Jeff Stelling
Jeff Stelling

The stats to help you land the £1m Soccer Saturday Super 6 jackpot


Jeff Stelling will once again have his £1m Super 6 briefcase on Soccer Saturday - so we've pulled together the stats to help you become a millionaire.

Crystal Palace v Swansea

  • There were 12 goals scored in the two Premier League games between these two sides last season; the highest scoring PL fixture in 2016-17.
  • Swansea have lost just one of their last 12 league meetings with Crystal Palace (W6 D5 L1); this came at Selhurst Park in May 2015 (0-1).
  • Both side have lost their opening two games without scoring, with Swansea failing to attempt a single shot on target so far.

Huddersfield v Southampton

David Wagner
David Wagner
  • Southampton have failed to score in seven of their last 10 Premier League games, scoring just seven goals from 138 shots in these matches (5.1%), but have won more Premier League away games in 2017 (4 of 10) than they have at home (3 of 11).
  • 23 of Huddersfield’s last 27 wins in league competition have been achieved by a one-goal margin.
  • Since the start of 2014-15, Fraser Forster has kept 34 clean sheets in 88 Premier League appearances (39% of matches) – more than Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois (33 in 93 games) despite playing five games fewer.

Newcastle v West Ham

  • Newcastle United have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home games against West Ham United (W7 D5 L1), beating only two sides than the Hammers in the top flight.
  • West Ham have conceded seven goals in their opening two Premier League games of the season; the most they have conceded at this stage in a league campaign since 1988-89 (7).
  • Joe Hart has conceded 17 goals in his last five appearances in league competition and saved just 10 shots in this period.

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Watford v Brighton

Marco Silva
Marco Silva
  • Watford have lost just one of their last 10 league meetings with Brighton & Hove Albion since the start of the 2005-06 season (W5 D4 L1).
  • Since winning promotion back to the Premier League themselves in May 2015, Watford haven’t lost at home to a newly-promoted side in the competition (W3 D2 L0) and have conceded just one goal in these five games (which was a penalty).
  • The Seagulls haven’t scored a goal in their two Premier League matches so far. On only 11 previous occasions has a team failed to score in their first three games of a Premier League season, but none of those 11 teams have been relegated at the end of that campaign.

Birmingham v Reading

  • Birmingham have won four of their last six matches against Reading in league competition (D1 L1), though did lose last time out in January, while Harry Redknapp has only lost one of his last 13 league games against the Royals (W6 D6).
  • Birmingham are unbeaten in their last three league games at home (W2 D1), their longest run since November (seven games unbeaten).
  • Jaap Stam has lost over half of his away games with Reading in the league (W10 D2 L13), compared to just two games at home (W17 D6).

Sheffield United v Derby

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Jeff Stelling
  • This will be the first league meeting between the two sides since the 2010/11 campaign in which Sheffield United won on the road but lost at Bramall Lane (0-1).
  • Sheffield United have won eight consecutive league games at Bramall Lane for the first time since February 2012.
  • Derby have conceded in each of their last 11 league games on the road, last keeping a clean sheet in January against Ipswich.

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