Thursday, September 22, 2011

Premier League Opta Facts – September 24th-26th


Manchester City v Everton
Everton have won seven and lost one of their last eight Premier League games against Man City and the last four in a row.
The Toffees have won their last four away games against Manchester City.
Tim Cahill has scored in his last three games against City at the Etihad Stadium.
Yaya Toure scored in both Premier League meetings with Everton last season.
City have never beaten Everton in the Premier League after conceding the opening goal, losing 13 and drawing two of those 15 games.
Manchester City have won 11 and lost none of their last 12 Premier League home games and kept clean sheets in six of the last seven games at the Etihad Stadium.
Sergio Aguero has scored eight goals in his first five Premier League appearances, matching the record of Mick Quinn for Coventry.
Man City are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League matches (W7 D1) since losing to Everton in May.
David Silva has created more scoring chances from open play (18) than any other player in the top flight.
Manchester City have won 75% of headers in their own penalty area, a higher percentage than any other team.

Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers
All three goals that Bolton scored against Arsenal last season were headers.
Bolton's win at the Reebok Stadium in April ended a run of eight straight Premier League victories for Arsenal over the Trotters.
Arsenal have won nine and lost none of the 12 Premier League home games against Bolton, with the Trotters last league win in north London coming back in January1962.
There has been a goal scored in the last 15 minutes of each of the last eight Premier League meetings between Bolton and Arsenal (nine goals in total).
In the last eight Premier League games at the Emirates, Arsenal have scored just five goals and never more than once in a game in that run.
The Gunners have kept eight clean sheets in their last 12 Premier League matches at the Emirates Stadium.
Bolton have lost 12 and won just one of their last 14 Premier League away matches.
This is Arsenal's worst start to a season since 1953-54 (2011-12 W1 D1 L3 vs 1953-54 W0 D2 L3) when they were reigning champions.
Bolton have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League games.
Arsenal have used the most different players in the Premier League so far (27) while Bolton have used the fewest (17).

Chelsea v Swansea City
Swansea haven't won away at Chelsea since November 1925, losing six and drawing three of the nine visits since in all competitions.
Chelsea and Swansea have never met in the top flight but their last meeting in Division 2 was a 6-1 victory by the Blues.
Chelsea have won eight and lost none of their last nine Premier League games at Stamford Bridge.
Swansea have won just one of their last eight regular league games away from the Liberty Stadium (W1 D1 L6).
The Swans have conceded fewer fouls than any other team in the Premier League this season (31) and never over double figures in a single match.
Swansea have picked up just four yellow cards so far this season.
Chelsea have kept only one clean sheet in their last nine Premier League matches.
This is Chelsea's joint-lowest points total (10) after five games in the Roman Abramovich era along with 2007-08.
Chelsea have won 38 corners so far this season, more than any other team in the Premier League.
Former Chelsea player Scott Sinclair scored Swansea City's first Premier League goal after they had gone 374 minutes without finding the net since promotion.

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Since losing to Wolves at Anfield in December, Liverpool have lost just one of 12 Premier League home matches (W8 D3 L1).
Wolves have scored just two goals in the six Premier League meetings with Liverpool.
If Wolves avoid defeat, it will be their longest unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League at five games on the road without a loss.
Wolves have conceded 49 corners, more than any other team in this season's Premier League.
Liverpool have conceded seven goals after five Premier League games this season, just as they had in both 2010-11 & 2009-10.
Liverpool have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight Premier League matches.
Wolves have failed to score in their last three Premier League games. The last time they failed to net in four in a row was in April 2010.
This is Wolves' best start to a Premier League campaign, with seven points from five matches.
Liverpool have only picked up fewer points after five games in two previous Premier League campaigns, 2010-11 and 1992-93 where they had earned five points.
Wolves have used the fewest different starting players in the Premier League this season, just 13.

Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn have won six and lost none of the last seven Premier League matches against Newcastle.
Jason Roberts has scored three goals in his last three Premier League matches against Newcastle and has also scored four in his last four starts against the Magpies.
Rovers have won the last five Premier League visits to St James Park.
Only Manchester United (9) have won away at St James Park more often than Blackburn (6) in the Premier League era.
Newcastle have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games at St James Park (W4 D6 L1).
Blackburn have won just one of their last 11 Premier League away games (W1 D3 L7).
Rovers have committed more fouls than any other team in the top division (70) this term.
Steve Kean's side have already recovered more points from losing positions this season (3) than in the whole of the last campaign (2).
Leon Best has scored nine goals in his 12 Premier League starts for Newcastle.
Newcastle have won only 56% of headers in their own box, the lowest proportion of any team in the top flight.

