Premier League predictions: Lawro v actor and singer Zac Efron
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponent for the weekend's Premier League fixtures is former High School Musical actor Zac Efron, now starring in new comedy 'Bad Neighbours'.
Efron admits he does not know much about football but recently won the award for 'Best Shirtless Performance' at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, an accolade that is likely to continue to elude Lawro.
"I get to a few LA Galaxy games, but not enough," Efron told BBC Sport. "It's fun and the sport is really starting to grow in the United States.
"I saw David Beckham play a few times and watched a game next to him, which was awesome. He is a great dude."
"When I am in the UK, I always try to get to a game. I saw Arsenal play Chelsea in 2012. The chants you have here are insane - like a long poem that every single person knows. It is a little different to baseball."
| Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Zac | |
| SATURDAY | |||
| Southampton v Everton | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 |
| Fulham v Hull | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Stoke v Tottenham | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Swansea v Aston Villa | 4-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| West Brom v West Ham | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Man Utd v Norwich | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Sunderland v Cardiff | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Liverpool v Chelsea | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 |
| Crystal Palace v Man City | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| MONDAY | |||
| Arsenal v Newcastle | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
A correct result (ie picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got six correct results from eight Premier League games, with one perfect score. His tally of eight points saw him beat snooker player Ken Doherty, who got two correct results with no perfect scores, for a total of two points.
We're keeping a record of the totals for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all of Lawro's predictions were correct (at the bottom of the page).
| Totals after week 35 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 263 |
| Guests | 176 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
Southampton 2-0 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Zac's prediction: 1-2
Fulham 2-2 Hull
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Zac's prediction: 1-1
Stoke 0-1 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Zac's prediction: 0-1
Swansea 4-1 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Zac's prediction: 1-2
West Brom 1-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Zac's prediction: 1-1
Man Utd 4-0 Norwich
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Zac's prediction: 0-1
SUNDAY
Sunderland 4-0 Cardiff
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Zac's prediction: 1-0
Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Zac's prediction: 3-2
Crystal Palace 0-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Zac's prediction: 0-2
MONDAY
Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Zac's prediction: 3-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P35 | W23 | D2 | L10 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 12 | George Groves*, Nicky Wire |
| 11 | Susanna Reid |
| 10 | Usain Bolt, Tim Key* |
| 9 | Charlotte Green, Camp Bastion troops |
| 7.5 | Lawro (average after 35 weeks) |
| 7 | Danny John-Jules, Steve Wilson |
| 6 | Katy B, John Bishop, Kevin Clifton, Gaz Coombes, Alistair McGowan, Joe Montana, Greg James, Alan Shearer |
| 5 | Geraint Thomas, Sam Tomkins, The National |
| 4 | David Baddiel, David Cameron, Guy Mowbray, Jason Sudeikis, Eliza Doolittle |
| 3 | Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kaiser Chiefs, Woody* |
| 2 | Sam Bailey, Cal Crutchlow, Ken Doherty, Gail Emms, Jim Kerr, David Schneider |
| 1 | Michael Palin, Vic Reeves |
| 0 | Josh Franceschi |
* Does not include scores for postponed games
Lawro's best score: 16 points (week 21 v Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone)
Lawro's worst score: 3 points (week 26 v Geraint Thomas)
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man City | 34 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 94 |  | +2 |
| 2. | Chelsea | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 85 |  | 0 |
| 3. | Man Utd | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 77 | | +4 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 76 |  | -3 |
| 5. | Arsenal | 35 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 69 | | -1 |
| 6. | Tottenham | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 57 | | 0 |
| 7. | Everton | 35 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 52 | | -2 |
| 8. | Southampton | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 51 | | 0 |
| 9. | Stoke | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 41 |  | +1 |
| 10. | Swansea | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 39 | | +5 |
| 11. | Norwich | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 37 | | +6 |
| 12. | Aston Villa | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 37 | | +2 |
| 13. | West Brom | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | | +3 |
| 14. | Fulham | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 36 | | -4 |
| 15. | Newcastle | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 35 | | -6 |
| 16. | West Ham | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 35 | | -4 |
| 17. | Crystal Palace | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 35 | | -6 |
| 18. | Hull City | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 28 | | -5 |
| 19. | Sunderland | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 18 | | +1 |
| 20. | Cardiff | 35 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 15 | | -1 |
