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Season 2010/2011 Issue Seven

Barclays Barclays Premier league barclays premier league race for the golden boot race for the golden glove statistics 2010/11 Player (Team) Goals Player (Team) Clean Sheets The Player With The Most...... (Chelsea) 6 (Man City) 4 Shots On Target (Man Utd) 6 Petr Cech (Chelsea) 4 Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd) 17 (Chelsea) 5 () 2 Shots Off Target (Sunderland) 5 Ali Al Habsi (Wigan) 2 (Chelsea), Luis (Man Utd) 12 Andrew Carroll (Newcastle) 4 (Aston Villa) 2 Shots Without Scoring (West Ham) 18 Shots Per Goal The big Drogs all set for Hugo Rodallega (Wigan) 25 Assists Luis Nani (Man Utd) 6 battle of the Bridge Offsides C Jerome (Birmingham), D Berbatov (Man Utd) 11 helsea's march to a at home to Bolton, while West second successive Ham know that another home Fouls CBarclays Premier League win over Fulham will lift them (Bolton) 24 title was rudely interrupted by away from the foot of the Fouls Without A Card City last weekend table. P Evra (Man Utd), N Kalinic () 13 and 's men face Manchester United failed another stern test on Sunday to take advantage of the slip- Free-Kicks Won when they host Arsenal at ups suffered by Chelsea and (Everton) 22 Stamford Bridge. Arsenal last week and face a Penalties Scored Much had been made of tough fixture at Sunderland. Darren Bent (Sunderland) 3 Chelsea's apparent easy start has forged a Goals Scored Direct From Free-Kicks to the season which saw them side who are difficult to beat win their first five games at an at the and Five players 1 aggregate score of 21-1 but in Darren Bent they possess Saves Made already struck five times in 's goal was enough one of the division's most lethal Matthew Gilks () 49 to end that run at Eastlands. seven games this term. marksmen. Defensive Clearances Arsenal were also undone last Elsewhere, City face Bent scored a brace at weekend – at home to West Newcastle at home as they last weekend to (Sunderland) 17 Bromwich Albion – and Arsene look to build on that fine win take his tally for the season Defensive Blocks last weekend while stuttering Wenger's side will be desperate to seven and he will fancy (Blackburn) 9 to make up for their dismal host Blackpool in a his chances against a United record against the top sides must-win encounter for Roy back four which has looked last season. Hodgson's side. shaky in recent weeks. Didier Drogba's brace was After losing to Northampton In the weekend's other enough for the Blues to win and drawing to Sunderland the fixtures, Wigan face Wolves, the same fixture last season Reds are in desperate need of a Everton travel to Birmingham and the Ivory Coast striker will return to normality against Ian still looking for their first win again be the chief danger. Holloway's plucky newcomers. of the season, Stoke host He hit 38 goals for club and West Brom will be looking Blackburn and Spurs face country last season and has to continue their bright start Aston Villa. Barclays Premier league Barclays Premier league The Team With The Most...... birthday boys milestones Shots On Target Arsenal 65 2nd October Shots Off Target Arsenal 53 (22) West Ham Almost There...... Shots Per Goal Wigan 42.00 Dean Bouzanis (20) Liverpool 400 Appearances 3rd October Corners Arsenal 55 (Man Utd) 398 Danny Coid (29) Blackpool Fouls 95 4th October 300 Appearances Tomas Rosicky (30) Arsenal Woodwork Strikes Stoke 6 (Fulham) 299 (23) Stoke Offsides Blackpool 26 250 Appearances Penalties Conceded Birmingham, Stoke 3 (Tottenham) 248 Barclays Premier league Yellow Cards Wolverhampton 19 grand totals 200 Appearances Red Cards Sunderland, Bolton, Arsenal 2 Eidur Gudjohnsen (Stoke) 199 barclays premier league goals 150 Goals Barclays Premier league 18627 (Man Utd) 148 press office 100 Goals There will be a 24-hour press office to answer any queries barclays premier league attendance (Tottenham) 97 regarding the sponsorship and general football matters: 50 Goals Andrew McDougall > 0203 134 1849 220891160 Mobile: 07775 547302 Danny Murphy (Fulham) 48 Email: [email protected]

