The BPL Numbers Game 2
espnstar.com's Eugene YS Han looks at the statistics that mattered from the second weekend of the Barclays Premier League.
- Jose Baxter became the youngster player in Everton history to play in a competitive game at 16 years and 198 days.
- Djibril Cisse - the Lord of the Manor of Frodsham - scored on his debut for Sunderland at White Hart Lane . Cisse also scored for Liverpool at White Hart Lane on his Reds debut in 2004.
- Shay Given saved the first penalty of the season for Newcastle against Bolton at St James' Park. The victim was Kevin Nolan.
- West Ham's Mark Noble is the first player to be sent off in the BPL this season.
- Stoke won their first game in the top-flight in 23 years after beating Aston Villa at the Britannia Stadium. Their last win in the top division was the 2-0 victory over Arsenal on 30 March 1985.
- Mikael Silvestre became the first Manchester United player in 34 years to be transferred to Arsenal. Former ‘record-holder' Brian Kidd became a Gunner in 1974.
- Highest scoring game: Stoke City 3-2 Aston Villa
7 - The number of ex or current Arsenal players at Portsmouth . Kanu, Sol Campbell, Lassana Diarra, Lauren, Jerome Thomas, Armand Traore and Tony Adams.
4 - The number of ex-Tottenham players at Sunderland .
100 - The number of league goals Yakubu has scored in England after the goal against West Brom .
23 - The total number of goals scored in the first BPL weekend
3 - The number of injury-time goals
2 - The number of injury-time goals that won the game.
2 - The total number of drawn matches since the start of the season
1 - Total number of red cards
21 - Total number of yellow cards
304,662 - Total attendance over the weekend
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