The Lawro Challenge – Week 22

Twenty-one rounds of games in the Premier League have now been completed. That means we have now predicted the results of 210 matches. In Week 21, Rich scored 6 points, Geoff 9 points, and Lawro 6 points.

It is still relatively close at the top with Rich maintaining his six point advantage over Lawro, with Geoff 39 points off the lead. But if you break it down into small chunks, then if Geoff can win by three points each week (as he did with last week’s predictions), then with 17 weeks to go, and over 500 points that can be won, he can still finish on top. What are the chances?

It is interesting to note that Lawro makes his predictions on the BBC Sport website, and goes up against a guest personality each week. The guest personalities can be anyone from sportsmen / sportswomen, actors, comedians, musicians, politicians etc., but never anyone from the football world, either past or present. In the 21 weeks that have elapsed to date, he has been beaten seven times by his guests, some of whom profess to know little about football, or the Premier League. So one in three guests beat him, although he is no doubt paid to be an “expert pundit”. Obviously there is an element of luck in predicting the correct scores, but less so in predicting the correct results.

In this challenge we award one point for a correct result, and a further two points (making three in total) if the score prediction is spot on.

We now proceed to week 22.

	Rich	Geoff	Lawro
Total after 20 weeks	167	125	161
Score in week 21	6	9	6
Total after 21 weeks	173	134	167
Predictions – Week 22
	Rich	Geoff	Lawro
Saturday
Liverpool v Swansea	3-0	4-0	3-0
Bournemouth v Watford	3-1	2-0	2-1
Palace v Everton	1-1	2-2	1-1
Middlesbrough v West Ham	1-2	0-1	1-1
Stoke v Man Utd	1-2	1-1	1-1
West Brom v Sunderland	2-0	3-1	2-0
Man City v Tottenham	1-2	2-3	2-2
Sunday
Southampton v Leicester	2-1	0-1	1-1
Arsenal v Burnley	3-0	3-0	2-0
Chelsea v Hull	3-0	5-1	3-0