Tottenham Hotspur – Burnley

15 May 2022

• Tottenham are unbeaten in their last nine home league games against Burnley (W8 D1), winning the last three by an aggregate score of 10-0.
• Burnley are looking to complete their first league double over Tottenham since 1974-75, which was also the last campaign in which they beat them away from home.
• Burnley could become just the fourth side to complete a top-flight double against a team managed by Spurs’ Antonio Conte, after Sampdoria (2012-13), Manchester City (2017-18) and Juventus (2019-20).
• Tottenham lost their final home league game 2-1 against Aston Villa last season – they’ve not lost their last home game in consecutive campaigns since 1992-93 and 1993-94 (against Blackburn and QPR).
• Tottenham have played more Premier League games on a Sunday than any other team (318), but have also lost more games on this day than any other side (98).
• Burnley have won just two of their last 18 Premier League away games (D7 L9), after back-to-back wins on the road in April/May last year. However, they did win their last away league game, coming from behind to beat Watford 2-1.
• Of all current 20 Premier League sides, Burnley have the highest loss rate in games played on Sundays in the competition’s history (60% - lost 37/62). However, the Clarets did win their last such game (1-0 at Wolves), last winning consecutive Sunday matches in September/October 2017.
• Tottenham’s Harry Kane has been involved in 11 goals in 11 Premier League games against Burnley (8 goals, 3 assists), scoring seven in his last seven against them in the competition.
• Tottenham striker Harry Kane is the Premier League’s all-time highest goalscorer in games played on Sunday (69). If he scores here, he’d be the first player in the competition’s history to score 70+ goals on two different days of the week (70 on Saturday).
• Maxwel Cornet is Burnley’s top scorer in the Premier League this season, with his eight goals more than double any other player has netted for the Clarets. He is two goals from becoming the fourth Ivorian to net at least 10 times in his debut Premier League campaign, after Didier Drogba (2004-05), Arouna Koné (2012-13) and Wilfried Bony (2013-14).

Aston Villa – Crystal Palace

15 May 2022

• Aston Villa won the reverse fixture against Crystal Palace 2-1 in November. They’ve not done the league double over the Eagles since 1980-81, a season they last won the top-flight title.
• Crystal Palace have won just one of their nine Premier League away games against Aston Villa (D3 L5), winning 1-0 in December 2013. The Eagles have never scored more than once at Villa Park in the competition, failing to score on each of their last four visits.
• Aston Villa have lost six of their seven Premier League games on a Sunday this season, including each of the last four in a row. The exception was a 2-1 home win against Leicester back in December.
• Crystal Palace have won consecutive league games for just the second time this season, with the Eagles last winning more in a row between February and June 2020 (4).
• Crystal Palace have kept five clean sheets in their last eight Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 25. They’ve kept 11 clean sheets overall this season, only keeping more in a 38-game Premier League campaign twice – 12 in both 2013-14 and 2018-19.
• Aston Villa’s defeat against Liverpool last time out was their eighth home Premier League loss of the season – the eighth consecutive top-flight campaign in which they’ve lost at least eight times at home, dating back to 2011-12. Indeed, the Villans have lost more home games than any other side in Premier League history (160).
• Crystal Palace have conceded a league-low 40% of their Premier League goals in the second half of games this season (17/42). Indeed, only the top two of Manchester City and Liverpool have conceded fewer after half-time than Patrick Vieira’s side (17).
• Aston Villa’s John McGinn has scored in each of his last two Premier League games against Crystal Palace He’s not scored more league goals against any other opponent in his career across England and Scotland than he has versus the Eagles (2).
• Aston Villa striker Danny Ings has scored five goals in his last six Premier League starts against Crystal Palace – against no side has he scored more often in the top-flight than he has against the Eagles (5).
• Five of Wilfried Zaha’s Premier League goals this season have been the winning goal of the game, including each of his last two. No player has ever scored more winning goals in a single campaign for Crystal Palace.

