Arsenal v Blackburn Sat 4 Feb 13:00

• Arsenal were held to a 0-0 draw by Blackburn in their last Barclays Premier League game
• Robin van Persie will have to wait for his 20th league goal of the season after hitting the bar with a brilliant late effort
• Van Persie has now had 97 shots at goal this season, with 61% on target
• Mikel Arteta covered the most ground in that game with 5.6 miles
• Arteta also completed 47 passes in his opponent’s half in that game, behind only Stiliyan Petrov as the most made by a single player in the last games
• Blackburn signed QPR defender Bradley Orr on transfer deadline day, and saw his new team mates suffer a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Newcastle
• Orr has had limited opportunities with QPR this season, playing just 366 minutes and making 18 defensive contributions (tackles, clearances, interceptions, and blocks)
• Morten Gamst Pedersen covered the most ground for Blackburn in that game with 6.73 miles
• Pedersen has delivered 52 crosses this season contributing 5 assists and also winning 64% of tackles

Norwich v Bolton Sat 4 Feb 15:00

• Norwich were the latest team to fall to defeat at the hands of Martin O’Neill’s resurgent Sunderland side
• A Daniel Ayala own goal made it 3-0, although the defender has made a positive contribution this season in his 6 appearances, making 13 clearances and 33 interceptions, while winning 61% of tackles
• Andrew Surman covered the most ground for Norwich (and of either team) in that game with 6.77 miles as Norwich were outrun by Sunderland by 61.29 miles to 60.93 miles
• Norwich turned down bids for Grant Holt in the transfer window. The striker has 7 Barclays Premier League goals this season, averaging one every 195 minutes.He also has three assists to his name.
• Holt has 62% of shots on target this season and a conversion rate of 25% (7 goals from 29 shots)
• Bolton earned a 0-0 draw in their last Barclays Premier League game against Arsenal
• Mark Davies once again covered the most ground for the Trotters with 5.6 miles
• As well as putting in the miles, Davies has won 65% of tackles this season and made 39 interceptions
• Bolton striker Kevin Davies was the subject of a bid from Sunderland in the transfer window. Davies has scored twice this season from just 18 shots at goal with 72% on target.
• The tough tackling striker has also won 20 tackles this season from 35 attempted, a success rate of 57%

QPR v Wolves Sat 4 Feb 15:00

• Dijbril Cisse scored on his QPR debut and Stephen Warnock scored an own goal from Taiwo’s cross to put QPR 2-0 up against Villa before eventually succumbing to a 2-2 draw
• Cisse covered 4.75 miles for QPR in that game and also delivered three crosses
• Joey Barton covered the most ground for QPR in the game against Villa with 5.96 miles
• Barton has won 77% of 65 tackles attempted so far this season and also delivered 50 crosses contributing 5 assists
• Paddy Kenny was also the busiest goalkeeper in the last round of games, making 12 saves against Villa. That puts it at 8th in the season ranking for most saves in a game
• Wolves suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of resurgent Liverpool in their last Barclays Premier League game
• David Edwards covered the most ground for Wolves in that game with 7.05 miles as Wolves actually out ran Liverpool by 64.18 miles to 63.63 miles
• Roger Johnson made 21 interceptions against Liverpool, more than any other player in the last round of games. Johnson has made 155 interceptions this season, more than any other player.
• Wolves signed Spurs defender Sebastian Bassong on loan on transfer window deadline day
• Bassong has played just 252 minutes for Spurs this season, contributing 6 clearances, 3 interceptions, and 3 tackles won

Stoke v Sunderland Sat 4 Feb 15:00

• Stoke conceded two penalties to suffer a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in their last game
• Dean Whitehead covered the most ground for Stoke in that game with 6.75 miles
• Jermaine Pennant fouled Park Ji-Sung before Jonathan Walters brought down Antonio Valencia for United’s penalties
• Pennant has won 56% of tackles this season while Walters has won just 43%
• Wayne Bridge signed for Sunderland on loan on transfer deadline day. Bridge has played just 11 minutes for Man City this season
• Sunderland beat Norwich 3-0 as Frazier Campbell continued his brilliant comeback from injury with a stunning volley to score Sunderland’s first goal
• Campbell covered 4.53 miles in his 74 minutes on the pitch, averaging an impressive 108 yards per minute on the pitch
• Stephane Sessegnon added a second from a brilliant move again involving Campbell, and a Phil Bardsley cross led to Daniel Ayala turning into his own net for the third
• Sessegnon has completed 68 dribbles so far this season, the third highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index
• Jack Colback covered the most ground for Sunderland in that game with 6.15 miles

