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Tyler's Starting Stat - Gunners keep City out

I was at Eastlands on Sunday to see Arsenal's first away clean sheet in their last 12 Premier League games and only their third in their last 20 away Premier League games. It was also only their second away win in nine after beating Blackburn in August. Samir Nasri scored his seventh goal in six starts and Nicklas Bendtner scored his first of the season in only his second appearance. It was also the 50th goal of his career in England, which has now reached 174 games. Arsenal also received their ninth penalty in only 13 games this season. They have scored six (Nasri 3, Fabregas 2, Arshavin 1), while Fabregas saw his effort saved against City, Arshavin had one saved against Partizan Belgrade and Rosicky blazed over the bar at Sunderland. Dedryck Boyata's red card was the first a Manchester City player has received in 2010. The last City player to be sent off was Craig Bellamy at Bolton in December 12, although manager Roberto Mancini was sent off in a game against Everton in that time. By my calculation, Jerome Boateng became the seventh player to play at left-back for Man City this season after Aleksandar Kolarov, Gareth Barry (who played there in the second half against Tottenham), Greg Cunningham (in the Carling Cup), Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott and Pablo Zabaleta.

ARSENAL IN THE RED
Hi Martin. When Boyata was sent off it dawned to me that so far there have been seven red cards in the following games involving Arsenal; Liverpool (2 reds), Blackpool, Bolton, Sunderland, Birmingham and now Manchester City!! Is this some kind of a record? Please tell me, what is the record number of red cards in a season in matches involving one team? Taurai, (Arsenal fan) MARTIN SAYS: This record is unusual compared to the rest of the teams in the Premier League. As you'll see from the table below, there are seven sides who haven't seen a red card - for or against - in any of their games this season. Birmingham and Sunderland are the next highest with four red cards in their games: Red cards in the Premier League 2010/11:

Team	Red cards	Opponent reds	Total
Arsenal	3	4	7
Aston Villa	0	0	0
Birmingham	1	3	4
Blackburn	1	0	1
Blackpool	1	0	1
Bolton	3	0	3
Chelsea	0	0	0
Everton	0	0	0
Fulham	0	1	1
Liverpool	1	2	3
Man City	1	0	1
Man Utd	0	0	0
Newcastle	0	0	0
Stoke City	0	1	1
Sunderland	2	2	4
Tottenham	0	0	0
West Brom	1	0	1
West Ham	0	0	0
Wigan	0	3	3
Wolves	2	0	2

And as you can see from the table below, there have already been more red cards in Arsenal games this season, than there was in the whole of last season. In fact, only six sides had more than seven red cards in their games in the whole of the last Premier League season: Red cards in Premier League games 2009/10:

Team	Red cards	Opponent reds	Total
Arsenal	1	4	5
Aston Villa	2	4	6
Birmingham	1	3	4
Blackburn	2	2	4
Bolton	5	1	6
Burnley	2	2	4
Chelsea	5	2	7
Everton	2	5	7
Fulham	1	2	3
Hull	6	2	8
Liverpool	5	4	9
Man City	2	6	8
Man Utd	4	2	6
Portsmouth	5	5	10
Stoke	5	1	6
Sunderland	9	5	14
Tottenham	1	4	5
West Ham	3	8	11
Wigan	3	3	6
Wolves	4	3	7

So to answer your question, the record for matches with a red card involving one team in one season belongs to Liverpool. According to Opta, there were 17 red cards in their games in the 2005/06 season. Sunderland are also quite high up this list after the 14 red cards in their games last season: Most red cards (for and against) in a Premier League season: 17: Liverpool (2005/06)
15. Leicester City (1994/95), Birmingham (2002/03)
14: Bolton (1997/98), Arsenal (2001/02), Sunderland (2009/10)
13: Arsenal (1998/99), Blackburn (1998/99)
12: Charlton (1998/99), Sunderland (2000/01), Arsenal (2002/03), Blackburn (2004/05), Everton (2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Everton (2005/06)

