Premier League predictions: Lawro v WWE wrestling star Neville
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is WWE star Neville.
The Newcastle-born wrestler is now based in the United States but says he remains "black and white through and through".
"Being a Newcastle fan is part of my identity," he told BBC Sport. "Having NUFC and being able to support them while I am overseas means the world to me."
Most of Neville's favourite Newcastle players come from Kevin Keegan's swashbuckling side of the 1990s.
"Growing up I had so many heroes," the 29-year-old explained. "I have got fond memories of everyone from David Ginola to Alan Shearer and Robert Lee.
"Then there was big Pav Srnicek, our rock in goal for many years, who lived near my estate when I was a boy. I used to ride to his house on my bike just to see his car's number plate 'Pav 1'."
Srnicek would not make Neville's shortlist for a Newcastle wrestling tag-team partner though - that comes down to a choice between Cheick Tiote, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Faustino Asprilla.
"I'm not sure if you remember Asprilla's goal celebrations, but they are very similar to the ones I do in the ring so we would complement each other very well," Neville said.
| Premier League predictions - Week 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Neville | |
| SATURDAY | |||
| Watford v Man Utd | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Chelsea v Norwich | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 |
| Everton v Aston Villa | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Newcastle v Leicester | 0-3 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Southampton v Stoke | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Swansea v Bournemouth | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| West Brom v Arsenal | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Man City v Liverpool | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Tottenham v West Ham | 4-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| MONDAY | |||
| Crystal Palace v Sunderland | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Our scoring system has changed this season and a correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is now worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the round of games before the international break, Lawro got four correct results from 10 Premier League games, with three perfect scores.
His score of 130 points saw him beat the Wealdstone Raider, who also picked four correct results but with two perfect scores, for a total score of 100 points.
We are 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).
Make your own predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
| Total scores after week 12 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 920 |
| Guests | 650 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
Watford 1-2 Man Utd
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Neville's prediction: Lawro, from what I hear your predictions are as bad as your shirts. You may be the expert but this week I am taking the victory - it is my turn to lay the smackdown on you. 0-2
Chelsea 1-0 Norwich
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Neville's prediction: 1-2
Everton 4-0 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Neville's prediction: 2-0
Newcastle 0-3 Leicester
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Neville's prediction: 2-0
Southampton 0-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Neville's prediction: 1-0
Swansea 2-2 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Neville's prediction: 1-1
West Brom 2-1 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Neville's prediction: 0-2
Man City 1-4 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Neville's prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Tottenham 4-1 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Neville's prediction: 2-2
MONDAY
Crystal Palace 0-1 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Neville's prediction: 2-0
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P12 | W9 | D2 | L1 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 110 | Sam Tomkins |
| 100 | Wealdstone Raider |
| 90 | Amir Khan |
| 77 | Lawro (average after 12 weeks) |
| 70 | Osi Umenyiora |
| 60 | Stuart Broad |
| 50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
| 30 | Darren Campbell, Mark Webber |
| 20 | Graeme Swann |
| 10 | Paul Heaton, Kelly Jones |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Jack Whitehall & week four v Darren Campbell)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann)
| ARROWS & +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Man City | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 |  | 0 |
| 2. | Chelsea | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 |  | +14 |
| 3. | Arsenal | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 |  | -1 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | | +6 |
| 5. | Southampton | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | | +2 |
| 6. | West Brom | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | | +7 |
| 7. | Tottenham | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | | -2 |
| 8. | Man Utd | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | | -4 |
| 9. | Crystal Palace | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | | -1 |
| 10. | Newcastle | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | | +7 |
| 11. | Stoke | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | | +1 |
| 12. | Norwich | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | | +3 |
| 13. | Bournemouth | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | | +5 |
| 14. | Sunderland | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | | +5 |
| 15. | Swansea | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | -1 |
| 16. | Everton | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | -7 |
| 17. | Leicester | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | -14 |
| 18. | West Ham | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | | -12 |
| 19. | Watford | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | | -8 |
| 20. | Aston Villa | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | | 0 |
