Matches Playing 3rd May 2008

Manchester United v West Ham

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• West Ham have won the last three league meetings with Man Utd.
• Carlos Tevez scored the winning goal the last time these two sides met at Old Trafford - while playing for the Hammers.
• The last five meetings between the two sides have all been won by a one-goal margin.
• Man Utd inflicted the Hammers' biggest ever Premier League defeat (1-7) in April 2000.
• Wayne Rooney has scored four in his last five league outings.
• 33% of the goals United have conceded this season have been headers - the highest proportion in the top flight.
• West Ham have scored only three goals from outside the box this season - fewer than any other team.
• The last time Mike Riley officiated Man Utd v West Ham at Old Trafford, he awarded the Red Devils two penalties.
• Robert Green has made three penalty saves this season - more than any other goalkeeper
• United have won 16 and lost one of their last 17 Premier League games at Old Trafford.

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Aston Villa v Wigan

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• Gabriel Agbonlahor has scored in the last two league meetings with Wigan.
• The young English forward has also netted in his last four Premier League outings.
• John Carew has scored four goals in his last three league games.
• Wigan have taken four points in two visits to Villa Park in the Premier League.
• Emile Heskey failed to score in his first 16 Premier League games against Villa but has netted two in the last four.
• Emile Heskey needs two more goals to become the 14th player to break through the 100 Premier League goals barrier.
• Wigan have drawn their last three games in the Premier League.
• Wigan have won only one away match this season - a 1-0 victory over Derby - and only two teams - Reading (7) and Derby (3) - have picked up fewer points on the road this campaign.
• Villa have won five and lost just one of their last nine matches at Villa Park.
• Villa have conceded exactly one goal in eight of their last nine home games, keeping a clean sheet in the other (v Bolton).
• Only 18 players have started games for Villa this season, only Manchester United in 1992-93 (17) have used fewer in PL history.

Middlesbrough v Portsmouth

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• The home side has failed to score in the last three meetings between Boro and Portsmouth.
• Kanu has scored five Premier League goals against Boro - more than against any other opponent.
• Gary O'Neil has scored two goals in this fixture - both while playing for Portsmouth.
• Afonso Alves has scored three goals in his last four matches.
• Middlesbrough have won only one of their last 10 Premier League outings.
• Boro have only won two out of 18 Premier League games this season against the top 10 sides.
• Just 27% of Boro's goals this season have been scored by their strikers - the lowest proportion in the top flight.
• Middlesbrough have scored five own goals this season - more than any other team.
• 24% of Boro's goals have been netted in the opening 15 minutes of games - the highest percentage in the top flight.
• 35% of the goals Pompey have conceded have come in the opening quarter of an hour - the highest percentage in the division.
• Middlesbrough are seeking their 100th Premier League home win.

Blackburn v Derby

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• The last four Premier League meetings between Rovers and County have all been won by a single-goal margin.
• Robbie Savage is the Premier league player with the most yellow cards - he earned 25 of them in three years with Blackburn before signing for Derby
• in January's transfer window.
• Blackburn have lost only one game to a team in the bottom half of the table this season.
• Derby have conceded 14 goals in their last three league games.
• If Derby lose this match it will be their worst away run of the season, six successive defeats.
• Rovers have conceded exactly one goal in their last five Premier League games at their Ewood base.
• Only four of Roque Santa Cruz's 17 goals this season have come in home games.
• Derby have a better Premier League record in May (1.46 pts per game) than Blackburn (1.39).
• If Derby lose this game then they are guaranteed to set a new record low points total in the Premier League.

Fulham v Birmingham

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• Only one of the last 13 league meetings between Birmingham and Fulham has ended as a home win.
• The Blues have only lost one of four trips to London in the Premier League this season.
• Fulham have won three and lost none of their last eight league games against visitors from the Midlands.
• Birmingham have gone 17 games without a clean sheet - the longest current run in the top division.
• Only Cristiano Ronaldo (4) has scored more direct free kicks than Seb Larsson (3) this season.
• Fulham haven't lost any of their other seven games against teams in the current bottom five.
• Since defeating Spurs in their opening away game under Alex McLeish, Birmingham have lost eight and drawn two of their road trips.
• The Blues are unbeaten in London under the Scot as, in addition to the win over Tottenham, the two draws were against Arsenal and West Ham.
• Birmingham have won only one of their last eight Premier League games.
• Fulham have scored as many goals in their last five games as they had mustered in the previous eight.

Reading v Tottenham

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• Dimitar Berbatov has scored six goals in two games against Reading this season.
• Excluding that game, Robbie Keane has scored Spurs' only goal in each of the other three meetings with Reading in all competitions over the last two seasons.
• Reading have scored six goals in three games against Spurs this season, but won none of them.
• Spurs' last four games have ended 1-1.
• Spurs have hit the woodwork 14 times - more than any other side this season.
• Marcus Hahnemann has made 145 saves - more than any other goalkeeper in the league.
• Spurs need one point from their remaining two games to prevent this from being their worst ever Premier League season.
• Reading have failed to score in their last five Premier League games, only Derby (7) have been on a worse run this season.
• Dimitar Berbatov has scored inside 10 minutes in both of Spurs' last two away games.

Bolton v Sunderland

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• There have been two goals scored in each of the three Premier League games between Bolton and Sunderland.
• The Black Cats have lost all six Premier League trips to the north-west this season.
• Bolton are the only team in the Premier League who have not picked up a red card this season.
• Bolton have scored just one goal in each of their last three league games, but those goals have earned them seven points.
• Sunderland have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight games and have conceded two in each of their last three matches.
• Bolton have scored 30% of their goals in the 15 minutes leading up to half-time and 24% in the 15 minutes immediately after - both league-high proportions this season.
• Five of Michael Chopra's seven Premier League goals (all-time) have been scored away from home.
• Sunderland have mustered 95 headed shots - more than any other side.
• The Black Cats have conceded nine penalties this season - a league high.
• Sunderland have picked up an additional 11 points courtesy of goals scored in the final five minutes of matches - more than any other side this season - without those 10 points they would be in the relegation zone.

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