Premier League notes: The weekend's killer stats, Aug 26

The Premier League's second weekend is all but over - save for the trifling matter of a certain high-profile game on Monday night.

But title clash or no, Bank Holiday weekend or no, Sunday night waits for no man(chesterunitedversuschelsea) - so while you're waiting for Moyes vs Mourinho & Co. we've got the statistical low-down on this weekend's nine other top-flight fixtures.

Cardiff City 3-2 Manchester City

• Craig Bellamy completed 95% of his passes vs Man City.
• Cardiff won the game despite having only 30% of the possession.
• Gael Clichy (115) and Yaya Toure (109) were the only 2 players to have 100+ touches this weekend.

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Swansea City

• Tottenham have had 39 shots this season but have not scored from open play.
• Swansea had 482 touches in their own half in this game, the most of any team in the league this weekend.

Fulham 1-3 Arsenal

• Santi Cazorla created six goalscoring chances in this game, including one assist.
• Giorgos Karagounis won a game-high four tackles despite being on the pitch for only 19 minutes. 

Everton 0-0 West Bromwich Albion

• Everton have averaged over 60% possession in both of their games under Roberto Martinez.
• Ben Foster made seven saves, more than any goalkeeper on Saturday.
• Everton’s notional full-backs had a combined 109 touches in the opposition half (Baines 65, Coleman 44).

Hull City 1-0 Norwich City

• Hull were the most fouled team in the Premier League but the only to receive a red card.
• After making the fewest passes last weekend, Norwich made the most (585) on Saturday.
• The Canaries also made the lowest proportion of long passes (8.6%).

Newcastle United 0-0 West Ham United

• West Ham have conceded only one shot on target in two games this season. But the Hammers only had one shot on target in this match.
• Newcastle had 14 shots off target without any on target, something no other PL team has done in the past 8 seasons.
• Newcastle have managed only one shot on target in total this season.
• Sylvain Marveaux created more chances than any other player this weekend (7).

Southampton 1-1 Sunderland

• Sunderland completed only 65% of their passes. Last season their completion rate was 76%.
• Rickie Lambert had more shots on target than any other player on Saturday (4) - three of them were with his head. (Fraizer Campbell also had 4 on Sunday for Cardiff)
• Jose Fonte made more headed clearances than any other Premier League player on Saturday.

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Stoke City 2-1 Crystal Palace

• Stoke’s pass completion in this game was 78% - last season they averaged only 70%.
• Palace players completed all six dribbles they attempted in this game, the only side with a 100% record this weekend.

Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

• Liverpool have kept clean sheets in their opening two Premier League games for the first time since August 2005.
• Liverpool had 62% possession in the first-half of the game but just 40% after the break.