The woodwork at Turf Moor has been struck 10 times this season; more often than any other EPL venue.
• Flying Eagles keep the drilling and fitness training on just as the yuletide period continue to merry.
• Coach Emmanuel Amunike turn 44 tomorrow.
• Kelechi Iheanacho and Musa Yahaya invited for U-20 final camp.
• Stephen Keshi tops the list of most google sport personality of the year 2014.
BOXING DAY PREMIER LEAGUE
The woodwork at Turf Moor has been struck 10 times this season; more often than any other EPL venue.
•Chelsea V West Ham:
KICK-OFF: Boxing Day, 12.45pm
PAST THREE MEETINGS…
.Chelsea 0 West Ham 0, Premier League, January 2014
.West Ham 0 Chelsea 3 (Lampard x2, Oscar) , Premier League, November 2013
.Chelsea 2 (Lampard, Hazard) West Ham 0, Premier League, March 2013.
Eden Hazard expects
to be fit for Chelsea’s
Premier League
clash with West Ham on
Boxing Day.
The 23-year-old limped
out of his side’s 2-0 win
over Stoke City on Monday
evening following a
challenge from Jonathan
Walters but has
told Belgian newspaper
Het Nieuwsblad:
“I’ll be able to
play on Boxing Day.”
STATS…
West Ham has not won
In any of their last
eight visit to Stamford
Bridge. (D2, L6)
The Hammers’ last win at Chelsea was in September 2002, when Paolo Di Canio scored twice to propel West Ham to a 3-2 win.
Their only previous Boxing Day meeting came in 1973 when Ron Greenwood’s Hammers won 4-2 at Stamford Bridge despite being 2-0 down at half-time – the scorers included Frank Lampard .
•Burnley V Liverpool
KICK OFF: BOXING DAY, 16:00pm
The woodwork at Turf Moor has been struck 10 times this season; more often than any other EPL venue.
According to Opta;
•Burnley have failed to score in their last four league games against Liverpool and in five of the last six matches in all competitions.
•The Reds had lost just two of the 17 Barclays Premier League matches on Boxing Day prior to Brendan
Rodgers’ arrival (W10 D5 L2).
•Danny Ings (four goals and two assists) has been involved in 50 per cent of Burnley’s goals so far this season in the Premier League.
•The woodwork at Turf Moor has been struck 10 times this season; more often than any other Premier League ground this season.
•Since the beginning of last season Brendan Rodgers’ side have hit the frame of the goal 31 times; more than any other team in the top flight.
Crystal Palace V Southampton
KICK OFF: BOXING DAY, 16:00pm
The woodwork at Turf Moor has been struck 10 times this season; more often than any other EPL venue.
Crystal Palace have stalled
and are hovering dangerously above the relegation zone.
Southampton will be looking to add
another victory to that to strengthen their European ambitions.
Stats:
•Crystal Palace have only won ONE of FIVE games against Southampton (2012, 2-0).
• Longest winning run without loss for Southampton is Eight while for Crystal Palace is Five
• Clean sheets: Southampton 15:12 Crystal Palace
More games…
16:00pm
Everton V Stoke City
Leicester V Tottenham
Manchester United V Newcastle United
Sunderland V Hull
Swansea City V Aston Villa
West Brom V Man City
18:30pm
Arsenal V QPR
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