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The weekend's best Opta stats from the Premier League

Riyad Mahrez celebrates scoring Leicester's opener at Watford
Image: Riyad Mahrez celebrates scoring Leicester's opener at Watford

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

Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Arsenal

Tottenham have lost just one of their last eight Premier League games against the Gunners at White Hart Lane (W4 D3 L1).

The Arsenal v Spurs fixture is the most common in Premier League history to see the team scoring first not going on to win (15 draws and eight comeback wins).

There have been 137 goals scored in this fixture in the Premier League; more than any other fixture in the competition.

Arsenal have now scored in 42 of their last 43 meetings with Tottenham Hotspur in all competitions.

12 of Aaron Ramsey's last 15 Premier League goals have been scored away from home.

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Francis Coquelin of Arsenal is shown a red card by referee Michael Oliver
Image: Arsenal's Francis Coquelin is shown a red card by referee Michael Oliver

Harry Kane has now scored four goals in three Premier League appearances against Arsenal.

Kane has now scored 14 goals in 18 Premier League London derbies.

Only one player has scored more goals for Tottenham in the Premier League against Arsenal than Harry Kane (4) - Gareth Bale (5). Rafael van der Vaart also has four versus the Gunners for Spurs.

Harry Kane is the first Tottenham player to score in three successive Premier League North London derbies since Rafael van der Vaart (Nov 2010, Apr 2011 & Oct 2011).

Francis Coquelin is the sixth player to be given a red card for Arsenal against Spurs in the Premier League.

Coquelin was sent off on 54:20 and less than seven minutes later Spurs were 2-1 ahead in this game (Kane goal on 61:16).

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David Ospina made nine saves in this match for Arsenal, the most by a Gunners' goalkeeper in a Premier League game since Lukasz Fabianski (also 9) v Liverpool in April 2009.

Alexis Sánchez scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal since October.

Mohamed Elneny became the eighth player to make their first Premier League start in a North London derby (after Dickov, Lydersen, Shaaban for Arsenal and Gardner, O'Hara, Rose & Mason for Spurs).

Chelsea 1-1 Stoke

Bertrand Traore celebrates scoring Chelsea's first at Stamford Bridge
Image: Bertrand Traore celebrates scoring Chelsea's first at Stamford Bridge

Bertrand Traore has scored in four of his last five games for Chelsea in all competitions.

Traore has scored in each of his last three appearances at Stamford Bridge.

Guus Hiddink is the first manager to go 12 games unbeaten from the beginning of a single managerial spell at a club, overtaking Frank Clark's record of 11 games set back in 1994 at Nottingham Forest.

Nemanja Matic assisted his first goal since the final day of the 2014/15 season.

Mame Biram Diouf scored his first goal since September and ended a run of 12 league games without a goal.

Diouf's equaliser meant that Chelsea failed to beat Stoke in a league game at Stamford Bridge for the first time since December 1984, ending a run of eight consecutive wins.

Mark Hughes has failed to win any of his last 35 Premier League visits to Anfield, Emirates/Highbury, Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge, losing 30 and drawing five.

Chelsea haven't kept a clean sheet in any of their last eight Premier League games at Stamford Bridge.

Everton 2-3 West Ham

West Ham goalkeeper Adrian saves Romelu Lukaku's penalty for Everton
Image: West Ham goalkeeper Adrian saves Romelu Lukaku's penalty

Romelu Lukaku has now scored in all eight appearances for Everton against West Ham United in all competitions.

Lukaku is the first player in Premier League history to score in six consecutive games against an opponent for the same club.

Lukaku has now scored 18 Premier League goals this season; his previous highest tally was 17 in 2012/13 while on loan at West Brom.

Mark Noble made his 250th Premier League appearance for West Ham United in this match; the first Hammer to reach this landmark in the competition.

Kevin Mirallas has been given two red cards in 15 PL appearances this season, this after going 88 PL games without one before 2015-16.

Aaron Lennon has scored five goals in his last seven games (all competitions).

Since his debut, Adrian has saved twice as many penalties as any other goalkeeper in the Premier League (4). He's the fifth goalkeeper to save a penalty in the Premier League this season.

Michail Antonio's goal was his first away from home this season, having netted 10 at home (four for Nottingham Forest, six for West Ham).

West Ham recovered from two goals down to win a Premier League game for the first time since their 5-4 win over Bradford City in February 2000.

Manchester City 4-0 Aston Villa

Sergio Aguero of Manchester City scores his team's second goal
Image: Sergio Aguero scores Man City's second goal

Man City earned their 300th Premier League victory, the ninth club to reach the milestone in the competition.

Sergio Aguero has scored nine goals in nine games in 2016, more than any other Premier League player.

Indeed, Aguero has now scored 94 Premier League goals - at least 16 more than any other player since his debut.

