Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has predicted outcomes of Premier League matches involving Chelsea and Bournemouth, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest and Liverpool vs Aston Villa..

Chelsea will take Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and will hope to return to the Premier League stronger, having struggled in the English top flight before the World Cup break.

The Blues are eighth in the table, 16 points behind leaders Arsenal and are winless in their previous five matches.

Lawrenson believes Chelsea will comfortably beat the Cherries on Tuesday. In his column for Paddy Power, he wrote:

“I think this will be a straightforward 2-0 win for Chelsea,” he wrote on Paddy Power.

For the game between Liverpool and Villa, he said “I don’t know if Emi Martinez will play for Villa. I’m going to go 2-0 to Liverpool.”

For Manchester United he predicted 2-0 for the home side, saying “I don’t think they’ve suffered any big injuries so 2-0 to United.