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EPL Match week 22: What the stats say

- Today Manchester City v Burnley (9.30pm)

Manchester City have won 16 of their last 17 meetings with Burnley in all competitio­ns (D1), winning the last 12 in a row by an aggregate score of 43-1. Burnley are winless in 16 top-flight away games against Manchester City (D5 L11) since a 5-2 victory in March 1963.

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Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford (9.30pm)

Tottenham have lost just one of their last nine league games against Brentford (W3 D5), though that defeat did come in this exact fixture last season (1-3). Having lost their first Premier League meeting with Tottenham in December 2021, Brentford are now unbeaten in their last four against them (W1 D3).

*** Liverpool v Chelsea (10.15pm)

Each of the last seven meetings between Liverpool and Chelsea in all competitio­ns has finished level — it’s the longest run of consecutiv­e draws between two top-flight clubs in English football history.

Liverpool have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Chelsea (W4 D6), though are also winless in six against the Blues (D5 L1). ***

Tomorrow

West Ham v Bournemout­h (9.30pm)

West Ham have won three of their last four Premier League games against Bournemout­h

(D1), having been winless in six against them before this (D3 L3). Bournemout­h haven’t lost any of their three Premier League away games against West Ham when they’ve scored (W2 D1), failing to find the net on their last two visits (0-4 in January 2020, 0-2 last season).

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Wolves v Manchester United (10.15pm)

Wolves have lost six of their last seven Premier League meetings with Manchester United (W1), losing the last three without scoring a single goal. Having won just two of their first six Premier League away games against Wolves (D1 L3), Manchester United have now won each of their last three visits to Molineux.

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