Lawrenson delivers his verdict

Mark Lawrenson still can’t convince himself that the Hammers are good enough to grab their first away win of the season.

The dour BBC pundit has weighed up the match against Stoke this weekend and believes the Irons will come away with no more than a draw.

In his weekly set of predictions for the BBC he says: West Ham have started to pick up some points – and to follow their narrow defeat at Manchester City with a win over Chelsea and a draw against Arsenal produced some positivity around the place.

After four defeats in their past five games, Stoke do not have much of a feel-good factor at the moment and Potters boss Mark Hughes is probably under more pressure than he has ever been since he has been there.

But the Potters’ performance when beaten 1-0 by Burnley this week  was much better than the result. If they play like that again, they should get something to show for it.

Lawro’s prediction: 1-1