By Brian Sears 14 September 2012 The 20 clubs in the Premier League have won 14,570 points between them in their stints in the Premier League in the past 20 years. Of those, 8,809 points have been won at home, or 60.5 per cent – but some clubs are much more reliant than others on […]
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Experts in getting even: Villa and Everton draw most conclusions
By Brian Sears 23 August 2012 Of the 7,857 Premier League games played since the revamped top division began 20 years ago, 2,109 have ended as draws, or just over a quarter of all games, or 26.8 per cent. The club with most draws Premier League draws (absolute total) is Aston Villa, with 240 from […]
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Who beats Arsenal at home in the Premier League? (Not Sunderland)
By Brian Sears 16 August 2012 In the 20 years of the Premier League, Arsenal have played 386 home league games and lost just 48 of them. Seven clubs in the current Premier League have never won in the PL era at Arsenal, and the first visitors of this season, Sunderland, are among them. They […]
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The statistician’s idea of perfection: Everton at home to Fulham
By Brian Sears 26 April 2012 Everton meeting Fulham in the Premier League is a statistician’s delight. It happens for the 22nd time this Saturday and although it’s a mid-table battle (Fulham trail Everton by just two points) and of little consequence at the top or bottom of the league, it has intriguing statistical interest. Ten […]
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Manchester United trust in Old Trafford fortress as Everton seek second win in 20 years
By Brian Sears 20 April 2012 Manchester United just need to execute some classic top-of-the-table – win their last two home matches and draw their last two away games – to ensure they’re the champions of England for a 20th time, and 13 times in the Premier League era. Unlucky for everyone else. In the all-time table in the Premier League’s […]
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Chelsea go to Arsenal in search of first capital victory of the league season
By Brian Sears 20 April 2012 Chelsea thrashed Tottenham in the FA Cup last Sunday and showed no ill effects of that 6pm kick-off when they subsequently shocked Barcelona 1-0 in midweek – but they have yet to win a single Premier League game this season against another London team. As our inter-London tables (below) show, Chelsea […]
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Man City seek first league win at Arsenal since era of Hartford, Royle and Marsh
By Brian Sears 6 April 2012 At the start of this Easter weekend, Manchester City trail Manchester United by five points in the Premier League title race. By the time they kick-off at Arsenal on Sunday afternoon that gap could be eight points. What greater motivation can Roberto Mancini’s men have, then – aside from […]
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City and United make Manchester top for goals as clubs renew record hunt
By Brian Sears 5 April 2012 After a March slowdown in scoring, the Premier League is back on track for another season of record scoring – just. A hectic Easter schedule of football will see 20 top-flight games played between Friday night and Wednesday. In the last moments of the last day of last season, […]
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Dalglish’s Liverpool in relegation form in 2012 as Newcastle and Sunderland fly high
By Sportingintelligence 1 April 2012 [Table updated on morning of 2.4.12] Liverpool’s defeat at Newcastle on Sunday means the only team in the Premier League with a worse record than Kenny Dalglish’s side since the start of the year are Wolves. Liverpool have won just two games from their last dozen in the league since […]
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Manchester City host Sunderland with aim of matching visitors’ unique home record
By Brian Sears 30 March 2012 Manchester City have won all 15 of their 15 home games in the Premier League this season, and remain on course to become only the second top-division team in 124 years of English league football history to win all their home games in a season. The only other time […]
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