The BPL Numbers Game 12
Eugene YS Han looks at the footie statistics that mattered from the twelfth weekend of the Barclays Premier League.
0 – Chelsea are the only league club in all four divisions, yet to concede a second half goal this season.
1 - Samir Nasri is the first Arsenal player to score twice in a league match against Manchester United since Thierry Henry scored twice in a 2-2 draw at Highbury, April 2003. Nasri has scored all his four league goals at the Emirates.
2 - Everton’s Louis Saha has scored in back-to-back league matches for the first time in almost two years, since he scored in three successive league matches for Manchester Utd from Nov to Dec 2006. This is also the number of points Stoke have amassed away from home this season – both have been goalless draws in the North-West (they also drew 0-0 at Liverpool, Sept 20).
3 - Sunderland’s Djibril Cisse has now scored in his last three league matches against Portsmouth.
4 - Jermain Defoe has scored all four penalties for Portsmouth in the league. His last penalty miss was in Tottenham’s 1-1 draw at West Ham, Nov 2007. This is also the number of penalties conceded by Newcastle this season.
5 - This is Man United’s worst run without a league win against the other ‘Big Four’ clubs in five years, since they went four matches without a win from Nov 2003 to May 2004. This is also the number of Everton’s league goals that have come in the last seven minutes of matches. This is also the number of goals Bolton’s Matthew Taylor has scored joining the club in January – he has scored as many league goals in the last ten months as Carlos Tevez, Robbie Keane and Tuncay.
6 - It was Robbie Keane’s first league goals after six months and five days since he scored in Tottenham’s 1-0 win at Reading, May 3. Robbie Keane scored his first league goals for Liverpool after 11 league matches for the club without a goal.
7 - Liverpool have now won all seven league meetings with West Brom without conceding a goal. This is also the number of clean sheets Petr Cech and Jose Reina have kept each – the most so far in the league.
9 – Chelsea notched their ninth straight away win in 2008 at Blackburn – equalling their own league record.
18 – Man United’s right-back Rafael Da Silva became the youngest Premier League goal-scorer this season at 18 years and 122 days old.
23 – Sir Alex Ferguson has clocked into his 23rd year in charge at Old Trafford last weekend.
24 - West Ham failed to keep a clean sheet for the 24 successive league game – their worst run without a clean sheet in 43 years, since they conceded in 35 consecutive top flight matches from Dec 1964 to Oct 1965.
29 – Spurs recorded their first back-to-back victories in 29 Premier League matches, since beating Fulham and Reading on 26 and 29 December 2007 respectively - both at home.
38 - Alvaro Arbeloa scored his first home goal in his 38th appearance at Anfield.
100 – Everton won their 100th Premier League victory under David Moyes.
103 – The number of corners Arsenal have won so far this season in the BPL - the most of any club. Also the number of appearances David James has made in a Portsmouth jersey.
164 - Brad Friedel made his 164th consecutive Premier League appearance last weekend (Blackburn and Aston Villa), in a sequence that began at the start of the 2004-05 season.
250 – Portsmouth’s win over Sunderland meant their all-time Premier League points total is now 250.
300 – The number of appearances Joleon Lescott made for Wolves and Everton.
350 – Michael Carrick made his 350th club appearance. (West Ham, Swindon, Birmingham, Tottenham and Man Utd).
400 – Emile Heskey made his 400th career league start (Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wigan).
1,500 – Man City reached the unwanted milestone of losing their 1,500 game in their league history.
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