It almost feels like non stop football at the moment, which is fine by us, and to accompany this feast of Premier League action is our Premier League Predictions Week 34.
Each week our preview includes just enough quick info and barely interesting stats to help you decide a winner. Or to provide just enough barely interesting information leading into the big midweek of football.
If you enjoy loads of stats and graphs with some opinion, then you will enjoy our full Premier League Week 34 Predictions and Preview.
GAME BY GAME PREVIEW
Here’s our match by match review and our own Premier League Predictions Week 33. With loads of stats as below. But keep in mind the following…
Match H2H are for the League fixtures only, because who knows what teams play in cups these days.
Our barely interesting facts are just that, barely interesting. But takes in all competitions and cups. Or whatever suits the stat.
Premier League Week 34 Predictions
CRYSTAL PALACE v CHELSEA
Tuesday 6pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Chelsea 23 Draw 14 Crystal Palace 8
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Crystal Palace 3 Draw 3 Chelsea 2
We Say:
Crystal Palace 0 Chelsea 2
Why Crystal Palace can win
Chelsea have won only one of their last six away.
Chelsea have won the last midweek game between these sides, but none of the preceding six midweek clashes before that @ Crystal Palace.
Why Chelsea can win.
Chelsea scoring follows a pattern for Tuesday games – (most recent first) – 2-1-2-1 and they’ve only won one of them. (2 draws)
Crystal Palace have yet to take a point at home to a top six side.
Crystal Palace have the worst xG of 30 goals, and they are underperforming by two goals.
Chelsea’s record against London clubs is better – 2.11 average points to 1.5.
Barely Interesting Stat:
All four Tuesday games between these sides have been at Crystal Palace.
WATFORD v NORWICH
Tuesday 6pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Norwich 38 Draw 29 Watford 28
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Watford 6 Draw 6 Norwich 4
We Say:
Watford 4 Norwich 0
Why Watford can win
Watford have won their only game at home to a bottom six side.
Norwich haven’t won any of the last five league games on a Tuesday.
Norwich have scored as many goals away this season as points – six.
Norwich have never beaten Watford at Vicarage Road in a midweek league fixture – five losses and five draws.
These teams have only met three times in the Premier League era. Watford have scored two goals in each game, and won two of them.
Norwich have scored just four goals since Jan 1 in 13 matches, and just one in six away games.
Why Norwich can win.
Norwich have an OK record against Watford in general – they lead 42 to 28 with 29 draws.
Barely Interesting Stats:
Both sides have a scored at least one goal in each Tuesday clash.
Norwich have spent 81% of the season in the bottom three, and Watford have spent 76% of their season there.
ARSENAL v LEICESTER
Tuesday 8:15pm
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Arsenal 60 Draw 37 Leicester 30
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Arsenal 8 Draw 5 Leicester 4
We Say:
Arsenal 2 Leicester 1
Why Arsenal can win
Arsenal have won twice as many league games as Leicester H2H.
Arsenal have won both Tuesday games between these clubs.
Leicester have lost all three midweek fixtures at Arsenal
Arsenal have an 83%-17% H2H record at night in the past 10 seasons.
Arsenal have won three in a row, and six of their last eight games. Leicester have won two of their last nine games.
Why Leicester can win.
Jamie Vardy is scoring goals again.
Barely Interesting Stat:
Leicester have never beaten Arsenal at Arsenal in the Premier League – first match was a draw and 12 straight losses since.
MANCHESTER CITY v NEWCASTLE
Wednesday 6:00pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Newcastle 65 Man City 63 Draw 37
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Man City 10 Draw 6 Newcastle 4
We Say:
Man City 3 Newcastle 1
Why Man City can win
Man City have won ten in a row against Newcastle at home in the league. The last time Newcastle won at Man City was 16 games ago in the year 2000.
Man City average 3.4 goals per game at home v Newcastle in the league from the past ten home games.
Newcastle have won just two of 16 games on a Wednesday H2H.
Because Man City have so much choice for the midfield, although rotation of it is costing them.
Why Newcastle can win.
Newcastle have won the last midweek game between these sides at Man City – the 2014 League Cup.
Man City have won just one of the last four midweek clashes between these clubs.
Newcastle have won their last two away games, including beating Southampton, who defeated this week’s opponent on Sunday.
Barely Interesting Stat:
Man City’s xG is 85 goals – Newcastle’s is 32.
SHEFFIELD UTD v WOLVES
Wednesday 6:00pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD -Sheffield Utd 35 Draw 34 Wolves 33
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Draw 7 Wolves 6 Sheffield Utd 5
We Say:
Sheffield Utd 0 Wolves 1
Why Sheff Utd can win
Wolves have won just one game of their last seven at Sheffield Utd during the midweek.
Why Wolves can win.
