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David Moyes will officially start his new job as manager of Premier League champions Manchester United today.
The 50-year-old left Everton to replace Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired at the end of last season after more than 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.
United are one of five top-flight clubs with a new manager for next season.
The others starting new jobs are Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City, Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, Roberto Martinez at Everton and Mark Hughes at Stoke.
Sir Alex Ferguson waved goodbye to Old Trafford as his Manchester United side beat Swansea in an entertaining affair.
Watch English Premier League match, Everton Vs West Ham highlights here.
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: Saturday, 12 May, 2013
Kick off: 16:00 BST
Head-to-head
The two clubs have only met three times in the Premier League – two United wins, one draw.
In nine attempts since 1931, Swansea have never beaten Manchester United at Old Trafford. They have lost seven times, but did grab a couple of 1-1 draws in the mid-1930s.
Swansea last beat Manchester United at Vetch Field in January 1982, a 2-0 top-flight win. In 19 meetings, the south Wales club have defeated United six times while United have won eight.
Manchester United
Against Chelsea last weekend, United failed to score for the first time in 67 successive home league games; ending what was a Premier League record (66 games).
In the same match, they picked up their first red card of the season; the last Premier League team to do so in 2012-13.
No team has gifted their opponents more own goals than Manchester United this season (five).
United have two wins from their last six league games (D2 L2).
Swansea
With victory at Wigan on Tuesday, Swansea ended their longest Premier League run (seven matches) without a win.
Swansea also scored three goals in a Premier League away match for the first time since the opening day of the season (5-0 at QPR).
The Swans have won two of their nine Premier League games since winning the Capital One Cup (D3 L4).
No side have drawn more Premier League games 0-0 this season than Swansea City (six).
Swansea have scored 12 goals in the final five minutes of matches this season (all competitions).
Ben Watson scored with a dramatic 91st-minute header as Wigan shocked Manchester City to win the FA Cup.
Watch FA Cup final match, Man City Vs Wigan highlights here.
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Date: Saturday, 11 May, 2013
Kick-off: 1715 BST
Extended highlights
Wigan Athletic win the FA Cup at Wembley – The post match celebrations
Ben Watson’s winning goal
Head-to-head
• Manchester City have won 14, drawn five and lost six of the 25 previous league and cup meetings with Wigan.
City have won their last seven Premier League matches against the Latics, including a 2-0 victory at the DW last November and a 1-0 triumph at the Etihad Stadium in April.
• The Latics did not manage a single goal against City in any of those defeats, and last breached their defences in the 1-1 home draw in October 2009, again in the Premier League. The 2-1 victory in the previous home clash in September 2008 was Wigan’s last victory over City.
• Manchester City have prevailed in both previous clashes in the FA Cup, recording 1-0 home victories in the third round in 1971 and the fourth round in 2006, Colin Bell and Andy Cole the respective scorers.
• The winning club will receive £1.8m and the runners-up £900,000.
Manchester City
• Manchester City, who have won the FA Cup once in 43 years, are also hoping to lift the silverware for the second time in three seasons in their 10th appearance in the final.
• They are aiming to become the ninth club to win the oldest football competition in the world at least six times.
• Roberto Mancini’s side have knocked out Watford, Stoke, Leeds, Barnsley and Chelsea on the way to the final, scoring 15 goals and conceding just one (scored by Chelsea’s Demba Ba in the last four).
• City have scored 42 goals in their last 18 FA Cup games, finding the net on each occasion.
• The Etihad Stadium club are second in the Premier League, 10 points behind champions Manchester United with two to play, and have won six and lost one of the last eight in all competitions.
• Mancini is chasing a third major trophy in as many years, to add to the 2011 FA Cup and 2011-12 Premier League title.
• Carlos Tevez is the top-scoring Manchester City player in this season’s FA Cup, with five goals.
• Sergio Aguero has made four FA Cup appearances for Manchester City, and has scored four goals (three in three this season).
Wigan Athletic
• Wigan are hoping to claim the first major piece of silverware of their 81-year history, and become the 43rd different club to win the FA Cup.
This is the first time the 1985 and 1999 League Trophy winners have progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
• Bournemouth (in a replay), Macclesfield, Huddersfield and Everton were all knocked out on their opponents’ ground, before the Latics beat Millwall 2-0 in the semi-final at Wembley.
