Tottenham Hotspur – Brighton and Hove Albion
Tottenham have won all four of their Premier League home games against Brighton – only against Bournemouth (5/5) do they have a better such 100 per cent record in the competition.
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Brighton have won just one of their nine away league games against Spurs (D2 L6), losing each of the last five in a row since a 1-0 victory in October 1981.
Tottenham won the reverse fixture against Brighton 2-0 and have also beaten the Seagulls in the FA Cup this term. The last English club Spurs won three games against in a single season were Aston Villa in 2013-14.
Brighton won 2-1 at Arsenal last week – the only team in Premier League history to win away at both Arsenal and Spurs in consecutive Premier League matches are Hull City in October 2008.
Tottenham have scored at least twice in each of their last seven Premier League games – only once have they had a longer such run, doing so in 11 consecutive games between September and December 2011.
Each of Brighton’s last three Premier League victories have come away from home. Meanwhile, the Seagulls are unbeaten in all five of their league games in London this season (W2 D3) – they last remained unbeaten in the capital across a full league campaign in 2016-17, while they’ve never managed to do so when playing at least five such games.
Tottenham are looking to win five consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December 2018. Having beaten Newcastle 5-1 and Aston Villa 4-0, Spurs could become just the fourth team to win three consecutive Premier League games by 4+ goals, after Aston Villa (April 2008), Chelsea (August 2010) and Manchester City (September 2017).
Tottenham’s Harry Kane has seven Premier League assists in 2022, the most of any player and two more than he registered in 36 games in 2021 (5). He has also scored in his last three league games against Brighton and has five Premier League goals in total against the Seagulls, with only Jamie Vardy and Mohamed Salah (6 each) scoring more against Brighton since 2017-18.
Since Dejan Kulusevski’s first Premier League start for Spurs in February, no player has more Premier League assists than the Swede (6, level with Harry Kane). Kulusevski could become the first player to assist seven goals in his first 10 Premier League starts, with his six currently the joint-most.
Enock Mwepu has been involved in five goals in his last three Premier League starts for Brighton (1 goal, 4 assists), with the Seagulls winning all three games. Indeed, Brighton have won 50 per cent of their Premier League games the Zambian has started this season (4/8), compared to just 17 per cent when he hasn’t (4/23).
Manchester United – Norwich City
Manchester United have won 12 of their last 15 Premier League games against Norwich (L3), winning each of their last four in a row against the Canaries.
Norwich have won just one of their last 12 away games against Manchester United in all competitions (D1 L10), winning 2-1 in the Premier League in December 2015.
Manchester United have lost two of their last four home Premier League games against sides starting the day bottom of the table (W2), after losing just one of their first 21 such games in the competition (W16 D4). Those two most recent defeats came against West Brom in April 2018 and Sheffield United in January 2021.
Manchester United have lost two of their last four Premier League games (W1 D1), having lost just one of their previous 15 following Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s departure (W8 D6). The Red Devils last lost consecutive league games in November 2021.
Norwich beat Burnley 2-0 at Carrow Road last time out, just their fifth Premier League victory of the season. However, their previous four victories came in two lots of consecutive wins, including one home win and one away win both times.
Five of Manchester United’s eight league defeats this season have come on Saturdays. Only in 2018-19 have the Red Devils lost more Premier League games on a specific day of the week (6 Sunday games).
Norwich manager Dean Smith won 1-0 at Old Trafford earlier this season with Aston Villa. This will be the eighth time a manager has taken charge of two different clubs away at Man Utd in the same top-flight campaign, with none of the previous seven managing to win both visits.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been on the losing side in seven of his 25 Premier League appearances for Manchester United this season. Only twice has he lost more league games in a single top-flight campaign – in 2002-03 with Sporting CP (8) and 2003-04 with Man Utd (8).
Norwich’s Mathias Normann has had 20 shots in the Premier League this season, with all of them coming from outside the box. It’s the most shots a player has had in the competition this term without having a single one from inside the box.
Teemu Pukki scored his 20th Premier League goal for Norwich against Burnley, becoming only the third player to do so for the Canaries after Chris Sutton (33) and Grant Holt (23). It was Norwich’s 20th Premier League goal of the season, with Pukki accounting for 45 per cent of those (9), the highest such ratio in the division.
