MW15 pre-match stats: Arsenal seeking to shake Stoke hex
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Look at all the key numbers as Newcastle United search for their third successive home win against Chelsea, Sergio Aguero aims to keep up his magical Manchester City form in a home encounter with Everton and Manchester United go to Southampton with a strong record of finishing the calendar year in style.
Here are all the key stats ahead of Matchweek 15, and remember you can keep up to date with all of the action as it happens in our Carlsberg Live Match Centre: live.premierleague.com.
3pm kick-offs unless listed otherwise
Saturday 6 December
12:45pm Newcastle United v Chelsea | #NEWCHE | More on Live Match Centre >>
After five home matches without a win against Chelsea, Newcastle United have won the last two Barclays Premier League encounters with the Blues at St James Park.
Chelsea have never won at St James' Park in three league visits under Jose Mourinho (D2 L2).
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 23 matches in all competitions. They have never before gone 24 competitive fixtures in a row without defeat.
If Chelsea avoid defeat in this match they will only be the fourth team to go unbeaten in their opening 15+ fixtures in a Barclays Premier League season (after Arsenal twice, Manchester United and Man City).
The Magpies are the only team yet to score in the opening 30 minutes of their top flight this season. Their earliest goal this season has come in the 37th minute.
Jose Mourinho could reach the 400-point landmark as a BPL manager in this match (currently 398).
The Chelsea midfield duo of Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic, who is suspended for the trip to Newcastle, have run further than anyone else in the competition (Fabregas 164.1km, Matic 162.9km).
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Hull City v West Bromwich Albion | #HULWBA | More on Live Match Centre >>
Hull City have won two and lost none of the four Barclays Premier League meetings with West Bromwich Albion (D2).
West Brom have scored just five goals in their last 11 league away matches and never more than once in this run.
Robert Snodgrass has scored in two of his three BPL appearances against West Brom.
Michael Dawson has been booked in each of his last two top flight appearances, his previous two yellow cards came over a 23-game period.
Saido Berahino has now gone 436 minutes without a goal in the BPL.
The Baggies have lost their last four league matches. They have not lost five top flight fixtures in a row since January 2011.
Hull have won only six BPL games in 2014 so far, fewer than any ever-present team during that time (D8 L19).
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Liverpool v Sunderland | #LIVSUN | More on Live Match Centre >>
Liverpool have won five and lost just one of the last nine Barclays Premier League meetings with Sunderland.
Sunderland have won none of their last 15 league trips to Anfield (W0 D7 L8).
No English player has scored more top flight goals in 2014 than Steven Gerrard (13; level with Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge).
The Liverpool captain has scored one and assisted three more in his last three league encounters against Sunderland.
Liverpool are looking to win three league matches in a row for the first time since their spell of 11 successive victories earlier in the year.
Each of Liverpools last five BPL goals have been scored by five different Englishmen.
Liverpools players have made 20 errors leading directly to a goal or attempt this season, more than any other side.
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Queens Park Rangers v Burnley | #QPRBUR | More on Live Match Centre >>
Queens Park Rangers have lost just one of their last six home matches (W3 D2).
Burnley are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with QPR in all competitions (W5 D4).
Danny Ings scored three goals across the two league matches against QPR last season.
Four matches without defeat is Burnley's longest ever unbeaten run in the BPL.
The last time the Clarets went four unbeaten in the top flight was October 1975.
Charlie Austin has scored four goals in QPRs last three home matches.
Against Leicester last weekend, QPR attempted 33 shots on goal, the most in a single BPL match this season. They followed it up by having just five against Swansea City on Tuesday.
Burnley's George Boyd travelled 12.8km during Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Newcastle (at least 1km further than anyone else on the pitch) and he has travelled six of the top 13 individual distances in the league this season.
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Stoke City v Arsenal | #STKARS | More on Live Match Centre >>
Stoke City have only lost one of their last eight home encounters with Arsenal in all competitions (W4 D3 L1).
Stoke striker Peter Crouch has scored seven goals against Arsenal, only against Blackburn Rovers (8) has he netted more in the top flight.
Alexis Sanchez has now scored three match-winning goals in the league this season; only Diego Costa (4) has more.
Sanchez has scored 14 times in all competitions for Arsenal; Sergio Aguero (19) is the only player from a BPL side with more this term.
