- Tottenham have won only two of their last nine opening fixtures in the Premier League.
- Tottenham have won 11 of their last 12 Premier League encounters with Manchester City, with the most recent one confirming a Champions League qualifying spot for the Lilywhites.
- Tottenham have won their last six Premier League home games against City, five of them ending 2-1.
- Eight of the last 11 Premier League matches between City and Spurs have ended with a 2-1 scoreline.
- Manchester City were the only side not to lose a game after scoring first in the Premier League in 2009-10.
- Patrick Vieira has scored on four of his last five visits to White Hart Lane.
- Aston Villa have kept only one clean sheet in their last eight opening day fixtures, conceding exactly two goals in each of the last three seasons.
- The Hammers have taken all three points on the opening day in four of the last five seasons.
- Villa have won only five of their last 20 Premier League games against West Ham.
- Aston Villa have scored exactly one goal in seven of the last nine Premier League meetings with West Ham.
- West Ham had eight opposition players sent off against them last season, a divisional high.
- 12 of the last 20 Premier League games between Villa and West Ham have ended as draws.
- Blackburn last kept a clean sheet in an opening day Premier League game back in 2002.
- Rovers' last opening day win was two years ago against Everton, 3-2.
- Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 opening day games, conceding 25 goals in the process.
- Blackburn have won only one of their last 10 Premier League games against Everton, back on the opening day of the 2008-09 season.
- Everton are unbeaten in their last six Premier League trips to Ewood Park.
- Louis Saha has scored five goals in his last six Premier League starts against Blackburn.
- Everton recouped 17 points from losing positions last season, the joint-most in the top flight.
- Wigan have lost 2-1 in three of their last four opening weekend matches.
- This would have been the fifth season in succession that the Latics commenced the campaign away from home but the game was switched.
- Blackpool's last game in the English top-flight was a 1-1 draw with Manchester United in May 1971.
- This will be the first ever league clash between these sides in either of the top two divisions in the English football pyramid.
- Wigan dropped 24 points from winning positions last season, more than any other team in the Premier League.
- Prior to last season, no side had ever conceded more than 70 goals in a Premier League campaign and avoided relegation: Wigan conceded 79.
- The Trotters have drawn only one of their 11 opening day fixtures in the Premier League.
- Fulham have scored exactly one goal in their last four opening day games.
- Fulham have won just once in their last six trips away from home to play Bolton.
- On the four occasions the Cottagers have failed to score away at Bolton they have secured a draw.
- Bolton recouped just four points from losing positions last season, fewer than any other team.
- 69% of the goals Fulham scored came in the second half, the highest proportion in the top flight.
- Sunderland's nine opening day games in the Premier League have seen the Black Cats score a total of only five goals.
- Birmingham have won only one of their opening day Premier League games: the only one they played at home (1-0 v Tottenham in 2003).
- Birmingham have won five of their eight Premier League games against Sunderland.
- No team scored more goals in the first 15 minutes of matches than Darren Bent (10) on his own in the Premier League last season.
- The Black Cats' midfield contributed just seven goals in 2009-10, fewer than any other side.
- Wolves have conceded a total of seven goals in their two opening games in the Premier League.
- Both games between these sides last season ended as draws.
- Stoke picked up 20 points away from home last season, twice as many as in the season before.
- Only one team mustered fewer shots on target than Wolves (119) in the 2009-10 Premier League and that was Stoke (112).
- Stoke and Wolves won just two penalties each in the 2009-10 season, the joint-fewest in the Premier League.
- Chelsea have won their last eight opening day games, and 10 of the last 11.
- The last team to beat Chelsea on the opening day were Coventry in 1998, having done so the previous season as well.
- West Brom's four previous Premier League campaigns have seen them fail to win on the opening day and score a total of just one goal.
- Chelsea have won all eight of their Premier League games against WBA, conceding only two goals in the process.
- Frank Lampard scored 22 goals from midfield in the 2009-10 Premier League this season; the first central midfielder to reach the 20 mark since it began in 1992.
- Chelsea were the first side to score over 100 goals in an English top-flight season since Spurs hit 111 in 1962/63.
- Andrei Arshavin has scored five goals from just six shots on target in two trips to Anfield in the Premier League.
- Arsenal have won eight of their last nine opening day fixtures, with the first league game at the Emirates in 2006 being the exception (1-1 v Aston Villa.)
- In their last three opening weekend fixtures that have been scheduled away from home, Arsenal have scored a total of 14 goals.
- Liverpool have won only three of their last 18 Premier League games against Arsenal..
- Arsenal haven't won a league away game where the opposition wasn't down to 10-men since January.
- Liverpool v Arsenal has seen more hat-tricks (5) than any other fixture in Premier League history.
- Arsenal have conceded four goals in three of their last five visits to Anfield in all competitions.
- Manchester United have won only one of their last three opening day fixtures, 1-0 last season against Birmingham City.
- This will be the second time in three seasons that these two sides have met on the opening weekend of the season.
- Newcastle have won only three of their last 11 opening day Premier League fixtures.
- The Magpies have scored only nine times in 16 Premier League visits to Old Trafford.
- Newcastle's last win at Old Trafford was in February 1972.
- Manchester United dropped just three points from winning positions last season, fewer than any other top flight team.
- No side had ever previously benefitted from more than six own goals in a Premier League season, Manchester United accrued 10 in 2009-10.
