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Key night in Premier League

Date: 10/02/2010
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Arsenal and Liverpool square up at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday evening in the pick of the night's Premier League fixtures.

Arsene Wenger's men must overcome Rafa Benitez's side if they are to cling onto their outside chance of prolonging their title charge.

They are now nine points behind leaders Chelsea after the Stamford Bridge side beat the Gunners 2-0 on Sunday with Didier Drogba haunting them once more with two first-half goals.

Liverpool will be buoyed after their Merseyside derby 1-0 victory against Everton at Anfield thanks to Dirk Kuyt's 50th goal for the club.

The highly-charged contest threatened to boil over with Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos earning a straight red card following a crude lunge on Marouane Fellaini and he will miss the capital clash as he begins a three-match ban.

Manchester United face a tough test at Aston Villa with both outfits in fine form.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side trounced Portsmouth 5-0 on Saturday with Wayne Rooney opening the scoring to continue his red-hot goal scoring streak.

He is out on his own at the top of the scoring charts with 21 goals to his name.

The Red Devils have won their last four league outings, smashing home 15 goals in the process.

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Martin O'Neill's Villans grabbed a handy goalless draw at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening and they are now unbeaten in eight games in all competition.

Leaders Chelsea, who remain the online betting favourites to win the Premier League this season, face a trip to Everton and Carlo Ancelotti will want his side to claim a sixth win in seven league games and solidify their position atop the Premier League table.

Everton will be picking up the pieces after their Merseyside derby day defeat at the weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur make the trip to the Midlands as they face Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Harry Redknapp will be out to gain revenge after his side fell to a shock 1-0 home loss at the hands of Mick McCarthy's side earlier in the season.

Kevin Doyle was the goal scoring hero that day and he will once again be looking to come up trumps as he aims to shoot his side out of the relegation zone.

On-form Birmingham City face struggling West Ham United at Upton Park and after their fine comeback in Sunday's 2-1 win over Wolves, they should be confident of another win.

West Ham need to turn their fortunes around soon if they are to get out of the mire and with new signings Mido, Ilan and Benni McCarthy in the squad, they have increased their strike force significantly.

Weekend winners Hull City travel to Blackburn Rovers who will be sulking after their disappointing 3-0 loss at Stoke City.

Sam Allardyce will be calling for a huge improvement and with their home form keeping them out of trouble, it could be a tough task for Phil Brown's men to claim a positive result at Ewood Park.

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