Premier League predictions: Lawro v Steve Wilson
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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 BBC Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson.
Wilson has predicted a bumper crop of goals to welcome in 2016 with Manchester United returning to winning ways against Swansea, but champions Chelsea slipping up against Crystal Palace.
Lawro is also up against a state-of-the-art sports-forecasting super-computer called SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) for the third week running.
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.
Last time out, Lawro scored a resounding victory over Wilson's Match of the Day colleague Guy Mowbray, soaring to a season-best total of 160 points, with four correct results, plus three perfect scores. Mowbray scored 70 points with three correct results, plus a single perfect score.
On its Boxing Day debut SAM registered an impressive 110 points - equal top on the guest leaderboard. Correctly calling Liverpool's 1-0 win away to Sunderland on Wednesday, saw it match that total once again as a guest tipster for the latest round of matches.
Who will prevail in this week's three-way tipping tussle?
| Premier League predictions - Week 20 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Steve | SAM | |
| SATURDAY | ||||
| West Ham v Liverpool | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Arsenal v Newcastle | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 |
| Leicester v Bournemouth | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Man Utd v Swansea | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Norwich v Southampton | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Sunderland v Aston Villa | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 |
| West Brom v Stoke | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Watford v Man City | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| SUNDAY | ||||
| Crystal Palace v Chelsea | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Everton v Tottenham | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
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 19 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 1,420 |
| Guests | 1,000 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
SATURDAY
West Ham 2-0 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Steve Wilson: 2-2
SAM's prediction: 1-1
Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Steve Wilson: 4-0
SAM's prediction: 2-0
Leicester 0-0 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Steve Wilson: 3-1
SAM's prediction: 2-1
Man United 2-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Steve Wilson: 1-0
SAM's prediction: 1-0
Norwich 1-0 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Steve Wilson: 1-1
SAM's prediction: 1-1
Sunderland 3-1 Aston Villa
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Steve Wilson: 0-2
SAM's prediction: 1-0
West Brom 2-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Steve Wilson: 0-0
SAM's prediction: 1-1
Watford 1-2 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Steve Wilson: 2-3
SAM's prediction: 1-2
SUNDAY
Crystal Palace 0-3 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Steve Wilson's prediction: 2-1
SAM's prediction: 1-1
Everton 1-1 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Steve Wilson's prediction: 3-2
SAM's prediction: 1-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Mike Henson.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P19 | W12 | D4 | L3 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 110 | Sam Tomkins, SAM Super Computer |
| 100 | Wealdstone Raider |
| 90 | Amir Khan |
| 75 | Lawro (average after 19 weeks), |
| 70 | Osi Umenyiora, Guy Mowbray |
| 60 | Stuart Broad, Tim Burgess |
| 50 | Mark Radcliffe, Jack Whitehall |
| 40 | Neville, Mumford & Sons |
| 30 | Darren Campbell, Luol Deng, Mark Webber |
| 20 | Graeme Swann |
| 10 | Paul Heaton, Kelly Jones |
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray)
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 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 48 |  | +2 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 45 |  | -1 |
| 3. | Liverpool | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 43 | | +4 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 42 | | +10 |
| 5. | West Brom | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 | | +8 |
| 6. | Southampton | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | | +6 |
| 7. | Man Utd | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 34 |  | -1 |
| 8. | Tottenham | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 |  | -4 |
| 9. | Crystal Palace | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | | -4 |
| 10. | Newcastle | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | | +8 |
| 11. | Swansea | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | | +6 |
| 12. | Everton | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | | -1 |
| 13. | Stoke | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 |  | -3 |
| 14. | Norwich | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 19 | | +1 |
| 15. | Bournemouth | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 |  | +1 |
| 16. | Sunderland | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | | +3 |
| 17. | Leicester | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | | -15 |
| 18. | West Ham | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | | -10 |
| 19. | Watford | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | | -10 |
| 20. | Aston Villa | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 |  | 0 |
