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The BPL Numbers Game 11

Eugene YS Han looks at the footie statistics that mattered from the eleventh weekend of the Barclays Premier League.

1 - Everton became the last Premier League team to win a home match this season – ending their worst run at home without a win for six years. Also, Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy scored his first goal in his 162nd appearance for the Gunners.

2 - Nicolas Anelka scored only his second ever Premier League hat trick, and his first in over five years. His only previous league hat-trick was for Manchester City in their 4-1 home win against Aston Villa, Sep 2003.

3 - Hull are the first team in over three years to score three league goals in a match against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Chelsea were the last team to win there - 3-1 in May 2005. Also, this is the third time Arsenal have lost as many as three of their first 11 league games under Arsene Wenger. On those previous occasions, they went on to finish fourth (2005-06) and second (1999-00) in the Premier League.

4 - The total number of goals Geovanni has scored against the ‘Big Four’ in his club career. He has also scored in each of his last four away matches and is the first Premier League player to score in four consecutive away league games since Robbie Keane for Tottenham from March to April 2006.

5 - The number of own goals Jamie Carragher has scored against Liverpool in the BPL (ten in all competitions). Incidentally, he has scored three own goals for Tottenham (1 Nov 2008, 5 Dec 1998 and 1 May 1999)

7 - Stoke have scored seven goals from throw-ins - the most in the BPL so far.

8 - Hull are only the eighth different league side to score three goals at Old Trafford.

9 - Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored in his last nine consecutive home league games for the club. This is the best home scoring run by a player in the Premier League in 12 years, since Alan Shearer scored in 16 consecutive home games for Newcastle from Aug 1996 to May 1997. Ronaldo has scored 18 goals in 20 league appearances at Old Trafford in 2008. This is also the number of matches that it took Spurs to beat Liverpool for the first time under Rafael Benitez.

16 - The number of games Liverpool were unbeaten until the Spurs defeat. It is also the consecutive number of Everton's unbeaten home games over Fulham – equaling the longest-ever home winning run by one side against another in top flight history.

17 - Tottenham have come back to pick up four points in their last two league games – the first time they have made comebacks in consecutive matches for 17 months, since they came back to draw 3-3 at Wigan and 2-2 at home against Arsenal in April 2007.

21 - Liverpool took the lead and lost a league match for the first time in 21 months, since losing 2-1 at Newcastle, Feb 2007.

100 - Wigan’s Emile Heskey scored his 100th Premier League goal (Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wigan) – it was his first in the BPL against Portsmouth. Also, the number of David Moyes' wins in the Premier League as Everton manager.

150 - Hayden Mullins made his 150th league start for West Ham (he also scored his first goal in over two years in the Hammers’ draw with Middlesbrough).

200 - Jonathan Woodgate made his 200th career Premier League appearance (Leeds, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Spurs)

350 - John Terry marked his 350th start for Chelsea. Also the number of club appearances made by Phil Jagielka (Everton and Sheffield United).

400 - Jussi Jaaskelainen played in his 400th game in Bolton Wanderers’ win over Man City.

450 - Newcastle's Shay Given clocked his 450th game for the Magpies. (He's fourth on the all-time list behind Jimmy Lawrence - 496 (1904-22), Frank Hudspeth - 472 (1910-29) and Frank Clark - 457 (1962-75).

1000 - Alex scored Chelsea’s 1000th Premier League goal. The Blues became the fourth team to score 1000 league goals after Manchester Utd (1,239), Arsenal (1071) and Liverpool (1008).