Arsenal have scored seven goals in the final five minutes of BPL outings in 2014-15; more than any other side.
Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last six Barclays Premier League home matches as a manager against Arsenal (W4 D2).
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Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace | #TOTCRY | More on Live Match Centre >>
Christian Eriksen has created more goalscoring chances without providing an assist than any other Barclays Premier League player this term (28).
Tottenham Hotspur have conceded a league-high five penalties in the BPL this season.
Crystal Palace have not claimed a single point from any of their three London derbies so far this season (level on zero with Queens Park Rangers).
Mile Jedinak has scored three of Crystal Palace's last six league goals.
Palace have won only one of their last eight top flight matches (L5 D2).
Crystal Palace have won 99 points from their previous 106 BPL matches away from home (W23 D30 L53).
Spurs ran further than any BPL side during Matchweek 14 (116.8km) in their 0-3 loss to league leaders Chelsea.
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5:30pm Manchester City v Everton | #MCIEVE | More on Live Match Centre >>
Manchester City have kept just one clean sheet in their last 17 Barclays Premier League encounters with Everton.
Only against West Ham United (21) have Everton secured more BPL wins than versus Man City (17).
Romelu Lukaku has scored in both of his league appearances for Everton against City.
Five of Lukaku's six league goals this season have come before the 35th minute.
Sergio Aguero has scored seven times in his last eight home league appearances.
Roberto Martinez has faced Manchester City 10 times as a manager in the competition, and never been on the winning side (D1 L9), but he did guide Wigan Athletic to victory against City in the 2013 FA Cup final.
Frank Lampard has scored three goals in his last three league starts against Everton.
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Sunday 7 December
1:30pm West Ham v Swansea City | #WHUSWA | More on Live Match Centre >>
West Ham United have won nine and lost none of their last 11 home matches against Swansea in all competitions.
None of West Ham's last five league goals have been scored by their strikers. Of the previous nine, seven were netted by their front men.
Fifteen of Swansea's 19 league goals this season have been either scored or assisted by one of Wilfried Bony or Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson has eight assists in the league this season; only Cesc Fabregas (10) has more.
Only Chelsea (12) have had more goalscorers in this BPL campaign than West Ham (11).
Seven players have appeared in every league match for Swansea this season, only Chelsea have had as many ever-present players (7).
Of all regular first choice goalkeepers, Lukasz Fabianski has the best saves to shots ratio in the BPL this season (76%).
Aaron Cresswell has played every minute of the Hammers' campaign so far (1260) and has run further than any of his team-mates so far this season (147.6km), with only three other Hammers running further than him last weekend when he scored the winner against Newcastle (10.3km; Noble, Amalfitano and Downing went further).
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4pm Aston Villa v Leicester City | #AVLLEI | More on Live Match Centre >>
Aston Villa have suffered a defeat in just one of their last seven Barclays Premier League encounters with the Foxes (W3 D3 L1).
The last three BPL matches between Villa and Leicester have seen 13 goals scored (4.3 per game on average).
Christian Benteke's goal against Crystal Palace was his first since March (against Stoke City).
Since joining Villa, Benteke has scored 30 times in the league, 14 more than any of his team-mates.
The Villains are the only side yet to pick up a point after falling behind in the top flight this season.
Just four players have scored a BPL goal for Aston Villa this season (Cole, Agbonlahor, Weimann and Benteke); a lower spread than any other side.
Aston Villa are the only side yet to see a single substitute score or assist a league goal for them this season.
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Monday 8 December
8pm Southampton v Manchester United | #SOUMUN | More on Live Match Centre >>
Southampton have scored the first goal in four of their last five Barclays Premier League meetings with Manchester United, but lost three and won none of those four matches.
United have won nine and lost just one of the last 12 BPL matches against Saints.
Robin van Persie has scored five goals in six league appearances against Southampton.
This will be the first BPL match to be contested by two Dutch managers.
Of all teams to have played more than twice in December, Manchester United are the only team in BPL history to average more than two points per match in the month (2.19).
Southampton have started the fewest spread of players this season in the top flight (15), while Man Utd have handed starts to more players than any other team (26).
Nathaniel Clyne has made more tackles than any other BPL player this season (63).
