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Sunderland vs Brentford will be the 940th different fixture to have been played in the Premier League. They last faced in the top-flight in the 1946-47 campaign, with the Black Cats winning 3-0 away and 2-1 at home.

Burnley have won just two of their last 11 top-flight away games against West Ham (D2 L7) – 3-0 in March 2018 and 1-0 in July 2020.

Crystal Palace are looking to remain unbeaten for a 13th consecutive Premier League game, which would set a new club record for unbeaten top-flight league games – the Eagles also had a 12 match run between May and October 1990.

Newcastle have lost just one of their eight Premier League away games at the London Stadium against West Ham (W5 D2), and are unbeaten in their last six visits (W4 D2).

Between 2017-18 and 2023-24, Brighton and Hove Albion only avoided defeat in two of 14 Premier League games against Man City (W1 D1 L12); last season, they didn’t lose against City, winning 2-1 at home and drawing 2-2 at the Etihad.

Aston Villa have won four of their last six Premier League games against Tottenham Hotspur (L2), as many as their previous 29 beforehand (D7 L18).

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten in their last 13 top-flight home games against Leeds (W6 D7) since a 2-0 loss in November 1971 under Matt Gillies.

Crystal Palace are winless in their last seven home Premier League matches (D3 L4), last having a longer run at Selhurst Park in the top-flight between August 1997 and April 1998 (15 games).

Nottingham Forest have lost their last four Premier League games. They last lost five in a row between August/October 2022, while manager Sean Dyche has never lost five consecutively in the same campaign before.

Aston Villa are unbeaten in all 17 of their Premier League games against promoted sides under Unai Emery (W13 D4), with their last defeat coming in Steven Gerrard’s final game in charge in October 2022 (0-3 vs Fulham).

Crystal Palace have won three of their last four league games against Manchester United (D1), as many as they had in their previous 30 (W3 D6 L21).

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 18 Premier League games against Newcastle (W13 D5), since a 2-0 away loss in December 2015.

West Ham have won both of their last two Premier League games and are looking to win three in a row in the competition for the first time since December 2023.

Newcastle have lost just one of their last nine Premier League games against Crystal Palace (W4 D4), keeping a clean sheet in six of their last eight against the Eagles.

Burnley have won just one of their last 21 Premier League games (D7 L13), though four of their 10 points in this run have come away against London sides (3-2 vs Crystal Palace, 1-1 vs Chelsea).

Everton are looking to complete the league double over Bournemouth for the very first time.

Following their 3-0 win at the Etihad in November, Manchester City are looking to complete their first league double over Liverpool since 1936-37, which was also the last time they won consecutive league games against them.

Sunderland are unbeaten in their last 10 league games against Newcastle (W7 D3), winning seven of the last eight. It’s the joint-longest run either side has had without defeat in the history of the fixture (Newcastle also 10 between 1985 and 1997).