Liverpool: Have strong home record against Manchester City
We have stats ahead of every PL game, including details of Liverpool's home hoodoo over Man City, plus some good news for Robin van Persie.
Manchester City's daunting trip to Anfield headlines this week's fixtures, with Brendan Rodgers' resurgent Reds hoping to knock another nail into the champions' coffin.
Meanwhile, Burnley face a home game against Swansea of the 'must win' variety, while Newcastle and Aston Villa clash in a relegation six-pointer (note: only three points will be awarded).
We take a look at the key Opta statistics ahead of the 26th round of fixtures.
West Ham United v Crystal Palace
Marouane Chamakh has scored in both of his Premier League games for Palace against the Hammers.
Jerome Thomas has scored three goals in four Premier League games against West Ham.
Crystal Palace have won four of their last seven matches in all competitions against West Ham.
West Ham have won just one of their last nine Premier League matches (W1 D5 L3).
The Eagles have committed 342 fouls, a higher tally than any other Premier League side.
Sam Allardyce and Alan Pardew have both managed Newcastle United and West Ham United in the Premier League. Head to head, Allardyce has won five and lost one of their nine meetings as opposition coaches.
Palace have won just one of their last eight London derbies (W1 D3 L4) since beating West Ham at Upton Park last season.
West Ham have picked up 199 points in Premier League London derbies.
This is the joint-most points Crystal Palace have ever had after 26 games of a Premier League season (27).
The Eagles have the worst crossing success rate from open play of all top-flight teams so far this season (16%)
Burnley v Swansea City
Danny Ings has scored in five of his last seven Premier League appearances.
Swansea have scored the joint-fewest headed goals in the top flight (2).
The league record between Burnley and Swansea City is fairly even with 14 wins for the Clarets, 13 for the Swans and 12 draws.
Burnley have conceded more headed goals than any other team in the top flight this season (16).
37 points after 26 games is Swansea's joint-best haul of a Premier League season (along with 2012-13).
Burnley have won just one of their last 10 Premier League matches (W1 D4 L5).
Swansea have won just two of their last 11 Premier League away games (W2 D3 L6).
The Clarets have used just 19 different starters this season, fewer than any other team.
Ki Seung-yeung's goal against Man Utd was the first first-half goal Swansea have netted since Boxing Day against Aston Villa, a run of seven games without one.
Only Everton (17) have dropped more points from winning positions than Swansea (16) this season.
Manchester United v Sunderland
Robin van Persie has scored six goals in five Premier League starts at home against Sunderland for Arsenal and Manchester United.
Sunderland have won just one of their last nine Premier League matches (W1 D3 L5).
Louis van Gaal's side have conceded exactly once in eight of their last 11 home league games, keeping three clean sheets.
Only David Ospina (83%) has a better saves to shots ratio than Costel Pantilimon (78%) this season (minimum 20 shots on target faced).
Manchester United have won 10 and lost just one of their 13 Premier League home games against Sunderland (D2).
Sunderland have won just one of their last 25 Premier League games against Manchester United (W1 D6 L18), but that came in their last visit to Old Trafford.
Sunderland are the only team in the Premier League not to score a goal in the 15 minutes directly after half-time.
The Black Cats have scored just 10 goals in their last 15 Premier League matches, but four of those have come in their last three away games.
Sunderland had one point fewer after 26 games of last season than they have currently accrued in 2014-15.
The Black Cats have drawn more games (13) than any team in Premier League history after 26 match days.
Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Newcastle have kept just one clean sheet in their last 14 Premier League games and won just three games in that run (W3 D4 L7).
However, Aston Villa are without a win against Newcastle in their last seven Premier League games (D3 L4).
Christian Benteke has scored in two of his three Premier League appearances against Newcastle.
Aston Villa have been shown more red cards than any other Premier League team this season (6).
Newcastle are the only team in the Premier League who haven't seen an opponent sent off against them this season.
Aston Villa have scored just three goals in their last 11 Premier League matches.
