SIX sides are playing their 1,000th Premier League match on the final day of the campaign.
Ever-presents Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton will reach the milestone today.
As they all kick-off at the same time, it will be a joint-record as all six will match it at the same time.
Incidentally, none of the sides won their opening matches back in 1992.
United opened with a 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United while Arsenal were thrashed 4-2 at home by Norwich. Chelsea drew 1-1 with Oldham and Everton vs Sheffield Wednesday finished by the same scoreline.
Liverpool were beaten 1-0 at Nottingham Forest in the first televised match while Tottenham played out a goalless draw at Southampton.
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For each side this will be 26th season in the Premier League. Aston Villa are next in line on 24, with Newcastle on 23 and West Ham on 22.
Champions Manchester City were twice relegated and have only spent 21 seasons in the top flight since the rebranding.
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There are currently six sides who have only spent a solitary season in the Premier League — though Huddersfield, Brighton and Cardiff will add to their tally in 2018-19.
United remain the record winners with 13 successes, while Chelsea are next in line with five. City and Arsenal have both triumphed on three occasions with Blackburn and Leicester enjoying one each.
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