West Bromwich Albion v Fulham
None of the 10 Premier League meetings between West Brom and Fulham have ended as an away win, with eight victories for the home team and two draws (both at the Hawthorns).
Fulham have scored only two goals in five Premier League visits to the Hawthorns and one of those was an own goal.
West Brom have kept just one clean sheet in their last 20 Premier League matches at the Hawthorns.
Fulham haven't scored the opening goal in a game this season - the only team in the Premier League not to do so.
West Brom have the worst conversion rate in the top flight so far, scoring with just 6% of their shots.
Danny Murphy has created more scoring chances for team-mates (21) than any other player in the Premier League.
Fulham have accrued fewer points after five games than in any other Premier League campaign.
This is West Brom's worst ever start to a Premier League campaign with three points and a -5 goal difference.
Roy Hodgson will manage his West Brom side against former club Fulham. He has won 33% of games with the Baggies compared with 34% at Fulham and 35% at Liverpool and Blackburn.
Fulham have won just two of their last 20 away games in the Midlands (W2 D9 L9).

Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs have failed to score in four of their last six Premier League meetings with Wigan, but netted 12 times in the other two matches combined.
The Latics have won just two of the 12 Premier League games against Spurs (W2 D5 L5), but those have come in the last three meetings at the DW Stadium.
Wigan are unbeaten in their last six Premier League games at the DW Stadium.
Spurs have scored four goals between the 66th and 68th minutes in their last three games.
Franco Di Santo has scored three goals in his last three PL apps; one more than he had in his previous 57 put together (2).
Tottenham have won only five and lost 14 of their last 23 Premier League away trips to play teams from the north west.
Referee Jonathan Moss has only officiated two previous Premier League games and both ended as 2-1 wins for the away team. None of the last nine games he has officiated in the Football League (excluding playoffs) have resulted in a home victory.
Jermain Defoe has scored more goals against Wigan (10) than versus any other opponent in Premier League history.
Tottenham are one of only two teams in Premier League history to score nine goals in a match, when they beat Wigan 9-1 at home in November 2009.
Defoe is one of only four players to score five goals in a single match, which he managed against Wigan in that 9-1 win.

Stoke City v Manchester United
Javier Hernandez has scored three goals in the two appearances he has made against Stoke and netted in the 27th minute of both games.
Manchester United have won all six Premier League games against Stoke City and conceded just two goals.
Stoke have only lost one of their last 11 Premier League games at the Britannia Stadium (W7 D3 L1).
The champions have scored with 29% of their attempts at goal, the highest proportion in the top division.
Stoke have mustered the fewest shots on target in the top flight (10), while Man Utd have fired in the joint-most (43).
David de Gea has made 28 saves this season, more than any other goalkeeper this season.
De Gea also has the best saves to shots ratio, keeping out 88% of all shots on target faced.
Wayne Rooney is only the second player to net in each of his team's first five Premier League games of a season, after Jose Antonio Reyes for Arsenal in 2004.
Rooney is the first player to net nine goals in his first five PL appearances in a season.
Stoke have only scored three goals in their last seven Premier League matches.

QPR v Aston Villa
Aston Villa have kept just one clean sheet in their last 22 Premier League games away from home.
There has never been an away win the eight Premier League meetings between Villa and QPR with seven wins for the home side and only one draw (at Loftus Road in December 1993).
The last meeting between the two sides came in the 2008-09 Carling Cup, where QPR won 1-0 at Villa Park.
Aston Villa have hit the target with just 31% of their shots, the worst shooting accuracy in the top flight.
Gabriel Agbonlahor has scored in three of his last four Premier League matches.
Aston Villa have drawn more games (4) than any other team in the Premier League this season and in the history of the competition (227).
The Villans are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League matches, their best run since March 2010.
Joey Barton hasn't seen his team concede a goal when he has been on the pitch this season in four appearances.
QPR have hit a higher proportion of shots from long range than any other Premier League side (56%).
The Hoops have been fouled more often than any other Premier League team this season (71 times).

Norwich City v Sunderland
Norwich have only lost one of their last six Premier League matches at Carrow Road (W4 D1 L1), but that was last time out against West Bromwich Albion.
If Sunderland avoid defeat they will have gone five games on the road without a loss, their longest unbeaten run away from home since November 1999 (six games) in the top flight.
Norwich have conceded penalties in each of their first five Premier League games equalling the feat set by Wimbledon in 1999-2000.
The Canaries have already conceded more penalties than seven Premier League teams did in the whole of 2010-11.
Grant Holt has committed more fouls than any other player in the Premier League this season (18).
Sunderland have kept just four clean sheets in their last 21 Premier League matches, but three of those have come away from home.
The Canaries have only four players who have played all five games so far and just one who has started all five, both are league-lows.
The last five league meetings between Norwich and Sunderland have all ended as 1-0 home wins.
Despite appearing in 14 of the previous 19 Premier League seasons between them (Sunderland 10, Norwich 4), these two sides haven't met in the competition, their last top flight meeting coming in 1990-91 which saw Norwich record a win double over the Wearsiders.
Norwich have failed to score in six of their last eight Premier League games in September, but have won the other two games in that spell by two goals to one.