Bayern have a 16 - point lead over Schalke, who enjoyed a 2 - 0 win at Stuttgart with goals from Naldo and Amine Harit, while Jeremy Toljan spared Borussia Dortmund
a fourth home defeat of the season with a stoppage - time equaliser in their 2 - 2 draw with Freiburg.
Not exact matches
However, while the Saints looked to have consigned Chelsea to their
fourth consecutive away league
defeat, an eight minute spell inspired by Giroud late transformed St Mary's from a dreamland into a nightmare for the
home side.
The Gunners currently sit
fourth in the table, five points behind leaders Manchester City after beginning the campaign with a shock
home defeat against West Ham United, however, they have recovered well since to win three of their last four games.
Meanwhile Liverpool will be desperate to inflict a first
home league
defeat on Mourinho's side this season as they look to close the gap on
fourth placed Manchester United after the Red Devils strengthened their bid for Champions League football with a 2 - 1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.
It was also Liverpool's
fourth defeat of the league campaign, following away games against Burnley (12th) and Bournemouth (14th), and a
home loss to Swansea City (17th).
A
fourth straight
home defeat is still very possible, but I fancy the Reds to grab a point in an entertaining TV game.
In last season's games we drew 2 - 2 at Carlisle with our goals scored by Tommy Wood and Shrimpton while the
home game ended in a 3 - 1
defeat, the
fourth in that run of nine successive losses we suffered at the end of the season.
He sat in the stands for the 5 - 0 win over Southampton in the
fourth round of the FA Cup and was also away from his coaching staff on Tuesday when Arsenal suffered a shock 2 - 1
defeat at
home to Watford.
The pressure continues to mount on Chelsea manager Andre Villas - Boas following Tuesday's» unacceptable»
defeat to Liverpool in the Carling Cup, so a trip to St James Park, where they've won only five times in seventeen visits during the Premier League era, to face
fourth placed Newcastle, whom are unbeaten in six
home league games this season, probably isn't what the doctor ordered.
Charlie Austin scored his
fourth goal in three games to send Southampton on their way to the
fourth round of the EFL Cup with a 2 - 0
home defeat of Crystal Palace.
At
home, however, Mark Hughes» men are yet to taste
defeat in the league during 2011, winning six of seven at Craven Cottage and are searching for their
fourth consecutive
home win on Monday following eye - catching victories over Blackburn (3 - 2), Blackpool (3 - 0) and, more recently, Bolton (3 - 0).
The only win Klopp's side managed this year was in an FA Cup replay against
fourth - tier Plymouth Argyle, with
defeats to relegation strugglers Swansea City and Hull City over the past few weeks at
home.
While they did well to put a dismal run of form to bed eight days ago, their wretched run of results away from
home is still very much alive and
defeat on Sunday would be their
fourth on the spin on their travels.
The 4 - 2
defeat to Chelsea was Spurs»
fourth failure to win in five matches at Wembley Stadium last season but they have recorded landmark victories against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United since making the national stadium their temporary
home at the start of the season.
The curse of
defeat in the second
home game struck again for the
fourth season running.
Last week's narrow win at
home to Sunderland was only their
fourth of the term, a term littered with eight
defeats; only the bottom two in the table − Blackburn and Wigan − have racked up more losses.
Whereas Fulham are striving to avoid a third consecutive
home defeat in the league, after suffering back - to - back 3 - 1 losses against Everton and Tottenham, Liverpool are chasing their
fourth successive away win − their fifth if you include Tuesday's
defeat of Chelsea in the cup.
-- Last week's 2 - 1
defeat of Aston Villa at
home was Newcaste's
fourth in five league games, and their second on the bounce following a 2 - 0 win at Blackburn the week before.