EPL Odds

Everton (7/2) – Manchester United (10/13)

9 April 2022

• Everton have won just one of their last 13 Premier League meetings with Manchester United (D6 L6), beating them 4-0 in April 2019 under Marco Silva.
• Manchester United won this exact fixture 3-1 last season – they’ve not won consecutive away league games against Everton since a run of three between August 2005 and September 2007.
• Manchester United have won 37 Premier League games against Everton – only the Red Devils themselves (38 vs Spurs) have beaten a single opponent more often in the competition’s history.
• Manchester United have scored at least once in each of their last 16 away games in the Premier League (29 goals in total), their longest run of away games without failing to score in the competition since November 2008 (18) – the 17th game in that run was also at Goodison Park, a 1-1 draw.
• Only the three promoted sides have lost more Premier League home games than Everton this season (7). However, the Toffees are looking for consecutive home league wins for the first time since September.
• Since beating Leeds United 5-1 on the opening weekend of the season, Manchester United are winless in their four Premier League games in the early Saturday kick-off slot (D2 L2).
• Since Ralf Rangnick’s first Premier League match in charge of Manchester United on December 5th, only Man City and Liverpool (one each) have lost fewer Premier League games than the Red Devils (2 in 16 games). By contrast, Man Utd lost seven of their final 16 league games under Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
• Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in six goals in his four Premier League appearances against Everton (4 goals, 2 assists), including four in two at Goodison Park (3 goals, 1 assist). The last Man Utd player to score in three consecutive away league games against Everton was Ruud van Nistelrooy (between December 2001 and February 2004).
• No Everton player has scored more home Premier League goals this season than Richarlison (3), though he’s not netted at Goodison Park in the league since December.
• Fred has been directly involved in six goals in 13 Premier League appearances under Ralf Rangnick for Man Utd, with only Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo (seven each) involved in more. He was only involved in five goals in his first 87 league appearances under Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Michael Carrick (3 goals, 2 assists).

Arsenal (8/13) – Brighton and Hove Albion (24/5)

9 April 2022

• After a five-game winless streak against Brighton in the Premier League, Arsenal are unbeaten in their last three against the Seagulls (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet every time.
• The 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture was Brighton’s first clean sheet in 10 league games against Arsenal, since a 1-0 win in September 1982. They’ve never recorded consecutive shutouts against the Gunners before.
• Each of Arsenal’s last six home Premier League defeats have come against teams starting the day above them in the league – they’ve not lost any of their last 14 home Premier League games against sides below them (W10 D4) since a 1-0 defeat to Burnley in December 2020.
• Brighton have drawn nine of their last 13 away Premier League matches in London (W1 L3), recovering points from losing positions in five of those draws, including each of their last three 1-1 draws with Crystal Palace, West Ham United and Chelsea.
• Arsenal have lost just one of their last 28 Premier League games at 3pm on a Saturday (W23 D4), with that defeat coming at Brighton in June 2020. At home, the Gunners are unbeaten in 29 such games since a 3-1 loss to Aston Villa in August 2013 (W24 D5).
• Arsenal have lost two of their last three Premier League games (W1), having lost just one of their previous 11 (W9 D1). The Gunners are looking to avoid losing consecutive league matches for the first time since December, following their 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace last time out.
• Brighton have converted just 6.7% of their shots in the Premier League this season (26 goals from 392 shots), their worst ratio in a single Premier League campaign. In their goalless draw with Norwich last time out they had 31 efforts at goal without scoring, the most by a side in a Premier League game since Crystal Palace against Cardiff City in December 2018 (also 31 shots in a 0-0 draw).
• Since joining the Premier League in 2017-18, Brighton and Hove Albion have drawn more games nil-nil than any other team (21). In Premier League history, the only side to draw a higher share of their games goalless than Brighton (21/182, 11.5%) are Coventry City (41/354, 11.6%).
• Brighton have never won a Premier League game in April in 15 attempts (D8 L7). Only Hull City (16 in May) have played more games in a specific month without ever winning in the competition’s history.
• Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette hasn’t scored from open play in any of his last 16 appearances in all competitions, since opening the scoring against Southampton in December. It’s currently 22 hours and 28 minutes without an open play goal for the Frenchman (two penalty goals).

