PL Facts : St George's Day to April 25th

Arsenal v Manchester United

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last three Premier League home games against Man Utd (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet each time – they’ve never kept a clean sheet in four consecutive home league games against the Red Devils.

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Manchester United won the reverse fixture 3-2 against Arsenal in December, ending a six-game winless run against the Gunners in the Premier League. They’re looking to complete their first league double over Arsenal since 2017-18.

Arsenal have won just three of their 15 Premier League games against Manchester United on Saturdays (D5 L7) and are winless in seven since a 2-1 home win in November 2008. However, two of the Gunners’ three such victories against the Red Devils have been in an early kick-off slot (11:15 in March 1998, 12:45 in November 2008).

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games in London (W8 D5), since a 2-0 loss at Arsenal in January 2020. The last top-flight side from outside the capital to have a longer unbeaten run in London was Liverpool – 16 games between May 1987 and October 1989.

Manchester United have the best 100% win rate in Premier League games played on St George’s Day, winning all three such matches without conceding a single goal. This is their first league meeting with Arsenal on St George’s Day since 1960 – the Gunners running out 5-2 winners at Highbury.

Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League home games, 2-0 v Liverpool and 2-1 against Brighton. They lost four in a row at the Emirates last season (Oct-Dec 2020) and three in a row in 2019-20 (Dec 2019), but hadn’t lost three in a row at home in any of their previous 42 league campaigns before this.

Arsenal lost at home to Brighton on 9th April, and away to Southampton on the 16th. The Gunners haven’t lost a league game on three consecutive Saturdays since December 1992 (four in a row).

Since beating Leeds United 5-1 on the opening weekend of the season, Manchester United are winless in their last five Premier League games at 12.30 on Saturday, alternating between defeat (3) and a draw (2) each time.

Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo has scored six goals in his last seven appearances against Arsenal in all competitions, including a brace in the reverse fixture in December, and a brace on his last visit to the Emirates Stadium in May 2009 (Champions League semi-final).

Emile Smith Rowe is Arsenal’s highest goalscorer at the Emirates Stadium in all competitions this season (6), with the Gunners winning all six home games in which he’s scored this term. Smith Rowe opened the scoring in the reverse fixture against Manchester United – the last Englishman to score home and away against the Red Devils in the same season for the Gunners was David Rocastle in 1991-92.

Leicester City v Aston Villa

Leicester lost this exact fixture 1-0 last season, with Ross Barkley netting the winner in the 90th minute. They’ve not lost consecutive home league games to Aston Villa since April 1981.

Aston Villa are looking to complete the league double over Leicester for the first time since 2003-04, following their 2-1 win at Villa Park in the reverse fixture.

Of all teams Leicester have faced at least 20 times in the Premier League, only against Leeds (45%) do they have a higher win rate than they do against Aston Villa (40% - 10 wins from 25 games).

Aston Villa have played more Premier League games on St George’s Day without ever winning than any other side in the competition (4 – D2 L2).

Aston Villa have lost their last four Premier League matches, last losing five in a row in October and November under Dean Smith. If they lose this match, it would be the second time this season a side has lost five in a row under two different managers, along with Norwich (Dean Smith and Daniel Farke).

Leicester City have won their last three home Premier League matches, last having a longer run between August and December 2019, when they won seven in a row.

After overperforming their xG by five goals in their first 16 Premier League matches under Steven Gerrard (26 goals, 21 xG), Aston Villa have scored just two goals from an expected goals total of 5.8 in their last four games, underperforming by almost four goals. Villa had eight shots on target in their 4-0 defeat to Spurs, their most in a Premier League game without scoring since May 2010 vs Blackburn (also 8).

Aston Villa haven’t had a single goalless draw in the Premier League this season – the last time they didn’t have any 0-0 draws in a single league campaign was in 1989-90. Meanwhile, the Villans are the only side without an away draw in the Premier League this season.

Though they’re averaging 1.1 points-per-game away from home in the Premier League this season, only Norwich and Everton (11 each) have lost more on the road than Aston Villa so far this term (10).

