BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season.
Lawro's opponents for this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals and Premier League fixtures are former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas and Radio 1Xtra DJ Trevor Nelson, who is a Chelsea fan.
Jenas and Nelson made their predictions live on Radio 1Xtra's Charlie Sloth show on Thursday.
"From a neutral point of view, this is the game everyone wants to see right now with the two top teams in the Premier League going at it," Jenas said.
"I don't think there has been a bigger game in the FA Cup for a few years now.
"Everyone was expecting Chelsea to run away and win the league - now we get the opportunity to see them go head to head to get to the final."
Nelson, who has been a Chelsea season ticket holder for more than 20 years, will be at the game as a fan and thinks his side are underdogs.
"Tottenham are the favourites," Nelson explained. "They are playing some fluid football.
"I __have to be honest with you, when they come on the TV now I don't like watching.
"But what I do is go out of the room for half an hour and when I come back in they are always 2-0 up, and the game is over. They are destroying everybody."
| FA Cup semi-final predictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Jermaine | Trevor | |
| SATURDAY | ||||
| Chelsea v Tottenham | 4-2 | 1-1* | 1-2 | 2-1 |
| SUNDAY | ||||
| Arsenal v Man City | x-x | 0-2 | 1-3 | 2-4 |
* Chelsea to win AET and pens
| Premier League predictions - week 33 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Lawro | Jermaine | Trevor | |
| SATURDAY | ||||
| Bournemouth v Middlesbrough | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Hull City v Watford | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Swansea City v Stoke City | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| West Ham v Everton | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
| SUNDAY | ||||
| Burnley v Man Utd | x-x | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 |
| Liverpool v Crystal Palace | x-x | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 |
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
You can make your Premier League predictions now and compare them with those of Lawro and other fans by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
SATURDAY
Bournemouth 4-0 Middlesbrough
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Jermaine's prediction: 2-1
Trevor's prediction: 2-1
Read the match report.
Hull City 2-0 Watford
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Jermaine's prediction: 1-0
Trevor's prediction: 2-2
Read the match report.
Swansea City 2-0 Stoke City
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Jermaine's prediction: 1-1
Trevor's prediction: 1-2
Read the match report.
West Ham 0-0 Everton
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Jermaine's prediction: 1-2
Trevor's prediction: 1-3
Read the match report.
Chelsea 4-2 Tottenham
Lawro's prediction: 1-1* Chelsea to win after extra-time and penalties
Jermaine's prediction: 1-2
Trevor's prediction: 2-1
Read the match report.
SUNDAY
Burnley v Man Utd (Premier League, 14:15 BST)
We all know about Burnley's home record, and this is a tough one for Manchester United straight after their Europa League tie against Anderlecht.
Burnley did pretty well for an hour against Everton last week but then things went wrong in the last 20 minutes.
United boss Jose Mourinho got everything right against Chelsea and I always feel he finds it easier to get a positive result when he has to work out how to stop another top team.
He can come up with a plan to stop that sort of opposition from winning a game but he cannot necessarily come up with a plan to win a game when the opposition are trying to stop him.
I am going to go for another draw here - hopefully I will get one of them right.
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Jermaine's prediction: 1-1
Trevor's prediction: 1-3
Read the match report.
Arsenal v Man City (FA Cup, 15:00 BST)
I think this semi-final will be close as well, even though neither side is great defensively.
If Vincent Kompany is back for Manchester City, he makes a massive difference to everyone around him - a bit like when John Terry was at his peak for Chelsea.
Arsenal's switch to play with three at the back in their win at Middlesbrough on Monday felt like a last throw of the dice by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.
Wenger's side __have been so ordinary for so long, and I just think City will have too much for them.
Even if Arsenal get through this tie and win the final, then as much of an achievement that would be it should not change the decision over Wenger's future, because I think it is time for a change.
In fact, winning the FA Cup would be the perfect way for him to bow out. I don't see it happening, though.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Jermaine's prediction: I think it will be wide open, even if the fact it is a semi-final will calm it down a little bit.
In my head I am thinking 3-3 but Arsenal are just not free-flowing or playing well at the moment and City will have Kompany back too. 1-3
Trevor's prediction: I don't care for either team at all so it will be a great watch, because both teams only have one way of playing - going on the attack.
City are overwhelming favourites because of their frontline, but neither team can defend. If Kompany is fit for this game, City win - it is simple as that as far as I am concerned, because Arsenal don't have a Vincent Kompany. 2-4
Read the match report.
Liverpool v Crystal Palace (Premier League, 16:30 BST)
I have to say that Liverpool's last two results - wins at Stoke and West Brom - were as good as any result they have had all season.
The Reds were all over the place for the first 45 minutes against Stoke but still found a way to win that game and, in all honesty, they could have scored two or three against the Baggies.
Philippe Coutinho is playing extremely well and when that happens, so does Roberto Firmino.
It means that, even without Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson, Liverpool look dangerous.
I know Crystal Palace have been going well, and it will be interesting to see how Christian Benteke gets on back at Anfield,
But if Liverpool can cut off Benteke's supply, I would expect them to win this one.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Jermaine's prediction: 1-2
Trevor's prediction: 2-1
Read the match report.
Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
| Lawro v Guests | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| P33 | W23 | D0 | L10 |
| SCORE | GUEST LEADERBOARD |
|---|---|
| 150 | Elis James |
| 130 | Boris Becker, James McAvoy, Tim Vine |
| 120 | Robbie Williams |
| 110 | Michael van Gerwen |
| 100 | Joe Clarke, Osi Umenyiora |
| 92 | Lawro (average after 33 weeks*) |
| 90 | Josh Franceschi, Goldie, Amy Macdonald, Colin Murray |
| 80 | David Gower, Loyle Carner, Nicole Scherzinger |
| 70 | Dave Bautista, Sam Burgess, Anthony Crolla, Athletico Mince |
| 60 | Rick Astley, Sting & son |
| 50 | Martin Kemp*, Charlie Sloth, Laura Kenny |
| 40 | Ed Balls |
| 30 | Michael Bisping, Blossoms, Full Time DEVILS*, American hip-hop duo Run The Jewels |
| 20 | Moeen Ali, Lloyd Griffith |
| 10 | Omid Djalili, CFC Fan TV* |
*Does not include scores from postponed games.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week 22 v James McAvoy)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week 28, but only five games played so far) or 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 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 79 | +2 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 74 | -1 |
| 3 | Man City | 32 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 74 | +1 |
| 4 | Man Utd | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 71 | +1 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 69 | +1 |
| 6 | Tottenham | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 69 | -4 |
| 7 | Leicester | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 66 | +5 |
| 8 | Everton | 33 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 44 | -1 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 42 | +6 |
| 10 | West Brom | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 40 | -2 |
| 11 | Stoke | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 0 |
| 12 | West Ham | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 35 | +2 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 31 | +7 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 29 | +2 |
| 15 | Watford | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -5 |
| 16 | Burnley | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -2 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 20 | +2 |
| 18 | Southampton | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | -9 |
| 19 | Swansea | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 19 | -1 |
| 20 | Hull | 33 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 10 | -3 |
How did Lawro do last time?
From last week's Premier League games, Lawro got seven correct results, with no perfect scores, from 10 matches for a total of 70 points.
He beat Sting and his son Joe Sumner, who got six correct results with no perfect scores, for a tally of 60 points.
| Total scores after week 33 | |
|---|---|
| Lawro | 3,020 |
| Guests | 2,350 |
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