With their 100 % scoring
record in home fixtures this season, they will be expected to shake off that loss in the derby on the weekend.
Not exact matches
Burton have a decent
record against Birmingham
in recent times, having beaten them convincingly
home and away last season, although this one looks like a
fixture in which the away side will be looking for a result.
And the same is true, to an even greater extent, of the season's other early crisis club: poor Owen Coyle has been trussed up and left to swing
in the hot breeze by a savage
fixture list, despite having
recorded exactly one bad result - the
home loss to Norwich.
The Red Devils do have a great track
record running against the Clarets as they are unbeaten
in their last 12
home league
fixtures against them
in a W8 D4
record in that sequence.
Many will assume that a
home win is a guarantee here, but actually the Baggies have an excellent
record in this
fixture.
Ipswich have produced a W4 D2
record them this season
in the league but suffered a 3 - 1 defeat against Bristol City
in their most recent
home fixture?
With the strikers
in lacklustre form, Everton may well need their shining light to shine once more if they're to
record only their second set of back - to - back wins for the season — Although, with Birmingham
in dire form away from
home and having not won an away
fixture in the Premiership since March, they may not be a better time for the forwards to get
in amongst the goals and really give the whole offensive department a real lift.
Tottenham's form shouldn't be of concern, despite losing their most recent league
fixture 2 - 1 away at Everton, as before that they were unbeaten
in their last nine
in the league while they remain without defeat on
home soil
in their last nine Premier League
fixtures, although that doesn't include their 100 %
record at White Hart Lane
in the Championship, beating the likes of FC Twente, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen with something to spare.
Strong mental toughness has been evident this season by Loko, there have been some disappointing results such as
home defeats to newly promoted Tosno and Amkar, yet immediately after these two bad results, Loko responded like potential future champions
in their next two
fixtures by
recording two straight victories.
Goals
in either half from Emeka Ogbuh and Malachy Ohawume handed Rivers a comfortable 2 - 0
home win against Akwa
in Port Harcourt, ensuring Akwa have not
recorded victory
in this
fixture since 2015.
Recent history would indicate that Arsenal are the more likelier to come out on top, with the Gunners currently unbeaten
in their last six competitive matches with the Reds — three wins and three draws — and haven't lost a Premier League
fixture at
home to Liverpool since 2000; with a
record of six wins and four draws since that reverse.
A full breakdown can be seen below but
in light of recent events, the club asked for it to be placed on
record that Liverpool's contractual commitment to travel partner Thomas Cook is limited to 384 hospitality tickets for
home fixtures and zero tickets for away games.
Fortunately, Blackburn's
record in similar
fixtures is encouraging, having beaten the likes of West Brom, Wolves and Wigan at
home this season; three clubs who currently find themselves
in the relegation zone.
Ironically, they probably could have done without a
home fixture next time out, as while their
record at The Reebok is outstanding for the 2010/2011 term (W9 D5 L2), not to mention winning their last four
home league games on the spin, the players are likely to be greeted by a lukewarm reception on Sunday, with disgruntled supporters still coming to terms with last Sunday's woeful display
in unquestionably the club's biggest match since the turn of the Millennium.
Not only has their
record at Molineux
in the league during 2010/2011 been eye - catching, having won more
fixtures at
home than any of their survival rivals but also losing just two of eight
in 2011, Mick McCarthy's men have hit a rich vein of form at just the right time.
Then comes a trip to The Hawthorns, where Roberto Di Matteo's West Brom await them
in a difficult
fixture for Blackburn against an opponent with an encouraging
record at
home this season (4 -2-2).
Leicester holds a W6 D1 L4
record at
home this season and from that, they have only failed to score
in two
home games, both of those
fixtures ending
in defeat.
Spurs are unbeaten at
home in 2010 and haven't lost a
home fixture since the middle of December, a run of eleven games without
recording a loss.
Despite the strong
home record of teams
in this
fixture there is no way I can look past the away win for this game.
Last season's corresponding
fixture followed this very same pattern, with Fulham
recording their sixth win
in nine Premier League
home games versus the Magpies with a 1 - 0 success at the Cottage.