Three of Wolves’ four Premier League victories over Manchester City have come in home games, beating them at Molineux in 2003-04, 2010-11 and 2019-20.
After losing both league meetings with Wolves in 2019-20, Manchester City have won each of their last four against them by an aggregate score of 13-3.
Wolves earned their first win in 13 Premier League games against Southampton last time out, while they’re looking to win back-to-back home league games for the first time since November 2021.
Wolves haven’t scored in the second half in any of their last seven Premier League games – it’s their longest such run in the competition, while the last team to have a longer streak were Southampton between October and December last season (8).
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 21 Premier League away games (W15 D6) since a 1-0 loss at Spurs in their opening game last season. However, their last two away games have finished level, with the Citizens not going three without a win on the road since July 2020.
Manchester City have the highest shot conversion rate in the Premier League this season (19.6 per cent). The Citizens have also outperformed their expected goals more than any other side this term, netting 20 goals compared to an xG of 13.9 (+6.1).
No side has scored fewer Premier League goals than Wolves so far this season (3), while they also have the worst shot conversion rate so far this term (4 per cent). However, Bruno Lage’s side have conceded the fewest goals so far (4), conceding just 6 per cent of their shots faced.
Against no side has Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne scored more Premier League goals than he has against Wolves (5), with four of those strikes coming in a 5-1 win in this exact fixture last season.
Daniel Podence has scored two of Wolves’ three Premier League goals this season, with no side having fewer different scorers than Wolves this term (2). In six games this season, Podence has already matched his Premier League goal tally from last season (2 in 26 games).
Man City striker Erling Haaland has scored in all three of his Premier League away games – no player has ever scored in their first four appearances on the road in the competition.
Newcastle United – Bournemouth
Newcastle have lost just two of their eight Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (W4 D2), though both of those defeats came at St James’ Park (March 2016, November 2017).
After failing to score in their first Premier League meeting with Newcastle, Bournemouth have found the net in each of their last seven against them. However, they’ve only kept one clean sheet in their eight top flight meetings with the Magpies.
Newcastle have won their last three Premier League games against promoted sides, their longest such run since a run of seven between October 2013 and November 2014.
Newcastle have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games (W3 D4), a 2-1 loss to Liverpool last month. However, the Magpies are currently also winless in five league matches (D4 L1).
Newcastle have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home games (W8 D4), going down 1-0 against Liverpool in April. They’ve only conceded more than one goal in one of those 13 games, doing so in their 3-3 draw with Manchester City last month.
Bournemouth have conceded 18 goals in their six Premier League games this season – the joint-most at this stage by any side in the competition’s history. Four sides have conceded as many as 20 in their opening seven Premier League games – Derby in 2007-08 (20), Bolton in 2011-12 (21), Southampton in 2012-13 (20) and Watford in 2019-20 (20).
Bournemouth have had just 34 shots in the Premier League this season, at least 22 fewer than any other side so far. They’ve also had a league-low 12 efforts on target, but have the third-highest shot conversion rate of 14.7 per cent.
Only Nottingham Forest (42) have faced more shots on target than Newcastle in the Premier League this season (36). However, the Magpies have conceded just six goals, with their 17 per cent of shots on target faced going in, the lowest per centage in the division.
This will be Newcastle boss Eddie Howe’s first ever match in charge against his former club Bournemouth. Howe won both games against Burnley in the Premier League last season (the only other side he’s managed), as many as he had in his previous 10 against his former employers (D2 L6).
Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke has scored 49 goals in English league football (1 for Liverpool, 48 for Bournemouth). 45 of these strikes have come in his last three seasons (90 appearances), compared to just four in his first three campaigns (63 apps).
Tottenham Hotspur – Leicester City
Tottenham have won seven of their last nine Premier League games against Leicester (L2), including each of the last three – they’ve never won four consecutive league games against the Foxes before.
Leicester have lost four of their last five Premier League away games against Spurs (W1), conceding at least three goals in each defeat.
Since Leicester’s return to the Premier League in 2014, only Arsenal v Liverpool (64) has seen more goals in the Premier League than Leicester against Tottenham (63).
Tottenham have won each of their last six Premier League home games, their longest such run at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They last had a longer home winning run between November 2016 and May 2017 at White Hart Lane (14 games).
Leicester remain bottom of the table with just one point from their six games so far this season – the last time they failed to win any of their first seven league games in a top-flight campaign was 1983-84, when they ended up finishing 15th.
