The big Friday Premier League quiz

The bulk of Premier League teams will enjoy their mid-season break this weekend but there are still eight sides holding the fort.

Reigning champions Manchester City host West Ham on Sunday, hoping to bounce back from a dispiriting 2-0 loss at Tottenham last weekend.

The Hammers are third bottom on 24 points – a predicament that could look worse at the end of the weekend in the event of 19th-place Watford beating fellow strugglers Brighton and Hove Albion.

Crystal Palace and Bournemouth are among the other clubs nursing some relegation anxiety as they travel to Everton and Sheffield United respectively.

First, it’s time for you to tackle these five teasers.

1. Since Nigel Pearson took the reins at Watford, Troy Deeney has scored five Premier League goals. Can you name the only two players to have scored more frequently during this period?

The Duke of Cambridge met real Watford royalty today @KensingtonRoyal @T_Deeney @heads_together pic.twitter.com/cucgJzB5rS

— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) February 5, 2020

2. Runaway leaders Liverpool have a perfect record of 30 points from their past 10 matches, but which Premier League team have the next best points return in this spell?

Practice makes perfect, @Alex_OxChambo  pic.twitter.com/VX7bKxgRVm

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 4, 2020

3. Which club have the worst 2020 Premier League points tally, with just three earned since the turn of the year?

Where is your team in the #PL table? pic.twitter.com/WDaCCNXMzp

— Premier League (@premierleague) February 3, 2020

4. Which team’s run of nine matches without a clean sheet is the longest in the division at present?

26% – Glenn Murray has scored 26% of Brighton & Hove Albion’s all-time Premier League goals (26/99), only Neil Redfearn (27% for Barnsley) has scored a higher proportion for a club in the history of the competition. Renewal. pic.twitter.com/PxtSjp0je1

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 3, 2020

5. Pep Guardiola has won all eight of his meetings with West Ham. Against which two opponents in his coaching career does the Manchester City boss also hold a 100 per cent record after the same number of matches.

PEP  @sterling7 is a guy who recovers quicker than anyone I have ever seen before – he is incredible and he could play every two days.

I don’t just judge Raheem for his stats. It’s important, but not the only important thing. pic.twitter.com/zVd2Ayk3mO

— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 1, 2020

Answers
1. Sergio Aguero and Mohamed Salah (both seven)
2. Everton (19)
3. Brighton
4. Crystal Palace
5. Malaga and Watford