• The 2006 League Cup runners-up, who lost 4-0 to Manchester United in the final at the Millennium Stadium, are paying their second visit to the new Wembley.
• Wigan are third bottom in the Premier League, three points from safety with two to play, 16 places and 40 points inferior to Manchester City, having won one and lost three of the last five.
• No club has ever won the FA Cup and been relegated from the top division in the same season, but five clubs have reached the final and been demoted to the second tier: Manchester City (1926), Leicester (1969, who lost to Manchester City in the final), Brighton (1983), Middlesbrough (1997) and Portsmouth (2010).
• Manager Roberto Martinez was a player at the club when they won the Auto Windscreens Shield 14 years ago and was given a winners’ medal, although he did not play in the final because of injury.
• Jordi Gomez and Callum McManaman are Wigan’s joint top scorers in this season’s FA Cup, with three goals each.
Luis Suarez headed in a dramatic late equaliser for Liverpool against Chelsea in a match in which he appeared to bite Blues defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Watch English Premier League match, Liverpool Vs Chelsea highlights here.
Venue: Anfield
Date: Sunday, 21 April
Kick off: 16:00 BST
0-1 Oscar 26′
1-1 Sturridge 52′
1-2 Hazard (pen) 57′
2-2 Suarez 90+6′
Head-to-head
Liverpool have lost only two of their last 12 league meetings with Chelsea and are unbeaten in the last five encounters (W4, D1).
Liverpool won last season’s corresponding fixture 4-1 to exact revenge for their FA Cup final defeat three days earlier and end Chelsea’s hopes of a top-four finish.
The two clubs have met 33 times in various competitions in the last eight seasons. Chelsea won 13 of those games, and Liverpool 12.
Liverpool
Liverpool have registered back-to-back goalless draws for the first time since December 2008. They have never drawn 0-0 in three top-flight matches in a row.
They have taken 14 points out of the last available 21 (W4, D2, L1).
The Reds are four points and 19 goals better off than at this stage last season.
Only Manchester City have kept more clean sheets this season than Liverpool’s 13.
Luis Suarez needs one goal to become the first Liverpool player to score 30 in a season in all competitions since Fernando Torres in 2007-08.
Steven Gerrard has scored 98 Premier League goals.
Chelsea
Chelsea have five more points than at the same stage last season.
They ended a three-match losing streak in away fixtures by beating Fulham 3-0 in midweek.
Rafa Benitez managed Liverpool for six years from June 2004, winning the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup.
Fernando Torres has scored 14 goals in 75 league games for Chelsea; he reached 50 league goals after just 72 appearances for Liverpool – a club record. He has 32 goals in 122 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions, compared to 81 goals in 142 games for Liverpool.
Frank Lampard made his 600th appearance for Chelsea in the midweek win over Fulham. He is two goals shy of Bobby Tambling’s club record tally of 202.
Chelsea will face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals after Demba Ba’s instinctive winner was enough to sink Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.
Watch FA Cup sixth round replay match, Chelsea Vs Man Utd highlights here.
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Monday, 1 April, 2013
Kick-off: 12:30 BST
First round result: Man Utd 2-2 Chelsea.
Highlights
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Head-to-head
• These Premier League giants have met 166 times competitively; Manchester United have won 72, Chelsea 45 and 49 have been drawn.
• Early goals from Javier Hernandez and Wayne Rooney in the original tie at Old Trafford on 10 March seemed to set Manchester United on their way to the last four of the FA Cup, but a second-half fightback with Eden Hazard and Ramires finding the net, saw Chelsea earn this replay.
• Manchester United hold an eight wins to two lead in the FA Cup standings, including a 4-0 victory in the 1994 final with two penalties from Eric Cantona. Chelsea won their only other clash in the final, 1-0, in the first to be held at the new Wembley, courtesy of a goal in extra time from Didier Drogba.
• This is only the second time out of the 11 when these clubs have drawn each other in the FA Cup, that the tie has not been settled at the first time of asking.
• This is United’s third trip to Stamford Bridge this season, having won in the Premier League by the odd goal in five, and lost in the Capital One Cup by the odd goal in nine.
• Manchester City await the winners of this replay in the semi-finals at Wembley on Sunday, 14 April – kick off 1600 BST.
