Clash of the giants
TODAY Tottenham Hotspur vWest Bromwich Albion (2.30pm)
Tottenham have won their last five league matches. Spurs ended Chelsea’s 13-match winning run last time out. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are seven points behind Chelsea. West Brom have won six of their last 10 league games. The two sides drew 1-1 at The Hawthorns in October.
Burnley v Southampton (5pm)
Southampton have lost their last three league games. Burnley have won their last three home matches. The teams are separated by two places and one point. Saints beat Burnley 3-1 at St Mary’s in October.
Hull City v Bournemouth (5pm)
Hull are on a run of nine league matches without victory. Bournemouth won the previous away league match 3-0 at Swansea. Hull are bottom with three wins in 20 league matches. Ninth-placed Bournemouth beat Hull 6-1 at home in October.
Sunderland v Stoke City (5pm)
Both sides have one win in their last six league games.
Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe, right, is joint-fourth top scorer with 11 goals.
Stoke won 2-0 at home when the teams met in October.
Sunderland held Liverpool 2-2 in their previous home match.
Swansea City v Arsenal
Swansea ended a four-game losing run with a 2-1 win at Palace.
Arsenal recovered from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Bournemouth.
Arsenal beat Swansea 3-2 at the Emirates in October.
Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud has 12 goals from his last 17 shots on target in all competitions.
Watford v Middlesbrough (5pm)
Boro will be looking for their first win in four league matches. Watford are on a run of five league games without a win. Watford won 1-0 at Boro in October. Watford have not lost any of their last six league contests with Middlesbrough (W4 D2).
Only Tottenham (14), Chelsea (15) and Man United (19) have conceded fewer league goals this season than Middlesbrough (22).
West Ham United v Crystal Palace (5pm)
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four visits to West Ham.
West Ham’s only win in a London derby this season came at Selhurst Park, while Palace have lost all four of their London derbies so far this season.
Manuel Lanzini has scored in all three of his league matches against Palace.
Yohan Cabaye, right, has scored three goals in his last three league games against West Ham.
Leicester City v Chelsea (7.30pm)
Chelsea won three of their last four league games at Leicester.
Chelsea can beat a reigning champion twice in the same season for the first time since 2009/10, when they ended up winning the title.
18 of the 21 Premier League points Leicester have won this season have come at home.
Diego Costa has had a hand in 11 goals in his last 11 away league appearances (nine goals, two assists).
TOMORROW Everton v Manchester City (3.30pm)
Everton are winless in their last seven league matches against City. Maarten Stekelenburg saved two penalties in Everton’s 1-1 draw against City in October.
Three of Everton’s last five league goals against City have been scored by Romelu Lukaku.
Yaya Toure has been directly involved in six goals in nine previous league appearances against Everton (three goals and three assists).
Manchester United v Liverpool (6pm)
This will be the 50th Premier League meeting between the teams with United having won 27 of the previous 49.
Only Steven Gerrard (8) has scored more goals in this league fixture than Wayne Rooney.
Rooney could become the 21st player to reach 450 career Premier League appearances should he play.
Juan Mata, right, has had a hand in five goals in his last four league appearances against Liverpool, scoring three and assisting two.
Adam Lallana has been involved in 14 league goals this season (seven goals, seven assists); more than any other English player. – Reuters