PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH DAY 23 : MATCH STATS,REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

Premier league match day 23 match stats and analysis :

 

  

 

Saturday January 31st :

 

Chelsea 1 - 1 Manchester City

Okay so the darker blues (Chelsea),struggled in this game against their closest rivals the lighter blues (Manchester City),to achieve a 1 - 1 draw at the Stamford bridge

Chelsea remain 5 points clear at the top of the Premier league table with 53 points from 23 games

They only had 3 shots on target in this game,the lowest they have recorded in a single Premier league since 2003/2004

Chelsea are the only Premier league team to have beaten Manchester City more often in the Premier league (22 victories)

Nemanja Matic has made more tackles than any other Premier league player this season

Loic Remy has scored 3 goals from 4 shots on target for Chelsea in the Premier league this season

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero has a better minute/goal rate than Thierry Henry in the Premier league

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Everton

Palace have recovered more points from losing positions than any other team in the Premier league

Shola Ameobi has made more substitute appearances than any other player in the Premier league

Everton's victory in this game is the first they've had in over 1 month.Thanks to Lukaku's winning goal in the 2nd minute

Liverpool 0 - 2 West Ham

Liverpool's Sturridge has scored in 5 of his 7 league appearances for Liverpool from the bench.

His appearance in this game is his 1st since August,after suffering groin and thigh injuries

West Ham have been diagnosed to have Anfeildophobia,since they have remained without a win at Anfeild since 1963

Manchester United 3 - 1 Leicester City

Manchester United have now conceded 300 Premier league goals at Old Trafford

This is the 2nd time they have scored at least 3 goals in the 1st half of a league game

Manchester United's Falcao has now been involved in 7 goals in 9 Premier league starts (4 goals and 3 assists)

Leicester City have scored with all 6 shots on target against Manchester United this season

Leicester's Wasilewski in this game,nodded home his first goal in 3 years

Stoke City 3 - 1 QPR

Stoke City's Robert Huth has played 240 games in the Premier league,91 fewer than Leicester have as a single club

Jonathan Walters has been involved in more Premier league goals this season than any other Stoke player (6 goals and 3 assists)

He got a magical gift from the QPR side in this game (his hat-trick),which earned points that have moved Stoke to the 9th position on the Premier league result table

QPR are the first team in the Premier league to lose their first 11 away games since Liverpool in 1953/1954

QPR's Niko Kranjcar has scored on all 3 of his visits to the Britannia stadium in the Premier league

QPR are now the only Premier league team to remain without a point away from home.Following their loss in this game,they have missed a chance to move out of the bottom 3 of the Premier league result table

Sunderland 3 - 0 Burnley

Jermain Defoe marked his 3rd appearance for Sunderland with a goal in this game (his first for the club)

Sunderland's victory in this game is the 1st they've had in 13 league outings.It's also the 1st home victory they've had since early October,they earned points that placed them on the 14th position of the Premier league result table

Burnley have become the 2nd side in the Premier league history to name the same XI in 9 successive games

West Brom 0 - 3 Tottenham

Though West Brom lost in this game,they are now 3 points above the relegation zone

Graham Dorrans has assisted as many Premier league goals as Juan Mata this season

Tottenham have scored more goals from outside the box than any other Premier league team this season

Tottenham's Harry Kane is the 1st player to score 20 goals in all competitions,but his goals in this game are the 1st he has scored in 5 matches

Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen have been magical for Tottenham this season,they have together earned the club 28 points this season

6 of Eriksen's 9 Premier league goals this season have been scored on the road.He registered his 9th Premier league goal of the season with a 6th minute free-kick in this game

Hull City 0 - Newcastle

Hull City have conceded a league high 11 goals from outside the box this season

They have not won a league game nor kept a clean sheet in James Chester's absence this season

They have failed to score in 10 of their last 14 Premier league matches,and have conceded exactly 100 Premier league goals at the KC stadium

Newcastle have scored 3 goals away from home for the 1st time,since winning 4 - 1 at Hull City in March 2014

Sunday,February 1st :

Arsenal 5 - 0 Aston Villa

There have been 3 goals or more in 9 of the 10 Premier league meetings between Arsenal and Aston Villa

Arsenal are getting back in-form,having won 3 consecutive Premier league matches for the 1st time this season (dear Arsenal, your fans really hope you continue with the winning streak though)

Giroud has scored 5 goals in his last 6 Premier league appearances (so why do Arsenal fans still think the club is still in need of a striker)

Mesut Ozil appears to be a threat to the Villa side,as all 4 goals he has been involved in this season have come against Aston Villa (2 goals and 2 assists)

Aston Villa is the only team in the English top flight history to have scored fewer goals in their 1st 23 games.

They have now gone 612 minutes without a Premier league goal

Southampton 0 - 1 Swansea

The last 3 league meetings between between Southampton and Sunderland have ended in 1- 0.the previous  favoring the Saints

Before this game,Southampton have kept 7 clean sheets in their last 11 Premier league matches at St.Mary's

Their defeat in this game is the 1st they've had in 7 matches

Swansea scored against Southampton with their 1st shot on target in this game.

Their victory i  this game is their 1st ever,over Southampton and it ended their 4-match win less streak in the league

5 of Swansea's last 9 goals recorded away from home in all competitions have come in the final 15 minutes