Premier League matchweek 19: What the stats say

West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
19 January, 2020

After losing their first Premier League home meeting with West Brom in September 2002, West Ham are unbeaten in their last nine against the Baggies (W3 D6).

West Brom lost their last Premier League meeting with West Ham, 1-2 in January 2018. They’ve not lost consecutive league meetings with the Hammers since the 2005-06 campaign when they were relegated.

The first three Premier League meetings between West Ham and West Brom in London saw just three goals scored (1x 0-0 draw, 1x 1-0 win each). Since then, there has been 25 goals in seven top-flight meetings between the sides at Upton Park/London Stadium, with both sides finding the net each time.

West Ham have won both of their league meetings with promoted sides this season, beating Fulham 1-0 and Leeds 2-1. They last beat all three promoted clubs in the same campaign in 2016-17 (Burnley, Hull and Middlesbrough).

West Ham are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League home games played on Tuesdays (W6 D2), since a run of four straight defeats between December 2006 (1-2 vs Portsmouth) and March 2010 (1-3 vs Wolves).

West Bromwich Albion have won none of their 29 Premier League games played on a Tuesday, drawing 13 and losing 16. It’s the most games played on a specific day of the week without ever winning by a side in the competition’s history.

West Ham are looking to keep four consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since February 2014, when they were managed by current West Brom manager Sam Allardyce.

West Brom scored as many goals in their 3-2 win at Wolves last time out as they had in their previous five away league games combined. However, the Baggies haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 10 Premier League games on the road.

West Brom boss Sam Allardyce has won 50% of his 22 Premier League games against sides he’s formerly managed in the competition (W11 D4 L7). However, he’s lost all three such games against West Ham since leaving the Hammers in 2015.

Semi Ajayi has scored three goals in his last five appearances in all competitions for West Bromwich Albion, as many as he had in his previous 49.

Leicester City v Chelsea
19 January, 2020

Leicester are unbeaten in their last five Premier League meetings with Chelsea, though four of these games have ended level (W1). The Foxes had lost nine of 11 league meetings with the Blues prior to this run (W1 D1).

Chelsea have lost just one of their last eight away league games against Leicester (W5 D2), and are unbeaten in four visits since a 1-2 loss in December 2015.

Leicester have won four of their last seven Premier League games played on a Tuesday (D2 L1), more than they had in their first 17 such games in the competition (W3 D6 L8).

Chelsea have lost their last two midweek Premier League games (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), last losing three such games in a row back in May 2012.

Leicester are looking to start a calendar year with three consecutive league victories for the first time since 2014, while they last did so as a top-flight side back in 1968.

Since beating Leeds to go top of the table in December, Chelsea have taken just seven points from their last 21 available in the Premier League (W2 D1 L4), though the Blues did end a run of three straight away defeats with victory at Fulham last time out.

In their first nine Premier League games this season, Chelsea scored 22 goals and had an expected goals (xG) total of 13.4, scoring roughly nine goals more than would be expected based on their chances. In their subsequent nine however, they’ve scored 11 goals from an xG total of 15.7, around four goals fewer than expected.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has beaten 33 of the 34 teams he’s faced in the Premier League, with the only exception being Chelsea – Rodgers is winless in each of his 11 top-flight meetings with the Blues (D7 L4).

Leicester midfielder Harvey Barnes has scored 10 goals in 24 appearances in all competitions this season – in no campaign in English football has he scored more (also 10 in 2018-19).

Chelsea striker Timo Werner hasn’t scored in any of his last 10 Premier League games. The German has scored with just 9.8% of his shots this season (4/41), his lowest conversion rate in a top-flight campaign since 2015-16 (9.4%).

Fulham v Manchester United
20 January, 2020

After winning consecutive league games against Man Utd in 2009, Fulham are winless in their last 11 against the Red Devils (D2 L9), shipping 29 goals in that run.

Man Utd have won their last four away Premier League games against Fulham, by an aggregate score of 12-1. The Red Devils had won just four of their first 10 visits to the Cottagers in the competition (D4 L2).

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games against promoted sides (W6 D2), scoring 25 goals in those games since a 0-2 loss to Cardiff in May 2019.

Of all sides to have played more than two Premier League games on Wednesdays, Manchester United have the highest win rate (62% - 70/113).

Since their 2-1 win against Leicester in November, Fulham have scored three goals in seven Premier League matches (D5 L2), failing to score on four occasions in that run.

