Jose Mourinho has suffered his heaviest Premier League defeat as Spurs manager.
They’ve lost four of their last five PL games.
Jose Mourinho has suffered his heaviest Premier League defeat as Spurs manager.
They’ve lost four of their last five PL games.
Eleven points adrift of safety, West Bromwich Albion host Manchester United at The Hawthorns looking for a miracle to keep them in the Premier League.
Sam Allardyce’s side have not been able to build on that excellent draw at Anfield on Boxing Day. They have only managed one win since, and have shipped too many goals to have any chance in most games they have played.
Manchester United, on the other hand, have been a bit shaky since losing to Sheffield United a few weeks ago.
The Red Devils remain second in the league table, but are five points behind city rivals Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
United delivered a comeback from that disappointing 3-3 draw against Everton last weekend with a 1-0 win over West Ham United in the FA Cup fifth round.
However, Solskjaer will be keen for his side to build consistency and deliver better defensive performances than they did in that game against Everton.
Grady Diangana is likely to remain sidelined for West Brom’s clash with Manchester United despite returning to training.
New loan signing Okay Yokuslu could make his full debut after joining from Celta Vigo last month and coming off the bench in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Tottenham.
Eric Bailly is back in contention for Manchester United 's trip to the Hawthorns.
Paul Pogba remains out with a thigh injury and Phil Jones continues his recovery from knee surgery. January signing Amad Diallo was on the bench for the first time in Tuesday’s FA Cup win against West Ham.
Manchester United are currently unbeaten in 18 Premier League away games (W13 D5), their longest such run on the road in top-flight history. There have been six longer runs by four different teams in the top-flight, most recently a 21-game run for Liverpool between January 2019-February 2020.
West Bromwich Albion have lost nine of their 12 home Premier League matches against Manchester United (W1 D2), shipping at least two goals in 11 of those 12 games and 31 in total.
West Brom manager Sam Allardyce won two of his first three Premier League matches against Man Utd, both at Old Trafford in 2001-02 and 2002-03 with Bolton. Since then, he has won just one of 22 matches against the Red Devils (D5 L16), winning 2-1 with Sunderland in February 2016.
Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes averages a goal or assist once every 84 minutes in the Premier League, the best ratio of the 1685 players with at least five goal involvements in the competition’s history.
The Gunners have lost their last two matches in the Premier League and are entering a crucial stage of the season. Mikel Arteta knows his side will need to start winning games if they want to have any hope of finishing in the top six.
Arsenal are currently 11th in the Premier League, one point behind Leeds in 10th.
Leeds United have been very exciting to watch this season, but they have been inconsistent in terms of results. Marcelo Bielsa’s side are sure to go for all three points on Sunday.
Both sides have been playing some brilliant attacking football recently and Sunday’s game could turn out to be a goalfest.
Arsenal have the advantage over Leeds based on their recent head-to-head record.
The Gunners are unbeaten in their last five meetings against Leeds, having won three of those encounters.
The two sides played out a 0-0 stalemate earlier this season.
Arsenal Form Guide: L-W-D-L-L
Leeds United Form Guide: L-W-W-L-W
Arsenal will be without Thomas Partey for Sunday’s Premier League visit of Leeds.
Kieran Tierney (leg) is also still missing but both Bernd Leno and David Luiz are back in contention after serving one-match bans following their red cards against Wolves.
Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips is an injury doubt and will be assessed after sustaining a calf injury in Monday night’s home win against Crystal Palace.
Rodrigo and Pablo Hernandez have not recovered from respective muscle strains and will not be included in the squad.
Only four players have scored 30+ Premier League goals since the start of last season:
◉ Mohamed Salah (36)
◉ Jamie Vardy (35)
◉ Harry Kane (31)
◉ Danny Ings (30)
The Southampton striker is up there with the best around.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given his strongest hint yet that he might be ready to give Dean Henderson a run in goal ahead of David de Gea.
Only Mohamed Salah (17) has scored more Premier League goals this season than Bruno Fernandes (14).
His latest strike was magnificent.
Luke Shaw has five assists in 20 Premier League games for Manchester United this season.
One more than he managed in his previous 64 Premier League games before that.
Possession: 27%
Shots on target: 3
Goals: 1
Points earned: 1
A typical Sam Allardyce team performance earns West Brom a draw against 2nd Place Manchester United
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