Southampton (3/1) – Chelsea (10/11)

9 April 2022

• Southampton have won just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Chelsea (D3 L8), winning 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in December 2019.
• Chelsea have lost just one of their 13 Premier League games at St Mary’s Stadium against Southampton (W9 D3) and are unbeaten in their last eight visits since a 2-1 loss in March 2013.
• Southampton have lost their last two home Premier League matches, as many as in their previous 18 at St Mary’s (W8 D8). The Saints last lost three in a row at home in January/February 2021.
• Chelsea suffered a 4-1 home defeat against Brentford in their last Premier League game but have never suffered consecutive league defeats under Thomas Tuchel, last doing so in December 2020 under Frank Lampard. Tuchel has managed the most Premier League matches without losing consecutive games in the history of the competition (48).
• Chelsea have scored first in their last seven Premier League matches, their longest run since September – November 2019 (also seven), scoring first in the second half in five of their last seven games. However, in their 4-1 defeat to Brentford they became the first team in Premier League history to score first in the second half and lose by a three-goal margin.
• Chelsea have scored more goals from outside the box than any other Premier League side this season (9), with Antonio Rüdiger the seventh Blues player to score such a goal last time out against Brentford.
• Chelsea’s Premier League games this season have seen more penalty goals than any other side (12), with the Blues scoring seven and conceding five spot-kicks. It’s the first time in Premier League history that Chelsea have both scored and conceded 5+ penalty goals in a single campaign.
• Southampton defender Valentino Livramento – who was twice an unused sub in the Premier League for Chelsea last season – is looking to become only the fourth Saints player to make 25 Premier League appearances in a season as a teenager, along with Matt Oakley (28 in 1996-97), Luke Shaw (25 in 2012-13 and 35 in 2013-14) and James Ward-Prowse (34 in 2013-14). No Chelsea player has ever played 25 times as a teenager in a Premier League season.
• Since Thomas Tuchel’s first such match in February 2021, only Manchester City (21) have won more away Premier League games than Chelsea (16 in 24 games). Only three managers have won as many as 16 of their first 25 away matches in the competition: Pep Guardiola (18), Antonio Conte (18) and José Mourinho (19).
• Southampton’s James Ward-Prowse scored his 13th direct free-kick goal in the Premier League in their 1-1 draw at Leeds last time out, with only David Beckham (18) scoring more in Premier League history. Ward-Prowse scored and was sent off in the reverse fixture against Chelsea in October, with Rickie Lambert the last Southampton player to score home and away against them in a single league season in 2012-13.

Watford (17/10) – Leeds United (8/5)

