Match-by-match previews of Premier League matches this week
LONDON: Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the Premier League this week:
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Huddersfield Town vs Crystal Palace CRYSTAL Palace along with Bournemouth and Stoke have kept the least number of clean sheets (five) in the league this campaign.
Huddersfield have won just two of their league games in 2018, earning a total of seven points from nine matches.
Palace left back Patrick van Aanholt could find the net in three consecutive league games for the first time after scoring against Chelsea and Manchester United.
Chelsea are the only team to beat Palace by at least three goals in both league meetings in one season but Huddersfield can match the feat after a 3-0 win over the Eagles in August.
Huddersfield sit four points above 18th-placed Palace, who are without a win in their last seven league games.
Bournemouth vs West Bromwich BASEMENT side West Brom are without a win in 14 of their 15 away league games this season while Bournemouth have won just five home matches.
If West Brom win at the Vitality Stadium, they will have pulled off a double over a club for the second time in their last five league campaigns, after beating Stoke twice in the 2015-16 season.
Bournemouth have scored in each of their previous 11 league outings but have kept one clean sheet in their last 17 league matches.
West Brom are on a six-match losing streak in the league against Bournemouth as they stand eight points adrift of the safety zone with as many games left in the campaign.
Stoke vs Everton
STOKE have lost three and drawn one of their last four league meetings against Everton.
Everton have not pulled off the league double over Stoke since the 2008-09 season.
Forward Wayne Rooney scored his first goal after his return to Everton against Stoke in August. The 32-year-old also scored against the Potters to become his former club Manchester United’s alltime leading goalscorer last season.
Stoke manager Paul Lambert has never won against Everton.
Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland has conceded the second-highest number of goals (49) in the league this campaign, one behind Huddersfield’s Jonas Lossl.
A win against Everton could help 19th-placed Stoke climb out of the relegation zone. Liverpool vs Watford
LIVERPOOL have won nine of their 10 home topflight meetings against Watford, with one defeat in August 1999.
The teams have never played out a goalless draw in the top flight, with 72 goals scored in 21 previous meetings.
Watford have lost seven of their last eight away league games, scoring just two goals in the process.
Liverpool have never lost two consecutive league games under manager Juergen Klopp.
Striker Roberto Firmino has scored three goals and provided three assists in his last four league games against Watford.
Sadio Mane has scored three goals for Liverpool in two previous league games against Watford.