Facts: Who is the only player to have scored for three different Premier League clubs since the start of last season?

Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea

  • Chelsea have netted 5 goals in the opening 15 minutes of matches this season, more than any other team in the top flight.
  • Only Crystal Palace (8) have scored more goals from set-pieces than Chelsea (7) in the Premier League this season.
  • Diego Costa scored his 10th Premier League goal in his ninth appearance in the competition; Mick Quinn (6) is the only player to reach double figures in fewer (Mark Viduka and Papiss Cisse also took 9).
  • Only in 2 Premier League seasons have Liverpool had fewer than 14 points after 11 games (1992/93 and 2012/13, both 12).
  • Mario Balotelli was caught offside 4 times, but managed only 1 shot.

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Joe Brewin

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.