Premier League: Match-by-match facts and stats as City look to put the squeeze on Arsenal
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland in action. – Reuters File
After being forced to play catch-up for the last month, Manchester City have the chance to exert some added pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race when they kick off the weekend’s action at Fulham on Saturday.
City’s last three Premier League wins against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Brighton and Hove Albion all came after Arsenal had already gathered three points to temporarily open up a four-point lead over Pep Guardiola’s side in the table.
This weekend, however, City go first and victory at Craven Cottage on Saturday lunchtime would see them move two points clear of Arsenal with two games left.
Arsenal would then have to beat a woefully out-of-form Manchester United on Sunday to regain top spot.
Here are the ,match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of this weekends fixtures.
* Fulham have lost their last 15 meetings in all competitions against City.
* The London club’s last Premier League win against City came in April 2009.
* City can move to the top of the standings with a win at Fulham, with leaders Arsenal only in action on Sunday.
* Sheffield United, who have lost 26 of their 36 Premier League matches so far, have been relegated.
* Following their 3-1 defeat by Nottingham Forest on Saturday, United became the first side to concede 100 goals in a 38-game English top-flight campaign since Leicester City in 1908-09.
* Both teams have won four of their 11 Premier League meetings (D3) with each other.
* The match will be West Ham manager David Moyes’ last home game in charge of the club. He will leave the east London club by mutual consent upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the season.
* West Ham’s 5-0 thrashing at Chelsea took their tally of league goals conceded to 70 – the most that a side managed by Moyes has ever let in.
* West Ham won 2-1 when the sides met at Kenilworth Road in September.
* Brentford are unbeaten in their three Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (W1 D2).
* The last meeting between the sides was a 2-2 draw in September.
* Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last six home league games (W4 D2).
* Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games (W4 D1).
* Wolves have lost three of their last four league games (W1).
* Palace have won five of their last six Premier League meetings with Wolves (L1).
* Tottenham have won four of their last five Premier League games against Burnley (L1).
* Tottenham are on a four-game losing run in the Premier League.
* Burnley have not kept a clean sheet in a league match since beating Fulham 2-0 in December.
* Brighton have beaten Newcastle five times in 13 Premier League meetings (L2 D6).
* Newcastle have won four of their last five Premier League games.
* After scoring against Aston Villa on Sunday, Joao Pedro became the first Brighton player to score 20 goals in a season in all competitions since Glenn Murray in 2016-17 (23).
* Cole Palmer, who netted his 21st goal of the season against West Ham, became only the third Premier League player to reach 30 goal involvements in a single season while aged 21 or younger.
* Forest won 1-0 when the sides met at Stamford Bridge in September.
* Forest and Chelsea have faced each other 13 times in the Premier League, with both sides have won four times each (D5).
* Arsenal have won six of their last seven Premier League games (L1).
* Arsenal have won three of the last four league games between the two teams, while United have won one.
* This season, United have conceded 81 goals in all competitions, their most in a campaign since 1976-77.
* Liverpool are unbeaten in six Premier League games against Villa (W5 D1), since losing 7-2 at Villa Park in 2020.
* Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah has six goals and two assists in his last seven games against Villa.
* Liverpool have won two of their last six Premier League games (L2 D2).E)