Crystal Palace v Brentford
- The home side hasn’t lost any of the last seven league meetings between Crystal Palace and Brentford (W4 D3), with both Premier League games between the sides last season ending goalless.
- Brentford are winless in their last four away league games against Crystal Palace (D2 L2), since a 2-0 victory in March 1957.
- Crystal Palace vs Brentford could become the first fixture in English top-flight history to see the first three meetings at this level between two sides end goalless, with both games ending 0-0 in 2021-22.
- Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 19 Premier League London derbies (D8 L9), picking up 3-0 wins over both Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal last season.
- Brentford have lost just one of their last 12 league games played on a Tuesday (W5 D6), though that defeat did come at Southampton in their only such game played in the Premier League. In fact, Brentford have lost all six of their Premier League games played between Monday and Thursday.
- Crystal Palace have won four of their last six home Premier League matches (D1 L1), as many as in their first 15 at Selhurst Park under manager Patrick Vieira (W4 D7 L4).
- Brentford have avoided defeat in four of their last seven Premier League matches when conceding first (W2 D2 L3), as many as in their first 20 matches in the competition when they conceded the first goal (W2 D2 L16).
- Brentford kept clean sheets in two of their first three away Premier League matches but have since conceded in each of their last 18 on the road (39 goals conceded), the longest current run in the division and their longest run without an away league clean sheet since a 19-game run between September 1984 and April 1985.
- Crystal Palace’s Ebere Eze has assisted three goals in his last six Premier League appearances, as many as in his previous 25 games in the competition. Eze already has more assists this season (2 in 4 games) than he managed last season (1 in 13 games).
- Wilfried Zaha has scored five of Crystal Palace’s last six home Premier League goals, with the other netted by Jean-Philippe Mateta against Aston Villa. Since the start of last season, Zaha has scored in six of Palace’s eight home league wins (75%), including all four in 2022.
Fulham v Brighton and Hove Albion
- Fulham are unbeaten in all four of their Premier League games against Brighton (W1 D3), with both meetings the last time the sides met in 2020-21 ending goalless.
- Brighton lost 11 of their first 13 away league games against Fulham (W2) between 1929 and 1985 but have since won five of their last nine at the Cottagers since 1988 (D1 L3).
- Brighton have kept a clean sheet in each of their last seven Premier League games against promoted sides (W5 D2) since a 1-0 loss at West Brom in February 2021. That defeat to the Baggies is their only loss against a promoted side in their last 15 such games (W7 D7).
- Fulham have won just one of their last 16 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D7 L8), though that was a home victory over Brighton on a Tuesday in January 2019.
- Brighton failed to win a single midweek (Tues, Weds, Thurs) Premier League game last season, drawing three and losing four. Their previous three such matches before this saw them draw with Chelsea and pick up victories over Liverpool and Manchester City.
- Following away wins against Manchester United and West Ham United this season, Brighton are looking to win their opening three away league games in a campaign for only the fourth time, also doing so in 1953-54, 1957-58 (both Third Division South) and 2011-12 (Championship).
- Fulham have picked up four points in their first two home Premier League matches this season (W1 D1), a tally that took them six home games to reach in their last top-flight campaign in 2020-21 (W1 D1 L4). The Cottagers are looking for consecutive home Premier League wins for the first time since April 2019.
- Brighton have won their last two away Premier League matches, their seventh run of consecutive away top-flight wins. The Seagulls have never managed three away wins in a row in the English top-flight.
- Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored three goals in his two Premier League starts against Brighton. His goals against the Seagulls accounted for 27% of his total strikes in the 2018-19 campaign (3/11).
- Fulham manager Marco Silva has lost his last five Premier League games against English managers (one each vs Smith, Howe, Wilder, Dyche and Potter). The last manager to lose more consecutively against Englishmen was Mick McCarthy between 2003 and 2005 with Sunderland (10 in a row).
