Premier League Predictions: Lawro v A Private War & # 39; stars Paul Conroy and Jamie Dornan

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Manchester City's victory at Everton on Wednesday put Liverpool on top of the Premier League, but is the recent comeback from the Reds in shape for them to feel the pressure of the title race?

Mark Lawrenson, football expert at BBC Sport, said: "We talked a lot about how Liverpool lost their minds and stuff like that – but they did not lose it, they just have a spell where they do not play particularly well.

"City had the same thing, and no one said they bottled it when they lost their match, did not they?"

"There are so many Liverpool fans who panic about the way the team plays, while I think the most sensible fans think" wait a minute, win our match and we have three points. advance ".

"I think Saturday's game against Bournemouth could help calm everyone down, with a return-of-business performance and result."

City has returned to the top of the Premier League for the first time since December 16 when they beat Everton on Wednesday

Lawro makes predictions for the 380 leading matches this season against a variety of guests.

This week he is against actor Jamie Dornan and photojournalist Paul Conroy, who worked together on the new movie "A Private War", the story of the famous war correspondent Marie Colvin.

Dornan embodies Conroy, Colvin's long-time colleague. She was with her on her last mission when she was killed by an air strike in Syria in 2012. Conroy was seriously injured in the same blast but survived.

Dornan (right) is a fan of United but says: "It's hard not to appreciate Liverpool's brilliant football and the freedom with which they play – and it's very hard not to like Jurgen Klopp".

Dornan and Conroy became close friends during the filming, but as Conroy told BBC Sport: "Paul and I get along very well, until we talk about football."

Dornan, who grew up in Belfast, said: "There are a lot of fans from Liverpool and Manchester United all over Ireland, but that's United for me, mostly up to George Best. – our Belfast airport is named after him – and by my dad. "

Liverpool fan Conroy said, "When I was growing up in the '60s and' 70s, our house was connected to Anfield, we went downstairs, Bill Shankly came out and shouted," Okay. , Bill "to him – and he would scream something unprintable.

"Kevin Keegan used to have a TR7 car and we used to say," Can we watch your car, Kev? "with a bit of extortion and threat, and he was sort of" okay, guys "and handed over the money.

"It was very different times." Shankly was walking down the street with his wife and getting on the bus after the match.

"You do not understand that now," Dornan added. "But I think Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is probably pretty cool to take the bus back home."

Premier League Predictions – Week 26
Result Lawro Paul and Jamie
SATURDAY
Fulham v Man Utd x-x 0-2 1-4
Crystal Palace v West Ham x-x 1-1 2-1
Huddersfield v Arsenal x-x 0-2 0-2
Liverpool v Bournemouth x-x 3-0 3-1
Southampton v Cardiff x-x 2-1 0-1
Watford v Everton x-x 2-0 1-3
Brighton v Burnley x-x 0-1 1-1
SUNDAY
Tottenham v Leicester x-x 2-1 2-2
Man City v Chelsea x-x 2-1 3-1
ON MONDAY
Wolves v newcastle x-x 2-1 0-0

A correct result (choosing a win, a draw or a loss) is worth it ten points. The exact score wins 40 points.

PREDICTIONS OF LAWRO

All departures 15:00 GMT unless otherwise indicated.

SATURDAY

Fulham v Man Utd (12:30 GMT)

Manchester United is in flight at the moment and it is surely only a matter of time before Solskjaer gets the position of manager permanently.

I see only one result here: another victory for United, which would be his 10th win in 11 games as interim leader.

It's a brilliant race, but I do not agree with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to say that United is back in the title race. They are not racing at all for this.

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I'm worried for Fulham, who chained his impressive 4-2 win against Brighton by a beautiful loss to Crystal Palace last weekend, when I thought they were going to dig and draw.

Cottage owners are now seven points away from safety and it seems they can not string two results together, which is a big problem for a team in their situation.

I'm not sure that Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri still has a lot of cards to play in trying to change things, and there is also a lack of games.

The prediction of Lawro: 0-2

The prediction of Jamie and Paul(Jamie): Fulham is my second favorite team. I love going to Craven Cottage and I want them to stay in the Premier League … but this result will not help them to do it. 1-4

Jamie on United: We play a lot more football under Solskjaer than under José Mourinho. I do not want to blame anyone, but Solskjaer makes the most of the players, which was not the case before. The last 10 games have been a very exciting time to become a fan of United again.

