The last scorer of 20 league goals in a season for each of the 92 league clubs?
The only club with 4 such scorers in one season?
The two players who did it with 3 clubs over 3 years?
Starring roles for David Hirst, Glenn Murray, Jamie Cureton:
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Whose last Liverpool appearance was the 9-0 win over Crystal Palace (their opponents this weekend)?

Which Brentford defender has committed only 3 fouls in his past 38 PL games?

Quiz ahead of the Premier League weekend:
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The quartet to have finished in the top eight of the English top-flight table with 5 different clubs (including Stan Collymore), and the one of those who finished in the top seven each time (Milner can join him this season). Game in Numbers:
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League Two:
Scored most goals: Notts County 83, Stockport 82
Conceded most goals: Notts County 79, Salford 78

Last to do both in a full season: Luton, 2nd tier, 1937-38 (F89, A86)

Game in Numbers
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Man Utd:
Last team to stop Liverpool winning (drew yesterday)
Last team to beat Liverpool (last month)
Last team to stop Liverpool scoring (December)

Game in Numbers
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Most left-footed penalties scored in a PL season:

This season (already): 35
2006-07: 24
The Haaland/Salah/Saka/Havertz/Odegaard/Vieira/Palmer/Madueke/Mbeumo/Sarabia/Paqueta/ Olise/McAtee effect

Game in Numbers
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If the remaining 67 games of the Premier League season all end 0-0, this campaign would still finish with more goals per game than every season from 2000-01 to 2008-09.

Game in Numbers:
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With Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal battling it out, here are the greatest post-war title races featuring at least three teams:
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Most PL goals conceded in opening 4mins at home since May 2022:
Liverpool 7 (only lost 1 of those 7 games)
Arsenal, Brighton, C Palace, Man Utd 3

Game in Numbers
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Man City no 0-0s in 89 games, Arsenal none in 65, then:

Man City 0, Arsenal 0. The 1st 0-0 between top-flight teams each without a goalless draw in previous 65+ games (all comps) since …

Nov 5th 1932: Leicester v Sheff Wed

Game in Numbers
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The unlucky surname for own goals
Longest run of shots without scoring
Man Utd’s lucky charm v Brentford

Quiz ahead of the Premier League’s return
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The last teams to play 3 league games at Easter
Reverse fixtures, reverse results
Good Friday classics
How the first Easter Sunday league game fell flat
And an Easter XI (David Cross, Bunny Bell …)
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Every teenage Wembley scorer in men's senior internationals or games involving a league club. Listed here:

A delve into the history of England v Brazil ahead of their weekend meeting:

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Ipswich hit 40% of Championship goals: most in any div on one day since 1899 (min. 9 games):
Swan 2 Cardiff 0
Birm 0 Wat 1
Ips 6 Sheff W 0
M’brough 0 B'burn 0
Plym 0 Preston 1
Rotherham 0 Hudd 0
Stoke 0 Norwich 3
Sund 0 QPR 0
WBA 2 Bristol C 0

Column:
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⚽️ Deep Dive: Football’s record-breaking goalkeepers

From the seemingly unsurpassable Peter Shilton to the flop who conceded 13 goals on debut, our resident stats guru Bill Edgar runs the numbers on the men between the posts ⬇️
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The 7 players with 10+ starts for English league clubs football as both keeper and outfielder
The keepers who shipped double figures on debut
For every league club, keeper with most appearances and most consecutive appearances
Deep Dive on goalkeepers:
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So far in Euro competition this week:
English clubs 12, opponents 0

A half FA Cup-half Premier League quiz to tackle:

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Newcastle’s late goal tonight means this is the 10th round of Premier League matches in a row with 30 or more goals. Last season the longest such run was 2 rounds in a row.
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