Southampton v Chelsea
- Southampton have won just two of their last 18 Premier League games against Chelsea (D5 L11), with both of those victories coming at Stamford Bridge. They’re winless in nine at home against them (D2 L7) since a 2-1 win in March 2013.
- Chelsea have scored in each of their last 17 Premier League away games against Southampton, winning 6-0 in this exact fixture last season. It’s the longest scoring streak one team has had against another away from home in the history of the competition.
- Southampton’s 44 home goals conceded against Chelsea is the most they’ve shipped against a single side in the Premier League, while only at Spurs (51) have the Blues scored more on the road.
- Southampton have won just three of their last 20 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D7 L10). Saints have a lower win rate on Tuesdays than they do any other day of the week in the Premier League (21% - 9/44).
- After suffering a 3-0 reverse at Elland Road against Leeds, Chelsea are looking to avoid losing consecutive away Premier League games for the first time since December 2020. Manager Thomas Tuchel hasn’t lost consecutive away league games since August 2019 with Paris Saint Germain.
- Since the start of March, Southampton have lost more Premier League matches than any other side (11), winning just nine points from 16 matches in that time (W2 D3 L11).
- Southampton have lost six of their last eight home Premier League matches (W1 D1). They've already lost as many home games in 2022 (P12 W4 D2 L6) as they did in 2021 (P20 W6 D8 L6).
- Chelsea’s Mason Mount has been involved in five goals in his four Premier League starts against Southampton (4 goals, 1 assist), while only against Norwich (5) has he scored more Premier League goals than he has against Saints (4).
- Only against West Ham (14 – 8 goals, 6 assists) has Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling been involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Southampton (11 – 7 goals, 4 assists).
- Chelsea have seen a player sent off in each of their last two Premier League games, with Kalidou Koulibaly seeing red against Leeds and Conor Gallagher against Leicester. It’s the first time they’ve had a red in consecutive games since October 2014; the Blues have never had a player sent off in three games in a row.
Leeds United v Everton
- Following a 36-game unbeaten home league run against Everton between 1953 and 2001 (W28 D8), Leeds have lost two of their last four at Elland Road against the Toffees (D2).
- Everton have won five of their last eight league games against Leeds (D2 L1), more than they had in their previous 24 against the Whites (W4 D10 L10).
- Leeds have won 49% of their Premier League games on a Tuesday (17/35), their highest win rate on a specific day of the week in the competition. They’ve won five of their six such games since returning to the top-flight in 2020, though the exception was a 7-0 loss against Man City.
- Everton have won 42% of their Premier League games played on a Tuesday (19/45), their highest win rate on a specific day of the week in the competition.
- Leeds United are looking to win their opening three home league games in a season for the first time since 2009-10 in League One. In the top-flight, the Whites last did so in 1973-74 under Don Revie, going on to win their second top-flight title that season.
- Everton have failed to win any of their opening four Premier League games this season (D2 L2). The Toffees have only had longer winless starts to two Premier League campaigns, in 1994-95 (12 games) and 2010-11 (six).
- Leeds have won consecutive home Premier League matches for a fourth time since returning to the top-flight in 2020. The Whites haven’t won three in a row at Elland Road at this level since a run of five between April and August 2001.
- After losing his first three meetings with Leeds in all competitions, and his sides netting just one goal, Everton boss Frank Lampard has won his last three against the Whites by an aggregate score of 10-3. His first league victory with the Toffees came against Leeds, 3-0 in February last season.
- Following his goals at Elland Road against Wolves and Chelsea, Rodrigo is looking to become the first Leeds player to score in their first three home league games in a season since Luciano Becchio in 2012-13 and first in the top-flight since Lee Chapman in 1992-93.
- Anthony Gordon has had 11 of Everton’s 23 shots on target in the Premier League this season (48%) and is looking to find the net in consecutive top-flight appearances for the first time, having netted against Brentford on Saturday.