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Barclays Premier League

11 – 12 February 2012

Saturday 11 February
Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers

• Queens Park Rangers have failed to score in their three league and cup visits to Blackburn Rovers since 1999.
• Blackburn Rovers have won only one of their 12 games against teams in the bottom half of the Premier League this season.
• Excluding unused substitutes, 39 players have appeared for Queens Park Rangers in league and cup matches this season.

Bolton Wanderers Wigan Athletic

• Bolton Wanderers have not lost in their last eight league and cup meetings with Wigan Athletic.
• Bolton Wanderers have lost 16 of the 17 games in the Premier League this season when the opposition have scored the first goal.
• Wigan Athletic have completed a run of nine games without a win in the Premier League for the second time this season.

Everton Chelsea

• Chelsea will be aiming for the first league double against Everton since the 2004-05 season.
• Everton have scored only six goals in the first-half of their Premier League games this season, the lowest total in the division.
• Chelsea have one point less than they did after 24 games last season when they lost Game No. 25.

Fulham Stoke City

• Each team has won two of the last four league and cup meetings by a 2-0 margin.
• Since the start of last season, Fulham have lost only two of the 17 games in the Premier League when Clint Dempsey has scored.
• Stoke City have won all five games in the Premier League this season when they have led at half-time.

Manchester United Liverpool

• Liverpool have lost seven of their last eight league and cup visits to Manchester United.
• Manchester United have been awarded eight penalties in the Premier League this season, more than any other team.
• Liverpool gained 18 points away from home last season. The Reds have already accumulated 19 points on their Premier League travels this term.

Sunderland Arsenal

• Arsenal have lost one of their last eight league and cup visits to Sunderland
• Sunderland have won five of their last six Premier League games.
• The most goals Arsenal have conceded in away games in a Premier League season is 28 (1994-95 and 2010-11). They have already conceded 25 so far this season.

Swansea City Norwich City

• NorwichCity have not won at Swansea since March 1962, when the home team was called SwanseaTown.
• SwanseaCity have lost one of their last seven Premier League games.
• NorwichCity have lost one of their last five away games in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United

• Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in their last four Premier League meetings with Newcastle United after losing all of the preceding six league encounters.
• Tottenham Hotspur have failed to score in five of their 35 league and cup games this season.
• Newcastle United have failed to score in only one of their away games in the Premier League this season.

Sunday 12 February
Aston Villa Manchester City

• Manchester City have failed to win in their last four Premier League visits to Villa Park.
• Having gone six without a win at Villa Park, Aston Villa will be aiming to avoid a run of seven home league games without a win for the first time since October 1987.
• Manchester City are the only team who have yet to be behind at half-time in the Premier League this season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion

• West Bromwich Albion will be aiming to complete a league double against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the first time since the 1997-98.
  
• Wolverhampton Wanderers have recovered 13 points from losing positions, more than any other team in the Premier League this season.
• West Bromwich Albion have not won a game in the month of February in the Premier League since 2006. The Baggies have since made 12 unsuccessful attempts.