
The BPL Numbers Game 38
Man United collected their best points tally since 99/00; Liverpool are the first team to lose two games and not win the league title.
By Eugene YS Han
0 - Liverpool have yet to lose a final day Premier League fixture at Anfield.
0 - West Ham have never lost a final day home fixture in the Premier League; five wins, five draws.
0 - Sunderland have never won a last day fixture in Premier League history and have lost the last four.
1 - Manchester City are the first club since Liverpool in 1963-64 to go through an entire top-flight season without a home draw.
1 - Liverpool have become the first team to lose just two league games all season and not win the Premier League title.
1 - Wigan recorded their first ever double over Portsmouth.
2 - Aston Villa and Hull are the only two clubs not to have lost a Premier League game this season in which they have opened the scoring.
3 - Everton have registered their third successive top-six finish.
3 - Hugo Rodallega scored his third goal in four games for Wigan.
4 - Arsenal have finished fourth in the Premier League for the third time in four years.
5 - Chelsea have registered their first end-of-season victory since 2004 - five years ago.
5 - Robbie Keane has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League appearances for Tottenham against Liverpool.
7 - Fulham celebrated their best ever season of top-flight football in the club's 130-year history with a seventh place finish.
7 - Newcastle have just seven wins this season - the first ever Premier League season in which their total number of victories is in single figures.
9 - Manchester United have won nine of their 11 final-day fixtures away from home, including the last five.
9 - Chelsea have beaten Sunderland for the ninth successive time in the Premier League.
10 - Chelsea have done the double over ten clubs this season: Aston Villa, Manchester City, Wigan, Stoke, Bolton, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, West Brom and Sunderland.
10 - Manchester City have won all ten league games in which clean sheets have been kept.
11 - Manchester United have done the double over 11 clubs. West Ham, Manchester City, Stoke, Wigan, Bolton, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, West Brom and Hull.
13 - Portsmouth have not tasted victory in 13 successive league games away from home.
17 - Aston Villa have accumulated 17 wins for the first time in 11 Premier League seasons.
19 - Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka have won the Golden Boot with 19 league goals.
21 - Edwin van der Sar has won the Barclays Golden Glove with 21 clean sheets.
24 - Manchester United have kept 24 clean sheets this season - more than any other club.
25/26 - Stoke and Hull are the 25th and 26th clubs to have survived their first season in the Premier League, after promotion (out of 51 tries).
28 - Manchester United have equaled their club record of 28 victories in a single campaign in this league.
43 - Everton have recorded their first points at Craven Cottage for the first time in 43 years, since a 0-1 triumph on 20 August 1966.
50 - Aston Villa recorded their third consecutive home Premier League victory over Newcastle and also their 50th league victory over the Magpies.
50 - Fernando Torres have scored his 50th goal for Liverpool in 84 appearances - that's faster than Ian Rush, John Aldridge and Robbie Fowler.
50 - Martin Skrtel made his 50th appearance for the Reds.
50 - Tomasz Kuszczak made his 50th career Premier League appearance (West Brom and Manchester United).
90 - Manchester United ended the season on 90 points; their best return since 91 points in 1999-2000.
100 - Nicholas Bendtner made his 100th English league appearance (Arsenal and Birmingham).
100 - Ashley Young made his 100th appearance in Aston Villa colours.
101 - Sunderland have scored a total of 101 home league goals against Chelsea.
150 - Wigan's total of goals all-time in the Premier League has reached 150.
150 - Petr Cech registered his 150th appearance for Chelsea in a Premier League match.
150 - Jermaine Jenas made his 150th appearance in a Tottenham shirt.
150 - Steven Taylor made his 150th appearance for Newcastle.
190 - Brad Freidel has extended his record breaking run to 190 consecutive Premier League appearances.
200 - Shaun Wright-Phillips has made his 200th career league start (Nottingham Forest, Manchester City and Chelsea).
200 - Dean Whitehead registered his 200th appearance for Sunderland.
250 - Darren Bent made his 250th career league appearance, and 300th in all club competitions.
275 - Everton celebrated their 275th match under David Moyes with a 2-0 win at Fulham.
294 - Tugay made his 294th and final appearance for Blackburn Rovers.
300 - James Beattie made his 300th career Premier League appearance (Blackburn, Southampton, Everton and Stoke)
464 - Sami Hyypia played his 464th and final game for Liverpool.
548 - David James have extending his Premier League appearance record to 548.
1,300 - Liverpool have registered 1,300 wins in post-war league football.
20,000 - Wigan and Portsmouth are the only Premier League clubs whose average gate is under 20,000.
* Look out for the BPL Numbers Game Review 2009/10 next Monday.
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