Chelsea
• Holders Chelsea are defending the most impressive recent record in the FA Cup, being winners in four of the last six seasons, and in seven overall.
• They have won 22 of their last 27 FA Cup matches, drawing in five – including the loss on penalties to Everton in a fourth round replay in 2011.
• Blues have beaten 13 of the last 14 Premier League clubs they have encountered in this competition, and have found the net in all 28 FA Cup outings, since the 1-0 loss to Barnsley in the 2008 quarter-finals.
• It’s 10 years since the Blues were last beaten at the Bridge in an FA Cup tie; Arsenal did the damage with a 3-1 victory in a quarter-final replay on 25 March 2003 on their way to winning the cup. John Terry netted for both sides.
Manchester United
• Manchester United are defending the best record in FA Cup history of 11 wins (five under Sir Alex Ferguson), 18 appearances in the final and 27 in the semi-finals.
• The Premier League champions-elect are determined to do the double, having not won the cup since 2004, and have faced a Premier League club in their last eight FA Cup games.
• The Red Devils are looking for a 21st win from 28 FA Cup rounds against Premier League sides, since lifting the silverware nine years ago.
• Javier Hernandez is looking to add to his four goals in this season’s competition.
Manchester City outclassed Newcastle United to strengthen their grip on second place in the Premier League and ensure Manchester United did not increase their already commanding lead at the top.
Watch English Premier League match, Man City Vs Newcastle highlights here.
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Date: Saturday, 30 March, 2013
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT.
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Head-to-head
Manchester City are on a 12-match unbeaten run against Newcastle, winning the last six (W10, D2).
Newcastle have only earned two points from their last nine league visits in this fixture since Alan Shearer scored the only goal at Maine Road in September 2000.
Manchester City
The champions are 10 points and 20 goals worse off than at the same stage last season.
They have the best defensive record in the Premier League, conceding only 26 goals in 29 games and keeping an unrivalled 13 clean sheets.
City have only dropped four points from winning positions this season, the equal-best record in the division alongside Arsenal and Manchester United.
According to Opta, James Milner has scored the most goals (29) in Premier League history without finding the net twice or more in a single game.
Newcastle
Newcastle’s away record – one win and eight points from 15 matches – is the second worst in the division.
The Magpies have kept only one clean sheet in their last 12 Premier League games, conceding 26 goals in that period.
Alan Pardew’s side have conceded 35 second-half goals. Only Aston Villa (37) have fared worse.
They have lost eight of their last nine matches against current top-half opposition. The exception was a 3-2 home win against Chelsea on 2 February.
The last 18 league goals scored by Newcastle have come from overseas players – nine goals by Frenchmen, seven from Senegalese, and one each by an Argentinian and Italian. They’ve also benefited from own goals by a Northern Irish and Dutch player since James Perch became their last English scorer, against Manchester United on Boxing Day.
Frank Lampard scored his 200th goal for Chelsea who moved into third place with a win over West Ham.
Watch English Premier League match, Chelsea Vs West Ham highlights here.
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Sunday, 17 March, 2013
Kick off: 16:00 GMT
Head-to-head
West Ham ended a 12-match winless streak against Chelsea by winning the reverse fixture 3-1 in December. The hosts came from behind to triumph thanks to goals from Carlton Cole, Mohamed Diame and Modibo Maiga.
The Hammers have only taken one point from their last six visits to Stamford Bridge since a 3-2 victory in September 2002. Paolo Di Canio scored twice for the visitors, while Frank Lampard played for Chelsea and John Terry was an unused substitute.
This is the 99th meeting of the clubs in all competitions. They are level on 35 league wins apiece.
Chelsea
Chelsea have taken 28 points from a possible 48 in the league under Rafa Benitez (W8, D4, L4). It’s the fourth-best record over this period, behind Manchester United, Tottenham and Manchester City.
It’s 12 years since the Blues last lost a Premier League home game in the month of March, a 4-2 defeat against Sunderland in 2001.
They have the second best goalscoring and defensive records in the division prior to this weekend’s fixtures.
Chelsea have been awarded a league-high nine penalties this season and have scored seven of them.
