Lawro's Premier League predictions v comedian & actor Elis James
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BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of guests.
Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is comedian and actor Elis James.
James, who co-stars in the BBC Three sitcom Josh, is looking to improve on his showing when he took on Lawro last season and only scored 10 points - leaving him joint-bottom of the guest leaderboard.
He is a Swansea City fan and says: "This season so far has not been great for the Swans but it is only the end of September so we live in hope.
"I think we have got enough to stay up, but I will let you know in a couple of months."
You can make your own predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game.
| Premier League predictions - week 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Elis | |
| FRIDAY | |||
| Everton v Crystal Palace | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| SATURDAY | |||
| Swansea v Liverpool | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Hull v Chelsea | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Sunderland v West Brom | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Watford v Bournemouth | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| West Ham v Middlesbrough | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Man Utd v Stoke | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| Leicester v Southampton | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Tottenham v Man City | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Burnley v Arsenal | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
Last week, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 90 points.
He was beaten by world darts number one Michael van Gerwen, who got five correct results, but with two perfect scores, for a total of 110 points.
| Total scores after week 6 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 490 |
| Guests | 380 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY
Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Elis' prediction: 2-2
SATURDAY
Swansea 1-2 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Elis' prediction: It feels very disloyal not to back my own team but Liverpool have been brilliant so far this season. I think we will give them a game though. 1-2
Hull 0-2 Chelsea
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Elis' prediction: Chelsea really need this. Hull do too, obviously, but I think Chelsea will have too much for them. 0-2
Sunderland 1-1 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Elis' prediction: 1-1
Watford 2-2 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Elis' prediction: I think this will be quite tight, but Bournemouth are on a bit of a roll. 1-2
West Ham 1-1 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Elis' prediction: 0-1
SUNDAY
Man Utd 1-1 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Elis' prediction: Surely United have got too much for Stoke. 3-0
Leicester 0-0 Southampton
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Elis' prediction: 1-1
Tottenham 2-0 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 2-2
Elis' prediction: I'm going for a high-scoring thriller. 2-2
Burnley 0-1 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Elis' prediction: 0-3
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P6 | W4 | D0 | L2 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 110 | Michael van Gerwen |
| 82 | Lawro (average after six weeks) |
| 70 | Dave Bautista, Athletico Mince |
| 50 | Charlie Sloth, Laura Trott |
| 30 | Blossoms |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Laura Trott)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)
| +/- DENOTE POSITION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAWRO'S TABLE AND ACTUAL POSITION | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | +/- |
| 1 | Man Utd | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +5 |
| 2 | Man City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -1 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | +1 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | +4 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -2 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -4 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Everton | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -3 |
| 9 | Leicester | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | +3 |
| 10 | West Ham | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | +8 |
| 11 | Burnley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | +2 |
| 12 | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 |
| 13 | West Brom | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -3 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | +6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | +1 |
| 16 | Swansea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | +1 |
| 17 | Stoke | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | +2 |
| 18 | Bournemouth | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 |
| 19 | Hull | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -5 |
| 20 | Watford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -9 |