Fulham have failed to score in each of their last three home league games. They last went four without a goal at home in August 1969, while they last did so in the top-flight back in December 1961.

Manchester United are looking to record three consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since February 2020.

Manchester United are the only side without an away defeat in the Premier League so far this season (W7 D2), while the Red Devils have picked up the most points (23) and scored the most goals (22) on the road in the competition this term.

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 16 Premier League away games. In their top-flight history, they’ve only once gone longer without defeat on the road – 17 games between December 1998-September 1999.

Man Utd striker Marcus Rashford has scored in his last two Premier League appearances in London, scoring as many goals in those two games as in his first 19 games in the capital (2). The last Red Devils player to score in three consecutive league games in London was Wayne Rooney in November 2014.

Manchester City v Aston Villa
20 January, 2020

Manchester City have won 14 of their last 15 Premier League home games against Aston Villa (L1), including each of the last 10 in a row by an aggregate score of 33-4.

Since a 3-2 Premier League victory at Villa Park in September 2013, Aston Villa are winless in their last nine meetings with Man City in all competitions (D1 L8).

Man City have won their last five Premier League games, shipping just one goal in the process. It’s the longest winning sequence by a team so far in the competition this season.

Aston Villa have won five of their eight Premier League away games this season (D1 L2), as many as they had in their previous 49 on the road in the competition (D8 L36).

Man City have won their last 10 Premier League matches played on Wednesday, the second longest run of victories on this day of the week in the competition after Tottenham, 11 wins between December 2016 and January 2019.

Man City have conceded 13 goals in 17 Premier League games this season, an average of 0.8 per game. Only in their two title winning seasons under Pep Guardiola (0.6 in 2018-19, 0.7 in 2017-18) have they had a better ratio in the competition.

Manchester City have conceded the fewest Premier League home goals this season (7), while Aston Villa have shipped the fewest on the road so far this term (5).

Man City’s Sergio Agüero has scored 10 goals in just seven starts against Aston Villa in all competitions, including a Premier League hat-trick against the Villans in a 6-1 victory last season.

Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne has provided more assists in all competitions than any other Premier League player this season (15), with his assist for John Stones’ opener against Crystal Palace last time out his 100th in total for the Citizens.

Jack Grealish has been directly involved in 12 goals in 15 Premier League matches for Aston Villa this season (5 goals, 7 assists), the most by a Villa player in their first 15 games of a top-flight season since Dalian Atkinson in 1992/93 (9 goals, 3 assists).

Liverpool v Burnley
21 January, 2020

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 17 home league games against Burnley (W11 D5), with that defeat coming back in September 1974 (0-1).

Burnley have taken just five points from a possible 36 in Premier League games against Liverpool (W1 D2 L9), though the Clarets were the only visiting team to leave Anfield with a point last term.

Burnley have beaten all four different teams they’ve faced as reigning champions in the Premier League, beating Man Utd in 2009-10, Man City in 2014-15, Leicester in 2016-17 and Chelsea in 2017-18. Indeed, the Clarets also beat Liverpool in the last season they faced the Reds as the reigning top-flight champion (2-1 in 1973-74).

Liverpool have failed to score in their last three Premier League games, last failing in four in a row when failing to score in their last five games in the 1999-00 season. Only seven reigning top-flight champions have gone four without a goal, most recently Leicester in 2016-17 (six), with four of those being Liverpool in 1901-02, 1906-07, 1947-48 and 1984-85.

Since scoring with seven of their 14 shots against Crystal Palace (50%), Liverpool have scored just one goal from 62 shots in their last four Premier League games, a conversion rate of 1.6%.

Burnley have failed to score in six of their last seven away Premier League games, with their only goal in this run an own goal from Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Indeed, no side has failed to score in more different away Premier League games this season than the Clarets (6).

Burnley’s last four Premier League games have all ended 1-0, though the Clarets have won just one of those. Those three defeats mean that losing 0-1 is now Burnley’s most common scoreline in Premier League history (28 games).

Both Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané have netted four goals in their last four Premier League appearances for Liverpool against Burnley.

Burnley striker Chris Wood has only played more games (7) and minutes (435) against Southampton without scoring in the Premier League than he has versus Liverpool (6 games, 400 minutes).

Mohamed Salah has failed to score in any of his last four Premier League games for Liverpool, with his current drought lasting 365 minutes. Only once has he gone longer without a goal for the Reds (six games between February-March 2019).