Wolves are ahead 1.80 v 1.25 for average points against teams from the middle of England.
Wolves and Sheffield Utd have scored the same amount of goals since the return in June – four. The Blades taking an extra game to do so. But Sheffield Utd have conceded four times as many goals.
Wolves have won three of their last three away games.
Barely Interesting Stat:
Sheffield Utd v Wolves has the highest % of draws of the fixtures H2H for this game week at 33% (except Spurs v Bournemouth but low volumes of games.
The previous season that this fixture was played in as a top flight fixture was 1975-76, and that season Wolves did the double winning 4-1 away and 5-1 at home.
WEST HAM v BURNLEY
Wednesday 6:00pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Burnley 34 West Ham 31 Draw 18
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – West Ham 4 Burnley 3 Draw 3
We Say:
West Ham 3 Burnley 0
Why West Ham can win
Burnley haven’t beaten West Ham in a midweek fixture in their last six attempts. Their last success was in 1971
Burnley’s 3-0 win at West Ham in 2018 is the only win in five matches at West Ham in the Premier League.
West Ham are starting to look decent.
Why Burnley can win.
West Ham average just 0.5 points against teams from the North West. Burnley average 1.27 points against London sides.
Burnley are ahead 1.33 to 0.50 for average points against teams with claret kits.
Barely Interesting Stat:
West Ham have won the only match between these sides on a Wednesday.
BRIGHTON v LIVERPOOL
Wednesday 8:15pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Liverpool 13 Draw 6 Brighton 2
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Liverpool 2 Draw 1
We Say:
Brighton 0 Liverpool 4
Why Brighton can win
Both teams have scored 7 points from their last four games in the Premier League. Same as Liverpool.
Why Liverpool can win.
Despite not playing very well but still beating Brighton, Liverpool and their players are still chasing all kinds of record.
Liverpool have won the last eight games straight v Brighton.
Brighton have won just 2 of 15 home games v Liverpool.
Salah and Mane can still win the Golden Boot.
Barely Interesting Stat:
There have been 24 goals in five midweek meetings between these sides.
BOURNEMOUTH v SPURS
Thursday 6:00pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Spurs 7 Bournemouth 1 Draw 1
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Spurs 1
We Say:
Bournemouth 1 Spurs 0
Why Bournemouth can win
Because despite looking dead and buried, it would such a Jose thing to do losing to Bournemouth.
They have won 2/5 of this fixture at home.
Why Spurs can win.
Harry Kane is scoring goals again.
Bournemouth are terrible right now.
Barely Interesting Stat:
Spurs have won the only midweek fixture
EVERTON v SOUTHAMPTON
Thursday 6:00pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Everton 44 Southampton 27 Draw 20
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Southampton 4 Everton 3 Draw 3
We Say:
Everton 0 Southampton 0
Why Everton can win
Everton are unbeaten at home in their last nine fixtures.
Southampton haven’t won any of the last 15 at Everton.
Southampton have won just 5 of the 51 games at Everton.
Why Southampton can win.
Well they beat Man City didn’t they?
Southampton have the second best away form from the last six games. Four wins two losses.
Barely Interesting Stat:
Everton and Southampton’s ladder progression is almost on the same path, except Southampton’s is well below the line of Everton.
ASTON VILLA v MANCHESTER UTD
Thursday 8:15pm UK
MATCH STATS
OVERALL LEAGUE RECORD – Man Utd 85 Aston Villa 43 Draw 39
MIDWEEK LEAGUE RECORD – Man Utd 12 Draw 7 Aston Villa 5
We Say:
Aston Villa 0 Man Utd 5
Why Aston Villa can win
Earlier in the season Man Utd weren’t very good against the bottom sides.
Why Man Utd can win.
They look the best attacking unit in the Premier League at the moment.
Aston Villa haven’t beaten Man Utd since 2009 – the record is 11 losses and 4 draws.
Add another decade for Aston Villa’s last win over Man Utd at home. The last victory for Villa at Villa against Man Utd was 1999 – 16 losses and 5 draws.
That last win v Man Utd at Villa was in the League Cup, you have to go back to 1995 for Aston Villa’s last win in the league at home.
Even further back was Aston Villa’s last midweek win at home to Man Utd – 1989. In the five games in between Aston Villa scored just once.
Aston Villa have won just 3 / 49 EPL matches v Man Utd.
Manchester Utd have the longest unbeaten run with nine games without loss. Aston Villa have the longest streak without winning – nine games.
Man Utd have conceded the fewest goals since Jan 1. And the equal fewest away from home since Jan 1 with Wolves.
Barely Interesting Stat:
This will be the first ever meeting between these sides on a Thursday, every other day has seen a match.
As of week GW9 Aston Villa were 12th and Man Utd 14th.
