Manchester United will look to push on from their midweek Champions League great escape when they face Watford in the Premier League this week, amid a hot top-four battle.
Tottenham will be aiming to mount yet another bounce-back in form after backing up their stunning win over Manchester City with a draining loss against relegation-threatened Burnley.
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The Citizens will meanwhile hope to put a little more daylight between themselves and Liverpool against Everton, with the Reds on EFL Cup final duty instead against Chelsea.
Why the focus on these three games? Well, they all feature prominently in our weekly Opta-powered quiz. The answers are at the bottom of the page – no peeking, now!
95 - Harry Kane’s winner for Tottenham, timed at 94:25, was the latest winning goal scored against Manchester City in the Premier League since Michael Owen for Manchester United in September 2009 (95:27). Madness. pic.twitter.com/pbzwOdhpcF
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 19, 2022
1. Norwich have had fewer shots on target than any other Premier League side this season, with 70 – but has any other team posted a worse match average by this point of the season since records began in 2004-05?
2. Tottenham striker Harry Kane has scored 10 goals in his eight Premier League games played in Yorkshire – but who is the only visiting player to have scored more in the county, with 16 finishes to his name?
3. Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored against Newcastle in the 3-3 draw at St James’ Park earlier this season – but who were the last players to score home and away against the Magpies in a Premier League season, having previously played for them in the competition?
4. If Watford defeat Manchester United this weekend, they will have completed the double under two different managers – Claudio Ranieri and Roy Hodgson. Who were the last club to achieve a similar dual-coach feat against the Red Devils?
5. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has won 24 of his last 25 Premier League games against English managers, since a 2-1 loss to Frank Lampard when he was Chelsea boss in June 2020. Who is the exception that he lost to in the interim?
12% - Since the start of the 2019-20 season, Newcastle have won just 12 percent of the 25 Premier League games in which Allan Saint-Maximin hasn't featured (3), drawing eight and losing the other 14. Absence. pic.twitter.com/2OuFeB8Q12
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 19, 2022
Answers:
1. No – their 2.8 average is the worst on record
2. Alan Shearer
3. Abdoulaye Faye and Craig Bellamy (both 2008-09)
4. Bolton Wanderers (under Walter Rowley and Bill Ridding, 1950-1951)
5. Graham Potter, who oversaw a 3-2 win for Brighton last May
