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Premier League: The best stats and facts from Saturday's action

Liverpool celebrate their winner at Swansea
Image: Liverpool celebrate their winner at Swansea

With the help of Opta, we round up the best stats from Saturday's Premier League football...

Swansea City 1-2 Liverpool 

Liverpool have scored more away Premier League goals than any other side in 2016 (28, two more than Spurs).

Swansea have shipped 2+ goals in four consecutive Premier League home games for only the second time, following a four-game run in September 2013.

Swansea led in this game (46 mins) for longer than in their six previous top-flight games this season combined (27 mins).

Liverpool's Roberto Firmino celebrates his goal against Swansea in the Premier League
Image: Roberto Firmino scored Liverpool's first at Swansea

Leroy Fer has scored four goals in his seven Premier League appearances this season, as many as he scored in his previous 26 in the competition.

Against Swansea, Liverpool failed to direct a single shot on target in the first half for the first time in the Premier League this season.

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Roberto Firmino has netted more Premier League goals than any other Liverpool player since the start of last season (13).

James Milner has been involved in 21 Premier League goals since the start of last season (nine goals, 12 assists), more than any other Liverpool player.

Milner has himself netted four penalties in the Premier League this season, more than any team.

Liverpool have now gone 10 away games without a clean sheet in the Premier League, only once before have they endured a longer run without a shut-out on the road in the competition (12 games, ending in September 1998).

Hull City 0-2 Chelsea 

Chelsea kept their first clean sheet in eight away Premier League games, since a 4-0 win at Aston Villa in April.

Since he joined Chelsea, only Sergio Aguero (55) and Harry Kane (48) have scored more Premier League goals than Diego Costa (38).

Hull have lost three consecutive Premier League games at the KCOM Stadium for the first time since March 2014.

Chelsea's Eden Hazard takes the ball past David Meyler (R) and Sam Clucas of Hull City
Image: Chelsea's Eden Hazard in action at Hull

In all competitions, Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 13 meetings with Hull, winning 11 and drawing two.

Since Adama Diomande's strike against Leicester on the opening day, Hull have failed to score a first-half goal in each of their last six Premier League matches.

N'Golo Kante made more passes (79), more successful passes (70) and had more touches (95) against Hull than he'd had in any of his previous 43 Premier League matches.

Sunderland 1-1 West Bromwich Albion 

Nacer Chadli has been involved in five of West Brom's last six Premier League goals (3 goals, 2 assists).

Indeed, Chadli has scored three goals in four Premier League games for the Baggies, as many as in his previous 30 with Tottenham in the competition.

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Duncan Watmore of Sunderland (R) takes the ball past Craig Dawson of West Bromwich Albion (L) during the Premier League m
Image: Duncan Watmore charges forward for Sunderland

This was David Moyes' 468th Premier League game as a manager - the fourth highest total of any manager in the competition.

The Black Cats have failed to win any of their opening seven Premier League games in three of the last four seasons.

All six of Sunderland's Premier League goals this season have been scored by either Jermain Defoe (4) or Patrick van Aanholt (2).

Four of the last five Premier League meetings between these sides has ended in a draw (one win for West Brom) - just three of the previous 14 games between them in the competition had ended level.

Watford 2-2 Bournemouth 

Watford have conceded in each of their last nine Premier League home games, the longest current run in the competition.

Bournemouth scored more than once in a top-flight game for the first time in their last 12 games.

Callum Wilson has bagged two goals in his last four Premier League games, the same number he managed in his previous 13 top-flight games.

WATFORD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Harry Arter of AFC Bournemouth and Nordin Amrabat of Watford battle for possession during the Premier League match between W
Image: Harry Arter and Nordin Amrabat compete for possession

Junior Stanislas has had a hand in two goals in his last two Premier League appearances (one goal, one assist), as many as in his previous 18 games in the competition.

Courtesy of his goal against Bournemouth, Troy Deeney is now Watford's joint top scorer in Premier League history (16, level Odion Ighalo).

Josh King's goal came just 44 seconds after he came off the bench, the fastest goal by a substitute this season

King is now Bournemouth's top-scorer in Premier League history, with seven goals.

Isaac Success scored his first Premier League goal (in his fifth game) with Jose Holebas providing the assist, which was his first-ever in the top-flight (in his 18th game).

West Ham 1-1 Middlesbrough 

This is West Ham's worst start to a top-flight campaign after seven games (four points) since 1988/89 (also four points) when the Hammers were ultimately relegated.

Middlesbrough have lost a league-high seven points from leading positions in the Premier League this season.

West Ham have failed to score a first-half goal in six of their seven Premier League games this season; no side has drawn a first-half blank more often this season.

Cristhian Stuani has scored three goals in three Premier League away games this season.

Payet went past five men before scoring beyond Victor Valdes to make it 1-1
Image: Dimitri Payet scores a fine goal for West Ham

Dimitri Payet finally broke his duck in the Premier League this season, scoring with his 18th attempt of the campaign.

Payet scored for the first time in his last 11 top-flight games, after netting nine in his previous 24.

Middlesbrough have registered just one win in their last 17 Premier League away games (D3 L13).

West Ham are without a win in their last five top-flight games (D1 L4), their longest winless streak in the competition since December 2015 (eight games).

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