Manchester City Vs Stoke City
Manchester City beats Stoke City 4-0
Goal Scorers - Fernando(35);Sergio Aguero 43rd minute penalty and Iheanacho(64 and 74)
- Goalkeeper Shay Given became the 14th player to start a Premier League game aged 40 or older (40y 3d old).
- Sergio Aguero has scored 22 goals in his last 21 Premier League appearances, including seven in his last five games.
- Aguero has netted in five consecutive Premier League games for the fourth time in his career (also November 2013, January 2014 and May 2015).
- Stoke are without a clean sheet in nine away Premier League games, conceding 22 goals.
- The Potters are the third team in Premier League history to concede 4+ goals in three consecutive Premier League games, after West Ham in March 2008 and Wigan in August 2010.
Match Facts
Head-to-head- Stoke recorded their first ever Premier League victory at Manchester City last season.
- The Potters are looking to complete a league double over City for the first time since the 1980-81 season.
- Manchester City have lost three of their last five league games at home, winning the other two.
- However, they are unbeaten in their last six matches in all competitions (W4, D2).
- City have won just one of their 13 games against the current top nine (Stoke are ninth) in the top flight this season (D3, L9).
- Sergio Aguero has scored six goals in his last four league games and now has 100 Premier League goals in just 147 appearances.
- Stoke have only won one of their last six league matches (D2, L3).
- They have conceded 10 goals in their last three league games.
- The Potters have only won one of their matches away to sides currently in the top half of the table (D3, L4).
- Mark Hughes' side have kept 10 league clean sheets this season, but only one of those has come in their last 12 league games.
Aston Villa Vs Southampton
Southampton beats Aston Villa 4-2
Match Facts
Head-to-head- Southampton have only lost one of their previous eight league and cup games against Aston Villa (W4, D3), and are unbeaten in the last five meetings.
- Villa have suffered nine straight league defeats - the second worst run in the club's history. They lost 11 in a row in 1963.
- They have conceded 25 goals in those nine defeats, scoring just three goals.
- They have spent just 184 minutes in the lead in Premier League matches this season - the lowest tally in the division.
- Saints have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight league games - having kept six in a row prior to this run.
- Southampton have lost only three of their last 14 top-flight matches.
- They have scored 14 Premier League away goals this term - only four sides (Norwich, West Brom, Villa and Newcastle) have worse records.
- Sadio Mane has scored three goals in his last four Premier League games after failing to score in his previous 19 appearances.
- Shane Long has scored five goals in his last six league appearances against Aston Villa.
Bournemouth Vs Chelsea
Chelsea beats Bournemouth 4-1
Goal Scorers
For Chelsea - Pedro(5);Eden Hazard(34 and 90+1) and Willian (71)
For Bournemouth - Tommy Elphick(36)
- Bournemouth have lost three home league games in a row for the first time since March 2013
- Chelsea scored with all four of their shots on target in the game
- Eden Hazard - who scored more than once in a Premier League game for the first time since February 2014 - ended a run of 29 Premier League games without a goal
- Cesc Fabregas assisted three or more goals in a Premier League game for the second time in his career (four assists for Arsenal v Blackburn, Oct 2009)
- Tommy Elphick's goal was the 900th goal scored in this Premier League season
- The Cherries have now conceded in each of their last seven Premier League games
- Pedro has scored five goals in his last seven Premier League appearances after netting just two in the 19 beforehand
Match Facts
Head-to-head- Bournemouth won the reverse fixture 1-0 in December - it was Jose Mourinho's last home game in charge before he was sacked.
- Chelsea have won four of their previous six league and cup games against Bournemouth.
- Bournemouth have lost three of their last four Premier League matches.
- They have lost four of their last six home league games, winning the other two.
- Joshua King has scored in four of his last six league appearances for Bournemouth.
- Callum Wilson has scored five goals from just eight shots on target in the Premier League this season.
- Chelsea have now lost their last two Premier League matches, having gone their first 14 league games under Guus Hiddink unbeaten.
- But the Blues have won five of their last seven away matches in the Premier League (D1, L1).
- They have conceded just three goals away from home under Hiddink.
- Even if Chelsea win their remaining five games of the season, their maximum points tally will be 59, the lowest by a reigning top-flight league champion since Leeds United had 51 points in 1992-93
Liverpool Vs Newcastle United
The Match ended in a 2-2 draw
Match Facts
Head-to-head- It is 22 years since Newcastle's last league win at Anfield - a 2-0 triumph on Kevin Keegan's first return to the ground as a manager on 16 April 1994.
- Liverpool's unbeaten home run in this fixture stretches to 20 league games (W17, D3).
- The Magpies have had six players sent off in their last seven Premier League games against the Reds, including four in the last three trips to Anfield.
- Liverpool have won back-to-back Premier League games at Anfield for the first time since May 2015.
- Jurgen Klopp's side are unbeaten in their last five league matches at home (W3, D2) and have only lost one of the last nine.
- James Milner has recorded 11 assists in 2016 in all competitions, three more than any other Premier League player.
- Daniel Sturridge has scored 50 goals in only 87 appearances for Liverpool.
- Newcastle have won just three of their last 30 Premier League away matches (W3, D3, L24), losing the last nine in a row.
- The Magpies are yet to pick up a point on their travels in 2016 - their last came when they won at Tottenham on 13 December.
- Since that match, Newcastle haven't led in any of their away games.
- The Magpies have conceded three or more goals on 10 different occasions in the Premier League this season, a joint-league high with Aston Villa
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