Frank Lampard has scored 199 goals for Chelsea, three behind Bobby Tambling’s club record tally. He made his top-flight debut for West Ham in January 1996 and scored 24 goals in 148 league matches for The Hammers before joining Chelsea for £11m in 2001.
Fernando Torres has gone 11 hours and 22 minutes since last scoring a Premier League goal.
Demba Ba scored seven goals in 12 league appearances for West Ham in 2010-11.
West Ham
West Ham have won two of their last four games but taken only 14 points from their last 16 matches.
They earned their first Premier League away win since November in their most recent game, at Stoke a fortnight ago. It ended a dismal run of one point from eight away games.
The Hammers have not managed successive Premier League victories since February-March 2011.
Sam Allardyce’s side have conceded a league-high 11 goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches this season.
Everton beat Manchester City 2-0 despite having Steven Pienaar sent off, though the visitors were wrongly denied a late penalty at 1-0.
Watch English Premier League match, Everton Vs Man City highlights here.
Venue: Goodison Park
Date: Saturday, 16 March, 2013
1-0 Osman 32′
2-0 Jelavic 90+3′
Pienaar Red Card
Head-to-head
Manchester City’s only win in their last seven Premier League games against Everton came in September 2011, when Mario Balotelli and James Milner scored in a 2-0 home victory.
Everton have won each of their last three home matches against City. It’s 92 years since they last won four successive home matches in this fixture.
The two clubs met on this date in the top-flight 101 years ago; City won 4-0 at their then-Hyde Road ground.
Everton
Everton’s FA Cup defeat by Wigan last weekend was only their second home defeat in 17 matches in all competitions this season. Their other defeat came against Chelsea in December.
The Toffees have only failed to score in four of their 28 league games this campaign; however, three of those have come in the last seven matches.
David Moyes’s side have conceded more headed goals (14) in the Premier League this season than any other club.
Everton have drawn 12 of their league games, a joint-league high with Stoke and Norwich.
If selected, Leon Osman will be making his 300th start in all competitions for Everton, while Nikica Jelavic will be appearing in his 50th match for the Toffees. He has scored 18 goals for the club.
Manchester City
Victory would provide Manchester City with their 1,800th win in league football.
Manchester City have won their last two Premier League matches and kept clean sheets in them both.
They have shut out the opposition in six of their last eight league matches, and kept a league-high 13 clean sheets in 28 games this season.
Roberto Mancini’s side have only dropped four points from winning positions this season, winning 14 games and drawing two. It’s the equal-best record in the Premier League alongside Manchester United and Arsenal.
City’s only defeat in 13 meetings against top-half opposition came in December’s Manchester derby against United (W7, D5, L1).
Carlos Tevez shrugged off his recent arrest to score a hat-trick as Manchester City easily beat Barnsley to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
Watch FA Cup sixth round match, Man City Vs Barnsley highlights here.
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Date: Saturday, 9 March, 2013
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Head-to-head
• Manchester City hold a 50% winning record against Barnsley, having prevailed in 16 of their 32 competitive meetings over 115 years; the Tykes have won six.
• City have scored 15 goals in their last three matches with the South Yorkshire club, crushing them 7-1 most recently in the second round of the League Cup in September 2004 on this ground.
• The Premier League club have also won both previous FA Cup encounters; 2-1 at home in the third round in 1948, and 2-0 at home in the fifth round in February 1993.
Manchester City
• Five times winners and four times runners-up, Manchester City are trying to reach the semi-finals for only the second time in 32 seasons but they’re also attempting to win the trophy for the second time in three years and the second in four attempts under Roberto Mancini.
• City were knocked out by Championship clubs in 2008 (Sheffield United) and 2009 (Nottingham Forest), but since then they’ve eliminated all six second tier sides they’ve confronted, including Watford and Leeds in the current run in which they have not conceded a single goal.
• If selected, Edin Dzeko will be making his 100th Manchester City appearance.
Barnsley
• Having won their first FA Cup ties in five seasons, Barnsley are now aiming to pull off their biggest shock since 2008 when they last reached the semi-finals, knocking out Liverpool and Chelsea in the process.
• Since then the 1912 winners and 1910 runners-up have twice been knocked-out by top-flight West Ham and once by Swansea. Manchester City is the first Premier League they are meeting in this run, in which one goal has been conceded from three successive victories.
