Lawro's Premier League and FA Cup predictions v BBC Asian Network DJ Noreen Khan
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Tottenham and Manchester United meet at Wembley on Saturday with a place in the FA Cup final at stake.
You can watch the game live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website at 17:15 BST, but who will win?
BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson is going for United but thinks it will be tight, explaining: "It has got to be decided on the day but it would not surprise me if this game went the distance and is settled on penalties."
His guest this week - BBC Asian Network presenter, lifelong Liverpool fan and part-time stand-up comedian Noreen Khan - also thinks United will triumph.
"I never want United to win but I think they will this time," she explained. "Spurs got the better of them in January, and United will want their revenge."
Predictions: BBC Asian Network's Noreen Khan
Khan, who has had a customised Liverpool sari made, is also predicting the scores for the weekend's Premier League games - including her beloved Reds.
She explained: "I was going to host the Asian football awards in 2013 at Wembley so I thought why don't I go for something really different.
"I got together with a designer and we created this pretty amazing Liverpool FC sari with the Liver bird on it and 'You'll never walk alone' imprinted on it.
"I didn't realise it at the time but it was actually the world's first football sari, so that is my claim to fame."
Khan's says her Liverpool heroes are Steven Gerrard - "because of Istanbul" - John Barnes, Luis Suarez and Mohamed Salah.
"I got into supporting them because of my family, I am the youngest out of all my siblings and, growing up, they supported Liverpool so it was just natural really to become a fan.
"I hope Salah gets the Golden Boot this year, because he deserves it.
"He has been an amazing signing - I don't think anyone expected him to do as well as he has.
"Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has got a lot to do with it but Salah is just a raw talent and such a gifted player. He is a goalscoring machine and he makes it look so effortless as well."
FA Cup semi-final predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Noreen | |
SATURDAY | |||
Man Utd v Tottenham | 2-1 | 1-1* | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Chelsea v Southampton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
* Man Utd to win AET and pens
Premier League predictions - week 35 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Noreen | |
THURSDAY | |||
Burnley v Chelsea | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-1* |
Leicester v Southampton | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
SATURDAY | |||
West Brom v Liverpool | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
Watford v Crystal Palace | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Arsenal v West Ham | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Stoke v Burnley | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Man City v Swansea | 5-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Everton v Newcastle | x-x | 2-1 | 2-2 |
*Game rearranged from week 31 - prediction made by comedian John Bishop
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 BST unless otherwise stated.
THURSDAY
Burnley 1-2 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
John Bishop's prediction: 1-1 (game rearranged from FA Cup quarter-final weekend when Bishop was guest)#
Man Utd 2-1 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 AET - Man Utd to win on penalties.
Noreen's prediction: 2-1
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Everton v Newcastle (Premier League, 20:00 BST)
There is a lot of speculation about Sam Allardyce's future at Goodison Park - but where is the game going to if all clubs start doing what Everton have done this week, with their fans survey about his performance?
It is obvious that a lot of Everton fans are not fans of Allardyce, which is fine - that is their opinion. But you know what? He has not done a bad job, and he has done the job he was brought in to do.
Swansea 1-1 Everton: Sam Allardyce satisfied with 'great' point
I suppose when you sign an 18-month deal like he did, you are not expecting to be at a club for a long time anyway - in theory he only has one more season left.
Whatever happens next at Everton, I do not understand asking the fans. I don't get that at all - who have they picked to ask, for starters?
Are they all Everton season ticket holders? And can Liverpool fans have a vote? Rate the Everton manager out of 10? Most Liverpool fans would probably give him 11.
Seriously, though, whatever you think about Allardyce's tactics, when he took the job in November, the Toffees were in danger of being relegated. They were a complete mess.
Allardyce's remit was to keep them in the Premier League, not to recreate the glory days of Alan Ball, Howard Kendall and Colin Harvey and the Everton 'School of Science'., external
Actually, if you think about it, Allardyce's approach is a school of science - just maybe not the one that the fans wanted.
