| 28/08/21 | 12:30 (UK) | Etihad |Manchester City Vs Arsenal |

▪ Manchester City and Arsenal will meet for a 49th in Premier League history.

▪ Manchester City have won 15 matches (at the time of writing), Arsenal have won 23 matches and there have been 10 draws.

▪ Manchester City go in the fixture off the back of their first win of the season – Vs Norwich City (5-0) – and 8 consecutive Premier League wins against Arsenal (since November 2017).

▪ Arsenal are currently one of 5 Premier League teams yet to have picked up a point this season (first 2 GWS).

▪ Arsenal won their first match of the season – Vs West Brom (0-6) {away from home in the League Cup} – on Wednesday (25/08/21).

▪ Arsenal have not beaten Manchester City in the Premier League since 2015.

▪ Arsenal previously beat Manchester City in 2019, en route to winning the FA Cup that year, with a 2-1 semi-final win against Guardiola’s side.

▪ Sterling has scored or assisted in his previous 6 Premier League matches against Arsenal – he also scored a brace against the same opposition for Liverpool in Febuary 2014 (5-1).

| Trivia |

| Players That Played For Both Clubs |

Seaman

Sagna

Clichy

Nasri

Adebayor

| 28/08/21 | 15:00 (UK) | Villa Park | Aston Villa Vs Brentford |

▪ Aston Villa and Brentford will face one another for the first time in Premier League history.

Aston Villa, in their third consecutive back in the Premier League, got their first win of the season at home to Newcastle United (2-0) and face a newly promoted Brentford side that is undefeated (3 matches in all competitions, 4 including the Championship Play-Off final) and has yet to concede in their first ever season in the Premier League (albeit after only 2 GWs).

• Aston Villa have scored 4 goals in their opening two matches, scoring from all of their shots on target.

• Brentford have yet to concede since being promoted to the Premier League, and have conceded minimal shots on target (7) but have conceded 31 shots on goal overall in two matches (stats self- compiled with the use of SofaScore).

| Smith & Watkins (Possibly) To Face Their Old Club |

Aston Villa manager Dean Smith, who managed Brentford for the best part of three years, faces his old club on Saturday.

Former Brentford forward Watkins has yet to feature for Aston Villa this season, after an impressive pre-season, but may be nearing a return to Aston Villa’s line up.

| Aston Villa’s Team/Squad/Options |

Aston Villa have plenty of attacking options at their disposal, despite the departure of Grealish to Manchester City, new signings and players returning from injury gives Smith food for thought from here on in.

Ings already has scored in both of his opening matches, including a spectacular bicycle kick, Buendia has two starts under his belt, Ramsey has started two league matches and Archer scored a hat-trick in the League Cup in midweek – Watkins is pushing for a first start and Bailey has yet to start but got an assist against Watford GW1 as a susbstitute but is currently out injured).

Aston Villa won 0-6 in the League Cup on Tuesday (24/08/21).

Aston Villa have scored 10 goals in 3 matches in all competitions this season.

| 28/08/21 | 15:00 (UK) | Amex | Brighton Vs Everton |

Brighton and Everton both go in to the fixture unbeaten in the Premier League this season (2 GWS).

▪ Brighton go in to the fixture with two wins in their first two matches of the 2021/22 Premier League season.

▪ Brighton are undefeated at home against Everton in the Premier League (4).

▪ Everton beat Huddersfield Town 1-2 in the League Cup on Tuesday (24/08/21), and are unbeaten in 3 matches (in all competitions) under new manager Benitez.

| 28/08/21 | 15:00 (UK) | St.James’ Park | Newcastle United Vs Southampton |

▪ Both sides are yet to win a match in the Premier League this season (at the time of writing).

▪ Newcastle United were knocked out of the League Cup by Burnley on penalties in midweek.

▪ Southampton go in to match off the back of a 0-8 away win at Newport in the League Cup on Wednesday (25/08/21) and a draw at home against Manchester United (2nd in the Premier League in 2020/21) – the match saw Elyounoussi score a hat-trick and get 2 assists.

▪ Both sides have won exactly 16 matches each in 48 matches between both clubs (8 draws) in Premier League history.

| 28/08/21 | 15:00 (UK) | Carrow Road | Norwich City Vs Leicester City |

▪ Both clubs will meet for a 7th time in the Premier League.

▪ Norwich City got their first win of the season against Bournemouth (6-0) in the League Cup on Tuesday (24/08/21), but are yet win or pick up a point in the Premier League (at the time of writing).

▪ Leicester City have 4 first team defenders out injured (Justin, Evans, Vestergaard & Forfana) and Perez suspended.

