FA Cup fourth-round predictions - Lawro v Copa90 presenters Poet and Vuj
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Manchester City and Manchester United are the top two teams in the Premier League, but how will they fare away from home against lower-division opposition in the FA Cup?
United's game at League Two strugglers Yeovil (19:55 GMT, Friday) and City's trip to Championship high-flyers Cardiff (16:00 GMT, Sunday) are the two FA Cup fourth-round ties live on the BBC this weekend.
Will there be any surprises? Well, Lawro is predicting a smile from United manager Jose Mourinho - but it is his 55th birthday on Friday, so it might depend on what presents he gets.
Lawro is pitting his wits against a different guest for each round of this season's FA Cup and his opponents for this weekend's FA Cup fourth-round ties are Poet and Vuj, presenters on YouTube football channel Copa90.
FA Cup & chill - Copa90 stars Poet & Vuj take on Lawro at FA Cup fourth-round predictions
Copa90, external is the world's largest independent football channel on YouTube and has more than 1.4m subscribers. Its Facebook page has more than 1.9m followers.
Poet and Vuj are both members of the Football Association's Cup Collective, external for this season's FA Cup. You can see what they are up to this weekend by following #CupCollective across social media.
Poet supports Arsenal and says his best moment working on Copa90 was meeting Gunners legend Ian Wright: "He was my idol, he was everything. He was the first man on TV who, genuinely for me in football, did not care about his environment and did whatever he wanted, and I really respected him."
Vuj says the favourite guest he has interviewed on Copa90 is Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
He explained: "That was the bridging for me personally of football, culture and politics and seeing how it can all intertwine, as much as you might think they are all individual entities."
Poet added: "That interview was very eye-opening for me too because it was something Vuj was very passionate about and watching him and Jeremy have that conversation was one of the most incredible things I have witnessed in my life.
"I don't think I actually understood how all of those worlds do co-exist and how important it is to acknowledge them. It put everything into perspective."
Liverpool fan Vuj has faced shots from Steven Gerrard and once interviewed former England goalkeeper David James. Vuj said: "I am pretty sure he flew in from another planet. David James' mind is just different - he thinks very differently. He is very funny and very introspective."
FA Cup fourth-round predictions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gap | Result | Lawro | Poet | Vuj | |
FRIDAY | |||||
Sheffield Wednesday v Reading | 1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
Yeovil v Man Utd | 86 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1* |
SATURDAY | |||||
Huddersfield v Birmingham | 28 | 1-1 | 1-1* | 3-0 | 2-0 |
Hull v Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Liverpool v West Brom | 14 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Middlesbrough v Brighton | 11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1* | 1-1* |
Millwall v Rochdale | 31 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
MK Dons v Coventry | 8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1* |
Newport v Tottenham | 70 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 |
Notts County v Swansea | 20 | 1-1 | 1-1* | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Peterborough v Leicester | 44 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-1* | 1-2 |
Sheffield Utd v Preston | 4 | 1-0 | 1-1* | 1-2 | 3-1 |
Southampton v Watford | 7 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0* | 0-1 |
Wigan v West Ham | 33 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
SUNDAY | |||||
Cardiff v Man City | 21 | x-x | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-3 |
Chelsea v Newcastle | 11 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Gap = how many league positions separate each team
* Away team to win at home in the replay
** Home team to win away in the replay
LAWRO'S FA CUP FOURTH-ROUND PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Key: | |
|---|---|
PL = Premier League | C = Championship |
L1 = League One | L2 = League Two |
NL = Non-league | |
FRIDAY
Sheff Wed 3-1 Reading
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Poet's prediction: 2-1
Vuj's prediction: 3-0
Yeovil 0-4 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Poet's prediction: 0-2
Vuj's prediction: 1-1* Man Utd to win replay
SATURDAY
Peterborough 1-5 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Poet's prediction: 1-1* Leicester to win replay
Vuj's prediction: 1-2
Huddersfield 1-1 Birmingham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1* Birmingham to win replay
Poet's prediction: I just love Hud-Hud. 3-0
Vuj's prediction: 2-0
Hull 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Lawro's prediction: 0-1
Poet's prediction: I was at the Forest-Arsenal cup tie. I left at 3-1 and cried on the train home. Yes we lost to Forest, and I did not see it coming - but that is the beauty of the FA Cup.
