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 Premier League fixtures is wrestling legend Hulk Hogan.
Hogan, who has been in the UK on tour with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, says he has never heard of Lawro but has done his homework and is predicting "a massacre - the highest scoring game ever".
| Predictions | Score | Lawro | Hogan |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATURDAY | |||
| Tottenham v Newcastle | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| Chelsea v Wigan | 4-1 | 2-0 | 40-1 |
| Norwich v Fulham | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Stoke v Reading | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Sunderland v Arsenal | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Swansea v QPR | 4-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Southampton v Man City | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Aston Villa v West Ham | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Man Utd v Everton | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| MONDAY | |||
| Liverpool v West Brom | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-3 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro took on former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio
Lawro got four results right, with no perfect scores, and his score of four was enough to see off Dallaglio (three results, with no perfect 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 had come off (also at the bottom of the page).
| Premier League total scores after week 25 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 179 |
| Guests | 143 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Tottenham 2-1 Newcastle
Prediction: 1-1
Chelsea 4-1 Wigan
Prediction: 2-0
Norwich 0-0 Fulham
Prediction: 2-1
Stoke 2-1 Reading
Prediction: 2-0
Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal
Prediction: 1-1
Swansea 4-1 QPR
Prediction: 1-2
Southampton 3-1 Man City
Prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham
Prediction: 1-0
Man Utd 2-0 Everton
Prediction: 2-0
MONDAY
Liverpool 0-2 West Brom
Prediction: 2-0
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 | W14 | D4 | L7 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 11 | Kevin Sinfield |
| 10 | Luke Campbell, Devlin |
| 8 | Wretch 32, Mo Farah |
| 7.16 (average) | Lawro |
| 7 | James Arthur, Dave Brailsford, Example, Goran Ivanisevic |
| 6 | Joe Calzaghe, Guy Mowbray, Andy Murray, Peter Reid, Steve Wilson |
| 5 | Lethal Bizzle, Magnus, Natalie Lowe, Joanna Rowsell, Greg Rutherford |
| 4 | Darren Farley, Marco Gabbiadini |
| Michael Vaughan, Justin Young | |
| 3 | Russell Brand, Jonny Brownlee, Lawrence Dallaglio, Stephanie Houghton |
| 2 | Dani King, Paul Reid |
| 1 | Carl Froch |
Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).
Lawro's worst score: four points (weeks three, 19, 23 and 24).
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man Utd | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 7 | +43 | 65 |  | 0 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 56 |  | +4 |
| 3. | Everton | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 55 | | +2 |
| 4. | Man City | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 53 |  | -2 |
| 5. | Chelsea | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 50 | | -2 |
| 6. | Tottenham | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 43 | | -2 |
| 7. | QPR | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 41 | | +13 |
| 8. | Liverpool | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 37 | | -1 |
| 9. | Newcastle | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 37 | | +6 |
| 10. | Sunderland | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 33 | | +2 |
| 11. | Stoke | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 30 | | -1 |
| 12. | West Brom | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 36 | -9 | 25 | | -3 |
| 13 | Wigan | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 39 | -19 | 25 | | +5 |
| 14 | West Ham | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 24 | | -3 |
| 15. | Fulham | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 36 | -15 | 22 | | -2 |
| 16. | Southampton | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 39 | -20 | 22 | | 0 |
| 17. | Swansea | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 37 | -19 | 20 | | -9 |
| 18. | Reading | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 38 | -19 | 16 | | -1 |
| 19. | Aston Villa | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 41 | -23 | 16 | | 0 |
| 20. | Norwich | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 41 | -25 | 14 | | -6 |
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.
