English Premier League: Some interesting season stats so far
* Andre Arshavin of Arsenal has been credited with 8 assists this season and bettering this record are only Nani and Chris Brunt who have 10 assists to their credit.
* Samir Nasri, with his double at the weekend, took his tally of goals to 8 from 13 games, while his previous 8 goals for his club took him a staggering 55 games to notch up.
* Aston Villa loss to Liverpool last night meant that Villa have now conjured only one point from their last five games on the road.
* Villa have not beaten any side that is currently in the top half of the Barclays Premier League table since their win over Bolton last April.
* Birmingham City have now played 16 games in the Premier League this season which is roughly about 1440 minutes on the pitch and of those 1440 there have only been 26 minutes when their back four did not consist of Carr-Johnson-Danns-Ridgewell.
* Birmingham have the most impressive home record in the league this season as they have not lost a game on home soil in their last 23 outings.
* Blackburn Rovers have scored 21 goals this season in 16 games and only 6 of those 21 have been credited to designated strikers in their side, the rest have either came from their midfield or defenders.
* Bolton’s goal at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday was their first away goal of the season.
* Nicolas Anelka has been suffering from the worst of goal droughts as it has been more than 8 hours of football that he has not scored a single goal in.
* Conceding the equalizer through Jermaine Beckford, Chelsea for the first time in the season dropped any points when they scored first in any game.
* Didier Drogba has had 48 shots on target this season which have resulted in 7 goals while Maruane Chamakh of Arsenal has scored the same number of goals through 32 shots on goal.
* Everton’s equalizer against Chelsea at the weekend was the 18th goal of the season scored by the Toffees but out of the 18, only 3 have been scored by designated strikers.
* Everton, with their draw at Stamford Bridge, have now gone on to complete six games in the season away from home without losing a single one.
* Mark Hughes, the current Fulham manager has only won 4 of his last 25 games as a manager.
* Liverpool may be lying 8th in the Premier League table but out of their last 8 games, they have notched up 16 points, a record that is only bettered by Arsenal and Manchester United.
* Liverpool have not given away a goal at Anfield for over 300 minutes of football.
* Manchester City have scored first in only five of their 16 games this season and have gone on to win all five of those games in which they have scored first.
* Carlos Tevez has scored 33 goals since joining Manchester City, from a total of 50 games; no striker boasts a better scoring record in the league from the same number of games.
* Sunderland have amassed 14 points from their last 8 games, a record that is only bettered by Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United this season.
* Tottenham Hotspur have not kept a single clean sheet this season after their opening game of the season against Manchester City.
* West Brom have gone on to collect 13 points from available 15 this season from games in which they have scored the opening goal.
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