Welcome to our 2021-22 Boxing Day Premier League Week 19 Predictions + Stats Preview – am ambitious project given the current state of play in the Premier League.
Each week we normally provide a a meandering look into the upcoming round of Premier League football, but unlike most weeks, we’re not actually sure how many of these will be played. So it could be the greatest waste of time in the world, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
We not only provide our predictions for the upcoming GW19 Premier League 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. Until Covid ruins football, again.
So it’s a case of taking what you can get with our Boxing Day Premier League Week 19 Predictions.
2021-22 Boxing Day Premier League Week 19 Predictions – 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.
Liverpool 6 Leeds 0
Wolves 1 Watford 1
Burnley 1 Everton 2
Man City 2 Leicester 1
Norwich 0 Arsenal 3
Spurs 2 Crystal Palace 0
West Ham 0 Southampton 1
Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 1
Brighton 0 Brentford 0
Newcastle 2 Man Utd 1
Season Progress – 48% – 82/170 – 19 Correct scores
Last Week – 3 / 5 – 0 Correct scores
2021-22 Boxing Day Premier League Week 19 – Season Summary
Here are the league table stats in a different way.
Results colour coded. Goals stats. And a look at who each team is getting their points against.
2021-22 Boxing Day Premier League Week 19 – 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.
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 12:30PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Liverpool (W8 D2) are unbeaten v Leeds in ten games. Leeds last win came in 2001.
Liverpool have scored 12 goals in their last four home games v Leeds.
Liverpool have scored ten more goals this season so far than the bottom three combined.
Leeds have won 1/6 v Liverpool on a Sunday.
Leeds have lost all five games v top six sides this season and all six games v big six clubs.
Liverpool have won all six games v bottom six opponents
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Liverpool 6 Leeds 0
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 12:30PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Watford are the only team without a clean sheet this season.
Watford have won the only Sunday game between these sides – a 2019 FA Cup game 3-2.
Claudio Ranieri was hired on October 4 by Watford. There have been a further 21 managerial change across the four tiers of English football since.
As for Watford’s form since Ranieri took over, they would be bottom three based on points with Everton and Brighton. But they also have also scored the equal seventh amount of goals.
Watford have scored the equal second amount of goals away to middle eight teams this season.
Wolves (W3 D3) are unbeaten v bottom six team this season.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Wolves 1 Watford 1
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 3:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Everton are last in the table for results since October.
Everton (W3 D1) are unbeaten v bottom six sides this season (at time of match) and it’s 3/3 for games at home.
Burnley have drawn their two away matches to middle eight opposition.
Burnley have won the only game between these sides at Everton on a Sunday. 1-0 back in 2017. Seven players in that matchday squad played in the Burnley’s most recent match this season.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Burnley 1 Everton 2
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 3:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Leicester won the last match between these sides in Manchester 5-2.
That 5-2 win was on a Sunday and Leicester hold the better record on Sundays too v Man City (W2 D1 L1)
Man City (W1 L2 D3) have won just one of the last six clashes v Leicester in December.
Since December 1, Man City have scored 17 goals which is more than five other teams’ effort for the season. Their expected goals for those five games is higher than Norwich’s for the season too.
Man City have scored 11 goals in two games, which is almost the same number of postponements during the same period.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Man City 2 Leicester 1
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 3:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Norwich last beat Arsenal back in 2012, It has been W7 D2 for Arsenal since.
But Arsenal have won just one of the last four away games at Norwich (W1 D2 L1)
Norwich have never won a Sunday clash with Arsenal. Arsenal (W1 D3) have only won one more games than Norwich.
Arsenal have the biggest differential this season between points per game at home v away. Arsenal’s home v away record is 2.44 H ppg v 0.88 A ppg.
Arsenal have won six from six against the bottom six. Scoring 12-1.
Norwich have lost six from six, conceded 20 and scored no goals v big six opponents this season.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Norwich 0 Arsenal 3
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 3:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Crystal Palace (W1 D2 L1) have lost just once v Spurs in the last four matches.
Spurs have won the last five games at home to Crystal Palace by 12-1.
The last four matches between these sides in December have been draws. In fact, Crystal Palace (D5 L2) haven’t won any December games v Spurs.
Crystal Palace currently have the third best xG against this season, just 0.26 behind Liverpool.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Spurs 2 Crystal Palace 0
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 3:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
West Ham (W6 D2) are unbeaten in their last eight matches v Southampton.
And they have won their past four home matches v Southampton by 3-0, 3-1, 3-0 and 3-0. Interestingly the game before that run started Southampton won 3-0.
The three games between these sides on a Sunday have ended West Ham 3 Soton 0, West Ham 0 Soton 3, Soton 0 West Ham 0.
Southampton are currently on the second longest winless streak (six).
West Ham (W3 D1) are unbeaten against the bottom six sides.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
West Ham 0 Southampton 1
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 5:30PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Chelsea currently have the biggest bias towards away games than home. Points per game Away 2.38 Home 2.00. Just six sides have a better away PPG than home.
Chelsea have conceded 0.3 goals per game this season with N’Golo Kante in the side and 1.12 without.
Aston Villa won this fixture last season. And beat Liverpool too.
The last time these teams met on a Sunday at Chelsea, Aston Villa lost 8-0. Happily this game is being played at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa are L5 W1 v big six clubs this season.
Chelsea (W4 D3) are unbeaten v middle eight sides.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 1
SUNDAY – BOXING DAY – 8:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Brentford have won tow of the last three matches between these sides at Brighton.
Brighton have won all four games in December between these sides.
Brighton (W2 D3) are unbeaten against London sides this season.
Brighton are 1/1 for Sunday games this season.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Brighton 0 Brentford 0
MONDAY – BOXING DAY of BOXING DAY – 8:00PM
WHAT ARE THE BARELY INTERESTING STATS?
Man Utd have won the past four matches v Newcastle – three by the score 4-1 and one 3-1.
Newcastle have won the last two home matches v Man Utd on a Sunday by 1-0.
Newcastle have lost all six games v big six team this season.
Newcastle have lost all four Sunday games this season.
WHO’S GOING TO WIN?
Newcastle 2 Man Utd 1