9 April 2022

• Watford have won their last two home league games against Leeds, most recently a 4-1 victory in August 2014. The Hornets had only won one of their first eight against the Whites at Vicarage Road (D3 L4).
• Leeds are looking to complete their first league double over Watford since the 1999-00 season, which was also the last campaign the sides met in the Premier League.
• Watford have lost their last eight home Premier League matches, with Wolves the last side to have a longer home losing streak, losing nine in a row between January and April 2012. The Hornets have only lost nine consecutive home league games once before, between December 1971 and March 1972.
• Since returning to the Premier League last season, Leeds United have picked up 22 points in their eight Premier League matches against promoted clubs (W7 D1), with their 2.75 points per game average the highest of any side in such matches in that time. They are also the only Premier League team not to lose a single game against a promoted side since the start of last season.
• Watford have lost 11 home Premier League games this season, the most of any side. It is only the third time they’ve lost 11 home league games in a season (also 1971-72 and 1987-88), while only three teams have survived Premier League relegation after losing 11 at home in a season: Hull City in 2008-09, Sunderland in 2013-14 and Crystal Palace in 2016-17.
• Leeds have taken seven points from their last three Premier League matches (W2 D1), as many as in their previous 13 games combined (W2 D1 L10). The Whites haven’t gone four games without defeat since winning their last four matches last season.
• Watford manager Roy Hodgson’s two home games against Leeds have produced a total of 12 goals; he beat them 4-1 with Crystal Palace last season and lost 4-3 with Blackburn in September 1997 – a game that saw all seven goals scored in the opening 33 minutes.
• Having been directly involved in 13 goals in his first 16 Premier League appearances (8 goals, 5 assists), Watford’s Emmanuel Dennis has scored just once (with no assists) in his last 12 in the competition.
• Kalvin Phillips made his first Leeds United appearance since December, as a substitute in their 1-1 draw with Southampton. In the Premier League this season, Leeds have conceded just 14 goals with Phillips on the pitch (one every 80 minutes) compared with 54 goals without him on the pitch (one every 36 minutes).
• Jack Harrison has scored six Premier League goals for Leeds in 2022, twice as many as any of his teammates have managed (Rodrigo and Daniel James, 3). He’s scored in his last two appearances and is looking to find the net in three in a row for the first time in the Premier League.

• Aston Villa have won just two of their last 20 Premier League games against Spurs (D3 L15), both away from home in April 2015 and May 2021. Their last victory against them at Villa Park was in January 2008.
• Tottenham have won their last six Premier League away games against Aston Villa. Only against the Villans themselves have they had a longer winning away run in their league history (7 between 1950 and 1956).
• Aston Villa have lost their last three Premier League matches, losing each game by a one-goal margin. Indeed, the Villans have lost 12 matches by one goal this season, more than any other side.
• Tottenham Hotspur have scored 21 goals in their last six Premier League matches (W5 L1), scoring four or more goals in three of those games (4-0 vs Leeds, 5-0 vs Everton, 5-1 vs Newcastle). It’s the first time Spurs have scored 21 times in the space of six top-flight games since a run between April and September 1965.
• Aston Villa have won just four of their last 30 Premier League matches in April (D9 L17) and have lost nine of their last 11 games in the month (W1 D1) – their one win was a 3-1 home victory over Fulham last year.
• Spurs have scored 43 goals in their 20 Premier League matches under Antonio Conte (W12 D3 L5); in Premier League history, the only managers to see their teams score more goals in their first 20 games in charge at a club are Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea in 2009 (45 goals) and Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City in 2013-14 (57 goals).
• Steven Gerrard has lost nine of his 19 Premier League matches as Aston Villa manager (W7 D2), after only losing 11 of his 118 league matches as Rangers manager between 2018 and 2021. He has lost his last three Premier League gameswith Villa, only ending on the losing side in four in a row as a player once - a run of five in November and December 2002 at Liverpool.
• Harry Kane has scored in all three of his away Premier League appearances against Aston Villa for Spurs, scoring in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2020-21. The only player to score in four consecutive away Premier League appearances against Villa is Romelu Lukaku (2013-2021).
• Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins has scored in and lost eight Premier League matches since the start of last season, the most of any player. In Premier League history, only Gareth Barry (12) and Christian Benteke (9) have scored in and lost more Villa matches.
• Son Heung-Min has scored and assisted in 20 Premier League matches for Spurs – since his debut, only Mohamed Salah (23 games) has done so more often. He has been directly involved in 15 goals in his last 16 Premier League appearances (10 goals, 5 assists).

