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It was nice to see the boys ram the scoreline down their throats last week, after Lawro and Merson both predicted a 1-1 v Bournemouth.

This week sees a return to the usual boring scoreline

Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Grand National jockey Leighton Aspell.
Aspell, 39, will ride Many Clouds in Saturday's showpiece race at Aintree, hoping to complete a hat-trick of wins after his triumphs in 2014 and 2015.
Many Clouds could become the first horse to win back-to-back Grand Nationals since Red Rum in the 1970s.

Aspell also won on Pineau De Re in 2014 and is bidding to become the first jockey to triumph three years running.
However, the Dublin-born jockey has not had much success with his football team recently - Aspell has supported Aston Villa since he moved to the Midlands in 1993.
He told BBC Sport: "We are a sorry team this year - one of the worst in Premier League history - and it is sad to see.
"We are going to go down and it could be a while before you see us back up again."

Lawro says

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35977759

This is the ideal game for Manchester City in the middle of their two Champions League matches against Paris St-Germain.
I would not say it will be routine for City - because not a lot has been routine for them of late - but they are at home and they will be buoyed by their draw in Paris.
West Brom's problems in attack have been well documented and it is hard to see them improving in that area at Etihad Stadium. Hopefully they will not have the wrong player sent off this time, though, which is what happened on their last visit.

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Aspell's prediction: City looked brilliant at Bournemouth last week with Kevin de Bruyne back, I think they will win this one easily too, and could have a really good end to the season. 3-0

Merson says

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/ ... -v-man-utd

West Brom had a good result last week at Sunderland but I just think Man City will have too much for them. I don't think they will have a Champions League hangover because they have to get into the top four and if they don't win this game, then all of a sudden it's a battle.

This is where they can widen the gap between themselves and the clubs beneath them because West Ham have got a hard game and so have Man United so it is really the weekend where they can cement Champions League football for next season.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-0 (Sky Bet odds 9/2)

Merson talking sense for once. Someone must have written it for him.

dave watson's perm wrote:Merson talking sense for once. Someone must have written it for him.

Did you read the opening line, a good result against Sunderland? Did they get 3 points it something?

He's not called DCH for nothing you know.

dave watson's perm wrote:Merson talking sense for once. Someone must have written it for him.

Sense? He reckons we can cement top four with a win tomorrow, he's talking out of his arse, as usual.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

dave watson's perm wrote:Merson talking sense for once. Someone must have written it for him.

Sense? He reckons we can cement top four with a win tomorrow, he's talking out of his arse, as usual.

I'll get me coat

Take either of those scorelines. WBA will simply come to defend and try for a 0-0. It's in Pulis's DNA. We just have to be patient and the reward will come.

8-0

Pulis hasn't been able to embed his 'philosophy' at WBA for some reason; City to win. I'll go with Lawro's score line.