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Previews of Premier League matches

LONDON: Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the next round of Premier League fixtures from April 13-15.

Saturday, April 13

Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur

* Newcastle beat Spurs 6-1 in this fixture last season.

* There have been at least three goals in each of the last six meetings between the sides.

* Spurs have scored in each of their last 17 league away games against Newcastle, since a 4-0 loss in 2003.

Brentford v Sheffield United

* Sheffield United won the first Premier League match between the sides in December.

* United are unbeaten in their last five games against Brentford in all competitions (W4 D2).

* Sheffield United have conceded the most goals (82) in the Premier League this season.

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

* Burnley have won only one of their last seven home games against Brighton (D4 L3) in all competitions, a 1-0 Premier League victory in 2018.

* Brighton are winless in their last three away league games (L2 D1).

* Six of the 11 Premier League games between Burnley and Brighton have ended in a draw.

Manchester City v Luton Town

* Manchester City have won all five league games against promoted sides this season.

* City are unbeaten in their last 10 games against Luton in all competitions (W6 D4).

* Luton last beat City in a League Cup clash in 1988.

Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers

* Wolves have lost only two of their last 12 games against Forest in all competitions (W6 D4).

* Nuno Espirito Santo faces another former club on Saturday, after taking charge of Forest's 3-1 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

* Wolves and Forest's last Premier League meeting was a 1-1 draw in December.

Bournemouth v Manchester United

* Bournemouth beat United 3-0 in the reverse fixture at Old Trafford.

* United have kept only one clean sheet in their last eight league games.

* Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke has scored 16 Premier League goals -- his best season in the top flight -- and is three behind top scorer Erling Haaland of Manchester City.

Sunday, April 14

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

* Liverpool have lost only two league games this season and are on an eight-match unbeaten run while Palace have only one win in nine.

* Palace have not beaten Liverpool since 2017 (D2 L11).

* Mohamed Salah has scored or assisted 18 goals that have either helped Liverpool equalise or given them the lead this season -- more than any other player (level with Chelsea's Cole Palmer).

West Ham United v Fulham

* West Ham's Jarrod Bowen has scored 15 league goals this season -- his best record in the top flight -- but may be an injury doubt for the game.

* Fulham beat West Ham 5-0 in the reverse fixture, snapping a run of six games without a win against their London rivals.

* No player has made more tackles in the Premier League this season than Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha (121) who also has the most yellow cards (12).

Arsenal v Aston Villa

* Arsenal have won 10 of their last 11 league games, drawing against champions Manchester City.

* Villa will be without midfielder Douglas Luiz (nine goals and five assists) after he picked up a suspension with his 10th yellow card last weekend.

* Villa's Ollie Watkins has 18 goals and 10 assists -- no other player in the league has been involved in more goals.

Monday, April 15

Chelsea v Everton

* Chelsea have gone nine matches without a clean sheet, conceding at least two goals in each of their last five games.

* Chelsea's in-form Cole Palmer has scored or assisted in his last six games in all competitions (seven goals and four assists).

* Everton won their first game in 2024 when Sean Dyche's team beat his former club Burnley on Saturday but they sit 16th after a second points deduction for breaching the league's Profitability and Sustainability Rules.

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