The two
sides meet twice more this week — both games live on Sky Sports 2HD — before the teams fly out to Bangladesh for a cricketing carnival.
Not exact matches
The rivalry that has been standing for well over 100 years, when the two clubs first
met in 1879 will be back on this season as the relegation of Aston Villa into the Championship means the two
sides will
meet at least
twice this year.
The
sides have
met twice at Anfield already this season.
Antonio Conte's
side only
met Saints last weekend, coming from 2 - 0 down to win 3 - 2 thanks to an impressive cameo off the bench from Olivier Giroud, who scored
twice.
The two
sides have
met twice already this season in the league with City winning at Etihad Stadium 2 - 1 and forced to 2 - 2 draw at the Emirates Stadium after taking the lead
twice.
Oxford United ran out 4 - 2 winners last time these two
sides in
met in July with Umotong scoring
twice to put an end to a four - game losing streak.
He tormented them last month when the
sides last
met, and he scored
twice in that game.
The last three games at White Hart Lane have gone under 2.5 goals and Spurs have covered a -1 line just
twice in sixteen EPL
meetings of the
sides since December 2002.
City have won the last four
meetings of the
sides and have scored at least
twice (12 goals in total) in each of those games.
Both the
sides have
met twice earlier this season, with Mohun Bagan trouncing their city rivals in the I - League and managing to play out a draw in the Kolkata League.
Chelsea may be low on confidence but they have scored at least
twice in each of the last five EPL
meetings of the
sides and eight goals in their last three trips to the Britannia Stadium.
Match Predictions: Ecuador has upper hand between the two
sides if we look at their past 5
meetings since 2008 where Ecuador has won 3 times while Chile
twice both of those matches were in Chile.
-- These two clubs have never
met in the Premier League before, although they did
meet twice in last season's Championship, with the home
side prevailing in both encounters.
-- Four of their last six Premier League
meetings at The Reebok ended with the
sides sharing the spoils, though it was Bolton who came out on top in their most recent encounter in Lancashire − central defender Gary Cahill scored
twice as Bolton won 3 - 2 on 5 March, 2011.
These two
sides have only
met twice before, and both of those came last season.
-- Each of the last two Premier League
meetings at Old Trafford were won by the home
side, with United winning last season's corresponding fixture 3 - 2 − Steven Gerrard struck
twice for Liverpool, who were 2 - 0 down at the time, but Dimitar Berbatov was the hero for United as the Bulgarian struck a match - winning hat - trick.