⚽ Premier League Match Day 13- Preview, Stats, Results- Liverpool vs Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal & More

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The Premier League marches on at pace with all 20 clubs involved in midweek fixtures.

Liverpool hosts Spurs, Chelsea travels to Wolves while Arsenal Plays host to Southampton.

Tottenham Hotspur remains at the top of the Premier league standings, tied on points with Liverpool but ahead on goal differential.

Premier League Standings as at Week 12

In this thread we will be covering fixtures of Matchday 13 from December 15th to 16th, a total of 10 matches.

GAME WEEK 13 FIXTURES:

Tuesday, December 15th

• Wolves vs Chelsea 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)
• Manchester City vs West Brom 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)

Wednesday, 16th December

• Arsenal vs Southampton 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)
• Leeds United vs Newcastle United 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)
• Leicester City vs Everton 7pm (BST) 11.30pm (IST)
• Fulham vs Brighton and Hove Albion 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)
• Liverpool vs Tottenham 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)
• Westham United vs Crystal Palace 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)

Thursday, 17th December

• Aston Villa vs Burnley 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)
• Sheffield United vs Man United 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)

Plenty of exciting action in the EPL this week! Join in the discussion and share your views on the best and worst matches and anything in between.

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Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Chelsea

Wolverhampton wanderers and Chelsea will both be looking to bounce back from dampening defeats in the Premier League when the two sides go head to head at Molineux on Tuesday evening.

The hosts lost on their own patch to West Midlands rivals Aston Villa at the weekend, while Chelsea’s unbeaten run was ended at the hands of Everton in front of the Goodison Park faithful.

Nuno’s men can now only boast one win from their last five in the top flight - an impressive 2-1 triumph at Arsenal - and Wolves have now slipped to 13th in the table following Crystal Palace’s draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

The loss of Jimenez was always going to have a devastating impact on Wolves’ attacking prowess - with 18-year-old Fabio Silva far from the finished article - but the teenager will have to quickly adapt to the Premier League unless Santo opts to bring in another centre-forward in the January transfer window.

Defeat on Merseyside ended Chelsea’s 14-game unbeaten run in all competitions since their EFL Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, and Lampard’s side lost for the first time in the Premier League since Everton’s neighbours Liverpool marched to a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge in September.

However, both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur were unable to take advantage of Chelsea’s slip-up on Merseyside, but Leicester City did with a 3-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday - meaning that Lampard’s men find themselves outside of the top four after 12 matches.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League form: WLDWLL

Chelsea Premier League form: WWWDWL
Chelsea form (all competitions): WDWWDL

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Preview: Manchester City vs. West Bromwich Albion

Manchester City will be looking to return to winning ways when they welcome struggling West Brom to the ET I had Stadium on Tuesday night.

Manchester City are currently 9th on the table, while West Brom remain in 19th spot as they continue to struggle for positive results.

Guardiola’s team entered Saturday’s clash with United off the back of two strong victories over Burnley and Fulham in England’s top flight, but a disappointing Manchester derby finished goalless.

West Brom, meanwhile, will enter Tuesday’s clash in Manchester off the back of a 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon. The Baggies recovered from an early setback to level the scores in the second period, but Dwight Gayle came up with an 82nd-minute winner for Steve Bruce’s side.

Not since December 2008 have West Brom managed to beat City in the Premier League, while they have not overcome the Manchester side away from home in England’s top flight since February 2003.

Manchester City Premier League form: WDLWWD
Manchester City form (all competitions): WWDWWD

West Bromwich Albion Premier League form: LLLWLL

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Chelsea have lost just one of their last 20 EPL matches played on a Tuesday (W12 D7)

They face Wolves today

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Man City have won their last 13 EPL matches against West Brom, scoring 37 goals and conceding just nine

It’s their longest winning run against a specific opponent in their top-flight history

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Since returning to the Premier League in 2018, Wolves have won six of their eight home midweek matches in the competition.

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Premier League Top Scorers

11 - Dominic Calvert-Lewin
10 - Jamie Vardy
10 - Mo Salah
10 - Son Heung-min
9 - Harry Kane
8 - Patrick Bamford

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Kevin De Bruyne has been directly involved in 12 goals in his last eight Premier League starts against newly promoted teams (5 goals, 7 assists)

West Brom next?

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PEP RALLY How Arsenal could line-up against Southampton as Arteta faces midfield headache with Xhaka and Partey out but Pepe back.

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Wolverhampton vs Chelsea Team News

Wolves XI: Rui Patricio; Boly, Coady, Saiss; Nelson Semedo, Dendoncker, Neves, Marcal; Pedro Neto, Fabio Silva, Daniel Podence.

Chelsea XI: Mendy; James, Zouma, Silva, Chilwell; Kante, Mount, Havertz; Pulisic, Werner, Giroud.

Who are you backing?

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Who are you backing?

How about Wolves? Although not in great form recently, they did win against Arsenal, the last.

Haven’t seen Adama Traoré in the lineup? Why sub? He is one impressive player, I think.

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This might come as a surprise to many, but Wolves’ winger Adama Traore’s actually the fastest player in the game! He’s in line with Mbappe with a 96 pace.

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No player has provided more Premier League assists (3) for Chelsea than Ben Chilwell.

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Olivier Giroud has now scored more Premier League goals (88) than Dennis Bergkamp (87).

That man again.

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Kai Havertz failed to create a single chance and had no shot attempts in his 71 minutes against Wolves.

His last direct Premier League goal involvement came in MD5 against Southampton.

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Chelsea have lost back-to-back games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2019.

Pedro Neto’s 95th minute winner gives Wolves the three points.

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Timo Werner’s last eight games across all competitions for Chelsea:

✘ vs. Newcastle
✘ vs. Rennes
✘ vs. Tottenham
✘ vs. Sevilla
✘ vs. Leeds
✘ vs. Krasnodar
✘ vs. Everton
✘ vs. Wolves

Forgotten his shooting boots.

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Daniel Podence’s game by numbers vs. Chelsea:

100% tackles won
54 touches
13 total duels contested
9 ball recoveries
8 duels won
6 take-ons completed
5 final third entries
2 tackles won
1 interception
1 shot
1 goal

An all-round game.

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Ben Chilwell lost possession 30 times for Chelsea against Wolves in their 2-1 defeat.

The most by a Chelsea player in the Premier League this season.

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Most possession lost in a single Premier League game this season:

◉ Bruno Fernandes (37)
◉ Bruno Fernandes (32)
◉ Ben Chilwell (30)
◉ Jack Harrison (30)
◉ Darnell Furlong (30)

Bruno leads the way.

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Raheem Sterling has now provided as many Premier League assists for Man City (32) as Yaya Touré.

Levelling up with a club legend.