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Barclays Premier League
21 -22 January 2012
Saturday 21 January

Bolton Wanderers Liverpool

• Liverpool have won all of their last ten meetings with Bolton Wanderers (all Premier League).
• Bolton Wanderers have lost 15 games in the Premier League this season, one less than the whole of last season.
• Liverpool have lost only two of their last 21 games in all competitions.

Everton Blackburn Rovers

• Everton have won four of the last six Premier League encounters with Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park.
• Everton have not scored in the first-half of their last ten Premier League games.
• Blackburn Rovers have failed to go on to win any of the last 17 Premier League games when they have been level at half-time.

Fulham Newcastle United

• None of Newcastle United’s 30 previous league and cup visits to Fulham have ended in a goalless draw.
• Fulham have drawn 999 of their 3,927 all-time league games.
• Newcastle United have kept eight clean sheets in the Premier League this season, the same total as the whole of last season.

Norwich City Chelsea

• Chelsea have won their last five league and cup meetings with NorwichCity, scoring 18 goals in the process and conceding only two in reply.
• NorwichCity have joined Blackburn Rovers in becoming the first teams to fail to keep a clean sheet in their first 21 games of a Premier League season.
• Chelsea’s Fernando Torres has failed to score in his last 17 games for club and country.

Queens Park Rangers Wigan Athletic

• This is only the eighth meeting between Queens Park Rangers and Wigan Athletic (all league).
• During his managerial career, new Queens Park Rangers boss Mark Hughes has been in charge of 241 Premier League games and won 91 (a win percentage of 37.92%).
• Wigan Athletic have lost the three league and cup games they have played in 2012.

Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

• Stoke City have won eight and drawn two of their last ten meetings with West Bromwich Albion (all league).
• Stoke City have lost only one of their last nine Premier League games.
• West Bromwich Albion have won six and lost 11 in the Premier League this season, exactly the same return after 21 games last season.

Sunderland Swansea City

• Swansea City will be making their first visit to Sunderland since March 1983 and their first-ever visit to the Stadium of Light.
• Sunderland have won five of eight league and cup games under Martin O’Neill’s management.
• Swansea City have won all three league and cup games they have played in 2012.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Aston Villa

• The home team has not won any of the last six meetings between Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers (all Premier League).
• Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded the opening goal in 15 of their 21 Premier League games this season.
• Should he score against his first club, Aston Villa new boy Robbie Keane would become the seventh player to score for six different Premier League clubs.

Sunday 22 January

Arsenal Manchester United

• This will be the 47^th occasion managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have faced each other in all competitions. Manchester United have won 20 games to Arsenal’s 15.
• Having lost their last two, Arsenal will be aiming to avoid three consecutive Premier League defeats for the first time since April 2007.
• Manchester United have gone on to win 14 and draw one of the last 15 Premier League games they have led at half-time.

Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur

• Following their 5-1 win at White Hart Lane in August, Manchester City will be aiming to complete a league double over Tottenham Hotspur for the first time since 1991-92.
• Manchester City have scored 57 goals in the Premier League this season, three less than the whole of last season.
• Tottenham Hotspur have scored in 22 of their 23 Premier League games since their 0-1 defeat at Manchester City in May 2011.