Will Barcelona be able to keep
their unbeaten league form for the season going on home soil?
This is not all as the Frenchman holds the record of coaching the club (Arsenal) with the longest unbeaten run having gone 49 games unbeaten in the league surpassing Nottingham Forest's 42 games and also Preston North End's
unbeaten league form set 115 years previously.
Not exact matches
Chelsea will look to continue their
unbeaten Premier
League record under Guus Hiddink in Saturday's tricky trip to in -
form Southampton.
We may actually be
unbeaten in our last seven games but our away
form in the
League has been totally awful and we have only gained one solitary point in our last five games.
Arsenal's
form is quite the opposite, having gone
unbeaten since the opening weekend until the midweek
League Cup clash with Southampton, which saw a number of players rotated into the side.
The Catalan giants are
unbeaten in La Liga so far this season and remain on course for a treble, while in contrast it's been a difficult campaign for the Blues as they have failed to replicate the
form shown last year to win the Premier
League title in Conte's first year in charge.
The positives are, we have an amazing player in Sanchez, Wilshere is hitting
form, Walcott is soon to return, and we are one of 3 teams to be
unbeaten in the
league after 4 games, the other 2 being Chelsea and Villa.
Bar from the few exceptions, most notably Arsenal's
unbeaten side, it's unlikely that a Premier
League side will go a full campaign without having a spell of bad
form.
People forget that as much as Chelsea's
form has dipped they're
unbeaten in their last 10
league fixtures.
Going into this weekend, even though Arsenal fans knew the team were likely to struggle away to the in
form and
unbeaten Man City, there was a more positive feel about the current Premier
League campaign.
Zvezda are in top
form in their domestic
league, winning 10 of their 12 matches thus far, and remain
unbeaten in the group at present.
Arsenal comparatively are in a great run of
form with the Gunners, prior to last Sunday's 2 - 1 derby defeat at White Hart Lane, having gone
unbeaten in the Premier
League since January 21st.
Guus Hiddink who took over Jose Mourinho as interim manager back in december is still
unbeaten in the
league and will be hoping Chelsea's good run of
form continue as they climbed all the way from 16th place to 10th under Hiddink and they can actually go 7th by the end of the weekend.
City remained in rampant
form as it ended Watford's
unbeaten start to the English Premier
League with a resounding 6 - 0 victory at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Manchester United though are still on their big streak of
unbeaten form in the Premier
League and are going to be a hard side for Burnley to get the better of.
Manchester United are on a 22 game
unbeaten stretch of
form now in the Premier
League (W12 D10).
Hats off to the Swans for putting a good four - match
unbeaten streak of
form together in the Premier
League (W2 D2).
On paper, they are in fine
form: six points clear of Barcelona ahead of December's Classico, and
unbeaten in their Champions
League group.
Returning to
league action for the first time since their exhilarating win over Chelsea, Tottenham will be confident of extending their seven - match
unbeaten run but know they face a serious test in the
form of a Palace side intent on embarking on a hot streak of their own under Alan Pardew.
City have great
form against the Magpies, having gone
unbeaten in their last eighteen Premier
League matches against them and they have won seven and gone
unbeaten in their last eight trips to the Stadium of light as well.
The Magpies are
unbeaten in their last three Premier
League home games against Palace (W2 D1) so are carrying
form.
The Cottagers continued their remarkable
form, extending their
unbeaten run to 17
league games with a 2 - 0 victory at Reed's Norwich.
The Blues are in some good, resilient
form at the moment with a fantastic nine match
unbeaten streak going in the Premier
League.
Bury are still sat second from bottom in the
league and that is despite them actually having strung together a five match
unbeaten streak of
form (W2 D3).
Last season Spurs took a 2 - 0 home win over the Blues to extend their
unbeaten home
form in the Premier
League against them to four matches.
The Saints have some good
form going against Newcastle in the Premier
League having gone
unbeaten in their last five against the Magpies (W3 D2).
Unbeaten in six games in the Premier
League, the Gunners head to the Hawthorns looking to continue their fine
form.