The Villans are now 11 Premier League games without a win (D3 L8); only once in the competition's history have they gone longer without victory (13, ended in September 2012).
Aston Villa have fired in fewer shots on target than any other team in the top division (69).
Tim Sherwood enjoyed a 4-0 win at St James Park as coach of Spurs last season, but his record on the road since has been W1 D1 L4 overall in the competition.
Aston Villa have scored the highest percentage of first-half goals in the Premier League this season (77%), netting just one goal in the final 30 minutes of a match. Newcastle have scored the highest percentage of goals after half-time (71%).
Stoke City v Hull City
Stoke have lost just one of their last 11 games against Hull City (W4 D6).
Nikica Jelavic has scored in three of his last four Premier League appearances where he has played at least 45 minutes.
Stoke have scored a 90th minute goal in three of their last four Premier League matches.
The Tigers have conceded 11 goals from outside the box this season, more than any other club.
Only Aston Villa (37%) have a lower shooting accuracy than Stoke this season (38%).
Stoke have lost just three of their last 12 league matches (W6 D3 L3), and those defeats came against the current top three in the league.
The Potters have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine Premier League games at the Britannia Stadium.
After a run of winning just two of 17 Premier League matches (W2 D5 L10), Hull City have won their last two league games.
Steve Bruce's side have won just one of their last 12 Premier League away games (W1 D5 L6).
Eight of the 13 meetings this season between the Premier League teams called "City" have ended as away wins, with just three victories for the home side.
West Bromwich Albion v Southampton
There have only been 13 goals scored in the nine Premier League games between these two sides.
Sadio Mane has scored in four of his last five Premier League starts.
West Brom have failed to score in their last three Premier League games against Southampton.
The Baggies have lost just one of their last seven Premier League matches (W2 D4 L1).
Southampton have won just two of their last eight Premier League home matches (W2 D2 L4).
West Brom have kept four clean sheets in their six Premier League matches under Tony Pulis.
The Baggies have scored the joint-most goals from corners this season (8) along with Chelsea.
Southampton are the only team yet to concede a goal from a corner in the Premier League this season.
The Saints are the only team in the Premier League who have not conceded a penalty this season.
Jose Fonte has made more interceptions (76) than any other Premier League player.
Liverpool v Manchester City
Liverpool have won just two of the last 12 Premier League matches against Man City (W2 D6 L4).
Manchester City have scored two or more goals in each of their last six Premier League games against Liverpool.
When these two sides met back in August, City scored with three of their four shots on target.
Man City have won none of their last 11 Premier League trips to Anfield (W0 D4 L7).
David Silva has scored nine Premier League goals in 2014-15, his best tally in a single Premier League season.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League matches (W7 D3), the best record of any side over the last 10 games.
Arsenal are the only team to prevent Manchester City from scoring in their last 23 Premier League matches.
Man City have scored the most goals from outside the penalty area (10) and are the only Premier League team not to concede one from range.
Liverpool have had 14 different scorers in the Premier League, the joint-most along with Arsenal.
Man City have the highest number of different players with five or more goals (5).
Arsenal v Everton
Arsenal have now gone five games without a win against Everton, their worst such run in the history of this fixture.
Steven Naismith has scored in his last two Premier League appearances against the Gunners.
Everton have won none of their last 20 away matches against Arsenal in all competitions (D4 L16).
Mesut Ӧzil has scored two goals and set up one more in three appearances against Everton in all competitions.
Olivier Giroud has scored three goals in his last three games against Everton and six goals in his last eight Premier League starts overall.
There were four goals scored from just five shots on target when Everton and Arsenal met back in August.
Only Everton (17) and Swansea (16) have dropped more points from winning positions than Arsenal (14) in the Premier League this season.
Santi Cazorla has had a hand in six goals in his last five Premier League games (three goals, three assists).
Roberto Martinez's side have won just one of their last 10 Premier League matches (W1 D4 L5).
Arsenal have conceded just five first-half goals in their last 18 Premier League games.
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