8th Apr 2011 | Football
Lawro vs The Bookies: 8/4/2011
He drew a blank last week, will hypothetical Lawro get any correct scores this weekend?
Every Friday Mark Lawrenson attempts to predict the scores of the weekend’s Premier League or FA Cup games. But is he better than the bookmakers?
Each week we will be putting a hypothetical £1 on Lawrenson’s correct score predictions at the best available odds. The theory being that if he ends up in profit, he is better than bookmakers at predicting football results.
Last week he got zero correct scores and finished -£10.
Lawro’s predictions (source: BBC Sport)
Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle 8/1
Blackburn 1-1 Birmingham 6/1 WIN
Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal 10/1 WIN
Bolton 2-1 West Ham 8/1
Chelsea 2-0 Wigan 6/1
Liverpool 1-1 Man City 11/2
Man Utd 2-0 Fulham 13/2 WIN
Sunderland 2-1 West Brom 17/2
Tottenham 2-1 Stoke 8/1
Wolves 1-1 Everton 11/2
Total staked: £10
Profit / Loss this week: £15.50
Profit / Loss to date: -£17.50
Odds correct at time of publishing: 14:44 8th Apr, 2011 but subject to change