Under former Glasgow Rangers midfielder Gennaro Gattuso, their
form has got better,
unbeaten in 7 games in the
league, but they are still not very good.
The very same could be said of their
form in general; while they are
unbeaten in six, they've won only two of their previous eight Premier
League matches, and just three of their last seven at home, where Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool have all won this season.
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
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
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
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.
They travelled to Tottenham on Saturday — an in -
form Tottenham,
unbeaten in the
league since December — and tore them apart at Wembley.
Furthermore, the Red Devils are
unbeaten in their last three home meetings with the Gunners, two of which were wins, and with the team still to taste defeat in the current campaign, and that does include every competition bar the
League Cup they've played in up till now, you really are struggling to
form a solid enough basis of reasoning upon which to oppose the mighty reds.
Form guide • Arsenal's eight - match
unbeaten home run in UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa
League matches (W6 D2) came to an end in the round of 32 with a 2 - 1 defeat by Östersund, but they bounced back by beating Milan 3 - 1 and CSKA 4 - 1 in the next two rounds.
Despite, Spurs» inconsistency in
league form, they have performed much better away from home, something that may be their advantage against City on Saturday, but with the home side
unbeaten in the
league all season it will be a tough ask of the visitors.
Birmingham are riding on the crest of a
form wave at present and boast the best
form in the entire
league, with Alex McLeish's men
unbeaten in their last seven games, a run that stretches back to the end of October.
Arsenal's
league form sees them in being
unbeaten in four games since the 1 - 0 loss against Man Utd, including an impressive win against Chelsea, although some people might argue that Chelsea were as bad as Arsenal were good.
The Cottagers are now
unbeaten in their last twenty
league games (W16 D4) in a stunning run of
form.
Spurs are in glistening
form, having won nine of their last ten
league matches in an
unbeaten sequence, and, after climbing to third in the table − above such likes as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, are even being touted for a possible tilt at the title.
Arsenal have won four on the spin in the
league and are
unbeaten in their previous seven matches in all competitions, while the small matter of Arsenal kicking off before their rivals for a top four finish will serve as motivation as they seek to pile on the pressure with victory over in -
form Norwich in Norfolk.
Their opponents Tottenham Hotspur, are also in good
form, being
unbeaten in their last six
League games, collecting 14 points out of 18 availble to them.
Spurs extended their
unbeaten form in the Premier
League to eight with a 2 - 2 draw at Anfield on the weekend, thanks to a late stoppage - time penalty from Harry Kane.
Everton are one of the most in -
form sides in the Premier
League currently, with 3 wins from their last 4 and
unbeaten in their last 7.
Chelsea are
unbeaten since Hiddink arrived at the club, but their horrendous
form under their previous manager Jose Mourinho has left them in a poor position in the
league.
They banked a 1 - 0 home win over rivals Arsenal Last time out in the
league and that extended their great
form to nine
unbeaten now (W6 D3) in the top flight.
The Red Devils are running on a massive 18 match
unbeaten streak of
form in the Premier
League so they are going to be hard to get the better of, especially at Old Trafford.
The Lions aren't likely to drive their way into the play offs this season in the
league, despite a five - match
unbeaten streak of
form going.
The Blades have lost just one of their last seven
league games now (W2 D4 L1) and they have a good sequence of
unbeaten home
form going.
United are
unbeaten in their last six away games in the top flight, winning four and they have big head to head
form with the Foxes as the Red Devils have suffered just two loses in their previous 21 Premier
League meetings with Leicester (W13 D6 L2).
Preview: Everton — Tottenham Premier
league 10/03/2012 Goodison Park Kick off: 17.30 GMT Referee: Mark Halsey (M14 R0 Y34) On their impressive run of
form, as they
unbeaten...
Totteham are in a battle for a top four place in the Premier
League and whilst on occasion have struggled for consistency domestically, though they are currently in great
form at just the right time and seem to have come of age in the Champions
League, where they are
unbeaten this season.