Lawro's Premier League predictions v Leicester City fans Kasabian
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's Premier League fixtures are Tom Meighan and Serge Pizzorno from indie rock band Kasabian.
Meighan and Pizzorno are fans of Leicester City, their local team, and the band played at the Foxes' title-winning parade last season.
Premier League predictions: Leicester fans Kasabian predict this weekend's scores
"Top of my list of Leicester heroes has to be Steve Walsh [who played for the club between 1986-2000]," Meighan told BBC Sport.
"Walsh would be captain of any all-time Leicester team," Pizzorno added. "Muzzy Izzet would be in there too of course, Emile Heskey as well - and obviously the entire first XI from last season. I can go through them all if you want, but we might be here a while."
"They are the untouchables," Meighan explained.
Leicester struggled in their title defence and the manager who won the Premier League, Claudio Ranieri, was sacked in January. However, the Foxes made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, further than any other English club.
"It's been surreal," Meighan said. "Getting so far in the Champions League was just a dream come true - and we nearly went through to the semi-finals, too.
"At times it has been a bit of a return to reality and there have been some bad times, but I think in the past few months things have turned around again. It has been another amazing season.
Kasabian performed at Leicester's title-winning parade last season - then Serge went to striker Jamie Vardy's wedding. "It was only two weeks after we had won the league so it was just another mad event. Me and [Foxes captain] Wes Morgan had a good little dance, it was lovely."
"What next? Top four. We have got to build on what we have done this season and move forward."
It took a late-season surge for Leicester to avoid relegation in their first season back in the top flight, 2014-15, and they are still not mathematically sure of staying up this time.
"It is hard to even know what to say we should hope for at Leicester any more," Pizzorno said.
"We have won the league, then fought relegation and reached the Champions League quarter-finals - so I don't even know what we are capable of next."
Premier League predictions - week 36 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Tom | Serge | |
FRIDAY | ||||
West Ham v Tottenham | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-2 |
SATURDAY | ||||
Man City v Crystal Palace | 5-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
Bournemouth v Stoke City | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Burnley v West Brom | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
Hull City v Sunderland | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 |
Leicester City v Watford | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
Swansea City v Everton | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Liverpool v Southampton | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
Arsenal v Man Utd | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
MONDAY | ||||
Chelsea v Middlesbrough | 3-0 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
You can make your Premier League predictions now and compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY
West Ham United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Tom's prediction: 0-3
Serge's prediction: 0-2
SATURDAY
Manchester City 5-0 Crystal Palace
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Tom's prediction: 1-1
Serge's prediction: 3-0
Bournemouth 2-2 Stoke City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: 2-0
Serge's prediction: It's horrible going second when you are making predictions. 2-1
Burnley 2-2 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: 0-0
Serge's prediction: Burnley at home are incredible. 1-0
Hull City 0-2 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: Sunderland are gone so nothing really matters to them - they might go out and win it, knowing them. 0-2
Serge's prediction: 2-0
Leicester City 3-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: 3-0
Serge's prediction: I was going to say that. I'll go 2-1 instead.
Swansea City 1-0 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Tom's prediction: Swansea are in good form at the moment. 2-2
Serge's prediction: 1-1
SUNDAY
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Tom's prediction: 2-1
Serge's prediction: 1-0
Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Tom's prediction: 0-2
Serge's prediction: 0-2
MONDAY
Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Tom's prediction: Chelsea will just roll Boro over. 4-1
Serge's prediction: 4-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P35 | W23 | D0 | L12 |
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 |
90 | Josh Franceschi, Goldie, Amy Macdonald, Colin Murray |
88 | Lawro (average after 35 weeks) |
80 | David Gower, Loyle Carner, Nicole Scherzinger |
70 | Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Anthony Crolla, Athletico Mince |
60 | Rick Astley, Adrian Dunbar, Jermaine Jenas, Sting & son |
50 | Martin Kemp, Charlie Sloth, Laura Kenny |
40 | Ed Balls |
30 | Michael Bisping, Blossoms, CFC Fan TV, Full Time DEVILS, American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels |
20 | Moeen Ali, Lloyd Griffith, Charlie Nelson |
10 | Omid Djalili |
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 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 85 | +2 |
2 | Chelsea | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 80 | -1 |
3 | Man City | 34 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 78 | +1 |
4 | Man Utd | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 76 | +1 |
5 | Arsenal | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 73 | +1 |
6 | Tottenham | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 73 | -4 |
7 | Leicester | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 66 | +4 |
8 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 45 | +8 |
9 | Everton | 35 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 45 | -2 |
10 | West Brom | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -2 |
11 | Stoke | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 41 | +1 |
12 | West Ham | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 36 | +3 |
13 | Bournemouth | 35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 33 | -3 |
14 | Sunderland | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | +6 |
15 | Burnley | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 27 | -1 |
16 | Watford | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -3 |
17 | Southampton | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | -8 |
18 | Middlesbrough | 35 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | +1 |
19 | Swansea | 35 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 20 | -1 |
20 | Hull | 35 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 13 | -3 |
How did Lawro do last time?
From last weekend's Premier League matches, Lawro got two correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 20 points.
He lost out to Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar, who got three correct results, including one perfect score, for a tally of 60 points.
Total scores after week 35 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 3,070 |
Guests | 2,470 |
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