Lawro's Premier League predictions v darts star Michael van Gerwen
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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 world number one darts player Michael van Gerwen
Van Gerwen is one of eight players competing in the Champions League of Darts, a new PDC tournament to be shown live on the BBC on 24 and 25 September.
Van Gerwen was PDC world champion in 2014
The Dutchman is a PSV Eindhoven fan, whose hero as a boy was Ruud van Nistelrooy.
"Ruud was probably my favourite player, but I was a big fan of Mark van Bommel too," Van Gerwen told BBC Sport.
"PSV are doing all right at the moment - we took four points out of six against Manchester United in the Champions League group stage last season - but overall right now Dutch football is not very strong."
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 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Van Gerwen | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man Utd v Leicester | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Bournemouth v Everton | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
Liverpool v Hull | 5-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 |
Middlesbrough v Tottenham | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Stoke v West Brom | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Sunderland v Crystal Palace | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Swansea v Man City | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Arsenal v Chelsea | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
West Ham v Southampton | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Burnley v Watford | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
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 seven correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 70 points.
He beat Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth, who got five correct results, with no perfect scores, for a total of 50 points.
Total scores after week 5 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 400 |
Guests | 270 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Man Utd 4-1 Leicester
Bournemouth 1-0 Everton
Liverpool 5-1 Hull
Middlesbrough 1-2 Tottenham
Stoke 1-1 West Brom
Sunderland 2-3 Crystal Palace
Swansea 1-3 Man City
Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea
SUNDAY
West Ham 0-3 Southampton
MONDAY
Burnley 2-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Van Gerwen's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P5 | W4 | D0 | L1 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
80 | Lawro (average after five weeks) |
70 | Dave Bautista, Athletico Mince |
50 | Charlie Sloth, 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 | Man Utd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | +6 |
2 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | +3 |
3 | Man City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -2 |
4 | Arsenal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
5 | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | +1 |
6 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +2 |
7 | Leicester | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +4 |
8 | Everton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -6 |
9 | Tottenham | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -6 |
10 | West Ham | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +8 |
11 | Southampton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +3 |
12 | West Brom | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 |
13 | Burnley | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 |
14 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
15 | Swansea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
16 | Sunderland | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +3 |
17 | Stoke | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +3 |
18 | Bournemouth | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 |
19 | Hull | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -7 |
20 | Watford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -11 |
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