⚽ Premier League Matchday 18- Previews, Stats, Results- Live updates- Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal and more

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After last weekend’s FA Cup Action , there’s no time for rest and recuperation as 12 Premier League teams dive straight into midweek action.

League leaders Liverpool are among the sides taking a welcome breather, but for some of the Reds’ fiercest rivals - namely Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, and, Everton, it’s a chance to shake things up in the title race and charge for European qualification places.

Current Premier League Standings

In this thread we will be covering fixtures of Matchday 18 from 12th to 14th of January. A total of 6 matches.

Premier league Fixtures

Tuesday, 12th January

• Sheffield United vs Newcastle 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)

• Burnley vs Manchester United 9:15pm (BST) 1:45am (IST)

• Wolverhampton vs Everton 9:15pm (BST) 1:45am (IST)

Wednesday, 13th January

• Manchester City vs Brighton and Hove Albion 7pm (BST) 11:30pm (IST)

• Tottenham vs Fulham 9:15pm (BST) 1:45am (IST)

Thursday, 14th January

• Arsenal vs Crystal Palace 9pm (BST) 1:30am (IST)

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

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Preview: Burnley vs. Manchester United

Manchester United will head to Burnley on Tuesday night knowing that a point against the Clarets would move them above Liverpool to the top of the Premier League.

United are currently second in the division, level on 33 points with the reigning champions, while Burnley occupy 16th, having picked up 16 points from their 15 matches in 2020-21

Burnley will enter Tuesday’s contest in good form, having won three of their last four matches in all competitions, including a 1-0 victory over Sheffield United in their last league game on December 29.

The Red Devils recorded a 2-0 victory at Burnley in the corresponding game last season, but the Clarets ran out 2-0 winners when the two sides last locked horns in January 2020 at Old Trafford.

Burnley Premier League form: DWDWLW
Burnley form (all competitions): WDWLWW

Manchester United Premier League form: DWWDWW
Manchester United form (all competitions): WDWWLW

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ManUtd are averaging three goals per PL away match this season (21 in seven)

The highest goals per game average away from home across a PL season is 2.5, by Liverpool in 2013/14

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Burnley won 2-0 at Old Trafford in their last PL meeting with Man Utd

They’ve not won consecutive league matches against the Red Devils in the PL

Can Burnley cause an upset tonight?

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Everton are looking to win three consecutive PL away matches without conceding for the first time since December 2008

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Callum Wilson has been directly involved in 63% of Newcastle United’s PL away goals this season (5/8), scoring three and providing two assists.

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Longest current unbeaten streaks in Europe’s top five leagues

Lyon - 16
󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man utd - 10
Barcelona - 8
Real Madrid - 8

If United can extend their unbeaten run to 11 they’ll be top of the Premier League by the end of the night

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Manchester United will lead the Premier League table for the first time with a win over Burnley since 2013!

A much awaited moment for the Ole Solskjaer, team and fans!

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Captain. Leader. Legend

100 league goals for Sheffield Utd.

Billy Sharp.

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Sheffield United 1-0 Newcastle FT:

Billy Sharp’s penalty earns Sheffield United their first win of the season.

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Sheffield United have won their first Premier League game this season following their win against Newcastle.

It only took them 18 games.

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Alex Iwobi has scored his first Premier League goal since September 2019 (also vs. Wolves).

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No defender has more Premier League assists this season than Lucas Digne (5).

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Ruben Neves has scored in his last 5 Premier League games against Everton

He LOVES playing against the Toffees

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Most assists by defenders in the Premier League this season:

◉ Lucas Digne (5 in 9 apps)
◉ Andy Robertson (5 in 17 apps)
◎ Ben Chilwell (4 in 14 apps)
◎ Aaron Cresswell (4 in 17 apps)

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Marcus Rashford has been directly involved in 11 goals in eight Premier League away games this season:

◎ 6 goals
◉ 5 assists

Away day specialist.

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All four of Paul Pogba’s goals for Manchester United since the start of last season have come away from home.

This one could see them go top of the table!

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Michael Keane has now scored three Premier League goals this season.

The same amount of league goals he managed for Everton in the three previous seasons combined.

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Wolves 1-2 Everton FT:

Iwobi
Neves
Keane

Goals from Alex Iwobi and Michael Keane move Everton up to fourth.

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Burnley 0-1 Man United FT:

Pogba

Paul Pogba’s second half goal sends Manchester United top of the table.