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Liverpool Aiming To Climb To The Premier League Summit And Reduce Manchester City’s Goal Difference Advantage

By Marc Gingell:

Barclays Premier League Sunday Fixtures

17.03. 14:15	Craven Cottage	REF: C Pawson	Fulham	v	Liverpool
17.03.16:30	Goodison Park	REF: A Taylor	Everton	v	Chelsea

Fulham Team News

Unknown Return Date: Marcus Bettinelli Knee injury.
Expected Back 06 Apr: Alfie Mawson Knee injury.
75% Chance of Playing: André Schürrle Illness

Liverpool Team News

Unknown Return Date: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Lack of match fitness.
Expected Back 31 Mar: Joseph Gomez Leg injury.
25% Chance of Playing: Jordan Henderson Ankle injury.
75% Chance of Playing: Naby Keita Muscle injury.

Opta Stats

Fulham have lost their last five Premier League meetings with Liverpool since a 1-0 win at Anfield in May 2012.
Liverpool have won their last two Premier League away games against Fulham – they’ve never won three in a row on the road against the Cottagers in the top-flight.
None of Fulham’s 13 Premier League home meetings with Liverpool have finished as a draw, with the Cottagers winning five and losing eight.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League games against promoted sides (W10 D1), winning the last eight in a row. They’ve scored 31 goals and conceded just four in that run since a 0-2 loss at Hull in February 2017.
Fulham have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League games (W1), including each of the last six in a row. They’ve not lost more consecutively in the top-flight since a run of 11 in February 1962.
Liverpool have conceded more goals in their 10 Premier League games in 2019 (9) than they had in their 20 such matches before the turn of the year this season (8).
Liverpool’s last three Premier League away games have finished level, with the last two ending 0-0. They last drew four in a row on the road between April-August 1996, while they’ve never had three consecutive goalless draws away from home in the top-flight.
Fulham have lost a league-high 17 Premier League matches by a margin of two or more goals this season. The most a side has ever lost by 2+ goals in a 38-game season is 19, by Fulham themselves in 2013-14.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has had a hand in 12 goals in his last eight Premier League appearances against newly-promoted sides (6 goals, 6 assists).
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has scored eight goals in his last eight Premier League games, though just one of these has come away from Anfield.

Prediction

Mo Salah to bounce back to form.

Fulham 0 Liverpool 4

Everton Team News

Expected Back 30 Mar: Kurt Zouma Ineligible to face his parent club Chelsea as part of his loan conditions. Phil Jagielka Muscle injury.

Chelsea Team News

75% Chance of Playing: Davide Zappacosta Knock. Gonzalo Higuaín Illness.

Opta Stats

Everton are winless in their last six Premier League meetings with Chelsea (D3 L3), failing to score in each of the last five. They last failed to score in six consecutive league games against an opponent vs Southampton between 1972 and 1979 (a run of seven).
Chelsea are unbeaten in two away Premier League visits to Everton (W1 D1); they haven’t managed three without defeat since a run of eight between 2001 and 2008.
The last two Premier League meetings between Everton and Chelsea have finished 0-0. Only four fixtures in the competition’s history have finished goalless in three consecutive games (Arsenal vs QPR, Aston Villa vs Man Utd, Charlton vs Middlesbrough and Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday).
Everton have won just one of their last eight Premier League home games (D3 L4), while the Toffees haven’t beaten a ‘big six’ side in the league since January 2017 (4-0 v Man City), drawing seven and losing 18 since.
Chelsea have lost three of their last seven Premier League games (W3 D1), as many as they had in their first 22 this season (W14 D5 L3).
Everton’s last seven Premier League goals at Goodison Park have been scored by different players.
Marco Silva has taken just three points in his last 12 Premier League games against the ‘big six’ (W0 D3 L9) since a 2-1 win with Watford against Arsenal in October 2017.
Eden Hazard has been directly involved in 48 per cent of Chelsea’s 50 Premier League goals this season (13 goals, 11 assists), the highest ratio in the division. The highest percentage of goals a Chelsea player has been involved in over a full Premier League season is 47 per cent, by Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (scored or assisted 32 of Chelsea’s 68 goals).
At no ground has Chelsea’s Eden Hazard played more Premier League games without scoring than he has at Goodison Park (6, level with Selhurst Park).
Everton’s Theo Walcott has scored six goals in all competitions against Chelsea, netting at least once in all four grounds he’s faced them in (Principality Stadium, Wembley Stadium, Emirates Stadium and Stamford Bridge). If he plays, this will be his first match against them at Goodison Park.