LONG-RANGE GUNNERS
Great column, Mr. Tyler. Being an Arsenal fan I was delighted at the weekend, beating Man City 3-0. However, there were a few moments which left me pulling my hair out. Common criticism for Arsenal is that they overplay and don't shoot enough. However, as it turns out Arsenal have taken most shots this season. And I also heard they scored most goals from outside the box last season. Can you tell me the numbers for total shots from Arsenal compared to other teams. Thanks, Hamza Ali (Arsenal fan) MARTIN SAYS: According to our friends at Opta, Arsenal have indeed had more shots than any other Premier League team this season, their 134 is one higher than Chelsea's 133. Furthermore, only Chelsea, Wigan and Fulham have attempted more shots from outside the box than Arsenal have this season. However, as a percentage of their total shots, Arsenal's shots from outside the box are quite low. Only Stoke City, Aston Villa and Blackburn attempt a lower percentage of their total shots from outside the area.

Team	Total shots	Shots from outside box	% shots from outside box
Arsenal	134	45	33.58%
Aston Villa	91	30	32.97%
Birmingham	80	36	45.00%
Blackburn	69	23	33.33%
Blackpool	91	42	46.15%
Bolton	85	36	42.35%
Chelsea	133	55	41.35%
Everton	92	41	44.57%
Fulham	101	52	51.49%
Liverpool	104	47	45.19%
Man City	77	27	35.06%
Man Utd	108	41	37.96%
Newcastle	90	36	40.00%
Stoke	91	30	32.97%
Sunderland	90	45	50.00%
Tottenham	113	43	38.05%
West Brom	98	43	43.88%
West Ham	98	44	44.90%
Wigan	96	55	57.29%
Wolves	65	28	43.08%

OWN-NO!
Dear Martin, I am a Man Utd fan from Nairobi, Kenya and a big follower of your stats column. After own goals from Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne during last weekend's Premier fixtures, it got me thinking, who could be leading own goal scorer in the history of the English Premier League? I reckon it might be one of these two, or Rio Ferdinand. Please could you also compare the goals they have scored for their teams against the own goals. Is there any player who could have scored more own goals than goals for his team? Kind regards Erastus Mulinge MARTIN SAYS: Richard Dunne and Jamie Carragher are indeed the top two own-goal scorers in Premier League history. Dunne now has eight to his name after his error against Sunderland and Carragher has seven after his own goal against Blackburn. Carragher has also scored the only "penalty own goal" I have ever seen when he took a penalty FOR Everton, while playing for Liverpool in his testimonial this summer! Top own goal scorers in Premier League history: 1. Richard Dunne (8)
2. Jamie Carragher (7)4. Henning Berg, Michael Duberry, Rio Ferdinand, Richard Rufus (5) However, all of those players have scored at least as many goals at the right end as they have at the wrong end - apart from one. Dunne has 10 Premier League goals to his name, Sinclair has eight, Berg has eight, Duberry has five, Ferdinand has 10 and Rufus has six. The exception is Carragher who has scored just three Premier League goals for Liverpool, compared to seven own goals. The disparity of -4 is the highest of any Premier League player. Opta have given us a list of 32 players to have scored more own goals than goals in the Premier League (with the proviso they have scored at least two own goals), so Carragher isn't alone in this. Notable names include Ben Thatcher (four own goals, one goal), Terry Phelan (three own goals, one goal), Steve Clarke (three own goals, one goal) and Kamil Zayatte (four own goals, three goals). The other players to have more own goals than goals (at least two own goals) are: Lucas Radebe, Richard Wright, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Chris Baird, Kenny Cunningham, Tony Popovic, Jonathan Spector, Liam Rosenior, John Pantsil, Alan Kimble, Des Walker, Sam Ricketts, Chris Smalling, Claus Lundekvam, Mark Delaney, Andreas Jakobsson, Sebasttien, Schemmel, Francis Benali, Alpay, Darren Purse, Nicky Hunt, Paul McShane, Richard Dryden, Scott Marshall, Ian Brightwell, Steve Yates and Scott Dann. On the subject of Scott Carson's widely-reported own goal, when Zoltan Gera's shot hit the post and bounced off his back, it may perhaps be given to Gera by the dubious goals panel. There are precedents in this area with Micah Richards being awarded a goal for Man City against Arsenal last year and Michael Ballack being awarded a goal for Chelsea at Everton. We will have to wait and see if Gera gets the same treatment. But remember, in a penalty-shoot-out, if the ball hits the post and then the goalkeeper and goes in then it would be awarded as a goal and not an own goal. The same should apply in open play.