• Brentford are looking to complete their first league double over West Ham since 1953-54, though this is just the second campaign in which they’ve met since then.
• This will be West Ham’s first visit to Brentford since a 0-0 draw in December 1992, while their last away league win against the Bees was back in March 1953 (4-1).
• Brentford have won three of their last four Premier League matches (L1), as many as in their previous 20 games combined (D3 L14). They are looking to become the first side to win 10 matches in their first Premier League season since Bournemouth in 2015-16 (11 wins).
• West Ham have lost six of their last 10 away Premier League matches (W2 D2), as many as in their previous 27 on the road. The Hammers haven’t lost three in a row away from home since a run of seven between December 2019 and June 2020.
• Brentford have earned 11 points from Premier League London derbies so far this season (W3 D2 L3), with only Chelsea (18) earning more. The last London side to earn more in their first season in the competition was West Ham in 1993-94 (14).
• 10 of West Ham’s 15 Premier League wins this season have been by a single goal margin, with only Wolves (11) having more such victories this term.
• Jarrod Bowen has been directly involved in 17 goals in 29 Premier League appearances for West Ham United this season (9 goals, 8 assists). Bowen is looking to become the first Englishman to score 10 Premier League goals in a season for the Hammers since Kevin Nolan in 2012-13.
• Brentford have won all three Premier League matches that Christian Eriksen has started this season – for the Bees in those matches combined, he has completed the most passes (111), played the most passes into the box (26) and no player has created more chances than the Dane (5).
• West Ham’s Michail Antonio hasn’t scored in any of his last 11 Premier League games, since netting against Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day. It’s his longest run without a league goal since a run of 14 between March and November 2018.
• West Ham boss David Moyes has won nine of his last 12 Premier League matches against newly-promoted sides (D2 L1), although his one defeat came at home against Brentford earlier in the season. The only two promoted sides to complete a league double over Moyes in a season are West Brom (2010-11 vs Everton) and Middlesbrough (2016-17 vs Sunderland).

• Leicester are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W3 D2), having lost each of their previous four against the Eagles before this.
• Crystal Palace have lost their last two away league games against Leicester – they last lost more consecutively away against the Foxes between April 1922 and March 1925, in their first four such league visits.
• Leicester City have picked up 10 points in their last five Premier League games (W3 D1 L1), one more than in their previous 10 matches in the competition (W2 D3 L5).
• Crystal Palace have won their last two away league matches, beating Watford and Wolves, having won just one of their first 12 away games this season (D6 L5). The Eagles last won three in a row in April/May 2019 under Roy Hodgson.
• Crystal Palace have alternated between winning (3) and drawing (2) in their last five Premier League games, beating Arsenal 3-0 last time out. The Eagles have won consecutive league games just once this season, doing so against Man City and Wolves in October/November.
• Crystal Palace have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four games in all competitions, with the Eagles last having a longer such run back in October/November 2011 (6 games).
• Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has scored more Premier League goals against Leicester than he has versus any other side in the competition (6).
• Kelechi Iheanacho has been directly involved in 18 goals in his last 20 Premier League starts for Leicester City (13 goals, 5 assists) and has netted four goals against Crystal Palace in the top-flight, his best tally against a single opponent.
• No Leicester player has been directly involved in more Premier League goals this season than James Maddison (12 – 8 goals, 4 assists), with his eight goals a joint-high return for him in a single top-flight campaign.
• Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored three goals in his last four games in all competitions, as many as he had in his previous 20. The Frenchman is looking to score in three consecutive appearances for a top-flight club for the first time.

