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 opponent for the latest round of festive Premier League fixtures is Lethal Bizzle.
Bizzle, whose real name is Maxwell Ansah, reached number one in the UK R&B charts with his single "Oi!" back in 2002.
He predicts Manchester United will extend their lead at the top of the Premier League with victory over West Brom, and thinks rivals Manchester City will lose at Norwich.
You can see all of Lethal Bizzle's predictions on Football Focus at 12:15 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and this website (in the UK).
| Predictions | Score | Lawro | Lethal Bizzle |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATURDAY | |||
| Sunderland v Tottenham | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Aston Villa v Wigan | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Fulham v Swansea | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 |
| Man Utd v West Brom | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
| Norwich v Man City | 3-4 | 0-2 | 2-1 |
| Reading v West Ham | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 |
| Stoke v Southampton | 3-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Arsenal v Newcastle | 7-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Everton v Chelsea | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| QPR v Liverpool | 0-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
On Boxing Day, Lawro took on MOTD commentator Guy Mowbray and former Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini.
Lawro got four results right, with no perfect scores, and his score of four saw him draw with Gabbiadini (also four correct results with no perfect scores) but lose to Mowbray (four correct results including one perfect score).
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 19 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 141 |
| Guests | 110 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham (12:45 GMT)
Prediction: 1-1
Aston Villa 0-3 Wigan
Prediction: 1-1
Fulham 1-2 Swansea
Prediction: 2-0
Man Utd 2-0 West Brom
Prediction: 3-1
Norwich 3-4 Man City
Prediction: 0-2
Reading 1-0 West Ham
Prediction: 1-0
Stoke 3-3 Southampton
Prediction: 2-0
Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle (17:30 GMT)
Prediction: 2-0
SUNDAY
Everton 1-2 Chelsea
Prediction: 1-1
QPR 0-3 Liverpool
Prediction: 2-1
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P19 | W9 | D4 | L6 |
| GUEST LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
|---|---|
| Kevin Sinfield | 11 |
| Luke Campbell | 10 |
| Mo Farah | 8 |
| Lawro | 7.42 (average) |
| James Arthur | 7 |
| Dave Brailsford | 7 |
| Example | 7 |
| Guy Mowbray | 7 |
| Goran Ivanisevic | 7 |
| Joe Calzaghe | 6 |
| Guy Mowbray | 6 |
| Andy Murray | 6 |
| Peter Reid | 6 |
| Natalie Lowe | 5 |
| Joanna Rowsell | 5 |
| Greg Rutherford | 5 |
| Darren Farley | 4 |
| Marco Gabbiadini | 4 |
| Michael Vaughan | 4 |
| Justin Young | 4 |
| Jonny Brownlee | 3 |
| Stephanie Houghton | 3 |
| Dani King | 2 |
| Paul Reid | 2 |
| Carl Froch | 1 |
Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).
Lawro's worst score: four points (weeks three and 19).
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man Utd | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 3 | +34 | 49 |  | 0 |
| 2. | Everton | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 42 |  | +3 |
| 3. | Man City | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 41 |  | -1 |
| 4. | Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 39 | | +3 |
| 5. | Chelsea | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 37 | | -2 |
| 6. | Tottenham | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 13 | +14 | 36 | | -2 |
| 7. | Liverpool | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 30 | | +3 |
| 8. | QPR | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 30 | | +12 |
| 9. | Newcastle | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 28 | | +6 |
| 10. | Sunderland | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | -3 | 25 | | +3 |
| 11. | Stoke | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 24 | | -3 |
| 12. | Southampton | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 22 | | +5 |
| 13. | West Brom | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 18 | | -7 |
| 14. | West Ham | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 17 | | -2 |
| 15. | Fulham | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 17 | | -1 |
| 16. | Swansea | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 17 | | -7 |
| 17. | Wigan | 19 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 32 | -20 | 14 | | +1 |
| 18. | Aston Villa | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 32 | -19 | 11 | | -2 |
| 19. | Norwich | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 32 | -20 | 10 | | -8 |
| 20. | Reading | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 8 | | -1 |
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.
