FA Cup fifth-round predictions - Lawro v YouTube star Tekkerz Kid
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It is League One versus Premier League in the FA Cup this weekend - and will there be any surprises?'
Rochdale v Tottenham (16:00 GMT, Sunday) and Wigan v Man City (19:55 GMT, Monday) are the two FA Cup fifth-round ties live on the BBC.
Lawro is pitting his wits against a different guest for each round of this season's FA Cup and his opponent this time is YouTube star Tekkerz Kid.
Tekkerz Kid predicts big FA Cup upsets as he takes on Lawro
Tekkerz Kid - real name Lorenzo Greer - is an eight-year-old footballer from Birmingham whose videos include skills tutorials and kit reviews, and whose channel has more than 900,000 subscribers.
He's supporting the BBC online safety initiative Own It which is teaching kids how to take control or their lives online.
Lawro is not expecting any surprises in the games on the BBC but is expecting at least one big shock over the weekend.
Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal goes back to his former side Sheffield Wednesday and Lawro is expecting an unhappy reunion for the Portuguese coach.
"I just have a feeling, quite often when a manager who has just left goes back, everyone wants to prove a point," says Lawro.
"I think this might be the upset of the round."
FA Cup fifth-round predictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gap | Result | Lawro | Tekkerz Kid | |
FRIDAY | ||||
Leicester v Sheff Utd | 20 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Chelsea v Hull | 37 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
SATURDAY | ||||
Sheff Wed v Swansea | 19 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Brighton v Coventry | 63 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Huddersfield v Man Utd | 15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 |
West Brom v Southampton | 2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
SUNDAY | ||||
Rochdale v Tottenham | 63 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
MONDAY | ||||
Wigan v Man City | 45 | x-x | 0-3 | 0-4 |
Gap = how many league positions separate each team
LAWRO'S FA CUP FIFTH-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
Leicester 1-0 Sheff Utd
Highlights: Leicester City 1-0 Sheffield United
Highlights: Chelsea 4-0 Hull City
SATURDAY
Sheff Wed 0-0 Swansea
FA Cup: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Swansea City highlights
Highlights: Brighton v Coventry in the FA Cup fifth round
Highlights: West Brom 1-2 Southampton in the FA Cup fifth round
Highlights: Huddersfield v Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round
SUNDAY
Rochdale 2-2 Tottenham
FA Cup highlights: Rochdale v Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup fifth round
MONDAY
Wigan 1-0 Man City
League One (Second) | v | Premier League (First) |
|---|---|---|
Who did they beat? | ||
4R: West Ham (PL) | 4R: Cardiff (C) | |
3R: Bournemouth (PL) | 3R: Burnley (PL) | |
2R: AFC Fylde (NL) | ||
1R: Crawley (L2) |
Wigan have knocked out two Premier League teams out on the way to the fifth round but this is completely different gravy. Manchester City played on Tuesday, they will be well rested but they will probably leave a couple of first-team players out just for insurance.
I'm expecting a great atmosphere and a full house at Wigan, which is good for them, but you would argue both sides have bigger fish to fry. Wigan will want to get out of League One and promoted as champions.
Lawro's prediction: 0-3
Tekkerz Kid's prediction: 0-4
Highlights: Wigan 1-0 Man City
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Gary Rose.
How did Lawro do in the fourth round?
On FA Cup fourth-round weekend, Lawro got 10 correct results, including four perfect scores, from the 16 ties for a total of 220 points.
He was up against Poet and Vuj, presenters on YouTube football channel Copa90.
Poet got six correct results, with no perfect scores, for a total of 60 points, while Vuj got seven correct results, with two perfect scores. That gave him a tally of 130 points.
FA Cup leaderboard after round four | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Correct result | (Perfect scores) | Total | Success rate | |
Lawro | 32/48 | (8) | 460 pts | 67% |
Vuj | 7/16 | (2) | 130 pts | 44% |
Guz Khan | 12/32 | (2) | 180 pts | 38% |
Poet | 6/16 | (0) | 60 pts | 38% |
Success rate = percentage of correct results
Those scores do not count towards Lawro's total for the season from Premier League fixtures or appear on the guest leaderboard.
In the last round of Premier League games, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 matches, for a total of 90 points.
He beat comedian Rhys James, who got three correct results, but no perfect scores, giving him a total of 30 points.
Total scores after week 26 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,360 |
Guests | 2,040 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P27 | W15 | D3 | L9 |
Lawro scored 90 points in week 27, which leaves him in 1,246th place out of more than 395,000 players.
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man City | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 0 |
2 | Man Utd | 27 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 0 |
3 | Tottenham | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 69 | +2 |
4 | Liverpool | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 61 | -1 |
5 | Chelsea | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 60 | -1 |
6 | Arsenal | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
7 | Southampton | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 | +11 |
8 | Leicester | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 0 |
9 | West Ham | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 35 | +3 |
10 | Stoke | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 32 | +9 |
11 | West Brom | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 32 | +9 |
12 | Bournemouth | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -2 |
13 | Burnley | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -6 |
14 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 26 | +1 |
15 | Everton | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -6 |
16 | Newcastle | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -3 |
17 | Brighton | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 19 | -3 |
18 | Swansea | 27 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | -2 |
19 | Watford | 27 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | -8 |
20 | Huddersfield | 27 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 12 | -3 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Justin Hawkins, Chris Shiflett |
130 | James Anderson*, Joe Johnson*, Russel Leetch* |
120 | Will Poulter, Moeen Ali |
110 | Aron Baynes* |
100 | Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
90 | Pete Wentz |
88 | Lawro (average after 27 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, Ed Lay |
30 | Felix White, Rhys James |
20 | Richard Osman, Emmanuel Sanders and Josh Norman |
* 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)