Lawro's FA Cup predictions v Radio 1's Adele Roberts & 1Xtra's A.Dot
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest for each round of this season's FA Cup.
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round ties are DJs Adele Roberts and A.Dot.
Adele & A.Dot give their FA Cup predictions
Liverpool fan Adele, external is on BBC Radio 1 from Monday to Friday on Early Breakfast from 04:00 GMT to 06:30.
On the same days, Manchester United supporter A.Dot, external is on 1Xtra presenting 1Xtra Breakfast from 07:00 to 10:00.
The duo worked out most of their predictions together - but disagreed on the outcome of the BBC's live games - Derby v Leicester (Friday) and Millwall v Watford and United v Wigan (both Sunday).
A.Dot also got involved in BBC Sport's No Guts, No Glory campaign to share her tales of the magic of the FA Cup.
A.Dot remembers Ryan Giggs' goal in 1999
FA Cup fourth-round predictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Adele | A.Dot | |
FRIDAY | ||||
Derby v Leicester | 2-2 | 1-1* | 1-2 | 2-1 |
SATURDAY | ||||
Liverpool v Wolves | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Blackburn v Blackpool | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Burnley v Bristol City | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Chelsea v Brentford | 4-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 |
Crystal Palace v Man City | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Lincoln v Brighton | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Middlesbrough v Accrington | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Oxford Utd v Newcastle Utd | 3-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
Rochdale v Huddersfield | 0-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
Tottenham v Wycombe | 4-3 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Southampton v Arsenal | 0-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Millwall v Watford | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 |
Fulham v Hull City | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Sutton Utd v Leeds Utd | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Man Utd v Wigan | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-1** | 3-1 |
* Away team to win at home in the replay
** Home team to win away in the replay
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Roberts and A.Dot need a success rate greater than 18% to knock YouTubers Blue Moon Rising TV off the top of the FA Cup leaderboard.
FA Cup leaderboard after round three | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Correct result | (Perfect scores) | Total | Success rate | |
Blue Moon Rising TV | 14 | (3) | 230 | 18% |
Lawro | 9 | (3) | 180 | 14% |
Spurred On | 12 | (2) | 180 | 14% |
Reev | 12 | (0) | 120 | 9% |
LAWRO'S FA CUP FOURTH-ROUND PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY
Derby County 2-2 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 1-1* Leicester to win the replay
A.Dot: The FA Cup is all about upsets, and this is going to be the upset of this round. Derby are at home and in decent form in the Championship and Leicester are in awful form, especially away from home, making one the worst title defences in history.
Adele: I am probably going to go the other way. It is a huge East Midlands derby - they are not friends! - and I just feel the Foxes are going to pull it out, because they need to win something this season and I think they are going to throw everything at the FA Cup and try to win it.
A.Dot: Leicester have lost their last two matches 3-0. Psychologically, they are going to be down in the dumps. 2-1
Adele: But you cannot count out Foxes striker Jamie Vardy, you just can't. This is the FA Cup and it will mean everything to their players. I feel like Leicester are going to do it. 1-2
SATURDAY
Liverpool 1-2 Wolves
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Adele and A.Dot: 3-0
Blackburn 2-0 Blackpool
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: 1-0
Burnley 2-0 Bristol City
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: 2-0
Chelsea 4-0 Brentford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: If Chelsea struggle here it is worrying, isn't it? This could be a landslide. 4-0
Crystal Palace 0-4 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-3
Adele and A.Dot: This is going to be an incredible game. City have been shaky and we both love Palace. 2-1
Lincoln City 3-1 Brighton
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Adele and A.Dot: We are not particularly familiar with either team's starting XI so we are going to go for the place we love the most - Brighton, for the deckchairs and the pier. I love how we have arrived at that prediction using real sporting critique. 0-2
Middlesbrough 1-0 Accrington
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: We are not expecting loads of goals here. 1-0
Oxford Utd 3-0 Newcastle Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Adele and A.Dot: 1-3
Rochdale 0-4 Huddersfield
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Adele and A.Dot: 1-2
Tottenham 4-3 Wycombe
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: 3-0
Southampton 0-5 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Adele and A.Dot: This will be a good game. Southampton have played in the EFL Cup in midweek which will not help them. It might be a tight one, but Arsenal are going to win it. 1-2
SUNDAY
Millwall 1-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
A.Dot: I think this one is going to be fun for the neutral and there is going to be a red card or three.
Adele: Without a doubt. Just the fact that Millwall's ground is called The Den, that is what Watford are in for - come into the Lions' Den. It feels like Millwall are always up for a match like this.
A.Dot: It might be one of those games where it is really scrappy and there are not that many chances, and someone nicks it 1-0.
Adele: I need to go for a Watford win because I really like (Radio 1 DJ) Chris Stark, who is a Hornets fan, and I feel like he will hate me if I don't back them. I think Watford will put a good show on and win. 0-2
A.Dot: No, Millwall are going to score. It won't be a nice goal, it won't be a pretty goal, it will be a scrappy goal - I can see it now! - but I think Millwall will win 1-0.
Adele's prediction: 0-2
A.Dot's prediction: 1-0
Fulham 4-1 Hull City
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Adele and A.Dot: 1-0
Sutton Utd 1-0 Leeds Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Adele and A.Dot: A Sutton win would be lovely but it is not going to happen against Leeds. 0-2
Man Utd 4-0 Wigan Athletic
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
A.Dot: I am a United fan so I would never back against my team, but even as a neutral I would argue that we are winning this one all day.
Adele: I thought you were going to say you want Wigan to win, because it is a really nice story and everyone cried when they won the FA Cup in 2013 - I did - watching little Dave Whelan's face with the cup, he looked so cute.
A.Dot: No, no. It is United. I know it is the FA Cup, and cup ties are not often a walk in the park, but I think this one will be. 3-1
Adele's prediction: Oh Dotty, Dotty - no, no! I was in Wigan the night they had won the cup and it went off. I know that people believe, and I have a feeling they are going to go to Old Trafford and give them a good game. I think you are probably right and United are going to win but I am a Liverpool fan so I can't say that. I am going to go for a 1-1 draw.
A.Dot: In the end we are going to win though, aren't we?
Adele: OK, probably.
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
LAWRO'S PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS
Last week, Lawro got four correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 70 points.
He beat UFC star Michael Bisping, who got three correct results, with no perfect scores, for a total of 30 points.
Total scores after week 22 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,040 |
Guests | 1,720 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P22 | W15 | D0 | L7 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
130 | Boris Becker, James McAvoy, Tim Vine |
120 | Robbie Williams |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke |
93 | Lawro (average after 22 weeks) |
90 | 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 | Michael Bisping, Blossoms, American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels |
20 | Lloyd Griffith |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
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 | Arsenal | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 54 | +1 |
2 | Liverpool | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 54 | +2 |
3 | Man Utd | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 51 | +3 |
4 | Man City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | +1 |
5 | Chelsea | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 48 | -4 |
6 | Leicester | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | +9 |
7 | Tottenham | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | -4 |
8 | Everton | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 31 | -1 |
9 | West Ham | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | +1 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | +8 |
11 | Stoke | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -2 |
12 | West Brom | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -4 |
13 | Bournemouth | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -1 |
14 | Sunderland | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | +6 |
15 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +1 |
16 | Burnley | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -3 |
17 | Southampton | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -6 |
18 | Watford | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -4 |
19 | Swansea | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | -2 |
20 | Hull | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | -1 |
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