Lawro's Premier League predictions v hip-hop star Loyle Carner
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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 hip-hop star Loyle Carner, who released his debut album 'Yesterday's Gone' last month.
Loyle Carner's Premier League predictions
Loyle Carner is a Liverpool fan, who says he started following the Reds after watching Michael Owen burst on to the scene at the 1998 World Cup.
"I basically became a Liverpool fan through a love of Michael Owen," he told BBC Sport. "When I was really young I was watching England play Argentina with my dad and I saw him score.
"I was like 'who is that?' and my dad told me that he played for Liverpool. From then on it just stuck. I started off just being hooked on Owen but then I realised I could not just support a human, I had to support a whole team."
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 | Loyle Carner | |
SATURDAY | |||
Arsenal v Hull | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Man Utd v Watford | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Middlesbrough v Everton | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
Stoke City v Crystal Palace | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Sunderland v Southampton | 0-4 | 1-0 | 0-2 |
West Ham v West Brom | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Liverpool v Tottenham | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Burnley v Chelsea | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
Swansea v Leicester | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Bournemouth v Man City | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results, with no perfect scores, from the 10 games for a total of 50 points.
He lost out to BBC NFL analyst Osi Umenyiora, who got seven correct results, including one perfect score for a tally of 100 points.
Total scores after week 24 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,180 |
Guests | 1,840 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Burnley 1-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Loyle Carner's prediction: I like Burnley but Chelsea are hard to stop. You know what, though, how about a draw? 1-1
MONDAY
Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Loyle Carner's prediction: 2-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P24 | W16 | D0 | L8 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
130 | Boris Becker, James McAvoy, Tim Vine |
120 | Robbie Williams |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke, Osi Umenyiora |
91 | Lawro (average after 24 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 | Liverpool | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 58 | +4 |
2 | Arsenal | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 57 | +2 |
3 | Man City | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 0 |
4 | Man Utd | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 55 | +2 |
5 | Chelsea | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 52 | -4 |
6 | Leicester | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 50 | +10 |
7 | Tottenham | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 49 | -5 |
8 | Everton | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 35 | -1 |
9 | West Ham | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 0 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 30 | +9 |
11 | West Brom | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | -3 |
12 | Stoke | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -1 |
13 | Sunderland | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | +7 |
14 | Bournemouth | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
15 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
16 | Southampton | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 |
17 | Burnley | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | -5 |
18 | Swansea | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -1 |
19 | Watford | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 11 | -9 |
20 | Hull | 24 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | -2 |