Manchester United have had more goalless draws than any other team in the Premier League this season. This is their joint-most in a single campaign in the competition (6), along with 2004-05 and 2016-17. Gloom.
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Manchester United’s last three games:
Man Utd 0-0 Real Sociedad
Chelsea 0-0 Man Utd
Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
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Nemanja Matic’s deflected strike was Manchester United’s only shot on target against Crystal Palace.
Zero shots on target after the 13th minute.
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14 - Manchester United are the fifth team to remain unbeaten in their first 14 away top-flight matches in a season (W8 D6), after Leeds United in 1973-74, Liverpool in 1987-88 and Arsenal in both 2001-02 and 2003-04. Solace.
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FT: Crystal Palace 0-0 Man Utd
Shots: 8-11
Shots on target: 2-1
Corners 4-6
Passing accuracy: 78%-86%
Possession: 37%-63%
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Four of Manchester United’s last six away games in the Premier League have finished 0-0.
They didn’t look like scoring this evening.
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Crystal Palace had more shots against Man Utd (8) than they had in their last two Premier League games combined (6).
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For the first time in Premier League history Crystal Palace have gone unbeaten against Man Utd in an individual season 
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Match Preview: Liverpool Vs Chelsea
The top-four race is not one either of these clubs would have gone into the season hoping to be involved in, and certainly not one they would have expected to be chasing, with ground still to make up at this stage of the campaign.
However, both teams - and Liverpool in particular - have been forced to temper their expectations over the course of the season and securing Champions League football next term is now the sole priority for both as far as their league ambitions are concerned.
Plenty of problems still exist for Liverpool, though, not least a scarcely-believable run of form at home which has seen them lose their last four Anfield outings.
That is already the worst run Liverpool have suffered since 1923, and incredibly as many home defeats as they had suffered in their first 100 such games under Klopp, and another loss on Thursday would see them fall to five successive home defeats for the first time in their entire history - either in the league or across all competitions.
The champions outclassed Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the reverse fixture, but Thursday’s visitors appear to be a different proposition under Tuchel and only Manchester City have picked up more points over the last six league games.
Indeed, Tuchel is yet to taste defeat since taking over as manager, winning six and drawing three of his nine games at the helm - only Jose Mourinho and Luiz Felipe Scolari, with 10 games and 12 games respectively, have enjoyed longer unbeaten starts as Chelsea boss.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of that is the fact that Chelsea have conceded just two goals in those nine games - they shipped 12 in their final nine under Frank Lampard - giving Tuchel a firm foundation to build upon.
The task now will be to improve the team’s balance going forward; while they have only conceded twice, they have also only scored 10 goals in those nine games and drew a blank last time out against Manchester United.
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Liverpool Vs Chelsea: Head to Head
Chelsea v Liverpool Head-to-Head Record. A complete record of competitive matches played between the two teams.
Total Matches played: 187
Liverpool won: 82
Games drawn: 41
Games lost: 64
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Team News
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker will return to Liverpool’s starting line-up for the visit of Chelsea after sitting out their last match following the death of his father.
Midfielder Fabinho returns from injury while forward Diogo Jota, who would have been in the squad for Sunday’s win at Sheffield United but for late illness, is set for his first involvement in three months after a knee problem.
Manager Jurgen Klopp has to decide whether to keep the inexperienced centre-back partnership of on-loan Ozan Kabak and Nat Phillips after they became the 17th different central defensive pairing of the season at Bramall Lane.
Thiago Silva will miss out for Chelsea, with the Brazil defender not yet ready for match action after a thigh issue.
Winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is fully fit after a minor knee niggle though, and will be in the squad.
Striker Tammy Abraham remains a doubt due to an ongoing ankle complaint that he has managed over a number of weeks.
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Opta stats
Liverpool have won each of their last four Premier League meetings with Chelsea, netting 11 goals and conceding four. The only team to win five in a row against the Blues in the competition is Blackburn (7 between February 1993 and May 1996).
Chelsea have lost their last two away league games against Liverpool, last losing more consecutively at Anfield between September 1992 and October 1997 (6).
Of all the 15 fixtures between the six ever-present Premier League sides, only Everton vs Manchester United (1) has seen fewer goalless draws than matches between Chelsea and Liverpool (3).
Chelsea have won just 10 per cent of their 10 Premier League games against Liverpool taking place between Monday-Friday (W1 D4 L5), compared to a 40 per cent Premier League win rate against the Reds at the weekend (W19 D10 L18).
Liverpool have lost each of their last four Premier League home games, as many as they had in their first 100 at Anfield under manager Jürgen Klopp. The Reds have never lost five consecutive home games in their history, either in the league or all competitions.
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After Leicester’s mistake last night, West Ham are now the only side yet to commit an error leading to an opposition goal in the Premier League this season.
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Everton are unbeaten in their last eight away league matches, winning six and drawing two
The Toffees have already won eight PL matches on the road this season, only winning more in the competition in the 2008/09 campaign (9)
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FulhamFC have only conceded one goal in their last five PL matches, keeping clean sheets in their two home games in this run
They last keep three in a row in the top-flight at Craven Cottage back in February 2011, a run of four
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Tottenham have picked up 10 wins from their last 12 PL matches against Fulham (D1, L1)
They’ve conceded just eight goals in the process and never more than once in a match
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Last night was the 24th time Bruno Fernandes has completed 90 minutes in a Premier League match for Manchester United but the first time he hasn’t attempted a shot at goal. Reliance.
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Liverpool have already conceded more Premier League goals this season (34) than they did in 2019/20 (33)
They have 12 games left…
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With a win over Liverpool, Chelsea will go…
• 3 points behind Leicester (3rd)
• 4 points behind Manchester United (2nd)
• 4 points ahead of Liverpool
Big game in the top four race.
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