. | Sunderland | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | +2 | |
17. | Leicester | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | -15 | |
18. | Watford | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | -8 | |
19. | West Ham | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | -14 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 0 | |
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