Lawro's Premier League predictions v Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of different guests.
Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth.
Sloth is a Liverpool fan, and told BBC Sport: "I am a massive Red, and there is only one Red that matters.
Charlie Sloth's history of rapping footballers
"When I was growing up, my sporting hero was Stevie G - Steven Gerrard. I still idolise him to this day.
"I have met him a few times and I always get a little bit funny. I get to meet some of the biggest rappers in the world, some of the biggest superstars but, when I see Stevie, he has that effect on me."
You can make your own predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - week 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Sloth | |
FRIDAY | |||
Chelsea v Liverpool | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
SATURDAY | |||
Hull v Arsenal | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Leicester v Burnley | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Man City v Bournemouth | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 |
West Brom v West Ham | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Everton v Middlesbrough | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
SUNDAY | |||
Watford v Man Utd | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
Crystal Palace v Stoke | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Southampton v Swansea | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Tottenham v Sunderland | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the last round of fixtures before the international break, Lawro got three correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 30 points.
He suffered his first defeat of the season at the hands of actor Dave Bautista, who got four correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 70 points.
Total scores after week 4 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 330 |
Guests | 220 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sloth's prediction: If the Liverpool team who beat Leicester turn up at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are in trouble. They don't have much pace at the back and look a bit shaky - if they let us counter-attack them, they are in trouble. 1-3
SATURDAY
Hull 1-4 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sloth's prediction: This is going to be a good game. On paper I'd go for Arsenal to win 2-1 but something is telling me there is going to be a turn up for the books here so what I'm going to do is go for a 2-2.
Leicester 3-0 Burnley
Man City 4-0 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Sloth's prediction: The way City are playing at the moment, I can only go with them. 4-1
West Brom 4-2 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sloth's prediction: West Ham got turned over last week and they have got a lot to prove. 0-2
Everton 3-1 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sloth's prediction: Even though I think Everton are going to win, I don't want them to, so I won't predict that they will. 1-3
SUNDAY
Watford 3-1 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Sloth's prediction: I've got a funny feeling Watford are going to turn United over - I'm going for a late winner, 84th minute. 1-0
Crystal Palace 4-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sloth's prediction: Stoke got absolutely hammered last weekend and Mark Hughes is not going to be happy. He is going to be like: "Lads, you get out there and you play for that shirt." 0-2
Southampton 1-0 Swansea
Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland
Spurs lacked passion - Pochettino
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sloth's prediction: 3-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P4 | W3 | D0 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
83 | Lawro (average after four weeks) |
70 | Dave Bautista, Athletico Mince |
50 | Laura Trott |
30 | Blossoms |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Laura Trott)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Chelsea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1 |
2 | Man Utd | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +3 |
3 | Crystal Palace | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +8 |
4 | Man City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -3 |
5 | Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2 |
6 | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
7 | Leicester | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +9 |
8 | Everton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 |
9 | Tottenham | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 |
10 | West Ham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +7 |
11 | West Brom | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +1 |
12 | Burnley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +3 |
13 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 |
14 | Southampton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +4 |
15 | Swansea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
16 | Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +3 |
17 | Bournemouth | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -3 |
18 | Stoke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
19 | Hull | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -11 |
20 | Watford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -10 |
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