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Mark Lawrenson's FA Cup predictions

BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.

His opponent for the FA Cup fourth round is Arsenal Ladies striker Kelly Smith, a three-time Women's FA Cup winner.

Success for the Gunners' men's team has been harder to come by in recent years but Smith, an Arsenal fan and season-ticket holder, thinks their trophy drought could soon be over.

Kelly Smith has won the FA Women's Cup three times with Arsenal Ladies

She told BBC Sport: "The FA Cup is the main trophy we can contend for so I think all eyes and focus will be on that.

"Arsenal are trying to push for a Champions League spot, which will be difficult, but the FA Cup is the one trophy they will want to try and win.

"I know the fans are frustrated because we haven't won a trophy for eight years but I still think Arsene Wenger is the man for the job. He has money to spend now and hopefully he can strengthen the squad in this transfer window.

"Theo Walcott's new deal has provided a boost too and I don't see any reason why Arsenal cannot go all the way."

Smith is backing Arsenal to beat Brighton on Saturday but thinks Luton will spring a surprise against Norwich, while Lawro is tipping Millwall to pile on the pain for Aston Villa on Friday night and MK Dons to shock QPR.

Predictions	Score	Lawro	Smith
FRIDAY
Millwall v Aston Villa	2-1	2-1	0-1
SATURDAY
Stoke v Man City	0-1	1-1*	0-1
Bolton v Everton	1-2	1-2	1-2
Brighton v Arsenal	2-3	0-2	0-2
Derby v Blackburn	0-3	2-0	2-0
Huddersfield v Leicester	1-1	2-0	0-1
Hull v Barnsley	0-1	2-1	3-1
Macclesfield v Wigan	0-1	0-2	0-2
Middlesbrough v Aldershot	2-1	2-0	2-0
Norwich v Luton	0-1	2-0	0-1
QPR v MK Dons	2-4	1-2	2-0
Reading v Sheff Utd	4-0	2-0	1-2
Man Utd v Fulham	4-1	2-0	2-1
SUNDAY
Brentford v Chelsea	2-2	0-2	1-3
Leeds Utd v Tottenham	2-1	1-1*	0-1
Oldham v Liverpool	3-2	0-2	1-2

* Away team to win at home in the replay

A correct result is worth ONE point, while a correct score earns THREE points.

Last week, Lawro took on actor and comedian Russell Brand.

Lawro got three results right , including one perfect score, and his score of five saw him beat Brand's tally of three (three correct results with no scores).

Both Lawro and MOTD commentator Guy Mowbray pick up an extra point this week after correctly predicting the result of Wednesday's rearranged game between Arsenal and West Ham, but his other Boxing Day opponent Marco Gabbiadini got the outcome wrong.

This season, we will also be keeping a record of the total scores for Lawro and his guests (below), and showing a table of how the Premier League would look if all Lawro's predictions had come off (also at the bottom of the page).

FA Cup total scores after round three
Guests	17
Lawro	10

Premier League total scores after week 23
Lawro	171
Guests	135

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

All kick-offs at 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.

FRIDAY

Millwall 2-1 Aston Villa

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Match report

SATURDAY

Stoke 0-1 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Man City to win the replay)

Match report

Bolton 1-2 Everton

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Brighton 2-3 Arsenal

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Derby 0-3 Blackburn

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Huddersfield 1-1 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Hull 0-1 Barnsley

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Match report

Macclesfield 0-1 Wigan

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Match report

Middlesbrough 2-1 Aldershot

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Norwich 0-1 Luton

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

QPR 2-4 MK Dons

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Match report

Reading 4-0 Sheff Utd

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

Man Utd 4-1 Fulham

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Match report

SUNDAY

Brentford 2-2 Chelsea

Match report

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Leeds Utd 2-1 Tottenham

Match report

Lawro's prediction: 1-1 (Tottenham to win the replay)

Oldham 3-2 Liverpool

Match report

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. Kelly Smith was speaking to BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan.

Lawro v Guests
P23	W13	D4	L6

GUEST LEADERBOARD	SCORE
Kevin Sinfield	11
Luke Campbell	10
Devlin	10
Wretch 32	8
Mo Farah	8
Lawro	7.43 (average)
James Arthur	7
Dave Brailsford	7
Example	7
Goran Ivanisevic	7
Guy Mowbray	7
Joe Calzaghe	6
Andy Murray	6
Peter Reid	6
Steve Wilson	6
Lethal Bizzle	5
Natalie Lowe	5
Joanna Rowsell	5
Greg Rutherford	5
Darren Farley	4
Marco Gabbiadini	4
Michael Vaughan	4
Justin Young	4
Russell Brand	3
Jonny Brownlee	3
Stephanie Houghton	3
Dani King	2
Paul Reid	2
Carl Froch	1

Lawro's best score: 14 points (week eight).

Lawro's worst score: four points (weeks three and 19).

ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE
POS	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS	DIFF	+/-
1.	Man Utd	23	18	5	0	45	6	+39	59		0
2.	Man City	23	15	6	2	41	12	+29	51		0
3.	Arsenal	23	15	5	3	37	13	+24	50		+3
4.	Everton	23	14	7	2	36	12	+27	49		+1
5.	Chelsea	22	14	6	2	41	12	+29	48		-2
6.	Tottenham	23	12	6	5	31	16	+15	42		-2
7.	QPR	23	11	4	8	28	27	+1	37		+13
8.	Liverpool	23	9	9	5	27	19	+8	36		-1
9.	Newcastle	23	10	5	8	29	23	+6	35		+7
10.	Stoke	23	7	9	7	24	26	-2	30		0
11.	Sunderland	23	7	8	8	24	29	-5	29		0
12.	West Brom	23	7	3	13	26	33	-7	24		+4
13.	Southampton	23	7	1	15	19	34	-15	22		+2
14.	Fulham	23	6	3	14	19	33	-14	21		0
15	West Ham	23	5	5	13	20	31	-11	20		-3
16.	Swansea	23	4	8	11	18	33	-15	20		-7
17.	Wigan	23	5	4	14	16	37	-21	19		+2
18.	Aston Villa	23	3	6	14	16	38	-22	15		-1
19.	Reading	22	3	5	14	17	36	-19	14		-1
20.	Norwich	23	2	5	16	14	39	-25	11		-7

Lawro did not make a prediction before the rearranged Chelsea-Reading game on 22 August.

Make your own predictions to see how the Premier League will look after this weekend.

Also related to this story

• Sporting Spotlight: Kelly Smith 21 Nov 2012 Women's Football
• Lawro's Premier League predictions 15 Jan 2013 Football
• Lawro's FA Cup predictions 07 Jan 2013 Football
• Lawro's new year Premier League predictions 02 Jan 2013 Football
• Lawro's Premier League predictions 30 Dec 2012 Football

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