Southampton's full backs Nathaniel Clyne (867) and Ryan Bertrand (761) are in the Top 20 for the most sprints so far this season. Against Arsenal on Wednesday, Clyne (67) made more sprints than any other Southampton player.
Here are all the key stats ahead of Matchweek 15, and remember you can keep up to date with all of the action as it happens in our Carlsberg Live Match Centre: live.premierleague.com.
3pm kick-offs unless listed otherwise
Saturday 6 December
12:45pm Newcastle United v Chelsea | #NEWCHE | More on Live Match Centre >>
After five home matches without a win against Chelsea, Newcastle United have won the last two Barclays Premier League encounters with the Blues at St James Park.
Chelsea have never won at St James' Park in three league visits under Jose Mourinho (D2 L2).
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 23 matches in all competitions. They have never before gone 24 competitive fixtures in a row without defeat.
If Chelsea avoid defeat in this match they will only be the fourth team to go unbeaten in their opening 15+ fixtures in a Barclays Premier League season (after Arsenal twice, Manchester United and Man City).
The Magpies are the only team yet to score in the opening 30 minutes of their top flight this season. Their earliest goal this season has come in the 37th minute.
Jose Mourinho could reach the 400-point landmark as a BPL manager in this match (currently 398).
The Chelsea midfield duo of Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic, who is suspended for the trip to Newcastle, have run further than anyone else in the competition (Fabregas 164.1km, Matic 162.9km).
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Hull City v West Bromwich Albion | #HULWBA | More on Live Match Centre >>
Hull City have won two and lost none of the four Barclays Premier League meetings with West Bromwich Albion (D2).
West Brom have scored just five goals in their last 11 league away matches and never more than once in this run.
Robert Snodgrass has scored in two of his three BPL appearances against West Brom.
Michael Dawson has been booked in each of his last two top flight appearances, his previous two yellow cards came over a 23-game period.
Saido Berahino has now gone 436 minutes without a goal in the BPL.
The Baggies have lost their last four league matches. They have not lost five top flight fixtures in a row since January 2011.
Hull have won only six BPL games in 2014 so far, fewer than any ever-present team during that time (D8 L19).
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Liverpool v Sunderland | #LIVSUN | More on Live Match Centre >>
Liverpool have won five and lost just one of the last nine Barclays Premier League meetings with Sunderland.
Sunderland have won none of their last 15 league trips to Anfield (W0 D7 L8).
No English player has scored more top flight goals in 2014 than Steven Gerrard (13; level with Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge).
The Liverpool captain has scored one and assisted three more in his last three league encounters against Sunderland.
Liverpool are looking to win three league matches in a row for the first time since their spell of 11 successive victories earlier in the year.
Each of Liverpools last five BPL goals have been scored by five different Englishmen.
Liverpools players have made 20 errors leading directly to a goal or attempt this season, more than any other side.
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Queens Park Rangers v Burnley | #QPRBUR | More on Live Match Centre >>
Queens Park Rangers have lost just one of their last six home matches (W3 D2).
Burnley are unbeaten in their last nine meetings with QPR in all competitions (W5 D4).
Danny Ings scored three goals across the two league matches against QPR last season.
Four matches without defeat is Burnley's longest ever unbeaten run in the BPL.
The last time the Clarets went four unbeaten in the top flight was October 1975.
Charlie Austin has scored four goals in QPRs last three home matches.
Against Leicester last weekend, QPR attempted 33 shots on goal, the most in a single BPL match this season. They followed it up by having just five against Swansea City on Tuesday.
Burnley's George Boyd travelled 12.8km during Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Newcastle (at least 1km further than anyone else on the pitch) and he has travelled six of the top 13 individual distances in the league this season.
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Stoke City v Arsenal | #STKARS | More on Live Match Centre >>
Stoke City have only lost one of their last eight home encounters with Arsenal in all competitions (W4 D3 L1).
Stoke striker Peter Crouch has scored seven goals against Arsenal, only against Blackburn Rovers (8) has he netted more in the top flight.
Alexis Sanchez has now scored three match-winning goals in the league this season; only Diego Costa (4) has more.
Sanchez has scored 14 times in all competitions for Arsenal; Sergio Aguero (19) is the only player from a BPL side with more this term.
Arsenal have scored seven goals in the final five minutes of BPL outings in 2014-15; more than any other side.
Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last six Barclays Premier League home matches as a manager against Arsenal (W4 D2).
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Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace | #TOTCRY | More on Live Match Centre >>
Christian Eriksen has created more goalscoring chances without providing an assist than any other Barclays Premier League player this term (28).
Tottenham Hotspur have conceded a league-high five penalties in the BPL this season.
Crystal Palace have not claimed a single point from any of their three London derbies so far this season (level on zero with Queens Park Rangers).
Mile Jedinak has scored three of Crystal Palace's last six league goals.
Palace have won only one of their last eight top flight matches (L5 D2).
Crystal Palace have won 99 points from their previous 106 BPL matches away from home (W23 D30 L53).
Spurs ran further than any BPL side during Matchweek 14 (116.8km) in their 0-3 loss to league leaders Chelsea.
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5:30pm Manchester City v Everton | #MCIEVE | More on Live Match Centre >>
Manchester City have kept just one clean sheet in their last 17 Barclays Premier League encounters with Everton.
Only against West Ham United (21) have Everton secured more BPL wins than versus Man City (17).
Romelu Lukaku has scored in both of his league appearances for Everton against City.
Five of Lukaku's six league goals this season have come before the 35th minute.
Sergio Aguero has scored seven times in his last eight home league appearances.
Roberto Martinez has faced Manchester City 10 times as a manager in the competition, and never been on the winning side (D1 L9), but he did guide Wigan Athletic to victory against City in the 2013 FA Cup final.
Frank Lampard has scored three goals in his last three league starts against Everton.
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Sunday 7 December
1:30pm West Ham v Swansea City | #WHUSWA | More on Live Match Centre >>
West Ham United have won nine and lost none of their last 11 home matches against Swansea in all competitions.
None of West Ham's last five league goals have been scored by their strikers. Of the previous nine, seven were netted by their front men.
Fifteen of Swansea's 19 league goals this season have been either scored or assisted by one of Wilfried Bony or Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson has eight assists in the league this season; only Cesc Fabregas (10) has more.
Only Chelsea (12) have had more goalscorers in this BPL campaign than West Ham (11).
Seven players have appeared in every league match for Swansea this season, only Chelsea have had as many ever-present players (7).
Of all regular first choice goalkeepers, Lukasz Fabianski has the best saves to shots ratio in the BPL this season (76%).
Aaron Cresswell has played every minute of the Hammers' campaign so far (1260) and has run further than any of his team-mates so far this season (147.6km), with only three other Hammers running further than him last weekend when he scored the winner against Newcastle (10.3km; Noble, Amalfitano and Downing went further).
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4pm Aston Villa v Leicester City | #AVLLEI | More on Live Match Centre >>
Aston Villa have suffered a defeat in just one of their last seven Barclays Premier League encounters with the Foxes (W3 D3 L1).
The last three BPL matches between Villa and Leicester have seen 13 goals scored (4.3 per game on average).
Christian Benteke's goal against Crystal Palace was his first since March (against Stoke City).
Since joining Villa, Benteke has scored 30 times in the league, 14 more than any of his team-mates.
The Villains are the only side yet to pick up a point after falling behind in the top flight this season.
Just four players have scored a BPL goal for Aston Villa this season (Cole, Agbonlahor, Weimann and Benteke); a lower spread than any other side.
Aston Villa are the only side yet to see a single substitute score or assist a league goal for them this season.
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Monday 8 December
8pm Southampton v Manchester United | #SOUMUN | More on Live Match Centre >>
Southampton have scored the first goal in four of their last five Barclays Premier League meetings with Manchester United, but lost three and won none of those four matches.
United have won nine and lost just one of the last 12 BPL matches against Saints.
Robin van Persie has scored five goals in six league appearances against Southampton.
This will be the first BPL match to be contested by two Dutch managers.
Of all teams to have played more than twice in December, Manchester United are the only team in BPL history to average more than two points per match in the month (2.19).
Southampton have started the fewest spread of players this season in the top flight (15), while Man Utd have handed starts to more players than any other team (26).
Nathaniel Clyne has made more tackles than any other BPL player this season (63).
Southampton's full backs Nathaniel Clyne (867) and Ryan Bertrand (761) are in the Top 20 for the most sprints so far this season. Against Arsenal on Wednesday, Clyne (67) made more sprints than any other Southampton player.
