Lawro's Premier League predictions v Fighting Talk host Colin Murray
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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 Colin Murray, host of BBC Radio 5 live's Fighting Talk.
Murray has graced the Anfield turf as well as the stands and says "I cannot pick Liverpool to lose. I would never do it."
Murray is a Liverpool fan and says his allegiance does not always help when it comes to predictions.
He told BBC Sport: "My Achilles' heel when I take part in prediction leagues is that I never back Liverpool to do worse than draw. It does not matter where they are in reality.
"It is a bad thing because you should be able to take out the emotion when you are predicting results, but I am not able to.
"In one prediction league I do, they show you what the table would look like if all your predictions came true and every season Liverpool win the league by 20 clear points, which is rubbish."
Fighting Talk is broadcast every Saturday morning on BBC Radio 5 live at 11:00 GMT and features a panel of experts trying to win points for their punditry on the week's sports stories.
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 16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Colin | |
TUESDAY | |||
Bournemouth v Leicester | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
Everton v Arsenal | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
WEDNESDAY | |||
Middlesbrough v Liverpool | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Sunderland v Chelsea | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
West Ham v Burnley | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Crystal Palace v Man Utd | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
Man City v Watford | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
Stoke v Southampton | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Tottenham v Hull | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 |
West Brom v Swansea | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last weekend, Lawro got four correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 40 points.
He was beaten by Robbie Williams, who got six correct results, with two perfect scores, for a total of 120 points.
Total scores after week 15 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,280 |
Guests | 1,150 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 19:45 GMT unless otherwise stated.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Stoke v Southampton
West Brom 3-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Colin's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P15 | W9 | D0 | L6 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
130 | Tim Vine |
120 | Robbie Williams |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke |
85 | Lawro (average after 15 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: 160 points (week thirteen v Tim Vine)
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 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 39 | +2 |
2 | Arsenal | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
3 | Chelsea | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | -2 |
4 | Man City | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
5 | Man Utd | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | +1 |
6 | Leicester | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | +8 |
7 | Tottenham | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | -2 |
8 | Everton | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 24 | +1 |
9 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | +6 |
10 | West Ham | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | +7 |
11 | Stoke | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
12 | Sunderland | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | +8 |
13 | West Brom | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 |
14 | Southampton | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 |
15 | Bournemouth | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -3 |
16 | Burnley | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 |
17 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 |
18 | Watford | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -11 |
19 | Swansea | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | -1 |
20 | Hull | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | -1 |