Premier League predictions: Lawro resumes winter-break battle with snowboarder Katie Ormerod

Chelsea's bid to secure a top-four place has wobbled in recent weeks but they have the chance to get back on track on Monday when they host Manchester United.

"The Blues are still favourites for fourth," said BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson said: "They just need to improve their focus in matches.

"They have dropped points by taking their eye off the ball a little bit when you least expect it, which has seen them let some points slip away."

Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests.

This week he resumes his winter-break battle with British snowboarder Katie Ormerod, who was his opponent last week too when this set of fixtures started.

Katie correctly predicted the outcome of two of the three Premier League fixtures played last weekend

Storm Ciara scuppered Manchester City's game with West Ham on Sunday, so only three Premier League games were played last weekend in the first part of the staggered break.

So far, Katie leads Lawro by 20 points to 10 but, with the remaining seven fixtures taking place over the next six days - including the rearranged City versus Hammers game - there is still all to play for.

A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.

LAWRO'S PREDICTIONS

FRIDAY

Wolves 0-0 Leicester

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Katie's prediction: 1-2

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SATURDAY

Southampton 1-2 Burnley

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Katie's prediction: 1-0

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Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Katie's prediction: 0-2

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SUNDAY

Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Katie's prediction: 3-2

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Arsenal 4-0 Newcastle

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Katie's prediction: 2-0

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MONDAY

Chelsea 0-2 Man Utd

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Katie's prediction: 3-4

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WEDNESDAY

Man City v West Ham (19:30 GMT)

Having this game delayed by 10 days might help Manchester City a bit - Aymeric Laporte will have a few more training sessions under his belt and could be fit enough to come into contention.

If City harbour any serious ambitions of winning the Champions League then they have to kick on and start performing the way we know they can before they face Real Madrid at the end of the month.

West Ham will also have benefited from some time training together, especially at the back.

The one thing Hammers boss David Moyes will have been working on is defensively, because they were woeful at the back last time out in their draw with Brighton.

Even so, I don't think West Ham will have enough about them to take even a point away from City. I went with 3-0 last time, and I am going to stick with that scoreline this time too.

Lawro's prediction: 3-0

Katie's prediction: 4-3

Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

How did Lawro do last week?

Last weekend, in the first part of the staggered winter break programme, Lawro got one correct result, with no exact scores, from three games for a total score of 10 points - so far.

With seven games still to be played, he is trailing British snowboarder Katie Ormerod, who got two correct results, with no exact scores, leaving her on 20 points as things stand.

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