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Birmingham v Everton Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Chris Kershaw 0844 557 1497 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Darren Griffiths 0151 330 2278 Alex McLeish Blues manager Alex McLeish has pleaded for Everton have made their worst start to a season Played 68 Won 19 Drawn 24 Lost 25 For 78 patience as he waits for his summer signings Against 95 since 1994. Still chasing their first league win of – Alexandr Hleb, and Nikola Av Pts/game 1.19 the season, they have taken just three points Zigic – to make an impact in the Barclays Biggest Win(s) Won 4-1 on 2 occasions from their first six matches in the Barclays Premier League. But if Birmingham are strug- Biggest Loss(es) Aston Villa 5 Birmingham 1 Premier League and currently sit bottom. But gling to find the net, they have scored only twice in three (20/04/2008). ’ side have not had much luck and although the home matches this season, they remain as difficult to beat David Moyes manager has expressed his shock at the Toffees’ plight, he as last season and have only lost one of their first six league Played 319 Won 129 Drawn 85 Lost 105 insists they will soon start to work their way up the table. matches, at West Brom earlier this month. For 416 Against 385 Av Pts/game 1.48 Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Win(s) Everton 7 Sunderland 1 Barclays Premier League Record (24/11/2007). Biggest Loss(es) Arsenal 7 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 7 Everton 0 (11/05/2005). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 2 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 234 66 71 97 243 310 Played....4 McLeish...... 1 Moyes...... 0 702 244 195 263 877 901 Draws.....3 Goals 6 Goals 5 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 13/03/10 League 25/09/10 League 1 Taylor...... 0(0) 1 Mucha...... 0(0) Birmingham...... 0 Wigan...... 0 Birmingham...... 2 Everton...... 2 Fulham...... 0 Everton...... 0 Att: 22,186 2 Carr...... 6(0) 2 Hibbert...... 4(0) Att: 25,598 3 Murphy...... 0(0) Jerome 26 Anichebe 19 3 Baines...... 6(0) Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, 4 Bowyer...... 5(1) Gardner 52 22 5 Heitinga...... 3(1) Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly (Baird 28), Hangeland, Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bowyer (Zigic 61), 5 Johnson...... 6(0) Att: 24,579 6 Jagielka...... 6(0) Hughes, Salcido, Davies (Kamara 71), Etuhu, Murphy, Hleb (Beausejour 62), Jerome (Phillips 78). Booked: 6 Ridgewell...... 6(0) 23/01/10 FA Cup 4th round 7 Bilyaletdinov...... 1(3) Duff, Dempsey, Gera (Johnson 55). Booked: Salcido Johnson 31, Dann 68. Dismissed: Gardner 89. 7 Larsson...... 6(0) Everton...... 1 Birmingham...... 2 8 Saha...... 1(2) 80, Duff 86. Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Figueroa, 8 Gardner...... 5(1) Osman 56 Benitez 7 10 Arteta...... 6(0) Everton: Howard, Coleman (Bilyaletdinov 88), Thomas, Diame (Watson 82), Stam (Di Santo 59), 9 Phillips...... 0(1) Att: 30,875 Ferguson 40 15 Distin...... 6(0) Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Neville, Fellaini, Arteta, McCarthy, N’Zogbia, Rodallega, Di Santo (Moses 90). 10 Jerome...... 6(0) 16 Beckford...... 3(1) Pienaar, Cahill (Osman 62), Yakubu. Booked: Pienaar Booked: Rodallega 31, Stam 40, Gohouri 45. 12 Ferguson...... 6(0) Overall Head To Head 17 Cahill...... 5(0) 76. 