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Thursday 30 October 2014 14:31, UK
Martin Tyler's stats and facts column is back. Read on to find out more about matches that saw 10 men versus 10 very early and the game with the most own goals...
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I was at Loftus Road on Sunday for a remarkable game between Liverpool and QPR. Liverpool have still not scored any headed goals in the Premier League – and relied on own goals and deflections for their victory!
Steven Caulker accidentally gave Brendan Rodgers the win and was actually in the Swansea team that beat Liverpool 1-0 when Rodgers was in charge. Alex McCarthy worked under Rodgers at Reading and made his QPR debut in goal. In fact, Brendan had tried to sign him for Liverpool.
The game marked the first time this season that Liverpool have won back-to-back Premier League games and was the first time Steven Gerrard had played since the 11th anniversary of being made skipper on October 15, 2003.
Jose Enrique made his first Premier League start since October 2013 at home to Crystal Palace, while Richard Dunne has now scored 10 Premier League own goals – although he has scored 11 goals at the right end for his clubs in the Premier League.
He did, however, avoid adding to his eight Premier League red cards, which is a joint competition high along with Duncan Ferguson.
Has a team ever scored 8 in a PL game and not finished in the top 4? Has a team ever conceded 8 and not been relegated? #TylersTeasers Jack
MARTIN SAYS: With the help of Opta I can tell you that Southampton’s victory over Sunderland was the ninth occasion in the history of the Premier League that a team has scored eight goals (or more) in a single game. As you can see below, six of the previous eight sides to achieve this feat finished inside the top four, including two title winners.
However, the other two didn’t even finish in the top half! In 1999/2000, Newcastle beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0, but only finished 11th while Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 8-1 near the end of the 2007/08 campaign and finished 13th. The omens are rather better for Sunderland. The last five teams to concede eight goals in a single Premier League game were NOT relegated.
Previous Premier League games where one side has scored eight:
04/03/1995: Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town – United would go on to finish second that season with Ipswich bottom in 22nd.
06/02/1999: Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United – United would win the league that season, while Forest were relegated in 20th
19/09/1999: Newcastle 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday – Newcastle only finished 11th that season, while Wednesday were relegated in 19th.
11/05/2008: Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City – Middlesbrough finished 13th that term, while City actually finished higher in 9th.
22/11/2009: Tottenham 9-1 Wigan – Spurs won big on their way to a fourth-placed finish, while Wigan survived in 16th
09/05/2010: Chelsea 8-0 Wigan – Chelsea won the title that season, while Wigan, as mentioned above, finished 16th despite conceding eight twice.
28/08/2011: Man Utd 8-2 Arsenal – United finished second in 2011/12, just one place above Arsenal in third.
23/12/2012: Chelsea 8-0 Aston Villa – Chelsea went on to finish third, while Villa survived in 15th
@SkyFootball After yesterday, what is the most own goals scored in a single Premier League game? #TylersTeasers Ben Nichols
MARTIN SAYS: We saw two games this weekend in which two own goals were scored by one side. There were two own goals awarded in Sunderland’s 8-0 defeat to Southampton with Santiago Vergini and Liam Bridcutt both credited, before QPR repeated the trick with Richard Dunne and Steven Caulker both scoring past their own goalkeeper in their 3-2 loss to Liverpool.
However, that’s nothing compared to Sunderland who managed to score THREE own goals in a record-breaking Premier League game against Charlton Athletic in February 2003. The game at the Stadium of Light finished 3-1 to the visitors with all three goals scored by opposition players – Stephen Wright and Michael Proctor twice – in the space of seven minutes in the first half.
In fact, on that day, we saw a total of FIVE own goals in the Premier League, which is more than we’ve seen on any other day in the competition’s history. Also on that day, Kenny Cunningham accidentally netted the opener for Bolton against Birmingham and West Brom’s Phil Gilchrist scored at the wrong end in a 2-1 win at Manchester City.
So far, we have seen 11 own goals this season and we are on track to get close to the Premier League record of 49 own goals in one season, which was set last year. That contrasts to 1998/99 when only 20 own goals were scored. We are already more than half way to matching that tally already. I must say that this season, the Premier League’s goals accreditation panel has operated very quickly and efficiently – in the past the official verdicts often came weeks after the event.
Martin. I’ve just been to the Crystal Palace v Chelsea game when both teams were down to 10 men before half time. Is this the earliest we’ve seen both teams down to 10 men in a Premier League match? Mickey (Crystal Palace fan)
MARTIN SAYS: Saturday’s game at Selhurst Park saw Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta sent off after 40 minutes and Damien Delaney of Crystal Palace followed him just three minutes later. However, thanks to Opta I can tell you that we’ve seen EIGHT games in Premier League history where each side has received a red card BEFORE the 43rd minute. However, this is the first in the last 12 years.
For the quickest such occasion you have to go back to January 1993 and a 2-1 win for Middlesbrough over Southampton at Ayresome Park. In the 20th minute of that game, both Willie Falconer of Middlesbrough and Terry Hurlock of Southampton were sent for an early bath for an off-the-ball clash which was not seen by the referee, but was spotted by a linesman.
Eight Premier League games where both sides were reduced to 10 men quicker than Crystal Palace v Chelsea:
26/01/1993: Middlesbrough 2-1 Southampton – Falconer (20) and Hurlock (20) sent off
03/10/1994: Leicester 2-2 Coventry – Gillespie (27) and Willis (42) sent off
08/10/1994: Tottenham 1-1 QPR – Scott (37) and Ferdinand (37) sent off
20/09/1997: Bolton 0-0 Man Utd – Blake (33) and Pallister (33) sent off
28/03/1998: Bolton 2-0 Leicester – Bergsson (25) and Ullathorne (40) sent off
25/09/1999: Derby 0-1 Bradford – Myers (32) and Fuertes (36) sent off
29/09/2001: Charlton 2-0 Leicester – Brown (23) and Lewis (40) sent off
01/04/2002: Everton 3-1 Bolton – Ferguson (19) and Stelios (30) sent off
@SkyFootball Which player covered the most ground this weekend? #TylersTeasers Jamie Smart
MARTIN SAYS: A couple of weeks ago I told you that Burnley had covered the most ground collectively in the last round of Premier League games, so it may come as no surprise to find that a Burnley player covered the most ground individually in the latest round of games. That player is George Boyd, who was the only player to run more than 13km in his game (a 3-1 defeat to West Ham) at the weekend.
Nine other players ran more than 12km, including another Burnley player, Scott Arfield, and Man City midfielder James Milner. Interestingly, there are three Southampton players in the list who ran more than 12km in the 8-0 win over Sunderland – but also one Sunderland player; Will Buckley.
Players who covered the most ground in the Premier League this weekend (thanks to Opta):
George Boyd (Burnley) - 13,121m
James Milner (Manchester City) - 12,818m
Jack Cork (Southampton) - 12,550m
Will Buckley (Sunderland) - 12,454m
Scott Arfield (Burnley) - 12,443m
Dusan Tadic (Southampton) -12,264m
Jake Livermore (Hull City) - 12,191m
Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) - 12,160m
Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton) 12,083m
Morgan Amalfitano (West Ham) 12,006m
