English Premier League Match Previews - Week 2
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Birmingham v West Ham |
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| History | ||
| Last met in Feb 06, West Ham winning 3-0 at Upton Park to complete the double Only other league meeting at St Andrews finished 2-2 in 2001/02 confirming West Ham’s relegation |
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| Trends | ||
| West Ham failed to score in 12 away matches last season – including a run of 9 consecutive matches on the road Birmingham only lost once in last 10 at St Andrews |
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| Betting | ||
| Only ever been 4 bookings in the fixture and just 1 booking between them in 3 matches so far this season | ||
Fulham v Middlesbrough |
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| History | ||
| Last 4 meetings all been won by the home team as Fulham look to make it a hat trick of home wins Boro’s only win at Cottage was last time sides met in August – in 2004 |
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| Trends | ||
| Fulham have scored in 11 of the 12 meetings between the sides and Boro only failed to score twice So far this season, Boro have had 6 and Fulham 7 bookings. However only 10 bookings between the sides in last 3 years |
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| 36 goals in 12 matches between the sides in Premiership history Never been a 0-0 draw between the sides Fulham have won 5 out of 6 at home in this fixture |
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Newcastle v Aston Villa |
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| History | ||
| Gareth Barry has scored 3 goals in this fixture – another goal would give him a share of the Villa record with Dwight Yorke Shay Given has played in this fixture a record 16 times , one more than Solano and Barry have each played 15 times in this fixture In 14 matches between the sides at St James there has never been a 0-0 draw and only 1 in 28 meetings |
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| Trends | ||
| Villa have only won twice in 14 visits to St James’ park Newcastle have not scored in last 5 home matches Villa unbeaten in last 5 matches away from home last season |
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| Betting | ||
| Last 6 matches have yielded 22 yellow cards and 4 red cards and all reds have been Newcastle players Newcastle have only failed to score at home twice in 14 matches to Villa Agbonlahor scored 4 times for Villa away from home last season, and each time was last scorer |
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Portsmouth v Bolton |
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| History | ||
| Jaaskelainen and Davies each played in this fixture 8 times for Bolton Teddy Sheringham became oldest player to score a hat trick in Premiership, in this fixture in 2003 – only other time sides have played in August |
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| Trends | ||
| Bolton are unbeaten in their last 3 visits to Fratton Park Never been a 0-0 draw in this fixture Portsmouth are 5 matches unbeaten at home Bolton have scored in last 8 away Premiership matches |
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| Betting | ||
| Kevin Nolan had 7 yellows and 1 red on the road last season Portsmouth’s Benjamin Mwaruwaru looking to make it three in three in the goal scoring stakes |
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Reading v Everton |
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| History | ||
| Andy Johnson scored in both matches between the sides last season No other player other than Henry has scored more than 1 goal at Madjeski Everton won this fixture 2-0 last season |
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| Trends | ||
| Both sides finished last season with 52 goals a piece Only one 0-0 draw at Madjeski last season and Everton only involved in one 0-0 draw away from home Everton had 28 more bookings than Reading last season Everton conceded 25% of their goals last season in final 10 mins of games |
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| Betting | ||
| Everton yet to have a player booked this season Reading have had 6 bookings and 1 red card so far this season Despite scoring 13 goals last season, Kevin Doyle was only twice the first scorer at Madjeski Stadium |
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Tottenham v Derby |
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| History | ||
| No current Derby player has ever scored at WHL in Premier league Derby have never won at WHL in Premier league Spurs have only failed to score once in 14 matches between the sides |
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| Trends | ||
| 4 out of 7 matches have between sides in league have finished 1-1 Spurs have won the last 2 matches between the sides 3-1 Derby have lost their last 3 away matches |
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| Betting | ||
| Never been a 0-0 draw between the sides Defoe scored 7 times at WHL last season despite only starting 9 games and in the 8 games he came on he never scored |
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Wigan v Sunderland |
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| History | ||
| Met in the Premiership for the only time in 2005-06 when Wigan were playing in the Premiership for the first time. Wigan did the double over Sunderland winning both matches 1-0 |
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| Trends | ||
| Michael Chopra looking to make it three in three since joining Sunderland in the summer Antoine Sibierski also looking to make it three in three since joining form Newcastle in the summer |
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| Betting | ||
| Mile Riley refereed one match to date this season – 6 yellow cards and awarded a penalty. They have picked up just three booking between them in their opening two matches, Wigan (1) and Sunderland (2) |
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Blackburn v Arsenal |
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| History | ||
| Nonda and Dunn both have scored 2 goals each against Arsenal for Blackburn Van Persie has 4 goals against Blackburn in total, including a brace last season – 3rd only to Bergkamp and Henry Brad Friedel has played in this fixture a record 13 times for Rovers. This is 1st time Blackburn have been at home to Arsenal before Christmas since 1998 |
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| Trends | ||
| Arsenal have won 7 of last 8 matches between the two The last August Ewood Park meeting between sides resulted in a 1-0 win for Blackburn in 1992 Rovers have managed just 2 wins in 7 at home to Arsenal in the Premier league Blackburn ended last season with 10 goals scored in last 3 games but only kept 3 clean sheets at home all season Arsenal won as many games as they lost on the road last season - 7 |
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| Betting | ||
| Last 6 matches (3 seasons) have produced 28 bookings and 1 red card The last 14 matches in Premier league between the 2 sides have produced a total of 49 goals Not been a 0-0 draw between the sides in last 10 years |
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Liverpool v Chelsea |
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| History | ||
| Jamie Carragher has played this fixture a record 17 times – 3more than anyone else (Hyppia) Frank Lampard has played in all 12 of the Premiership meetings between the two sides since joining Chelsea, and has scored twice in six Anfield appearances Patrick Berger is the only player to score a hat trick in this fixture, in a 4-2 win in October 1997. Joe Cole has 3 goals for Chelsea in this fixture the most by any current player for Chelsea. |
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| Trends | ||
| Prior to winning 2-0 last Jan, Liverpool had lost the last 3 matches at Anfield in the league vs Chelsea Liverpool have only failed to score once in 15 matches at Anfield in this fixture |
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| Betting | ||
| Never been a 0-0 draw in this fixture Liverpool kept 13 clean sheets in 19 matches last season at Anfield, whilst scoring in 16 of these 19. Chelsea kept 11 clean sheets away from home last season Didier Drogba was only first scorer once away from home last season, compared to 5 times for Frank Lampard |
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Man City v Man Utd |
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| History | ||
| Paul Scholes has scored 4 goals in Derby history (Eric Cantona leads the way 1ith six goals, and has appeared in 11 of last 12 Derbys since City’s return to Premier League. Richard Dunne has played in 10 in this time Utd have scored in all 6 away matches since City returned to the Premiership |
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| Trends | ||
| Last 12 derby matches have yielded 37 goals Since their return to Prem, each time City have scored against Utd at home, they have scored at least 3 goals and gone on to win Michael Johnson’s goal against Derby ended a run of 781 mins at home without a goal 31 of Utd’s 83 goals last season were from Rooney and Ronaldo who will both be missing from the game In 8 of Utd’s 9 matches away from last season in which they scored first, they went on to win. In their first away game this season, they failed to hold onto the lead. |
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| Betting | ||
| Utd have only won 3 of last 6 away matches against City In these matches, City have failed to score Utd have only failed to score twice in last 20 matches away from home City featured in 6 0-0 draws at home last season |
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