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 13 Doyle...... 0(0) 18 Neville...... 2(0) 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round Birmingham...... 3 Milton Keynes Dons...... 1 14 Derbyshire...... 0(3) Played....116 Draws...... 34 0-0’s...... 8 19 Gueye...... 0(0) Brentford...... 1 Everton...... 1 Hleb 24 Wilbraham 80 15 Dann...... 6(0) Birmingham wins 24 Goals 145 (1.2 per game) 20 Pienaar...... 6(0) Alexander 41 Coleman 6 Zigic 26 16 McFadden...... 3(1) Times failed to score 36 21 Osman...... 3(2) Att: 8,960 Gardner 28 Att: 9,450 17 Michel...... 0(0) Everton wins 58 Goals 213 (1.8 per game) 22 Yakubu...... 1(2) Brentford win 4-3 on penalties 18 Fahey...... 1(2) 23 Coleman...... 1(3) 19 Zigic...... 1(4) Times failed to score 20 24 Howard...... 6(0) PL Apps 44 20 Valles ...... 0(0) Biggest League win at Birmingham for each team: 25 Fellaini...... 5(1) PL Apps 124 One to watch PL Goals 1 21 Parnaby...... 0(0) 26/12/1955 Birmingham 6-2 Everton 26 Rodwell...... 1(1) One to watch PL Goals 5 22 Hleb...... 2(0) 18/01/1975 Birmingham 0-3 Everton 28 Anichebe...... 0(0) Roger Johnson 23 Beausejour...... 0(2) 29 Silva...... 0(0) 24 O’Shea...... 0(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 30 Mustafi...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 578 26 Foster...... 6(0) At Birmingham >>> 32 Garbutt...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 576 27 Redmond...... 0(0) 34 Duffy...... 0(0) Matches 6, Birmingham: won 1, scored 7, Matches Goals 1 28 Jiranek...... 0(0) 35 Agard...... 0(0) Goals 0 Drawn: 3, Everton: won 2, scored 6 Shots on 1 off 2 - Wilson 36 Bidwell...... 0(0) Shots on 3 off 3 Assists 0 At Everton >>> 37 Baxter...... 0(0) Assists 0 Matches 6, Everton: won 2, scored 7, Matches 38 Wallace...... 0(0) Fouls committed 7 Drawn: 4, Birmingham: won 0, scored 4 39 Akpan...... 0(0) Fouls committed 4 Fouls awarded 11 Fouls awarded 8 Last 0-0 draw >>> Caught offside 0 At Everton (22/04/2006) Caught offside 0 Blocks 16 Last Sending off >>> Blocks 4 Clearances 4 Muzzy Izzet (13/11/2004) Clearances 2 dob 28/04/83 Discipline 3 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 17/08/82 Discipline 0 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Birmingham Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Everton Lge FA CC Eu Tot ...... 3 0 1 0 4 Played ...... 2 0 0 0 2 16/10 Arsenal (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 17/10 Liverpool (H) Matt Derbyshire...... 0 0 1 1 2 Steven Pienaar...... 1 0 0 0 1 1 for Olympiacos 23/10 Blackpool (H) 7 8 Goals scored 4 7 23/10 Tottenham (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Roger Johnson...... 1 0 0 0 1 26/10 Brentford (H) 77 68 Minutes per goal 135 77 30/10 Stoke (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 31/10 Aston Villa (A) 06/11 Blackpool (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 How the goals are scored ...... 0 0 1 0 1 Cameron Jerome...... 1 0 0 0 1 06/11 West Ham (H) 10/11 Bolton (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 09/11 Stoke (A) 6 5 Right foot 2 4 14/11 Arsenal (H) Seamus Coleman...... 0 0 1 0 1 Nikola Zigic...... 0 0 1 0 1 13/11 Man City (A) 0 0 Left foot 1 2 22/11 Sunderland (A) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 James McFadden...... 0 0 1 0 1 Jack Rodwell...... 0 0 1 0 1 cup competitions in italics 1 3 Headers 1 1 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 2 0 2 0 2 Clean sheets...... 2 0 2 0 2 5 1 Open play 3 7 Failed to score...... 4 0 1 3 1 Clean sheets...... 1 0 1 0 1 Scored 1 goal...... 1 0 0 1 0 Conceded 1 goal...... 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 Cross 0 0 Scored 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 Conceded 1 goal...... 4 0 1 3 1 Scored 2 goals...... 