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Premier League 2012-13: the season in numbers

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King Binny

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Full list here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/20/2012-13-premier-league-in-numbers?CMP=twt_gu

Some of the interesting one:

0: Manchester United became only the fourth side in Premier League history to not concede a single penalty kick in a season (Arsenal in 1999-00, Newcastle in 1995-96 and Bolton in 1997-98).

0: Both Tottenham and Swansea were not awarded a single penalty kick in 2012‑13 – only five other sides have not been awarded a penalty in a Premier League campaign before this season, with the last instance being Charlton Athletic in 2004-05.

4: QPR won just four games in the Premier League this season. Only Derby County (one in 2007-08) and Sunderland (three in 2005-06) have won fewer in a single Premier League campaign.

5: Joe Hart made five errors leading directly to a goal in 2012-13, four more than he did in 2011-12.

7: Ali Al-Habsi made seven errors leading to opposition goals in the Premier League this season, more than any other player.

16: Tottenham scored 16 goals from outside the box (Bale with nine of them), more than any other side. Stoke scored only one goal from outside the box.

16: Chelsea scored the most headed goals.

20: Manchester United had 20 different goalscorers in 2012-13, a record spread in a single Premier League season.

23: Lukas Podolski was substituted 23 times in the Premier League this season. Only Steed Malbranque – 26, for Sunderland in 2009-10 – has been substituted more often in a single Premier League campaign.

24: Manchester United hit the woodwork 24 times, more than any other side.

28: Manchester United won 28 games in the Premier League this season. Only Chelsea (29) in both 2004-05 and 2005-06 have won more in a single league campaign.

28: Liverpool's goal difference of +28 is the best ever recorded by a team outside the top six (in the goal-difference era).

29: Manchester United came from behind to claim 29 points. Only Newcastle in 2001-02 (34) have claimed more.

32: Liverpool's English players scored 32 goals this season – more than any other side.

46: West Ham's Matt Jarvis created the most goalscoring chances, 46, without actually assisting a single Premier League goal this season.

70: The Emirates Stadium saw more goals than any other arena.

72: Tottenham's total of 72 points is the highest ever total for a top-flight team finishing outside the top four in a 38-game season. Spurs' points total would have been enough to finish in second place two seasons ago.

116: Leighton Baines created 116 goalscoring chances this season, 12 more than any other player in the Premier League.

118: Following his goal on the final day, Javier Hernández has averaged a goal every 118 minutes and 29 seconds on average in the Premier League – a faster rate than any other player (with more than 10 goals) in the history of the competition.

291: Luis Suárez had almost twice as many dribbles as any other player. Adel Taarabt was second with 159.

296: Liverpool had the most shots off target, 42 more than Manchester City, the second most. Luis Suárez had 71 shots off target, more than any other player.

363: Luis Suárez touched the ball 363 times in the opposition penalty box this season, 140 more times than any other player in the Premier League (next most – Van Persie with 223).

3,420: Leighton Baines was the only outfield player to play every minute of every match. Four goalkeepers – Simon Mignolet, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Joe Hart and Asmir Begovic – also managed this.

18,075: Arsenal completed the most passes, more than 1,000 more than Manchester City, the second most. Mikel Arteta was the busiest passer, with 2,517 completed.
 
7: Ali Al-Habsi made seven errors leading to opposition goals in the Premier League this season, more than any other player.

Who was peddling this guy earlier this season as a replacement for Reina?
 
Full list here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/20/2012-13-premier-league-in-numbers?CMP=twt_gu

Some of the interesting one:

29: Manchester United came from behind to claim 29 points. Only Newcastle in 2001-02 (34) have claimed more.

They drew only 5 times this season, and of those 5 draws - they came back from a deficit to earn a point twice. That means they came back from deficits to win 9 games and earn 27 points. That is huge, and partly explains why the Mancs win titles. They just don't give up during games.
 
They drew only 5 times this season, and of those 5 draws - they came back from a deficit to earn a point twice. That means they came back from deficits to win 9 games and earn 27 points. That is huge, and partly explains why the Mancs win titles. They just don't give up during games.

0-1 to Fulham, won 3-2
0-1 to Southampton, won 3-2
0-1 to Liverpool, won 2-1
0-1 to Stoke City, won 4-2
0-2 to Aston Villa, won 3-2
0-1 to QPR, won 3-1
0-1 to Reading, won 4-3
0-1 to Newcastle, won 4-3
0-1 to Southampton, won 2-1
0-1 to West Ham, drew 2-2
0-1 to Arsenal, drew 1-1
 
Ours probably doesn't look so pretty, does it? Off the top of my head:

0-1 to West Brom... becomes 0-3
0-1 to Arsenal... becomes 0-2
0-1 to Spurs... becomes 1-2
0-1 to Chelsea... becomes 1-1 (woot! a point!)
0-1 to Villa... becomes 1-3
0-1 to Mancs... becomes 1-2
... blah blah blah

This is depressing, I have to stop. We need to steal some comeback mojo from someone.
 
Ours probably doesn't look so pretty, does it? Off the top of my head:

0-1 to West Brom... becomes 0-3
0-1 to Arsenal... becomes 0-2
0-1 to Spurs... becomes 1-2
0-1 to Chelsea... becomes 1-1 (woot! a point!)
0-1 to Villa... becomes 1-3
0-1 to Mancs... becomes 1-2
... blah blah blah

This is depressing, I have to stop. We need to steal some comeback mojo from someone.

0-1 to Sunderland, drew 1-1
0-1 to Newcastle, drew 1-1
0-1 to Chelsea, drew 1-1
0-1 to Man City, drew 2-2
0-1 to Aston Villa, won 2-1
0-1 to Chelsea, drew 2-2
0-1 to Fulham, won 3-1

Came from behind to claim 11 pts.
 
If I remember correctly, we lost 2 games when we had the lead (against Man U and Stoke). So that means we lost 7 games when we were trailing.

So putting all that together - we won 2, drew 5 and lost 7 of the 14 games in which we trailed our opponents.

Yucks, that's not good enough. We need to really work on our guys' mental toughness and will to win.
 
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Newcastle's stats making interesting reading. 😛

http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/alan-pardew-and-newcastle-united-stack-up-the-records/

I don’t want to be negative about Alan Pardew and Newcastle United this season but…

Most goals conceded in a Premier League season for NUFC.

Most long balls in a Premier League season for NUFC

Biggest home defeat in a Premier League season for NUFC

Biggest home derby defeat in a Premier League season for NUFC

Defeat against Arsenal means the most losses ever in a Premier League season for NUFC

Worst run of form over a 10 game period in the Premier League for NUFC ever

No goals scored from a corner which again is the worst in a Premier League season ever for NUFC

Statistically the worst manager to have 50+ games in charge of NUFC in the Premier League .

Add to the record the first time we have lost 3 home games in a row for the first time in the Premier League. In fact it is the first time that we have lost 3 home league games in a row since September 1987.

You decide……..
 
All three of Suarez, Sturridge and Coutinho have been available for the same league game 7 times this season. Out of this, the trio started the game together only 4 times (in the other 3 games, Sturridge was a sub twice, and an unused sub once).

The other players in midfield / forward positions in these 4 games which Suarez, Sturridge and Coutinho started:
-- vs. Swansea (won 5 - 0): Lucas, Gerrard, Downing
-- vs. Spurs (won 3 - 2): Lucas, Gerrard, Downing
-- vs. Southampton (lost 1 - 3): Allen, Gerrard, Downing
-- vs. Reading (drew 0 - 0): Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson
 
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