Opta Joe

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Opta Joe

21 Oct, 14:25


2024 - The minutes of the 36 Premier League goals Bournemouth have scored in 2024 add up to the number 2024. Satisfying.

Opta Joe

21 Oct, 11:05


88.1% - Chelsea’s pass completion rate on Sunday was the highest on record (since 2003-04) by an away team in a Premier League game at Anfield. Courageous.

Opta Joe

20 Oct, 20:01


10 - Only Pep Guardiola (won first 10) has reached 10 wins in all competitions as a Premier League manager in fewer matches than Arne Slot, who has won 10 of his first 11 games with Liverpool. Elite.

Opta Joe

20 Oct, 17:38


34 - Mohamed Salah has scored and assisted in 34 Premier League matches, with only Wayne Rooney doing so in more games in Premier League history (36). King.

Opta Joe

20 Oct, 15:04


18 - John Stones' match-winning header was scored via Manchester City's 18th corner, the most corners taken by a team in a Premier League match this season. Nod.

Opta Joe

20 Oct, 13:45


6 - Josko Gvardiol's equalizer for Manchester City means he's now the top-scoring defender in the Premier League in 2024 (six goals). Limitless.

Opta Joe

19 Oct, 18:34


1 - In his 157th appearance in a match in Europe's big-five leagues, William Saliba was given a red card for the very first time. It was also his first red card in 93 games for Arsenal in all competitions. Loss.

Opta Joe

19 Oct, 16:06


100 - Danny Welbeck has now scored (72) or assisted (28) 100 Premier League goals. The Brighton forward has netted as many goals in the league this season (5 in 8 apps) as he managed the whole of last term (5 in 29). Hot.

Opta Joe

19 Oct, 14:42


8 - Most Premier League home wins after conceding first since the start of last season:

8 - Tottenham
4 - Aston Villa, Man City, Man Utd
3 - Arsenal, Brighton, Liverpool

Gap.

Opta Joe

16 Oct, 12:29


3 - Among managers to take charge of 50+ games in the UEFA Champions League, Thomas Tuchel has the third-highest win percentage in the tournament's history (59.7%). Elite.

Opta Joe

15 Oct, 21:01


21 - Isaac Price (21y 91d) tonight became the youngest hat-trick scorer in Northern Ireland’s history and the first player to net a treble for the nation since David Healy against Liechtenstein in March 2007. Standard.

Opta Joe

08 Oct, 13:05


3 - James Ward-Prowse’s red card for Nottingham Forest was his third in the Premier League in 385 matches, with two of those three red cards coming against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge – October 2021 & October 2024. Harsh.

Opta Joe

08 Oct, 11:05


19 - Only Bryan Roy (24) and Stan Collymore (22) have scored more Premier League goals for Nottingham Forest than Chris Wood (19), whilst Wood’s 10 away goals in the competition is the joint-most of any player for the club along with Bryan Roy (10). Scorer.

Opta Joe

08 Oct, 09:05


10 - Only Erling Haaland (16), Matheus Cunha (11) and Ollie Watkins (11) have scored more Premier League away goals than Chris Wood since the start of 2023-24 (10). Lethal.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 21:01


19 - Only Frank Clark (59) has picked up more away points as manager of Nottingham Forest in the Premier League than Nuno Espírito Santo’s 19, one more than Brian Clough managed in the competition for the club (18). Second.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 19:01


1 - Aston Villa have only lost one of their last four Premier League home games against Manchester United (W1 D2), taking more points from these games (5) than they did from their previous 16 home matches against them in the top-flight between 2002-03 and 2020-21 (4). Powerful.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 17:02


5 - Man Utd have scored just five goals in their opening seven Premier League games of 2024-25 – only in 1972-73 (4) have they ever netted fewer through their first seven games of a top-flight campaign. Poor.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 15:02


8 - Manchester United have won just eight points from their opening seven Premier League games; their fewest at this stage of a league campaign since 1989-90 (7), when they finished 13th in the top-flight. Struggle.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 13:01


1.05 - The combined expected goals total between Aston Villa and Manchester United on Sunday was just 1.05 – the lowest in a Premier League match so far this season. Indeed, the last game in the competition to see a lower combined total was Arsenal 1-0 in October 2023 (0.87). Low.

Opta Joe

07 Oct, 11:01


2 - Danny Welbeck scored his 27th Premier League for Brighton, but just his second winning goal for the Seagulls, also netting what proved to be the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Leicester City in September 2021. Winner.