3 1 2 0 5 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 2 0 2 1 2 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 0 1 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 0 1 0 1 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 1 0 1 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 1 Direct from free-kick 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.17 game 1.33 1 0 Free-kick 1 0 0.67 game 1.17 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 2 0 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 6 4 6 yards 2 2 Roger Johnson ��������� 3:40 Cameron Jerome 15 Cameron Jerome 11 Mikel Arteta 17 Ayegbeni Yakubu 5 Steven Pienaar ������� 38:41 0 3 18 yards 2 3 (vs Bolton) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Man Utd) 1 1 18+ yards 0 2 Quickest Card Cameron Jerome 8 Craig Gardner 12 Mikel Arteta 12 Marouane Fellaini 14 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n ��������� 21:14 n Jermaine Beckford �� 32:14 Craig Gardner 8 Liam Ridgewell 15 2 1 Home 4 5 Mikel Arteta 5 Steven Pienaar 22 (vs Bolton) assists defensive clearances 5 7 Away 0 2 assists defensive clearances (vs Newcastle) Last Gasp Goal 3 Roger Johnson 16 1 Sylvain Distin 8 Last Gasp Goal Liam Ridgewell ������ 87:32 crosses defensive blocks 2 1 First half 2 4 crosses defensive blocks Mikel Arteta ������������ 91:55 (vs Sunderland) Sebastian Larsson 33 Scott Dann 5 5 7 Second half 2 3 Mikel Arteta 12 Phil Jagielka 2 (vs Man Utd)

Referee: P Dowd >> Assistant Referees D Mohareb & D Richardson >> Fourth Official M Halsey

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Stoke v Blackburn Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Colin Burgess 01782 592123 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Paul Agnew 01254 878000 Stoke hauled themselves out of the relegation Blackburn are unbeaten in their last three Played 82 Won 25 Drawn 24 Lost 33 For 79 zone with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Newcastle, Against 112 Barclays Premier League outings but lie just their first win on the road this season. Tony Av Pts/game 1.21 one point ahead of their hosts. ’s Pulis’ side have also been inconsistent at home Biggest Win(s) Stoke 3 Blackburn 0 side have never managed to pick up a point having won one, drawn one and lost one so far. (06/02/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Chelsea 7 Stoke from the Britannia Stadium and will be out for is in line make the 350th league appear- 0 (25/04/2010). revenge after being on the end of a 3-0 hiding last season. ance of his career while fellow hopes to Sam Allardyce New Zealand defender Ryan Nelson should start his 150th start his 50th league game since joining the Potters perma- Played 65 Won 22 Drawn 20 Lost 23 For 71 top-flight match for Rovers while midfielder Keith Andrews is nently from Portsmouth. Against 88 hoping to bring up his half-century. Av Pts/game 1.32 Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Win(s) Won 3-0 on 3 occasions Biggest Barclays Premier League Record Loss(es) Chelsea 5 Blackburn 0 (24/10/2009). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 3 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 17 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 3 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 10 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 82 25 24 33 79 112 Played. 10 Pulis...... 4 Allardyce...... 3 626 245 169 212 840 777 Draws.....3 Goals 10 Goals 9 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 26/09/10 League 06/02/10 League 25/09/10 League 1 Begovic...... 0(0) 1 Robinson...... 6(0) Newcastle...... 1 Stoke...... 2 Stoke...... 3 Blackburn...... 0 Blackpool...... 1 Blackburn...... 2 Nolan 43 pen Jones 67 3 Higginbotham..... 