Premier League predictions: Lawro v Neil Lennon
- From the section Football
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
His opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is former Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who is a guest on Saturday's Match of the Day.
Lennon, who played 170 Premier League games for Leicester between 1996 and 2000, is tipping the Foxes to pick up a point against Manchester United but thinks his first English club, Manchester City, will slip up against title rivals Chelsea.
"Leicester have made a brilliant start to the season and although United's new-look team did well last week, I am still not convinced by them," Lennon told BBC Sport.
"Chelsea have been very impressive, apart from in their Champions League game against Schalke on Wednesday, but I think Blues boss Jose Mourinho made changes in that game with the weekend in mind."
| Premier League predictions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Lennon | |
| SATURDAY | |||
| QPR v Stoke | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Aston Villa v Arsenal | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Burnley v Sunderland | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Newcastle v Hull | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Swansea v Southampton | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| West Ham v Liverpool | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Leicester v Man Utd | 5-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Tottenham v West Brom | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Everton v Crystal Palace | 2-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Man City v Chelsea | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth ONE point. Getting the exact score correct earns THREE points.
Last weekend, Lawro got six correct results from 10 Premier League games, with one perfect score. His total of eight points saw him beat Catfish and the Bottlemen singer Van McCann, who got five correct results with no perfect scores, for a tally of five.
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).
| Total scores after week 4 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 26 |
| Guests | 24 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
QPR 2-2 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Lennon's prediction: 1-1
Aston Villa 0-3 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Lennon's prediction: 1-2
Burnley 0-0 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Lennon's prediction: 1-2
Newcastle 2-2 Hull
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Lennon's prediction: 2-1
Swansea 0-1 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Lennon's prediction: 2-0
West Ham 3-1 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Lennon's prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Leicester 5-3 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Lennon's prediction: 1-1
Tottenham 0-1 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Lennon's prediction: 3-1
Everton 2-3 Crystal Palace
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Lennon's prediction: 3-1
Man City 1-1 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Lennon's prediction: 1-2
Lawro and Neil Lennon were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P4 | W2 | D1 | L1 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 10 | Liam Fray |
| 6.5 | Lawro (average after 4 weeks) |
| 5 | Sarah Harding & Leon Fagbemi, Van McCann |
| 4 | Kell Brook |
Lawro's best score: 8 points (week four v Van McCann)
Lawro's worst score: 5 points (week three v Sarah Harding and Leon Fagbemi)
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Chelsea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2. | Man Utd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +7 | |
| 3. | Stoke | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | +11 | |
| 4. | Man City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +1 | |
| 5. | Arsenal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
| 6. | Liverpool | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | +2 | |
| 7. | Southampton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -3 | |
| 8. | Swansea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -5 | |
| 9. | Tottenham | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | |
| 10. | QPR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +6 | |
| 11. | Crystal Palace | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | +6 | |
| 12. | Everton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | |
| 13. | Aston Villa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -11 | |
| 14. | Newcastle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +6 | |
| 15. | Hull | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | |
| 16. | West Ham | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | |
| 17. | Sunderland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | |
| 18. | Leicester | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -6 | |
| 19. | Burnley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | |
| 20. | West Brom | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | |