Mark Lawrenson's Premier League predictions
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BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
On the final weekend of the Premier League season, Lawro was up against heptathlete Jessica Ennis, one of Britain's gold medal hopefuls at this summer's London Olympics.
Sheffield United fan Ennis correctly backed Manchester City to beat QPR and end their 44-year wait for the title.
Ennis also predicted Arsenal and Tottenham would get the wins they needed to finish third and fourth respectively, and she rightly thought QPR would stay up because Bolton would fail to beat Stoke.
From Sunday's 10 games, she got an amazing nine results right, but with no perfect scores, meaning she scored nine and had to settle for silver on this occasion.
That is because Lawro got eight correct results, including three perfect scores, meaning he ended the season with 14 points, his highest tally of the campaign, and level with Tinchy Stryder's table-topping tally from March.
Predictions | Score | Lawro | Jessica Ennis |
---|---|---|---|
Chelsea v Blackburn | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
Everton v Newcastle | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
Man City v QPR | 3-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Norwich v Aston Villa | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
Stoke v Bolton | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
Sunderland v Man Utd | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
Swansea v Liverpool | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
Tottenham v Fulham | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
West Brom v Arsenal | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Wigan v Wolves | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.
On the penultimate Premier League weekend weekend, Lawro took on former snooker world champion Dennis Taylor.
Lawro got six results right, including one perfect score, and his score of eight was enough for him to clear up against Taylor [3].
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SUNDAY
Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn
Prediction: 2-1
Everton 3-1 Newcastle
Prediction: 1-1
Man City 3-2 QPR
Prediction: 2-0
Norwich 2-0 Aston Villa
Prediction: 2-0
Stoke 2-2 Bolton
Prediction: 1-1
Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd
Prediction: 0-2
Swansea 1-0 Liverpool
Prediction: 1-2
Tottenham 2-0 Fulham
Prediction: 2-0
West Brom 2-3 Arsenal
Prediction: 1-2
Wigan 3-2 Wolves
Prediction: 2-0
FINAL LEADERBOARD | SCORE |
---|---|
Tinchy Stryder | 14 |
Shaun Edwards | 11 |
Gethin Jones | 11 |
Frankie Dettori | 10 |
Jessica Ennis | 9 |
Bobby George | 9 |
Ricky Hatton | 9 |
Sir Matthew Pinsent | 9 |
Phil Tufnell | 9 |
Gary Oldman | 8 |
Ola Jordan | 8 |
Martin Keown | 8 |
Richard Archer | 8 |
Robbie Savage | 8 |
Russell Grant | 8 |
Stephen Graham | 7 |
John Simm | 7 |
Mark Lawrenson (average) | 6.91 |
Steve Cram | 6 |
Rizzle Kicks | 6 |
Serge from Kasabian | 6 |
Clyde Drexler | 5 |
Mo Farah | 5 |
Dennis Taylor | 5 |
Tom from Kasabian | 4 |
Jimmy Anderson | 4 |
Kurt Angle | 4 |
Dai Greene | 4 |
David Strettle | 4 |
Sir Clive Woodward | 4 |
Jason Manford | 3 |
Rodney Marsh | 3 |
James May | 3 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 |
Samuel L Jackson | 3 |
Omid Djalili | 2 |
Kermit & Miss Piggy | 0 |
Lawro's best score: 14 points (week 36).
Lawro's worst score: one point (week 20).
Make your own predictions to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.