Football

Not Villa's favourite fixture! As Liverpool look to Spurs to slip up

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 17:14

Liverpool go to Villa Park looking for a third straight PL win over Villa and only one defeat in the last 18 meetings between the two in the PL

Liverpool have a winning record at Villa Park in the PL with eight wins whilst Villa have five and five have ended all square

Overall in this Fixture Liverpool lead the way with 20 wins, Villa have nine and eight matches have ended even

West Ham United just short of making history!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 20:43

During the season West Ham (with one match to come) have used 32 different starters, two more than next on the list Aston Villa

Only four teams in the history of the Premier League have used more in a season since 1992/93

The most different starters ina season is Derby County with 34 in what was the worst ever season by a Premier League team when they collected only 11 points from one win and eight draws

Three other teams have used 33 players Middlesbrough (14th in 05/06), Southampton (20th in 04/05) and Newcastle (13th in 98/99)

Berbatov still seventh in Euro goal scorers despite limited opportunities

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 19:18

Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov has 21 Premier League goals which puts him joint 7th in Europe's top five leagues but has had little chance to add to that total in the last three and a half months

Berbatov was on 19 goals after his five goal burst in two games at the end of January, with a hat trick in the 5-0 home win over Birmingham and then a double in the 3-2 away win at Blackpool when they came back from a 2-0 deficit

Two games in four days and this is important as well

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 18:57

Stoke dont have to wait long to get revenge for their FA Cup Final defeat with a trip to Eastlands

The last two PL matches between the two have ended 1-1 but they were both at Stoke

City have won both matches in the PL against Stoke at Eastlands and have yet to concede a goal with 3-0 and 2-0 wins

Stoke will be going all out for the win as they could yet finish 7th which would be a fantastic achievement to go with reaching the FA Cup Final

Ronaldo's stunning finish to the season

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 18:31

Cristiano Ronaldo is finishing the season in style after his double on Sunday took him to 38 goals in La Liga this season

In just over three weeks he has scored nine goals in three games to move seven clear of Lionel Messi after trailing him by two

Ronaldo is now seven clear of Messi and is going to take the leading scorer title with just on game left to play and he needs just one goal to brea the record for most goals in a La Liga season which he now shares with Telmo Zara (50/51) and Hugo Sanchez (89/90)

Giggs breaks Premier League appearance record.....

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 22:38

Manchester United's 37 year old Welsh legend Ryan Giggs needed one more appearance to break David James's Premier League record of 572 and he got it at Ewood Park on Saturday as United clinced the Premier League title for an 12th time

Gigss has started 490 PL matches and beeen called from the bench on 82 occasions

As far as appearances for one club Giggs is some 110 matches ahead of Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher

Check out Gigg's full career in the PL at the link below

Which Stoke player is the only one to have made 100 PL appearances for three different teams

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 22:11

Stoke's throw in specialist Rory Delap is the only PL player to have played 100 PL matches for three different clubs

The 34 year old started his PL career with Derby County and in four seasons played 103 PL matches, he then joined Southampton where he went on to play in 116 PL matches

After four years at the Saints he moved to Sunderland but played in just 6 PL matches before joining Stoke City where he has made 105 appearances in the clubs three seasons in the PL

For full details of Delap's career click on the link below

Don't expect to many late goals at St Andrews

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 21:47

Only the bottom two with seven wins have fewer wins than Birmingham's eight this season

A draw looks a good bet in this match as they have both drawn 15 times in the PL this season, the joint most along with Wigan and Everton

10th placed Fulham have the fifth best defensive record in the PL this season with 41 goals conceded

Not much to chose between these two in previous PL meetings, City have four wins, Fulham have three and the draw leads the way with six

West Ham nearing last chance saloon!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 21:32

West Ham United are now in the must win stage of the season as they sit three points adrift of the two sides above them, Wigan and Blackpool, and and four behind Blackpool

West Ham have a winning record at Wigan with three wins and two defeats

Earlier in the season the Hammers were 3-1 home winners over Wigan

Three of the five matches at Wigan have ended 1-0

Not the fixture Spurs needed when looking for three points!

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 21:18

Spurs go to Anfield knowing they need a win if they are to have a chance of over hauling Liverpool to claim fifth spot in the table

In 18 visits they have just one win for go qith 12 defeats and five draws

Their only win came in way back in August 1993 in the seocnd PL season when they left with a 2-1 win thanks to goals from Teddy Sheringham after Nigel CLoughhad given Liverpool an 18th minute lead

Liverpool are 16 matches unbeaten against Spurs at Anfield