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Arsenal
Manchester United: English football’s most successful league side have been a thorn for most clubs, but always seem to up their game when Arsenal are in town. The Gunners have won just three times in the league at Old Trafford in 26 years, and took until 1998 to register a Premier League goal there. Stoke on the other hand, classically seen as the Gunners’ bogey team, have triumphed only four times in 16 Premier League meetings.
Aston Villa
Arsenal: When Aston Villa beat Arsenal 3-2 at Villa Park in December 1998 it gave them a comfortable lead at the top of the Premier League – but their world has changed a lot since then. Three wins in 36 meetings followed, although Villa will likely get some respite next season during their probable Championship sabbatical.
Bournemouth
Regular rivalries have been few and far between for the Cherries as they’ve raced through the leagues
Leeds and Sheffield United: Regular rivalries have been few and far between for the Cherries as they’ve raced through the leagues; likewise matches against bigger sides. Yorkshire seems to have been particularly cursed territory for Bournemouth, though, having registered just two wins in almost 30 games against Leeds and Sheffield United.
Chelsea
Manchester City: Since the financial revolution at City, Chelsea have been routinely exposed to a taste of their own medicine by the team from Eastlands. They've been beaten nine times in six years, and their rivalry has quickly become the focal point of the Premier League title narrative.
Crystal Palace
Arsenal: Crystal Palace first faced Arsenal in 1934, losing 7-0 at Highbury in the FA Cup third round. Since then there have been another 37 meetings between the two, with the Eagles winning just three – most recently a 2-1 win at Highbury in October 1994. In fact, Palace have lost six in a row since Aki Riihilahti’s equaliser salvaged a point for Iain Dowie’s team at Selhurst Park in 2004.
Everton
Chelsea: When Everton beat Chelsea 2-1 at Goodison Park in November 2000, Claudio Ranieri was still getting his feet under the table in west London. By the time the Toffees next got a result against them, the boys from the Bridge had been through five managers, claimed two Premier League titles and were well on their way to a third. That was in 2010, and Everton have only managed four wins from 15 matches since.
Leicester
Arsenal: Despite being neck-and-neck in the race for this season's title, Leicester have managed just one win against the Gunners in their last 30 meetings: a 2-1 success at Filbert Street in November 1994. The Foxes visit the Emirates on February 14 with a stronger incentive than ever to break that hoodoo – though Arsenal inflicted only one of two defeats on them this season, a 5-2 trouncing.
Liverpool
Liverpool have found Albion to be tricky customers since they returned to the Premier League in 2010
West Brom: Surprisingly consistent for a side that has won little in recent years, Liverpool have found Albion to be tricky customers since the latter returned to the Premier League in 2010, failing to beat them seven times in the league – including a run of four defeats in six between 2011 and 2013.
Manchester City
Middlesbrough: No side has consistently got the better of Manchester City since their financial revolution at the end of the last decade, but before the change Middlesbrough proved as pesky as they were stubborn. An 8-1 victory for Boro on the final day of the 2007/08 season came shortly after City had ended a run of one win in 19 against the team from the Riverside, who also knocked them out of the FA Cup last season with a shock win at the Etihad.
Manchester United
Real Madrid: Curveball time. Being largely resistant to sustained challenge for most of the Premier League era, swooping to collect 13 titles in 21 seasons, it’s in Europe that Manchester United have suffered their worst frustrations. Real Madrid prevented them becoming the first team to retain the Champions League in 2000, and further eliminations in 2003 and 2013 have made the Bernabeu side the scourge of Old Trafford.
Newcastle
Sunderland: The now-yearly tradition of a new manager clocking in at the Stadium of Light just in time to administer a healthy thrashing against the club’s north-east rivals has helped Sunderland to a scarcely believable 13-1 aggregate victory in their last six meeting against Newcastle. But will the clubs be picking up where they left off in the Championship next season?
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Norwich
Liverpool: Norwich may not be quite so fearful of trips to Anfield now that Luis Suarez is safely plying his deadly trade in Barcelona, but it hardly helps gloss over the fact that City have shipped 23 goals against the Anfield outfit in their last six meetings.
Southampton
Manchester United: Southampton dealt United a hammer blow in January 1998 with a 1-0 at the Dell, which went a long way towards destabilising Sir Alex Ferguson’s title challenge. It’s a trick they’ve seldom managed to repeat, winning just three of the clubs’ 24 meetings since.
Stoke
Liverpool: Without a win at Anfield since 1959, the team that have made such a habit of upsetting the Premier League’s elder statesmen have traditionally had a hard time against Liverpool. The bizarre 6-1 scoreline at the end of last season notwithstanding, Stoke have managed just four wins in 26 attempts, including being on the receiving end of an 8-0 mauling at the Britannia Stadium in 2000 (when they were in the old Division Two).
Sunderland
The Black Cats have lost nine of their last 12 fixtures against Spurs
Tottenham: The Black Cats have lost nine of their last 12 fixtures against Spurs, their last victory coming way back in April 2010. Between 1995 and 2006 they lost 11 out of 13, suggesting that this is a curse that bites deep for Sunderland.
Swansea
Chelsea: Swansea are still waiting for a first Premier League victory against Chelsea since their successful transition to the top flight in 2011. Their seamless adjustment to life at the top table has been pockmarked by six defeats to the Blues, including a 5-0 rollicking last January.
Tottenham
Tottenham have managed just six wins against their London rivals in an astonishing 26 years
Chelsea: Spurs didn’t register a single league win home or away against Chelsea between 1990 and 2006, despite both being top-flight ever-presents during that time. Things have improved since but not by much; Tottenham have managed just six wins against their London rivals in an astonishing 26 years.
Watford
Crystal Palace: Quite apart from denying the Hornets promotion to the Premier League with victory in the 2013 Championship Play-off Final, Palace provided a stubborn road block for Watford as both sides sought a way into the top tier. It’s one win in 10 meetings for Watford in the battle of London’s emerging sides.
West Brom
Prior to Saido Berahino’s winner at the Stretford End in 2013, Albion had taken just three points off United in 18 league meetings
Manchester United: Back-to-back wins at Old Trafford in recent seasons distort a longer-term trend between West Brom and Manchester United. Before Saido Berahino’s winner at the Stretford End in 2013 Albion had taken just three points off United in 18 league meetings, and a 2-0 win for Louis van Gaal’s side in November suggests normal service has been resumed.
West Ham
Chelsea: West Ham’s 2-1 win against Chelsea in October was just their second in 12 years, during which time they shipped 40 goals. That run roughly coincided with the advent of the Abramovich era, but the Hammers have suffered more than most from the Blues’ relentless thirst for success.
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