Friday, Sept. 20 Southampton v Bournemouth (1900) *Southampton have suffered one defeat in their last eight Premier League meetings with Bournemouth. *Bournemouth have never won away against Southampton in 15 attempts, failing to find the net in eight of those meetings. *Since the start of last season, only Manchester City's Raheem Sterling (32) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals amongst English players than Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson (26 - 17 goals, nine assists). *Nathan Redmond has recorded seven goals and four assists in the league since Ralph Hasenhuettl took charge of Southampton in December last year. *Southampton have won two of their last three matches in the league after winning once in their previous nine games in the competition. Saturday, Sept. 21 Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (1130) *Spurs have won four of their last five league matches against Leicester, including the last three in a row. *Despite losing to Manchester United last weekend, Leicester have recorded 25 points in 15 matches since Brendan Rodgers' first game in charge in March - only Liverpool (43), Man City (37) and Chelsea (27) have collected more points in this period. *Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs are without a win in their last eight away games in the league. *Tottenham striker Harry Kane has netted 13 goals in 12 games in all competitions against Leicester. *Leicester midfielder James Maddison has attempted most shots without scoring this season (16). Burnley v Norwich City *This is the first top-flight encounter between Burnley and Norwich since January 1976, which the Canaries won 3-1 at Carrow Road. *Burnley have suffered one defeat in their 17 home meetings with Norwich, losing 5-3 in April 2004. *Sean Dyche's Burnley have won their last four league matches against newly-promoted teams. *Norwich striker Teemu Pukki has been directly involved in eight league goals in his first five matches this season, claiming six goals and two assists. *Norwich midfielder Todd Cantwell has also made a bright start to the campaign, recording two goals and two assists. Everton v Sheffield United *Everton are unbeaten in their last four league meetings with Sheffield United (W2 D2). *Marco Silva's Everton have conceded seven goals across their last three league games, as many as they had in their previous 13 matches in the competition. *Each of Everton's last three league goals have been headers. *Sheffield United have not won in their last 12 away top-flight matches, since a 1-0 win at Wigan Athletic in December 2006. *The Blades have lost consecutive home Premier League matches for only the second time, also doing so in March 1993 under Dave Bassett. Manchester City v Watford *Manchester City's 3-2 loss at Norwich last weekend was their first league defeat in 19 matches. *Watford are without a win in the league after five matches this season (D2 L3). *City's Sergio Aguero has scored 10 goals in his seven appearances against Watford in all competitions. *City will be without centre back John Stones for up to five weeks due to injury, leaving manager Pep Guardiola with only one senior central defender in Nicolas Otamendi. *Quique Sanchez Flores' Watford recorded a whopping 31 shots in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend. Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion (1630) *Newcastle are yet to win in four Premier League meetings with Brighton, twice losing 1-0. *Only four goals have been scored in those four top-flight games with neither team managing more than one in a match. *After five straight league wins at home between January and March, Newcastle have only secured one in the last five (D1 L3). *Steve Bruce's Newcastle sit 18th in the league with one win (at Tottenham Hotspur last month) from five games. *Brighton's Neal Maupay has seven goals in his last 11 league games -- two for Brighton and five for Brentford. Sunday, Sept. 22 Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers (1300) *The two teams have met twice in the Premier League, winning one match each. *Roy Hodgson's Palace have not lost in their last four league matches at home (W2 D2). *Wolves are second from bottom having lost their last two games after a run of three straight draws. *Nuno Espirito Santo's Wolves are without a win in six top-flight matches and the Portuguese has never gone seven league games without victory as a manager. *The away team have won six of the last eight league games between Palace and Wolves. West Ham United v Manchester United (1300) *West Ham have only six wins in 46 Premier League meetings with Manchester United, four of which have come at home. *Manchester United have scored 94 goals against West Ham in the competition, more than any other team. *Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United have conceded four league goals so far this season, the fewest alongside Liverpool and Leicester. *Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea signed a new deal on Monday that will keep him at the club until at least 2023. *Manchester United have lost two league games in the last 21 against West Ham (W14 D5). Arsenal v Aston Villa (1530) *Arsenal have kept a clean sheet against Villa in their last five matches in all competitions. *Arsenal's Mesut Ozil has scored two goals and provided four assists in his last four league games against Villa. *Villa have won three times at the Emirates Stadium, with their last win coming in 2013. Only Manchester United and Chelsea have won more times (four). *Arsenal have faced 96 shots on goal this season, more than any other side in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1. *Arsenal have lost once in their last 20 home league matches. Chelsea v Liverpool (1530) *Chelsea have beaten Liverpool once in their last nine league meetings (D5 L3). *Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 22 league matches (W18 D4) -- their best run in the Premier League. *Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham leads the league scoring charts with seven (along with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero) and has scored at least twice in his last three matches. *Liverpool's Sadio Mane needs one more goal for his 50th for the club in the Premier League. *All of Chelsea's league goals this season have been scored by academy graduates (Abraham, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori). (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)
