Monday 30 December 2013

Premier League Season So Far

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And we have already reached the halfway point of the season!
So, here is a little overview of what we have enjoyed so far:

180 matches played

479 goals scored

First goal
Daniel Sturridge for Liverpool against Stoke City (17 August 2013)

Fastest goal after 12 seconds
Asmir Begovic for Stoke City against Southampton (2 November 2013)

Top scorer with 19 goals, including 2 hat-tricks
Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

Top keepers with 8 clean sheets
Tim Howard (Everton),
Jussi Jääskeläinen (West Ham),
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) and
Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal)

Biggest home win
Manchester City 7-0 Norwich (2 November 2013)

Biggest away win
Tottenham 0-5 Liverpool (15 December 2013)

Highest scoring
Manchester City 6-3 Arsenal (14 December 2013)

Longest winning run with 5 games
Arsenal

Longest unbeaten run with 10 games
Everton

Longest winless run with 8 games
Crystal Palace, Stoke City, Sunderland and West Brom

Longest losing run with 7 games
Crystal Palace

Most yellow cards with 43
Aston Villa

Most red cards with 5
Sunderland

Main offenders with 6 bookings
Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle)
Youssuf Mulumbu (West Brom)
Jonas Olsson (West Brom)
Angel Rangel (Swansea)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

Main offender with 2 red cards
Wes Brown (Sunderland)

Highest attendance with 75,350
Manchester United 3-1 West Ham (21 December 2013)

Lowest attendance with 19,242
Swansea 3-3 Stoke City (10 November 2013)

Total attendance 6,581,006

Average attendance 36,561

10 managerial changes
Everton David Moyes replaced by Roberto Martinez (5 June 2013)
Stoke City Tony Pulis replaced by Mark Hughes (30 May 2013)
Chelsea Rafael Benitez replaced by José Mourinho (3 June 2013)
Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson replaced by David Moyes (1 July 2013)
Sunderland Paolo Di Canio replaced by Gus Poyet (8 October 2013)
Crystal Palace Ian Holloway replaced by Tony Pulis (23 November 2013)
Fulham Martin Jol replaced by René Meulensteen (1 December 2013)
West Brom Steve Clarke to be replaced
Tottenham André Villas-Boas replaced by Tim Sherwood (23 December 2013)
Cardiff City Malky Mackay to be replaced

Manager of the Month
August Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool)
September Arsène Wenger (Arsenal)
October Mauricio Pochettino (Southampton)
November Alan Pardew (Newcastle)
December to be announced

Player of the Month
August Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
September Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
October Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
November Tim Krul (Newcastle)
December to be announced

Table comparison after 19 games
Current position to last season
1 Arsenal +9 points, up 4 places
2 Manchester City +2 points, same place
3 Chelsea +2 points, same place
4 Everton +4 points, up 1 place
5 Liverpool +11 points, up 5 places
6 Manchester United -12 points, down 5 places
7 Tottenham +1 point, down 3 places
8 Newcastle +13 points, up 7 places
9 Southampton +10 points, up 9 places
10 Hull City promoted from the Championship
11 Swansea -4 points, 2 places down
12 Stoke City -7 points, 4 places down
13 Aston Villa +2 points, 3 places up
14 Norwich -6 points, 3 places down
15 West Brom -15 points, 9 places down
16 Cardiff City promoted from the Championship
17 Crystal Palace promoted from the Championship
18 Fulham -5 points, 4 places down
19 West Ham -8 points, 7 places down
20 Sunderland -8 points, 7 places down

Main gainers
Newcastle +13 points, 7 places up

Main losers
West Brom -15 points, 9 places down