Match Day Thread Get there before Lawro !

Liverpool playing Arsenal on Saturday tea time. Liverpool cannot afford to lose this game, a draw
is not good enough.
My prediction: Liverpool 3:1Arsenal


Other fixtures and predictions



Saturday 4th March 2017

• Man Utd V Bournemouth 3:0
• Leicester V Hull 2:1
• Stoke V Middlesbrough 2:1
• Swansea V Burnley 2:1
• Watford VSouthampton 2:1
• West Brom V Crystal Palace 2:2
• Liverpool V Arsenal 3:1

Sunday 5th March 2017
Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur V Everton

Sunderland V Manchester City 0 :3

Monday 6th March 2017


West Ham United V Chelsea 1:3

 

PAUL MERSON'S PREDICTION:

Liverpool v Arsenal - Saturday, 5.30pm
I could not believe how bad Liverpool were on Monday. They were terrible. You'd expect them not to be as bad again with Arsenal in town, but I am struggling to predict a winner in this game so that's why I'm going for a 2-2 draw.
Liverpool face Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday
There will be plenty of goals because both sides will go gung-ho. Arsenal just need to stay in the game in the first 20 minutes and if they can do that they will have an excellent chance of getting a positive result.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-2 (12/1 with

 

Liverpool 4: arsneal 3
Man Utd V Bournemouth 4:0 bournemouth are absolutely AWFUL
Leicester V Hull 0-1 .. i reckon leicester will think they have it made. I like hull.
Stoke V Middlesbrough 0-0
Swansea V Burnley 3-1 - burnely away are dross
Watford V Southampton who cares. both on hols now.
West Brom V Crystal Palace 1-1 this will be a battering.
Tottenham Hotspur V Everton everton won't play away form home. 3-0
Sunderland V Manchester City 0:2 sunderland will try a leg.
West Ham United V Chelsea 0:2 grinder.

 

Lawro not sitting on the fence: He has gone for home win.

Liverpool v Arsenal (17:30 GMT)
I think Monday's defeat by Leicester has led to Jurgen Klopp's first real crossroads moment, in so far as he needs to have a bit of a rethink in regards to the make-up of his team.
It is difficult with his current squad, because at the moment the team basically picks itself - excluding teenagers who have come through the system, he probably only has 15 or 16 players to choose from.
I think Liverpool have some really good players in there but as a team they are weak mentally and, if someone really goes at them like Leicester did, they cannot keep them at bay.
It also feels like, if Plan A fails for the Reds, they don't have anything as a back-up. Again, we saw that against Leicester.
But then you come back to the conundrum which is Liverpool's form in games against the other leading teams this season, where they are still unbeaten and top of that mini-league. Arsenal are bottom.
Premier League top seven head-to-head 2016-17
Team P W D L F A Pts
1. Liverpool 9 5 4 0 13 7 19
2. Chelsea 9 5 1 3 19 11 16
3. Tottenham 9 2 4 3 10 10 10
4. Everton 7 2 3 2 9 10 9
4. Man City 8 2 2 4 8 15 8
5. Man Utd 7 1 4 2 5 9 7
6. Arsenal 7 1 2 4 11 13 5
The Gunners have other issues, of course, with Arsene Wenger's future still under scrutiny, but they did have the benefit of a weekend off because they were meant to be playing Southampton, who were in the EFL Cup final.
Wenger 'not looking for jobs at other clubs'
This is a big game in the race for the top four and a lot of the time I tend to think these matches end up in a draw.
After the week Liverpool have had, though, wouldn't it just be typical of them to win it?
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Gower's prediction: 1-1