Premier League predictions: Lawro v Pointless presenter Richard Osman
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Manchester City suffered their first defeat of the season in the Champions League on Wednesday - will their first Premier League loss follow four days later against Manchester United?
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson says: "I think the atmosphere at Old Trafford will be ramped up for this one.
"Yes, there have been plenty of times recently when United have been below City in the table when they have played them.
"But City have done so well this season, and that is something United are not really used to. That will add an edge to things.
Lawro is going for a 2-1 United win - 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 80 points in week 15, which meant he slipped to 3,915th place out of more than 280,000 users.
He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
Lawro takes on Pointless co-presenter Richard Osman for this weekend's fixtures.
Osman, who supports Fulham and is a season ticket holder at Craven Cottage, did not end up with a score to match the aim of contestants that appear on his TV programme when he took on Lawro in April 2013 - he scored 100 points.
How will he do this time, though?
Richard Osman predicts big wins for Man City & Liverpool
Premier League predictions - week 16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Richard | |
SATURDAY | |||
West Ham v Chelsea | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
Burnley v Watford | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Huddersfield v Brighton | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Swansea v West Brom | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
Tottenham v Stoke | 5-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Newcastle v Leicester | 2-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Southampton v Arsenal | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Liverpool v Everton | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
Man Utd v Man City | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 |
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
Newcastle 2-3 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Richard's prediction: This is a tough one to call. I like the way both teams play, and I think Leicester are coming back into a bit of form - especially Riyad Mahrez. It could be a good game. 2-2
SUNDAY
Man Utd 1-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Richard's prediction: 0-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
How did Lawro do last time?
From the last round of games, Lawro got five correct results, with one perfect score, from 10 matches, for a total of 80 points.
He beat comedian Nish Kumar who got six correct results, but with no perfect scores, giving him 60 points.
Total scores after week 15 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,300 |
Guests | 1,090 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P15 | W9 | D1 | L5 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Chris Shiflett |
130 | James Anderson** |
120 | Will Poulter, Moeen Ali |
100 | Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
87 | Lawro (average after 15 weeks) |
70 | Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Will Ferrell, Nish Kumar, Non Stanford |
50 | Steve Cram, Michael Dapaah, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root |
30 | Felix White |
*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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man City | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
2 | Man Utd | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
3 | Tottenham | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | +3 |
4 | Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
5 | Chelsea | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | -2 |
6 | Arsenal | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | -1 |
7 | Southampton | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | +4 |
8 | Bournemouth | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | +6 |
9 | West Ham | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | +10 |
10 | Stoke | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | +3 |
11 | Leicester | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -2 |
12 | West Brom | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | +5 |
13 | Everton | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -3 |
14 | Swansea | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | +6 |
15 | Burnley | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 |
16 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +2 |
17 | Newcastle | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -2 |
18 | Watford | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | -10 |
19 | Brighton | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | -7 |
20 | Huddersfield | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | -4 |