PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHDAY 35 AS IT HAPPENED IN NUMBERS

Saturday,May 2nd :

This day saw 9% of the penalties and red cards awarded in the Premier league this season

6 red cards were awarded on this day,the 2nd highest number of red cards to be awarded on a single Premier league day

7 penalties were awarded on this day,the 2nd highest number of penalties to be awarded on a single Premier league day


Manchester United 0 - 1 West Brom

Attendance : 75,454

Manchester United have now lost 3 successive matches in the Premier league

Van Persie registered his 1st appearance since mid-february by missing a penalty in this game

Man utd have now gone 6 Premier league games without a win

They have now lost 3 league games in which they have failed to score any goals,since April 1989

West Brom had the lowest possession in percentage of any winning team in the last 10 years of the Premier league,yet they were able to win in this game

This game is the 1st in which West Brom have had a win over Man Utd.


Aston Villa 3 - 2 Everton
Attendance : 37,859

Villa are now 14th on the Premier league table,but are still 2 points away from the bottom 3

Shay Given appeared in this game,his 1st top-flight appearance in almost 3 years

Benteke has now scored 10 goals in his last 8 Premier league appearances

Under Tim Sherwood,Villa now averages a goal every 6 shots


Liverpool 2 - 1 QPR
Attendance : 44,707

Steven Gerrard has now failed 9 times from the penalty spot

Phillipe Coutinho has now scored in all 3 games against QPR


Sunderland 2 -1 Southampton
Attendance : 20,661

Sunderland's 1st lead against Southampton lasted only 78 seconds

Southampton conceded 2 penalties in this game,their 1st time in the Premier league this season


Swansea 2 - 0 Stoke City

Stoke City had their 1st red card of the season in this game


West Ham 2 - 0 Burnley
Attendance : 34,946

West Ham's win in this game has become their 3rd league win of 2015

Their victory in this game saw them end a 4 match winless run in the Premier league

They have scored only 3 goals in their previous 7 Premier league outings

Burnley have now failed to score in 6 successive matches in the Premier league


Leicester 3 - 0 Newcastle
Attendance : 31,576

leicester have now won 5 of their last 6 matches

Ulloa is the 6th Leicester player to score 10+ goals in a Premier league season,his goal in this game was the 5th fastest goal scored in the Premier league

Newcastle have now lost 8 matches in a row in the Premier league

They have now lost 103+ Premier league games in which they have trailed by 2+ goals

They have the worst record of any Premier league club (9 points,15 goal difference),since John Carver took over as manager