Monday, January 30, 2012

Premier League Opta Facts - Jan 31st - Feb 1st


Swansea City v Chelsea

Fernando Torres scored and was then sent off against Swansea back in September, He hasn't scored a Premier League goal since.
Swansea scored from their only shot on target when they lost 1-4 at Stamford Bridge in the reverse fixture earlier this season.
Danny Graham has scored in four of his last six Premier League starts at the Liberty Stadium.
Swansea have committed fewer fouls than any other team in the Premier League (187).
Swansea have conceded the joint-fewest goals in home games this season, (6).
Fernando Torres has now failed to score in 11 consecutive PL apps, beating his previous worst record of 10 apps (Jan-Apr 2011).
Chelsea have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games (W5 D4 L1).
Swansea have kept just one clean sheet in their last six Premier League matches.
Swansea have lost just one of their last 19 home games in league competition (W11 D7 L1).
The Blues are unbeaten in their last six league matches away from Stamford Bridge (W3 D3).

Everton v Manchester City

Everton have won seven of the last nine Premier League matches against Man City.
The Toffees have lost just one of the last 13 Premier League home games against Man City (W8 D4 L1).
City have never beaten Everton in the Premier League after conceding the opening goal, losing 13 and drawing two of those 15 games.
David Silva has now provided 12 assists this season, four more than any other player in the league.
Everton have allowed their opponents fewer shots on target against them than any other Premier League side this season (78).
Everton have scored the highest percentage of goals in the second half of games in the Premier League this term (73%).
Man City have conceded the highest percentage of goals in the second half, (78%).
Only Aston Villa (6) have been on the wrong end of more Tim Cahill goals in the Premier League than Man City (five).
Man City have won just one of their last five away games in the Premier League and that came against bottom club Wigan.
Everton (32%) and Man City (20%) have benefited from the two highest proportions of goals by substitutes in the Premier League.

Fulham v West Bromwich Albion

None of the 11 Premier League meetings between West Brom and Fulham have ended as an away win.
Fulham are the only team in the Premier League who have not conceded a penalty this season.
Only Wigan (8) have conceded more penalties than West Brom (7).
West Brom have scored the highest percentage of goals in the first half of games this season (59%).
West Brom have won three and lost just one of their last five Premier League away games.
Roy Hodgson will manage his West Brom side against former club Fulham. He has won 34% of games with the Baggies compared with 34% at Fulham and 35% at Liverpool and Blackburn.
West Brom have kept just one clean sheet in their last 30 Premier League away games.
The Whites have lost just one of their last five Premier League matches (W2 D2 L1).
Martin Jol's side have won four of their last five matches at Craven Cottage (W4 D0 L1).
Bobby Zamora has scored two penalties in the Premier League, one with his right foot and one with his left.

Manchester United v Stoke City

Manchester United have opened the scoring in the 27th minute in each of their last three Premier League meetings with Stoke City.
Anders Lindegaard has the best saves to shots ratio in the Premier League, keeping out 82% of on target efforts faced.
Stoke have posted the worst shooting accuracy figures in the top division, hitting the target with just 34% of their attempts.
Ryan Giggs has the best minutes per assist rate in the Premier League this season (108).
Stoke City have won five penalties this season, the same number as in the previous two Premier League campaigns put together.
Stoke have conceded the highest percentage of first half goals in the top flight this season (55%).
The Potters have conceded a higher percentage of goals from outside the box than any other top flight club (27%).
47% of Stoke's attempts and 57% of their goals overall come from set pieces, both league-high proportions.
Only David Silva (12) has more goal assists than Antonio Valencia (eight) this season.
Manchester United have scored with 19.6% of their shots at goals, second only to Manchester City who have netted with 19.9%.

Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic

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.
Tottenham have drawn 99 Premier League home games.
Wigan have committed the highest number of fouls in the Premier League this season (292).
The Latics have conceded the most penalties in the Premier League (8) but Ali Al Habsi has saved four of them.
Wigan have also won the most penalties in the top flight this season.
Gary Caldwell has given away more than twice as many penalties as any other Premier League player since Jan 2010 (7).
Wigan have scored a higher percentage of goals from outside the penalty area than any other Premier League side.
Only David Silva (12) and Antonio Valencia (8) have more assists than Gareth Bale (7) this season.
Wigan have won none of their last seven Premier League games (W0 D3 L4) and have kept just one clean sheet in their last 19 matches.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool

Wolves have scored just three goals in the seven Premier League meetings with Liverpool.
Liverpool have averaged 12 shots for every goal scored the worst ratio in the Premier League.
Liverpool have won just one of their last six Premier League matches and won only four points & scored only four goals in the four PL games without Luis Suárez since his suspension began.
Wolves have allowed their opponents more shots on target against them than any other team in the top flight (153).
Wolves are the only team not to score any goals from outside the box this season.
Mick McCarthy's side are the only team in the top flight not to score a goal in the opening 15 minutes of a match this season.
However, Wolves have conceded more goals than any other team in the opening 15 minutes of games (8).
Wolves have gone 19 games without a clean sheet.
Liverpool have been caught offside 78 times, more than any other Premier League side.
Wolves have taken just one point from the last four Premier League matches at Molineux.

Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers

There has never been an away win the nine Premier League meetings between Villa and QPR with seven wins for the home side and two draws.
Aston Villa are the only team in the Premier League without a goal from a corner this season.
Aston Villa have conceded more goals from corners than any other team in the top flight this season (10).
Aston Villa have recovered the joint-most points from winning positions in the Premier League (along with Wolves).
Villa have lost just one of their last five Premier League matches (W2 D2 L1), but have won none of the last five at home (W0 D1 L4).
QPR have taken just one point from the last 15 available away from home in the Premier League.
The Londoners have only conceded six goals in their last five away matches, but they have scored just two in that run.
Joey Barton has been booked in three of his last four Premier League appearances and sent off in the other.
Victory over Wigan last time out ended a run of nine Premier League games without a win for QPR.
Darren Bent has scored three goals in his last four Premier League appearances and has netted 99 Premier League goals in total.

Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United

There were four goals from just five shots on target in the reverse fixture back in September.
Blackburn have won six and lost one of the last eight Premier League matches against Newcastle.
Jason Roberts has scored three goals in his last four Premier League matches against Newcastle and has also scored four in his last four starts against the Magpies.
Blackburn are on a run of 25 Premier League games without a clean sheet.
Blackburn Rovers are the first Premier League side to fail to keep a clean sheet in their opening 22 games of a season.
Rovers have lost just one of their last five Premier League games (W2 D2 L1).
Blackburn are one of two Premier League sides (the other being Manchester City) who have not drawn a home game in the Premier League this season.
Newcastle have won just one of their last six Premier League away games (W1 D1 L4).
Rovers have conceded more headed goals than any other Premier League side (11).
In their last 10 Premier League games respectively, Newcastle and Blackburn have both earned 11 points.

Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal

All three goals that Bolton scored against Arsenal last season were headers.
Arsenal have won nine of the last 10 Premier League games against Bolton (W9 L1).
There has been at least one goal scored in the last 15 minutes of each of the last nine Premier League meetings between Bolton and Arsenal (10 goals in total).
Robin van Persie has scored 20 goals in his last 20 Premier League away appearances.
Arsenal have lost three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since April 2007.
Bolton have conceded the most goals in the Premier League on home soil (25).
Arsenal have conceded the most goals away from home in the Premier League (25).
Arsenal have picked up fewer points after 22 matches (36) than in any Premier League season since 1995-96.
Only Manchester City (26) have scored more goals away from home in the Premier League than the Gunners (22).
Owen Coyle's side have gone 11 games without a clean sheet in the Premier League.

Sunderland v Norwich City

Five of the last six league meetings between Norwich and Sunderland have ended as 1-0 home wins.
11 of the last 14 league meetings between Norwich and Sunderland have been won by a one-goal margin, with the other three ending as draws.
The last five times Norwich have visited Sunderland the game has finished 1-0, twice in the Canaries' favour and three times for the Black Cats.
Norwich have scored a higher percentage of headed goals in the Premier League than any other team (41%).
Sunderland have conceded a higher percentage of headed goals than any other Premier League side (33%).
Since Martin O'Neill was appointed, Sunderland have picked up 16 points; only Manchester United (18) have picked up more in that time.
Sunderland have conceded the highest percentage of goals of any team in the opening 15 minutes of games this season (21%).
Sunderland have blocked more opposition shots than any other team in the Premier League (101).
Norwich have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games (W3 D4 L1).
Sunderland have lost just one of their last nine matches at the Stadium of Light (W4 D4 L1).