Lawro's New Year's Eve Premier League predictions v Hip-hop duo Run The Jewels

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BBC Sport expert Mark Lawrenson

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 opponents for the fixtures on Friday, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are El-P and Killer Mike, aka American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels., external

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Run The Jewels' new album RTJ3 was released on Christmas Day

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 19

Result

Lawro

Run The Jewels

FRIDAY

Hull v Everton

2-2

1-1

1-2

NEW YEAR'S EVE

Burnley v Sunderland

4-1

1-2

2-1

Chelsea v Stoke

4-2

3-0

3-1

Leicester v West Ham

1-0

1-1

1-1

Man Utd v Middlesbrough

2-1

2-0

1-1

Southampton v West Brom

1-2

1-2

1-1

Swansea v Bournemouth

0-3

2-1

1-1

Liverpool v Man City

1-0

1-1

1-2

NEW YEAR'S DAY

Watford v Tottenham

1-4

0-2

2-1

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

2-0

2-0

2-1

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.

From the Boxing Day and other festive fixtures, Lawro got eight correct results, with two perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 140 points.

He beat You Me At Six singer Josh Franceschi, who got six correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 90 points.

Total scores after week 18

Lawro

1,620

Guests

1,370

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

FRIDAY, 30 DECEMBER

Image source, BBC Sport

Hull 2-2 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

RTJ's prediction: 1-2

Match report

NEW YEAR'S EVE

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Burnley 4-1 Sunderland

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

RTJ's prediction: 2-1

Match report

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Chelsea 4-2 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

RTJ's prediction: 3-1

Match report

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Leicester 1-0 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

RTJ's prediction: 1-1

Match report

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Man Utd 2-1 Middlesbrough

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

RTJ's prediction: 1-1

Match report

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Southampton 1-2 West Brom

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

RTJ's prediction: 1-1

Match report

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Swansea 0-3 Bournemouth

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

RTJ's prediction: 1-1

Match report

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Liverpool 1-0 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

RTJ's prediction: 1-2

Match report

NEW YEAR'S DAY

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Watford 1-4 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

RTJ's prediction: 2-1

Match report

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Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

RTJ's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

Lawro v Guests

P18

W11

D0

L7

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

150

Elis James

130

Boris Becker, Tim Vine

120

Robbie Williams

110

Michael van Gerwen

100

Joe Clarke

90

Lawro (average after 18 weeks), Josh Franceschi, Colin Murray,

80

Nicole Scherzinger

70

Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Athletico Mince

60

Rick Astley

50

Charlie Sloth, Laura Kenny

40

Ed Balls

30

Blossoms

20

Lloyd Griffith

Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 13 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

18

14

4

0

46

+1

2

Man Utd

18

13

4

1

43

+4

3

Arsenal

18

12

6

0

42

+1

4

Chelsea

18

13

3

2

42

-3

5

Man City

18

13

3

2

42

-2

6

Leicester

18

12

2

4

38

+10

7

Tottenham

18

10

6

2

36

-2

8

West Ham

18

8

4

6

28

+3

9

Everton

18

5

11

2

26

-2

10

Crystal Palace

18

5

6

7

21

+7

11

Stoke

18

5

5

8

20

+3

12

Sunderland

18

4

5

9

17

+6

13

Middlesbrough

18

4

4

10

16

+2

14

Bournemouth

18

3

6

9

15

-2

15

West Brom

18

3

6

9

15

-6

16

Burnley

18

3

4

11

13

-2

17

Southampton

18

3

4

11

13

-3

18

Watford

18

2

4

12

10

-9

19

Swansea

18

1

4

13

7

0

20

Hull

18

0

1

17

1

0

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