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Matches Playing 11th April 2009
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers
Middlesbrough v Hull City
Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland v Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham
Wigan Athletic v Arsenal
Stoke City v Newcastle United
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Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Liverpool's last two Premier League meetings with Blackburn have ended as 3-1 wins to the Reds.
- Rovers have scored exactly one goal in four of their last five clashes with Liverpool.
- Blackburn have won only one of their 14 Premier League games at Anfield - this coming back in September 1993.
- All four goals in this game last season came in the final half hour of the match.
- Liverpool have gone 26 home games without defeat, the longest current run in the top-flight.
- Liverpool have scored eight 90th minute goals this season, more than any other team.
- The Reds have been denied by the woodwork 24 times this season, more than any other team in the division.
- Blackburn and Liverpool have both been awarded a joint-high five penalties this season.
- Liverpool are the only side not to have suffered a red card this season.
- Rovers have lost only three of their last 14 Premier League games.
- Liverpool have won eight and drawn three of their 11 north west derby games this season, scoring 25 goals in the process.
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Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - The nine Premier League matches between these sides at Stamford Bridge have produced 33 goals, an average of 3.67 per game.
- Chelsea have won seven and drawn three of their last 10 Premier League encounters with the Trotters.
- Bolton have taken a point from each of their last two trips to Stamford Bridge, though.
- Chelsea have scored at least once in their last 16 top-flight meetings with Bolton.
- Frank Lampard has created 117 goalscoring chances this season, more than any other player in the Premier League.
- Kevin Davies has scored six goals in his last nine Premier League matches.
- Chelsea are the only side not to have conceded a penalty in 2008-09.
- Chelsea have allowed only 90 shots on target this season, a total only Liverpool can match.
- Wanderers have only kept one clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League games.
- Bolton have scored a league-high 10 goals from indirect free-kick manoeuvres.
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Middlesbrough v Hull City |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Hull have failed to score in their last three league games in Middlesbrough.
- In the meeting at Hull earlier in the season, the last 11 minutes produced three goals (one penalty and one own goal) and a red card.
- That match was Hull's last Premier League win on home soil.
- Marlon King scored the winner for Hull in this match from the spot - he is now on loan at Middlesbrough from Wigan.
- Boro have won only one of their last 19 Premier League games.
- The Tigers have won just one of their last 15 league fixtures.
- Phil Brown's men have scored a league-high nine goals from corners, whereas no side has conceded more in this way this season than Boro - eight.
- The Tigers have been saved by their own goalframe 23 times this season, more than any other side.
- Hull have gone 261 minutes without a league goal.
- Boro have not won against a bottom-half team since August.
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Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Portsmouth have won none of their away games in the Premier League against WBA but have won both of the matches at Fratton Park.
- WBA have gone nine games without a win, the longest current run in the division.
- Pompey have lost just one of their last six league games.
- West Brom are one of only two teams to have conceded more first-half goals (31) than second-half (26).
- Jonathan Greening has been booked in three of his last five league appearances for West Brom.
- Hermann Hreidarsson has been cautioned in four of his last seven league appearances for Portsmouth.
- West Brom would be in ninth place with 11 wins if only second half results had counted in the Premier League this season.
- The Baggies have trailed in 23 of their 31 league games this season, the highest figure in the top-flight.
- Peter Crouch has been involved in (scored or assisted) 52% of Portsmouth's goals this season. No other player in the entire division accounts for more than 38%.
- Last season there were six goalless draws at Fratton Park but this season there have been none.
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Sunderland v Manchester United |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Sunderland have taken only three points from their last 13 Premier League encounters with Manchester United.
- United have racked up 15 goals in seven trips to Sunderland in the Premier League era.
- Seven of the last 11 Premier League goals Manchester United have scored against Sunderland have come in the final 18 minutes of games.
- United have gone 14 games without a draw, the longest current run in the top-flight.
- United have gone five games without a clean sheet, only Aston Villa (6) have gone longer without one currently.
- Sunderland have taken just two points from their last six games.
- United have conceded eight goals in their last three league games after conceding only two in the previous 16.
- Only two of Cristiano Ronaldo's 15 league goals this season have come away from home and they were both at bottom side West Bromwich Albion.
- Wayne Rooney has scored five goals in his last seven Premier League appearances.
- Djibril Cisse has not scored a Premier League goal at the Stadium of Light since December 13.
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Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Tottenham have taken 13 points from their last five encounters with the Hammers.
- West Ham have not won a Premier League game at White Hart Lane since 24 April 1999, almost 10 years ago.
- The Hammers have scored just six goals in their last 10 league games at White Hart Lane.
- Spurs have scored 90th minute goals in their last two league games against West Ham.
- Spurs have scored in their last six league games, the joint-best current run in the division.
- Robbie Keane has scored three goals in his last five Premier League appearances for Spurs.
- 22% of the goals Tottenham have conceded have been scored by defenders - the highest proportion in the top flight.
- Tottenham have conceded only nine goals at home this season - only Liverpool and Chelsea (both eight) have a superior record.
- Spurs have taken 10 points from seven London derby games this season; no capital club has amassed more than this.
- West Ham are unbeaten in their three London derby away games this season, having drawn at Arsenal and Chelsea and won at Fulham.
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Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Wigan have failed to score in four of their seven Premier League games against Arsenal.
- The Latics have taken just one point from the Gunners in those seven matches but that did come in this fixture last season.
- On both occasions that Arsenal have defeated Wigan 1-0 in the Premier League the lone goal has been scored by Emmanuel Adebayor.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League games, the best current run in the division.
- Cesc Fabregas has assisted nine Adebayor goals in the past two seasons, the most productive partnership in the Premier League since August 2007.
- Just 36% of Wigan's shots have hit the target this season, fewer than any other side.
- Arsenal have played 90 through-balls this season, more than any other side.
- Only five back-pass free-kicks have been awarded in the Premier League this season. Wigan and Arsenal account for three of them (Wigan 2, Arsenal 1).
- Arsenal have mustered 12 goals in their last four league games.
- The Gunners have conceded three goals from long throws this season, a joint-high.
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Stoke City v Newcastle United |
Betting Odds | Recent Form & Head to Heads | Team Statistics - Stoke have failed to score in five of their last six home games against Newcastle (all comps).
- Newcastle have only won one of their last 13 Premier League outings.
- James Beattie has scored six goals in 10 Premier League games for Stoke.
- Stoke have hit only 81 shots on target this season, they are the only club still in double figures.
- Rory Delap has hurled in 190 long throws this season, almost four times as many as any other player in the Premier League.
- Stoke have taken 252 long throws - no other team has even reached 100 yet.
- Newcastle have scored only three goals in their last six Premier League games.
- Stoke have taken 11 points from their last six league games to rise from 17th to 13th.
- Newcastle have averaged only 4.2 corners per game this season, the lowest figure in the top-flight.
- Stoke have averaged only 4.5 corners this season, the third lowest figure.
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