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Laurent Koscielny
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Fantasy Football tips: Premier League team news and statistics

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Sun May 06, 2018 · 8y ago

Team news and key Opta statistics to help with Fantasy Football picks and bets for the latest round of matches in the Premier League.

Sunday May 6

Arsenal v Burnley

Team news

Arsenal will be without captain Laurent Koscielny when Burnley visit the Emirates Stadium on Sunday for Arsene Wenger's final home game as manager.

Laurent Koscielny after his injury in Arsenal's clash against Atletico Madrid

Koscielny suffered a serious Achilles injury in Thursday's Europa League defeat to Atletico Madrid and looks set to miss the World Cup with France.

Mohamed Elneny (ankle) and Santi Cazorla (Achilles) are also sidelined but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can return having been cup-tied in Europe.

Burnley pair Ben Mee and Scott Arfield are not fit to feature at the Emirates Stadium.

Clarets skipper Mee (shin) has not played since the end of March and Arfield, who is Rangers-bound at the end of the season, has a calf complaint.

Steven Defour and Robbie Brady have longer term knee injuries but are making progress.

Teams

Arsenal (from): Cech, Ospina, Bellerin, Holding, Mustafi, Chambers, Mertesacker, Mavropanos, Monreal, Nelson, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Willock, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Welbeck, Lacazette, Nketiah, Aubameyang.

Burnley (from): Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Long, Ward, Lennon, Cork, Westwood, Gudmundsson, N'Koudou, Hendrick, Barnes, Wood, Vokes, Heaton, Marney, Bardsley, Taylor, Wells.

Opta statistics

  • Arsenal have won their last six home games against Burnley in all competitions, since a 0-1 loss in September 1974 in a league match.
  • Indeed, Burnley haven’t beaten Arsenal in any of their last nine attempts in all competitions (D1 L8), losing the last seven in a row. Their last win against the Gunners came in a League Cup match in December 2008 (2-0 at Turf Moor).
  • Arsenal’s last three Premier League matches against Burnley have been decided by a 90th minute winner – it’s the only fixture in the competition’s history to see three consecutive 90th minute winning goals.
  • This will be Arsenal’s eighth consecutive Premier League game to be played on a Sunday – the longest run of games ever played on a specific weekday in the competition (excluding Saturdays).
  • Burnley have won three of their last four away Premier League games (D1) – as many as Arsenal have won all season on the road.
  • There has been 77.2 per cent of Arsenal’s Premier League points that have come in home games this season – only in 1924-25 (81.8 per cent - 27/33) have they won a higher share of their points at home in a single top-flight campaign.
  • The Gunners have scored at least three goals in each of their last four home Premier League games – they’ve only had a longer such run once in the competition once, a run of six games in October 2009.
  • This will be Arsene Wenger’s 606th and final home match in charge of Arsenal. His first was a 0-0 draw against Coventry on October 19th 1996. Current Burnley manager Sean Dyche played in a 1-0 win for Chesterfield against Crewe in a third-tier league match that day.
  • In their last game against Manchester United, Konstantinos Mavropanos became the 30th player to play for Arsenal in the Premier League this season – only in 2011-12 (32) have the Gunners used more different players in a single campaign in the competition.
  • Ashley Barnes has scored in three of his last four Premier League away games, having netted in just one of his previous 14 in the competition.

Chelsea v Liverpool

Team news

Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso is available again for Sunday's Premier League clash with Liverpool.

Alonso was banned retrospectively for three matches for violent conduct against Southampton.

Midfielder Danny Drinkwater is available following a groin injury but has been left out for the last two games. Defenders David Luiz (knee) and Ethan Ampadu (ankle) are out.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez will miss out with an ankle problem.

Adam Lallana has begun full training sessions again after five weeks out with a hamstring injury.

Fellow midfielder Emre Can will get an update on his back issue on Monday which manager Jurgen Klopp believes could make him available for the Champions League final on May 26.

Teams

Chelsea (from): Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Kante, Barkley, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Moses, Giroud, Zappacosta, Willian, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Palmieri, Eduardo.

Liverpool (from): Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Milner, Salah, Firmino, Mane, Mignolet, Clyne, Klavan, Moreno, Woodburn, Solanke, Ings.

Opta statistics

  • Chelsea are winless in their last six Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D3 L3). They last had a longer winless run against them in the top-flight between 1985 and 1990 (10 games).
  • Liverpool have won their last two Premier League games at Stamford Bridge – the only side to win three in a row away at the ground in the competition were Blackburn, between 1993-94 and 1995-96.
  • Jurgen Klopp has won both of his Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge so far – no opposing manager has ever won their first three visits in the competition.
  • Both teams have scored in 12 of the last 13 Premier League meetings between these sides, with Chelsea the only side to keep a clean sheet in that run (2-0 at Anfield in April 2014).
  • Liverpool’s run of 13 league games without a clean sheet against Chelsea is their longest such run against a specific opponent in the top-flight since a streak of 17 against Blackburn (between 1947 and 1995).
  • The Blues have failed to win either of their last two Premier League home games – they last went three without a win at Stamford Bridge in May 2016, a run of five under Guus Hiddink.
  • Liverpool’s last two away league games have ended level. They last drew three in a row on the road in the Premier League in November 2012, which included a draw at Stamford Bridge.
  • The Reds haven’t failed to score in two consecutive Premier League games since August 2015, vs Arsenal and West Ham when Brendan Rodgers was manager.
  • Olivier Giroud hasn’t scored in any of his last six Premier League starts, with his last six goals in the competition coming as a substitute.
  • However, the Frenchman has scored four goals in his last five Premier League starts against Liverpool, though three of those goals have been at Anfield.

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