1(0) 3 Olsson...... 2(2) Phillips 85 Adam 20 og 4 Huth...... 6(0) Higginbotham 8 4 Samba...... 6(0) Perch 85 og Sidibe 45 Att: 27,386 Emerton 90 Att: 41,915 5 Collins...... 5(0) 5 Givet...... 6(0) Att: 15,901 6 Whelan...... 3(3) Etherington 67 6 Nelsen...... 6(0) Newcastle: Krul, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose 7 Gudjohnsen...... 0(2) 28/11/09 League 7 Emerton...... 0(3) Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley (Phillips 84), Evatt, Cathcart, Enrique, Ben Arfa (Gutierrez 62), Barton, Tiote 8 Soares...... 0(0) Blackburn...... 0 Stoke...... 0 8 Dunn...... 1(1) Crainey, Vaughan, Adam, Taylor-Fletcher, Harewood (Ameobi 74), Routledge, Nolan, Carroll. 9 Jones...... 5(0) Att: 25,143 9 Kalinic...... 6(0) (Grandin 66), Campbell, Ormerod (Varney 65). Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Collins, 10 Fuller...... 2(4) 10 E. Diouf...... 6(0) Booked: Harewood 45, Taylor-Fletcher 90. Whelan (Delap 57), Whitehead, Diao (Fuller 49), 11 Sidibe...... 0(2) 11 Grella...... 3(0) Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Etherington, Jones, Walters, Fuller (Gudjohnsen 67). 12 Wilson...... 1(0) Overall Head To Head 12 Pedersen...... 6(0) Nzonzi (Andrews 66), Jones, Pedersen, M. Diouf Booked: Diao 20. 14 Pugh...... 0(1) 13 Bunn...... 0(0) (Emerton 46), Kalinic (Mwaruwari 76), E. Diouf. 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 15 Diao...... 1(0) Played...... 82 Draws...... 14 0-0’s...... 2 14 Linganzi...... 0(0) Booked: Salgado 30. Stoke...... 2 Fulham...... 0 16 Pennant...... 1(1) Stoke wins 30 Goals 117 (1.4 per game) 15 Nzonzi...... 2(4) 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round Higginbotham 23 Att: 12,778 17 Shawcross...... 6(0) Times failed to score 25 16 Roberts...... 0(0) Aston Villa...... 3 Blackburn...... 1 Jones 79 18 Whitehead...... 6(0) Blackburn wins 38 Goals 146 (1.8 per game) 17 Andrews...... 0(1) Heskey 59 Givet 34 19 Walters...... 5(0) 19 Doran...... 0(0) Young 75, 77 Att: 18,753 20 Sanli...... 0(2) Times failed to score 19 21 Mwaruwari...... 0(2) PL Apps 63 21 Davies...... 0(0) Biggest League win at Stoke for each team: 23 Hoilett...... 0(1) PL Apps 118 One to watch PL Goals 5 23 Tonge...... 0(2) 31/10/1903 Stoke 6-2 Blackburn 27 Salgado...... 6(0) One to watch PL Goals 11 24 Delap...... 5(1) 23/12/1889 Stoke 0-3 Blackburn 28 Jones...... 6(0) Ryan Shawcross 25 Faye...... 5(0) 29 Gunning...... 0(0) Christopher Samba 26 Etherington...... 6(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 33 Morris...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 582 27 Nash...... 0(0) At Stoke >>> 34 Fielding...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 577 28 Wilkinson...... 2(0) 39 Chimbonda...... 0(1) Matches 2, Stoke: won 2, scored 4, Matches Drawn: Goals 0 29 Sorensen...... 6(0) 41 M. Diouf...... 4(2) Goals 1 0, Blackburn: won 0, scored 0 Shots on 1 off 5 30 Shotton...... 0(0) Shots on 1 off 3 Assists 0 36 Lund...... 0(0) At Blackburn >>> Assists 0 38 St Louis-Hamilton.....0(0) Matches 2, Blackburn: won 1, scored 3, Matches Fouls committed 7 Drawn: 1, Stoke: won 0, scored 0 Fouls committed 6 Fouls awarded 6 Fouls awarded 7 Last 0-0 draw >>> Caught offside 0 At Blackburn (28/11/2009) Caught offside 2 Blocks 8 Last Sending off >>> Blocks 15 Clearances 0 Christopher Samba (06/02/2010) Clearances 9 dob 04/10/87 Discipline 1 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 28/03/84 Discipline 0 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Stoke Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Blackburn Lge FA CC Eu Tot ...... 3 0 1 0 4 Played Mame Diouf...... 1 0 3 0 4 16/10 Bolton (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 18/10 Sunderland (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Nikola Kalinic...... 