Premier League Game Previews - Week 3
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Arsenal v Man City |
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| History | ||
| 37 goals in 12 matches, 29 coming from Arsenal since City’s return 3 players have scored 4 or more for Arsenal – Wiltord, Henry and Llundberg City have never won at Arsenal in the Premier League Referee Chris Foy has never officiated this fixture City are looking to win four on the bounce to equal their best ever run in the Premiership dating back to 1992/93. |
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| Trends | ||
| City have only ever won once in 20 meetings home and away Chris Foy’s 2 matches this season have yielded 6 bookings. He is yet to award a penalty Only City player ever to score at Arsenal was Emile Mpenza and that was in 2001 Champions League for Anderlecht Arsenal fell behind 10 times at the Emirates last season – winning 4, drawing 5 and losing only once |
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| Only ever been 2 goalless draws in this fixture – both were in 93/94 Premier league season Arsenal have scored in 18 of the 20 meetings between the sides City fell behind 9 times on the road last season and lost 8 of these games |
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Aston Villa v Fulham |
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| History | ||
| Gareth Barry, Zat Knight and Olaf Melberg have all appeared in this fixture 9 times Steve Bennett never ref’d fixture The sides have met 12 times in the PL, Fulham have never won at Villa Park Only Villa player ever sent off by Steve Bennett at Villa Park was David Ginola in Dec, 2001 |
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| Trends | ||
| Villa won the first 4 meetings between the sides at Villa Park, but last 2 have ended in draws Fulham have scored just twice in matches against Aston Villa at Villa Park |
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| Betting | ||
| Only 13 bookings in 6 matches in last 3 seasons between the sides Last 5 matches between the two have all ended in draws Villa will be looking for their first win of the season |
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Bolton v Reading |
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| History | ||
| Reading did the double over Bolton last season in their first ever Premiership meetings. Reading won at the Reebok 3-1 with 3 goals in last 6 mins Bolton are the only Prem team without a point this season Bolton beat Reading 4-3 in the 1995 playoff final to reach the Premier League for the first time |
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| Trends | ||
| Bolton have scored in each of their last 8 at the Reebok, but have only managed 1 clean sheet in that time Bolton have conceded twice as many goals as Reading (12vs6) in the last 10 mins of matches last season Reading outscored Bolton 9 to 4 for goals scored in the last 10 mins of matches last season |
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| Betting | ||
| Mark Clattenburg has ref’d Bolton 10 times in Premier league and has booked Kevin Nolan 4 times and Stelios 3 times Bolton have conceded 7 of 8 goals this season in the first half of matches Shane Long has been booked in both games he has played this season |
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Chelsea v Portsmouth |
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| History | ||
| The sides have met 8 times in the Premier League and Chelsea have won every time Both teams go into the match unbeaten Another goal for Kanu will give him joint leading away Premiership scorer at Stamford Bridge with James Beattie on 4 goals. He is also the only away player to score a hatrick in Premiership at Stamford Bridge – in Oct 1999. Lampard has played this fixture all 8 times, and Chelsea have won on all occasions. |
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| Trends | ||
| Chelsea have scored in 41/42 matches in the Premier league at Stamford Bridge All 4 Chelsea goals conceded this season have been in the first half, and Chelsea have fallen behind in all 3 of these games Benjani has scored in 2 of Pompey’s 3 games so far this season |
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| Betting | ||
| Alan Wiley has ref’d this fixture once before and gave 4 yellows in Dec 2004 Pompey have only ever scored 1 goal against Chelsea in the Premier league – last season by Benjani. Chelsea have scored 18 goals in the fixture with 3 goals each for Drogba, Lampard and Robben. Even Schevchenko managed to score against Pompey! |
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Derby v Birmingham |
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| History | ||
| Never met in the Premiership Referee Lee Probert has never refereed either team in the Premier league and has only refereed 3 matches in the Premier league ever. Both sides will be looking for their first win of the season |
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| Trends | ||
| Referee Lee Probert has only given out 6 yellow cards in his 3 Premier league games | ||
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| Birmingham won both matches between the 2 sides last season 1-0 in the Championship Derby have conceded 5 of their 7 goals this season in the 1st half Birmingham on the other hand have conceded 4 of their 6 goals in the 2nd half In the 2 meetings last season between the sides their were 7 bookings and a red card |
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Everton v Blackburn |
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| History | ||
| Riley has ref’d this fixture only once before – in Sep 1998 – a match that yielded 8 yellow cards and 1 red. In 13 league meetings at Goodison Park, each team has won 6 times and there has been 1 draw. Robbie Savage has never been booked at Goodison Park, and although having been booked 4 times by Riley, never for Blackburn Friedel has played this fixture 12 times |
