Lawro's Premier League predictions v BBC NFL analyst Osi Umenyiora
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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 weekend's Premier League fixtures is two-time Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora, an analyst on the BBC's NFL Show.
Umenyiora says he does not support a Premier League team - instead he follows his favourite player, Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"Anywhere Zlatan goes, that is who I follow," he explained. "Last year I was a fan of Paris St-Germain, but now I am a fan of United - because of Zlatan.
"He is the kind of footballer who could make the transition to play in the NFL, partly because of his attitude and also because he has the physicality to dominate games."
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As well as predicting the outcome of the weekend's Premier League games, Umenyiora has picked a winner of Super Bowl LI on Sunday - he thinks the Atlanta Falcons will beat the New England Patriots 31-27 in Houston.
Super Bowl LI, with Umenyiora, Mark Chapman, Mike Carlson and Jason Bell is live on BBC One and BBC Radio 5 live from 23:20 GMT on Sunday.
You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - week 24 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Osi | |
SATURDAY | |||
Chelsea v Arsenal | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Crystal Palace v Sunderland | 0-4 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
Everton v Bournemouth | 6-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Hull City v Liverpool | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
Southampton v West Ham | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 |
Watford v Burnley | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
West Brom v Stoke | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-3 |
Tottenham v Middlesbrough | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Man City v Swansea | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
Leicester v Man Utd | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-4 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
From the midweek Premier League games, Lawro got three correct results, including two perfect scores, from the 10 games for a total of 90 points.
He beat England spinner Moeen Ali, who got two correct results, with no perfect scores for a tally of 20 points that leaves him joint bottom of the guest leaderboard.
Total scores after week 23 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,130 |
Guests | 1,740 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Leicester 0-3 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Osi's prediction: 4-1.
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P23 | W16 | 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 23 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 | Moeen Ali, 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 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 57 | +2 |
2 | Liverpool | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 55 | +2 |
3 | Man Utd | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 54 | +3 |
4 | Man City | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 53 | +1 |
5 | Chelsea | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 | -4 |
6 | Leicester | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 | +10 |
7 | Tottenham | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 46 | -5 |
8 | Everton | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 32 | -1 |
9 | West Ham | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | +2 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | +8 |
11 | West Brom | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | -3 |
12 | Stoke | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -3 |
13 | Sunderland | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | +7 |
14 | Bournemouth | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
15 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
16 | Burnley | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -6 |
17 | Southampton | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -5 |
18 | Swansea | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | -1 |
19 | Watford | 23 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | -6 |
20 | Hull | 23 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | -1 |
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