Premier League predictions: Lawro v WWE stars Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre
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Manchester United will be the underdogs when they go to Etihad Stadium to play neighbours Manchester City on Sunday - but who will prevail?
"I feel that the ball has just started to run for United a little bit," BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson said. "Look at their last-gasp wins over Bournemouth and Juventus this week.
"When you keep scoring important last-minute goals, it is great for you and it also worries the opposition a little bit.
"Yes, City are favourites but I don't think this will be straightforward for them at all."
Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests.
This week's guests are WWE wrestlers Dolph Ziggler and his tag-team partner Drew McIntyre.
Premier League Predictions: WWE's Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler
Drew is a Rangers fan - and has been from a very early age.
He explained to BBC Sport: "My family supports Rangers and Celtic and, when you are a baby, they leave out the two tops and you crawl towards one of them.
"I believe I crawled to the Rangers top when I was a kid."
The 33-year-old from Ayr is enjoying life under current Gers boss Steve Gerrard and thinks he might bring the glory days back to Ibrox - although it might take a while.
"Gerrard played with his heart, which is something we were missing," McIntyre explained.
"He is drilling it into his team and we are on the rise. In the next couple of seasons I think we are going to be right back in it, competing with Celtic."
"It would be sweet to win something this season but I am being realistic - and it is amazing that we are back where we are right now."
Premier League predictions - week 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Dolph & Drew | |
SATURDAY | |||
Cardiff v Brighton | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
Huddersfield v West Ham | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Leicester v Burnley | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Newcastle v Bournemouth | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
Southampton v Watford | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
Crystal Palace v Tottenham | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-3 |
SUNDAY | |||
Liverpool v Fulham | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 |
Chelsea v Everton | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
Arsenal v Wolves | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
Man City v Man Utd | 3-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 |
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 stated.
SATURDAY
Newcastle 2-1 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Dolph & Drew's prediction: (Dolph) Newcastle? I have had their beer. Does Bournemouth have a beer or a drink? No? Sorry, Newcastle up. 2-0
Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Dolph & Drew's prediction: 0-3
SUNDAY
Man City 3-1 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Dolph & Drew's prediction: (Dolph) I have got to go with the team that I have actually talked to and hung out with and thought they were great, so I am going to stick with Manchester City - although it is going to be a close one. 3-2
How did Lawro do last week?
Last week, Lawro got nine correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches for a total of 90 points.
He beat Matt Kean and Matt Nicholls, bassist and drummer in rock band Bring Me The Horizon, who got five correct results, with no exact scores, for a total of 50 points.
Total scores after week 11 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 950 |
Guests | 850 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P11 | W4 | D2 | L5 |
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- | |
=1 | Man City | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
=1 | Man Utd | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | +6 |
3 | Liverpool | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
4 | Leicester | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | +6 |
=5 | Chelsea | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | -3 |
=5 | Tottenham | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | -1 |
7 | Everton | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | +2 |
8 | Arsenal | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | -3 |
9 | Newcastle | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | +8 |
=10 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | +4 |
=10 | Fulham | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | +10 |
=12 | Bournemouth | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -6 |
=12 | Burnley | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | +3 |
14 | Watford | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | -6 |
15 | West Ham | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -2 |
=16 | Southampton | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
=16 | Wolves | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -5 |
18 | Brighton | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 |
=19 | Cardiff | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
=19 | Huddersfield | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | -1 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD 2018-19
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
120 | Joe Thomas |
90 | Karl Pilkington, Chris Stark |
86 | Lawro (average after 11 weeks) |
80 | Richard Ashcroft, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg James, Mark Wahlberg |
60 | Idris Elba |
50 | Bring Me The Horizon |
40 | Tom Grennan |
Lawro's best score: 260 points (week seven v Karl Pilkington)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week three v Idris Elba and week eight v Chris Stark)