Premier League & Capital One Cup predictions: Lawro v Nobby Butcher
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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 Nobby Butcher - aka Sacha Baron Cohen, star of new comedy film 'Grimsby'.
Nobby Butcher takes on Lawro
Butcher told BBC Sport: "I'm very experienced at the beautiful game and once had a trial with Grimsby United.
"But unfortunately it clashed with another trial I had for breaking and entering, for which I got a three-year contract that dropped to two for good behaviour.
"I love football, though. I come from Grimsby and have lived there all my life but I never do the obvious so, instead of supporting Manchester United, I actually went for Grimsby."
Sacha Baron Cohen plays Nobby Grimsby - a football fan turned super spy, who says "I'm the head of the Mark Lawrenson fan club, Grimsby chapter'
Premier League and Capital One Cup predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Week 27 | Result | Lawro | Nobby |
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Sunderland | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-27 |
Leicester v Norwich | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Southampton v Chelsea | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Stoke v Aston Villa | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Watford v Bournemouth | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
West Brom v Crystal Palace | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Man City (Capital One Cup final) | 1-1 (1-3 on pens) | 2-1 | N/A |
Man Utd v Arsenal | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Tottenham v Swansea | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
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.
On FA Cup fifth-round weekend, Lawro got four correct results from eight ties, with no perfect scores.
His score of 40 points saw him beat BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull, who picked three correct results but no perfect scores for a total of 30.
The scores from those FA Cup ties do not count towards the totals for Lawro and his guests (below).
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 26 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,810 |
Guests | 1,310 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
West Ham 1-0 Sunderland
Leicester 1-0 Norwich
Southampton 1-2 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Nobby's prediction: Reputations mean nothing in this league so, if they turn up and don't show any fear, then I say Chelsea can get a draw. 1-1
Stoke 2-1 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: I think Villa are going to surprise everyone this week by showing a real improvement and only losing 3-0.
Watford 0-0 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: Watford to win, and I also predict that by the time this game is on Match of the Day, I will be tucked up asleep in bed. 1-0
West Brom 3-2 Crystal Palace
SUNDAY
Capital One Cup final: Liverpool 1-1 Man City (City win 3-1 on pens)
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Man Utd 3-2 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Nobby's prediction: This is the big one, El Clasico. A big shout-out to everyone watching this game in the Trawlers Arms in Grimsby - leave one for me and give it a wipe. 1-2
Tottenham 2-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: 2-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P26 | W16 | D5 | L5 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Sam Tomkins, SAM Super Computer |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Ice Cube & Kevin Hart, Amir Khan |
70 | Lawro (average after 26 weeks), Guy Mowbray, Osi Umenyiora |
60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess, Ed Skrein |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall, Felix White |
40 | Neville, Mumford & Sons, Michael B Jordan & Tony Bellew |
30 | Darren Campbell, Luol Deng, Blake Harrison & Daniel Mays, 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 & week 23 v Ice Cube and Kevin Hart)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND REAL TABLE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1. | Man City | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 65 | +3 |
2. | Arsenal | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 62 | +1 |
3. | Chelsea | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 58 | +9 |
4. | Liverpool | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 56 | +4 |
5. | Southampton | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 48 | +1 |
6. | Man Utd | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 47 | -1 |
7. | West Brom | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | +7 |
8. | Tottenham | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | -6 |
9. | Crystal Palace | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | +4 |
10. | Everton | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | +1 |
11. | Newcastle | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | +7 |
12. | Norwich | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 32 | +5 |
13. | Bournemouth | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 25 | +2 |
14. | Stoke | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -4 |
15. | Swansea | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 | +1 |
16. | Sunderland | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | +3 |
17. | Leicester | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -16 |
18. | West Ham | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | -11 |
19. | Watford | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | -10 |
20. | Aston Villa | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
- Published20 June 2016
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