Lawro's Premier League predictions v comedian Tim Vine
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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 guests.
Lawro's opponent for this week's fixtures is comedian Tim Vine.
Vine's first Sutton game was their 8-0 defeat by Norwich City in 1989 - in the FA Cup round after they had beaten Coventry
Vine, who has just released his latest live DVD - 'Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim To You' - is a Sutton United fan who is looking forward to their FA Cup second-round tie at home to Cheltenham Town on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
"The great attraction of a small football club is the feel of it," he told BBC Sport. "We all hear the complaints about big clubs being very corporate but you go to Sutton United, there is not a prawn in sight - it is Marmite sandwiches and sausages, and about seven or eight people.
"The FA Cup is special too. It still contains that romance that no other football trophy has, because it reaches to all the small clubs like Sutton who suddenly have a glimpse of glory."
Football Focus comes live from Sutton's Ganders Green Lane home at 12:00 GMT, and Vine will deliver a team-talk to his team during the show.
Host Dan Walker will be joined by Tony Rains and Matthew Hanlan, Sutton's two goalscorers in their famous giant-killing win over Coventry in the FA Cup third round in 1989.
FA Cup classics: Sutton United v Coventry in 1989
You can make your Premier League 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 BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - week 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Tim | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man City v Chelsea | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
Crystal Palace v Southampton | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Stoke v Burnley | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Sunderland v Leicester | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
Tottenham v Swansea | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
West Brom v Watford | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
West Ham v Arsenal | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Bournemouth v Liverpool | 4-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Everton v Man Utd | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Middlesbrough v Hull | 1-0 | 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 five correct results, including two perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 110 points.
He beat comedian Lloyd Griffith, who got two correct results, with no perfect scores, for a total of 20 points that leaves him bottom of our guest leaderboard.
Total scores after week 13 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,110 |
Guests | 900 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Middlesbrough 1-0 Hull City
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tim's prediction: Middlesbrough are a very good side and have already shown that with a bit of belief they can get some surprising results, whoever the opposition. 1-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P13 | W8 | D0 | L5 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke |
85 | Lawro (average after 13 weeks) |
80 | Nicole Scherzinger |
70 | Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Athletico Mince |
60 | Rick Astley |
50 | Charlie Sloth, Laura Trott |
40 | Ed Balls |
30 | Blossoms |
20 | Lloyd Griffith |
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 | Liverpool | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | +1 |
2 | Chelsea | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | -1 |
3 | Man City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
4 | Man Utd | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | +2 |
5 | Arsenal | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 31 | -1 |
6 | Leicester | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | +8 |
7 | Tottenham | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | -2 |
8 | Everton | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 20 | -1 |
9 | West Ham | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | +7 |
10 | Stoke | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | +1 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | +6 |
12 | Southampton | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -2 |
13 | Sunderland | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | +7 |
14 | Bournemouth | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 |
15 | West Brom | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -6 |
16 | Burnley | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 |
17 | Watford | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -9 |
18 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 |
19 | Swansea | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
20 | Hull | 13 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | -2 |