• Leading scorer Chris Dagnall has netted three of Barnsley’s five FA Cup goals.
Shinji Kagawa scored a hat-trick as Manchester United beat Norwich at Old Trafford and extended their lead at the Premier League summit to 15 points.
Watch English Premier League match, Man Utd Vs Norwich highlights here.
Venue: St Mary’s Stadium
Date: Saturday, 2 March, 2013
Kick off: 15:00 GMT.
Highlights
All Goals
1-0 Kagawa 45′
Head-to-head
Norwich last won at Old Trafford in August 1989, a 2-0 win in the old Division One.
In five Premier League visits to Old Trafford, Norwich have drawn once and lost the rest.
Manchester United
Manchester United have not lost a Premier League match since a 1-0 defeat at Norwich on 17 November.
Only one team in Premier League history has gained more points from their opening 27 games than United’s 68 this season (Chelsea had 69 in 2005-06).
United have scored the same number of goals (63) as Chelsea did in 2009-10 after 27 games. Chelsea went on to end the season with a record 103 goals.
Nani has assisted more goals than any other player in the Premier League since August 2009 (32).
Rafael’s goal against QPR was United’s 12th by a defender this Premier League season. That is the most for any club (Chelsea and Norwich have eight goals by defenders).
Norwich City
Against Everton last weekend, Norwich engineered a come-from-behind win for the first time since March 2012 (2-1 at home against Wolves).
In doing so, they also ended a run of nine Premier League matches without victory.
Kei Kamara became the first player from Sierra Leone to score a goal in the Premier League with his header against Everton.
Striker Grant Holt has now scored 20 Premier League goals for Norwich City – only Chris Sutton (33) has scored more for The Canaries.
Benitez’s week-to-forget ended on a high as his Chelsea side produced a commanding display to defeat West Brom.
Watch English Premier League match, Chelsea Vs West Brom highlights here.
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Saturday, 2 March, 2013
Kick off: 15:00 GMT.
1-0
Head-to-head
West Brom have beaten Chelsea in each of their last two games, both at The Hawthorns, having lost all previous 11 Premier League encounters.
Chelsea have won all six Premier League meetings at Stamford Bridge, scoring 17 goals and conceding just once.
Albion’s last win at Chelsea was a 3-1 Division One triumph in September 1978.
The Baggies can become the first club to do the double over The Blues this season.
Chelsea
Chelsea have taken 25 points from a possible 45 in the league under Rafa Benitez (W7, D4, L4). It’s the fifth-best record over this period, behind Manchester United (38), Tottenham (34), Manchester City (28) and Arsenal (27).
They have conceded at least twice in four of their last six league encounters, losing two of the last three.
Chelsea have been awarded more penalties (nine) than any other side this campaign.
It’s 12 years since the Blues last lost a Premier League home game in the month of March, a 4-2 defeat against Sunderland in 2001.
If selected, Ashley Cole will be making his 200th Premier League start for Chelsea, and Juan Mata his 100th Blues appearance.
West Brom
Steve Clarke played for Chelsea between 1987-98, winning the Cup-Winners’ Cup, FA Cup and League Cup. He later became Jose Mourinho’s assistant as the Blues claimed two league titles, two League Cups and one FA Cup.
The Baggies have 40 points from 27 games – a Premier League club record – and the most since the 1978-79 campaign, when they also had 40 points. That was the last season they completed the double over Chelsea en route to a third-placed finish.
West Brom are the sole Premier League team not to have had an Englishman score for them this season. Fulham (2001-02 and 2005-06) are the only club to have gone an entire season without an English scorer.
Swansea City reached their first major English cup final in their 100-year history when they held off Chelsea in the semi-final of the Capital One Cup.
Watch Capital One Cup semi-final, Second-Leg match, Swansea Vs Chelsea highlights here.
Venue: Liberty Stadium
Date: Wednesday, 23 January
Kick off: 19:45 GMT
Head-to-head
Prior to the first leg, Swansea had only once beaten Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (in any competition), a 3-1 Division Two victory when the clubs first met back in November 1925.
The last two matches between the clubs (before the first leg) ended in 1-1 draws (both in the Premier League at the Liberty Stadium).
Swansea
Swansea have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in their history, and had never before reached the last eight.
