Man Utd will finish a post-Christmas GW top of the Premier League table for the first time since the final weekend of their 2012-13 title-winning campaign.
Man Utd will finish a post-Christmas GW top of the Premier League table for the first time since the final weekend of their 2012-13 title-winning campaign.
Man United are top of the Premier League in January for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013
Paul Pogba’s game by numbers vs. Burnley:
104 touches (most)
12 duels won (most)
7 penalty area entries
5 aerial duels won (=most)
5 clearances (most)
4 fouls won (most)
2 chances created (=most)
2 tackles
2 interceptions
1 shot
1 goal
What a performance.
Everton have won seven of their last 10 away Premier League games (D1 L2), as many victories as they enjoyed in their previous 28 on the road (D5 L16).
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last 14 Premier League appearances (6 goals, 5 assists).
Everton have scored more headed goals than any other team in the Premier League this season, with only Dominic Calvert-Lewin (4) netting more of their nine than Michael Keane (2).
Newcastle have lost a Premier League away game against the team starting the day bottom of the table for the first time since October 2015, versus Sunderland (3-0).
Sheffield United have picked up their first win of the Premier League season, in what was their 18th game - in top-flight history, only Bolton in 1902-03 (22) played more games of a season before earning their first victory.
Billy Sharp has now scored 100 league goals for Sheffield United, with 54 of those coming at Bramall Lane.
Ryan Fraser is the 40th different player to be sent off under Steve Bruce in the Premier League; only Harry Redknapp (41) and Arsene Wenger (44) have seen more different players see red.
Ruben Neves has scored in his last 5 Premier League games against Everton
He LOVES playing against the Toffees
Ruben Neves has scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time in his career.
vs. Brighton
vs. Everton
His first Premier League goal from inside the box that wasn’t a penalty.
Manchester United will travel to Anfield with a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League, courtesy of Paul Pogba.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said Manchester United’s trip to Liverpool could not have come at a better time after moving top of the Premier League for the first time in three years.
Manchester City will be aiming to stretch their winning run across all competitions to seven matches when they welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to the Etihad for Wednesday’s Premier League battle.
Both teams advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup at the weekend, with Pep Guardiola’s side cruising past Birmingham City, while Brighton knocked League Two side Newport County out on penalties.
Wednesday’s hosts are unbeaten in 13 and are on a six-game winning streak in all competitions - scoring 15 and conceding just twice in that run - and have propelled themselves into title contention as the season approaches its midway point.
As things stand, Guardiola’s men occupy fifth spot in the table, but reigning champions Liverpool - who have begun to falter recently - are only four points clear of City having played two games more.
Brighton can only boast a solitary win from their last 15 attempts. While the three sides below them in Fulham, West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United have also endured barren runs without victory, Brighton’s dismal form means that only three points separate them from the drop zone after 17 matches, and Fulham do have two games in hand over the relegation-threatened Seagulls.
Manchester City Premier League form: WDDWWW
Manchester City form (all competitions): WWWWWW
Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League form: LDDDLD
Brighton & Hove Albion form (all competitions): DDDLDW
Manchester City have won all six of their Premier League matches against Brighton, scoring 20 goals and conceding just twice.
Brighton have never won an away league game against Man City in 10 previous attempts (D2 L8), losing their last six visits in a row between 1983 and 2019.
Brighton have led for just 83 seconds in their six Premier League meetings with Manchester City - Glenn Murray gave the Seagulls the lead in May 2019 before Sergio Agüero equalised, with City going on to win 4-1 to clinch the title.
Since shipping five goals against Leicester in a 5-2 defeat in September, Man City have conceded just seven goals in 13 Premier League games, four fewer than any other side since the start of October.
Brighton have conceded the fifth-highest number of goals in the Premier League this season (28), but have the sixth-lowest expected goals against figure so far (18.6), meaning they’ve conceded around nine goals more than would normally be expected based on the quality of chances they’ve faced.