Welcome to our 2021-22 Premier League Predictions Week 3 + Stats Preview a meandering look into the upcoming weekend of Premier League football.
We not only provide our predictions for the upcoming GW3 fixtures, but offer up a wide range of H2H and in-season stats and barely interesting facts.
Enough to keep one busy for a while anyway.
So please accept and enjoy our 2021-22 Premier League Predictions Week 3 + Stats Preview.
2021-22 Premier League Predictions Week 3 – Our Selections
Here are our fearless predictions for the fixtures ahead, and tune in below for all the stats and barely interesting stats that go along with them.
Manchester City 5 Arsenal 0
Newcastle 1 Southampton 1
Norwich 0 Leicester 2
Aston Villa 1 Brentford 1
Brighton 1 Everton 0
West Ham 3 Crystal Palace 0
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
Burnley 1 Leeds 1
Spurs 2 Watford 0
Wolves 0 Manchester Utd 2
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2021-22 Premier League Predictions Week 3 – Match by Match Stats Previews
Our big, beautiful full visual preview of each game is below.
More stats than you could probably ever want or need, for now.
MANCHESTER CITY v ARSENAL – SAT 12:30PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Man City have won eight league games in a row against Arsenal and are unbeaten in ten games.
Man City have won the last four games at home on a Sunday v Arsenal.
Arsenal have scored just one goal in the past seven games v Man City in the league.
Arsenal have won three of the last four Cup games v Man City.
Manchester City have now won four in a row at home to Norwich by the margin of 19-1. About the odds Norwich had of winning.
PREDICTION
Manchester City 5 Arsenal 0
NEWCASTLE v SOUTHAMPTON – SAT 3:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Newcastle have won four in a row and are unbeaten in seven games v Southampton.
It’s also four in a row at home, and Newcastle have scored 11 goals in four matches.
August is the best month for this fixture. The last three matches in August have produced 16 goals.
Southampton’s record against the teams who beat them 9-0 in the next fixture is now W1 D1 after last weekend.
PREDICTION
Newcastle 2 Southampton 1
NORWICH v LEICESTER – SAT 3:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
If you thought Norwich didn’t offer much against Manchester City you’d be correct. Their Expected Goals figure was just 0.03 for the game.
Leicester and Norwich are third and fourth last respectively for shots on goal. Norwich have the equal lowest shots on target with Crystal Palace (3).
Norwich (W1 D1) did not lsoe to Leicester last time they were in the Premier League.
Leicester scored the equal second most goals against promoted sides last season. Surprisingly, Arsenal topped that stat.
Leicester are unbeaten in six Saturday games v Norwich (W4 D2)
These teams have only met once before in August – Leicester won 3-0 in 1969.
PREDICTION
Norwich 0 Leicester 2
ASTON VILLA v BRENTFORD – SAT 3:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Aston Villa have not beaten Brentford since 1953. All six of their matches spent in the Championship together recently ended in three wins and three draws for Brentford.
But Brentford have never beaten Aston Villa at Villa Park in seven attempts.
Aston Villa’s record last season v Promoted sides was W4 D1 L1.One of each at home. 100% record away.
Brentford are currently unbeaten after their first two games since promotion, which is a rarer case than you’d think. Going back ten seasons just six promoted teams have remained undefeated after two games. Aside from the 16/17 season, every other team survived by season’s end.
- Safe – Sheff Utd 18-19 Huddersfield 17-18 Watford 15-16 Norwich 11-12
- Relegated – Hull / Middlesbrough 16-17
PREDICTION
Aston Villa 1 Brentford 1
BRGHTON v EVERTON – SAT 3:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Brighton haven’t opened up a season with two wins since the 15/16 Championship season.
Brighton haven’t lost to Everton at home since returning to the top division (W2 D2)
Everton didn’t win either game on the South Coast last season (D1 L1)
Brighton (W1 D3 L1) lost just once at home last season to North West clubs.
PREDICTION
Brighton 1 Everton 0
WEST HAM v CRYSTAL PALACE – SAT 3:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Crystal Palace have not scored a goal in their last 300 minutes of game time. They have had the fewest shots on goal so far this season.
Crystal Palace are now winless in 10 games v London sides.
West Ham’s Soucek and Dawson lead the Shots inside the Six Yard box with Dale Calvert-Lewin.
West Ham and Crystal Palace have only met twice in August and West Ham are undefeated (W1 D1)
West Ham had the second best points per game against teams outside the top six last season.
PREDICTION
West Ham 3 Crystal Palace 0
LIVERPOOL v CHELSEA – SAT 5:30PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Chelsea’s Expected Goals of 3.64 was the highest of last weekend.
Liverpool were the best side last season for average points per game against the big six teams. Their record was W6 D2 L2. Chelsea’s record was W3 D3 L4.
Only Burnley and Fulham scored fewer goals v big six teams last season – six in ten games. Liverpool scored 19 for the record.
Going back to 2013, Liverpool have won just two of their past 12 home games v Chelsea. And one of the last five played on a Saturday.
Chelsea have won 2/11 v Liverpool in August.
Chelsea lead the Premier League for Touches this season with 1,665. Around 50 more than Manchester City.
PREDICTION
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
BURNLEY v LEEDS – SUN 2:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Burnley have now lost five games in a row including last season.
After last weekend there have been four goals scored in each of the last three Leeds home games in the Premier League.
Leeds won both games last season by a combined 5-0.
There has been five games between these teams in August and three of them have finished 1-1.
Burnley have had 500 fewer touches this season already than Leeds. Burnley are last for touches but they do climb to 11th for Touches in the Final Third.
PREDICTION
Burnley 1 Leeds 1
TOTTENHAM v WATFORD – SUN 2:00PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Spurs have only won one of the last five games v Watford.
Watford haven’t beaten Spurs at home since 1994 – 10 games ago.
Spurs conceded just one goal v promoted teams at home last season – the equal lowest.
PREDICTION
Spurs 2 Watford 0
WOLVES v MANCHESTER UTD – SUN 4:30PM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Wolves are second for most shots with their 42 not far off Liverpool’s top mark of 46. And are only one chance created behind Liverpool who are best.
Wolves have had the most amount of shots blocked so far this season with 17.
Manchester Utd won the last game at Wolves last season but had gone four games without a win at Wolves before then.
Manchester Utd have won all three games at Wolves on a Sunday. By a combined 10-1. The teams have never met at Old Trafford on a Sunday.
And finally for this week….Wolves lost all ten games v teams from the North West last season.
PREDICTION
Wolves 0 Manchester Utd 2
