It's a mouthwatering weekend of Premier League fixtures, featuring one of the biggest games in all the land, so we bring you at least three key facts and stats for all ten matches taking place this weekend.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion: Saturday 12:30pm
Brighton have won four of their last six visits to the Emirates, claiming three successive victories in N5 prior to a 2-0 defeat last December.
On the flip side, having done the double of the Seagulls last season, Arsenal are targeting three consecutive league wins in this fixture for the first time since 1981.
Having enjoyed 2-0 wins over Wolves and Aston Villa so far, Mikel Arteta's team are seeking to win three consecutive Premier League games without conceding for the first time since November 2022, last achieving this to commence a campaign in exactly 100 years ago.
Meanwhile, after Fabian Hürzeler's side defeated Manchester United a week ago, the Seagulls have now won nine of their last 13 Premier League fixtures played in August.
Kai Havertz has found the net in each of his last three appearances against Brighton, scoring four in his last four outings at the Emirates.
Leicester City vs Aston Villa: Saturday 3pm
Aston Villa are unbeaten in three visits to the King Power Stadium, now hoping to claim back-to-back league wins in Leicester for the first time since 1981, the year they were most-recently champions.
Both teams have scored in ten of the last 13 encounters between these Midlands rivals.
Following victory at the London Stadium a fortnight ago, Aston Villa are seeking to win their first two away matches of a Premier League season for the first time since 2020, a sequence that featured a 1-0 win at Leicester, most-recently achieving this in front of supporters a decade ago.
After squandering two gilt-edged chances during the defeat to Arsenal, Ollie Watkins has now failed to score in seven successive Premier League appearances, his longest draught since October 2022.
At the other end of the field, Jamie Vardy has drawn a blank in each of his last five meetings with Villa, despite having scored five in his previous four league encounters with them.
Everton vs Bournemouth: Saturday 3pm
Having been smashed 3-0 by Brighton and then 4-0 at Tottenham, Everton have made the worst start to a season in the club's entire 146-year history.
The Toffees also began last season with three successive loses, failing to score in any of those fixtures either, so have failed to win any of their last ten August matches, losing seven of them, dating back three years to Rafa Benítez's ill-fated, if brief, tenure.
In better news for Evertonians, their team have won eight of nine clashes with Bournemouth at Goodison, including both of the last two, the Cherries' sole victory on that side of Stanley Park coming on the final day of the 2019/20 season during lockdown.
Andoni Iraola's side have drawn both matches 1-1 so far; never before have Bournemouth drawn three consecutive Premier League matches.
Nottingham Forest vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: Saturday 3pm
Each of the last four meetings between these Midlands rivals have resulted in draws, as many stalemates as there had been in their previous 22 encounters.
Forest have failed to claim victory in any of their last eight clashes at the City Ground, although they did knock Wolves out of the EFL Cup in 2023, this though thanks to a penalty shootout victory.
Nuno Espírito Santo is unbeaten in three clashes with Wolves since leaving the club in 2021, winning two of them.
Any sort of positive result for Nottingham Forest would mean they are unbeaten three matches into a top-flight season for the first time in 29 years.
Conversely, Wolverhampton Wanderers have now lost five successive Premier League matches, last losing six on the spin in August 2021, which is also the most-recent occasion they commenced a campaign with three consecutive defeats, doing so under Bruno Lage.
Brentford vs Southampton: Saturday 3pm
Brentford have won each of their last three meetings with Southampton, all without conceding; neither side has enjoyed four successive victories over the other since a streak of six Saints wins between 1902 and 1905.
Victory for the Bees would see them claim back-to-back home wins for the first time since 4 November, while they haven't began a top-flight campaign with consecutive away wins since 1946.
In contrast, Russell Martin's team are yet to get off the mark; the Saints haven't began a season with three straight defeats since 2012, while they have not failed to score in their opening three league fixtures of a campaign for 23 years.
To date, Ben Brereton Díaz has featured in 16 Premier League games without ever winning one. Should the Saints fail to win here, the Chilean would equal the all-time record held by Marvin Sordell, who made 17 appearances in the competition for Bolton and Burnley but never tasted victory.
Ipswich Town vs Fulham: Saturday 3pm
Fulham have won each of their last six encounters with Ipswich, including a 3-1 EFL victory at Portman Road last November, despite actually being winless in 13 meetings beforehand, dating back to Boxing Day 1963.