Everton – Brentford

15 May 2022

• Everton have won their last four home games against Brentford in all competitions, including a 4-1 victory in the FA Cup this season.
• Brentford won the reverse fixture against Everton 1-0 in November; their only league double against the Toffees came in the first ever campaign the sides met back in 1935-36.
• Everton have lost six of their last nine Premier League home games against promoted sides (W2 D1), as many as they had in their previous 50 such matches (W35 D9). Defeat here would be the third consecutive season the Toffees have lost at home to two of the three promoted sides.
• Brentford are looking to become the first promoted team since West Bromwich Albion in 2010-11 to complete the Premier League double over Everton. The Toffees have won just one of their five games against promoted sides so far this season (D1 L3).
• Everton have won 10 points from their last four Premier League home games (W3 D1), as many as they had in their previous 11 (W3 D1 L7). Meanwhile, they’ve kept three clean sheets in these four games, as many as in their previous 13 at Goodison Park.
• Having lost 10 of their previous 11 Premier League games on a Sunday (D1), Everton have won their last two on this day. They beat Chelsea on the 1st and Leicester on the 8th May, but have never won a Premier League game on three consecutive Sundays before.
• Everton have kept three clean sheets in their last six Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 23. The Toffees are looking to go four league games unbeaten for the first time since their first four under Rafael Benítez this term.
• Since Charlton Athletic beat Aston Villa 4-3 in May 1999, none of the last 18 teams in their debut Premier League campaign have managed to win their final away league game of the season (D6 L12).
• Brentford have had 15 different goalscorers in the Premier League this season – excluding 1992-93, the only team to have more in their debut campaign in the competition were Bolton Wanderers in 1995-96 (16).
• Everton keeper Jordan Pickford is looking to keep consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since May 2021, and for the first time at Goodison Park since a run of three in January 2020.

Leeds United – Brighton and Hove Albion

15 May 2022

• Leeds have lost eight of their last 10 league meetings with Brighton (W1 D1), also failing to score on eight separate occasions in that run.
• Brighton have won five of their last seven away league games against Leeds (L2), having won just one of their first 16 visits to Elland Road (D6 L9).
• Leeds have only lost their final home game in just one of their last 18 top-flight campaigns (W10 D7), with that defeat coming against Spurs in 1995-96 (1-3).
• Brighton have won their final away league game in just one of the last seven seasons (D4 L2), beating Burnley 2-1 on the final day of the 2019-20 campaign.
• Leeds have lost nine Premier League home games this season, and conceded 37 goals at Elland Road. Only in 1946-47 (10) have they lost more, while only in 1959-60 (46) have they conceded more at home in a single top-flight campaign – they were relegated at the end of both seasons.
• Brighton have scored nine goals in their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 14beforehand. They’ve beaten Wolves 3-0 and Manchester United 4-0 in their last two, last winning three consecutive league games by at least three goals in February 1969.
• Leeds are averaging fewer than 10 shots per game under Jesse Marsch in the Premier League this season (9.7), having averaged almost 14 under Marcelo Bielsa this term (13.7).
• Leeds United have been shown a red card in the first half in each of their last two Premier League games – no side has ever had a player sent off before half-time in three consecutive matches in the competition before.
• With 97 yellows and three reds this season, Leeds have become the first side to receive 100 cards in a single Premier League campaign. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Whites have also committed more fouls than any other side this term (440).
• Brighton’s Leandro Trossard has been directly involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games (4 goals, 2 assists), as many as in his previous 37 league appearances (5 goals, 1 assist). His 11 goal involvements in total this term (8 goals, 3 assists) is his best return in a single Premier League campaign.

Watford – Leicester City

15 May 2022

• Watford have lost just two of their last 11 home league games against Leicester (W7 D2) and are unbeaten in their last four (W3 D1) since a 1-0 loss in March 2016.
• Leicester are looking to complete the Premier League double over Watford for just the second time, previously doing so in their 2015-16 title winning campaign.
• Leicester have already beaten Watford twice this season, winning 4-2 in the league and 4-1 in the FA Cup. The Foxes have never scored 4+ goals in three games against an opponent in a single season before.
• After remaining unbeaten in their final home game in their first nine top-flight seasons (W5 D4), Watford have lost three of their last four (W1), conceding at least four goals in each defeat.
• Leicester’s 107 Premier League games played on Sundays have produced on average 3.3 goals, with the Foxes scoring 177 and conceding 175. Of the 103 occasions of a team playing at least 50 games on a specific day of the week in the competition, Leicester on Sunday has the highest average goals-per-game.
• Watford kept their first clean sheet in 23 Premier League home games in their 0-0 draw with Everton last time out. They last kept consecutive top-flight shutouts at Vicarage Road in December 2019.
• Despite only Everton (32) using more different players than Watford (30) in the Premier League this season, the Hornets have had fewer different goalscorers than any other side this term (8, excluding own goals).
• Leicester have kept just one clean sheet in their last 24 Premier League away games, a 2-0 win against Burnley in March. However, the Foxes have only failed to score themselves in two of those 24 matches (0-2 v Liverpool and 0-2 v Arsenal).
• Leicester’s James Maddison has been involved in six goals in his six meetings with Watford in all competitions (4 goals, 2 assists) – against no side has he been involved in more in his English football career.
• Since 2014-15, only Harry Kane (40) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals against newly promoted sides than Leicester’s Jamie Vardy (34 – 24 goals, 10 assists), while he’s scored 16 goals in his last 14 games against such sides.

