Lawro’s Saturday Predictions
Burnley vs Arsenal – DRAW
Sheffield United vs Southampton – DRAW
Aston Villa vs Wolves – WOLVES WIN
Brighton vs Leicester – BRIGHTON WIN
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Lawro’s Prediction for Burnley vs Arsenal
Burnley were much improved when they shared the points with Leicester on Wednesday, while Arsenal were very impressive when they beat the Foxes at the weekend.
The Gunners will want revenge for their home defeat by the Clarets before Christmas, when they had Granit Xhaka sent off and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored Burnley’s winner with an own goal.
It is a draw I am going for here, though, which will help keep Burnley edging away from the bottom three.
Lawro’s prediction: 1-1
Lawro’s Prediction for Sheffield United vs Southampton
Southampton’s freefall continued with their defeat against Everton on Monday and they have now taken just one point from their past nine matches.
This Saints slump needs to stop soon if they are going to stay up, because the 30 points they have so far will not be enough for survival.
Saturday won’t be easy for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side either, especially now key midfielder Oriol Romeu has been ruled out for the rest of the season. He is like Kalvin Phillips at Leeds – the heartbeat of their team.
Sheffield United are in a much worse situation in the table, but they got a great win over Aston Villa on Wednesday and have clearly not given up hope yet.
It will be close but I think Southampton will get something out of the game, and even a point would be something for them to build on.
Lawro’s prediction: 1-1
Lawro’s Prediction for Aston Villa vs Wolves
Aston Villa are becoming very difficult to predict. They showed they could cope without Jack Grealish when they beat Leeds last weekend, but they were pretty poor in his absence as they lost to Sheffield United on Wednesday.
The good news for Villa is that Grealish could be back against Wolves, who have been looking more like their old selves lately.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were well beaten in the end by Manchester City in midweek but they were still hard to break down. They didn’t get much of a chance to attack against City but, apart from that game, they have had a bit more bite recently too.
Lawro’s prediction: 0-1
Lawro’s Prediction for Brighton vs Leicester
Leicester dropped more points in their draw at Burnley on Wednesday but they did not play too badly in that one considering their injury issues.
The Foxes have got another fight on their hands here, though. Brighton have ended up empty-handed in their past couple of games, against Crystal Palace then West Brom, but they are playing well and sooner or later they are going to get a result that their performance merits, or even get a bit of luck themselves.
Leicester hammered the Seagulls at King Power Stadium before Christmas but that was when their forward line was fit and firing on all cylinders, which is not the case now.
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