10 Interesting Stats from Premier League Matchday 2 August 26, 2014........... 2 – Manchester City have scored at least two goals in each of their last five Premier League matches versus Liverpool. 2 – English trio Calum Chambers, Jonjo Shelvey and Ashley Young are the only players to have picked up a yellow card in each of their two games so far this season. 4 – For only the fourth time in Premier League history, Manchester United have failed to win either of their opening two matches. In 1992-93 they waited until the fourth game of the season to record their first win. In the treble winning season of 1998-99 the Red Devils failed to win their opening two. In 2007-08 they also waited until league game number four for their first victory. 5 – Arsenal have now gone five Premier League games without beating Everton following their 2-2 draw on Saturday. 7 – Juan Mata has scored seven goals in his last eight Premier League appearances for Manchester United. 7 – Aston Villa have already picked up seven yellow cards in their opening two matches – the most in the Premier League. 23 – Sergio Agüero scored after 23 seconds of coming on for Manchester City against Liverpool on Monday night. 73% – Manuel Pellegrini has won 29 of 40 Premier League games as Manchester City manager. 100% – Diego Costa has scored two goals from only two shots on target for Chelsea in the Premier League so far. 113 – Sergio Agüero came off the subs bench for the second successive match to score this season. The Manchester City striker now averages a goal every 113 minutes in the Premier League – the best record amongst players to have scored at least 15 goals in the league.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:28:18 +0000
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