For the remainder of the season, I will be travelling with a back up laptop so please excuse any shortfall in posts and site updates
Match of the Day
Signs of life from the botton three with wins for WBA and Southampton and a draw for Stoke at Anfield. Unfortunately, all available is the Liverpool game with Italian commentary
Somewhat overshadowed by de Bruyne, Sterling (18 goals, 22 Assists) joins Salah as the only other player on the 40 points mark this season
Most wins - win it all
Manchester City have already reached the 30 win mark matching Chelsea’s record, set last year, with three games still to play. Manchester United are next with 24
City have already won the title but has there ever been a Premier league campaign where the most wins has not brought home the trophy? Well the answer is a qualified yes
Here are the podium finishers for every year
There has been the odd year when two teams have tied for the top spot. Perhaps most notably in 2011/12 when Manchester City scored twice in injury time in the last game of the season to pip Manchester United on goal difference
Scoring For and Against
In a no suprise game (Arsenal losing the game in stoppage time), Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the first player to both score for and against Manchester United in the same season
But how often does a player come back to bite the team that sold him
Only two players appear twice on the list.
John Hartson performed the feat first with West Ham and Wimbledon the clubs involved
However, this is trumped by Robbie Keane who started the 2002/03 season for Leeds whom he scored against after a transfer to Spurs. Then in 2008/09, he was sold to Liverpool and after a disappointing spell went back to Spurs for 8 million pounds less and… well you can guess the rest
Best Win
Crystal Palace’s 5-0 romp over Leicester both virtually freed them from relegation concerns and was their best ever Premier League win
Here is the best result, in terms of scoreline, for every team that has appeared Determing factors are by order, goal difference, goals scored and earliest occurence
Barnsley, Cardiff and Swindon never managed more than a two goal win in their single seasons in the league
Tweet of the Week
See how #Mourinho juggled attacking players time over season. Lingard effectively took over from Mkhitaryan but then Sanchez arrived. Tough to fit 4 other players into 2-3 spots#MUFC pic.twitter.com/2VZKF3Bqtg
— Andrew Clark (@pssGuy) April 27, 2018
Totally Football and Guardian Weekly Review Podcasts
Results and Table
Final Factoid
Shutout 19 times, three more than any other team, Huddersfield finish with Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal and could yet equal’s Derby’s 2007/08 EPL record of 22
Plenty more NEW data at the premiersoccerstats site
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