• Norwich City have won just one of their last 12 league games against Burnley (D3 L8), and are winless in seven against the Clarets since a 2-0 home win in April 2008.
• Burnley have kept a clean sheet in all three of their Premier League games against Norwich, making the Canaries one of just two sides they’ve never conceded against in the competition, along with Middlesbrough.
• Since winning consecutive Premier League matches in January against Everton and Watford, Norwich City have picked up just two points in eight Premier League matches (D2 L6), the fewest of any team in that time.
• Burnley have had the fewest shots (116) and amassed the lowest expected goals total (10.7) in away Premier League matches this season, with only Norwich (32) having fewer shots on target on the road than the Clarets (35). They’ve only managed more than 10 shots in one away game (11 vs Everton), while Norwich have faced more than 10 shots in all but three of their home games.
• Norwich have lost at least 20 matches in each of their last four Premier League seasons (21 in 2013-14, 22 in 2015-16, 27 in 2019-20, 20 this season), having only lost 20 matches in three of their first 23 top-flight campaigns. They are only the fourth side to lose 20+ Premier League matches in four seasons in a row and first since Aston Villa (2013-14 – 2019-20).
• Burnley have failed to score in any of their last three Premier League matches against teams starting the day bottom of the table (D1 L2), losing their two away games in that run: 1-0 vs Sheffield United in May 2021 and 1-0 vs Newcastle United in December 2021.
• Dean Smith has lost 12 of his 19 Premier League matches as Norwich manager (W3 D4) and lost seven of his 11 matches in charge of Aston Villa earlier this season (W3 D1). He is the only manager in Premier League history to have lost more than 50% of his games at two different clubs within the same season.
• Norwich City are the only current Premier League side that Sean Dyche has faced as Burnley manager in the competition and not lost against (P3 W2 D1). The other four teams he hasn’t suffered defeat against are all current Championship sides: Hull City (P4 W2 D2), Huddersfield Town (P4 W1 D3), Middlesbrough (P2 W1 D1) and Cardiff City (P2 W2).
• Teemu Pukki has scored in and lost four home Premier League matches for Norwich City this season, a joint-record by a player in a single season, after Heidar Helguson in 1999-00 for Watford, Shane Long in 2011-12 for West Brom and Danny Ings in 2019-20 for Southampton.
• Among the 2,056 instances in Premier League history of a player appearing 50 times for a single club, the four players to have ended on the losing side in the highest percentage of games are all current Norwich City players: Kenny McLean (71%, P65 L46), Max Aarons (70%, P64 L45), Tim Krul (68%, P59 L40) and Teemu Pukki (68%, P65 L44).

Manchester City (21/20) – Liverpool (5/2)

10 April 2022

• Manchester City have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League home games against Liverpool (W7 D4), going down 4-1 in Jürgen Klopp’s first visit to the Etihad in the competition in November 2015.
• Liverpool are winless in four Premier League games against Man City (D2 L2) – only once in the competition have they had a longer run without a win against them (5 between November 2011 and December 2013).
• Liverpool haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 Premier League away games against Man City, since a 0-0 draw in February 2010. They last had a longer run without an away top-flight clean sheet against an opponent against Blackburn, a run of 16 games between 1948 and 2004.
• Victory for Liverpool will see them finish a day top of the Premier League table for the first time since 1st October. Of the last eight Premier League meetings between the top two sides to take place within the final 10 games of the season, the team in second has won seven times (L1), including each of the last five in a row.
• This is the 50th ever Premier League match between the top two sides in the division, with the league leaders winning 20 and losing 18 (11 draws). It’s the third such match between Manchester City and Liverpool, following a goalless draw in October 2018 (Man City top), and the Citizens beating newly crowned champions Liverpool 4-0 in July 2020.
• Liverpool have won each of their last 10 Premier League games, keeping eight clean sheets in this run. It’s their fifth run of 10+ consecutive Premier League wins, with each of their previous four being ended by different sides (2-2 v Bolton 2006, 0-2 v Chelsea 2014, 1-1 v Man Utd 2019, 0-3 v Watford 2020).
• Man City manager Pep Guardiola has lost more matches in all competitions against Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp than versus any other manager (8), while Klopp has only lost as many matches against Felix Magath (8) in his managerial career as he has against Guardiola.
• Man City’s Phil Foden has scored in each of his last three Premier League games against Liverpool, and could become just the second player to score in four straight appearances against the Reds in the competition after Jamie Vardy (5 between 2016 and 2017).
• Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored in four of his last five Premier League games against Man City, including each of his last three in a row. The last player to score in four consecutive Premier League appearances against the Citizens was Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who did so in five in a row between December 2000 and October 2003.
• Seven of Diogo Jota’s 23 Premier League goals for Liverpool have been headers (30%), with only Sami Hyypiä scoring a higher share for the Reds in the competition (77% - min. 20 goals). However, Man City have conceded just one headed goal in the Premier League this season.