Stats, stats and more stats (2013/14)

[King Binny]

- Asmir Begovic made 10 saves in this game, equalling the joint-most he has ever made in a single Premier League game (v West Brom on 28/02/11). He made twice as many saves (10) as any other goalkeeper this weekend.

- Seamus Coleman has made six assists for Everton since the start of last season, the most of all defenders.

- West Brom have gone 11 home league games without a clean sheet.

- Eden Hazard created six goal scoring chances in this game a joint high figure for the weekend with Philippe Coutinho.

- Worst Premier League penalty takers

 

[TSD]

Coutinho vs Hazard eh. And so it begins.

 

[King Binny]

- Carlos Vela has made as many assists (10) as Cristiano Ronaldo and Ivan Rakitic in La Liga since 2012/13 season.

- Cesc Fabregas is the 2nd Spanish player to have most assists (20) in La Liga since he signed for Barcelona (Andres Iniesta 25).

- Alexis Sanchez is the 2nd Barcelona top-scorer (21) in La Liga since he signed for Catalan side (Cesc Fabregas 20).

- Koke has assisted in six of the last 10 Diego Costa’s goals for Atletico in La Liga.

- Dusan Tadic has been directly involved in 7 of FC Twente's 10 Eredivsie goals this season, scoring 3 and assisting 4.

- Italy will be 36th country to represent Southampton in PL after AS Roma's Osvaldo signed for club. West Ham leads PL with 51 countries.

 

[King Binny]

- Steven Taylor picked up Newcastle’s 40th DIRECT red card since start of the PL. Only Blackburn (42), Everton (43) have more.

- As of 19 Sep 2013

 

[Ijg]

- Steven Taylor picked up Newcastle’s 40th DIRECT red card since start of the PL. Only Blackburn (42), Everton (43) have more.

- As of 19 Sep 2013
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Don't like Frank but fuck me that's a lot of goals from midfield.

 

[King Binny]

- Liverpool has opened a season with back-to-back 1-0 wins for the first time since 1976.

- Liverpool has opened a BPL season with two straight clean sheets for the first time since 2005 when they shut out their first 4 opponents.

 

[King Binny]

- Bayer 04 Leverkusen win 8 Bundesliga matches in a row for the 1st time in the history of the club. (after Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 Borussia Monchengladbach win yesterday)

 

[mark1975]

In the 6 games Suarez has sat out, Sturridge has scored 7 times.

His goal yesterday was the 100th of Rodgers' tenure aswell.

 

[Modo]

In the 6 games Suarez has sat out, Sturridge has scored 7 times.

His goal yesterday was the 100th of Rodgers' tenure aswell.

Sturridge wants to play in the middle. I really hope Rodgers continues to play him there even when Suarez is back.

 

[red_maradona]

Suarez behind sturridge, simple

 

[the count]

We play 4-3-3?

 

[Oncy]

Suarez or Sturridge can play wide no problem. In fact Sturridge likes to play right and Suarez likes to play left. Coutinho can play a bit deeper and pick them both out.

 

[rurikbird]

We play 4-2-3-1, Sturridge is the "1," Luis is "in the hole." We did it last season and it worked great.

 

[the count]

We play 4-2-3-1, Sturridge is the "1," Luis is "in the hole." We did it last season and it worked great.

We played 4-3-3 for the second half against Stoke and for much of the game against Villa

 

[Hansern]

We've been playing 4-2-2-2 aswell. Its all good!

 

[Modo]

Suarez or Sturridge can play wide no problem. In fact Sturridge likes to play right and Suarez likes to play left. Coutinho can play a bit deeper and pick them both out.

Post match interview with Sturridge:

"I'm just playing my normal game, to be honest," he said. "I've probably matured a little bit with my confidence with being in the first team.

"I've not played as a centre-forward as much as I would have liked to in the past but this is how I have been as a kid - and now I'm being given an opportunity to do it in a first-team environment."

OK, he's not saying that he doesn't like to play on the right but he clearly prefers playing in the middle.