Southampton – Arsenal
Southampton have lost their last two Premier League home games against Arsenal, as many as they had in their previous 10 against them at St Mary’s (W4 D4). Saints haven’t lost three consecutive home league games against the Gunners since a run of four between 1968 and 1971.
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Southampton (W7 D4), and are looking to complete their first league double over Saints since 2016-17.
Since a goalless draw in February 2016, Southampton have scored first in seven of their 11 Premier League meetings with Arsenal. However, they’ve only gone on to win one of those seven (D3 L3), a 3-2 victory in December 2018.
Southampton have conceded 10 goals in their last three home Premier League games (losing all three), as many as in their previous 13 at St Mary’s combined this season (W5 D7 L1). The Saints haven’t lost four in a row at home since November 2019.
Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League games, last losing three in a row in their first three of the campaign in August. The Gunners lost 2-1 at home to Brighton last week, but haven’t lost a league game on consecutive Saturdays since November 2008.
Three of the last seven occasions when a side has lost a Premier League match by six or more goals has been Southampton (0-9 v Leicester, 0-9 v Man Utd, 0-6 v Chelsea), with all three coming under manager Ralph Hasenhüttl. It is only the third instance of a manager losing three games by 6+ goals with the same club, along with Danny Wilson at Barnsley and Roberto MartÃnez at Wigan Athletic.
Only Chelsea and Manchester City (6 each) have conceded the first goal in fewer Premier League games this season than Arsenal (8). However, the Gunners have gone on to lose on seven of those eight occasions (88 per cent), with only Norwich (90 per cent) and Wolves (92 per cent) having a higher loss rate when conceding first.
Southampton have both scored and conceded in 19 different Premier League games this season, with only West Ham (20) doing so more often. However, only Wolves’ games (10) have seen both teams score less often than Arsenal (11) this term.
Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette has been involved in seven goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Southampton (5 goals, 2 assists). Indeed, he’s been involved in more goals against Saints than he has any other side in the competition.
Bukayo Saka leads the way for both shots (72) and chances created (56) for Arsenal in the Premier League this season. In fact, the 20-year-old is the only English player to have registered both 50+ shots and 50+ chances created in the competition this term.
Watford v Brentford
Watford have lost their last two league games against Brentford, as many as they had in their previous 16 (W9 D5). They last lost more consecutively against the Bees between 1929 and 1931 (5).
Brentford are looking to complete their first league double over Watford since 1976-77 in the fourth tier. However, they’re winless in their last seven league visits to Vicarage Road (D2 L5).
Watford have lost their last nine home Premier League matches and could become only the third team to lose 10 consecutive top-flight home games in a row, after Birmingham City in February 1986 and Sunderland in August 2005. Birmingham are the only top-flight team to lose 10 in a row within the same season.
After picking up just four points in an 11-game run between December and February (W1 D1 L9), Brentford have won four of their last five Premier League games (L1) and are looking to win three in a row in the top-flight for the first time since September 1946.
Watford have suffered 12 home Premier League defeats this season, with every other top-flight team to lose 12 or more in a single season going on to be relegated (20 previous occasions). Only 32 per cent of their points this season have come at home (7/22), the lowest per centage by a team in an English top-flight season in history.
Brentford have conceded a league-high 11 goals from outside the box this season. However, Watford are the only side yet to score from distance in the Premier League this term, while only three teams have ever gone through a whole campaign without such a goal – Man City and Middlesbrough in 1995-96, and Watford themselves in 2019-20.
Watford have kept fewer clean sheets than any other side in the Premier League this season (3), while at the other end of the pitch, only Norwich (17) have failed to score in more different games than the Hornets this term (16).
? Since Roy Hodgson’s first home Premier League match in charge of Watford, the Hornets are the only Premier League side without a single home point, losing all four games under Hodgson at Vicarage Road. The last manager to lose his first five home games in charge at a club was Chris Ramsey with QPR in 2015.
? Bryan Mbeumo has assisted in each of his last three Premier League appearances for Brentford (four in total), with those four assists all for different players (Wissa, Janelt, Eriksen and Toney). The only player in Premier League history who has assisted in four consecutive Premier League appearances for a promoted side is Chris Waddle in March/April 1997 for Sunderland.
