Everton – Crystal Palace

19 May 2022

• Everton have only lost one of their last 14 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W6 D7), though it did come in the reverse fixture in December this season.
• In what is the 22^nd different league campaign in which they’ve met, Crystal Palace are looking to complete the double over Everton for the very first time.
• Crystal Palace have beaten Everton twice this season, once in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup. As a top-flight side, the Eagles have only twice before beaten a side three teams in the same campaign – Charlton Athletic in 1989-90, and Stoke City in 2015-16.
• Everton have won just 25% of their Premier League games on Thursdays (3/12), their lowest win rate on a single day of the week. However, the Toffees are unbeaten in their last seven such games (W3 D4) since a 2-0 loss at Hull in January 2015.
• Crystal Palace have won their final away game in just three of their 12 Premier League seasons (D2 L7). Two of these were against teams who were relegated (2018-19 v Cardiff, 2017-18 v Stoke), and the other was on Merseyside (2014-15 v Liverpool).
• Everton have conceded 59 goals in the Premier League this season, only in 1993-94 (63) have they ever shipped more. Meanwhile, in a 20-team season, they’ve only shipped more in 1905-06 (66) and 1907-08 (64) in their league history.
• Seven of Crystal Palace’s Premier League goals this season have been scored by substitutes, their highest ever such tally in a single campaign. Odsonne Édouard, Jeffrey Schlupp and Michael Olise have netted two each for the Eagles this term, with only Dwight Gayle in 2013-14 (4) ever netting more from the bench for them in a single Premier League campaign.
• As well as having more red cards than any other side in Premier League history (104), Everton have had a league-high six players sent off this term. The Toffees last had more Premier League red cards in a single season in 2005-06 (7).
• Everton boss Frank Lampard and Crystal Palace’s Patrick Vieira faced each other 13 times as players in the Premier League, with Vieira winning nine of those meetings (D3 L1). The Frenchman was sent off in his only defeat to Lampard, a 2-1 loss for Arsenal at West Ham in October 1999.
• Everton’s Richarlison has been involved in seven goals in his last nine Premier League appearances (5 goals, 2 assists). Overall, he’s had a hand in 14 Premier League goals this season (9 goals, 5 assists), only registering more in 2019-20 (13 goals, 3 assists).

Aston Villa – Burnley

19 May 2022

• Following their 3-1 win at Turf Moor earlier this month, Aston Villa are looking to complete their first league double over Burnley since the 1925-26 campaign. They won 10-0 against them at Villa Park that season, their joint-biggest margin of victory in their Football League history.
• Burnley have lost just one of their last seven away league games against Aston Villa (W3 D3), going down 5-2 in February 2010. They’re unbeaten in their last three league visits to Villa Park, only having a longer run without defeat there once (4 games between 1930 and 1947).
• Aston Villa have won their final home league game in each of the last two seasons, beating Arsenal 1-0 in 2019-20 and Chelsea 2-1 last term. They last won their final home game in three consecutive campaigns between 2000-01 and 2002-03.
• Burnley have lost their final away league game in four of the last five seasons, winning the other against already relegated Norwich City in 2019-20.
• Aston Villa haven’t won any of their last seven midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League home games (D3 L4) since a 1-0 win against Arsenal in July 2020.
• Burnley have won 38% of their Premier League games on Thursdays (3/8), their best win rate on a single day of the week. Those three wins have come in their last five such games (D1 L1), with the Clarets also keeping four clean sheets in that run.
• Aston Villa have opened the scoring in each of their last four Premier League games, their longest run since a run of five in April/May last season. However, the Villans have failed to go on to win either of their last two, losing 2-1 against Liverpool and drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace.
• Burnley have won just two of their last 19 Premier League away games (D7 L10), with only bottom side Norwich (11) scoring fewer goals on the road this term than the Clarets (15).
• Only already-relegated sides Norwich (21) and Watford (18) have failed to score in more different Premier League games this season than Burnley (16). Only in 2014-15 (18) and 2020-21 (17) have the Clarets failed to find the net in more different Premier League matches.
• Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins has scored three goals in his last four Premier League games, as many as he had in his previous 14 league appearances. If he scores here, it will be his 50^th home goal in English league football (excluding play-offs).

Chelsea – Leicester City

19 May 2022

• Following their 3-0 victory against Leicester earlier this season, Chelsea are looking to complete their first league double over the Foxes since 2016-17, when they won 3-0 home and away en route to winning the title.
• Leicester have won just one of their last nine Premier League away games against Chelsea (D3 L5), with the Foxes scoring just five goals in these visits and never more than once in a game.
• Leicester haven’t won their final away game in any of their last 13 Premier League campaigns (D3 L10), since a 4-2 win at Blackburn in 1996-97. Indeed, the Foxes have lost each of their last five such games, including a 2-1 loss at Chelsea last season.
• Leicester have lost five of their last seven Premier League games in London, with the exceptions being a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace and a 2-1 win at Brentford this season. The Foxes had only lost one of their previous 10 visits to the capital before this run (W5 D4).
• Chelsea have picked up just one win in their last four Premier League home games (D1 L2). The Blues have conceded 10 goals in these four games, as many as they had in their previous 13 at Stamford Bridge.
• Leicester have scored eight goals in their last two Premier League games (3-0 v Norwich, 5-1 v Watford), one more than they had in their previous seven games combined. The Foxes are looking to score 3+ goals in three consecutive Premier League games for the fourth time, previously doing so in March 1997, March 2017 and September 2020.
• Mason Mount has both scored and assisted in six different Premier League games this season, the most any Chelsea player has done so in a single campaign. Only two English players have ever scored and assisted in seven different games within a Premier League season – Alan Shearer in 1994-95 and Harry Kane in 2020-21.
• Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku has scored three goals in his last two Premier League appearances, having netted just two in 20 before this. The Belgian is looking to score in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of four in September 2017 with Manchester United.
• Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored six goals in his last six Premier League starts, netting a brace in each of his last two. He’s two goals away from becoming the first player to score 100 Premier League goals while over the age of 30.
• Harvey Barnes has assisted more Premier League goals for Leicester this season than any other player (9), and he could become just the fourth different player to register double figures in a single campaign for the Foxes after Steve Guppy (1997-98 and 1998-99), Muzzy Izzet (2003-04) and Riyad Mahrez (2015-16 and 2017-18).