Micah Richards made his 200th Premier League appearance in this match, against former club Manchester City.

Aston Villa are winless in 14 Premier League away games, one short of their record in the competition (15 in December 2003).

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City have now scored at least three goals in their last seven home league meetings with Aston Villa, netting 27 goals in total.

Villa have failed to score in seven of their last nine Premier League games against Man City.

Only two teams in Premier League history have had fewer than 16 points after 29 games (Sunderland in 2005/06 and Derby in 2007/08 - both 10).

David Silva now has 56 Premier League assists, 12 more than any other player since his debut.

Newcastle United 1-3 Bournemouth

Jack Colback of Newcastle United reacts
Image: Newcastle United suffered another defeat on Saturday

The Cherries are unbeaten in all five of their away Premier League games in 2016 (W2 D3).

Meanwhile, the Magpies suffered their first defeat at St James' Park since Boxing Day.

Matt Ritchie now has 25 assists in league football for Bournemouth, nine more than any other player at the club since he signed in January 2013.

Only Moussa Sissoko (5) has more assists for Newcastle this season than Jonjo Shelvey (3).

Josh King scored his first Premier League goal since his strike against Man United in December.

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Steven Taylor scored his first own goal in the Premier League since December 2006.

Newcastle have lost two of their three home games against the newly promoted sides this season, having lost just one of the previous seven.

Newcastle's record of 24 points from 28 games is their lowest in Premier League history.

Southampton 1-1 Sunderland

Virgil van Dijk of Southampton celebrates
Image: Virgil van Dijk of Southampton celebrates his late equaliser

Jermain Defoe scored his 23rd Premier League goal as a substitute; more than any other player in the history of the competition.

Eight of Defoe's 11 Premier League goals this season have come away from home (73%).

Defoe has scored seven goals in 10 Premier League appearances since January 1st 2016.

Southampton received their 5th red card of the season in the Premier League, more than any other team.

Virgil van Dijk scored his third Premier League goal - all of which have come at St Mary's.

Jose Fonte received his first ever red card in the Premier League in what was his 129th appearance in the competition.

James Ward Prowse made his 100th Premier League appearance for Southampton in this match.

Sunderland have gone 15 games without a clean sheet, the longest run of any team in the Premier League this season.

Swansea City 1-0 Norwich City

Gylfi Sigurdsson scores Swansea's winner against Norwich
Image: Gylfi Sigurdsson scores Swansea's winner against Norwich

Norwich City are still the only team yet to keep a clean sheet in a Premier League away game this season.

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored his eighth Premier League goal of the season - his best return in a single PL campaign.

Sigurdsson has scored in six of his last 10 Premier League appearances for Swansea City (six goals).

Norwich have kept the joint-fewest clean sheets in the Premier League this season (3, along with Sunderland).

Swansea have won two successive Premier League games for the only the second time since May 2015.

The Swans have scored in nine of their 10 Premier League games in 2016.

Norwich City have won just one point in their last nine Premier League matches (W0 D1 L8).

Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and Christian Benteke celebrate
Image: Liverpool's Simon Mignolet and Christian Benteke celebrate

In five of the last six matches in all competitions between these two sides, the team scoring first has not won (W1 D1 L4).

The Eagles have gone 12 Premier League matches without a win (D4 L8), the current longest winless run in the top-flight.

Crystal Palace have now gone 10 games without a clean sheet, conceding 2.3 goals per game on average.

Roberto Firmino (11) has scored or assisted more Premier League goals in 2016 than any other player (7 goals, 4 assists).

James Milner was sent off in a Premier League game for only the second time in his career (also v WBA in Oct 2012).

No Premier League side has scored more goals from corners this season than Crystal Palace (10) - level with Spurs.

Joe Ledley scored his first Premier League goal in 26 appearances. Indeed, two of Ledley's five PL goals for Palace have come against Liverpool.

Christian Benteke ended a run of 715 minutes in all competitions without a goal for Liverpool.  

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Manchester United

Salomon Rondon scores the opening goal during the Premier League match between West Brom and Manchester United
Image: Salomon Rondon scores against Manchester United

This was West Brom's first competitive win against Man Utd at the Hawthorns since a League Cup clash in December 2003.

West Brom secured their first ever Premier League win against Manchester United at the Hawthorns and the first in league competition since March 1984.

All 10 of West Bromwich Albion's Premier League wins this season have been by a one-goal margin.

Louis van Gaal's side have won just one of their last eight Premier League away games (W1 D3 L4).

Salomon Rondón has scored more goals in all competitions this season than any other West Brom player (8).

Rondon has scored in four of his last six Premier League games, having failed to score in his previous nine.

Juan Mata has been sent off for the first time in his Premier League career.

Mata picked up two yellow cards just 26 minutes from the kick-off, faster than any player in the Premier League since Chico (16 minutes) in April 2014 (Swansea v Chelsea).