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The best stats and facts from Saturday's Premier League football

Liverpool's James Milner celebrates scoring his side's second goal from the penalty spot
Image: Liverpool's James Milner celebrates scoring his side's second goal from the penalty spot

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

Burnley 1-2 Manchester City

Man City have already won six of their seven away Premier League games in 2016/17; after winning just seven in total in 2015/16.

Burnley have lost as many home league games in their last four as they did in the previous 22 combined (2).

The Citizens have lost just one of their last 15 top-flight games, winning nine and drawing five.

Sergio Aguero has scored 33 goals in his last 34 Premier League appearances for Manchester City.

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero (left) celebrates with team-mate Nolito
Image: Manchester City's Sergio Aguero (left) celebrates with team-mate Nolito

Sergio Aguero has now scored against 29 of the 30 different teams that he's faced in the Premier League, only failing to score against Bolton.

Aguero has scored 10+ goals in each of his six seasons in the Premier League.

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Dean Marney scored his first Premier League goal in 2558 days, since netting for Hull v Everton in November 2009.

Paul Robinson started a Premier League game for the first time since May 2012 (vs Wigan) - 1664 days ago.

Manchester City have kept just two clean sheets in their 13 Premier League games under Pep Guardiola.

Hull City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion

The Tigers have enjoyed just one victory in their last nine games (D1 L8).

West Brom have lost just two of their last nine top-flight games, winning three and drawing four.

Since his debut season in the Premier League (11/12), Gareth McAuley has scored 12 goals, a haul only five other defenders can better.

Michael Dawson equalises for Hull
Image: Michael Dawson equalises for Hull

McAuley has scored more Premier League goals for West Brom than any other defender (12).

McAuley is also the first defender to net three Premier League goals this season.

Matt Phillips has been involved in five goals in his last three Premier League games (two goals, three assists).

Hull have kept just one clean sheet in the top flight this season, only Crystal Palace have kept fewer (0).

Michael Dawson has scored two goals in his last three Premier League games, as many as in his previous 108.

Leicester City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Leicester's return of 13 points is the second worst record after 13 games of any defending champion in top-flight history (assuming 3pts/win); after Ipswich in 1962/63 (11 points).

Middlesbrough are without a win in their last 13 league clashes with Leicester (D7 L6); their longest current winless streak against any team.

Middlesbrough conceded two penalties against Leicester after a run of 48 league games without one.

Islam Slimani scores from the penalty spot to equalise for Leicester
Image: Islam Slimani scores from the penalty spot to equalise for Leicester

Leicester City (417) have already been trailing for more minutes in the Premier League this season than in the entire 2015/16 campaign (391).

After a run of nine Premier League games without a goal or an assist, Riyad Mahrez has scored two and assisted one in his last three appearances.

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Alvaro Negredo has been directly involved in six Premier League goals this season (three goals, three assists); more than any other Middlesbrough player.

Negredo's first strike against Leicester ended a run of 977 minutes without a Premier League goal for Middlesbrough.

Since the start of last season, Leicester have taken (18) and scored (14) more penalties than any other Premier League team.

Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland

Liverpool have never lost at Anfield when facing Sunderland in the Premier League, stretching that run to 16 unbeaten (W8 D8).

Sunderland have lost four of their last five away games in the Premier League (W1), failing to score in each of their defeats.

James Milner has now scored against Sunderland in the Premier League with five different teams (Aston Villa, Newcastle, Leeds, Man City and Liverpool); the joint-most alongside Emile Heskey.

Five of Divock Origi's six Premier League goals for Liverpool have come as a substitute.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26:  Divock Origi (2nd R) of Liverpool celebrates scoring the opening goal with his team mates during the Premier League matc
Image: Liverpool celebrate against Sunderland

Only Burnley (19.6 per cent) have posted a lower possession figure than Sunderland (22.5 per cent) in a Premier League game this season (both v Liverpool).

Jurgen Klopp named an unchanged starting line-up in the Premier League for the first time since October 2015 (previously 40 games without doing so).

Only Daniel Sturridge, Ryan Babel and Christian Benteke (all six) have scored more Premier League goals as a Liverpool substitute than Divock Origi (5).

No Liverpool player has scored more Premier League goals as a substitute at Anfield than Divock Origi (4 - joint with Ryan Babel).

Jordan Henderson (117) completed 100 or more passes for the third time in a Premier League game this season; he's the only player to do so on more than once.

Swansea City 5-4 Crystal Palace

This was the 21st Premier League game to see nine or more goals scored.

The Eagles scored four goals in a Premier League away game for only the third time ever and the first since April 2015 (4-1 v Sunderland).

Swansea netted five goals for only the second time ever in the Premier League (also 5-0 v QPR in August 2012).

Alan Pardew's side have now gone 18 top-flight games without a clean sheet, longer than any other current side.

Wilfried Zaha has been directly involved in five goals in his last five Premier League games (one goal, four assists), as many as in his previous 42.

Fernando Llorente of Swansea City celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal
Image: Fernando Llorente of Swansea City celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal

Swansea have only registered one clean sheet in their last 12 Premier League games.

Since his Premier League debut in January 2012, Gylfi Sigurdsson has bagged six direct free-kicks goals in the top-flight, a joint-high along with Christian Eriksen and Juan Mata.

In 12 games this season, Leroy Fer has already equalled his best-ever return from a Premier League season (six in 29 games in 14/15).

All five of Christian Benteke's goals for Crystal Palace in the Premier League have come away from home.

The Eagles are the only side without a Premier League clean sheet this season.

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham

Chelsea have now won 26 games against Tottenham in the Premier League; their most against one side in the competition's history.

Tottenham have won none of their last 30 visits to Stamford Bridge in all comps (D11 L19), since a 2-1 win in February 1990.

The defeat marks Spurs' first loss of the current Premier League season, ending a run of 12 unbeaten to begin the campaign.

Diego Costa has been involved in more goals than any other Premier League player this season (14 - 10 goals, four assists).

Pedro (R) of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Gary Cahill (L)
Image: Pedro (right) of Chelsea celebrates scoring his team's first goal with Gary Cahill

Christian Eriksen scored his first Premier League goal of the season, with what was his 39th attempt on goal.

Pedro has had a hand in eight goals in his last six Premier League games at Stamford Bridge (three goals, five assists).

Nemanja Matic has provided six Premier League assists this season; one more than his previous two campaigns combined (five).

Chelsea had gone over 10 hours since last conceding a Premier League goal before Eriksen's first-half strike (601 minutes).

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