That aforementioned clash the day after Christmas 61 years ago is the last time any English top-flight side has scored double-figures in a game, as the Cottagers ran out 10-1 winners in West London.
Having beaten Leicester 2-1 last weekend, and then Birmingham 2-0 in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, Marco Silva's side are seeking three successive victories across all competitions for the first time since February 2023.
On the flip side, having started the season with defeats at the hands of Liverpool and then Manchester City, Kieran McKenna has lost back-to-back games for the first time as Ipswich manager; the Tractor Boys have not suffered three successive league defeats since March 2020 under Paul Lambert.
West Ham United vs Manchester City: Saturday 5:30pm
Manchester City's come from behind 4-1 victory over Ipswich means Pep Guardiola's team have now won 11 successive Premier League games, all by a two-goal margin, including a win over West Ham that clinched the title on the final day of last season.
Overall, the Hammers are winless in 17 league meetings with the Sky Blues, losing 14 of them, their most-recent victory in this fixture coming at the Etihad nine years ago.
At the London Stadium, Man City have won seven of ten visits, their sole defeat coming on penalties in the EFL Cup, scoring 30 goals across these matches, netting 4+ on five seperate occasions.
The Irons are aiming to avoid losing their first two home league matches of a season for the second time in three seasons, a sequence that featured a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Man City, having only endured this once since 2015 beforehand.
Erling Braut Håland marked his Premier League debut with a brace in East London during that aforementioned victory two years ago; his hat-trick last weekend continues his imperious record in the competition in August, scoring 16 in ten outings during this calendar month, making it his most fruitful month of the year.
Newcastle United vs Tottenham Hotspur: Sunday 1:30pm
Newcastle have won three of their last four meetings with Tottenham, as many victories as they'd enjoyed across the previous 14 encounters.
At St James' Park, Spurs' last two visits have seen them smashed 6-1 and then 4-0, aiming to avoid three consecutive defeats on Tyneside for the first time in 17 years.
The last nine clashes between this pair anywhere have witnessed 40 goals, meaning a goal is scored every 20 minutes or so, with both teams on target in eight of them.
After Ange Postecoglou's team smashed Everton 4-0 last weekend, Tottenham supporters are dreaming of seeing their side score 4+ in successive matches for the first time, within the same season, since April 2022, a sequence that featured. a 5-1 demolition of Newcastle.
In contrast, following their battling 1-0 win over Southampton on the opening day, Eddie Howe's team are targeting back-to-back clean sheets at home for the first time since December.
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace: Sunday 1:30pm
Chelsea have won each of their last 14 encounters with Crystal Palace in all competitions, while victory here would equal the Premier League record for most wins any team has enjoyed over another in succession, currently held by Man City against Bournemouth, also ongoing.
The Eagles have won only two of their last 22 outings at Stamford Bridge, enjoyed back-to-back wins there in 2015 and 2017.
Defeat for Oliver Glasner's side would see Palace start a season with three successive defeats for the first time since Frank de Boer's ill-fated tenure seven years ago.
Meantime, following defeat to Manchester City on the opening weekend, Enzo Maresca is hoping to avoid becoming the first Chelsea boss to lose their first two home league matches in charge since his compatriot Gianluca Vialli in 1998; the club have changed head coach 23 times during the intervening period.
Manchester United vs Liverpool: Sunday 4pm
The last nine clashes between these two have witnessed 41 goals, an average of 4.56 per game, data skewed in a negative sense by their goalless draw at Anfield last December.
The Reds have won only three of their last 20 outings at Old Trafford, most-recently enjoying a 5-0 hammering of their fierce rivals in October 2021.
During their time as Eredivisie rivals, Arne Slot won his first two clashes with Erik ten Hag's Ajax, although ten Hag came out on top in their two subsequent clashes.
Speaking of Slot, he's aiming to become the first Liverpool manager since Bob Paisley in 1974 to win their first meeting with Man United.
In the first 30 years of the Premier League, 1992-2022, Manchester United only conceded two stoppage time winners, these against Arsenal in 2007 and Crystal Palace in August 2019. Since Erik ten Hag's appointment, the Red Devils have lost on six seperate occasions in such manner in little over two seasons, the most-recent of which came in Brighton last weekend.