Premier League predictions: Lawro v actor Will Ferrell

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The Premier League returns with a bang on Saturday lunchtime with the north London derby, but who will come out on top between Arsenal and Tottenham at Emirates Stadium?

BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson says: "A few years ago, I would have picked Arsenal pretty much every time to win this game, but those days are gone.

"At the moment, Tottenham, with the players they have, are a better team than Arsenal, However, Arsene Wenger's side are at home, which is a big advantage."

Lawro is going for a 1-1 draw - 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.

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Lawro scored 50 points in week 10, which meant he slipped to 3,185th place out of more than 250,000 users.

He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.

Lawro takes on actor Will Ferrell for this weekend's fixtures.

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Newcastle to shock Man Utd 10-0 - Will Ferrell's predictions

Star of Daddy's Home 2 Ferrell was spotted at numerous Premier League games last season, although he is concerned he might not be welcome back at Anfield after attending a 3-2 defeat by Swansea in January.

"Last season I was at a Manchester United game, a Liverpool match and a Chelsea match. All very exciting," he said.

"I think I will never be invited back to Anfield because it was the historic day Liverpool lost to Swansea at home for the first time."

Ferrell is a minority owner of new American MLS team Los Angeles FC, and hopes they will make one big-name signing.

"I'd love to sign Pele. I don't care how old he is. Just to have his football knowledge on the pitch is incredible," he said.

The Brazil legend and three-time World Cup winner is 77.

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Ferrell and co-star John Lithgow in his latest film 'Daddy's Home 2'

Premier League predictions - week 11

Result

Lawro

Ferrell

SATURDAY

Arsenal v Tottenham

2-0

1-1

1-2

Bournemouth v Huddersfield

4-0

2-0

1-0

Burnley v Swansea

2-0

2-0

5-5

Crystal Palace v Everton

2-2

2-1

2-0

Leicester v Man City

0-2

0-2

1-0

Liverpool v Southampton

3-0

2-0

3-0

West Brom v Chelsea

0-4

0-2

0-2

Man Utd v Newcastle

4-1

2-0

0-10

SUNDAY

Watford v West Ham

2-0

1-1

0-0

MONDAY

Brighton v Stoke

2-2

0-2

1-3

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

SATURDAY

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Arsenal 2-0 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Will Ferrell's prediction: 1-2

Match report

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Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield

Match reports

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Will Ferrell's prediction: 1-0

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Burnley 2-0 Swansea

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Will Ferrell's prediction: 5-5

Match report

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Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Will Ferrell's prediction: 2-0

Match report

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Leicester 0-2 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Will Ferrell's prediction: 1-0

Match report

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Liverpool 3-0 Southampton

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Will Ferrell's prediction: 3-0

Match report

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West Brom 0-4 Chelsea

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Will Ferrell's prediction: 0-2

Match report

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Man Utd 4-1 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Will Ferrell's prediction: 0-10

Match report

SUNDAY

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Watford 2-0 West Ham

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

Will Ferrell's prediction: 0-0

Match report

MONDAY

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Brighton v Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Will Ferrell's prediction: 1-3

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

How did Lawro do last time?

In the round of games before the international break, Lawro got five correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 50 points.

He lost out to WWE wrestlers Cesaro & Sheamus, who got four correct results, but with two perfect scores, giving them 100 points.

Total scores after week 11

Lawro

970

Guests

890

Lawro v Guests

P11

W5

D1

L5

SCORE

GUEST LEADERBOARD

160

Chris Shiflett

130

James Anderson**

120

Will Poulter, Moeen Ali

100

Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32

88

Lawro (average after 11 weeks)

70

Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong

60

Non Stanford

50

Steve Cram, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root

*Foster and Cram both provided predictions on week one, but only Foster's score contributes to the guest total.

**Anderson and Moeen both provided predictions on week nine, but only Anderson's score contributes to the guest total.

Lawro's best score: 150 points (week eight v Wretch 32)

Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, and week five v Non Stanford)

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+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION

POS

TEAM

P

W

D

L

PTS

+/-

1

Man City

11

9

2

0

29

0

2

Man Utd

11

8

3

0

27

0

3

Tottenham

11

8

3

0

27

0

4

Arsenal

11

7

2

2

23

+2

5

Liverpool

11

6

5

0

23

0

6

Chelsea

11

6

4

1

22

-2

7

Southampton

11

6

2

3

20

+6

8

Bournemouth

11

4

3

4

15

+9

9

Swansea

11

5

0

6

15

+10

10

Leicester

11

4

2

5

14

+2

11

West Ham

11

3

5

3

14

+7

12

Everton

11

3

3

5

12

+3

13

Newcastle

11

2

4

5

10

-2

14

West Brom

11

3

1

7

10

+2

15

Stoke

11

1

6

4

9

-1

16

Burnley

11

2

2

7

8

-9

17

Crystal Palace

11

2

2

7

8

+3

18

Brighton

11

1

3

7

6

-10

19

Watford

11

1

2

8

5

-10

20

Huddersfield

11

0

3

8

3

-10

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