Premier League Stats and Numbers – Part 2
We continue with our stats and numbers here in part 2. We look at the remaining 10 teams in the English top flight.
Manchester City
Carlos Tevez boasts a record of 37 league goals from a total of 55 games for Manchester City.
Manchester City have amazingly conceded more goals at Eastlands than away from home this season.
£24m summer signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 has now only made two starts in City’s last 8 league matches.
Manchester United
Manchester United defence has only leaked 4 league goals in their last eight games.
Manchester United had only one shot on goal in the entire first half against Spurs. It was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 who had that attempt.
Premier League’s top goal scorer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 failed to register a single shot on goal during his 78 minutes on the pitch.
Newcastle United
Against top half oppositions, Newcastle United have picked up just 2 points from their last 5 games.
Joey Barton, who claims to be the most in-form English footballer at the moment, had an embarrassing pass completion percentage of 42%.
Kevin Nolan has scored 10 goals this season from a total of 16 shots on goal, which is pretty impressive especially when you consider Cesc Fabregas’s 3 goals from the same number of shots.
Stoke City
Stoke City strikers have managed a single goal in their last 10 premier league matches.
Stoke City had only 35% of the ball against Bolton and yet they came away with all three points.
Stoke have dropped only 2 points from winning positions this season.
Sunderland
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358, who has moved to Aston Villa now, scored only once in his last 8 Sunderland appearances.
Bent had a shocking 43% pass completion rate in his last game for the club. He certainly had his mind elsewhere.
Sunderland have scored 7 league goals in the last 5 minutes of the match this season, which have earned them four points.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham's failure to score against Manchester United was their first in 11 league games.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Dawson-c25288 in the team, Spurs have conceded a goal every 135 minutes while they average a goal every 62 minutes without him.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Crouch-c29741 had the worst pass completion rate this weekend with only 32%.
West Brom
West Brom have only dropped points once after taking the lead this season and that too against West Ham United.
It’s been over a month since star midfielder Chris Brunt played any part in any of the West Brom’s goals.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Odemwingie-c29794 all had 6 shots each on goal against Blackpool.
West Ham United
West Ham have picked up only 5 points from their 12 games against top half oppositions this season.
Freddie Sears is their only player to have scored in their last 4 league matches.
Avram Grant has called upon 29 different players to play for the Hammers this season.
Wigan Athletic
Wigan have 5 draws from their last 7 games. Wigan's average of 0.86 goals per game is only better than league two’s bottom club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lincoln-c22276 City, across all divisions.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Rodallega-c16414 has scored 6 goals from a grand total of 59 shots on goal.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 haven’t had a draw in their last 14 league matches. Amazingly their last nine games have seen them alternate between wins and defeats.
They have an average of 1.41 goals per game against top half opposition whereas they only manage 0.7 goals per game against bottom half teams.
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