Lawro's Premier League predictions v comedian Arron Crascall
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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 the fixtures on 2, 3 and 4 January is comedian Arron Crascall, who has more than 4.2m followers on Facebook , externaland a new sketch show starting on BBC Three in the new year.
Who does he support?
"I've supported Arsenal my whole life," he says. "My dad hates it as he's a Spurs fan and we're a family divided on football. I sided with my mum. My favourite football memory is definitely us winning the Double in 1997-98, winning 4-0 against Everton. I was at the game in the North Bank and it was unforgettable.
"Ray Parlour is one of my football legends. I got to meet him recently and I had a fan girl moment! True Arsenal hero."
If the year of 2016 was a full season, how would Arsenal have got on?
The serious stuff - predictions
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 20 | |||
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Result | Lawro | Arron | |
MONDAY | |||
Middlesbrough v Leicester | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Everton v Southampton | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
Man City v Burnley | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 |
Sunderland v Liverpool | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
West Brom v Hull | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
West Ham v Man Utd | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
TUESDAY | |||
Bournemouth v Arsenal | 3-3 | 0-2 | 1-4 |
Crystal Palace v Swansea | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Stoke v Watford | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
WEDNESDAY | |||
Tottenham v Chelsea | x-x | 2-1 | 3-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
From the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day fixtures, Lawro got six correct results with two prefect scores. That gave him a total of 120 points.
He beat El-P and Killer Mike, aka American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels,, external who got three correct results but no perfect scores for a total of 30 points.
Total scores after week 19 | |
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Lawro | 1,740 |
Guests | 1,400 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
MONDAY, 2 JANUARY
Middlesbrough 0-0 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Arron's prediction: 1-2
Everton 3-0 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Arron's prediction: 2-2
Man City 2-1 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Arron's prediction: 3-1
Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Arron's prediction: 0-2
West Brom 3-1 Hull
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Arron's prediction: 3-1
West Ham 0-2 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Arron's prediction: 0-1
TUESDAY, 3 JANUARY
Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Arron's prediction: 1-4
Crystal Palace 1-2 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Arron's prediction: 2-0
Stoke City 2-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Arron's prediction: 0-1
WEDNESDAY, 4 JANUARY
Tottenham v Chelsea (20:00 GMT)
Tottenham were impressive at Watford and they seem to have found a momentum now with Harry Kane and Dele Alli finding form. I have a feeling they will halt the Chelsea surge which has been so impressive. To win 13 games in a row is just fantastic but Chelsea have some hard fixtures on the horizon.
This fixture always leaves me wondering why the fans hate each other so much? They seem to detest the opposing club. Why I don't know, but it will make for a spicy atmosphere.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Arron's prediction: 3-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Luke Reddy.
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P19 | W12 | D0 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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150 | Elis James |
130 | Boris Becker, Tim Vine |
120 | Robbie Williams |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke |
90 | Lawro (average after 19 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, American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels |
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 | |||||||
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POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Liverpool | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 47 | +1 |
2 | Man Utd | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 46 | +4 |
3 | Arsenal | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
4 | Chelsea | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | -3 |
5 | Man City | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
6 | Leicester | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | +9 |
7 | Tottenham | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | -3 |
8 | West Ham | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | +4 |
9 | Everton | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 27 | -2 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | +7 |
11 | Stoke | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | +3 |
12 | Sunderland | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | +6 |
13 | West Brom | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -5 |
14 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | +2 |
15 | Bournemouth | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
16 | Burnley | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 |
17 | Southampton | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -8 |
18 | Swansea | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +2 |
19 | Watford | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | -6 |
20 | Hull | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
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