Leicester’s Harvey Barnes has been involved in five goals in his last four Premier League games against Aston Villa (4 goals, 1 assist). Against no side has he scored more in the division than he has Aston Villa (4), while only against Burnley (6) has he been involved in more goals for the Foxes.

Manchester City – Watford

Manchester City have won their last 14 meetings with Watford in all competitions and could become the first English league side in history to win 15 consecutive competitive games against an opponent.

Watford have lost 11 of their last 12 away games against Man City in all competitions, with the exception being a 0-0 draw in December 2006. Their last away win against the Citizens was in the top-flight in April 1987 (2-1).

Manchester City have won 15 of their last 16 Premier League games against sides in the relegation zone (D1) since a 3-2 loss against Norwich in September 2019. Since drawing 1-1 with West Bromwich Albion in December 2020, the Citizens have won their last nine such matches by an aggregate score of 31-0.

Watford have taken just one point from 39 available in away league games against reigning top-flight champions (W0 D1 L12), drawing 2-2 at Chelsea in December 2015. The Hornets have conceded 45 goals in these 13 games, losing 8-0 at Man City last time out.

Watford have lost 22 league games this season, more than any other Premier League side. The only top-flight campaign in which they’ve lost more was in 1999-00 (26).

Watford are the only side yet to score a Premier League goal from outside the box this season. Indeed, none of their last 83 top-flight goals have been from distance, since Gerard Deulofeu’s strike against Cardiff City in February 2019.

Man City manager Pep Guardiola has won all 10 of his meetings with Watford in all competitions, by an aggregate score of 42-4. It’s his best 100% win rate against an opponent in his managerial career.

Against no side has Man City’s Raheem Sterling scored more goals in all competitions than his 11 against Watford, with Sterling scoring 10 times in his last six against the Hornets.

All three of Watford boss Roy Hodgson’s Premier League wins over Manchester City have come away from home (two with Fulham, one with Crystal Palace), only beating Newcastle more often in away games (4).

Emmanuel Dennis has scored in five Premier League games which Watford have lost this season – no player has scored in more defeats than the Nigerian this term. It’s also the joint-most Premier League games a Watford player has scored in and lost in a single campaign, level with Heidar Helguson in 1999-00.

Norwich City – Newcastle United

Norwich are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against Newcastle (W2 D2), having been winless in six against them previously (D2 L4).

Having won their first away Premier League game against Norwich 2-1 in January 1994, Newcastle are winless in their last seven top-flight visits to Carrow Road (D2 L5).

All five of Norwich’s Premier League wins against Newcastle have come in home games – no side have they beaten more at Carrow Road in the competition than the Magpies (also 5 vs Southampton).

Norwich are looking to win consecutive Premier League home games for the first time since August 2019, the second game of which was against Newcastle. They last won back-to-back Premier League games at Carrow Road within the same season in January 2016.

Newcastle have lost each of their last three Premier League away games, last losing more consecutively in January 2021 (5). 10 of the Magpies’ 13 points on the road this season came in a four-game spell between January and March (W3 D1)

.Norwich have scored twice in their last two Premier League games, beating Burnley 2-0 and losing 3-2 against Manchester United. The Canaries haven’t scored at least twice in three consecutive Premier League games since May/August 2013.

Norwich have had four Premier League hat-tricks scored against them this season, with these being netted by Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling, Ivan Toney and Cristiano Ronaldo. No team has ever conceded five hat-tricks in a single Premier League campaign before.

This will be Norwich’s 54th Premier League game when starting the day bottom of the table, with only five teams ever playing more. 81% of these matches will have been over the Canaries’ two previous campaigns (44/54) – 20 in 2019-20 and 24 this season.

Over Norwich’s last two campaigns in the Premier League, Teemu Pukki has scored all four of their goals against Newcastle in the competition, with the Finnish striker netting a hat-trick the last time the sides met at Carrow Road (August 2019).