 

[King Binny]

- 30 Games since Aston Villa last kept a clean sheet

- Roberto Mancini went through 51 matches in all competitions last season without ever picking the same starting line-up for two matches in a row.

- Peter Crouch has scored exactly half of his 80 goals in 328 Premier League games with his head

- Russell Slade is the seventh longest serving boss among the 92 clubs – yet he’s been at Leyton Orient for little more than three years. Saturday’s 2-0 defeat of Crewe made it four wins out of four and Orient’s best start to a League season since 1910.

- All of Olivier Giroud’s 13 Premier League goals for Arsenal have come in London.

 

[King Binny]

In the 6 games Suarez has sat out, Sturridge has scored 7 times.

His goal yesterday was the 100th of Rodgers' tenure aswell.

Sturridge make it 12 goals in 16 Premier League appearances since moving to Anfield. He has averaged a goal every 106 minutes in the Premier League in 2013.

 

[King Binny]

- 4 points is Southampton's best ever return from their opening two games in a Premier League season.

- This is the first time in PL history that 2sides in the same season have opened with two 1-0 wins (Spurs, Liverpool).

- Tottenham have scored penalties in consecutive PL games for the first time since November 2006 (Keane & Defoe).

- Betis have hit the woodwork 3 times, more than any other team in La Liga this season (Nosa, Chuli and Jorge Molina).

- Diego Costa has scored 5 of the last 6 Atletico Madrid league goals (three in this season and two the last campaign). He has scored 11 goals for Atletico in 30 shots in La Liga in this year 2013.

- Ivan Rakitic has created 7 goal chances against Levante, more than any other player in a La Liga game this season.

- 14: Only Barcelona (24) had more shots on target than the Luis Enrique's Celta in La Liga this season.

- Matchday 3 of the Bundesliga 2013/14 has seen 8 players being sent off, a record for a single matchday of the German top flight.

- In the last 3 seasons Hamburg never made more than 1 point of the first 3 German Bundesliga matches.

- Only 15 goals have been scored during this Matchday 3 in French Ligue 1, the fewest since the Matchday 17 in 2010/11 (14).

- Paris SG are unbeaten in their last 13 league games (W9 D4), best current run.

 

[Whirly]

Perhaps Rakitic is one we need to revisit

 

[King Binny]

 

[King Binny]

- Christian Benteke has won more aerial duels per game than any other player this season (10.3)

- Out of all the players to create 7 or more chances this season only Santi Cazorla and James Ward-Prowse have an assist

- Fewest Shots Conceded 13/14 (as of 27 Aug)
[article]Tottenham 12
Chelsea 14
Everton 15
Man City 15
Southampton 19
Sunderland 22[/article]

- Fewest Shots On Target (Points) 13/14 (as of 27 Aug)
[article]Newcastle: 1 (1)
West Brom: 3 (1)
Hull: 4 (3)
West Ham: 5 (4)
Norwich: 6 (1)
Sunderland: 6 (1)[/article]

- Most Chances Created From Open Play 13/14 (as of 27 Aug)
[article]Hazard (10) - 3 Games
Benteke (8) - 3 Games
Cazorla (7)
Chadli (7)
Aspas (6)
Oscar (6) - 3 Games[/article]

 

[King Binny]

- Liverpool are the first team since Chelsea in 2010-11 to win their opening three league games without conceding a goal

- Liverpool have won their opening three games of a Premier League season for the first time since 1994-95

- United boss David Moyes has never enjoyed a Premier League victory at Anfield, losing five and drawing six

- 13 goals in #PL this round are a record LOW for a round of 9 matches in the Premier League. (if CHE 2-1 AST is incl than 16 from 10 is also a record)

 

[King Binny]

Dutch Eredivisie
[article]Graziano Pellè is the only player in the Eredivisie to have scored with his left foot, right foot and his head this season.

Since his arrival, Alfred Finnbogason scored 30 out of sc Heerenveen's 60 Eredivisie goals.

178 - Just one defender (Drost) has made less fouls/minutes in the last Eredivisie than Toby Alderweireld (min: 1200 minutes).[/article]

English Premier League
[article]Romelu Lukaku was the only player in the Premier League last season to score 4+ goals with his left foot, right foot & head.

