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Tottenham v Man Utd Wednesday, 20:00 GMT Live on BT Sport 1 Spurs looking to step up top four bid The last time Spurs scored three straight home league wins over Manchester United, England had just lifted the World Cup. A full 52 years on, they have the chance to match that after the  2-1 win last season  and 3-0 success in April, 2016. Spurs are very much in the hunt for a  top four finish  but certainly need to up it in the big matches having taken  just three points  from their five games against other members of the 'Big Six' this season. That equates to a Wembley thumping of Liverpool, a home loss to Chelsea and away defeats to Man City, Arsenal and Wednesday night's opponents Man United. Tottenham are on an  eight-match unbeaten run  heading into this one but they've had to rely on Harry Kane equalisers in their last two matches - 1-1s at Southampton and League Two Newport. Man Utd churning out the wins For a team that...

Everton can move within three points of Leicester if they beat them on Wednesday night. Opta rates their chances. Everton have only failed to score in two of their last 15 Premier League games against Leicester City.  Over 2.5 goals is   2.32 . The Toffees have won two of their last three Premier League meetings with the Foxes, as many as in their previous 15 combined.  Everton are   3.15  to win. Everton are winless in their last six Premier League matches (D3 L3), after winning four of the five prior to that (D1).  The draw is   3.20 . The Foxes have kept clean sheets in all three of their Premier League games in 2018 so far - there have only been eight previous occasions of a club keeping a clean sheet in their first four games of a calendar year in the competition, most recently by Manchester City in 2013.  Leicester are   2.90  to keep a clean sheet. Leicester won their previous Premier League match on a Wednesday 4-1 vs...

Can Chelsea extend their eight-match unbeaten run in the Premier League when they face Bournemouth? Opta reveals all. Chelsea have won nine of their last 10 matches against Bournemouth in all competitions, losing the other 0-1 in December 2015 at Stamford Bridge in their first Premier League meeting.  The home side are   1.30  to claim another victory. Bournemouth have failed to score in three of their five previous visits to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea, scoring just twice and never more than once in a game.  Chelsea are   2.20  to win to nil. Bournemouth have yet to win a Premier League game played on a Wednesday (D1 L2).  The draw is   6.40 . In contrast, Chelsea have lost only one of their last 20 Premier League matches on Wednesday (W11 D8).  The draw half-time/Chelsea full-time double result is   4.40 . The Blues have kept four consecutive clean sheets in Premier League home games - their longest such streak since a ...

Man City v West Brom Wednesday 31 January, 20:00 Sane out City are still in the running for  the quadruple  after Sunday's 2-0 win at Cardiff in the FA Cup fourth round, although victory came at the cost of  Leroy Sane's ankle injury  that will sideline him for up to a month. Pep Guardiola's side  sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League and return to the Etihad bidding to extend their winning run at home to 11 matches in all competitions. Sane joins fellow attacker Gabriel Jesus on the sidelines, plus Fabian Delph and Benjamin Mendy. Turnaround West Brom caused one of the upsets of the round in the FA Cup with their 3-2 win at Liverpool, which was an impressive performance amid all the VAR controversy. That was further evidence of a turnaround under  Alan Pardew,  whose side are now  undefeated in four  matches and have lost only one of their last six. Kieran Gibbs and Hal Robson-Kanu both had to go off i...