With his goal against Manchester United last time out, Teemu Pukki became the first Norwich player to score 10+ goals in more than one Premier League season (11 in 2019-20, 10 this term). Overall, only Chris Sutton (33) and Grant Holt (23) have scored more Premier League goals for Norwich than Pukki (21).

Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur

Brentford are hosting Tottenham for the first time in any competition since a 0-0 draw in the League Cup in September 2000, and for the first time in a league match since August 1949 (a 4-1 defeat).

Following their 2-0 win in the reverse fixture, Tottenham are looking to complete their first ever league double over Brentford, though this is just the fourth different campaign in which they’ve met.

The Brentford Community Stadium will be the 60th different stadium Tottenham have played at in the Premier League. They’ve won at 53 of the previous 59, with only Liverpool (57) and Man Utd (55) winning at more. However, no side have lost at more different Premier League venues than Spurs (51, level with Everton).

Only Chelsea have won more points in Premier League London derbies this season than Brentford (14). Only three London teams have ever earned more such points in their maiden Premier League campaign, with all of them doing so in the inaugural campaign of 1992-93 (Chelsea 19, Tottenham 16, Wimbledon 15).

After netting 25 goals in seven Premier League games, Tottenham failed to register a single shot on target in their 1-0 defeat to Brighton last time out.

Tottenham have won just one of their last 11 away London derbies in the Premier League (D3 L7), losing each of the last five in a row. They’ve never lost six consecutive away London derbies in their league history.

Both Brentford and Tottenham have scored three 90th minute winning goals in the Premier League this season, with only four teams ever netting four such goals in a single season (Sunderland 2007-08, Liverpool 2008-09, Everton 2009-10 and Newcastle 2012-13). In Brentford’s case, it’s the joint-most a team has got in their debut season in the competition, level with Wigan in 2005-06.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has faced 31 different opponents in the Premier League, with Brentford currently the only one he hasn’t scored against. Kane has been involved in 50 goals in Premier League London derbies (39 goals, 11 assists), with only Thierry Henry having a hand in more (55).

Brentford’s Christian Eriksen has been involved in three goals in his last four Premier League games (1 goal, 2 assist), while the Bees have won all five league games he’s started. He could be the 26th different player to score a Premier League goal against Tottenham having previously played for them in the competition, which would be the most of any side (Chelsea also currently 25).

Tottenham’s Son Heung-min has been involved in 18 goals in his last 18 Premier League games, scoring 13 and assisting five. As it stands, he’s on track to be the first player other than Harry Kane to finish a season as Spurs’ top league goalscorer since Emmanuel Adebayor in 2013-14.

Brighton and Hove Albion v SouthamptonBrighton have won just one of their nine Premier League games against Southampton (D5 L3) and are yet to beat Saints at home in the competition (D1 L3).

Southampton have won each of their last three Premier League away games against Brighton – they’ve never won four consecutive top-flight visits against an opponent in their history.

The home side has never won in nine previous Premier League meetings between Brighton and Southampton (D5 L4) – only Bournemouth against Watford (10) has been played more often without the home side ever winning.

Five of the 21 Premier League goals scored in meetings between Brighton and Southampton have been penalties (24%) – of all fixtures to have had at least 20 goals scored in the competition, this has seen the highest ratio from the penalty spot.

78% of the Premier League meetings between Brighton and Southampton have seen at least one goal scored in both halves (7/9). The two exceptions were both goalless at half-time, and both ended with Southampton winning away from home (1-0 in March 2019, 2-0 in August 2019)..

Having won two of their first three Premier League home games this season (L1), Brighton have won just one of their last 13 at the Amex Stadium (D6 L6). The Seagulls have won as many league games in London this season as they have at their own ground (3)..

Brighton have won 36% of their Premier League games played on Sunday (10/28), and are unbeaten in such games this season (W3 D1). Only on Fridays (50% - 3/6) do the Seagulls have a higher win rate on a specific day of the week..

