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Fun facts about EPL gameweek 1 for your fantasy teams.

I would like to kindly thank KJIIOIIIKA for assisting with translation from Russian.

Stats taken from season 2014\15 onward and are only based on games played in the EPL.

Manchester United - Leicester

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Jamie Vardy has missed 4 games in the last 2 seasons. Islam Slimani scored 3 goals in those, while Marc Albrighton scored 1 goal and assisted 2 times.

Juan Mata has 4 goals and 1 assist in his last 4 games against Leicester.

Manchester United scored 5 set-piece goals in their 4 last meetings (4 from corners, 1 from a direct freekick).

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Newcastle - Tottenham

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Two Newcastle players were sent off during in their last 2 home clashes against Tottenham (Shelvey, Mitrovic).

Tottenham kept 2 clean sheets against Newcastle in 2017/18 (2-0, 1-0).

Newcastle’s home record against top-6 sides in 2017/18: 3 wins (Manchester United 1-0, Chelsea 3-0, Arsenal 2-1), 1 draw (Liverpool 1-1), 2 losses (Manchester City 0-1, Tottenham 0-2).

Harry Kane has scored 0 goals in 12 games played in August (started 10 of those); Tottenham scored 15 goals across these matches.

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Huddersfield - Chelsea

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Willian had a goal and 2 assists in the same fixture last year.

Chelsea in gameweek 1 (last 4 seasons):

Forwards scoring or assisting on their EPL debut (Morata against Burnley in 2017\18, Batshuayi against West Ham in 2016/17, Costa against Burnley in 2014/2015);

Concede in every game, 7 goals overall;

3 red cards across last 3 opening games (Courtois, Cahill, Fabregas).

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Watford - Brighton

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Brighton had 2 clean sheets against Watford in 2017\18 (0-0, 1-0), conceding 1 shot on goal in two games.

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Fulham - Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace in gameweek 1: 3 losses, 1 win.

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Bournemouth - Cardiff

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Bournemouth’s August record: 9 games - 7 losses, 1 draw, 1 win.

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Wolverhampton - Everton

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Richarlison in Marco Silva’s team: 103 FPL points in 24 games (4.29 points per game)

Everton against promoted teams in 2017/18: 5 wins, 1 draw.

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Liverpool - West Ham

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Liverpool has scored 4 goals in their last 3 meetings (1-4, 4-1, 0-4)

6 different players scored against West Ham in 2017/18 (Mane, Firmino, Salah, Can, Matip, Oxlade-Chamberlain).

Liverpool under Klopp in the opening weekend: 3-3 against Watford, 4-3 against Arsenal.

Manuel Pellegrini against Liverpool (season 2014/15 onward): 4 games - 3 losses, 1 win (10 goals conceded).

Michael Antonio has scored 3 goals in 5 matches against Liverpool.

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Southampton - Burnley

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Burnley scored in each of their last 4 games keeping 2 clean sheets in the process.

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Arsenal - Manchester City

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Arsenal in the opening weekend last 2 seasons: 4-3 against Leicester, 3-4 against Liverpool.

There has been at least 3 goals scored in theses sides’ last 6 EPL meetings.

6 different players scored for City against Arsenal in 2017/18 (Sane, D. Silva, B.Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero, Jesus).

Leroy Sane has 3 goals and 1 assist in his 4 games against Arsenal.

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