▪ Norwich City have yet to score in the Premier League this season, but in front of a home crowd may see an opportunity to get at Leicester City, and look to Pukki and Cantwell to make the difference – the pair got 17 goals between them (11 & 6 respectively) in the Premier League in 2018/19.

| Leicester City On The Break (?)|

Leicester City have struggled somewhat thus far this season, after a 4-1 defeat at West Ham United and conceding 17 shots at home to Wolves despite somehow winning 1-0, but do have pace on the break to threaten a Norwich City side that leaves itself open when going on the attack.

| 28/08/21 | 15:00 (UK) | The London Stadium | West Ham United Vs Crystal Palace |

▪ West Ham United, currently the top scoring team in the Premier League in 2021/22, are top of the league with 6 points and face Crystal Palace (1 point).

▪ West Ham United’s Antonio is the league’s joint top scorer with 3 goals (3 assists, 2 official and 1 fantasy football assist).

▪ West Ham United have 5 different goal scorers (Antonio, Benrahma, Soucek, Fornals & Cresswell).

▪ West Ham United have won 8 matches against Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

▪ Crystal Palace have won 6 matches against West Ham United in the Premier League.

▪ West Ham United have won 4 of their previous 6 Premier League matches (2021/22 & 2020/21).

▪ West Ham United are unbeaten in 15 of their previous 20 *home* Premier League matches).

▪ West Ham United had 19 shots on goal (7 on target) against Leicester City (10 men) and 18 shots on goal (9 shots on target) against Newcastle United (2-4).

▪ Crystal Palace conceded 14 shots (3 shots on target) and 13 shots (6 shots on target) against – Brentford (0-0) & Chelsea (3-0) respectively.

| 28/08/21 | 17:30 (UK) | Anfield | Liverpool Vs Chelsea |

Anfield will have a full crowd in once again, on a Saturday evening, to host another big home match.

▪ Liverpool have had 46 shots on goal in 2 Premier League matches this season (17 on target).

▪ Chelsea have had 33 shots on goal (11 on target) in Premier League matches this season.

The match will see the following:-

2019/20 Premier League winners Vs 2020/21 UEFA Champions League winners

3rd Vs 2nd (after 2 GWS in 2021/22)

Salah, Jota/Firmino & Mané Vs Chelsea’s back 3 [or back 5 at times] (unless there are changes in formation)

Matip (if selected)/Van Dijk Vs Lukaku

Fabinho/Henderson Vs Kante/Jorginho

Trent & Roberson/Kostas & Salah & Mané Vs Chelsea’s 3 at the back/wing back system

Two of the best performing goalkeepers in the Premier League (no goals conceded after two GWS).

Both sides go in the fixture both with 6 points, having won 2 matches, scored 5 goals, conceded 0 goals, and with a plus 5 goal difference.

▪ Liverpool face Chelsea in the Premier League for a 59th time in Premier League history – Liverpool have won 23, Chelsea have won 21, and there have been 14 draws.

▪ Both clubs met in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final (2-2 AET, Liverpool winning on penalties).

▪ Liverpool have won 2 of their previous 3 Premier League home matches against Chelsea (5-3 & 2-0).

▪ Salah is two goals off reaching 100 Premier League goals (for Liverpool & Chelsea).

▪ Salah has scored (2 goals) or assisted (1) in 3 of his previous 4 home matches in the Premier League against Chelsea.

▪ Mané has scored 5 goals in his previous 6 matches in all competitions against Chelsea (including a brace in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final).

▪ Liverpool are unbeaten in their previous 5 of their 6 home Premier League matches against Chelsea.

| 29/08/21 | 14:00 (UK) | Turf Moor | Burnley Vs Leeds United |

Both sides go in the fixture without a win in the Premier League this season.

▪ Leeds United conceded 15 goals from set pieces in 2020/21.

| Wood faces his old club |

The New Zeeland international is Burnley’s main striker, and offers Burnley a physical outlet up top, who has the attributes to cause Leeds United problems.

Leeds United have conceded 7 goals in 2 matches, but have Llorente available for selection again, as well as having had Phillips back (started in Leeds United’s 2-2 draw home against Everton).

| 29/08/21 | 14:00 (UK) | The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Spurs Vs Watford |

Spurs go in to their third Premier League match of the season as one of five teams with a 100% record (2 wins), against a newly promoted Watford side, that beat Aston Villa (3-2) on the opening weekend of the season.

| Kane Back In Favour ? |

Kane made his first appearance of the season as a substitute, in Spurs’ away win at Wolves (0-1), and scored a brace for Spurs on Thursday (26/08/21) in a 3-0 home win in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Kane was the top scorer and top assister in the Premier League in 2020/21.

Kane and Son boost decent goal scoring records against Watford having previously scored at least three goals each against said opposition.

| 29/08/21 | 16:30 | Molineux | Wolves Vs Manchester United |

▪ Wolves are yet to score or pick up a point this season.

▪ Wolves have only beaten Manchester United 3 times in Premier League history but did record one of those wins in April 2019.

Their other two wins against Manchester United came in Febuary 2011 and in January 2004.

▪ Wolves have created numerous chances this season but have yet to score, but are boosted by having Jiménez back, and pacey options such as Adama Troare out wide to support him in attack.

▪ Manchester United are unbeaten in 20 Premier League matches away from home.