West Brom v Swansea Sat 4 Feb 15:00

• West Brom moved seven points clear of the relegation zone with a point against Fulham in their last Barclays Premier League game
• An equaliser from substitute Somen Tchoyi earned the Baggies a point. They have now lost just one of their last five away games in the league.
• Youssuf Mulumbu covered the most ground for West Brom in that game with 6.05 miles
• West Brom swooped for Blackburn’s Keith Andrews and Birmingham’s Liam Ridgewell in the January transfer window
• West Brom defender Gabriel Tamas was one of only two players to make five clearances in the last round of games (the other was Brede Hangeland)
• Scott Sinclair scored against his old club as Swansea secured a point against Chelsea in their last Premier League game
• Sinclair’s goal was his 7th of the season coming from 52 shots at goal with exactly half on target. Sinclair is also the most successful player in the league with the ball at his feet, having completed 87 dribbles. That’s more than any other player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, ahead of Gareth Bale in second place.
• Joe Allen covered the most ground for Swansea in the Chelsea game with 6.61 miles
• Allen has won 70% of his 47 tackles attempted so far this season and made 39 interceptions
• Sinclair put Swansea ahead before Neil Taylor put through his own net to level the scores
• Taylor has made a vital contribution for the Swans this season, winning 76% of tackles so far this season and making 56 interceptions

Wigan v Everton Sat 4 Feb 15:00

• An 80th minute goal from James McArthur was just a consolation as Wigan were out classed by Spurs in their last Premier League match
• McArthur’s goal was his first of the season. The Scottish midfielder has completed a pass in his opponent’s half one every four minutes five seconds inthe Barclays Premier League so far this season
• James McCarthy covered the most ground for Wigan in that game with 6.58 miles
• Everton battled to a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in their last game, with
• Darron Gibson scoring the winner with his first goal for the club
• Gibson has expressed his frustration at not having had many opportunities to shoot recently, and the midfielder has managed just eight attempts at goals since joining Everton, with four on target
• Gibson have completed 92 passes in his opponent’s half for Everton, one every four minutes
• Tim Cahill covered the most ground for Everton in that game with 6.76 miles, just ahead of Gibson who covered 6.45 miles
• Louis Saha was a surprise January more as he left Everton for Spurs this week. Saha had scored just won goal for Everton this season despite having had 48 shots at goal with 54% on target
• Landon Donovan has hailed team mate Denis Stracqualursi’s attitude.
• Stracqualursi has had limited opportunities this season, but covered 5.82 miles against Man City to take his total to 18.52 miles this season, averaging around 95 yards per minute on the pitch

Man City v Fulham Sat 4 Feb 17:30

• Man City suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Everton in their last Premier League game
• The absence of Yaya Toure has been blamed for City’s faltering form, and the loan signing of Claudio Pizarro from Roma is hoped to cover for the Ivory Coast midfielder while he is at the African Cup of Nations
• Yaya Toure has completed 689 passes in his opponent’s half this season, the fourth highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. David Silva tops the index in this with 787 passes completed in his opponent’s half.
• In his absence, Samir Nasri covered the most ground for Man City with 6.16 miles
• Nasri has completed 633 passes in his opponent’s half this season, and has the best minutes per pass completed rate of any player in the league with one every two minutes 8 seconds on the pitch
• A hat trick hero in the previous game, Clint Dempsey scored for Fulham in their last Barclays Premier League game to earn a point against West Brom
• Dempsey has now moved above Wayne Rooney to become the player with the second highest number of shots on target in the league, behind Robin van Persie.
• Dempsey has now had 54 shots on target this season, scoring ten goals.
• Steve Sidwell covered the most ground for Fulham in that game with 5.85 miles
• Sidwell has won 77% of tackles so far this season and contributed 15 interceptions and 10 clearances
• Brede Hangeland was one of only two players to make five clearances in the last round of games