Premier League gameweek 6 statspack

It's another big weekend of Premier League action, with Manchester United vs Tottenham on Sunday the headline fixture. According to Duncan Alexander on Twitter, this is the first time in the 126-year history of English football that six clubs are still winless five matches into a top-flight season; will any of Leicester, Crystal Palace, Ipswich, Southampton, Everton or Wolves pick up three points this time?

Ahead of this weekend's ten fixtures, we bring you 3+ key facts and stats for all ten matches.

Newcastle United vs Manchester City: Saturday 12:30pm

Manchester City have won ten of their last 12 encounters with Newcastle, including beating the Magpies on three seperate occasions last season.

Excluding penalty shootouts, the Sky Blues lost only five matches last season, four of which came when Rodri was absent, including a 1-0 defeat at St James' Park in the EFL Cup.

Erling Braut Håland's opener against Arsenal meant he's now scored 100 goals in 105 Man City appearances, averaging a goal every 85 minutes.

Last weekend's draw with the Gunners ended a sequence of 13 Premier League victories for Pep Guardiola's team, dating back to Easter Sunday when they were also held to a draw by Arsenal.

Having already beaten both Southampton and Tottenham on Tyneside, the Magpies are seeking to start a top-flight campaign with three successive home wins for the first time since 1995, claiming victory in their first 13 home league fixtures that season, so very nearly winning the title under Kevin Keegan, while Man City were relegated.

Arsenal vs Leicester City: Saturday 3pm

Arsenal have won each of their last five encounters with Leicester, their longest streak since 1932, despite only claiming victory in two of their seven clashes immediately beforehand.

In North London, each of their last 14 league meetings, played in front of supporters, have produced Arsenal victories, with the Foxes' most-recent such win coming in 1973; Lenny Glover and Mike Stringfellow, both of whom were born during WWII, the scorers at Highbury back then.

However, Jamie Vardy has scored 11 career goals against Arsenal, the joint-most against any single opponent in his career, five of which have come at the Emirates.

Bukayo Saka has become the first player since Thierry Henry in 2004 to provide an assist in each of the first five fixtures to start a Premier League season; another here would break the record.

Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion: Saturday 3pm

Both teams have scored in each of the last six Premier League meetings between these two sides, with Chelsea prevailing 3-2 and 2-1 last season, meaning the Blues have won three on the spin against Brighton, despite failing to claim victory in any of the five previous encounters.

Christopher Nkunku scored the winner in Sussex in May and, having bagged a hat-trick against Barrow on Tuesday, now has six goals to his name this season, seeking to net in back-to-back Chelsea appearances for the first time ever.

Enzo Maresca has won all three Premier League away games in charge of Chelsea, but is yet to taste victory in a league match at Stamford Bridge; the most-recent Blues boss who failed to win any of their first three home league games in charge is Bobby Campbell in 1988.

Fabian Hürzeler meantime remains unbeaten at Brighton manager; the last Brighton head coach to be unbeaten after six league matches in charge is Peter Taylor in 2001, guiding them to the third-tier title back then.

Everton vs Crystal Palace: Saturday 3pm

Everton haven't won any of the last four Premier League games in which they've gone 1-0 up, losing three of them, with the Blues dropping more points from winning positions than any other Premier League side in 2024, 18 to be exact.

In fact, the Toffees have led in three successive Premier League games but failed to win all of them for the first time since October 1999, enduring an eight-match winless streak back then, despite leading in six of those fixtures.

In better news for Evertonians, their team are unbeaten in seven meetings with Crystal Palace, with the Eagles winless in ten visits to Goodison, dating back to 2014.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored five career goals against Palace, only on target against Newcastle and West Ham more frequently, with four of these five goals coming on Merseyside.

Like their hosts, Oliver Glasner's side are also still winless; Palace haven't failed to claim victory in any of their first six fixtures of a season since starting with seven successive defeats during the ill-fated Frank de Boer experiment.

Brentford vs West Ham United: Saturday 3pm

Amazingly, Brentford had won all five Premier League encounters with West Ham prior to be smashed 4-2 at the London Stadium back in February.

Nevertheless, when meeting in West London, the Hammers are winless in five, losing four of them, most-recent defeating the Bees on the road in the league 71 years ago.

