Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is British NBA star Luol Deng.
The 30-year-old Miami Heat forward grew up in south London and is an Arsenal fan.
Deng says he cannot bear to tip Tottenham to beat Chelsea and is backing the Gunners to bounce back from last week's defeat at West Brom when they play Norwich on Sunday.
Lawro says
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Manchester City cannot be as bad again as they were last week against Liverpool. As well as Liverpool played, City were woeful.
Saints are unbeaten away from home this season but they do not score many goals - they have only managed seven in six games on the road - and I think City will find a way of winning this one.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Deng's prediction: I'm going for Southampton because Arsenal need them to win this one. 2-3
Merson bumbles
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This will be a really good game. Southampton were flying along, going well, and then got beat at home to Stoke. Same for City, who got beat by Liverpool, that's the Premier League this season.
I'm going to go for Man City, but I wouldn't be shocked if this was a draw. I think Sergio Aguero will be the difference now and going forward for City.
If Southampton hadn't lost last week, I'd be going for them to get at least a draw here, but it did show some of their flaws against Stoke, and there's still a lot of work to be done.
PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1