West Ham vs Boro - the predictions

Middlebrough are without Chris Riggott, Jeremie Aliadiere and Andrew Taylor for this game. Valon Behrami and James Collins both missed midweek internationals, but should be available for West Ham.

Lawro seems to be parodying himself now, he says of this game, "The Hammers are much improved and Boro don't know where their next win is coming from, so I'm going for a draw!". Yeah competely makes sense. How many games has Lawro gone since he predicted a West Ham win? Surely he will get fed up of being wrong eventually.

Lawro predicts a 1-1 draw for West Ham

Sky point out that Boro have gone 13 games in the league without a win, whereas West Ham are in the middle of a purple patch.

Sky make no prediction?

Setanta claim that despite floundering in the league Boro have good form in the cup (someone might want to tell Setanta that everyone left in the cup is unbeaten in the cup). Setanta point out that Boro have failed to beat West Ham in five attempts and have now gone five games without scoring, then Sentata do a Lawro and predict a draw.

Setanta predict a 1-1 draw for West Ham