Premier League predictions: Lawro v jockey Leighton Aspell
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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 Grand National jockey Leighton Aspell.
Aspell, 39, will ride Many Clouds in Saturday's showpiece race at Aintree, hoping to complete a hat-trick of wins after his triumphs in 2014 and 2015.
Leighton Aspell and Many Clouds on their way to winning the 2015 Grand National
Many Clouds could become the first horse to win back-to-back Grand Nationals since Red Rum in the 1970s.
Aspell also won on Pineau De Re in 2014 and is bidding to become the first jockey to triumph three years running.
However, the Dublin-born jockey has not had much success with his football team recently - Aspell has supported Aston Villa since he moved to the Midlands in 1993.
He told BBC Sport: "We are a sorry team this year - one of the worst in Premier League history - and it is sad to see.
"We are going to go down and it could be a while before you see us back up again."
You can hear more tales from Aspell about supporting Villa on Football Focus at 12:10 BST on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Week 33 | Result | Lawro | Aspell |
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Arsenal | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Aston Villa v Bournemouth | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Crystal Palace v Norwich | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Southampton v Newcastle | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Swansea v Chelsea | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
Watford v Everton | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Man City v West Brom | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Sunderland v Leicester | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Liverpool v Stoke | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Tottenham v Man Utd | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last week, Lawro got six correct results from 10 matches, with one perfect score for a total of 90 points.
He beat Jim Glennie and Saul Davies of indie band James, who got four results correct, with one perfect score, for a total of 70 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 32 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,180 |
Guests | 1,730 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
West Ham 3-3 Arsenal
Aston Villa 1-2 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich
Southampton 3-1 Newcastle
Swansea 1-0 Chelsea
Watford 1-1 Everton
Man City 2-1 West Brom
SUNDAY
Sunderland 0-2 Leicester
Liverpool 4-1 Stoke
Tottenham 3-0 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Aspell's prediction: 1-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P32 | W19 | D6 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
110 | Nick Bright, Steve Cram, Sam Tomkins, SAM Super Computer |
100 | Wealdstone Raider |
90 | Ice Cube & Kevin Hart, Amir Khan |
80 | Carl Frampton* |
70 | James, Guy Mowbray, Osi Umenyiora |
68 | Lawro (average after 32 weeks) |
60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess, Ed Skrein |
50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall, Felix White |
40 | Fatman Scoop, Neville, Mumford & Sons, Michael B Jordan & Tony Bellew. James Skelly |
30 | Darren Campbell, Luol Deng, Blake Harrison & Daniel Mays, Mark Webber, Steve Wilson |
20 | Nobby Butcher*, Graeme Swann |
10 | Elis James, Paul Heaton, Kelly Jones |
*Does not include score for postponed games
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 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 76 | +3 |
2 | Arsenal | 31 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 73 | +2 |
3 | Chelsea | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 71 | +7 |
4 | Liverpool | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 59 | +5 |
5 | Tottenham | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 56 | -3 |
6 | Southampton | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 54 | +1 |
7 | West Brom | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 54 | +4 |
8 | Man Utd | 31 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 49 | -3 |
9 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 44 | +7 |
10 | Everton | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | +2 |
11 | Newcastle | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 36 | +8 |
12 | Stoke | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 36 | -4 |
13 | Norwich | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 35 | +4 |
14 | Leicester | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 34 | -13 |
15 | Bournemouth | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 33 | -2 |
16 | Swansea | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 30 | -1 |
17 | Sunderland | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 27 | +1 |
18 | West Ham | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -12 |
19 | Watford | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | -5 |
20. | Aston Villa | 32 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
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