Leicester have lost each of their last five Premier League games, last losing more consecutively in December 2014 (6). It’s also manager Brendan Rodgers’ longest run of defeats in his league career across the Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership.
Leicester have dropped 24 points from winning positions in the Premier League so far in 2022, at least eight more than any other side. The Foxes have dropped a league-high eight such points so far this term. Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored more goals against Leicester in all competitions than he has against any other side in his senior career (19). 17 of those goals have come in the Premier League, with only Alan Shearer netting more against a specific opponent (20 v Leeds).
No player has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Tottenham’s Son Heung-min, with last season’s Golden Boot winner having 17 attempts without success so far.
Jamie Vardy has played 276 Premier League games for Leicester, the joint-most for the club along with Kasper Schmeichel. His next appearance for the club will see become the third player to be the outright leader for each of appearances, goals and assists at a single Premier League club, along with Troy Deeney (Watford) and Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Brentford – Arsenal
Brentford have won five of their six home league games against Arsenal (L1), including a 2-0 victory in this exact fixture last term.
Arsenal have won four of their last six meetings with Brentford in all competitions since 1939 (D1 L1), having won just one of their first nine against the Bees between 1902 and 1938 (D3 L5).
Brentford have scored 15 goals in their six Premier League games this season, with only Manchester City netting more (20). Their average of 2.5 goals-per-game is almost double their average for last season (1.3 – 48 goals in 38 games).
Brentford have lost just one of their last 17 home league London derbies (W13 D3), going down 1-0 against Chelsea in October last season.
Arsenal have won five of their last eight away London derby matches in the Premier League (L3), as many as they had in their previous 23 on the road (D9 L9).
None of Arsenal’s last 23 Premier League games have been drawn (W16 L7). It’s the longest ongoing run without a draw among sides currently in the competition, while only between January and October 2018 (25) have the Gunners had a longer run without one.
Only Manchester City (19.6 per cent) have a higher shot conversion rate in the Premier League this season than Brentford (19.5 per cent). The Bees have also outperformed their expected goals by almost five (15 goals, 10.2 xG), with only Man City again doing better.
Brentford have scored more goals from outside the box than any other side in the Premier League this season, with their four from distance already one more than they netted the whole of last term.
Only Erling Haaland (11) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than Brentford’s Ivan Toney so far this season (7 - 5 goals, 2 assists). Toney is averaging a goal or assist every 77 minutes in the Premier League this season, compared to one every 171 minutes last term.
Coming into the weekend’s games, Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus has had more touches in the opposition box (66), attempted more dribbles (34), more dribbles in the box (8) and won more fouls (21) than any other player in the Premier League this season.
Everton v West Ham United
Everton have won more Premier League games (27) and scored more Premier League goals (88) against West Ham than they have v any other opponent. However, they’ve lost three of their last four against the Hammers (W1).
West Ham have won both of their last two Premier League away games against Everton, each by a 1-0 scoreline. They’ve never won three consecutive trips to Goodison Park in their league history.
Everton are winless in their last seven Premier League games, with three defeats being followed by four consecutive draws – they last time the Toffees drew five league games in a row was in May 1977.
Everton have an expected goals against value of 10.3, but have conceded just six goals in the Premier League this season – it’s the biggest difference between xG against and actual goals conceded in the competition this term (4.3).
Everton are winless in the Premier League so far this season – only three times in their top-flight history have they failed to win any of their first seven games of a league campaign, doing so in 1926-27, 1956-57 and 1994-95.
West Ham United have lost seven of their last nine Premier League away games (W2). Overall in 2022 they’ve lost eight on the road (W3 D1), with only Everton losing more away games so far this calendar year.
No side has scored fewer Premier League goals than West Ham this season (3), with the Hammers the only side yet to score before halftime in the competition this term.
Everton manager Frank Lampard has lost three of his four Premier League games against West Ham (W1) – he’s only lost more against Liverpool in the competition (4), while only against Liverpool again (80 per cent) has he lost a higher per centage of his top-flight games in charge than against the Hammers (75 per cent).
Only Nick Pope (82.4 per cent) has a higher save per centage than Everton keeper Jordan Pickford in the Premier League this season (81.3 per cent). It’s the highest save per cent he’s recorded in a single campaign in the competition, up almost 15 per cent from last term (66.7 per cent).
Michail Antonio has been involved in West Ham’s last two Premier League goals, assisting Tomáš Soucek against Spurs before scoring against Chelsea. He’s looking to score in consecutive Premier League games for the first time since August 2021 (a run of three)