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Bullet point previews of Premier League matches

ByReuters

Published 21/02/2019 at 02:01 GMT

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of round 27 of the Premier League from Feb.

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22-24 (games at 1500 GMT unless stated):
Friday, Feb. 22
Cardiff City v Watford (1945)
*It will be Cardiff manager Neil Warnock's 38th meeting with Watford, the most against any club in his career.
*Watford, who won the reverse fixture in December, are aiming for their first league double over Cardiff in 13 years.
*Cardiff need one more win to better their tally of seven wins in a Premier League campaign (2013-14).
*Watford have kept a clean sheet in three of their last four league matches. They had kept only four clean sheets in their previous 21 league games this season.
*Cardiff have kept a clean sheet in their last two home games in the league, the same number as in their previous 11 this season.
West Ham United v Fulham (1945)
*Fulham have not won an away league match in 13 attempts this season (D2 L11), the only side yet to do so.
*West Ham have won once in their last seven league matches.
*West Ham's top scorer Felipe Anderson (eight league goals) has not found the net in the league in the last seven games.
*Fulham have not won a Premier League match at West Ham since 2001.
*A win for West Ham will give them their first league double over Fulham in 10 years.
Saturday, Feb. 23
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur (1230)
*Burnley have failed to win in their last seven Premier League meetings with Spurs since a 4-2 victory on the final day of the 2009-10 season.
*Mauricio Pochettino's side have won 11 Premier League away matches this season, the most in a single campaign in the competition.
*Spurs have scored a league-high 12 league goals from outside the penalty area this season, while Burnley have conceded the same amount.
*Burnley's Ashley Barnes has scored in each of his last three league appearances, including penalties in his last two.
*Tottenham forward Son Heung-min has netted eight goals in his last eight league appearances, scoring in each of his last three matches in the competition.
Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers
*Bournemouth have never lost a home league match against Wolves, winning two and drawing one of their previous games.
*Eddie Howe's Bournemouth have won their last two Premier League home matches by an aggregate score of 6-0. They have not won three in a row at Vitality Stadium since February 2018.
*Wolves have won three of their last five Premier League away matches, as many as they had recorded in their previous 25 games on the road in the competition.
*Bournemouth's Joshua King has scored in his last two league home games, netting three goals in total.
*Wolves have scored a league-high 74 percent of their league goals in the second half of matches this season. Only Cardiff City have scored fewer first half goals than Wolves' nine.
Newcastle United v Huddersfield Town
*Following Newcastle's 1-0 win over Huddersfield at the John Smith's Stadium, they are looking to do a league double over the Terriers for the first time since 1964-65.
*Huddersfield have won one of their least 11 away games against Newcastle -- 2-1 in a second-tier clash in Aug. 2016.
*Salomon Rondon has contributed six goals and three assists to Newcastle's 22 league goals this season.
*Huddersfield's top scorer in the league this season is defender Zanka with three goals.
*Rafa Benitez's Newcastle are aiming to win three consecutive home league matches for the first time since a run of four in April 2018.
Leicester City v Crystal Palace (1730)
*Palace have won three Premier League away matches at Leicester, only winning more on the road against Everton.
*Sixty seven percent of Palace's Premier League goals have come away this season, more than any other team in the competition.
*Leicester have not suffered four consecutive home Premier League defeats since January 2000.
*Jamie Vardy has scored just two league goals at home this season and failed to find the net his last four at the King Power Stadium.
*Palace striker Christian Benteke has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Leicester.
Sunday, Feb.24
Arsenal v Southampton (1405)
*Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 23 home league matches against Southampton since a 1-0 defeat in November 1987.
*Southampton, having won the reverse fixture at St Mary's, are looking to complete their first league double over Arsenal since the 1987-88 campaign.
*Unai Emery's Arsenal are unbeaten in 12 home league matches this season, winning the last six in a row.
*Southampton striker Charlie Austin has scored in all five of his Premier League appearances against Arsenal.
*Arsenal have conceded 999 Premier League goals and could become the eighth team to concede 1000 in the competition.
Manchester United v Liverpool (1405)
*United have won seven of their last nine home league matches against Liverpool.
*United have kept one clean sheet in their 12 league games at Old Trafford this season, only Fulham have kept so few in home games.
*This will be the first time United have hosted Liverpool in a league match with the Merseyside club as high as second in the table since October 1996.
*United are the only team that Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has faced more than once in the Premier League but failed to record a goal or an assist against (three games).
*United keeper David De Gea has kept 99 clean sheets in the Premier League. He could become the 15th different keeper to record 100 shutouts in the competition. (Reporting by Rohith Nair and Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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