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 opponents for the fixtures on Friday, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are El-P and Killer Mike, aka American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels.
You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
| Premier League predictions - week 19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Run The Jewels | |
| FRIDAY | |||
| Hull v Everton | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| NEW YEAR'S EVE | |||
| Burnley v Sunderland | 4-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
| Chelsea v Stoke | 4-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| Leicester v West Ham | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Man Utd v Middlesbrough | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Southampton v West Brom | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Swansea v Bournemouth | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Liverpool v Man City | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| NEW YEAR'S DAY | |||
| Watford v Tottenham | x-x | 0-2 | 2-1 |
| Arsenal v Crystal Palace | x-x | 2-0 | 2-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
From the Boxing Day and other festive fixtures, Lawro got eight correct results, with two perfect scores, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 140 points.
He beat You Me At Six singer Josh Franceschi, who got six correct results, with one perfect score, for a total of 90 points.
| Total scores after week 18 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 1,620 |
| Guests | 1,370 |
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated.
FRIDAY, 30 DECEMBER
Hull 2-2 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
RTJ's prediction: 1-2
Match report
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Burnley 4-1 Sunderland
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
RTJ's prediction: 2-1
Match report
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke
Lawro's prediction: 3-0
RTJ's prediction: 3-1
Match report
Leicester 1-0 West Ham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
RTJ's prediction: 1-1
Match report
Man Utd 2-1 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
RTJ's prediction: 1-1
Match report
Southampton 1-2 West Brom
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
RTJ's prediction: 1-1
Match report
Swansea 0-3 Bournemouth
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
RTJ's prediction: 1-1
Match report
Liverpool 1-0 Man City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
RTJ's prediction: 1-2
Match report
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Watford v Tottenham (13:30 GMT)
Even before Tottenham put four goals past Southampton I looked at Spurs and thought they __have just got something about them at the moment.
Watford, in contrast, looked ordinary in their draw with Crystal Palace. I don't see them stopping Tottenham from making it four wins in a row.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
RTJ's prediction: 2-1
Arsenal v Crystal Palace (16:00 GMT)
Crystal Palace should __have beaten Watford in Sam Allardyce's first game in charge, but paid the price for Christian Benteke's missed penalty.
Allardyce obviously does something when he comes into a club where he changes the mindset of his squad but it will take time for him to have an effect.
I think the Eagles' improvement will be a gradual process, and all their players will get feedback from their manager along the way.
It is hard to see them getting anything against Arsenal, who were not at their best against West Brom last time out, but still found a way to win.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
RTJ's prediction: 2-1
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P18 | W11 | D0 | L7 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 150 | Elis James |
| 130 | Boris Becker, Tim Vine |
| 120 | Robbie Williams |
| 110 | Michael van Gerwen |
| 100 | Joe Clarke |
| 90 | Lawro (average after 18 weeks), Josh Franceschi, Colin Murray, |
| 80 | Nicole Scherzinger |
| 70 | Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Athletico Mince |
| 60 | Rick Astley |
| 50 | Charlie Sloth, Laura Kenny |
| 40 | Ed Balls |
| 30 | Blossoms |
| 20 | Lloyd Griffith |
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 13 v Tim Vine)
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 | Liverpool | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | +1 |
| 2 | Man Utd | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 43 | +4 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 42 | +1 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | -3 |
| 5 | Man City | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | -2 |
| 6 | Leicester | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 38 | +10 |
| 7 | Tottenham | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | -2 |
| 8 | West Ham | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | +3 |
| 9 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 26 | -2 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | +7 |
| 11 | Stoke | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | +3 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | +6 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | +2 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -2 |
| 15 | West Brom | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| 16 | Burnley | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 |
| 17 | Southampton | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 |
| 18 | Watford | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -9 |
| 19 | Swansea | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Hull | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
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