They were knocked out of the League Cup at the second-round stage last season by Shrewsbury Town (then in League Two).
Never before in 100 years has the club won a major trophy.
They have scored 12 goals in their five matches so far in this cup run: 3-1 at home to Barnsley, 3-2 at Crawley, 3-1 away to Liverpool, 1-0 at home to Middlesbrough, and 2-0 away at Chelsea.
Chelsea
They last reached the League Cup semi-finals in 2008, when they beat Everton to reach the final – only to lose to Tottenham.
The Blues won the League Cup for the fourth time a year earlier, in 2007. Only Liverpool (eight) and Aston Villa (five) have won the competition more often.
Chelsea have scored a total of 16 goals in eliminating Wolves, Manchester United and Leeds in their previous League Cup ties this season.
Jon Walters scored two own goals and missed a penalty as Chelsea thumped Stoke to end the Potters’ 17-game home unbeaten run in the Premier League.
Watch English Premier League match, Stoke Vs Chelsea highlights here.
Venue: Britannia Stadium
Date: Saturday, 12 January, 2013
Kick off: 15:00 GMT
Highlights
Head-to-head
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last eight league and cup games away to Stoke (W5, D3).
The Potters’ last home win against the Blues was a 3-0 victory in a top-flight match on 5 April 1975. Chelsea were relegated at the end of that season.
Stoke City
Defeat at Manchester City was the Potters’ first loss in 11 league games (W5, D5, L1).
They have conceded six goals in their last two Premier League matches, having let in only five in the previous 11 games.
Jon Walters has started each of Stoke’s last 72 league games, the longest current run of any outfield player in the top flight.
Peter Crouch scored in his first game against Chelsea, for Aston Villa in May 2002, but hasn’t found the net in 15 Premier League games against them since.
The Potters are the only Premier League team yet to concede a goal from outside the penalty area this season.
Chelsea
The Blues have won their last four away games in league and cup, scoring a total of 13 goals.
They have not lost back-to-back top-fight matches since May, when they were beaten by Newcastle and then Liverpool.
Demba Ba has scored four goals in four Premier League appearances against Stoke.
Luis Suarez scored a controversial goal as Liverpool defeated valiant non-league Mansfield to reach the FA Cup fourth-round.
Watch FA Cup third round match, Mansfield Vs Liverpool highlights here.
Venue: Field Mill
Date: Sunday, 6 January
Kick-off: 16:00 GMT
0-1 Sturridge 7′
0-2 Suarez 59′
1-2 Green 80′
Head to head
• These clubs have only met in one second round League Cup tie in September 1970.
• Liverpool needed extra time to win 3-2 in the second leg at Anfield, having finished the first leg goalless at Field Mill.
Mansfield Town
• Mansfield are enjoying their best FA Cup run for five years, and are setting their sights on emulating their performance in 2008 when they reached the fourth round in the same season they were relegated from the Football League.
• The Blue Square Bet Premier outfit go into the weekend 93 places lower than Liverpool on the league ladder, with the Reds the first league club they are facing in this FA Cup run.
• It is 44 years since the Stags dumped a top-flight club out of the competition. They were in the old Third Division when they thrashed West Ham 3-0 in the fifth round at Field Mill, on their way to a club record appearance in the quarter-finals.
Liverpool
• Mansfield are the first non-league club Liverpool have faced in the FA Cup since Havant & Waterlooville in the fourth round in 2008, which they won comfortably 5-2 at Anfield.
• Southern League Worcester City were the last non-leaguers to knock out Liverpool; the Merseysiders, a Second Division club at the time, lost the third round tie 2-1 away, on 15 January 1959.
• Only three clubs have won the FA Cup more often than Liverpool’s seven – Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham. They last lifted the silverware in 2006, after beating West Ham on penalties in the last final to be staged at the Millennium Stadium. The most recent of their 14 appearances in the final was last season, when beaten 2-1 by Chelsea.
Ten-man Manchester City withstood a determined Norwich to win a pulsating game at Carrow Road.
Watch English Premier League match, Norwich Vs Man City highlights here.
Venue: Carrow Road
Date: Saturday, 29 December, 2012
Kick off: 15:00 GMT.
