FA Cup fourth-round predictions - Lawro v Radio 1Xtra DJs Dotty and Reece Parkinson
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Between them, Arsenal and Manchester United have won the FA Cup 25 times, but it was United who made it into the hat for the fifth round this year.
United's win on Friday was one of three fourth-round ties you can watch live on the BBC.
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson has taken a look at all 16 of this weekend's ties and given his verdict on who will make it into round five.
For selected matches, including Arsenal versus United and the BBC's other two televised games - Millwall v Everton (Saturday 17:30 GMT) and Chelsea v Sheffield Wednesday (Sunday 18:00) - BBC Radio 1Xtra DJs Dotty and Reece Parkinson have made their predictions too.
FA Cup predictions with Radio 1Xtra DJs Dotty and Reece Parkinson
Reece presents his show on Sunday nights from 21:00 GMT and Dotty is on the Breakfast Show on weekdays from 06:00 to 10:00.
FA Cup fourth-round ties | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Gap | Result | Lawro | |
FRIDAY | |||
Bristol City v Bolton | 16 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Arsenal v Man Utd | 1 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
SATURDAY | |||
Accrington v Derby | 32 | 0-1 | 1-1* |
Brighton v West Brom | 10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Doncaster v Oldham | 29 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Man City v Burnley | 14 | 5-0 | 2-0 |
Middlesbrough v Newport | 56 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Newcastle v Watford | 10 | 0-2 | 2-0 |
Portsmouth v QPR | 11 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Shrewsbury v Wolves | 54 | 2-2 | 0-2 |
Swansea v Gillingham | 34 | 4-1 | 1-0 |
Millwall v Everton | 28 | 3-2 | 1-1* |
Wimbledon v West Ham | 58 | 4-2 | 1-2 |
SUNDAY | |||
Crystal Palace v Tottenham | 11 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Chelsea v Sheff Wed | 32 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
MONDAY | |||
Barnet v Brentford | 71 | 3-3 | 0-2 |
Gap = how many league positions separate each team
* Away team to win at home in the replay
Lawro's FA Cup fourth-round predictions
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless stated.
Key: | |
|---|---|
PL = Premier League | C = Championship |
L1 = League One | L2 = League Two |
NL = Non-league | H/A = Home/Away (r = replay) |
FRIDAY
Bristol City 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Arsenal 1-3 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Dotty's prediction: 1-2
Reece's prediction: 1-3
SATURDAY
Accrington Stanley 0-1 Derby County
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 - Derby to win replay
Dotty's prediction: 1-2
Reece's prediction: 1-2
Brighton 0-0 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Dotty's prediction: 1-2
Reece's prediction: 1-2
Doncaster 2-1 Oldham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Man City 5-0 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Dotty's prediction: 3-1
Reece's prediction: 4-1
Middlesbrough 1-1 Newport County
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Newcastle 0-2 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Dotty's prediction: 3-1
Reece's prediction: 2-3
Portsmouth 1-1 QPR
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Shrewsbury 2-2 Wolves
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Swansea 4-1 Gillingham
Lawro's prediction: 1-0
Millwall 3-2 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1 - Everton to win replay
Dotty's prediction: 1-0
Reece's prediction: 1-0.
AFC Wimbledon 4-2 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Dotty's prediction: 1-1 - West Ham to win replay
Reece's prediction: 2-1
SUNDAY
Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Dotty's prediction: 2-2
Reece's prediction: 1-0
Chelsea 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Dotty's prediction: This is going to be an absolute walk in the park. I am calling it now, 4-0 to Chelsea.
Reece's prediction: This one, I feel an upset coming along - especially with Chelsea's form at the moment - they are not doing the best and lost to Arsenal the other week. So I am going with 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday - hopefully!
MONDAY
Barnet 3-3 Brentford
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Dotty's prediction: 0-2
Reece's prediction: 1-2
How did Lawro do last time?
From last week's Premier League games, Lawro got eight correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches, for a total of 80 points.
He lost to NBA star Mario Hezonja, who got six correct results, but with one exact score, for a total of 90 points.
Total scores after week 23 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 1,990 |
Guests | 1,790 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P23 | W11 | D2 | L10 |
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- | |
1 | Man City | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 63 | +1 |
2 | Man Utd | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 60 | +4 |
=3 | Liverpool | 23 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 51 | -2 |
=3 | Tottenham | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 0 |
5 | Chelsea | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 46 | -1 |
6 | Everton | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 38 | +5 |
7 | Leicester | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | +2 |
8 | Arsenal | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 36 | -3 |
9 | Newcastle | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | +8 |
10 | Burnley | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 | +6 |
11 | Fulham | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 27 | +8 |
=12 | Bournemouth | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 0 |
=12 | Watford | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 26 | -5 |
=14 | West Ham | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | -4 |
=14 | Wolves | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | -7 |
16 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -2 |
17 | Southampton | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -2 |
18 | Cardiff | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
19 | Brighton | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | -6 |
20 | Huddersfield | 23 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD 2018-19
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
160 | David Ginola |
140 | The 1975's Ross MacDonald |
120 | Joe Thomas |
110 | Yatez |
90 | Mario Hezonja, Jim Glennie, Karl Pilkington, Chris Stark |
87 | Lawro (average after 23 weeks) |
80 | Richard Ashcroft, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg James, Mark Wahlberg |
60 | Idris Elba, Dolph Lundgren, Mumford & Sons, Dillian Whyte |
50 | Bring Me The Horizon, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Theo Ellis |
40 | Tom Grennan, Josh Warrington |
30 | Oti Mabuse |
Lawro's best score: 260 points (week seven v Karl Pilkington)
Lawro's worst score: 40 points (week three v Idris Elba, week eight v Chris Stark and week 12 v Mumford & Sons)