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03 January 2017

Premier League Round Up Monday 2.1.2017- Stats and Facts


The best stats and facts from Monday's Premier League action
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic puts Manchester United 2-0 up against West Ham


We round up the best stats and facts from Monday's Premier League action, with the help of Opta...

Middlesbrough 0-0 Leicester City
Leicester have collected just 21 points from their opening 20 PL games, the worst return by a reigning Premier League champion.

Middlesbrough are winless in their last 14 league games against Leicester (D8 L6), since a 1-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in March 2002.

Indeed, Middlesbrough's 14-game winless run against Leicester is their longest current winless streak against any team.



Marten de Roon runs at the Leicester City defence

Leicester's return of three points from their first 10 away games of the season is the joint-worst total by a defending top-flight champion (assuming three points for a win).

Indeed, the Foxes are winless in their last 12 Premier League away games, drawing five and losing seven.

Wes Morgan has played each of Leicester's last 81 Premier League games, the longest current run by a player in the top-flight.

This is the third time Leicester have failed to score in an away Premier League game since the start of 2016.

Brad Guzan kept consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since January 2015.
Everton 3-0 Southampton

Everton are unbeaten in their last 12 home Premier League games against Southampton (W9 D3), conceding just six goals in that time.

Enner Valencia's goal was his first in the Premier League since January 2016 (when he netted a brace against Man City for West Ham).

Leighton Baines became the third defender to score 30 Premier League goals after John Terry (40) and David Unsworth (38).



Enner Valencia celebrates after opening the scoring for Everton against Southampton

The Toffees have scored at least two goals in five of their last six Premier League games, failing to score in the other (0-1 vs Liverpool).

Southampton have lost three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December 2014 (a run of four).

Romelu Lukaku has been involved in 15 Premier League goals this season (11 goals, 4 assists) - at least 10 more than any other Everton player.

Indeed, since his debut for Everton in September 2013, only Sergio Aguero (77) and Harry Kane (59) have scored more Premier League goals than Lukaku (54).

Ronald Koeman became the first manager to field two teenagers in a Premier League game (Calvert-Lewin and Davies) since Louis van Gaal for Manchester United against Bournemouth in May (Borthwick-Jackson and Rashford).
Manchester City 2-1 Burnley
Sergio Aguero scored as a substitute for the first time in the Premier League since August 2014 v Liverpool.

Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in nine Premier League goals for Man City this season (5 goals, 4 assists), compared to eight in his first season at the club.

Fernandinho has been sent off in three of his last six games for Manchester City in all competitions.

He is the first City player to see two reds in a PL season since Mario Balotelli in 2011/12.



Sergio Aguero scored Man City's decisive second

Gael Clichy has scored just his 3rd Premier League goal in 311 games (2 for Man City, 1 for Arsenal). His last goal came in November 2014 v Southampton.

Man City have only kept a clean sheet in two of their 10 Premier League games at the Etihad this season.

Burnley's goal was only the third they had managed away from home this season.

The Clarets have still taken just one point from their away games this season, with 22 of their total of 23 coming at Turf Moor (D1 L8 away).
Sunderland 2-2 Liverpool

Following today's draw, Liverpool have lost just one of their last 18 Premier League games (W12 D5).

David Moyes has won just one of his last 17 Premier League games as a manager against Liverpool (D6 L10)

Jack Rodwell made his 34th start for Sunderland but has yet to be on the winning side (D16 L18); extending the Premier League record.

Jermain Defoe became the 4th player to score 10+ goals in 10 different Premier League seasons along with Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.



Jermain Defoe scored two penalties against Liverpool

Defoe has scored 11 of Sunderland's 19 Premier League goals this season.

Sunderland are the first team to score two penalties in a Premier League game against Liverpool since West Brom in April 2011.

Daniel Sturridge has found the net in consecutive Premier League games after a run of 12 appearances without a goal.

Sadio Mané has had a hand in five goals in his last seven Premier League appearances (three goals, two assists).

Mané has scored in two of his three Premier League games at the Stadium of Light.
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Hull City

West Brom have netted 3+ goals in five different home league games this season, more than in any previous Premier League campaign.

Hull have gone 22 games in all competitions without a clean sheet, their joint-worst such run ever (also in 1936 and 1991).

The Tigers have lost each of their last eight Premier League away games, the worst such run since Newcastle lost nine in a row in April 2016.

Robert Snodgrass has been directly involved in nine of Hull's 17 Premier League goals this season (7 goals, 2 assists).



Chris Brunt got West Brom back on course

Ahmed Elmohamady provided an assist for the first time in his last 22 Premier League games (since May 4th 2015).

Matt Phillips has been directly involved in 12 goals in his 19 top-flight appearances this season (4 goals, 8 assists), including four in his last two (1 goal, 3 assists).

Courtesy of Brunt's goal, the Baggies became the first side to hit double figures for headed goals in the Premier League this season (10, rising to 11 via McAuley goal).

This is only the second time two Northern Irish players have scored for a team in a Premier League game (also Brunt & Jonny Evans for West Brom v Watford in December 2016).
West Ham 0-2 Man Utd

Manchester United are now 13 games unbeaten in all competitions; their longest run since March 2013 under Sir Alex Ferguson (18 games).

This is Jose Mourinho's longest winning run in all competitions (seven) since seven straight wins with Chelsea in January 2014.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already scored more goals in all competitions than Manchester United's top scorer last season (Martial, 17).

West Ham have lost consecutive Premier League games without scoring for the first time under Slaven Bilic.



Juan Mata found the net at the London Stadium

Since the start of last season, no team has been shown more Premier League red cards than West Ham (eight - level with Southampton).

Juan Mata has been involved in 40 Premier League goals (25 goals, 15 assists) since debuting for Manchester United; second only to Wayne Rooney in that time (46 - 29 goals, 17 assists).

Sofiane Feghouli's red card after 15 minutes was the fastest red card awarded in the Premier League this season.

Mike Dean has shown 14 red cards in the Premier League since the start of last season; at least six more than any other referee.

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