FA Cup & Premier League predictions: Lawro v Soccer AM star Tubes
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A total of 737 clubs have competed in his season's FA Cup - now just two remain.
Last weekend we saw Chelsea beat Manchester City and Leicester defeat Southampton to reach the final.
Lawro's guest predictor this week was Soccer AM legend Tubes, who has been speaking to players to get their previously unheard stories around the FA Cup as part of his Lifting the Lid series with the Football Association.
Tubes is a Chelsea fan, and there was never any chance he would support anyone else.
"I'm from a big Chelsea family," he told BBC Sport. "When I was born, the first picture they took was of me lying next to [Chelsea mascot] Stamford the Lion, so I couldn't ever follow any other team after that.
"I wouldn't want to, either. My dad was a massive Chelsea fan and my mum and dad were the first people to hold their wedding reception at Stamford Bridge.
"When he died a few years ago, his ashes were scattered on the pitch. John Terry sorted it out for us, which was amazing of him."
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Chelsea, last year's runners-up, are going for their ninth FA Cup triumph but it is a competition that that has already provided Tubes with plenty of moments to remember down the years.
"The first final I saw us in was 1994, when we played Manchester United," he said. "We properly went for it. Both sides of my family are Chelsea, so my uncle hired two stretch limos and 14 of us got driven to Wembley.
"We made a full day of it, and it was great going up there... but then we got spanked 4-0 by Manchester United, and everyone was just in silence on the way back."
Chelsea were back at Wembley three years later to play Middlesbrough in the 1997 final. Did Tubes and his family take limos again that time? "Absolutely not! We were not doing that again. We got the tube that time.
"That was a very different occasion though, and it was such a great day. We scored so early and we always seemed in control. I just remember the atmosphere being incredible and the point, later in the game, where I realised 'we are going to win the FA Cup'. It was amazing.
"That was the very start of our success, and the FA Cup still holds that same magic for me now. If we win it this season, I will be absolutely buzzing."
FA Cup semi-final predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Tubes | |
SATURDAY | |||
Chelsea v Man City | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
SUNDAY | |||
Leicester v Southampton | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
There are no replays in the FA Cup semi-finals, and the ties will be decided by extra-time and penalties.
Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Tubes | |
FRIDAY | |||
Everton v Tottenham | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
SATURDAY | |||
Newcastle v West Ham | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Wolves v Sheff Utd | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Arsenal v Fulham | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
Man Utd v Burnley | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Leeds v Liverpool | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
Key for route to FA Cup semi-finals: | |
|---|---|
PL = Premier League | C = Championship |
L1 = League One | L2 = League Two |
H = Home | A = Away |
FRIDAY
Everton 2-2 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Tubes' prediction: As a Chelsea fan thinking about the top four, I want a draw. 1-1
SATURDAY
Newcastle 3-2 West Ham
Chelsea 1-0 Man City
Wolves 1-0 Sheff Utd
SUNDAY
Arsenal 1-1 Fulham
Man Utd 3-1 Burnley
Leicester 1-0 Southampton
MONDAY
Leeds 1-1 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Tubes' prediction: 2-2
Lawro and Tubes were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
How did Lawro do last time?
Last weekend, Lawro got five correct results from 10 matches, including one exact score, for a total of 80 points.
He beat actor Steve Guttenberg, who got three correct results, but with no exact scores, giving him a total of 30 points.
+/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- | |
1 | Man City | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
2 | Man Utd | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 0 |
3 | Chelsea | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 72 | +2 |
=4 | Liverpool | 31 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 68 | +2 |
=4 | Tottenham | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 68 | +3 |
6 | Leeds | 31 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 64 | +4 |
7 | Leicester | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 50 | -4 |
8 | Wolves | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 49 | +2 |
9 | Arsenal | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 0 |
10 | Everton | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | -2 |
11 | Brighton | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 37 | +4 |
12 | West Ham | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | -8 |
13 | Burnley | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | +3 |
14 | Southampton | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 0 |
15 | Aston Villa | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -4 |
=16 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -3 |
=16 | Newcastle | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 25 | +1 |
18 | Sheff Utd | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | +2 |
19 | Fulham | 32 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | -1 |
20 | West Brom | 31 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 4 | -1 |
GUEST LEADERBOARD 2020-21
Score | Guest |
|---|---|
110 | Sister Bliss, Amy Macdonald, Dot Major, Steve White |
90 | Adam Devonshire, Becky Hill, Passenger, Chris Shiflett |
81 | Lawro (average after 31 weeks) |
80 | Celeste, Dan Flint, Frank Harper, Peter Hooton, Raye |
70 | Sam Carter, Lou Cotterill |
60 | Majestic, Caroline Weir |
50 | David Gray, Declan McKenna, Billy Monger, Paul Smith, Alex Sprogis, DJ Target |
40 | Gavin 'Mo' Edgeley, Ben Howard |
30 | Rick Astley, Lewis Evans, Steve Guttenberg, Gethin Jones, Fraser T. Smith |
20 | Charlie Forbes, Dougie Payne |
0 | Rema |
Total scores after week 31 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,520 |
Guests | 2,030 |
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P31 | W17 | D1 | L13 |
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