Beat Lawro 18/4/09

Lawro stands four points above Tarquin after last week's cock-up, but that will all change soon

Lawro:

FA Cup:
Arsenal v Chelsea 1-2
United v Everton 1-0


Premier League:


Aston Villa v West Ham 2-0
Middlesbrough v Fulham 2-1
Portsmouth v Bolton 2-1
Stoke v Blackburn 2-0
Sunderland v Hull 2-0
Man City v West Brom 2-0
Tottenham v Newcastle 1-1
Liverpool v Arsenal (TBA)
Chelsea v Everton (TBA)
Man Utd v Portsmouth (TBA)

Tarquin says:

FA Cup:

Arsenal v Chelsea

Both teams are in form, but then Arsenal have had it pretty easy in comparison, I expect Chelsea to come out the finalists after a close game, and I expect this to be the better of the two semis

1-1 (90 mins)

Manchester United v Everton

How tired will United be after their trip to Porto? Lawro thinks they are back in form after holding off against a lacklustre, weakened Porto side, I think they'll be knackered and face a tough test from Everton

1-1 (90 mins)

Premier League:


Aston Villa v West Ham

Villa may be struggling, but their last five games have been against some of the toughest opposition around (Everton, United, Liverpool, Spurs and City away) - I expect them to beat a small side that don't travel too well

1-0

Middlesbrough v Fulham

Fulham pulled off a shocker by going to City and winning, and they've won their last two away games 1-3 so I'm tempted to go for that, as are many punters - but I'm with the bookies on this and think Boro will rise to the occasion as they did against Hull - but this should be by no means a cut and dry game, expect a lot of good fortune if there's a winner

1-1

Portsmouth v Bolton

I don't expect a lot off this one, Bolton are poor on the road, and Portsmouth are pretty poor - they couldn't even knock off West Brom at home, but West Brom play a different style and I don't think Bolton will provide much

2-0

Stoke v Blackburn

Stoke are within a win of safety and know they have three winnable home games - they'll be up for this, Blackburn won't bring much, especially considering their injuries has led to putting Samba up front (I seriously thought that was a joke last week) - expect a few Stoke dead balls to win this

2-0

Sunderland v Hull

Ooo, tough one, a relegation special - Sunderland have only got 1 point off five games lately and slipped as I expected them too, Hull have managed five points in the same period and remain an unpredictable threat. A battle of the mediocres somewhat, but Sunderland showed promise against United, so I'll go for them to edge it

1-0

Man City v West Brom

City, they may be tired after that UEFA cup game and I may have been wrong last week, but it's West Brom for God's sake, there's too much flair for West Brom to handle - maybe this will finally be City's elusive draw at home, considering their mid-week exploits, but I'll go for a win, I just can't imagine anything else, while not under the influence

2-0

Tottenham v Newcastle

Spurs are playing good football, especially at home, and the jury is still out on the Shearer effect - they got a good(ish) result against Stoke but that was pretty fortunate - I'm going for a Spurs win

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(Lawro hasn't done these, I'm not sure if he will - but I'm waiting til after the FA cup so I get the same info as him anyway)

Liverpool v Arsenal
Chelsea v Everton
Man Utd v Portsmouth