Bullet Point Previews Of Weekend’s Premier League Matches

Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the 34th round of the Premier League from April 23-25 (all times in GMT):

SATURDAY, APRIL 23

  • Arsenal v Manchester United (1130)

* Manchester United have lost their last three away games in the Premier League.

* Arsenal have won three of their last six league games against United (D2 L1).

* United have not won at the Emirates Stadium since January 2019 when the teams met in the FA Cup, with the visitors claiming a 3-1 victory.

  • Leicester City v Aston Villa (1400)

* Leicester have won three of their last five home games against Aston Villa (D1 L1) in all competitions.

* Aston Villa have lost their last four league games in a row.

* Leicester have won their last three home league games by a single-goal margin.

  • Manchester City v Watford (1400)

* Manchester City have yet to lose to Watford in the Premier League, having won 11 of the 13 meetings between the clubs.

* Four of Watford’s six wins this season in the Premier League have come from away games.

* Watford have failed to score in five of their last seven away league games.

  • Norwich City v Newcastle United (1400)

* Bottom side Norwich have won only one of their last nine league games.

* Newcastle last beat Norwich in the Premier League in October 2015, claiming a 6-2 victory at home.

* Newcastle have lost their last three away league games.

  • Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur (1630)

* The two teams have met only once in the Premier League, with Tottenham winning 2-0 in December.

* Brentford have won five of their last six games in the Premier League.

* Spurs have won four of their last six away league games (L2).

SUNDAY, APRIL 24

  • Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers (1300)

* Burnley have won only one of their nine Premier League games (D4 L5).

* Wolves and Burnley played out a goalless draw in the reverse fixture earlier this season.

* Wolves last won against Burnley in September 2018, claiming a 1-0 victory in the Premier League.

  • Chelsea v West Ham United (1300)

* Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in five of their last eight Premier League games but have conceded four in each of their last two home games.

* West Ham are winless in their last five away games in the league (D1 L4).

* West Ham forward Michail Antonio has not scored in the league since their 3-2 win at Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day – a run of 12 games.

  • Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton (1300)

* Brighton are winless in their last seven home Premier League games (D3 L4) and have not scored in the last five.

* Southampton have won three of the nine Premier League meetings between the two teams (D5 L1).

* The reverse fixture earlier this season ended in a 1-1 draw.

  • Liverpool v Everton (1530)

* Liverpool have won their last 11 home Premier League games and kept a clean sheet in nine of them.

* Everton have lost their last six away games in the league.

* Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah leads the league’s goalscoring charts with 22 goals, five ahead of Tottenham’s Son Heung-min.

MONDAY, APRIL 25

  • Crystal Palace v Leeds United (1900)

* Crystal Palace have won only one of their last six home Premier League games.

* Leeds have conceded the most number of goals this season (68).

* Only one Premier League meeting between the two teams has ended in a draw. Palace have won three times while Leeds have won five, including a 1-0 victory earlier this season in November.


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