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25 May 2025 Off

Fulham vs Manchester City: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

By Total Football News

This fixture was only the third in Premier League history not to feature an English player in either starting XI after Portsmouth v Arsenal in December 2009 and Arsenal v Chelsea in January 2019.

City won the Community Shield in August but they failed to claim noteworthy silverware for the first time in eight years and a big summer for Guardiola awaits.

A major squad rebuild may be on the

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11 May 2025 Off

Manchester United vs West Ham United: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

By Total Football News

Amorim admitted in the build-up to this game that his side could gain nothing from the Premier League this season.

This latest defeat means they can finish no higher than 13th and other than the £3m-a-place prize money there is only embarrassment and criticism to be taken from their worst league campaign since they were relegated from the top flight in the 1973-74 season.

Evidently, there is a £100m get

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5 May 2025 Off

Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace have no fresh injury problems arising from their FA Cup semi-final win over Aston Villa last weekend.

Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad are both dealing with long-term knee injuries, while on-loan back-up goalkeeper Matt Turner is ineligible to face his parent club.

Nottingham Forest are monitoring Callum Hudson-Odoi, who came off with a hamstring issue during Thursday’s league defeat by Brentford.

Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo said in

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2 May 2025 Off

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

By Total Football News
  • Man City have won eight of their last nine Premier League home games against Wolves, with the exception being a 2-0 loss in October 2019.

  • Since completing the double over Man City in 2019-20, Wolves have since lost eight of their last nine Premier League games against them (W1).

  • This is Manchester City’s first Premier League home game on a Friday since Boxing Day 2008, beating Hull City 5-1. It’s

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    27 April 2025 Off

    Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

    By Total Football News
  • Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 15 home games against Tottenham in all competitions (W11 D4), winning the last three while scoring four goals each time.

  • Tottenham have won just two of their last 24 Premier League games against Liverpool (D6 L16), with both victories coming at home. They’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last 18 against the Reds in the competition.

  • Tottenham have

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    26 April 2025 Off

    Newcastle United vs Ipswich Town: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

    By Total Football News

    Isak’s effort on the stroke of half-time lifted him on to 22 Premier league goals in 2024-25 – more than Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and fewer only than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.

    It is the highest top-flight tally by a Newcastle player since Alan Shearer netted 22 in the 2003-04 campaign.

    The Swedish international – like the rest of his team-mates – had struggled to threaten Palmer’s goal up to

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    26 April 2025 Off

    Chelsea vs Everton: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head

    By Total Football News

    Chelsea edged back into the Champions League places with a one-goal victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge.

    The win moves the Blues up to fourth in the Premier League, level on points with Nottingham Forest and a point ahead of Newcastle, who play Ipswich later on Saturday.

    With Forest and Aston Villa in FA Cup semi-final action this weekend, Chelsea will hold on to a top-five spot at least until

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    20 April 2025 Off

    EFL Preview: Burnley and Leeds hope to clinch promotion on Easter Monday

    By Total Football News

    It has been an exciting race for automatic promotion from the Championship, with Leeds United, Burnley and Sheffield United swapping places in the top three for much of the season.

    But three defeats in succession for the Blades recently has opened up a five-point gap between themselves and the top two. Although they returned to winning ways against Cardiff City on Good Friday, they may be consigned to a place

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