Southampton have won four of their last five Premier League away games played on Sunday (L1), as many as they had in their previous 30 such games (W4 D10 L16). Only on Fridays (38%) do Saints have a higher Premier League win rate than they do on Sundays (33%)..

Brighton have failed to score in each of their last five Premier League home games. Only two teams have had longer runs within a single season in the competition – Portsmouth (6 in 2007-08) and Manchester City (8 in 2006-07)..

Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

After losing their first three Premier League meetings with Wolves, Burnley are now unbeaten in their last six against them (W3 D3)..

Wolves are winless in their last five away league games against Burnley (D2 L3) since a 2-1 win in March 2010. However, they’ve not lost consecutive league visits to Turf Moor since November 1963..

Wolves have won just one of their last 11 league games against Burnley (D5 L5), a 1-0 home win in September 2018. Wolves have scored just six goals in these 11 meetings, and never more than once in a match..

Burnley have won just one of their last 15 Premier League games on a Sunday (D4 L10), with that being a 4-0 victory at Wolves almost a year ago today (25th April 2021). At home, the Clarets are winless in seven Sunday league games (D4 L3) since a 2-1 win against Leicester in January 2020..

Of the 26 teams to have played at least 50 Premier League games on Sundays, Burnley have the lowest win rate (16.4%), winning just 10 of their 61 such games (D14 L37)..

After drawing 0-0 in their final league game of 2021, none of Wolves’ 14 Premier League games in 2022 so far have ended level (W8 L6). Only Tottenham (15) are on a longer current run of Premier League games without a draw than Wolves..

Wolves have lost three of their last four Premier League away games (W1), as many as they had in their first 12 on the road this season (W7 D2 L3).

Five of Burnley’s last seven Premier League goals against Wolves have been scored by Chris Wood, who left the club for Newcastle in January. The only other player to score more than once for the Clarets against them in the competition is Ashley Barnes (2).

19 of the 28 goals Wolves have conceded in the Premier League this season have come after half-time (68%). They’ve conceded as many goals in the final 15 minutes of games as they have in the opening 45 so far this term (9).

Wolves’ Jonny has scored two goals in his last three Premier League appearances, just one fewer than he’d netted in his first 79. However, just one of his five league goals for Wolves has come away from home.

Chelsea v West Ham United

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 15 Premier League home games against West Ham (W10 D4), going down 1-0 in November 2019.

West Ham have won three of their last five Premier League games against Chelsea (L2), including a 3-2 win at the London Stadium in the reverse fixture this season. The Hammers had only won three of their previous 26 league games against the Blues before this (D6 L17).

Coming into this weekend’s games, only Tottenham (9) have won fewer points in Premier League London derbies this season than West Ham (10), with the Hammers losing three of their four such games on the road this term.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their eight Premier League games played on Sunday this season (W5 D3), with their last such defeat coming on the final day last season (2-1 v Aston Villa).

Chelsea have lost just one of their last 25 Premier League London derbies played on a Sunday (W18 D6), with that loss coming at home to Tottenham in April 2018.

After winning consecutive away league games against Watford and Crystal Palace, West Ham are winless in their last five on the road (D1 L4). They’ve lost their last three in a row, their longest run since a run of seven between December 2019 and June 2020.

Both teams have scored in 21 of West Ham’s 33 Premier League games this season – no side has had this happen more often in the competition so far this term.

West Ham manager David Moyes has never won in 16 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D7 L9). There are just two occasions of a manager facing a side more on the road without ever winning, with Moyes also responsible for both of those (18 vs Arsenal, 17 vs Liverpool)

.Manuel Lanzini, Jarrod Bowen and Arthur Masuaku were on target for West Ham in their 3-2 win against Chelsea in the reverse fixture. Only two players have scored home and away Premier League goals against the Blues for the Hammers in a single season – Paolo Di Canio (2002-03) and Andy Carroll (2015-16).

