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Premier League match stats and facts ahead of week 15

Britain Football Soccer - West Bromwich Albion v Watford - Premier League - The Hawthorns - 3/12/16 Watford's Etienne Capoue and team mates look dejected after West Bromwich Albion's Matt Phillips (not pictured) scores their third goal Reuters / Anthony Devlin Livepic (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Following are some match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of week 15 of the Premier League: Watford v Everton *Everton have one clean sheet in their last 10 league games *Last season's game at Vicarage Road ended 1-1 *Etienne Capoue is Watford's top scorer with five goals *Both sides have five wins this season *Romelu Lukaku has scored seven of Everton's goals *Watford have not beaten Everton in any competition since a 2-1 win at Vicarage Road in 1987 - - - - Arsenal v Stoke City *Arsenal are unbeaten in the league since the opening day *Alexis Sanchez is the league's joint top scorer on 11 goals *Stoke have not won at Arsenal since 1981 *Visitors have yet to take a point at the Emirates *The Potters have won five of their last seven games - - - - Burnley v Bournemouth *Burnley have lost their last three matches *All four of Burnley's wins this season have been at home *Bournemouth beat Liverpool 4-3 on Sunday *The visitors last played at Burnley in 2013, drawing 1-1 *Cherries' boss Eddie Howe managed Burnley in 2011/12 *This is the teams' first meeting in the Premier League - - - - Hull City v Crystal Palace *Palace have lost six of their last seven league games *Visitors are 14th in the standings, Hull second from bottom *Hull have eight defeats from their last 10 league games *The Tigers are chasing their fourth win of the season *Hull's goal difference of -18 is the Premier League's worst *It will be Alan Pardew’s 300th Premier League match as manager - - - - Swansea City v Sunderland *Swansea are in last place, two points behind Sunderland *Swansea have the worst defensive record in the league *Sunderland have won three of their last four matches *Jermain Defoe has scored 250 goals in English club football *Defoe hit a hat-trick in last season's 4-2 win at Swansea - - - - Leicester City v Manchester City *Leicester have taken just 13 points from 14 games *Champions are two points above the drop zone *Jamie Vardy has gone 16 games for Leicester without scoring *City's top scorer Sergio Aguero is serving a four-match ban *Guardiola's side have won six of their seven away matches - - - - Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion *Chelsea have won eight in a row in the Premier League *League leaders had nine successive league wins in 2006/07 *Diego Costa is the league's joint top scorer with 11 goals *West Brom have taken 10 points from the last four games *The Baggies drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge last season - - - - Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur *United have drawn six of their last eight league games *United have drawn their last three matches 1-1 *United have not won at home in the league since September *Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored six goals in five games *Spurs will go nine points clear of United if they win *Harry Kane is yet to score against United in five Premier League appearances - - - - Southampton v Middlesbrough *The two sides have exactly the same -2 goal difference *Southampton have won only one of their last six games *The Saints play in the Europa League on Thursday *Promoted Middlesbrough are four points clear of drop zone *Charlie Austin has scored six goals for Southampton - - - - Liverpool v West Ham United *Liverpool are the league's top scorers with 35 goals *Liverpool have also scored the most first-half goals (19) *The Reds are four points behind leaders Chelsea *West Ham are one point above the relegation zone *The Hammers have not won in the league since October (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Toby Davis)