Premier League predictions: Lawro v Joe Montana
- From the section Football
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
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This week he takes on legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana, who won the Super Bowl four times in the 1980s with the San Francisco 49ers.
Montana, who is in the UK coaching aspiring quarterbacks, compares Liverpool to the 49ers as he backs them to beat West Brom, while he tips Newcastle to see off Sunderland in the north east derby because he "likes their Brown Ale".
| Predictions | Score | Lawro | Joe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATURDAY | |||
| Crystal Palace v Arsenal | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Aston Villa v Everton | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Liverpool v West Brom | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Man Utd v Stoke | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 |
| Norwich v Cardiff | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Southampton v Fulham | 2-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Sunderland v Newcastle | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Chelsea v Man City | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Swansea v West Ham | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 |
| Tottenham v Hull | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 |
A correct result is worth ONE point. A correct score earns THREE points.
Last week, Lawro got six results right, with no perfect scores. His score of six was not enough to stop BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid waltzing off with a win, with the Strictly Come Dancing contestant scoring 11 thanks to her seven correct results, including two perfect scores which puts her second on the guest leaderboard. Like Lawro, Reid's dance partner Kevin Clifton got six results right, with no perfect scores.
We're 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 of Lawro's predictions were correct (also at the bottom of the page).
| Total scores after Week Eight | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 64 |
| Guests | 54 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
SATURDAY
All kick-offs at 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Montana's prediction: 0-3
Aston Villa 0-2 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Montana's prediction: 1-2
Liverpool 4-1 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Montana's prediction: 3-1
Man Utd 3-2 Stoke City
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Montana's prediction: 2-0
Norwich 0-0 Cardiff
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Montana's prediction: 3-2
Southampton 2-0 Fulham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Montana's prediction: 4-1
SUNDAY
Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Montana's prediction: 1-2
Chelsea 2-1 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Montana's prediction: 0-1
Swansea 0-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Montana's prediction: 2-3
Tottenham 1-0 Hull City
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
Montana's prediction: 2-1
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P8 | W3 | D0 | L5 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 12 | Nicky Wire |
| 11 | Susanna Reid |
| 10 | Usain Bolt |
| 9 | Charlotte Green |
| 8 | Lawro (Average after seven weeks) |
| 6 | Kevin Clifton |
| 5 | Sam Tomkins |
| 4 | Jason Sudeikis |
| 2 | Cal Crutchlow |
| 1 | Michael Palin |
| ARROWS DENOTE DIFFERENCE TO REAL TABLE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | PTS | DIFF | +/- |
| 1. | Arsenal | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2. | Chelsea | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 3. | Man City | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | +1 | |
| 4. | Tottenham | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | +1 | |
| 5. | Liverpool | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | -2 | |
| 6. | Man Utd | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | +2 | |
| 7. | Fulham | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | +7 | |
| 8. | Newcastle | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | +3 | |
| 9. | Southampton | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | -3 | |
| 10. | Everton | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -3 | |
| 11. | West Brom | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +1 | |
| 12. | West Ham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +3 | |
| 13. | Stoke | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | +3 | |
| 14. | Norwich | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | +4 | |
| 15. | Hull | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | |
| 16. | Swansea | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | |
| 17. | Aston Villa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | |
| 18. | Crystal Palace | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +1 | |
| 19. | Cardiff | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | -2 | |
| 20. | Sunderland | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