Brentford’s Ivan Toney has been involved in 10 goals in his last eight Premier League appearances (8 goals, 2 assists), with only Spurs duo Harry Kane (15) and Son Heung-Min (13) involved in more goals in 2022 so far.
West Ham United v Burnley
West Ham have failed to score in five of their last eight Premier League games against Burnley (W3 D1 L4), having found the net in each of their first seven against the Clarets (W5 D1 L1).
Burnley have won two of their last four Premier League away games against West Ham, as many as they had in their previous 21 league visits to Upton Park/London Stadium (D4 L15).
West Ham have earned 25 points from their last 27 available in home games against sides in the relegation zone (W8 D1 L0), winning each of the last six in a row. Their last such defeat was against Newcastle in December 2017.
West Ham have scored in each of their last 17 Premier League home games, with the Hammers last having a longer such run in the top-flight between October 1985 and January 1987 (27 games).
Burnley have conceded at least twice in each of their last six Premier League matches (14 goals conceded), last having a longer run of conceding 2+ goals in the top-flight from October to December 1960 (10 in a row).
West Ham have scored 51 goals from 135 shots on target in the Premier League this season (37.8 per cent), with only Chelsea (38.1 per cent) converting a higher share of their attempts on target so far this term.
Only four teams have played more passes into the box (including crosses) than Burnley in the Premier League this season (921). However, the Clarets have had fewer touches in the opposition box than any other side so far this term (515).
Michail Antonio has scored each of West Ham’s last three Premier League goals against Burnley. However, the Jamaican hasn’t scored in any of his last 12 Premier League appearances, his longest drought since a 14-game run between March and November 2018.
Jarrod Bowen has been involved in more Premier League goals than any other West Ham player this season (17), and is the Hammers’ leading scorer (9) and assister (8) this term. Only four players have ever been involved in more goals in a single Premier League campaign for West Ham – John Hartson in 1997-98 (23), Paolo Di Canio in 1999-00 (29), Marlon Harewood in 2005-06 (18) and Dimitri Payet in 2015-16 (21).
Burnley’s Dwight McNeil has had more shots without scoring than any other player in the Premier League this season (36). It’s the joint-most shots a Burnley player has had in a single Premier League campaign without scoring, level with Lukas Jutkiewicz in 2014-15.
Newcastle United – Leicester City
Newcastle have lost nine of their last 12 Premier League games against Leicester (W3). Their previous nine league defeats against the Foxes came across a period of 39 games (W19 D11) between 1979 and 2014.
Leicester have won each of their last five Premier League away games against Newcastle. In their league history, only at Leyton Orient have they won more consecutively on the road (6 between 1925 and 1980).
Newcastle have lost six of their seven Premier League games on Sundays this season (W1), conceding at least three goals in five of those defeats.
Newcastle have won each of their last four Premier League home games, as many as they had in their previous 24 at St James’ Park (D11 L9). They last won five in a row at home in March 2019.
Leicester have scored around four goals more than their xG total in the Premier League this season (45 goals, 40.7 xG) – only Chelsea have a bigger difference between goals scored and expected goals in the competition this term (64 goals, 56.1 xG).
Leicester have won four of their last six league games (D1 L1), more than they had in their previous 14 (W3 D4 L7). However, away from home the Foxes have lost five of their last seven Premier League games (W1 D1), with their only victory coming at Burnley in that run.
Excluding penalties, Newcastle have scored a higher share of Premier League goals from set pieces than any other side this season (38.2 per cent - 13/34), while Leicester have conceded the highest share in the competition this term (33.3 per cent - 16/48).
Leicester’s James Maddison has been involved in five goals in six Premier League appearances against Newcastle (3 goals, 2 assists) – against no side has he been involved in more in the competition.
Chris Wood scored Newcastle’s winner against Wolves last time out, and is looking to score in consecutive Premier League games for the first time since joining the Magpies. Wood has scored four Premier League goals against his former side Leicester, only netting more against West Ham (7) and Wolves (6).
Leicester’s Ademola Lookman is enjoying his best Premier League goalscoring campaign this term, netting five goals for the Foxes. Indeed, he’s netted as many goals in his last 13 Premier League games as he had in his first 77 appearances in the competition (5).