Nacho Monreal: The Arsenal defender has scored four Premier League goals in 2018

Premier League: Stats of the day including Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City

Football

Sat August 25, 2018 · 7y ago

Load up on your pub ammo with the best match facts from Saturday's top-flight action, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers have lost just two of their 28 home games in all competitions under Nuno Espírito Santo (W18 D8 L2).
Manchester City conceded the first goal of a Premier League game for the first time in their last 18 fixtures in the competition, since losing 3-4 to Liverpool on January 14th.
Since the start of last season, Manchester City have lost just one of the six Premier League games in which they conceded the first goal (W3 D2 L1).
Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte’s goal was the 1500th scored a French player in the Premier League (excluding own-goals), second only to English players.
Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Willy Boly and Manchester City’s Aymetic Laporte became the 117th and 118th French players to score in the Premier League (excluding own-goals) – the most by a country in the competition other than England.

Wolves' Willy Boly celebrates

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 10 Premier League London derbies at the Emirates, winning seven and drawing three.
Marko Arnautovic (below) has been directly involved in 19 Premier League goals since the start of last season (13 goals, 6 assists), eight more than any other West Ham player.
Arsenal’s Nacho Monreal has scored four Premier League goals in 2018; Crystal Palace’s Patrick van Aanholt is the only defender to score more this year (5).
Issa Diop is only the eighth player to score an own-goal on his Premier League debut and the first to do so for West Ham United in the competition.

West Ham players celebrate Marko Arnautovic's (left) goal against Arsenal

Premier League matches between Everton and Bournemouth have seen 4.14 goals on average (29 goals in seven games); the highest average for a Premier League fixture to have been played on more than six occasions.
Since the start of 2017-18 season, Bournemouth have won a league-high 25 points from losing positions in the Premier League.
Theo Walcott’s goal for Everton was the first shot on target for either side in this match (55:24).
Joshua King has been directly involved 38 Premier League goals for Bournemouth (31 goals, seven assists); 14 more than any other player.
Lee Probert gave as many red cards in this match alone (2) as he did in his 18 matches as a Premier League referee in 2016-17 and 2017-18 combined (2).
Richarlison’s red card was the 91st that Everton have been given in Premier League history; more than any other team in the competition.

Richarlison: The Everton forward sees red at Bournemouth

Huddersfield Town have scored just one goal in their last eight matches at the John Smith's Stadium in all competitions (W1 D2 L5), despite attempting 103 shots in those matches.
Cardiff’s Neil Warnock has never lost in this fixture as a manager, winning four and drawing three of his seven games.
Two of Huddersfield Town’s four red cards in the Premier League have been shown to Jonathan Hogg.

Since the start of last season, Leicester’s Premier League games have seen eight red cards given, with only Everton’s fixtures producing more in that period (11).

Mo Salah celebrates his goal for Liverpool v Brighton

Of the 17 teams to play in the Premier League both last season and this season, Brighton have won the fewest points in their away games (11).
Liverpool have kept 11 clean sheets in the Premier League in their 18 games since Virgil van Dijk’s debut in January 2018, more than any other side in that period.
Mohamed Salah has netted 29 goals in 29 games at Anfield for Liverpool in all competitions.
Since the start of last season, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in 45 Premier League goals, (34 goals, 11 assists), 12 more than any other player in this period.
Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum completed 75 of his 76 passes in the game (98.7% accuracy), with his one misplaced pass coming in the 80th minute.

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