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BILL EDGAR’S GUIDE TO THE

PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND

Fulham home

league games

since a 0-

190

Newcastle league

penalties scored

in past three years

1

Top-flight seasons

in a row for

Crystal Palace

8

Adama Traoré, the Wolves winger,

produced the most Premier League

dribbles on record last season

Most completed dribbles

in a Premier League

season*

Adama Traoré (Wolves)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

183

180

165

The shape of Arsenal matches has

changed over the past two seasons,

with more action at their end of the

pitch.

Shots in Arsenal league games

*Figures available from 2003-

For Against

2017-

2018-

2019-

594

467

406

424

499

406

Net

170

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Leeds United aim to be the first top-six

finishers from Yorkshire since they

themselves came fifth in 2002

Top-six finishes in Premier League

by region, 2003 onwards

North West

London

West Midlands

North East

East Midlands

South Coast

51

4

3

2

1

47

2019-

2014-

2017-

ribbles

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83

4 44444

Crystal Palace v Southampton

Today, 3pm. TV: Live, BT Sport.

Radio: BBC 5 Live.

Crystal Palace (possible; 4-3-3)

V Guaita — J Ward, C Kouyaté, S Dann,

T Mitchell — J McArthur, J Riedewald,

J Schlupp — A Townsend, W Zaha, J Ayew

Injured C Benteke, C Wickham, G Cahill,

J Tomkins, M Sakho, P van Aanholt,

N Ferguson

Doubt E Eze

Southampton (possible; 4-4-2)

A McCarthy — K Walker-Peters,

J Stephens, J Vestergaard, R Bertrand —

W Smallbone, J Ward-Prowse, O Romeu,

N Redmond — D Ings, C Adams

Injured S Armstrong

Doubt M Salisu

Referee J Moss 0 0 0 0

2019-20 HOW THEY FINISHED

Fulham v Arsenal

Today, 12.30pm. TV: Live, BT Sport.

Radio: talkSPORT.

Fulham (possible; 4-2-3-1)

A Areola — K Tete, M Hector, T Ream,

J Bryan — H Reed, T Cairney —

M Lemina, J Onomah, B Decordova Reid

— A Mitrovic

Injured None

Doubt None

Arsenal (possible; 3-4-3)

B Leno — R Holding, W Saliba,

K Tierney — H Bellerín, G Xhaka,

D Ceballos, A Maitland-Niles — Willian,

A Lacazette, P-E Aubameyang

Injured Sokratis, D Luiz, C Chambers,

S Mustafi, P Mari, G Martinelli, E Smith

Rowe

Doubt None

Referee C Kavanagh 0 0 0 0

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

Tomorrow, 4.30pm. TV: Live, Sky

Sports. Radio: BBC 5 Live

Tottenham Hotspur (possible; 4-2-3-1)

H Lloris — M Doherty, T Alderweireld,

E Dier, B Davies — M Sissoko,

P-E Hojbjerg — L Moura, D Alli,

Son Heung-min — H Kane

Injured J Tanganga

Doubts G Lo Celso, H Winks

Everton (possible; 4-2-3-1)

J Pickford — S Coleman, M Keane,

Y Mina, L Digne — A Gomes, Allan —

J Rodriguez, A Doucouré, Richarlison —

D Calvert-Lewin

Injured M Holgate, C Tosun, J-P Gbamin

Doubt F Delph

Referee M Atkinson 0 0 0 0

Sheffield United v Wolves

Monday, 6pm. TV: Live, Sky Sports.

Radio: BBC 5 Live.

Sheffield United (possible 3-5-2)

D Henderson — C Basham, J Egan,

J O’Connell — G Baldock, J Lundstram,

O Norwood, J Fleck, E Stevens —

O McBurnie, B Sharp

Injured None

Doubts D McGoldrick, L Mousset,

Wolves (possible; 3-5-2)

R Patrício — W Boly, C Coady, R Saïss —

A Traoré, L Dendoncker, J Moutinho,

R Neves, Jonny — R Jiménez, D Jota

Injured Jonny

Doubt A Traoré

Referee M Dean 0 0 0 0

Liverpool v Leeds United

Today, 5.30pm. TV: Live, Sky Sports.

Radio: talkSPORT.

Liverpool (possible; 4-3-3)

Alisson — T Alexander-Arnold, J Gomez,

V van Dijk, A Robertson — N Keïta,

Fabinho, G Wijnaldum — M Salah,

R Firmino, S Mané

Injured A Oxlade-Chamberlain

Doubts J Henderson, X Shaqiri,

K Tsimikas

Leeds United (possible; 4-2-3-1)

I Meslier — L Ayling, L Cooper, R Koch,

S Dallas — K Phillips, M Klich — H Costa,

P Hernández, J Harrison — P Bamford

Injured G Berardi, A Forshaw

Doubt None

Referee M Oliver 0 0 0 0

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea

Monday, 8.15pm. TV: Live, Sky Sports.

Radio: BBC 5 Live

Brighton & Hove Alb (possible; 4-3-1-2)

M Ryan — J Veltman, B White, L Dunk,

D Burn — Y Bissouma, D Stephens,

A Lallana — A Mac Allister — N Maupay,

A Connolly

Injured F Andone, J Izquierdo, C Walton

Doubt D Pröpper

Chelsea (possible; 4-2-3-1)

Kepa — C Azpilicueta, K Zouma,

A Rudiger, M Alonso — Jorginho, N Kanté

— M Mount, K Havertz, C Pulisic —

T Werner

Injured H Ziyech, B Gilmour, B Chilwell

Doubt T Silva

Suspended M Kovacic

Referee C Pawson 0 0 0 0

West Ham United v Newcastle United

Today, 8pm. TV: Live, Sky Sports.

Radio: talkSPORT

West Ham United (possible; 4-2-3-1)

L Fabianski — R Fredericks, I Diop,

A Ogbonna, A Cresswell — T Soucek,

D Rice — J Bowen, M Noble P Fornals —

M Antonio

Injured None

Doubt M Lanzini

Newcastle United (possible; 4-3-3)

K Darlow — J Manquillo, J Lascelles,

F Fernández, J Lewis — J Shelvey,

I Hayden, S Longstaff — A Saint-

Maximin, C Wilson, M Almirón

Injured M Dubravka, P Dummett,

D Gayle

Doubts M Ritchie, F Schär, C Clark,

R Fraser, J Shelvey, M Longstaff

Referee S Attwell 0 0 0 0

P W D L GD Pts

1 Liverpool (C) 3832 3 3 52 99

2 Man City 3826 3 9 67 81

3 Man United 38 18 12 8 30 66

4 Chelsea 3820 6 12 15 66

5 Leicester 38 18 8 12 26 62

6 Tottenham 38 16 11 11 14 59

7 Wolves 38 15 14 9 11 59

(^8) Arsenal 38 14 1410 8 56
(^9) Sheffield United 38 14 12 12 0 54
10 Burnley 38 15 9 14 -7 54
11 Southampton 38 14 12 12 -9 52
12 Everton 38 1310 15 -12 49
13 Newcastle 38 11 11 16 -20 44
14 Crystal Palace 38 11 10 17 -19 43
15 Brighton 38 9 14 15 -15 41
(^16) West Ham 38 10 9 19 -13 39
(^17) Aston Villa 38 9 8 21 -26 35
(^18) Bournemouth (R) 38 9 7 22 -25 34
19 Watford (R) 38 8 10 20 -28 34
20 Norwich (R) 38 5 6 27 -49 21