2 0 0 0 2 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 24/10 Man Utd (H) 7 9 Goals scored 7 7 24/10 Liverpool (A) Christopher Samba...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 27/10 West Ham (A) 77 60 Minutes per goal 77 77 30/10 Chelsea (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 30/10 Everton (A) 06/11 Wigan (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 How the goals are scored ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Tuncay Sanli...... 0 0 1 0 1 06/11 Sunderland (A) 10/11 Newcastle (A) Gael Givet...... 0 0 1 0 1 ...... 0 0 1 0 1 09/11 Birmingham (H) 2 5 Right foot 1 6 13/11 Tottenham (A) 13/11 Liverpool (H) 0 1 Left foot 3 0 21/11 Aston Villa (H) cup competitions in italics 5 3 Headers 3 1 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 1 0 0 1 0 Clean sheets...... 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Open play 5 5 Failed to score...... 0 0 0 0 0 Clean sheets...... 1 1 0 0 3 Scored 1 goal...... 3 0 1 2 1 Conceded 1 goal...... 3 2 1 0 7 0 1 Cross 0 1 Scored 1 goal...... 5 1 2 2 5 Conceded 1 goal...... 3 1 2 0 5 Scored 2 goals...... 2 2 0 0 6 Conceded 2 goals....3 0 0 3 0 2 0 Corner 1 0 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 0 2 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.17 game 1.50 1 2 Free-kick 0 1 1.17 game 1.17 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 1 0 1 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 5 3 6 yards 2 3 Ricardo Fuller ��������� 24:42 Kenwyne Jones 16 Ricardo Fuller 3 Nikola Kalinic 12 Nikola Kalinic 6 Nikola Kalinic ���������� 13:54 2 5 18 yards 4 3 (vs Tottenham) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Everton) 0 1 18+ yards 1 1 Quickest Card Kenwyne Jones 7 Dean Whitehead 12 Nikola Kalinic 7 Nikola Kalinic 13 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Salif Diao ������������ 19:56 n Michel Salgado �29:27 Kenwyne Jones 9 Robert Huth 8 4 4 Home 3 3 El-Hadji Diouf 7 El-Hadji Diouf 11 (vs Newcastle) assists defensive clearances 3 5 Away 4 4 assists defensive clearances (vs Blackpool) Last Gasp Goal 4 Ryan Shawcross 8 2 Christopher Samba 15 Last Gasp Goal Robert Huth ������������ 92:49 crosses defensive blocks 1 8 First half 5 1 crosses defensive blocks Brett Emerton ��������� 92:25 (vs Aston Villa) Matthew Etherington 13 Dean Whitehead 3 6 1 Second half 2 6 Morten Gamst Pedersen 22 Christopher Samba 9 (vs Blackpool)

Referee: H Webb >> Assistant Referees M Mullarkey & B Pollock >> Fourth Official M Oliver

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Sunderland v Man Utd Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Lee Marshall 0871 911 1225 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Philip Townsend 0161 868 8216 Steve Bruce Sunderland are in good shape as they prepare United have made an unbeaten start to the Played 44 Won 12 Drawn 15 Lost 17 For 55 to face Manchester United on the back of Against 63 Barclays Premier League season but are yet a four-match unbeaten run in the Barclays Av Pts/game 1.16 to win on the road having been held to draws Premier League. But the Black Cats have Biggest Win(s) Sunderland 4 Bolton 0 at Fulham, Everton and Bolton. However, they not beaten United since March 1997, shortly (09/03/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Chelsea 7 have won on their last four trips to the Stadium after their boss Steve Bruce left as a player. Sunderland 2 (16/01/2010). of Light, scoring 10 goals and conceding just twice. Defender Striker Darren Bent scored twice in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Jonny Evans has yet to find the net for United, his solitary Liverpool and now needs one more goal to reach the 150 Played 927 Won 549 Drawn 220 Lost 158 career goal coming against Hull while on at Sunderland mark in his career. For 1709 Against 826 back in 2007. Av Pts/game 2.01 Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Win(s) Man Utd 9 Ipswich 0 Barclays Premier League Record (04/03/1995). Biggest Loss(es) Newcastle 5 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 10 Man Utd 0 (20/10/1996). