Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions: the final weekend
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BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson was challenged by a different guest each week throughout the season.
His opponent for the final weekend of the Premier League season was CBBC star and Wigan Athletic fan Hacker the Dog.
Hacker is well known for being a big fan of BBC Sport presenter Sue Barker but he is also a lifelong Latics supporter, after growing up in the town and working as a Yellow Coat at Wigan Holiday Park.
But, despite coming close to predicting West Brom's 5-5 draw with Manchester United, Hacker was well beaten by Lawro on the final round of predictions this season.
Lawro [11] got seven results right, with two perfect scores while Hacker [4] got fourcorrect results with no perfect scores. Indie rock band Vampire Weekend and rugby league star Kevin Sinfield finished top of the guest leaderboard, with boxer Carl Froch bottom.
| Predictions | Score | Lawro | Hacker |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNDAY | |||
| Chelsea v Everton | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 |
| Liverpool v QPR | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
| Man City v Norwich | 2-3 | 3-0 | 8-1 |
| Newcastle v Arsenal | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5-0 |
| Southampton v Stoke | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-4 |
| Swansea v Fulham | 0-3 | 2-0 | 4-3 |
| Tottenham v Sunderland | 1-0 | 3-0 | 5-2 |
| West Brom v Man Utd | 5-5 | 0-2 | 3-5 |
| West Ham v Reading | 4-2 | 2-0 | 5-1 |
| Wigan v Aston Villa | 2-2 | 1-1 | 8-5 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
On the Premier League's penultimate weekend, Lawro got eight results right, with four perfect scores. His score of 16 was his best of the season so far, and saw him beat indie rock band Vampire Weekend [11], who got seven correct results with two perfect scores to go joint top of the guest leaderboard with rugby league star Kevin Sinfield.
You can see Lawro's final league table at the bottom of this page.
| Final scores after 37 weeks | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 280 |
| Guests | 220 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SUNDAY
Chelsea 2-1 Everton
Prediction: 2-1
Liverpool 1-0 QPR
Prediction: 2-0
Man City 2-3 Norwich
Prediction: 3-0
Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal
Prediction: 1-2
Southampton 1-1 Stoke
Prediction: 1-1
Swansea 0-3 Fulham
Prediction: 2-0
Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland
Prediction: 3-0
West Brom 5-5 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-2
West Ham 4-2 Reading
Prediction: 2-0
Wigan 2-2 Aston Villa
Prediction: 1-1
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P37 | W21 | D6 | L10 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 11 | Kevin Sinfield, Vampire Weekend |
| 10 | Luke Campbell, Devlin, Hulk Hogan |
| 8 | Wretch 32, Mo Farah, Piers Morgan, Richard Osman, David Weir |
| 7.57 (average) | Lawro |
| 7 | James Arthur, Dave Brailsford, Example, Goran Ivanisevic |
| 6 | Joe Calzaghe, Steve Harmison, Stuart Maconie, Guy Mowbray, Andy Murray, Peter Reid, Steve Wilson |
| 5 | Lawson, Lethal Bizzle, Magnus, Natalie Lowe, Joanna Rowsell, Greg Rutherford |
| 4 | Peter Alliss, Darren Farley, Marco Gabbiadini, Nick Grimshaw, Hacker |
| Michael Vaughan, Justin Young | |
| 3 | Russell Brand, Jonny Brownlee, Lawrence Dallaglio, Stephanie Houghton, Olly Murs |
| 2 | Dani King, Paul Reid |
| 1 | Carl Froch |
Lawro's best score: 16 points (week 36).
Lawro's worst score: three points (week 35).
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man Utd | 38 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 96 |  | 0 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 91 |  | +2 |
| 3. | Man City | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 86 |  | -1 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 37 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 79 | | -1 |
| 5. | Everton | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 73 | | +1 |
| 6. | Liverpool | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 68 | | +1 |
| 7. | Tottenham | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 60 | | -2 |
| 8. | QPR | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 56 | | +12 |
| 9. | Newcastle | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | | +7 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 49 | | +7 |
| 11. | Stoke | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | | +2 |
| 13. | West Brom | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 37 | | -5 |
| 13. | Wigan | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 38 | | +5 |
| 14. | West Ham | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 37 | | -4 |
| 15 | Fulham | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 35 | | -3 |
| 16. | Norwich | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 33 | | -5 |
| 17. | Swansea | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 30 | | -8 |
| 18. | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 30 | | -4 |
| 19. | Aston Villa | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 27 | | -4 |
| 20. | Reading | 37 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 20 | | -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.
