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There’s a fast turnaround within the Premier League as Matchweek 21 will get underneath approach on Saturday. Listed below are 5 key issues to look out for.
Liverpool and Chelsea revivals underneath approach?
Liverpool and Chelsea begin the Matchweek aiming to reignite their pursuit of a top-six or a top-four end.
Each groups are struggling for type, with Liverpool shedding their final two league matches and Chelsea successful one in every of their final 4.
Jurgen Klopp will hope that in his 1,000th skilled match as a supervisor, 411 of which may have been at Liverpool, his robust file towards Chelsea will proceed. He has gained 9 and drawn six of his 19 Premier League matches with them.
For Graham Potter, he’ll hope that Sunday’s victory over Crystal Palace marks a turning level. Again-to-back wins for the primary time since October would carry Chelsea above Liverpool, for whom three factors would return them to sixth.
Will Moyes or Lampard reign supreme?
Locked on 15 factors and separated solely by aim distinction within the backside three, Everton’s journey to West Ham United on Saturday has huge implications within the relegation battle.
For each groups three essential factors would take them out of the relegation zone and finish some wretched type.
West Ham have misplaced six of their final seven within the league with the one match with out defeat a 2-2 draw towards Leeds earlier this month, whereas Everton have misplaced seven of the their final eight.
That is the primary time they’ve met within the backside three since a 2-2 draw at Upton Park in 1995.
The truth that it’s David Moyes’ 641st match as a Premier League supervisor, taking him joint-third with former Hammers boss Harry Redknapp, is much less important than the outcome. Widespread media studies counsel a defeat would result in Moyes not including to his tally at West Ham.
Certainly, one in every of solely three league wins claimed by Frank Lampard’s aspect this season got here after they beat West Ham 1-0 at Goodison Park in September.
Nonetheless Moyes’ file towards his former membership provides room for optimism as he has guided West Ham to a few victories of their final 5 contests with the Toffees.
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Battle of the promoted golf equipment
One other vital match on the backside of the desk takes place on Saturday when AFC Bournemouth host Nottingham Forest.
If Forest can hold their sixth clear sheet of 2022/23, statistics counsel they are going to declare three factors as all 5 of Forest’s Premier League victories this season have been to nil.
Having been unbeaten of their first six Premier League matches underneath Gary O’Neil, the Cherries have misplaced eight of their final 9, with a 3-0 win over Everton coming between two runs of 4 straight defeats.
Whereas Forest want to win a 3rd straight top-flight match for the primary time since Might 1999, O’Neil’s aspect can be aiming to keep away from a membership file 5 consecutive Premier League defeats with out scoring.
Twists and turns on the prime?
Manchester Metropolis can be assured of transferring to inside two factors of leaders Arsenal after they host Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
An unimaginable 4-2 comeback win towards Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday meant Metropolis reached a half-century of Premier League targets this season, the best within the competitors.
Wolves, who’ve gained two and drawn one in every of their 4 matches underneath new head coach Julen Lopetegui, are the bottom scorers in 2022/23 with a complete of solely 12 targets.
Metropolis are 5 factors behind Arsenal and may have performed two matches extra by the point the Gunners host third-placed Manchester United on Sunday.
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A win for United, who’re the one crew to beat Mikel Arteta’s males this season, would safe not solely a second ever league double over Arsenal, but in addition take them to inside 5 factors of the leaders.
Newcastle United, at the moment in fourth on 38 factors, head to Crystal Palace unbeaten within the Premier League since August and seeking to make it 10 factors from a potential 12 within the capital in 2022/23.
Battle of the London derby specalists
Matchweek 21 involves a detailed on Monday night time with two London-derby specialists go head-to-head when Fulham host Spurs.
Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 11 targets in 16 matches this season, and netted in all 4 of his derbies towards Brentford, Arsenal, Spurs and most lately Crystal Palace.
The final participant to attain in 5 such matches consecutively is about to be going through Mitrovic on Monday. Harry Kane did so in 2014/15 and is the king of London derby targets with 47.
However the Spurs ahead remains to be trying to find his first Premier League aim at Craven Cottage. If he succeeds on Monday, extra information will fall.
With 265 membership targets, Kane stands one away from matching Jimmy Greaves’ all-time file for Spurs of 266.
He’s additionally solely two Premier League targets away from becoming a member of Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney within the “200 Membership” as Spurs look to bounce again from successive defeats towards Arsenal and Man Metropolis.