Lawro's Premier League predictions v tennis world number one Andy Murray
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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 opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Britain's tennis world number one Andy Murray.
Murray will be in action in the UK next month when he defends his title at the Aegon Championships at the Queen's Club,, external live on BBC TV, radio and online from 19-25 June.
The 29-year-old has won the tournament a record five times but this time faces competition from the strongest field in the tournament's 127-year history, with five of the world's top seven players present - including Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka and last year's runner-up Milos Raonic.
Murray told BBC Sport: "I love it at Queen's - this is the tournament where I won my first match as a professional on the main tour in 2005.
"I have been coming back for the past 12 years pretty much and have played some of my best tennis here so have always enjoyed playing there.
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"There is a lot more of an opportunity to come and watch, external this year because they have put about 2,000 more seats on the Centre Court, which has increased the capacity by about 30%.
"They have made some big changes on Court One now too - that has moved to a bigger stadium as well, so it will be good for the fans."
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Murray is a Hibernian fan and is well known for his keepy-uppy skills with a tennis ball - honed through hours of football practice when he was growing up.
"When I was younger I played a lot, until I was about 15 and decided I was going to give tennis a go," he said.
"Even then I still played five-a-side football whenever I was home - normally at least once a week until I was probably in my early to mid-20s.
"I stopped because I was having problems with my back.
"Now, when I am not playing tennis, I am resting and training for tennis rather than playing football but, when I finish my tennis, I think I will start playing again."
Premier League predictions - week 37 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Andy | |
FRIDAY | |||
Everton v Watford | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
West Brom v Chelsea | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
SATURDAY | |||
Man City v Leicester | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Bournemouth v Burnley | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Middlesbrough v Southampton | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
Sunderland v Swansea | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Stoke City v Arsenal | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Crystal Palace v Hull | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
West Ham v Liverpool | 0-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Tottenham v Man Utd | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
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
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Crystal Palace 4-0 Hull City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: These are tough fixtures to predict. Palace to win, with a Christian Benteke brace. 2-0
West Ham 0-4 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Andy's prediction: Another draw, I think! 1-1
Tottenham 2-1 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Andy's prediction: My coach is a United fan and my physio is a Tottenham fan, so I hear a lot about both of these teams.
Spurs are at home, in the last ever game at White Hart Lane, and with Jose Mourinho involved it is going to be a tight match - I'm going to go for yet another draw. 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P36 | W23 | D0 | L13 |
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, Tom from Kasabian |
90 | Josh Franceschi, Goldie, Amy Macdonald, Colin Murray |
88 | Lawro (average after 36 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, Serge from Kasabian |
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 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 88 | +2 |
2 | Chelsea | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 83 | -1 |
3 | Man City | 35 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 81 | +1 |
4 | Arsenal | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 77 | +1 |
5 | Man Utd | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 77 | +1 |
6 | Tottenham | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 76 | -4 |
7 | Leicester | 35 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 69 | +2 |
8 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 45 | +8 |
9 | Everton | 36 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 45 | -2 |
10 | West Brom | 35 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 44 | -2 |
11 | Stoke | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 42 | +2 |
12 | West Ham | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 0 |
13 | Bournemouth | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -2 |
14 | Sunderland | 35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 33 | +6 |
15 | Burnley | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 28 | -1 |
16 | Watford | 35 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -1 |
17 | Southampton | 35 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -7 |
18 | Swansea | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 23 | -1 |
19 | Middlesbrough | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 0 |
20 | Hull | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | -2 |
How did Lawro do last time?
From last weekend's Premier League matches, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 matches, for a total of 90 points.
He beat Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian, who got three correct results with no perfect scores, but lost out to his band-mate Tom Meighan, who got four correct results, including two perfect scores, for a tally of 100 points.
Lawro also picked up three more points for correctly predicting Arsenal's win over Southampton on Wednesday. Martin Kemp wins no extra points because he picked Saints to win 1-0.
Total scores after week 36 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 3,170 |
Guests | 2,570 |