Wolverhampton Wanderers – Norwich City

15 May 2022

• Wolves have never lost a top-flight home game against Norwich (W8 D2), keeping a clean sheet in seven of their 10 such games against them.
• Norwich are winless in five league games against Wolves (D2 L3), having won four of their previous five (L1).
• Norwich won 1-0 at Wolves in the FA Cup earlier this season – the last team to beat them twice at Molineux in the same season were Manchester City in 2011-12, which was also the last campaign in which Norwich beat the same Premier League side twice away from home (West Bromwich Albion).
• Wolves lost their final home league game last season, doing down 2-1 against Manchester United. They’ve not done so in consecutive campaigns since a run of three between 1996-97 and 1998-99.
• Norwich have won just one of their last 20 Premier League games on a Sunday, beating Burnley 2-0 last month (D4 L15). Away from home, the Canaries are winless in their last 10 top-flight Sunday games (D2 L8), losing the last six by an aggregate score of 22-3.
• Of all teams to have played at least 20 Premier League games on a Sunday, only QPR (13%) have a lower win rate than Norwich (16%), who have won just seven of their 45 such matches.
• Wolves have lost nine Premier League home games this season – only twice in their previous 66 top-flight campaigns have they lost more at home (13 in 2011-12, 11 in 1964-65).
• Norwich have conceded a league-high 78 Premier League goals this season, which is also their highest tally in a single top-flight campaign. They last conceded as many as 80 goals in a league campaign in the second tier in 1963-64 (80).
• Wolves were 3-1 down at half-time against Manchester City last time out, conceding as many goals in that first half as they had in the opening 45 minutes of their previous 11 league games combined. 12 of the 13 first-half goals Wolves have conceded this season have been in home games.
• As it stands, Norwich’s goal difference of -56 is the third worst in Premier League history, after only Derby in 2007-08 (-69) and Ipswich Town in 1994-95 (-57).

West Ham United – Manchester City

15 May 2022

• West Ham are winless in 12 Premier League games against Manchester City (D2 L10) since a 2-1 win at the Etihad in September 2015.
• After winning their first five games against West Ham at the London Stadium in all competitions (scoring 22 goals and conceding one), Man City are winless in their last two visits there (D2). This includes a goalless draw and eventual penalty shootout defeat in the League Cup earlier this season.
• West Ham won their last Premier League match against the league leaders, defeating Chelsea 3-2 in December. They’ve not won consecutive such games since doing the double over Manchester United in 2006-07, while they’ve not beaten two different teams at the top of the table in a campaign since 1982-83 (Liverpool and Man Utd).
• Manchester City lost their final away league game last season, going down 3-2 at Brighton. They’ve not done so in consecutive campaigns since a run of four between 2005-06 and 2008-09.
• West Ham have scored in all 18 of their Premier League home games this season. Only twice have they managed to score in 100% of their home games across an entire league season, doing so in 1980-81 (second tier) and 1926-27 (top-flight).
• This will be West Ham’s 22nd Premier League game on a Sunday this season, with only Tottenham in 2020-21 (25) ever playing more on this day in a single campaign. After winning five of their first seven such games this term (L2), the Hammers have won just four of their subsequent 14 (D3 L7).
• Manchester City have become the first team in English top-flight history to win five consecutive league games by a margin of at least three goals. Victory here will leave them within a point of winning their eighth top-flight title, their sixth in the Premier League, and their fourth in the last five seasons.
• Man City’s Raheem Sterling has been involved in 14 goals in 16 Premier League games against West Ham (8 goals, 6 assists), more than he has versus any other side. Nine of these have come in five appearances at the London Stadium (4 goals, 5 assists), including a hat-trick in August 2019.
• Michail Antonio has scored nine Premier League goals this season, and could become the first player to score at least 10 in three consecutive top-flight campaigns for West Ham since Tony Cottee (five between 1983-84 and 1987-88).
• Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in 13 goals in his last eight Premier League appearances (8 goals, 5 assists), while he’s enjoying his best goalscoring campaign for the Citizens in both the league (15 goals) and all competitions (19).

