Interesting Premier League Numbers And Stats

[King Binny]

Arsenal
* Laurent Koscielny has been on the pitch for 63% of Arsenal's PL season but 83% of the goals conceded.

* The Premier League have credited Andrey Arshavin with eight assists this season - only Nani and Chris Brunt have claimed more.

* Samir Nasri has scored eight goals in his last 13 PL games. He scored eight goals in his previous 55.


Birmingham City
* There have been only 26 minutes this season when Birmingham's back four has not been Carr-Johnson-Dann-Ridgewell.

* Barry Ferguson is second only to Jon Obi Mikel in the 'total passes' chart for the league this season. But he is yet to assist or score a single goal.

* Birmingham have lost just one home game from their last 23 league games at St Andrew's.


Blackburn Rovers
* Blackburn have the worst record against top-half sides but the second-best record v bottom-half teams.

* Only six of Rovers' 21 league goals this season have been scored by strikers.


Chelsea
* Nicolas Anelka has not scored in over eight hours of Premier League football.

* Didier Drogba has scored seven goals from 48 shots (excl. blocked) this season. By contrast, Marouane Chamakh has scored the same number of goals from 32 shots.


Everton
* Jermaine Beckford's goal was Everton's third of the season (from 18) scored by a striker.


Fulham
* Fulham have not won in their last 26 Premier League away games.

* Mark Hughes has won just four of his last 25 matches as a Premier League manager.

* The Cottagers have not beaten a team currently in the top half of the table since their 3-0 win over Manchester United in December 2009.


Liverpool
* Only Manchester United and Arsenal have won more than Liverpool's 16 points from their last eight games.

* Strike pair David Ngog and Ryan Babel scored two goals from three shots against Aston Villa on Monday night.

* Liverpool have not conceded a league goal at Anfield in the last 310 minutes of football.


Manchester City
* Carlos Tevez has scored 33 PL goals in his 50 games since joining Manchester City.


Newcastle United
* Peter Lovenkrands was the first player to score for Newcastle apart from Andy Carroll in over nine hours of Premier League football.


Tottenham Hotspur
* Spurs have not kept a clean sheet since the opening day of the season v Manchester City.


West Brom
* Only Nani has been credited with more assists than Chris Brunt this season by Premier League statisticians.


West Ham
* The Hammers have not won away in their last 26 attempts in the Premier League.

* Scott Parker has won more tackles (57) than any other player in the league this season.


Wigan
*Wigan have only scored first-half goals in two games this season - v Newcastle in October and v Stoke on Saturday.

* £6.5m striker Mauro Boselli has played almost eight hours of PL football for Wigan without scoring a goal.


Wolves
*Wolves have not kept a clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League games.

 

[Halmeister]

There's only one team who hasn't scored a header this season. I can't remember who it is though. Man City or West Brom I think.

And Koscielny is a terrible player.

 

[keniget]

I didn't realize Tevez's record was that good. Great player.

 

[ILD]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=43087.msg1230302#msg1230302 date=1291754563]
I didn't realize Tevez's record was that good. Great player.
[/quote]

Yep, Fantastic player. I would have loved him here.

 

[Halmeister]

Man City would be down by us if they didn't have Tevez.

 

[nornirongooner]

[quote author=Halmeister link=topic=43087.msg1230299#msg1230299 date=1291753453]
There's only one team who hasn't scored a header this season. I can't remember who it is though. Man City or West Brom I think.

And Koscielny is a terrible player.
[/quote]

He'll turn into a cracking player, just not ready yet, imo.

 

[Halmeister]

Fair enough. You've seen more of him than I have. Hope you're wrong mind. How old is he? He's not particularly young is he?

 

[Oncy]

When appointed Alan Pardew??!? will be newcastles 13th manager in 13 years.

Tonight was the 150th successive game that United changed their starting line up, making a fucking mockery out of the uk press hounding of Benitez when he changed the team 99 times in row, Liverpools lesser neighbours barely getting a mention.

 

[kingjulian]

Who is the better player? Tevez or Rooney?


I think Tevez. I have said it even when he was at United.

 

[Buddha]

[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=43087.msg1230393#msg1230393 date=1291775531]
Who is the better player? Tevez or Rooney?


I think Tevez. I have said it even when he was at United.
[/quote]

Tevez has certainly wiped the floor of Rooney in the last year or so.

Rooney has had an awful 2010, during which he's been picked on reputation alone.

 

[HC]

You can't really begrudge a changing line up when they are winning left,right and centre.

When rafa was tinkering, we were not.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Hardcastle link=topic=43087.msg1230443#msg1230443 date=1291802219]
You can't really begrudge a changing line up when they are winning left,right and centre.

When rafa was tinkering, we were not.
[/quote]150 Games would take them to the middle of the season before last. They won the league that year but not last year. Maybe tinkering cost them the title last year, certainly if it was Rafa the press would have said that was why.

 

[Avmenon]

Tinkering is fine when the replacements are good enough though.

That was the main reason it didnt work for us.

 

[HC]

Mmeh.

Rafa was in the wrong when he did it

End of.

 

[Oncy]

Well clearly they werent last year. And theyre already out of the Carling cup this year. Dont make excuses because they won the league two seasons ago, if it was Rafa he would have been savaged last year, AND when they went out of the carling cup this year.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Hardcastle link=topic=43087.msg1230453#msg1230453 date=1291803090]
Mmeh.

