Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:48 am
Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests.
This week he is up against chef Tom Kerridge and 'The Beast' - aka Wycombe striker Adebayo Akinfenwa.
Friday 8th March 2019
Lawro's prediction:
West Ham are going very well at the moment. It helps that Manuel Lanzini is back from injury but a lot of their better players seem to have found some form.
The Hammers look good at the back too, and there seems to a be a much more settled and solid look about them now, compared with the way they started the season.
They have improved a lot, something that cannot be said about Cardiff in recent weeks.
The Bluebirds have lost their past three games, and it is the manner of those defeats that is worrying.
Cardiff boss Neil Warnock has questioned the contribution of some of his players during that run. That is a bad sign, because togetherness is usually one of the key attributes of any Warnock team.
It is a bad time of the season for things to go wrong and with games coming up against Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in the next few weeks, Cardiff's main aim has to be to stay in touch with the sides above them.
Their situation does not look too clever, but I am reluctant to write off their survival chances because of their manager.
Just when you think they are down and out, Warnock does seem to have a knack of getting them going again - although I do think West Ham will come out on top on Saturday.
0-2
Tom's prediction:
West Ham will do a job here. 1-3
The Beast's prediction:
Yeah, West Ham to win. 1-2