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| Trends | ||
| Everton have won 3 of the last 4 Premiership meetings between the sides Blackburn gave more penalties away than any other side last season Only twice in 23 matches has there ever been more than 3 goals in the fixture |
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| Betting | ||
| Last 2 matches at Goodison Park have been 1-0 wins for Everton Mike Riley has awarded 3 penalties in 2 matches so far this season Rovers have picked up 8 yellows and a red card in 2 matches so far this season, whilst Everton have picked up 2 in 3. |
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Sunderland v Liverpool |
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| History | ||
| Halsey never ref’d this fixture Carragher, Gerrard and Hyppia have each played this fixture a record 8 times Liverpool have won 3 times and drawn twice at Sunderland and have only lost once in the Premier League |
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| Trends | ||
| Halsey has never booked any of Sunderlands squad and only ever booked 2 Sunderland players in the Premiership In last 10 Premier league meetings there have only been 16 goals between the sides Sunderland will be seeking their 6th consecutive home win |
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| In the 9 matches away from home last season, where Liverpool fell behind, they lost 8 and drew 1 Only ever been one goalless draw between the sides in the Premier League and this was the first meeting 12 matches ago Roy Keane’s Sunderland have only had 4 bookings in 3 matches so far this season Liverpool failed to score in 10 of their 19 away matches in the Premiership last season |
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West Ham v Wigan |
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| History | ||
| Referee Andre Marriner will be officiating in his first West Ham game in the Premier League. James Collins is the only remaining player from either side to have played in all 4 previous Premier league meetings |
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| Trends | ||
| Emile Heskey will be looking for his 3rd goal for his 3rd different club at Upton Park Anton Sibierski will be looking to score in his 4th consecutive match Wigan – a club record. He currently shares the record with Henri Camera on 3. Wigan have had just 1 played booked in their opening 3 matches of the season Andre Marriner’s 1 match this season resulted in 7 yellow cards |
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| Wigan have never scored more than 2 goals in 39 away Premier league matches Wigan scored first in 11 of 19 away matches last season. 5 of these they won and 4 of them they ended up losing The sides have met 4 times in the Premier league, and the away side has triumphed each time 4 of Wigan’s 5 goals this season have come in the 2nd half West Ham have kept only 5 clean sheets in their last 20 matches at Upton Park |
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Man Utd v Tottenham |
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| History | ||
| Howard Webb has ref’d Utd 7 times in the Premiership and in that time has booked 7 different players. Les Ferdinand, Chris Armstrong and Sol Campbell are Spurs leading scorers in the fixture with just 3 goals Danny Murphy has scored as many away goals at Old Trafford as any other Premier league player – 3 in total. |
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| Trends | ||
| Premier league matches between the sides have totalled 80 goals Tottenham have scored just once in their last 7 visits to Old Trafford In the last 12 meetings between the sides, Utd have won 10 and drawn 2 Spurs have had just 3 yellow cards this season Utd fell behind on just 3 occasions last season and lost 2 of these |
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| Utd have taken 39/45 points in this fixture at Old Trafford, and 71/90 points in total Utd have scored in 28 of the 30 matches between the sides in the Premier league, and the 2 matches Utd failed to score, they ended up goalless Spurs have managed just 5 goals in 15 visits to Old Trafford Away from home last season, Spurs fell behind 12 times and only managed to win 1 of those games |
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Middlesbrough v Newcastle |
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| History | ||
| Mark Schwarzer has played this fixture a record 15 times Yakubu and Boateng both have 2 goals each in this fixture, as many as any other Boro player (Boksic, Cooper, Deane, Hasselbank) |
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| Trends | ||
| Mike Dean has ref’d Boro 13 times in total and has given just 5 yellow cards, and only 1 of these was at the Riverside in 5 matches. However, he has ref’d Newcastle 12 times and has dished out 7 yellows and 1 red card (Nolberto Solano). Yet only 3 of these were away from home in 6 matches. Mark Viduka will be looking to add to his tally of 21 goals at the Riverside Shola Ameobi is Newcastle’s 2nd leading scorer in the fixture behind Alan Shearer, with 3 goals Newcastle have won 6 out of 11 at the Riverside Boro have picked up 9 bookings in 3 matches this season, 2nd only to Chelsea’s 12 Boro fell behind 8 times at home last season – and only won 1 of these games Newcastle lost 11 of 12 away matches last season where they fell behind |
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| Stephen Carr has been booked 3 times at the Riverside 4 of the last 6 matches between the sides have ended as draws Boro have managed just 3 wins in 22 matches between the sides Newcastle kept just 2 clean sheets last season on the road Boro scored in 16 of 19 home matches last season |
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