Premier League tips: Betting previews, score predictions & best bets for Sunday's action - Everton v Liverpool, Aston Villa v Chelsea, Newcastle v Sheff Utd

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Newcastle v Sheffield United

  • 1400 BST kick-off on Sky Sports Premier League/Main Event
  • Match Odds:

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  • Newcastle United have won their last four league games against Sheffield United, with their last defeat against the Blades coming in their last Premier League meeting at St James’ Park in November 2006 (0-1).
  • This is Sheffield United’s first away league visit to Newcastle since a Championship match in April 2010, losing 2-1.
  • In all competitions, Newcastle have won five of their last six home games against Sheffield United, losing the other in November 2006 in the Premier League. The Magpies have netted 14 goals across those five victories.
  • This will be just Newcastle’s second league match played in the month of June, with their other ending in a 2-4 defeat to Newport County in the second tier back in 1947.
  • Newcastle are the joint-lowest home scorers in the Premier League this season (12), and are yet to score more than twice in any of their 14 league games at St James’ Park this season.
  • Newcastle are looking to pick up back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since December, with one of their wins back then coming against Sheffield United.
  • Newcastle have kept a clean sheet in five of their last six home Premier League games against promoted sides (W2 D3 L1), with the exception being a 1-2 loss against Wolves last season.
  • Though he hasn’t scored in six appearances since December, Jonjo Shelvey has scored more than twice as many Premier League goals as any other Newcastle player this season (5), with his five goals coming from just 10 shots on target.
  • Among the 41 teams Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has faced at least 10 times in his managerial career, only against QPR (73.3%) does he have a better win ratio than against former side Sheffield United (72.7%), winning eight of his 11 games against them.
  • Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder’s only previous visit to Newcastle came in a League Cup tie in August 2015, with his Northampton side losing 1-4.

Aston Villa v Chelsea

  • 1615 BST kick-off on Sky Sports Premier League/Main Event
  • Match Odds:
for the visit of Chelsea. He has scored only six times in 158 career appearances, might I add.

Despite Villa's terrible overall defensive record of 56 goals conceded in 29 league games, the goalless draw with the Blades provided their fifth clean sheet in 14 home matches. Not bad for the division's worst defenders.

But what doesn't bode well for Villa supporters is that in their eight meetings with the current top five so far this term, they have taken just one point from a possible 24.

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  • Aston Villa have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League games against Chelsea, winning the other at Villa Park in March 2014.
  • Chelsea have won their last five league games against Aston Villa, their best winning run against the Villans.
  • Aston Villa have taken just two points from their last 63 available against ‘big six’ Premier League sides, (W0 D2 L19), drawing with Man City in November 2015, and with Man Utd this season.
  • Aston Villa have won on six of the seven days of the week in the Premier League this season, with the only exception being Sunday. A win here will see them become just the second team in top-flight history to win a match on all seven days of the week within a season, after Tottenham in 1986-87.
  • After a run of eight straight wins, Chelsea lost their last Premier League game against a side in the relegation zone, going down 1-3 at Everton in December. They’ve not lost consecutive such games since January 2011 (vs Birmingham and Wolves).
  • Chelsea haven’t won any of their four away Premier League games in 2020 (D3 L1), having won seven of their previous nine on the road (L2). They last had a longer winless run away from home between September-December 2015 (7 games).
  • As a player, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard won just four of his 16 Premier League visits to Villa Park (D8 L4). His last appearance there with Chelsea saw him score twice in a 2-1 victory to become the Blues’ all-time leading goalscorer.
  • Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has scored in his last six games against Aston Villa in all competitions, netting eight goals; all appearances came while he was at Arsenal between 2013 and 2016.
  • Aston Villa keeper Pepe Reina has kept a clean sheet in 40% of his Premier League appearances against Chelsea (6/15). Of the 16 keepers to have faced the Blues at least 15 times in the competition, only Nigel Martyn has a better ratio against them (42% - 8/19).
  • Willian has scored in each of his last two games in all competitions for Chelsea, netting as many goals as he’d scored in his previous 23 for the Blues (2).

Everton v Liverpool

  • 1900 BST kick-off on Sky Sports Premier League/Main Event
  • Match Odds:
is tempting.

I do think Everton will make things difficult, but with Morgan Schneiderlin, Fabian Delph, Yerry Mina and Theo Walcott among their list of injured players I think it'll prove too much.

The Reds themselves are refusing to give an update on Mo Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or Robertson, though, so it could be that both sides are missing key players come kick-off. Even if that is the case, Jurgen Klopp's side have the resources to cope far better than their rivals.

Score prediction: Everton 0-1 Liverpool ()

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  • Everton are winless in 18 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D10 L8) since a 2-0 win back in October 2010 at Goodison Park.
  • Six of the last seven Premier League meetings between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park have ended as draws, with Liverpool winning the other 1-0 in December 2016.
  • Everton have failed to score in their last three home league games against Liverpool, managing just 19 shots across those games. The Toffees last failed to score in four consecutive home games against their rivals back in April 1978 (six in a row).
  • In all competitions, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 21 games against Everton – only against Aston Villa (22 between 1981-1992) have they had a longer such run against an opponent.
  • Liverpool’s only previous competitive match played in June was their Champions League final victory over Spurs last season. Meanwhile, this will be Everton’s first ever competitive match in the month.
  • Everton are winless in three Premier League games (D1 L2), though they are unbeaten in seven at Goodison Park (W4 D3) since losing 0-2 against Norwich in November.
  • Liverpool have been behind at some point in each of their last three Premier League games, after a run of 15 straight games without trailing. The Reds last went behind in four consecutive league games between May-August 2016.
  • Liverpool’s Divock Origi has scored five goals in seven appearances against Everton in all competitions, netting a brace in the reverse Premier League fixture at Anfield. The last Reds player to score more than once in both Merseyside league derbies in a season was Dick Forshaw in 1925-26 (hat-trick at Anfield, two at Goodison).
  • Michael Keane and Richarlison scored Everton’s goals in their 2-5 defeat against Liverpool in the reverse fixture. The last Everton player to score home and away against Liverpool in the same league season was Andrei Kanchelskis in 1995-96.
  • Just two of Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah’s 16 Premier League goals this season have come in away games (12.5%). Of the 204 occasions of a player netting 15+ Premier League goals in a full campaign, the only player with a lower ratio of goals scored on the road was Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008-09 (11.1% - 2/18).

Odds correct as of 1700 BST on 19/06/20

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