FA Cup fourth-round predictions: Lawro v The Libertines
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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 opponents for the FA Cup fourth-round weekend are indie-rock band The Libertines.
Doherty is looking forward to taking on Lawro, saying: "He was 'tache-tastic man - part of that Liverpool team that basically won everything, always. Those were the days, when players used to roll their socks down."
Pete Doherty is well known for being a QPR fan, while band-mates Carl Barat and Gary Powell both support Arsenal.
"The closest QPR have come to winning the FA Cup was when we lost in the final to Tottenham in 1982," Doherty told BBC Sport. "I was three and I remember crying a lot afterwards, which was strange because I was a happy child, but even then I knew what was what.
"It is a hard thing for me to admit, because I am not a Spurs fan, but the best FA Cup final song is 'Spurs are on their way to Wembley' by Chas and Dave in 1981.
"There is a certain beautiful melodic lyrical quality to the lyrics 'Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley, tra-la-la-la, tra-la-la-la'."
The Libertines did not manage a prediction for Derby vs Man Utd on Friday night, and think Nottingham Forest's tie with Watford will be postponed because of a waterlogged pitch (which seems especially unlikely because very little rain is forecast in Nottingham in the build-up to the game).
But they backing the Gunners and Manchester City to reach round five, and think QPR's west London rivals Chelsea will lose 6-0 at MK Dons.
"All form goes out of the window on FA Cup day," added Doherty.
FA Cup fourth-round predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Libertines | |
FRIDAY | |||
Derby County v Man Utd | 1-3 | 1-1* | N/A |
SATURDAY | |||
Colchester v Tottenham | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
Arsenal v Burnley | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Aston Villa v Man City | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Bolton v Leeds | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
Bury v Hull | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Crystal Palace v Stoke | 1-0 | 1-1* | 1-1* |
Nott'm Forest v Watford | 0-1 | 0-1 | P-P** |
Oxford Utd v Blackburn | 0-3 | 1-2 | 4-0 |
Portsmouth v Bournemouth | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2* |
Reading v Walsall | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Shrewsbury v Sheff Wed | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
West Brom v Peterborough | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
Liverpool v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Carlisle v Everton | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
MK Dons v Chelsea | 1-5 | 0-2 | 6-0 |
* Away team to win at home in the replay
** Postponement predicted (because of a waterlogged pitch)
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 two correct results from 10 matches, with no perfect scores.
His score of 20 points saw him beaten by Ride Along 2 stars Ice Cube & Kevin Hart, who picked three correct results with two perfect scores for a total of 90 points.
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 23 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,590 |
Guests | 1,170 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
FRIDAY
Derby County 1-3 Man Utd
SATURDAY
Colchester 1-4 Tottenham
Arsenal 2-1 Burnley
Aston Villa 0-4 Man City
Bolton 1-2 Leeds
Bury 1-3 Hull
Crystal Palace 1-0 Stoke
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 0-1
The Libertines: P-P (Postponement predicted, because of waterlogged pitch)
Oxford United 0-3 Blackburn Rovers
Portsmouth 1-2 Bournemouth
Reading 4-0 Walsall
Shrewsbury 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
West Brom 2-2 Peterborough
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham
SUNDAY
Carlisle 0-3 Everton
MK Dons 1-5 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
The Libertines: 6-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P23 | W14 | D5 | L4 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Sam Tomkins, SAM Super Computer |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Ice Cube & Kevin Hart, Amir Khan |
70 | Osi Umenyiora, Guy Mowbray |
69 | Lawro (average after 23 weeks) |
60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
40 | Neville, Mumford & Sons, Michael B Jordan & Tony Bellew |
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 and week 23 v Ice Cube and Kevin Hart)
ARROWS & +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
1. | Man City | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 58 | +1 | |
2. | Arsenal | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 55 | +1 | |
3. | Chelsea | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 51 | +10 | |
4. | Liverpool | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 49 | +3 | |
5. | Southampton | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 42 | +3 | |
6. | West Brom | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | +8 | |
7. | Man Utd | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 40 | -2 | |
8. | Tottenham | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 40 | -4 | |
9. | Crystal Palace | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | +2 | |
10. | Newcastle | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | +8 | |
11. | Everton | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | +1 | |
12. | Norwich | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 23 | +5 | |
13. | Stoke | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -4 | |
14. | Swansea | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | +1 | |
15. | Bournemouth | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | +1 | |
16. | Sunderland | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | +3 | |
17. | Leicester | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -16 | |
18. | Watford | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | -8 | |
19. | West Ham | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | -13 | |
20. | Aston Villa | 23 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
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