Crystal Palace v West Ham

West Ham's behaved very well against Liverpool on Monday night – they scored a point but could have won it.

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Marko Arnautovic is expected to be back to lead the Hammers' attack on Saturday because he is fit he has to play.

I do not really know what to do with Manuel Pellegrini's team because sometimes I look at them and I say to myself: "This group is a good team", then there are matches where I look at them and I think: "This lot just met on the street?"

That's how West Ham is, and part of the reason they are so inconsistent.

Palaces have their own problems, notice.

They have won their last two home games in Ligue 1 and FA Cup, but their results at Selhurst Park have been unsettled this season and I think a draw is the most likely result here.

The prediction of Lawro: 1-1

The prediction of Jamie and Paul(Paul): I did a little research before making these predictions and my boy Max found when Sylvester Stallone and Robert de Niro made them [in January 2014]. The reason they chose Crystal Palace is that Stallone simply liked the name. So that's the same reason I'm going. I will stay with Sylvester Stallone. 2-1

Huddersfield v Arsenal

Huddersfield played good football in his loss to Chelsea last week, but he seemed very open.

You can see why their former manager, David Wagner, was a lot more careful and played as he did, as he thought it was their only chance to score the result.

Jan Siewert is not under strong pressure, whatever happens here, because this game deals more with the history of Arsenal and what happens to them.

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Defensively, the Gunners are just not very good and some decisions of Unai Emery have a little intrigued me.

Last week, in his defeat at Manchester City, Emery played alongside him with two left-backers – Nacho Monreal and Sead Kolasinac – but Bernardo Silva nibbled them on the flank.

I just think that Emery is really struggling to find a solution to his defense problem, especially with regards to the injuries of his team – although Shkodran Mustafi should be in shape after limping against City.

Emery must certainly look at the situation and think that the best form of defense of his team is the attack, especially for this match. If they can find a way to create a lot of chances, they will win.

The prediction of Lawro: 0-2

The prediction of Jamie and Paul: 0-2

Liverpool v Bournemouth

The biggest problem in Liverpool right now is that they are a bit lean on the field, in numbers, especially at the back.

It would not matter if they had lost only one defender, a midfielder and an attacker, but they are all in the same kind of department.

Even Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum, who both doubt the game, are more of a defense than an attacker.

So, Jurgen Klopp lost that shield a bit and even Virgil van Dijk started to look a bit ordinary, because there are so many different people around him.

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But the Reds are at home and play against a Bournemouth team that is not good at defense.

After beating Chelsea 4-0, the Cherries went down 2-0 at Cardiff last weekend, which is tantamount to going from one extreme to the other.

I'm not sure of the kind of performance that Eddie Howe's team will see this time around, but I would still support Liverpool to win comfortably.

The prediction of Lawro: 3-0

The prediction of Jamie and Paul (Paul): Two for Mo Salah and someone else can hit another. Go ahead, guys, do not let me down. 3-1

Paul in Liverpool: I can not say enough about Jurgen Klopp – what a man. There is this feeling about Liverpool now, among the fans, that things are coming back to what they were. I think these days are coming back and the fingers are crossing each other.

Southampton v Cardiff

Cardiff's form on the road has not been great this season: they have only one win and two draws to show for 12 games, and only Fulham has collected fewer points.

Southampton's home form is not really impressive either, with just two wins in 12 games at St Mary's, but both have arrived since Ralph Hasenhuttl took office in early December.

I know they're still hovering just above the relegation zone, but the Saints are still unbeaten in the league in 2019 and I think Hasenhuttl deserves more credit for changing the mood at St Mary's & # 39; 39; s, as well as its results.

The prediction of Lawro: 2-1

The prediction of Jamie and Paul: 0-1

Watford v Everton

This is undoubtedly the biggest game of the season for Everton boss Marco Silva, who returns to his former club after four straight defeats in his last five games.

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Everton 's owner, Farhad Moshiri, is to be congratulated for coming this week and supporting Silva.