5 Premier League table setters Arsenal currently hold a 5 point advantage over Manchester City. But with two fewer games played for City, it’s pivotal that Arsenal win this head-to-head contest tonight…..if they want to continue controlling their own destiny.
2 With 32 goals scored so far this season, Erling Haaland needs just 2 more scoring strikes to tie Alan Shearer and Andy Cole’s joint single season Premier League goalscoring record of 34 goals.
1 Barcelona is just 1 clean sheet away from tying Chelsea for the most clean sheets in a domestic season (24) since the turn of the century.
3 Barcelona’s Marc-Andre Ter Stegen is just 3 clean sheets away from tying the all-time LaLiga clean sheets record, currently held at 26.
9 Barcelona ha only conceded 9 goals through 30 matchdays. That’s the lowest amount of goals conceded ever by a club within the Top 5 leagues of Europe through the first 30 games of a season.
14 If Barcelona win today at Rayo Vallecano, then the Blaugrana would see their lead atop LaLIga stretched to 14 points ahead of rivals Real Madrid.
53 Tottenham Hotspur captain and one club legend Harry Kane has found himself at a crossroads within his career as the Hotspur seem as far away as ever from winning any sort of silverware. But with Kane just 53 goals away from tying Alan Shearer’s Premier League goalscoring record (260 goals), will the England captain stay in North London and secure the record in a few years time or will he move abroad to hoist a trophy or two before his playing days are up?
1 Speaking of Harry Kane, he passed British legend Wayne Rooney earlier this year for most goals scored for the England National Team. Now, Kane is just 1 goal away from tying Rooney for second on the Premier League’s all-time goalscoring list (208 goals for Rooney, 207 for Kane)
6 If the Reds can beat the Hammers today at the London Stadium, then Liverpool will have won three games on the trot and move into 6th place in the standings, and still keep a sliver of hope for Champions League football next year.