Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
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BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponents for the latest round of Premier League fixtures are Olympic gold medal-winning cyclists Dani King and Joanna Rowsell, part of Great Britain's successful women's team pursuit trio at London 2012.
Appropriately, given how well they combined in the London Velodrome, the pair did their predictions together, apart from for West Brom versus Southampton.
King is a big Saints fan and backs them to beat the Baggies. Rowsell, however, goes for a home win at The Hawthorns.
| Predictions | Score | Lawro | Dani King & Joanna Rowsell |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATURDAY | |||
| Man Utd v Arsenal | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Fulham v Everton | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Norwich v Stoke | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Sunderland v Aston Villa | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Swansea v Chelsea | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Tottenham v Wigan | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| West Ham v Man City | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| QPR v Reading | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Liverpool v Newcastle | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-4 |
| MONDAY | |||
| West Brom v Southampton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-3 (King) 2-0 (Rowsell) |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro took on former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Natalie Lowe.
Lawro got nine results right, including one perfect score, and his score of 11 gave him a convincing victory over Vaughan (four correct results, no perfect scores) and Lowe (also four right results with no exact scores).
This season, we will also be keeping a record of the total scores for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all Lawro's predictions came off (also at the bottom of the page).
| Total scores after week nine | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 72 |
| Guests | 57 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Manchester United 2-1 Arsenal
Prediction: 2-0
Fulham 2-2 Everton
Prediction: 1-2
Norwich 1-0 Stoke
Prediction: 2-1
Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-0
Swansea 1-1 Chelsea
Prediction: 1-1
Tottenham 0-1 Wigan
Prediction: 2-0
West Ham 0-0 Manchester City
Prediction: 1-1
SUNDAY
QPR 1-1 Reading
Prediction: 2-0
Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle
Prediction: 2-1
MONDAY
West Brom 2-0 Southampton
Prediction: 2-0
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P9 | W3 | D1 | L5 |
| GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
| Luke Campbell | 10 |
| Kevin Sinfield | 10 |
| Mo Farah | 8 |
| Lawro | 8 (average) |
| Dave Brailsford | 7 |
| Example | 7 |
| Natalie Lowe | 5 |
| Greg Rutherford | 5 |
| Michael Vaughan | 4 |
| Jonny Brownlee | 3 |
| Stephanie Houghton | 3 |
Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).
Lawro's worst score: four points (week three).
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man City | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 23 |  | +2 |
| 2. | Man Utd | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 21 |  | 0 |
| 3. | Tottenham | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 19 | | +1 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 18 | | +2 |
| 5. | Everton | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 17 | | 0 |
| 6. | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 16 |  | -5 |
| 7. | Newcastle | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 15 | | +3 |
| 8. | Sunderland | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 15 | | +6 |
| 9. | Liverpool | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | | +3 |
| 10. | West Ham | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 | | -1 |
| 11. | QPR | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 11 | | +9 |
| 12. | Stoke | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 10 | | +1 |
| 13. | Fulham | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 9 | | -6 |
| 14. | Southampton | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 9 | | +5 |
| 15. | Swansea | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 8 | | -4 |
| 16. | West Brom | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 7 | | -8 |
| 17. | Wigan | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 7 | | -2 |
| 18. | Aston Villa | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 6 | | -1 |
| 19. | Reading | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 5 | | -1 |
| 20. | Norwich | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 3 | | -4 |
Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.
Make your own predictions to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.