WBA are the only team yet to score in the PL this season, have the fewest shots on target (4) & the worst shooting accuracy (20%).

Daniel Sturridge is the first player since @Robbie9Fowler (1994/95) to score in @LFC’s opening three games of a BPL season.

Juan Mata has provided 25 assists in the Premier League since 2011/12, more than any other player.[/article]

German Bundesliga
[article]Timo Werner (17 years and 5 months) is the youngest player ever to have an assist in the Bundesliga.

Only Stefan Kießling (9) has scored more headed goals than Álvaro Negredo in the top five European leagues since Aug 2012.

Franck Ribéry has won 18 league games in 2013, more than any other player in the Top 4 European leagues + Ligue 1.[/article]

Italy Serie A
[article]Hernanes has attempted the most shots in Serie A this season (9), hitting the target with each of them.

Mario Gomez has scored 133 of his 139 goals across Bundesliga and Serie A from inside the box.

Rodrigo Palacio has scored seven goals in his last seven Serie A appearances (including two braces).[/article]

French Ligue 1
[article]@FALCAO has scored 93 goals in 123 league games in Europe (with Porto, Atletico Madrid & Monaco).

Guillermo Ochoa (15) and Simon Pouplin (13) have made more saves than any other goalkeeper in Ligue 1 2013/14.[/article]

Spanish La Liga
[article]45 - the number of goals scored by Lionel Messi in his last 28 league games.

58 - No player has been more subbed than Mesut Özil in La Liga since he signed for Real Madrid (Muniain, 50).[/article]

 

[Mamma Mia]

Thanks for these Binny!

 

[King Binny]

[article=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2409846/Heres-Everton-getting-Romelu-Lukaku.html]Benteke found the net once every 148 minutes. Lukaku did likewise in 117 minutes. He also played 11 hours fewer than is colleague but was only two goals behind in the scoring stakes.

It was, for both of them, their inaugural season in the Premier League.[/article]

 

[the_khl]

That Messi stat is unreal.

 

[Oncy]

- Liverpool are the first team since Chelsea in 2010-11 to win their opening three league games without conceding a goal

Woah!! All the way back to 2010/11 Im amazed they kept official statistics back then.

 

[Mors]

That Messi stat is unreal.

He is brilliant, but at least 50% of the games he plays in in the league are against utter shite opponents, much weaker than teams in our league.

 

[King Binny]

[article=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2410483/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Manchester-United-Ed-Woodward-transfer-blunder.html]After the goalless draw with Chelsea and Sunday’s defeat at Liverpool, it was calculated that the last time Manchester United went back-to-back league games without scoring was May 2007.

On May 9 that year, United drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge, before losing 1-0 at home to West Ham United on May 13.

Grim stuff — but actually, it’s even worse than imagined.

For Manchester United, the 2006-07 league season effectively ended on May 6, when Chelsea drew 1-1 at Arsenal and handed Sir Alex Ferguson his ninth Premier League title.

The two games in which United failed to score were, from their perspective, dead.

The previous season a 3-0 defeat at Chelsea on April 29, 2006, was followed by a goalless draw at home to Middlesbrough — but, again, the Chelsea match ended the title race, and by the time United played Middlesbrough all they were scrapping over was second or third place with Liverpool. Champions League qualification had long been secured.

So to find the last time United failed to score in consecutive Premier League games with the title live, one has to rewind to April 2005, when a 0-0 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers on April 2 was followed a week later by a 2-0 defeat by bottom club Norwich City.

Hope of success was optimistic by then — on the morning of the Norwich defeat United stood 13 points adrift of Chelsea with seven games left — but it was still mathematically possible.

And the last time Manchester United went three league games without scoring?

November 7, 1992, when a 1-0 reverse at Aston Villa followed a 1-0 defeat at home to Wimbledon and a 0-0 draw at Blackburn.

Manchester United next play Crystal Palace on September 14. No pressure then.[/article]