More digit crunching from the Premier League weekend past...
Those Opta folk have been at it again this weekend, fiddling with numbers to reveal the best statistics from each game of the Premier League weekend past.
On a weekend where Liverpool's title hopes took a huge dent with a 2-0 reverse against Chelsea at Anfield, there were rumblings at the bottom too as Sunderland thrashed Cardiff 4-0 and Fulham threw away a two-goal lead against Hull. Meanwhile, there was a morale-boosting 4-0 win for Manchester United against Norwich in Ryan Giggs's first game in charge.
Southampton 2-0 Everton
Everton only had 2 touches (from kick-off) before Southampton’s first-minute goal.
Antolin Alcaraz’s own goal was the sixth first-minute goal in PL history.
Everton have managed just 2 clean sheets in their last 11 PL games on the road (conceding 13 goals in total).
Jonjo Shelvey's last 5 Premier League goals have been scored from outside the box.
All 6 of Shelvey's goals with his natural foot (right) have come from outside the box in his Premier League career. He has scored 2 with his left foot inside the box.
Villa went 3 hours and 42 minutes without scoring a Premier League goal before Agbonlahor’s strike.
Chelsea’s pass completion of 68% is their lowest in a Premier League game since December 2005.
Steven Gerrard had 9 shots in this game, only 2 fewer than Chelsea managed in total. No player this season has had more shots in a PL game without scoring.
Chelsea only conceded 7 fouls. Only in 1 game (Palace away) have they conceded fewer this season.
226 is Chelsea’s lowest number of attempted passes in a Premier League game this season.
Luis Suarez hasn't scored in his last 8 hours and 56 minutes of PL football vs Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal combined.
Liverpool had 21 shots from outside the box, the most they’ve had in a Premier League game this season.
Chelsea made only 153 successful passes; Gerrard made 96 alone.
After making only 4 crosses last week at Norwich, Liverpool made 32 in this game.
Gerrard made 26 long passes, 1 more than Cardiff managed in total this weekend.
Joe was the Deputy Editor at FourFourTwo until 2022, having risen through the FFT academy and been on the brand since 2013 in various capacities.
By weekend and frustrating midweek night he is a Leicester City fan, and in 2020 co-wrote the autobiography of former Foxes winger Matt Piper – subsequently listed for both the Telegraph and William Hill Sports Book of the Year awards.
