Premier League predictions: Lawro v Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett
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Two of the Premier League's top three meet on Saturday when defending champions Chelsea host unbeaten leaders Manchester City.
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson does not see City leaving Stamford Bridge empty-handed, although he is expecting a hard-fought encounter.
Lawro said: "Chelsea beat City home and away on their way to the title last year but I think it is fair to say they rode their luck a bit to get six points out of those fixtures - I don't see the same thing happening this season."
Do you agree? You can make your own predictions now - take on Lawro and other fans, create your own league and try to make it to the top of the table by playing the new-look BBC Sport Predictor game.
Lawro picked up 80 points in week six, leaving him in 14,050th place out of a total of more than 215,000 users.
He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's fixtures is Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett.
American Shiflett grew up in California but started supporting Arsenal through his love of punk rock.
Big win for Arsenal & footballing friends
He told BBC Sport: "I did not grow up with football but I got interested in it really through seeing bands wearing football shirts and scarves.
"At first it was like a style thing but then in the early 1990s when [former Sex Pistols singer] Johnny Rotten brought out his autobiography. There was a lot in it about growing up in north London and being an Arsenal fan.
"So, having no idea about what any of it meant, I just thought OK, that will be my team.
"I was sort of a fan from afar for a long time, but what really got me paying close attention is when my kids got into Arsenal.
"Now I go to games whenever I can. I went to watch Chelsea against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge earlier this month, which was the first time I had been there, and the first time I had been in the home section watching Arsenal at another ground.
"I had to kind of keep it down, but nobody rumbled me."
Chris Shiflett (r) with two fellow Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl. Shiflett says: "Nobody else in the band really pays attention to football but there are a couple of guys on the crew who do - particularly Dave's guitar tech, Ally Christie, who is from Glasgow and knows all there is to know about football."
You can hear more from Shiflett on Football Focus on BBC One and the BBC Sport website at 12:00 BST on Saturday.
Premier League predictions - week 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Shiflett | |
SATURDAY | |||
Huddersfield v Tottenham | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Bournemouth v Leicester | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
Man Utd v Crystal Palace | 4-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
Stoke v Southampton | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
West Brom v Watford | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
West Ham v Swansea | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Chelsea v Man City | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-5 |
SUNDAY | |||
Arsenal v Brighton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 |
Everton v Burnley | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Newcastle v Liverpool | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Remember you can try to beat Lawro yourself by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Huddersfield 0-4 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Shiflett's prediction: Obviously Huddersfield are going to win this one because this is Tottenham we are talking about and they BLOW... no, no in all honesty I think Spurs will win. 0-2
Stoke 2-1 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Shiflett's prediction: These are both, in my opinion, spoiler teams but I think Stoke will do the business at home. 2-1
West Ham 1-0 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Shiflett's prediction: West Ham are not having a good time this season, but then again neither are Swansea. 1-0
Chelsea 0-1 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Shiflett's prediction: With the way Man City are playing, I am going for a big scoreline. 2-5
SUNDAY
Arsenal 2-0 Brighton
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Shiflett's prediction: I just want to apologise before I make this pick to the guys in Royal Blood - I know you love your Brighton, but Arsenal are going to smash them into a million pieces. 4-0
Everton 0-1 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Shiflett's prediction: I am going to go with Everton because they need a win. 2-0
Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Shiflett's prediction: 2-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do last time?
Last week, Lawro got five correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 matches, for a total of 80 points.
That saw him beat actor Mark Strong, who got seven results correct but with no perfect scores, for a total of 70 points.
Total scores after week 6 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 460 |
Guests | 350 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P6 | W3 | D0 | L3 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
120 | Will Poulter |
77 | Lawro (average after six weeks) |
70 | Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Non Stanford |
50 | Steve Cram, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell |
*Foster and Cram both provided predictions on week one, but only Foster's score contributes to the guest total.
Lawro's best score: 120 points (week one v Foster and Cram)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, and week five v Non Stanford)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man Utd | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +1 |
2 | Man City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | -1 |
3 | Tottenham | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | +1 |
4 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | +3 |
5 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
6 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -3 |
7 | Bournemouth | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | +12 |
8 | Southampton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | +3 |
9 | Burnley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
10 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | +10 |
11 | Leicester | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | +6 |
12 | Swansea | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | +3 |
13 | West Ham | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +5 |
14 | Brighton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 |
15 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 |
16 | Watford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -10 |
17 | West Brom | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 |
18 | Huddersfield | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -10 |
19 | Newcastle | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -9 |
20 | Stoke | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -4 |
- Published29 September 2017
