Premier League statistics: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has won none of his 10 games against Chelsea
We look ahead to Chelsea vs Liverpool, Burnley vs Hull and Manchester City vs QPR with the help of Whoscored.com
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Anything but three wins from their three remaining games for Burnley and they will be relegated from the Premier League, while anything other than a positive result for Hull will be deal them a huge blow in their bid to avoid the drop. Just 1 point above 18th-placed Sunderland - who have a game in hand - and with their final two games at Tottenham and at home to Manchester United, they surely need a victory from this visit to the struggling Clarets.
Successive wins against Crystal Palace and Liverpool gave Steve Bruce's side renewed hope that they would escape the drop, but they were brought back down to earth by a rampant Arsenal side that went 3-0 up and put the game to bed by half time. How they respond here will be crucial to their season.
The Tigers will be favourites, however, up against Sean Dyche's side, who have gone 6 matches and nearly 10 hours without a single Premier League goal, and haven't looked all that likely to end that run of late. Meetings between these sides are not typically high scoring, either, with each of the last 4 clashes ending in a 1-0 scoreline. Burnley have been victorious on three of those occasions - including the reverse fixture back in November - but given recent form there is little reason to believe they can keep their Premier League dream alive here.
Manchester City vs QPR
This fixture will always be remembered for playing host to the most dramatic of Premier League climax's when Sergio Aguero wrenched the title from the grasp of rivals Manchester United right at the end of the 2011/12 season, and although it does not bear as great significance this time around, the visitors come to the Etihad again staring relegation in the face.
For City, a win is needed if they are to continue to put pressure on Arsenal in the race for second place, but otherwise they won't have anything like the same motivation in this meeting. QPR meanwhile, will be almost certain of relegation - whatever other results are - if they pick up anything less than an unlikely victory here. Things improved temporarily under Chris Ramsey, but they in fact have a worse win rate under him (16.7%) than they did under Redknapp this season (21.7%), and won't be widely expected to add a third win under their current boss this weekend.
Having allowed their opponents a Premier League-high 15.9 shots per game, the likes of the in-form Aguero, who scored twice at Loftus Road earlier in the season and has 5 goals in his last 4 appearances, will surely find a way through.
Chelsea vs Liverpool
With the title already sewn up, Chelsea will be given a guard of honour by visitors Liverpool here, led by captain Steven Gerrard, who will bring the curtain down on his career after 3 more matches in a Liverpool shirt. Gerrard will want nothing more than a shot at a top four place on the final day of the season, and that will require a win here against the team he came closest to leaving Liverpool for.
His infamous slip to allow Demba Ba in on goal at Anfield last May ended the Reds' title chances last season, and although they cannot reciprocate here they do have the chance to spoil the party a little.
Chelsea beat Liverpool over two legs in the Capital One Cup semi final earlier in the year, extending their unbeaten run against Rodgers' current team to 7 matches in all competitions. In fact, the Irishman has won none of his 10 games as a manager against his former employers.
Liverpool have only won 2 of their last 6 games - those coming against the Premier League's most out-of-form sides in Newcastle and QPR - but they remain in with a chance of sneaking into the top four given Manchester United's recent form. That could well change, however, with champions Chelsea looking to finish the season unbeaten on home soil.
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