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Premier League stats

Opta look at the Premier League's best and worst.

By Opta Sportsdata   Last updated: Monday 12th May 2008

Find out who's hot and who's not

Opta break down the Premier League season for an in-depth look at the star performers.

You can find out who are the top keepers, tacklers, passers, scorers and most efficient sides.

You can now also view tables for the first half and second half of Premier League matches.

Has you team been more potent is the opening 45 minutes of league matches or the second half? Find out here!

This page will be updated after every round of Premier League games

Category Player/Team Total          
Top Shooter Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 131          
Top Passer Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) 2318          
Top Tackler Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa) 178          
Most Dribbles & Runs Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 191          
Most Crosses David Bentley (Blackburn) 416          
Most Offsides Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 66          
Most Fouls John Carew (Aston Villa) 100          
Team with most fouls Blackburn 583          
Team with most shots Man Utd 547          
               
               
               
               
Goalkeepers Team Saves Saves/shots        
Hahnemann Reading 152 70%        
James Portsmouth 138 79%        
Taylor Birmingham 134 71%        
Friedel Blackburn 123 72%        
Green West Ham 116 70%        
               
Tacklers Team Tackles Success rate        
Reo-Coker Aston Villa 178 80%        
Mascherano Liverpool 165 76%        
Malbranque Tottenham 158 76%        
Muamba Birmingham 156 76%        
Butt Newcastle 151 72%        
               
Passers Team Passes Accuracy        
Fabregas Arsenal 2318 81%        
Clichy Arsenal 1975 83%        
Flamini Arsenal 1710 87%        
Gerrard Liverpool 1652 78%        
Butt Newcastle 1630 75%        
               
Scorers Team Goals Goal/shots        
Ronaldo Man Utd 31 24%        
Torres Liverpool 24 25%        
Adebayor Arsenal 24 23%        
Santa Cruz Blackburn 19 25%        
Yakubu Middlesbrough/Everton 15 28%        
               
Creators Team Assists Key passes        
Fabregas Arsenal 17 95        
Young Aston Villa 14 64        
Barry Aston Villa 10 68        
Kalou Chelsea 10 46        
Rooney Manchester United 10 42        
               
Team Goals Shots On Target Shot Accuracy Succ Passes    
Arsenal 74 473 208 44% 15672    
Aston Villa 71 404 181 45% 7983    
Birmingham 46 315 143 45% 6779    
Blackburn 50 421 185 44% 10112    
Bolton 36 339 149 44% 8047    
Chelsea 65 454 199 44% 14007    
Derby 20 288 116 40% 7900    
Everton 55 361 169 47% 8597    
Fulham 38 367 154 42% 8905    
Liverpool 67 535 214 40% 12613    
Man City 45 323 143 44% 11549    
Man Utd 80 547 260 48% 14026    
Middlesbrough 43 351 151 43% 8671    
Newcastle 45 359 154 43% 10124    
Portsmouth 48 411 160 39% 9410    
Reading 41 332 132 40% 6722    
Sunderland 36 358 137 38% 8922    
Tottenham 66 425 196 46% 11979    
West Ham 42 383 153 40% 10204    
Wigan 34 363 141 39% 8046    
               
               
BAD BOYS Team Fouls Yellows Reds Points    
Davies Bolton 95 10 0 125    
Carew Aston Villa 100 5 0 115    
Smith Newcastle 80 9 1 113    
    P W D L F A PTS
1 Manchester United 38 20 12 6 36 12 72
2 Chelsea 38 19 13 6 28 10 70
3 Liverpool 38 17 16 5 25 9 67
4 Arsenal 38 18 9 11 27 16 63
5 Everton 38 15 17 6 23 10 62
6 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 16 9 29 21 55
7 Middlesbrough 38 14 12 12 23 21 54
8 Aston Villa 38 14 11 13 24 23 53
9 Portsmouth 38 10 19 9 22 22 49
10 Birmingham 38 12 13 13 20 22 49
11 Fulham 38 10 18 10 15 19 48
12 Manchester City 38 10 17 11 23 24 47
13 Newcastle United 38 8 19 11 21 23 43
14 Blackburn Rovers 38 8 18 12 17 21 42
15 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 15 14 17 25 42
16 Sunderland 38 8 16 14 15 24 40
17 West Ham United 38 7 18 13 18 29 39
18 Wigan Athletic 38 6 20 12 13 22 38
19 Reading 38 5 15 18 10 27 30
20 Derby County 38 1 18 19 9 35 21
    P W D L F A PTS
1 Manchester United 38 25 10 3 44 10 85
2 Arsenal 38 22 11 5 47 15 77
3 Liverpool 38 19 12 7 42 19 69
4 Chelsea 38 17 18 3 37 16 69
5 Aston Villa 38 16 13 9 47 28 61
6 Portsmouth 38 14 16 8 26 18 58
7 Everton 38 14 15 9 32 23 57
8 Blackburn Rovers 38 14 15 9 33 27 57
9 West Ham United 38 13 11 14 24 21 50
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 12 11 15 37 40 47
11 Manchester City 38 10 17 11 22 29 47
12 Bolton Wanderers 38 10 15 13 19 29 45
13 Wigan Athletic 38 9 16 13 21 29 43
14 Reading 38 10 12 16 31 39 42
15 Newcastle United 38 10 12 16 24 42 42
16 Sunderland 38 10 10 18 21 35 40
17 Birmingham 38 7 13 18 26 40 34
18 Fulham 38 8 10 20 23 41 34
19 Middlesbrough 38 5 17 16 20 32 32
20 Derby County 38 0 16 22 11 54 16

Premier League Top 6

Premier League Table - July 1 2008
Pos Team P Pts
1 Arsenal 0 0
2 Aston Villa 0 0
3 Blackburn Rovers 0 0
4 Bolton Wanderers 0 0
5 Chelsea 0 0
6 Everton 0 0

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