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CAN SUPER SALAH BEAT VARDY’S RECORD?

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15 MO SALAH can break the PL record for consecutiv­e matches with a goal or assist tomorrow. Against Newcastle Salah made it 15 matches in a row, equalling Jamie Vardy’s record set in Leicester’s titlewinni­ng 2015-16 season. So far this season, Salah has... 1 goal and 2 assists v Norwich; no goal involvemen­t v Burnley;

1 goal v Chelsea; 1 goal v Leeds; 1 goal v Crystal Palace; 1 goal v Brentford; 1 goal and 1 assist v Man City; v 1 goal and 1 assist v Watford; 3 goals and 1 assist v Man United; 1 assist v Brighton; 1 assist v West Ham; 1 goal v Arsenal; 1 assist v Southampto­n; 2 goals v Everton; 1 assist v Wolves; 1 goal v Aston Villa; 1 goal v Newcastle. He faces Tottenham tomorrow going for 16 in a row. 25 SALAH can also match Alan Shearer’s PL record of 25 goal involvemen­ts before Christmas. Shearer got 16 goals and nine assists (25) before Christmas for Blackburn in 1995. This season Salah has 15 goals and nine assists (24).

LEADERS CITY AIM TO BE CALENDAR BOYS 33

MANCHESTER CITY have won 33 PL games in 2021 — one more win will see them beat Liverpool’s top-flight record of 33 victories in 1982. BUT Newcastle are unbeaten in their last five home PL games when that year’s reigning champions have visited!

THE HOME KINGS BUT GUNNERS CAN’T TRAVEL

IN A table for just home matches this season, Arsenal would be joint top with Man City on 22 points. But in a table of just away games, they would sit 12th with seven points. Today’s opponents Leeds are unbeaten in five home games after earning just one point from their first three matches at Elland Road this season.

MASON MOUNTS CHALLENGE FOR LAMPARD RUN 5

MASON MOUNT has scored in four straight PL games and will aim to make it five at Wolves tomorrow. The last Chelsea player to score in five games in a row was Mount’s former manager Frank Lampard in 2010.

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