Highlights
All Goals
Head-to-head
Manchester City did the double over Norwich last season, winning 5-1 at home and 6-1 away. Carlos Tevez scored a hat-trick at Carrow Road while Sergio Aguero scored three over the two games.
City have won three of the four Premier League meetings between the sides (W3, D1).
Norwich
Norwich have won five of their last six home league matches. Only the two Manchester sides and West Brom have won more than five this season.
After defeats to West Brom and Chelsea, the Canaries are in danger of losing three in a row for the second time this season. They lost consecutive matches to Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea in September-October.
Norwich are three points better off than they were at this stage last season, although they are one place lower in the league (11th).
Manchester City
On the last nine occasions that Manchester City have lost a Premier League match, they have bounced straight back with a win. They haven’t lost two in a row in the league since October 2010, when beaten by Arsenal and Wolves.
City have six points fewer than they did after 19 games last season – although they have lost the same number of games (two).
In a league table based on December results, City would be 10th.
Juan Mata’s superb strike moved Chelsea to within four points of second-placed Manchester City and consigned Norwich to a second successive defeat.
Watch English Premier League match, Norwich Vs Chelsea highlights here.
Venue: Carrow Road
Date: Wednesday, 26 December, 2012
Kick off: 15:00 GMT.
Highlights
0-1 Mata 38′
38′ – Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last eight matches against Norwich in all competitions.
Norwich’s only win in the last 11 meetings was a 3-0 home victory in the Premier League in December 1994 when Ashley Ward (two) and Jamie Cureton scored the goals.
In 35 league meetings between the sides, both clubs have won 12 matches each.
Norwich
The Canaries have lost just one of their last five Boxing Day fixtures (W2 D2 L1).
Norwich’s 10-game unbeaten run came to an end away at West Brom. The Canaries have, though, won their last five home league games – all by single-goal margins. It equals their best-ever run of home form in the top flight.
In their 18 Premier League matches so far, Norwich have only scored more than one goal on four occasions.
Robert Snodgrass has scored more goals from direct free-kicks than any other Premier League player this term (three). He has also scored (three) and assisted (two) in his last five league games.
Chelsea
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last seven Boxing Day matches (W3 D4 L0), but have drawn four of the last five.
Chelsea have only won six of their last 18 matches on Boxing Day (eight draws, four defeats), but are unbeaten in their last seven since a 4-2 defeat at Charlton in 2003.
The Blues have only won one of their last four away games in the Premier League.
Frank Lampard became Chelsea’s record top-flight league scorer at the weekend with 130 goals for the club, overtaking Bobby Tambling (129).
Rafael Benitez is still seeking a first win and goal since taking charge of Chelsea after Fulham battled to earn a point from a tedious west London derby.
Watch English Premier League match, Chelsea Vs Fulham highlights here.
Highlights
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Date: Wednesday 28 November
Kick Off: 19:45 GMT.
Head-to-head
The last three encounters between the sides have ended in draws, including two 1-1 stalemates last season.
Fulham have beaten Chelsea only once in the last 32 league and cup meetings, spanning 33 years. Their only success was a 1-0 win at Craven Cottage in March 2006.
Chelsea have won seven of 11 Premier League home derbies with Fulham, but only two of them have come by more than a one-goal margin.
Chelsea
Chelsea are winless in their last five league games, their worst run of results since a six match winless run between November and December in 2010.
Sunday’s goalless draw with Manchester City means that Rafael Benitez have failed to see a side he has managed score in his last three Premier League matches.
Chelsea fired 19 goals in their opening eight league games but have scored just five in their subsequent five matches.
Fulham
Martin Jol’s side are also winless in their last five league matches and are in danger of losing three successive games for the first time this season.
Only Southampton (19) have conceded more goals on their travels this term than the Cottagers (16).
This is Fulham’s third London derby of the season; they are yet to win one after drawing 3-3 at Arsenal and losing 3-0 at West Ham.
Chelsea went a fourth league game without a win as they were beaten by the top-flight’s surprise package West Brom at The Hawthorns.
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Venue: The Hawthorns
Date: Saturday, 17 November, 2012
Kick off: 15:00 GMT
Highlights
1-0 S. Long 10′
1-1 Hazard 39′
2-1
Head-to-head
West Brom beat Chelsea 1-0 at The Hawthorns last March to end a 17-league match winless run against them. It was Andre Villas-Boas’s last game in charge of the Blues before being sacked.
