Everton vs West Ham May 12, 2013
Everton
Subs from Mucha, Heitinga, Jelavic, Stones, Hibbert, Oviedo, Vellios, Duffy, Barkley, Naismith, Francisco, Hitzlsperger
Doubtful None
Injured Neville (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form guide DWLDWD
Disciplinary record Y59 R3
Leading scorer Fellaini 11
West Ham
Subs from Henderson, Spiegel, Spence, Pogatetz, Noble, Collison, Maïga, C Cole, Taylor, Chamakh, Wellington, J Cole
Doubtful None
Injured Tomkins (calf, 19 May), McCartney (knee, Aug)
Suspended None
Form guide DLWDDD
Disciplinary record Y70 R1
Leading scorers Carroll, Nolan 7
STAT-ATTACK
Head-to-head
West Ham are without a win in nine league matches against Everton.
The Hammers have won only six of their 33 Premier League matches against the Toffees.
And they have won just twice at Goodison Park in that time.
No side has conceded more goals in the opening 15 minutes of games than Everton and West Ham United (both 11) this season.
This is the 126th meeting between the sides. Everton have won 62, West Ham 36 and there have been 27 draws.
Everton
Everton have drawn 15 matches this season – the most in the Premier League, but only the two Manchester clubs have lost less than their six matches.
The Toffees have kept clean sheets in four of their last five league games.
Leighton Baines is the only outfield player to play every minute (3150) of every league game this season.
Marouane Fellaini committed his 77th and 78th fouls of the season against Liverpool last weekend, which is the most in the top flight.
Leon Osman has completed more dribbles (58) than any other player in the Premier League this campaign.
West Ham
West Ham have drawn four of their last six Premier League games.
The Hammers have lost just one of their last eight Premier League home games (W4 D3 L1), but won just one of their last eight away from Upton Park.
Andy Carroll won the same number of aerial duels (nine) as the whole Newcastle team put together last Saturday, but the striker has hit the target with just four of his last 19 shots on target.
Fulham vs Liverpool May 12, 2013
Fulham vs Liverpool
Sunday, 12th May 2013 at 3pm
Premier League
Craven Cottage
- Fulham are five points clear of the relegation zone with two games to play, but need to be cautious of complacency after relegated Reading beat them 4-2 last weekend.
- Two goals from Bryan Ruiz were not enough to distract from the fact that Fulham now have just one point from six games, and still have an outside chance of being dragged into the relegation fight. Ruiz is 3/1 to score at any time with 888sport.com.
- However, Fulham fans can take heart that against a different keeper the scoreline could have been different. Alex McCarthy made 13 saves against Fulham, the most by any keeper in the last round of games.
- At their own defensive end, Aaron Hughes holds the second cleanest defensive record in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, having averaged 541 minutes and 15 seconds between fouls this season, committing just four in total.
- Brede Hangeland, meanwhile, is one of five players in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to have made 200 or more interceptions so far this season. Hangeland has 203 to his name in total. Hangeland is also ranked third for blocks with 37 this season, and second overall for defensive contributions with 338.
- Behind Hangeland, Mark Schwarzer will become the third goalkeeper in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to make 200 saves this season. He’s made 199 to date.
- Liverpool battled out a 0-0 draw in the Merseyside derby in their last league outing.
- Pepe Reina can be thanked for keeping a clean sheet in that game, making 12 saves in total, the second busiest keeper in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index for the last round of games.
- Glen Johnson has impressed going forward this season, but he may wish to concentrate on setting up colleagues rather than going for goal. He has the most ‘expensive’ goal in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, having required 44 shots at goal to score once, more than any of the other players in the Premier League to be stuck on one goal.
- That’s 8 more shots at goal than any other defender in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, ahead of second placed Daniel Agger who has had 36 shots at goal in total, scoring three goals in the process.
- Liverpool’s defenders may feel they can get forward and have an attempt on goal with a midfielder of the defensive quality of Lucas in front of them. Lucas is one of 22 players in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to have attempted 100 or more tackles this season, and one of five to have done so maintaining a tackles won percentage of 60% or over (62.1%).
- Even more impressive is how quickly Lucas has got to that milestone. He has attempted 100 tackles in just 1862 minutes this season. To put that in context, Lucas has made 111 tackles in 1862 minutes, while Mohamed Diame of West Ham, who has made the next highest number of tackles, has taken 759 minutes longer to attempt just two more tackles.
Norwich vs West Brom May 12, 2013
West Bromwich Albion
Subs from Myhill, Dawson, Tamas, Brunt, Odemwingie, Morrison, Thomas, Brown, Reid, Popov, Roofe, Allan, Hurst, Daniels
Doubtful Brunt (knee)
Injured Gera (knee, Aug), Thorne (knee, Aug)
Suspended Fortuné (last of three)
Form guide LLWDLL
Disciplinary record Y62 R4
Leading scorer Lukaku 14
STAT-ATTACK
Head-to-head
West Brom have won on their last three visits to Carrow Road – once in the Premier League and twice in the Championship.
This is only the sixth match they have played against each other in the Premier League, both sides have won two games each.
This is the 57th meeting between the sides. Norwich have won 17 times, West Brom 24 and there have been 15 draws.
Norwich
Norwich have scored 16 fewer goals than they had at the same stage of last season.
The Canaries have conceded more goals (13) from outside the area than any other team in the Premier League this term.
Norwich have won fewer games (two) in 2013 than any other top-flight side.
West Brom
West Brom had seven shots on target against Man City, the most by an away team at the Etihad in the league this season.
Only Reading (six) have conceded more goals to counter attacks than West Brom (five) this season.
West Brom have already secured successive top-flight top half finishes for the first time since the 1979-80 and 1980-81 seasons.
Romelu Lukaku is the youngest player to score 10 or more goals in Europe’s big five leagues this season. This game comes the day before his 20th birthday.
Last season Norwich 0 West Brom 1
Referee Howard Webb
This season’s matches 28 Y103, R4, 3.82 cards per game
Norwich
Subs from Bunn, Camp, Steer, Whittaker, Jackson, Fox, Kamara, E Bennett, Tettey, Becchio, Barnett, Tierney, Francomb
Doubtful Ruddy (match fitness)
Injured Turner (groin, 19 May), Surman (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form guide LLWLDL
Disciplinary record Y58 R1
Leading scorer Holt 6
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