Lawro's Premier League and EFL Cup final predictions v Martin Kemp
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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 weekend's Premier League fixtures is Let it Shine judge Martin Kemp.
Martin Kemp predicts heartbreak for Gunners
Arsenal fan Kemp will be delivering his verdict on the performances in the live final of Let it Shine at 18:45 GMT on Saturday on BBC One.
But the Spandau Ballet star has already made his mind up about long-serving Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.
"I think everyone knows where I stand on the Wenger in/out question," Kemp told BBC Sport.
"I have said it openly for the last couple of years that I want him to step down and he has left it too long.
"If he had gone at the end of last season there would have been a few managers to choose from, but if he goes in the summer then there are not many great ones around."
You can make your Premier League predictions now and compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
Premier League predictions - week 26 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Result | Lawro | Kemp | |
SATURDAY | |||
Chelsea v Swansea | 3-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
Everton v Sunderland | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 |
Hull City v Burnley | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
West Brom v Bournemouth | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
Watford v West Ham | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
SUNDAY | |||
Tottenham v Stoke | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
Man Utd v Southampton (EFL Cup final) | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
MONDAY | |||
Leicester v Liverpool | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
On FA Cup fifth-round weekend, Lawro got four correct results, with no perfect scores from the eight ties for a total of 40 points.
Lawro was up against ArsenalFan TV's Robbie Lyle, and Sammy, Jack and Ben from the Fulhamish podcast.
He drew with the Fulhamish team, who also got four correct results with no perfect scores, but was beaten by Robbie, who made five correct predictions, including two perfect scores, for 110 points that put him joint-top of the FA Cup leaderboard.
FA Cup leaderboard after round five | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Correct results | (Perfect scores) | Total | Success rate | |
1. = A.Dot | 10/16 | (4) | 220 | 34% |
1. = ArsenalFan TV | 5/8 | (2) | 110 | 34% |
3. Adele Roberts | 8/16 | (3) | 170 | 27% |
4. Lawro | 24/56 | (6) | 420 | 19% |
5. Blue Moon Rising TV | 14/32 | (3) | 230 | 18% |
6. Spurred On | 12/32 | (2) | 180 | 14% |
7. Fulhamish | 4/8 | (0) | 40 | 13% |
8. Reev | 12/32 | (0) | 120 | 9% |
Those scores do not count towards Lawro's total for the season from Premier League fixtures or appear on the guest leaderboard.
Total scores after week 25 | |
|---|---|
Lawro | 2,330 |
Guests | 1,920 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Chelsea 3-1 Swansea
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Kemp's prediction: 2-1
Crystal Palace 1-0 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Kemp's prediction: 2-1
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Kemp's prediction: 4-0
Hull 1-1 Burnley
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Kemp's prediction: 0-1
West Brom 2-1 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Kemp's prediction: 1-1
Watford 1-1 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Kemp's prediction: 2-0
SUNDAY
Tottenham 4-0 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Kemp's prediction: 3-0
Man Utd 3-2 Southampton (EFL Cup final, 16:30 GMT)
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Kemp's prediction: 2-0
MONDAY
Leicester 3-1 Liverpool
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Kemp's prediction: 0-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
P25 | W17 | D0 | L8 |
SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
150 | Elis James |
130 | Boris Becker, James McAvoy, Tim Vine |
120 | Robbie Williams |
110 | Michael van Gerwen |
100 | Joe Clarke, Osi Umenyiora |
93 | Lawro (average after 25 weeks) |
90 | Josh Franceschi, Colin Murray |
80 | Nicole Scherzinger, Loyle Carner |
70 | Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Athletico Mince |
60 | Rick Astley |
50 | Charlie Sloth, Laura Kenny |
40 | Ed Balls |
30 | Michael Bisping, Blossoms, American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels |
20 | Moeen Ali, Lloyd Griffith |
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
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 | Arsenal | 25 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 60 | +3 |
2 | Liverpool | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 59 | +3 |
3 | Man City | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 59 | -1 |
4 | Man Utd | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 58 | +2 |
5 | Chelsea | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 55 | -4 |
6 | Leicester | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 51 | +11 |
7 | Tottenham | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 50 | -4 |
8 | Everton | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 36 | -1 |
9 | West Ham | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | +1 |
10 | West Brom | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 31 | -2 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 30 | +8 |
12 | Stoke | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -3 |
13 | Sunderland | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 27 | +7 |
14 | Bournemouth | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 0 |
15 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | +1 |
16 | Southampton | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -5 |
17 | Burnley | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | -5 |
18 | Swansea | 25 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | -3 |
19 | Watford | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | -6 |
20 | Hull | 25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | -2 |