But, if Everton do decide they want a change, it would not surprise me to find him at somewhere like West Brom next season.
He is not going to be short of offers because his record speaks for itself so, if he leaves, then it will not be the end of the world for him.
Newcastle 2-1 Arsenal: Rafael Benitez congratulates Magpies after win
When we are talking about managers who have done a good job, then Rafael Benitez is definitely one of them. Newcastle's run of four straight wins has taken them to safety.
There is always one team that completely bombs at this stage of the season - arguably Stoke this time - and another who pulls results out of the fire and leaves you asking 'whoa, where did that come from?'.
Newcastle have done brilliantly but if the results of the Everton fans' survey are in, then I bet the Toffees go and win.
Everton 1-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Noreen's prediction: These two are pretty close in the table so I am going to go for a draw. 2-2
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do in the sixth round?
On FA Cup sixth-round weekend, Lawro got three correct results, with two perfect scores, from the four ties for a total of 90 points and a success rate of 75%.
He was up against comedian John Bishop who got three correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 60 points and a success rate of 75%.
FA Cup leaderboard after round six | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Correct result | (Perfect scores) | Success rate | |
John Bishop | 3/4 | (1) | 75% |
Lawro | 39/60 | (10) | 65% |
Vuj | 7/16 | (2) | 44% |
Guz Khan | 12/32 | (2) | 38% |
Poet | 6/16 | (0) | 38% |
Tekkerz Kid | 3/8 | (0) | 38% |
From the last round of Premier League games, Lawro got four correct results, including two perfect scores, from 10 matches for a total of 100 points.
He beat comedian Elis James, who got three correct results, including one perfect score, for a total of 30 points.
In this week's rearranged games, Lawro wrongly predicted Tottenham would beat Brighton 2-1 on Tuesday (the game ended 1-1) but correctly thought Manchester United would beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Wednesday.
Similarly, Khan thought Spurs would win 3-1 and United would win 2-0.
Those points will be added on to their total scores next week.
Total scores after week 34 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 3,030 |
Guests | 2,500 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P34 | W20 | D3 | L11 |
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man Utd | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 87 | +1 |
2 | Tottenham | 34 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 85 | +2 |
3 | Man City | 33 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 84 | -2 |
4 | Liverpool | 34 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 76 | -1 |
5 | Chelsea | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 71 | 0 |
6 | Arsenal | 33 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 60 | 0 |
7 | Leicester | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 51 | +1 |
8 | West Ham | 33 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 43 | +6 |
9 | Burnley | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | -2 |
10 | Southampton | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 41 | +8 |
11 | Bournemouth | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 0 |
12 | West Brom | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 39 | +8 |
13 | Stoke | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 | +6 |
14 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 31 | +2 |
15 | Everton | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | -6 |
16 | Newcastle | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -6 |
17 | Brighton | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 25 | -4 |
18 | Swansea | 33 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | -1 |
19 | Watford | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 19 | -7 |
20 | Huddersfield | 34 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 15 | -5 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | Justin Hawkins, Chris Shiflett |
130 | James Anderson*, Joe Johnson* |
120 | Russel Leetch*, Will Poulter, Moeen Ali |
110 | Aron Baynes* |
100 | Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
90 | Arni and Justin from The Vaccines, Pete Wentz |
89 | Lawro (average after 34 weeks) |
80 | John Cena, Darren Campbell |
70 | John Bishop** Brendan Foster*, Mark Strong |
60 | Jimmy from Django Django, Will Ferrell, Nish Kumar, Non Stanford, Rick Witter |
50 | Steve Cram, Michael Dapaah, Russell Howard, Channing Tatum, Joe Root, Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, Dario Saric, Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell, |
40 | Craig David, Ed Lay |
30 | Elis James, Rhys James, Felix White |
20 | Charlie Cooper, 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.
** Shows weeks where guest total does not include all rearranged games.
Lawro's best score: 170 points (week 30 v Arni and Justin from The Vaccines)
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)