The two clubs met on this date in the top flight in 1984, with Chelsea prevailing 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
West Brom
The Baggies have taken 15 points from a possible 18 at home this season, only dropping points in defeat by champions Manchester City.
Their tally of 20 points is the most the club have had at this stage of a top-flight season for 30 years.
West Brom have kept clean sheets in four of their six league wins this term.
The Baggies recorded back-to-back wins under Clarke for the first time last weekend. The last time they won three successive games was between February-March, when Chelsea were the third victims of that sequence.
West Brom manager Steve Clarke spent 11 years as a player with Chelsea between 1987-98, making 421 appearances. He also spent four years coaching the Blues’ first-team.
Chelsea
Chelsea have gone three league matches without a win – their worst sequence under Roberto Di Matteo. They had previously taken 22 points from the opening eight games.
The Blues have conceded at least once in each of their last six league games.
The west London club have won seven of their opening 11 Premier League matches – the same number of victories they had at the same stage last season under Andre Villas-Boas.
Chelsea’s only league win outside London this campaign was at Wigan in their season opener.
Roberto Di Matteo spent 19 months in charge of West Brom between 2009 and 2011, leading the club back to the Premier League in 2010.
Manchester City scored two penalties as they thumped Aston Villa to move top of the Premier League table for the first time this season.
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Highlights
All Goals
1-0 D. Silva 43′
Head-to-head
Manchester City have won nine of their last 10 home matches against Aston Villa in the Premier League, including the last five.
Villa, though, inflicted the most recent home defeat on City in all competitions – a 4-2 triumph after extra-time in the League Cup third round on 25 September.
Manchester City
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 35 home league matches, winning all but three, since a 2-1 defeat by Everton in December 2010. Only Manchester United (36 games) and Chelsea (86) have ever enjoyed longer unbeaten home runs in the Premier League.
The defending champions have the best defensive record in the top flight, conceding nine goals in 10 matches.
City have won five and drawn one of the last six Premier League home games in which they trailed.
Roberto Mancini’s side have conceded 60% of their goals from set-pieces this season, higher than any other team.
They have never lost a Premier League game in which Sergio Aguero has scored (P19, W18, D1).
Only seven players in Premier League history have scored more goals as a substitute than Edin Dzeko (11).
Mario Balotelli could make his 50th league appearance for the club.
Gareth Barry made 441 appearances in 12 years at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa
Villa won their first Premier League away match in 14 attempts at Sunderland a fortnight ago. They have not won successive away fixtures since beating Chelsea and Wolves either side of New Year.
Paul Lambert’s side have already surrendered 10 points from winning positions this season, with 13 of the 17 goals they have conceded coming in the second half.
They have picked up only two points from seven matches against top-half opposition this season.
The Villans have earned only 24 points from their 30 games in 2012 – the lowest tally of any Premier League club.
Stephen Ireland made 176 appearances for Manchester City, scoring 13 goals in 50 games in 2008-09.
Eric Lichaj celebrates his 24th birthday on the day of this match.
Substitute Edin Dzeko scored two late goals to earn 10-man Manchester City an incredible win against West Brom.
Watch English Premier League match, West Brom Vs Man City highlights here.
Venue: The Hawthorns
Date: Saturday, 20 October
Kick off: 15:00
1-0 Long S. 67′
1-1 Dzeko E. 80′
1-2 Dzeko E. 90+4′
Head-to-head
Manchester City have only managed one victory in their last five visits to play West Brom.
They have played each other 12 times in the Premier League. West Brom lost only one of their first seven encounters – while City are unbeaten in the last five.
The Baggies have not scored in their last four matches against Man City.
West Brom
West Brom and Chelsea are the only Premier League clubs to have a 100% record at home.
The two goals they conceded against QPR were the first they had let in at the Hawthorns in the league this season.
Going into this game they had enjoyed only 43% of possession in matches this campaign – the fourth lowest in the Premier League.
Manchester City
Manchester City and Chelsea are the only two undefeated teams in the top flight this season.
In their last match against Sunderland, Manchester City kept their first clean sheet of the campaign in all competitions.
They have picked up 15 points from their seven league matches – four less than at the same stage of last season.