Matchday 21 Premier League Preview: Overview – Kick-off Times, Forms, Community predictions

Matchday 21 preview. Photo: InsideSport

A new matchday means a new leader as Manchester City's now on top of the standings in the Premier League.

The Sky Blues passed rival Manchester United in the midweek with a 5-0 thumping of Crystal Palace, while United dropped a shock 2-1 result to visiting Sheffield United. Those results left City alone in first place, with a game in hand, and with a clear path to the title at the club's halfway point of the campaign, according to DAZN.

Interestingly enough, City's next opponent is the same Sheffield side that stunned United. The Blades are rock bottom in the league but will surely be buoyed by the chance to win back-to-back games against the Manchester giants.

As for United, things get much tougher as a visit to Arsenal is in the cards. The Gunners have shaken off a rough start and are one of the most in-form sides in the league, and will be bolstered by new signing Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid (by way of Real Sociedad).

Meanwhile, an unlikely top-four battle ensues between West Ham and Tottenham as the London sides have been leapfrogging each other in recent weeks.

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Everton have lost one of their last 16 home Premier League matches against Newcastle (W10 D5), a 1-0 defeat in September 2010, says Supersport.

Newcastle United haven’t recorded a Premier League double over Everton since the 2001-02 season under Bobby Robson, winning 3-1 away and 6-2 at home that season.

Photo: NUFC blog

Last season’s Premier League meeting between Everton and Newcastle at Goodison Park saw Florian Lejeune score two goals in the 90th minute to earn the Magpies a 2-2 draw, the first instance of a player scoring twice in the last minute of an away top-flight match since April 2001 – Gustavo Poyet for Chelsea vs Derby County.

Everton have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games (W5 D2), going down 0-1 against West Ham on New Year’s Day.

Newcastle have lost their last five Premier League away games, failing to score in any of the last four. They last lost six in a row in April 2016 (a run of nine), while they last lost five in a row without scoring in May 2015 – both runs included 0-3 defeats at Everton.

Everton 0:2 Newcastle United

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 1:30 PM

Stuart Attwell

Course of play

0:1 73' Callum Wilson

0:2 90+3' Callum Wilson

Who does the community think will win?

95.8 % 3.0 % 1.2 %

Crystal Palace - Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 4:00 PM

L D W D L L Form D L D L L D

€222.98m Total value €442.60m

Sporting record from 5 matches

1 1 3

Expected not to appear

- Jonny Otto (Knee Injury), Raúl Jiménez (Fractured Skull), Renat Dadashov (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Who does the community think will win?

15.7 % 50.0 % 34.3 %

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Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 11 home games against Sheffield United in all competitions (W6 D5), since a 3-2 league defeat at Maine Road in October 1987, with Chris Wilder playing the full 90 minutes for the Blades.

Sheffield United haven’t won a Premier League match against Manchester City in nine attempts (D3 L6), scoring just one goal across those games, a Brian Deane goal in a 1-1 draw in April 1993.

Man City have kept a clean sheet in each of their last eight each home league matches against Sheffield United – in English league football, the last team to keep nine home clean sheets in a row against an opponent was Liverpool vs Stoke between 1983 and 2014.

Photo: Sports442

Only West Bromwich Albion vs Liverpool (0) have scored fewer goals in their first nine Premier League meetings against an opponent than Sheffield United vs Man City (1). No team has ever scored just one goal in their first 10 games against an opponent in the competition.

Man City are unbeaten in their last 32 home Premier League matches against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W28 D4), since losing 2-1 against Spurs in November 2008, who started the day bottom of the table.

Manchester City have won their last 11 games in all competitions, conceding just three goals in that run. They’ve never won 12 in a row in their history, while the last top-flight team to do so was Arsenal between August-October 2007.

Manchester City -:- Sheffield United

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 4:00 PM

W W W W W Form L L L W L W

€1.06bn Total value €172.30m

Sporting record from 9 matches

6 3 0

Expected not to appear

Kevin De Bruyne (Hamstring Injury), Philippe Sandler (Knee Surgery) Jack O'Connell (Knee Surgery)

Who does the community think will win?

99.4 % % 0.6 %

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West Bromwich Albion -:- Fulham FC

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 4:00 PM

D L L L W L Form D D L L D

€112.55m Total value €214.30m

Sporting record from 17 matches

3 6 8

Expected not to appear

- Tom Cairney (Knee Problems), Terence Kongolo (Achilles tendon problems)

Who does the community think will win?

28.3 % 48.2 % 23.5 %

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Arsenal FC -:- Manchester United

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 6:30 PM

W W W D W W Form D W W W D L

€599.70m Total value €755.35m

Sporting record from 57 matches

16 17 24

Expected not to appear

- Marcos Rojo (Calf Injury)

Who does the community think will win?

15.9 % 25.0 % 59.1 %

Photo: Ace Football

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Southampton FC -:- Aston Villa

Saturday, Jan 30, 2021 - 9:00 PM

D D W L L Form W D L L

€240.25m Total value €336.30m

Sporting record from 37 matches

15 9 13

Expected not to appear

Sam McQueen (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) -

Who does the community think will win?

64.6 % 25.0 % 10.4 %

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Chelsea FC -:- Burnley FC

Sunday, Jan 31, 2021 - 1:00 PM

L D L L W D Form L W W L W

€806.05m Total value €151.88m

Sporting record from 13 matches

9 3 1

Expected not to appear

Charly Musonda Jr. (Knee Surgery), N'Golo Kanté (Hamstring Injury) -

Who does the community think will win?

97.5 % 2.5 % %

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Leicester City -:- Leeds United

Sunday, Jan 31, 2021 - 3:00 PM

D D W W W D Form W W L L W

€480.50m Total value €195.53m

Sporting record from 17 matches

8 1 8

Expected not to appear

Jamie Vardy (Groin Surgery) Gaetano Berardi (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Adam Forshaw (Hip Injury), Robin Koch (Knee Injury)

Who does the community think will win?

90.4 % 6.4 % 3.2 %

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West Ham United -:- Liverpool FC

Sunday, Jan 31, 2021 - 5:30 PM

D D W W W W Form D D L L D W

€272.85m Total value €1.11bn

Sporting record from 49 matches

9 10 30

Expected not to appear

Arthur Masuaku (Knee Surgery) Joel Matip (Ankle Injury), Naby Keïta (Ankle Injury), Diogo Jota (Bruised Knee), Virgil van Dijk (Ruptured cruciate ligament), Joe Gomez (Patella problems)

Who does the community think will win?

5.1 % 10.3 % 84.6 %

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Brighton & Hove Albion -:- Tottenham Hotspur

Sunday, Jan 31, 2021 - 8:15 PM

D L D L W D Form D D W W L

€243.85m Total value €737.15m

Sporting record from 7 matches

1 1 5

Expected not to appear

Adam Lallana (Groin Strain), Danny Welbeck (Knee Problems), Tariq Lamptey (Hamstring Injury) Harry Kane (Ankle Injury), Giovani Lo Celso (Hamstring Injury), Dele Alli (Unknown Injury), Sergio Reguilón (Muscle Injury)

Who does the community think will win?

1.9 % 6.4 % 91.7 %

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