Lawro's Premier League predictions v singer James Bay
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Champions Manchester City will be presented with the Premier League trophy after Sunday's game against Huddersfield but will the Terriers be in the top flight to play them again next season?
BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is not sure, saying: "Huddersfield are in a pretty perilous position and it is hard to see things improving for them against a City side that want to break records as well as win trophies.
"I thought the Terriers would be OK but they play Chelsea and Arsenal in their final two games after this one, and it is hard to see them picking up another point."
Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight games this season, against a variety of guests.
This week he takes on singer James Bay.
Bay is from Hitchin in Hertfordshire but supports Newcastle because of one man - Alan Shearer.
He explained: "When I was six, Alan played for Newcastle - and that was it, really.
"I grew up in a town that is sort of near teams like Arsenal and Tottenham, but not near enough for me to feel like that was my club.
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"And in the middle of the 1990s, Newcastle were up there, and Shearer had just signed for them. For that reason alone, myself and my brother as well were just like - he is the man, so Newcastle is the team."
The pair are now friends, and Bay played for Shearer's team in September 2017 in a charity match to raise money for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
They also watched the Magpies lose against Fulham at the end of last season in the former England captain's executive box at St James' Park.
"Initially we met in a social media exchange where I said 'I'm a fan' and he said 'I'm a fan too' - and I was like 'oh, thanks'.
"He just invited me to a game, which was really kind of him, and we have sort of stayed in touch. We have hung out a few times which, for the six-year-old me of the past, was amazing - that lad is losing his mind."
Premier League predictions - week 37 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Bay | |
FRIDAY | |||
Brighton v Man Utd | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
SATURDAY | |||
Stoke v Crystal Palace | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
Bournemouth v Swansea | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Leicester v West Ham | 0-2 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
Watford v Newcastle | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 |
West Brom v Tottenham | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-4 |
Everton v Southampton | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Man City v Huddersfield | 0-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 |
Arsenal v Burnley | 5-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Chelsea v Liverpool | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
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 BST unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Leicester 0-2 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Bay's prediction: Both of these sides are capable of scoring some goals. 3-1
Watford 2-1 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Bay's prediction: 0-2
"In many respects I am very happy with the way the season has gone - we have stayed in the Premier League.
"But there are definitely some other changes that I want to see at the club, which is what the rest of our fans are saying as well.
"Rafa Benitez has done a fantastic job with a club owner who will not give him a chance financially.
"He is the bright light, the hope, for the club at the moment but he needs more money to spend."
SUNDAY
Arsenal 5-0 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Bay's prediction: Burnley have had a great season, I have been impressed and surprised by them but, if Arsenal play it right, I reckon they will win comfortably. 3-1
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Bay's prediction: 2-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do last week?
From last week's Premier League games, Lawro got five correct results, including two perfect scores, from 10 matches for a total of 110 points.
He beat singer Plan B, who got four correct results, including one perfect score, for a total of 70 points.
Total scores after week 36 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 3,260 |
Guests | 2,670 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P36 | W22 | D3 | L11 |
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
1 | Man City | 35 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 90 | 0 |
2 | Man Utd | 35 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 90 | 0 |
3 | Tottenham | 35 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 88 | +1 |
4 | Liverpool | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 80 | -1 |
5 | Chelsea | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 74 | 0 |
6 | Arsenal | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 0 |
7 | Leicester | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 52 | +2 |
8 | Burnley | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 45 | -1 |
9 | Southampton | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 44 | +9 |
10 | West Ham | 35 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 43 | +5 |
11 | Bournemouth | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 40 | +1 |
12 | West Brom | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 40 | +8 |
13 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 35 | -2 |
14 | Everton | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 34 | -6 |
15 | Stoke | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 34 | +4 |
16 | Newcastle | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | -6 |
17 | Brighton | 35 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 25 | -3 |
18 | Swansea | 35 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | -1 |
19 | Watford | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 19 | -6 |
20 | Huddersfield | 35 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 18 | -4 |
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 | Noreen Khan, Cesaro & Seamus, Wretch 32 |
91 | Lawro (average after 36 weeks) |
90 | Arni and Justin from The Vaccines, Pete Wentz |
80 | John Cena, Darren Campbell |
70 | Plan B, 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)