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Newcastle v Burnley

  • 20:00 BST on Sky Sports Premier League
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  • Burnley have kept a clean sheet in each of their last two Premier League meetings with Newcastle, as many as they had in their previous 14 top-flight matches against the Magpies.
  • Only goalless Sheffield United have a lower shot conversion rate than Burnley in the Premier League this season, with the Clarets netting just 7.7% of their attempts so far (2/26).
  • Newcastle have scored with all three of their shots on target so far in the Premier League this season, netting with both against West Ham on MD1, one against Spurs last time out, and failing to register one against Brighton in the other.

Leeds v Manchester City

  • 17:30 BST on Sky Sports Premier League
Patrick Bamford celebrates scoring the winner for Leeds at Sheffield United

The game of the Premier League weekend. Leeds v Manchester City. Marcelo Bielsa v Pep Guardiola.

Leeds' arrival back to the top-flight of English football was exciting for the neutral given the attacking brand of football played in the Sky Bet Championship and they have not disappointed. Six points from their first three games, despite a narrow defeat at Liverpool, will be seen as an excellent return.

Manchester City pose another test though and their 5-2 defeat to Leicester last time out can be viewed as both a positive and negative for Leeds. City have played the wounded animal far too often of late but they tend to do it well, and they won't necessarily object to a side with Leeds' attacking intentions.

City have defensive problems of their own though and Leeds, who have scored eight goals so far, represent good value at 9/4 to net two or more goals.

The fact that over 3.5 goals is odds-on shows just what the money makes of both of the defences on display here; perhaps that is a good indicator of just how strong the attacks are too. Alex Keble's excellent tactical preview outlines that these two shouldn't cancel each other out, but rather open up plenty of opportunities to score.

Leeds hit three against Liverpool and their signings in the transfer window demonstrate why they should be a team who are fairly comfortable this season. While the temptation was therefore to go for goals here, as outlined in our midweek Punting Pointers, Leeds' high number of tackles makes for great value in the stats market.

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Opta facts

  • Manchester City lost 2-5 against Leicester last time out, shipping as many goals in that defeat as they had in their previous 11 league games combined. They’ve not lost back-to-back Premier League games since December 2018.
  • 58% of Leeds’ shots in the Premier League this season have been on target (19/33) – only Leicester (59%) have a higher such ratio so far in the competition this term.
  • Kalvin Phillips has created nine goalscoring opportunities in the Premier League this season, more than any other Leeds player. Indeed, in each of Leeds’ three matches so far, Phillips has either had the most or the joint-most chances created for the club.

Everton v Brighton

  • 15:00 BST on BT Sport
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  • Brighton are averaging 14.7 shots-per-game in the league this season, their highest rate in any of their Premier League campaigns. The Seagulls expected goals (xG) rate is also the highest it’s been for them in the competition, with an xG value of 1.8 per game so far.
  • Everton have had 59 10+ pass sequences in open play in the Premier League this season, (19.7 per game); only Liverpool have had more (60). Last season, they averaged just 7.7 per game, ranking 11th overall in the division.
  • This will be Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti’s 100th Premier League game in charge (W59 D19 L21). Only five managers have won more of their first 100 in the competition than the Italian - José Mourinho (73), Pep Guardiola (73), Manuel Pellegrini (65), Alex Ferguson (62) and Roberto Mancini (62).

Chelsea v Crystal Palace

  • 12:30 BST on BT Sport
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Opta facts

  • Crystal Palace are looking to win their opening two away Premier League matches of a season for the third time (also 1997-98 and 2015-16) and could become only the second team to win at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford in consecutive away Premier League games, after Sunderland in April/May 2014.
  • Chelsea have conceded at least three goals in four of their last 10 Premier League games, as many times as they had in their previous 56 matches in the competition.
  • Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has been involved in six goals in his 12 Premier League games against Chelsea (3 goals, 3 assists) – against no side has he had a hand in more goals in the competition (also 6 vs Leicester).

Odds correct at 1600 BST (01/10/20)

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