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.
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.
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.
Premier League predictions - week 11 | |||
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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
SUNDAY
MONDAY
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 | |
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Lawro | 970 |
Guests | 890 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
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P11 | W5 | D1 | L5 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
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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)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
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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 |