This time? I think Hull will manage a convincing win, leaving me to question how we lost to Forest. 2-0
Vuj's prediction: 2-1
Middlesbrough 0-1 Brighton
Lawro's prediction: 0-1
Poet's prediction: 1-1* Brighton to win replay
Vuj's prediction: 1-1* Brighton to win replay
Millwall 2-2 Rochdale
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Poet's prediction: 2-1
Vuj's prediction: 2-0
MK Dons 0-1 Coventry
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Poet's prediction: 1-0
Vuj's prediction: 1-1* Coventry to win replay
Notts County 1-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1* Swansea to win replay
Poet's prediction: 2-1
Vuj's prediction: I do wonder how much Swansea will care about this because they are trying to stay up, which is why I think Notts County will win. 2-1
Sheffield United 1-0 Preston
Lawro's prediction: 1-1* Preston to win replay
Poet's prediction: 1-2
Vuj's prediction: 3-1
Southampton 1-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Poet's prediction: 0-0* Watford to win replay
Vuj's prediction: 0-1
Wigan 2-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Poet's prediction: 1-0
Vuj's prediction: 2-0
Newport County 1-1 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 0-3
Poet's prediction: 0-3
Vuj's prediction: 1-2
Liverpool 2-3 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Poet's prediction: 2-0
Vuj's prediction: 2-0
SUNDAY
Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Poet's prediction: 2-0
Vuj's prediction: 1-0
Cardiff 0-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Poet's prediction: No shock here. This is Pep. Certain managers just have egos. Arsene Wenger does not really have an ego like that - but Pep is just not losing to Cardiff. 0-3
Vuj's prediction: I love the underdog story and the romance, but I think this is going to be emphatic. Every girl I thought I was going to marry, I did not end up marrying. That is the FA Cup - every time you are thinking this is the one, it is is going to happen, a big club will come and beat you. No fairytales here. 0-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do in the third round?
On FA Cup third-round weekend, Lawro got 12 correct results, including four perfect scores, from the 32 ties for a total of 240 points.
He was up against comedian Guz Khan, who also got 12 correct results, but with two perfect scores. That gave him a total of 180 points.
FA Cup leaderboard after round three | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Correct result | (Perfect scores) | Total | Success rate | |
Lawro | 12 | (4) | 240 pts | 19% |
Guz Khan | 12 | (2) | 180 pts | 13% |
In the last round of Premier League games, Lawro got six correct results, including three perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 150 points.
He beat Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, who also got six correct results, but with one perfect score, giving him a total of 90 points.
Total scores after week 24 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,070 |
Guests | 1,860 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P24 | W13 | D2 | L9 |
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man Utd | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 64 | +1 |
2 | Tottenham | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 62 | +4 |
3 | Man City | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 61 | -2 |
4 | Liverpool | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
5 | Chelsea | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 51 | -2 |
6 | Arsenal | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 0 |
7 | Southampton | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 33 | +11 |
8 | West Ham | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 31 | +3 |
9 | Leicester | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | -2 |
10 | West Brom | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | +9 |
11 | Bournemouth | 24 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 28 | +1 |
12 | Stoke | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | +5 |
13 | Burnley | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -5 |
14 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 22 | -1 |
15 | Everton | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 |
16 | Newcastle | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -1 |
17 | Swansea | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +3 |
18 | Brighton | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 15 | -2 |
19 | Watford | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -9 |
20 | Huddersfield | 24 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 10 | -6 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Chris Shiflett |
Justin Hawkins | |
130 | James Anderson*, Joe Johnson* |
120 | Will Poulter, Moeen Ali |
110 | Aron Baynes* |
100 | Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
90 | Pete Wentz |
85 | Lawro (average after 24 weeks) |
80 | John Cena, Darren Campbell |
70 | Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Jimmy from Django Django, Will Ferrell, Nish Kumar, Non Stanford, Rick Witter |
50 | Steve Cram, Michael Dapaah, Channing Tatum, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, Joe Root, Dario Saric |
40 | Craig David |
30 | Felix White |
20 | Richard Osman |
* shows weeks where Lawro had more than one guest, and only the highest score contributed to the guest total.
Lawro's best score: 150 points (week eight v Wretch 32 and week 24 v Pete Wentz)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week four v Umenyiora and Bell, week five v Non Stanford, week 21 v Darren Campbell and week 23 v Saric and Baynes)