Soccer-Bullet point preview of Premier League fixtures, round 31
Following are match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of round 31 of the Premier League fixtures on April 3-4 (1945 GMT unless stated): April 3 Burnley v Stoke City Burnley have lost four of their last six games Saturday's home league defeat by Tottenham Hotspur was Burnley's first at Turf Moor since Nov. 26 Eight points separate ninth-placed Stoke from West Bromwich Albion in eighth Stoke have not scored away from home for 416 minutes Stoke have only scored 14 away league goals all season Leicester City v Sunderland Leicester have won their last five games - four in the league - since Craig Shakespeare became manager Sunderland have only won once in the league since Dec. 17 Leicester have never lost to Sunderland in six Premier League games at the King Power Stadium Defoe has not scored in his last five club games In their last game, Leicester had 10 shots on target against Stoke - the most they have managed since 2003-04 Watford v West Bromwich Albion Watford's win over Sunderland at the weekend ended a run of four league games without a victory Watford are without defender Younes Kaboul, who injured his hamstring at the weekend Watford have not beaten West Brom at home since Jan. 2003 when they did so in the FA Cup Albion have scored 14 league goals from corners this season, four more than anyone else Albion have only lost twice to teams in the bottom half of the table this season Manchester United v Everton (2000) United have lost only one of their last 23 home league games against Everton Everton have scored just eight times in their last 12 league visits to Old Trafford United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is available after a three-match suspension If Everton win, they will go above fifth-placed United United have drawn eight of their 15 league games at home this season April 4 Arsenal v West Ham United These are two of the league's most out-of-form teams: West Ham have lost their last four league games, while Arsenal have won just two from six Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should be available after injury Arsenal had eight shots to Manchester City's 14 in Sunday's 2-2 draw West Ham's Diafra Sakho has declared himself available after four months out but is unlikely to start Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 win in the reverse fixture Hull City v Middlesbrough Hull have won four and drawn two of their last six home games Victory could move the Tigers out of the relegation zone Middlesbrough have not won in their last 12 league games and have scored just once in six outings Since 2011/12 home teams have won 56 percent of clashes between promoted teams Boro remain under the control of caretaker manager Steve Agnew Southampton v Crystal Palace Palace have posted four straight victories Southampton have only twice scored more than once in 13 home league games Palace have failed to score in just five of 22 games in which Christian Benteke and Wilfried Zaha have started Palace beat Southampton 3-0 in December's reverse fixture Palace manager Sam Allardyce has never lost a Premier League game at St Mary's Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur Swansea have the worst defensive record in the Premier League, conceding 63 goals – 2.1 per match Fernando Llorente and Gylfi Sigurdsson have scored 19 of Swansea's 36 league goals Spurs have lost just once in 14 league games Midfielder Harry Winks is definitely out for Spurs after being carried away on a stretcher at the weekend.
Following are match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of round 31 of the Premier League fixtures on April 3-4 (1945 GMT unless stated): April 3 Burnley v Stoke City Burnley have lost four of their last six games Saturday's home league defeat by Tottenham Hotspur was Burnley's first at Turf Moor since Nov. 26 Eight points separate ninth-placed Stoke from West Bromwich Albion in eighth Stoke have not scored away from home for 416 minutes Stoke have only scored 14 away league goals all season Leicester City v Sunderland Leicester have won their last five games - four in the league - since Craig Shakespeare became manager Sunderland have only won once in the league since Dec. 17 Leicester have never lost to Sunderland in six Premier League games at the King Power Stadium Defoe has not scored in his last five club games In their last game, Leicester had 10 shots on target against Stoke - the most they have managed since 2003-04 Watford v West Bromwich Albion Watford's win over Sunderland at the weekend ended a run of four league games without a victory Watford are without defender Younes Kaboul, who injured his hamstring at the weekend Watford have not beaten West Brom at home since Jan. 2003 when they did so in the FA Cup Albion have scored 14 league goals from corners this season, four more than anyone else Albion have only lost twice to teams in the bottom half of the table this season Manchester United v Everton (2000) United have lost only one of their last 23 home league games against Everton Everton have scored just eight times in their last 12 league visits to Old Trafford United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is available after a three-match suspension If Everton win, they will go above fifth-placed United United have drawn eight of their 15 league games at home this season April 4 Arsenal v West Ham United These are two of the league's most out-of-form teams: West Ham have lost their last four league games, while Arsenal have won just two from six Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should be available after injury Arsenal had eight shots to Manchester City's 14 in Sunday's 2-2 draw West Ham's Diafra Sakho has declared himself available after four months out but is unlikely to start Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 win in the reverse fixture Hull City v Middlesbrough Hull have won four and drawn two of their last six home games Victory could move the Tigers out of the relegation zone Middlesbrough have not won in their last 12 league games and have scored just once in six outings Since 2011/12 home teams have won 56 percent of clashes between promoted teams Boro remain under the control of caretaker manager Steve Agnew Southampton v Crystal Palace Palace have posted four straight victories Southampton have only twice scored more than once in 13 home league games Palace have failed to score in just five of 22 games in which Christian Benteke and Wilfried Zaha have started Palace beat Southampton 3-0 in December's reverse fixture Palace manager Sam Allardyce has never lost a Premier League game at St Mary's Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur Swansea have the worst defensive record in the Premier League, conceding 63 goals – 2.1 per match Fernando Llorente and Gylfi Sigurdsson have scored 19 of Swansea's 36 league goals Spurs have lost just once in 14 league games Midfielder Harry Winks is definitely out for Spurs after being carried away on a stretcher at the weekend. Harry Kane, Danny Rose and Erik Lamela are also injured Second-placed Spurs are aiming to cut Chelsea's lead to a provisional four points at the top of table Chelsea v Manchester City (2000) City, who are 11 points behind Chelsea, are seeking to inflict the Blues' second straight defeat Victor Moses is hoping to return for Chelsea after missing the weekend defeat by Crystal Palace City have won just two of their last six games in all competitions Bacary Sagna is definitely out for City but Pablo Zabaleta is expected to return Before the Palace defeat, Chelsea had gone 12 games unbeaten Liverpool v Bournemouth (2000) Liverpool will be without the inured Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana and Jordan Henderson Bournemouth have not conceded a goal in their last two games - the first time they have achieved this since March 2016 Liverpool have won their last four games at Anfield Origi scored his sixth league goal from the bench when he netted in the win over Everton on Saturday Liverpool have conceded in each of their last five games
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