Punting with Pundits

One man's efforts to see how quickly he can blow the princely sum of £100 by following the advice of BBC Match of the Day's Mark Lawrenson.

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Week 16
Saturday, 15 May
Bolton 0 - 2 Fulham
Chelsea 1 - 0 Leeds United
Man City 5 - 1 Everton
Arsenal 2 - 1 Leicester City
Wolves 0 - 2 Tottenham
Blackburn 1 - 1 Birmingham
Charlton 2 - 1 Southampton
Liverpool 1 - 1 Newcastle
Portsmouth 5 - 1 Middlesborough
Aston Villa 0 - 2 Man Utd
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End-of-termitius strikes - instead of making bets I want to be playing Kerplunk (well golf). Looks like that's what Lawro fancies too, quite an obvious set of predictions: bar a couple of draws he's opted for crowd pleasing home wins all round.

The best priced win available is 11-8 for Wolves to sign off from the Premiership with a win against Tottenham. But a few weeks ago the odds on Wolves winning a game were enormous, this shortish price shows how much they've improved over the second half of the season.

One of the two draws Lawro has predicted is the Villa - Man. United match. This is one of the few games this week that actually counts for something. Villa fans discussing UEFA cup football around Christmas would have been laughed out of the pub, now if they manage a point they'll be just about there.

I looked at a couple of the other games but if these two come I'll have clawed back the £10 I need to end the season in the black. Fingers crossed.