• Newcastle have lost 33 Premier League games against Arsenal, more than they have against any side in the competition.
• Arsenal have won 17 of their last 18 Premier League games against Newcastle, with the exception being a 2-1 defeat at St James’ Park in April 2018.
• Arsenal have won their last seven meetings with Newcastle in all competitions without conceding a single goal – the only top-flight side to beat another in more consecutive games without conceding is Liverpool against West Brom (9 between 2002 and 2010).
• This is the sixth Premier League meeting between Newcastle and Arsenal on Mondays, with only Tottenham v West Ham (8) and Liverpool v Everton (7) being played on the day more. Arsenal are unbeaten in all five such games so far (W4 D1), conceding just one goal in these games (F10).
• Newcastle have won their final home league game in six of the last eight seasons (L2), with the two exceptions being defeats against Liverpool in both 2018-19 and 2019-20.
• Arsenal have lost their final away league game in just one of the last 11 seasons (W7 D3), going down 1-0 at Aston Villa in 2019-20.
• Newcastle have won just two of their last 20 Premier League games on a Monday (D3 L15), while only on Thursdays (27%) do they have a lower win rate than they do on Mondays in the competition (29%).
• Arsenal haven’t won any of their three Monday league games this season (D1 L2), losing each of the last two. They last lost both three in a row on Mondays, and three Monday games in the same league season, back in 1992-93 under George Graham.
• After a run of six consecutive home league wins, Newcastle lost last time out at St James’ Park 1-0 against Liverpool. Only once this season have they lost consecutive home league games (October), while five of their last eight home league defeats have been against London sides.
• Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka has been involved in a goal in all three of his Premier League appearances against Newcastle (2 goals, 1 assist), though all three of these games have been at the Emirates Stadium.

• Southampton won this exact fixture 1-0 last season, with Saints last winning consecutive home league games against Liverpool between March 2004 and March 2013 (three in a row).
• Liverpool have won eight of their last nine league games against Southampton, netting at least twice in each victory. However, the exception was a 1-0 defeat in this exact fixture last season.
• Southampton’s eight home Premier League wins over Liverpool have been won by eight different managers (Branfoot, Ball, Strachan, Sturrock, Redknapp, Pochettino, Koeman & Hasenhüttl). The last Saints manager to win consecutive home league games against Liverpool was Chris Nicholl, in 1989-90 and 1990-91.
• Southampton have lost their final home league game in three of the last five seasons (W1 D1), going down 2-0 against Leeds last season. Saints had only lost their final such home game in three of the previous 30 campaigns.
• Liverpool have won seven of their eight midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games this season (L1). However, one of their two defeats overall in the competition this term came on a Tuesday (0-1 v Leicester).
• Southampton’s 3-0 loss at Brentford last time out means they’ve now conceded at least 60 goals in each of their last four Premier League campaigns – they’d only conceded 60+ in four of their previous 16 38-game seasons in the competition.
• Southampton have won just one of their last 10 Premier League games (D2 L7), with their 1-0 victory against Arsenal last month also their only clean sheet in this run.
• Liverpool have conceded the first goal in their last two Premier League games, coming back to draw 1-1 with Tottenham and beat Aston Villa 2-1. They last conceded first in three consecutive games while avoiding defeat each time back in October/November 2019, during their title winning campaign.
• Liverpool have scored a league-high 15 headed Premier League goals this season, while only Leicester have conceded more headers than Southampton this term.
• Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has been involved in 10 goals in nine Premier League games against Southampton (7 goals, 3 assists), averaging a goal or assist every 79 minutes against them.