Premier League predictions: Lawro v Django Django's Jimmy Dixon
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Big matches and big calls from Mark Lawrenson as he predicted Manchester United to stop the rot at Everton, and Arsenal to beat Chelsea in the first Premier League London derby of 2018.
Lawro has regularly backed Jose Mourinho to get the best out of United. In the table based on his predictions, the Red Devils are a point clear of neighbours Manchester City. In reality, United are 12 points adrift.
Elsewhere, Lawro believes Arsenal's formidable home record at Emirates Stadium - eight wins from 10 league games - will do for Chelsea.
Lawro went for a 2-0 win for United and a 2-1 success for Arsenal - 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 40 points in week 21, which leaves him in 2,356th place out of more than 345,000 users.
He will be making a prediction for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week, Lawro takes on Jimmy Dixon, bassist in Mercury Prize-nominated alt-rock band Django Django.
Dixon spent his boyhood just two minutes' walk from Elland Road so his allegiance was decided for him.
"My dad started taking me to Leeds games in the 1989-90 season, when we had just signed Gordon Strachan and Vinnie Jones," he said.
Django Django release their third studio album - Marble Skies - in late January
"When we won the title in 1991-92 my brother and I made a makeshift Leeds flag and ran around our estate celebrating.
"Later, I loved Tony Yeboah. There are plenty more influential players at Leeds over the years but I'll never forget his goal against Liverpool at Elland Road in 1995."
Django Django's music has featured on Match of the Day's Goal of the Month competition, representing an unexpected career highlight for Dixon.
"It was incredible," he said. "I grew up watching Match of the Day so hearing a track on Goal of the Month was the pinnacle for me."
Premier League predictions - week 22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Jimmy | |
MONDAY | |||
Brighton v Bournemouth | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Burnley v Liverpool | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
Leicester v Huddersfield | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Stoke v Newcastle | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Everton v Man Utd | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 |
TUESDAY | |||
Southampton v Crystal Palace | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
Swansea v Tottenham | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-4 |
West Ham v West Brom | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
Man City v Watford | 3-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 |
WEDNESDAY | |||
Arsenal v Chelsea | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
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.
MONDAY
Burnley 1-2 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2.
Jimmy's prediction: Liverpool have probably got too many goals in them for Burnley. 1-3.
Stoke 0-1 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-1.
Jimmy's prediction: Last game on Match of the Day? 1-1.
Everton 0-2 Manchester United
Lawro's prediction: 0-2.
Jimmy's prediction: Wayne Rooney with a 93rd-minute equaliser for Everton. 2-2.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
How did Lawro do last time?
In the last round of Premier League games, Lawro got four correct results, but no perfect scores, from nine matches, for a total of 40 points.
He lost out to Olympic gold-winning former sprinter Darren Campbell who got five correct results, including one perfect score, giving him a total of 80 points and putting him level with wrestler John Cena on our leaderboard.
Total scores after week 21 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,790 |
Guests | 1,600 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P21 | W11 | D2 | L8 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Chris Shiflett |
Justin Hawkins | |
130 | James Anderson**, Joe Johnson*** |
120 | Will Poulter, Moeen Ali |
100 | Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
85 | Lawro (average after 21 weeks) |
80 | John Cena, Darren Campbell |
70 | Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Will Ferrell, Nish Kumar, Non Stanford, Rick Witter |
50 | Steve Cram, Michael Dapaah, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root |
40 | Craig David |
30 | Felix White |
20 | Richard Osman |
*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.
***Witter and Johnson both provided predictions on week 17, but only Johnson'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, week five v Non Stanford and week 21 v Darren Campbell)
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man Utd | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 55 | +1 |
2 | Man City | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 54 | -1 |
3 | Liverpool | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 51 | +1 |
4 | Tottenham | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 50 | +2 |
5 | Chelsea | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 47 | -3 |
6 | Arsenal | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 36 | -1 |
7 | Southampton | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | +6 |
8 | West Ham | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 26 | +10 |
9 | Bournemouth | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | +5 |
10 | West Brom | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | +9 |
11 | Leicester | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -3 |
12 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | +5 |
13 | Burnley | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -6 |
14 | Stoke | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | +1 |
15 | Everton | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -6 |
16 | Swansea | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | +4 |
17 | Newcastle | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -1 |
18 | Brighton | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | -6 |
19 | Watford | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -9 |
20 | Huddersfield | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 9 | -9 |
- Published27 December 2017
