Nicolas Pépé has taken 14 penalties across all club competitions since the start of the 2017-18 season:
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Just one miss.
Nicolas Pépé has taken 14 penalties across all club competitions since the start of the 2017-18 season:
✘:soccer_ball:
Just one miss.
Yerry Mina is the first opposition player to score from a set-piece against Arsenal in the Premier League this season.
Big header from the big man.
No player had fewer touches in the first half of Everton vs Arsenal than Willian (14).
Level with Jordan Pickford in the Everton goal.
The seven Japanese players to score a Premier League goal:
Shinji Okazaki (14)
Shinji Kagawa (6)
Maya Yoshida (6)
Junichi Inamoto (4)
Yoshinori Muto (1)
Hidetoshi Nakata (1)
Takumi Minamino (1)
Three Premier League winners included.
Gabriel Martinelli comes on to make his first senior appearance for Arsenal since March 2020.
Welcome back.
Three wins from three matches, this latest one a gritty and deserved victory over Arsenal in front of supporters who gave their team a rousing reception at full-time, moves Carlo Ancleotti’s team to second in the Premier League table.
Old rivals renew hostilities on Sunday afternoon, as Manchester United welcomes Leeds United to Old Trafford for the first league meeting between the two sides since February 2004.
The hosts come into the match now sitting in 6th in the Premier league table with a game in hand over most of the teams around them. While Leeds where big winners against Newcastle United last time out.
Old Trafford is by no means the fortress it used to be at the moment, though, with the Red Devils having won just one of their last eight Premier League games on their own patch.
Only three teams have picked up fewer points at home all season, and perhaps even more worrying is the fact that only Burnley have scored fewer home goals than Man United’s measly tally of three from six games so far.
Inconsistency has been the issue for Marcelo Bielsa’s side side so far, with five wins and six defeats among their 13 outings, including just two wins from their last seven.
Sunday will be Marcelo Bielsa’s third managerial meeting with Manchester United, and a good omen for Leeds fans is that he won the previous two - home and away with Athletic Bilbao in the 2011-12 Europa League.
Manchester United Premier League form: WWWWDW
Manchester United form (all competitions): WLWLDW
Leeds United Premier League form: LDWLLW
Just two points separates Tottenham and Leicester City in the standings, but they are both coming into the game off the back of disappointing midweek defeats to Merseyside oppositions.
Both Spurs and Leicester will be heading into this top-four showdown off the back of disheartening defeats, though, and with only five points separating second from 10th, another loss here could easily see them surrender their lofty positions.
Mourinho’s men have won their last six home games, conceding just once in the process and are unbeaten in 10 across all competitions on their own patch, scoring 27 goals in that time.
In the league alone Spurs have only lost one of their last 11 home outings - a vast improvement on a record of three defeats in their first eight such matches under Mourinho.
However, part of the intrigue surrounding this match lies in the fact that Leicester are also fast improving away from home; they picked up just six points from their first nine away games of 2020, winning only once, but so far this term they have won five of their six such outings.
Recent history suggests that another defeat may be forthcoming for Rodger’s men, with Leicester having only won one of their last nine Premier League away games against Tottenham - winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane in their title-winning campaign.
Rodgers himself has never got the better of Mourinho in seven previous meetings either, which is his longest winless run against any manager.
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League form: WWDWDL
Tottenham Hotspur form (all competitions): DDWWDL
Leicester City Premier League form: WLLWWL
Leicester City form (all competitions): LLWWWL
If Patrick Bamford scores against Man Utd he will become the fastest Englishman to 10 PL goals for the Whites. the fastest player to reach that milestone since Mark Viduka in November 2000
Manchester United have played more home PL matches against Leeds without losing than against any other club
Harry Kane has scored 14 goals in just 10 PL appearances against Leicester, more than he’s netted versus any other opponent in the competition
Solskjaer 2 years at ManUtd:
• Most points won in opening ten matches
• Most consecutive away wins in all competitions
• Longest unbeaten run by a new boss
• First manager to beat Pep twice in a week
• First manager in PL history to win 6 away games by more than 3 goals
Arsenal have not won any of their last seven Premier League games:
vs. Aston Villa
vs. Leeds
vs. Wolves
vs. Tottenham
vs. Burnley
vs. Southampton
vs. Everton
14 points after 14 games
15th in the league
Worst start in the league for 46 years!
Brighton fight back to claim a point against 10-man Sheff Utd in a thrilling encounter on the south coast
Vardy
Alderweireld (OG)
Back-to-back defeats for Jose Mourinho’s side before Christmas.
Spurs in the Premier League table this week:
Dec 15: 1st
Dec 16: 2nd
Dec 20: 4th
Dropping from 2 to 4 this week faster than London’s tiers.