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Jan 5

1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information.

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Opta have a long-established list of ‘Event Definitions’ in football. These allow us to provide in-depth data consistent across the globe

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Who will be relegated from the Premier League in 2022-23? That excellent 1-0 win over Liverpool has REALLY helped Bournemouth's chances of staying up (as it stands), but with nine teams separated by just five points, it's an ever-changing fight.

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Who Will Be Relegated From the Premier League in 2022-23?

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10+ - Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are the only teams in Europe's top 10 leagues with three players on 10+ league goals this season: 12 - Martinelli 10 - Saka 10 - Ødegaard 19 - Mbappé 13 - Neymar 13 - Messi Triumvirates.

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3+ - Leandro Trossard is the first player since Santi Cazorla in 2012-13 to record a hat-trick of goals and a hat-trick of assists in a single Premier League campaign. ⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs Liverpool in October 🅰️🅰️🅰️ vs Fulham today Trebles.

Leandro Trossard

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5 - Arsenal have become the first side in English Football League history to win five consecutive London derbies away from home without conceding a goal. Authority.

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3 - Leandro Trossard is the first player in Premier League history to make a hat-trick of assists in the first half of an away game. Trio.

Leandro Trossard

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17 - Will Still is only the second manager to remain unbeaten in his first 17 games in the Top 5 European Leagues in the 21st century, after Tito Vilanova with Barcelona in 2012/13 (18). Invincible ? #ASMSDR

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94% - In the 16 Premier League meetings between Newcastle and Wolves, both sides have scored in 15 (94%) - this is the highest such ratio of any fixture to be played 5+ times in the competition's history. Inevitable.

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5 - Arsenal have become the first side in English Football League history to win five consecutive London derbies away from home without conceding a goal. Authority.

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3 - Leandro Trossard is the first player in Premier League history to make a hat-trick of assists in the first half of an away game. Trio.

Leandro Trossard

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2 - Casemiro is the first player to receive two red cards in a single Premier League season for Manchester United since Nemanja Vidic in 2013-14. Orders.

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23 - Gabriel Martinelli has scored 23 goals for Arsenal in the Premier League, levelling Nicolas Anelka's total for league goals scored for the club while 21 or under, and trailing only teammate Bukayo Saka (27) in this age category overall. Fearless.

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4 - Ollie Watkins has scored in each of his last four Premier League away games, the longest run by an Aston Villa player since Dwight Yorke between March and May 1998 (also four). Streak.

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3 - Crystal Palace have become the first team on record (since 2003-04) to fail to have a single shot on target in three consecutive Premier League matches. Blunt.

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8 - Harry Kane has scored eight headed goals in the Premier League this season - only Duncan Ferguson has ever scored more in a single campaign (9 in 1997-98). Noggin.

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2/15 - Today’s defeat at Bournemouth was just the second time Liverpool have lost a game with Van Dijk, Konaté, Robertson and Alexander-Arnold all starting, also losing last season's Champions League final against Real Madrid (P15 W10 D3 L2). Unexpected.

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2 - Liverpool have lost consecutive Premier League matches against opponents starting the day bottom of the table for the first time since December 2010-February 2011 (vs Wolves and West Ham respectively). Comedown.

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6 - Philip Billing has scored six goals in the Premier League this season, twice as many as he’d bagged in his previous three campaigns in the competition combined (3 in 77 apps). Imposing.

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Mar 10

✅ - The correct answer is Gareth Southgate, which was correctly guessed first by

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8 - Bukayo Saka completed eight of his nine dribble attempts against Sporting CP (89%); across all competitions this season, no Premier League player has completed more in a single match. Elusive.

Bukayo Saka

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🧵- Welcome to

's Thursday Thread, where we'll look at the impact of Roberto De Zerbi since joining Brighton. Across Europe's top five leagues, only Barcelona (64%) & Bayern Munich (63%) have averaged more possession than the Seagulls (62%) since last October. Control.

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31 - Most wins in all competitions this season among teams in Europe's big five leagues: 31 - Manchester United 30 - No team 29 - No team 28 - No team 27 - Barcelona, Napoli, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City Gap.

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have scored 2+ goals in 15 consecutive home matches for the fourth time in their history, and for the first time since March-October 2000. Rampant.

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12 & 6 - Manchester United have scored 12 goals from fast break situations this season, the most of any team from Europe's top five leagues in all competitions; six of them have been scored by Marcus Rashford, also the most of any player in Europe. Rush.

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26 - Marcus Rashford has scored 26 goals in all competitions this season, the third most of any player from Europe's top five leagues after Erling Haaland (33) and Kylian Mbappé (30). Laces.

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0 - Following their 7-0 defeat against Liverpool, Manchester United have named an unchanged starting XI for the first time since September. Redemption?

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2 - Paulinho is only the second player to score against both Arsenal and Tottenham in a single season in European competition, after Youssef El Arabi for Olympiakos in 2019-20 (excluding qualifying rounds). Double.

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5 - Florian Wirtz has either scored or assisted in each of his last five starts for Bayer Leverkusen (2 goals, 4 assists). Wunderkind.

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6 - Only Bukayo Saka (9) has provided more assists in all competitions this season for

@Arsenal

than Fábio Vieira (6). Whip.

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UEFA Champions League and FC Bayern Munich

Having found the attacking sting to accompany their control, Brighton have been on a fine run since October onwards. Since (and including) their 4-1 win against Chelsea, De Zerbi’s side have the fifth-best points per game ratio in the Premier League (1.9). Europe, anyone?

Top four (games in hand!)
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Top six
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Just miss out on Europe
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4,501 votesFinal results

Once the Seagulls bypass pressure, they accelerate up the pitch through their wingers. Solly March & Kaoru Mitoma both rank in the top 10 players for dribbles completed since October (both 31). Mitoma, meanwhile, has the most dribbles completed in the penalty area (16). Drive.

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Brighton’s patient build-up, which attracts the opposition out, is key to them profiting on spaces left behind. Their goals per game average of 1.9 is bettered only by Man City (2.3) & Arsenal (2.2), while they’re also one of three teams averaging 3+ big chances per game. Punch.

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Overall, only Manchester City (5.4) have averaged more build-up attacks per game than Brighton (4.8) in the Premier League since De Zerbi took charge. Similarly, only Guardiola’s side have averaged more passes per sequence of play (4.9) than the Seagulls (4.5). Crafted.

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Everything begins at the back for Brighton. Since the start of October, Lewis Dunk has averaged more passes per 90 than any other player in the Premier League (92.8). He also leads all defenders for involvement in build-up sequences that end with a shot (52). Initiator.

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🧵- Welcome to

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1 - In Bayern Munich's 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain last night, Joshua Kimmich had the most touches (79), completed the most passes (73) and created the most chances (4) of any Bayern player. Busy.

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