Rafa was in the wrong when he did it

End of.


[/quote]Shutup and pm me your address you fucking cock munch.

 

[King Binny]

Didn't realise Spurs spent so much in 2008/9.

 

[TheBunnyman]

Who did we spend £70m on in 07/08?

 

[Squiggles]

[quote author=Buddha link=topic=43087.msg1230429#msg1230429 date=1291799952]
[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=43087.msg1230393#msg1230393 date=1291775531]
Who is the better player? Tevez or Rooney?


I think Tevez. I have said it even when he was at United.
[/quote]

Tevez has certainly wiped the floor of Rooney in the last year or so.

Rooney has had an awful 2010, during which he's been picked on reputation alone.
[/quote]

He scored 34 goals in 44 games last season!

I will say I prefer an out of form Tevez to an out of form Rooney though, simply because he works so much harder.

 

[keniget]

Torres, Masher, Lucas, Babel all came in that year I think.

 

[Avmenon]

[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=43087.msg1231770#msg1231770 date=1292005328]
Who did we spend £70m on in 07/08?
[/quote]

IN (26)

Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20.2m); Javier Mascherano (West Ham United, £18.6m); Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m); Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £6m); Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United, £5m); Alvaro Arbeloa (Deportivo La Coruna, £2.6m); S Leto (Lanus, £1.85m); Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000); Krisztian Nemeth (MTK, £100,000); Dani Pacheco (Barcelona, £100,000); Alexander Kacaniklic (Helsingborgs, £75,000); Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free); Emiliano Insua (Boca Juniors, £1.3m); Charles Itandje (Lens, free); Damien Plessis (Lyons, free); Mikail Alexandrov (CSKA Sofia, nominal); Jordy Brouwer (Ajax, nominal); Gerardo Bruna (Real Madrid, nominal); Ryan Crowther (Stockport County, nominal); Francisco Manuel Duran (Malaga, nominal); Ronald Huth (Tacuary FC, nominal); Gary Mackay Steven (Ross County, nominal); Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, nominal); Marvin Pourie (Borussia Dortmund, nominal); Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, nominal); Danielle Padelli (Sampdoria, loan).

OUT (18)

Craig Bellamy (West Ham United, £7.5m); Djibril Cisse (Marseille, £6m); Mark Gonzalez (Real Betis, £4.2m); Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, £4m); Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, £2.7m); Stephen Warnock (Blackburn Rovers, £1.5m); Darren Potter (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £250,000); Daniel O’Donnell (Crewe Alexandra, £100,000); Salif Diao (Stoke City, free); Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free); Robbie Fowler (Cardiff City, free); Gabriel Paletta (Boca Juniors, free); Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille, free); David Mannix (Ham-Kam, free); Jay Smith (Stockport County, free); Francisco Manuel Duran (released); Dave Roberts (released); Daniele Padelli (Sampdoria, end of loan).

Spent £67.595m; Recouped £26.25; Net Spend £41.345m

The Sunday Times figures differ a bit though, by about 2 mllion.

 

[King Binny]

25 - Barcelona made 938 passes v R.Sociedad last night, 25 more than Stoke have made in their last 3 PL games put together (913).

4 - None of the last four penalties at White Hart Lane in all competitions have been scored.

5 - Bolton have scored a goal in the 88th minute or later in five of their last six PL home games.

3 - Three of Bolton's four Premier League red cards this season have come in home games.

 

[King Binny]

99 - Only the big eight (last season's top 8) have earned more points than Blackburn in Sam Allardyce's reign as Rovers' boss.

263 – Stoke City have attempted 263 long throws, more than double any other team in the Premier League. Stoke have won the most throws (445).

10 - Arsenal have lost 10 and drawn one of their last 11 games against Man Utd & Chelsea in all comps, scoring only five goals.

 

[King Binny]

40 - No Liverpool player other than F. Torres has scored away from home in the Premier League before the 40th minute since May 2009.

 

[King Binny]

West Ham have scored 3 goals in a EPL away match for the first time in exactly two years – since 4-1 win at Portsmouth on Boxing Day 2008.

ON THIS DAY In 2001, Robbie Fowler scored 3 of his 9 Boxing Day goals. Fowler is the career top scorer on Boxing Day in the premierleague.

 

[King Binny]

10 - Rafael Van der Vaart has either scored or assisted 10 goals in his last nine Premier League appearances for Spurs.

5 - Andy Carroll has scored five headed goals in the Premier League and all have been assisted by Joey Barton.

0 - Steve Bruce has won none & lost 11 of his 13 Premier League matches as a coach against former boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

 

[King Binny]

Seems like 27 is the magical number for breaking away game hoodoos.

Last wk, West Ham won for the first time (vs. Fulham) after going 27 away games without a win.

Today, Fulham won their first PL away game in 27 attempts, a run stretching back to August 2009.

We better buck up or else we'll find ourselves in the hall of shame soon.

 

[Halmeister]

Maybe we'll go 27 years without winning the league? Or Lucas will go 27 years before he becomes a good player...

 

[Rosco]

Man United, top of the league, have won as many away games as we have.

 

[King Binny]

8 (Liverpool) - Of the 40 instances of teams losing 8 of their 1st 18 games in previous PL seasons, only 7 of them finished in the top 10.

6 - The last Liverpool manager to win fewer than six of his first 18 league games in charge was George Kay (5) back in 1936.