Michail Antonio has scored just one goal in his last 19 appearances for West Ham in all competitions, having netted nine times in his first 22 games this term. His current run of 13 Premier League games without a goal is his longest such run since a streak of 14 games between March and November 2018.

Liverpool v Everton

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 22 Premier League games against Everton (W9 D12), though it did come in this exact fixture last season.

Everton won this exact fixture 2-0 last season, ending a 20-game winless away run against Liverpool in the Premier League (D9 L11). They’ve not won consecutive league visits to Anfield since February 1986.

Liverpool are looking to complete the league double over Everton for just the second time in the past 10 seasons, previously doing so in this run in 2016-17.

Everton’s 2-0 win against Liverpool at Anfield last season was the first time they’d kept a clean sheet in eight away league games against the Reds. They last kept consecutive away clean sheets against their local rivals in January 2004.

No Premier League fixture has finished as a draw more often than Everton v Liverpool (24), while the Merseyside derby has seen the most red cards (22) and most 90th minute winners (5) in the competition’s history.

After winning 14 consecutive home league games on Sundays between November 2018 and December 2020, Liverpool have won just two of their last seven at Anfield on this day (D3 L2).

Everton have won fewer away points than any other side in the Premier League this season, while Liverpool have won the most home points so far this term. Five of Everton’s six points on the road this term came in their opening four away games (W1 D2 L1).

Everton have lost 10 of their last 11 Premier League away games (D1), including each of the last six in a row. It’s their longest run of consecutive away defeats since a run of eight between April and October 1994.

Mohamed Salah scored twice in Liverpool’s 4-1 win against Everton in the reverse fixture this season. The last Liverpool player to score 2+ goals in both league meetings with the Toffees in a single campaign was Dick Forshaw in 1925-26 (3 at home, 2 away).

Liverpool’s Divock Origi has scored more Premier League goals against Everton than he has versus any other side (5). Three of his five league goals against the Toffees have proven to be the winning goal of the game.

Crystal Palace v Leeds United

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last five home league games against Leeds (W3 D2), winning this exact fixture 4-1 last season.

Leeds have won their last two league games against Crystal Palace, though both have been at Elland Road. They’re looking to complete their first league double over the Eagles since 1994-95, while they’ve never won three consecutively against them before.

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their four Premier League games on Monday this season (W1 D3). They beat Arsenal 3-0 in their last such game, last winning consecutive top-flight Monday matches in January 2005.

Following a 3-2 win at West Ham in January, Leeds are looking to win consecutive league games in London for the first time since April 2008 in League One. Leeds last won consecutive top-flight games in the capital in May 2003.

Crystal Palace beat Arsenal 3-0 in their last home league game, ending a run of five without victory at Selhurst Park (D2 L3). The Eagles haven’t won consecutive home league games since March 2020.

Leeds have won three of their last four Premier League games (D1), as many as they had in their previous 18 (D4 L11). The Whites are looking to win three consecutive top-flight away games for the first time since August 2002, while they last did so within the same season in December 2001.

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira and Leeds’ Jesse Marsch met nine times in all competitions in USA, with Marsch’s New York Red Bulls coming out on top five times to Vieira’s New York City FC’s three (one draw). Indeed, the last two meetings ended in 4-0 victories for Marsch.

20-year-old Sam Greenwood has come off the bench and assisted in each of his last two Premier League appearances for Leeds, with Harry Kewell in November 1998 the last Leeds player to assist in three consecutive top-flight games before the age of 21. The only player in Premier League history to assist in three consecutive appearances as a sub was Tomasz Radzinski in February/March 2004 for Everton.

Wilfried Zaha is looking to score in three consecutive home games for Crystal Palace in all competitions for the first time since May 2018, having netted in the Eagles’ FA Cup win against Everton and Premier League victory over Arsenal.

Jack Harrison has scored in each of his last three Premier League appearances for Leeds, netting against Wolves, Southampton and Watford. The last Leeds player to score in four in a row was Mark Viduka in April 2004, while the last English player to do so was Michael Bridges in May 2000.