The BPL Numbers Game 14

The BPL Numbers Game 14

Eugene YS Han looks at the footie statistics that mattered from last weekend's Barclays Premier League action.


2 - The number of points Fulham have won away from home so far (Portsmouth and Liverpool).

3 - The number of away wins won by Bolton so far (West Ham, Hull, Middlesbrough), surpassing their total for the whole of last season by one.

4 - Stoke achieved their fourth straight win at home - their best top-flight result in 24 years.

12 - Aston Villa collected their first point against United at Villa Park after 12 games - which includes two FA Cup semi-finals.

15 - The number of goals scored last weekend.

16 - The first time the 'Big Four' have failed to score on the same day in the league in almost 16 years.

22 - The total number of yellow cards dished out.

50 - Manchester United clocked their first no-score draw in 50 games since the opening day of last season against Reading.

59 - Arsenal suffered their first back-to-back defeats in 59 league games.

100 - The number of matches Micah Richards played for Manchester City as did Manuel Almunia for Arsenal. Hull's Michael Turner made his 100th league start for the Tigers.

166 - Aston Villa's American goalkeeper Brad Friedel has equaled the record for consecutive Premier League appearance at 166.

190 - Aston Villa have achieved the most number of draws in the history of the league at 190.

200 - Leighton Baines made his 200th club career appearance (Wigan and Everton).

250 - Nigel Reo-Coker made his 250th club career start (Wimbledon, West Ham and Aston Villa). Kevin Nolan also made his 250th league start for Bolton. Also the number of league starts made by Gavin McCann in his club career (Everton, Sunderland, Aston Villa and Bolton).

450 - The number of club career starts made by Danny Murphy (Crewe, Liverpool, Charlton, Tottenham and Fulham).

716 - The number of days Wigan striker Henri Camara took to score again in the league.

3,000 - The number of post-war league points won by West Ham after the weekend win over Sunderland.

315, 177 - The total number of fans who attended the BPL games.

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