Lawro's FA Cup and Premier League predictions versus rapper & Nottingham Forest fan Bru-C

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has just won the Carabao Cup for the first time, but can he break new ground in the FA Cup too?

This season, the Reds are in the fifth round of the FA Cup for only the second time since Klopp took charge in 2015, and he will be trying to reach the quarter-finals for the first time when his side face Norwich on Wednesday.

Their deeper progress - at last - in domestic cup competitions under Klopp has already seen them make history of sorts; in terms of dates when their previous attempts have ended, they are already closer to a historic quadruple than any Liverpool team of the past, including the all-conquering sides that Mark Lawrenson played in during the 1980s.

"Outside the building, there is already some talk about Liverpool's quadruple chances this season - but there won't be anyone speaking about that inside the club," said BBC football expert Lawro.

"It is the same whenever you are going for more than one trophy at this stage of the season. Of course you know it is possible because you are still in these different competitions, but right now it will all feel a long way off.

"I won the League Cup a few times with Liverpool and I know it gives you a bit of a feelgood factor from winning a trophy early on. But, as a player, you just think 'we are in the hunt' when it comes to everything else, and that's all you can ask for."

Lawro has made predictions for all eight FA Cup fifth-round ties, to be played over the next seven days, and at the bottom of this page gives his prediction for Tuesday's Premier League game between Burnley and Leicester too.

Collectively, Bru-C has had 102m audio streams of his tracks, with You & I and Streetside reaching 15m and 5m views respectively

His latest guest for the FA Cup is Nottingham-based rapper - and lifelong Forest fan - Bru-C.

Bru-C's latest track, Paradise, is out now and its title neatly sums up what the City Ground has felt like during Forest's impressive run to the fifth round - it was also played at the stadium at half-time of their win over holders and local rivals Leicester in round four.

"Our FA Cup run has been incredible so far," Bru-C told BBC Sport. "We rode our luck a little bit in the first half against Arsenal in round three, but then played really well in the second half and got the winner late on.

"That was crazy enough but then the Leicester game was just another level. I've been going to Forest games since the days of Pierre van Hooijdonk and Kevin Campbell in the late 1990s and I can't remember us ever playing better than that. It was very special and so good to watch.

"Now we have to get past Huddersfield. It sounds strange to say it, but in its own way this is going to be almost as tough as it was for us to beat Arsenal and Leicester.

"Huddersfield are on a long unbeaten run and have been very strong defensively recently. To get to the quarter-finals, we are going to have to dig really deep."

Bru-C celebrates at full-time of his side's win over Arsenal in round three with his son, Cass, who is following in his father's footsteps - and his grandad's too. "It was always Forest for me, my dad was a Forest fan too and was at both our European Cup wins in the 1970s," Bru-C explained. "He was die-hard, especially when I was growing up, and I've always been Forest through and through too. It's only in the past couple of years I've been going to games regularly again because for a while I was spending my weekends playing shows and running events here, there and everywhere but, since Cass has been getting into playing and watching football, I've been properly back into it, and it feels like the perfect time. The Arsenal game was on his birthday, so that was really special!"

• How to follow the FA Cup fifth round on the BBC

LAWRO'S FA CUP FIFTH-ROUND PREDICTIONS

TUESDAY

Peterborough 0-2 Man City

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Report

Crystal Palace 2-1 Stoke

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Report

Middlesbrough 1-0 Tottenham

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Report

WEDNESDAY

Luton 2-3 Chelsea

Report

Lawro's prediction: 1-2

Southampton 3-1 West Ham

Report

Lawro's prediction: 1-0

Liverpool 2-1 Norwich

Report

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

THURSDAY

Everton v Boreham Wood (20:15)

Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live.

You could argue Boreham Wood have already won their own cup final with their victory at Championship high-flyers Bournemouth in round four. It was a superb achievement by the National League side.

It was fitting they got one of the big boys next, and their trip to Goodison Park is one that everyone at the club, and their supporters, can enjoy - they have sold out their allocation of 1,780 tickets and it will be a great night for them all.

I don't think their run goes any further, though, because if I am Everton boss Frank Lampard then I am picking a strong team to make absolutely certain I win this tie.

Everton lost to Manchester City on Saturday but Goodison Park still has a feelgood factor for Lampard because of their good performance in that game. If they can play like that again, then they will have no problems.

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Bru-C's prediction: I've got nothing against Everton but they are not having a good season at all. I always root for the underdog so I want to see to Boreham Wood win this one, before extra-time. 0-1

MONDAY, 7 MARCH

Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield (15:00)

I watched Huddersfield draw 0-0 with Preston at Deepdale a few weeks ago and they didn't look like scoring - they were really good at keeping the ball but didn't create much. Mind you, neither did North End.

The Terriers are obviously doing something right though, because they are flying in the Championship and have not lost since 27 November.

Nottingham Forest's league form is not as consistent as that but they have already had two brilliant wins in the FA Cup, knocking out Arsenal and holders Leicester at the City Ground.

This is a very different kind of occasion, and Huddersfield will be awkward opponents but the City Ground will be bouncing again for this one, which will make a difference.

I've been very impressed with Forest since Steve Cooper took charge, and they've got a couple of players in Djed Spence and Brennan Johnson who can definitely play at higher level.

Huddersfield don't concede many goals, and both teams play good football, so there will be no 'crash, bang, wallop' from whoever makes it into the quarter-finals, but I am going with Forest to edge it.

Lawro's prediction: 2-1

Bru-C's prediction: I'm at this one but it is going to be a horrible game to watch, because it is going to be close - it's very tough to predict. Everyone is going to have an eye on Forest here just because of the way we played against Leicester, and this is a totally different occasion, but I do think we will turn it on again in the FA Cup. We had a really good win over Bristol City at the weekend and if we play like that, then we will get through. 2-1

Bru-C on Forest's season: If we do go out at this stage of the FA Cup then I won't be too gutted - it's given us some brilliant moments but we have got a chance of getting into the play-offs and we are going to have to focus on that at some point, because our aim has to be to get into the top six.

Being totally honest, ever since we started to pick up a bit of form under Steve Cooper, I've been saying we are not ready for the Premier League but I don't want to see the players we've got in on loan leave. They are all first-choice at the moment, but they would probably all go at the end of the season if we don't go up, which would be sad - especially Djed Spence, who has been one of my favourite Forest players for a very long time.

Lawro and Bru-C were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

How did Lawro do in round four of the FA Cup?

Lawro successfully picked the winner in 12 of the 16 ties, with one exact score.

Overall, he has a 71% success rate after making predictions for the 48 ties in rounds three and four.

Premier League predictions

There is also one Premier League game this week, the rearranged match between Burnley and Leicester.

This game was meant to be played in week 22 (on 15 January) and there is still one other fixture from that set of matches to be completed - the north London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. Lawro is currently drawing 70-70 with his guest, grime artist S-X.

Burnley v Leicester (Premier League, Tuesday 19:45)

Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 live.

It looks like Burnley have made a great signing in Dutch striker Wout Weghorst. From what we've seen him do so far, it looks like they've pinched him by only paying £12m for him last month.

Weghorst gives them a bit of everything up front and there is real quality to his play too.

He's helped Burnley improve in the past few weeks and I think they will fancy their chances of scoring against a Leicester side who have struggled defensively all season.

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

S-X's prediction: 0-2

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