Bryan Mbeumo was on target 22 seconds into Brentford's trip to Spurs last Saturday, the exact same amount of time it took Yoane Wissa to break the deadlock at the Etihad a week earlier. This makes the Bees only the second team in Premier League history, after Manchester City in February 2019, to score in the opening minute of back-to-back games; no side has ever done this three games on the spin.

Having beaten both Crystal Palace and Southampton so far, the Bees are aiming to win three successive Premier League home games for the first time since May 2023, a sequence that featured a 2-0 win over West Ham; the club have never won their opening three home fixtures of a top-flight campaign.

Jarrod Bowen has scored more goals (7) against Brentford in his career than any other opponent, including a hat-trick when the pair last met earlier this year.

Nottingham Forest vs Fulham: Saturday 3pm

Nottingham Forest are still yet to taste defeat this season; the last time they were still unbeaten six matches into a top-flight campaign was back in 1995 under Frank Clark.

Fulham have won eight of their last 11 encounters with Forest although, following a 3-1 victory when the pair last clashed in April, the Garibaldi are targeting successive victories over the Cottagers for the first time since 2016.

Prior to that, the Whites had won four consecutive visits to the City Ground, despite only winning five of 26 fixtures that, dating back to 1952, beforehand.

Marco Silva's side are unbeaten since the opening night of the campaign; the last time Fulham put together a five-match unbeaten streak in the Premier League came in February 2021.

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool: Saturday 5:30pm

Liverpool have won each of their last three meetings with Wolves, dating back to a 3-0 hammering at Molineux in February 2023, which is actually Wolverhampton Wanderers' only victory in this fixture in 13 attempts, dating back to 2019, losing 11 of them.

Gary O'Neil's side are currently bottom of the table with just one point on the board and defeat here would represent Wolves' lowest points tally after six matches since 2003, relegated at the end of that season.

Mohamed Salah has scored just five goals in 15 career appearances against Wolves, failing to find the net during any of his last seven appearances in the Black Country.

Following victories over Ipswich, Manchester United and A.C. Milan, Arne Slot could become the first Liverpool manager ever to win his first four away matches in charge across all competitions.

Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa: Sunday 2pm

Aston Villa have won ten of their last 14 encounters with Ipswich, unbeaten in eight visits to Portman Road, their most-recent league defeats in Suffolk coming exactly 40 years ago to the day, with the Tractor Boys 3-0 winners on 29 September 1984.

Jhon Durán converted a penalty at Adams Park on Tuesday, meaning he's scored five goals already across all competitions this season, with all four of his league strikes coming as a substitute.

Kieran McKenna's team have drawn three of their five Premier League fixtures so far, while Ipswich haven't failed to win any of their first six matches to start a top division campaign since 1982.

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur: Sunday 4:30pm

The last ten encounters between these two sides have produced a whopping 36 goals, with both teams scoring in seven of them.

At Old Trafford, Manchester United have prevailed in seven of their last ten clashes, with Spurs claiming victory during only four of their last 38 outings at the Theatre of Dreams, albeit all of those victories have come since 2012.

Marcus Rashford has six career goals against Tottenham, only on target against Leicester and Liverpool more frequently, while Dominic Solanke scored home and away against Man United last season, on target during a famous 3-0 Bournemouth victory at Old Trafford last December.

Ange Postecoglou's side have won only three of their last 15 Premier League away games, losing five of the last eight, most-recently beaten at Newcastle last month.

Following a win at Southampton and a goalless draw with Crystal Palace, Erik ten Hag's team are targeting three consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since November.

Bournemouth vs Southampton: Monday 8pm

Having won 1-0 at St Mary's when the duo last met in April 2023, Bournemouth are aiming to claim back-to-back victories over their South Coast rivals for the first time since 1958.

The Saints though are undefeated in six visits to Dorset, winning each of the last three, all without conceding.

Russell Martin's team did get off the mark last weekend, but Southampton haven't lost each of their first three away league matches to start a top-flight season since 2012, back when they were also newly-promoted.

Ben Brereton Díaz is still yet to win a Premier League match, featuring in 19 without success, smashing the previous record held by Marvin Sordell of 17, so will it be 20th-time lucky for the Stoke-born Chile international?