HESKEY'S NIFTY FIFTIES
Hi Martin, I recently noticed that Emile Heskey's next game for Aston Villa in the Premier League will be his 50th for the Villains in this competition, a feat he has also achieved at Leicester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Wigan. Has any other player also featured in 50 Premier League games for five different clubs? Thanks, Alex Manby (Arsenal fan) MARTIN SAYS: You're absolutely right, Alex. Saturday's defeat at Sunderland was Heskey's 474th in the Premier League and his 50th for Villa. He had previously played more than 50 Premier League games for Leicester (124 appearances), Liverpool (150), Birmingham (68) and Wigan (82). This makes him the first outfield player to play 50 games for five different Premier League clubs. However, he is not the first player to achieve this. Former England goalkeeper David James holds that accolade having played at least 50 times for Liverpool (215 appearances), Aston Villa (67), West Ham (64), Man City (93) and Portsmouth (134). To date they are the only two players to achieve this.

MANY GAMES, NOT SO MANY YEARS
Hi Martin, I notice James Milner already has a lot of Premier League appearances under his belt. And at just 24 we can expect him to make a lot more. So I was wondering how many appearances players like Giggs, Speed, Lampard, etc... had at that age? Thanks, Jonny, Man City fan. MARTIN SAYS: James Milner made his 250th Premier League appearance on Sunday in Manchester City's defeat to Arsenal and, as you state, is still not 25 yet. This is how he compares with the top 10 appearance-makers in Premier League history: 1. David James (85 of his 573 Premier League appearances came before 25th birthday and 174 in total before that age).
2. Ryan Giggs (203 of 555 PL apps before 25th birthday and 243 in total before that age)
3. Gary Speed (79 of 535 PL apps before 25th birthday, 184 league games in total before that age)
4. Sol Campbell (206 of 497 PL apps before 25th birthday)
5. Emile Heskey (224 of 474 PL apps before 25th birthday - plus a further 30 in the second tier with Leicester)
6. Frank Lampard (223 of 470 PL apps before 25th birthday)
7. Paul Scholes (143 of 452 PL apps before 25th birthday)
8. Jamie Carragher (183 of 444 PL apps before 25th birthday)
9. Alan Shearer 103 of 441 PL apps before 25th birthday, 221 in total before that age)
10. Phil Neville (181 of 434 PL apps before 25th birthday) Milner is currently the under-25 with the most Premier League appearances to his name, but that was not the case last week! Wayne Rooney had 261 Premier League appearances before his 25th birthday on Sunday. Milner currently has 250 appearances under his belt - and Manchester City have 12 Premier League games scheduled before he turns 25 on January 4th. That means he has to play in all 12 of the games to break Rooney's record!

NO YELLOW PERIL FOR EVRA
Dear Martin. I was surprised to see that Patrice Evra has not been booked yet this season. Has any other player committed more fouls than he has without getting booked this season? Oliver (Manchester United fan) MARTIN SAYS: The simple answer is no. According to Opta, Patrice Evra has committed 19 fouls so far in the Premier League without receiving a caution. In fact, his last booking came against Manchester City on April 17 last season - that's 12 games without a booking. Our stats suggest that's one more than Blackpool's Luke Varney who has committed 18 fouls without seeing yellow. Meanwhile, Aston Villa's John Carew, Blackburn's Phil Jones and West Brom's Youssouf Mulumbu have all recorded 15 fouls without a caution: Most fouls without getting booked (2010/11 Premier League): 1. Patrice Evra, Manchester United (19)
2. Luke Varney, Blackpool (18)
3. John Carew, Aston Villa / Phil Jones, Blackburn / Youssouf Mulumbu, West Brom (15)
6. Mikel Arteta, Everton / James McCarthy, Wigan (13)
8. Peter Crouch, Tottenham / Moussa Dembele, Fulham / Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Wolves / Charles N'Zogbia, Wigan (12)

Tyler's teaser

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