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 4 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 348 90 85 173 339 511 Played. 15 Bruce...... 0 Ferguson...... 12 702 452 150 100 1390 599 Draws.....3 Goals 7 Goals 27 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 02/05/10 League 29/09/10 Champions League Group C Liverpool...... 2 Sunderland...... 2 1 Gordon...... 0(0) 1 Van der Sar...... 6(0) Valencia...... 0 Man Utd...... 1 2 Bardsley...... 1(1) Sunderland...... 0 Man Utd...... 1 2 Neville...... 1(0) Kuyt 5 Bent 25 pen, 48 Nani 28 Hernandez 85 Gerrard 64 Att: 43,626 3 Richardson...... 5(0) 3 Evra...... 6(0) Att: 52,689 4 Turner...... 2(0) Att: 47,641 4 Hargreaves...... 0(0) Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, 5 Mensah...... 1(1) 03/10/09 League 5 Ferdinand...... 0(0) Valencia: Cesar, Miguel, Navarro, Maduro, Mathieu, Konchesky (Agger 28), Poulsen (Ngog 61), Gerrard, 6 Cattermole...... 4(0) Man Utd...... 2 Sunderland...... 2 6 Brown...... 0(0) Pablo, Albelda (Topal 86), Costa (Fernandes 74), Kuyt, Meireles, Cole, Torres. Booked: Torres 59, Kuyt 7 Zenden...... 0(3) Berbatov 51 Bent 7 7 Owen...... 0(3) Mata, Dominguez (Aduriz 59), Soldado. Booked: 60, Gerrard 75. 8 Malbranque...... 6(0) Ferdinand 90 og Jones 58 8 Anderson...... 0(1) Aduriz 90. Sunderland: Mignolet, Onuoha, Turner, Bramble, 9 Campbell...... 3(0) Att: 75,114 9 Berbatov...... 6(0) Man Utd: Van der Sar, R. Da Silva (O’Shea 90), Bardsley, Elmohamady, Henderson, Cattermole, 10 Henderson...... 6(0) 10 Rooney...... 4(0) Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson Malbranque (Riveros 88), Welbeck (Gyan 81), Bent 11 Bent...... 6(0) Overall Head To Head 11 Giggs...... 4(2) (Hernandez 77), Nani, Berbatov (Macheda 85), Park. (Zenden 90). Booked: Mignolet 90. 12 Angeleri...... 0(0) 12 Smalling...... 0(1) 26/09/10 League 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 14 Da Silva...... 1(0) Played....114 Draws...... 27 0-0’s...... 7 13 Park...... 1(2) Bolton...... 2 Man Utd...... 2 Sunderland...... 1 West Ham...... 2 15 Onuoha...... 5(0) Sunderland wins 37 Goals 176 (1.5 per game) 14 Hernandez...... 1(1) Knight 6 Nani 23 Gyan 41 Piquionne 35 16 Riveros...... 2(3) Times failed to score 29 15 Vidic...... 6(0) Petrov 67 Owen 74 Obinna 59 17 Welbeck...... 3(3) Man Utd wins 50 Goals 197 (1.7 per game) 16 Carrick...... 0(1) Att: 23,926 Att: 21,907 18 Meyler...... 0(0) 17 Nani...... 5(1) 19 Bramble...... 6(0) Times failed to score 22 18 Scholes...... 6(0) PL Apps 73 20 Reid...... 0(1) Biggest League win at Sunderland for each team: 20 Da Silva...... 0(0) PL Apps 132 One to watch PL Goals 6 22 Mignolet...... 6(0) 04/04/1893 & 11/12/1926 Sunderland 6-0 Man Utd 21 R. Da Silva...... 0(1) One to watch PL Goals 10 23 Healy...... 0(0) 07/11/1981 Sunderland 1-5 Man Utd 22 O’Shea...... 6(0) Michael Turner 24 Carson...... 0(0) 23 J. Evans...... 6(0) Nemanja Vidic 25 Colback...... 0(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 24 Fletcher...... 6(0) Mins on pitch 144 27 Elmohamady..... 6(0) At Sunderland >>> 25 Valencia...... 2(0) Mins on pitch 572 29 Ferdinand...... 3(0) 26 Obertan...... 0(0) Matches 9, Sunderland: won 1, scored 8, Matches Goals 0 30 Noble...... 0(0) 27 Macheda...... 0(2) Goals 1 Drawn: 2, Man Utd: won 6, scored 18 Shots on 0 off 1 33 Liddle...... 0(0) 28 Gibson...... 0(1) Shots on 1 off 4 Assists 0 - Weir At Man Utd >>> 29 Kuszczak...... 0(0) Assists 0 Matches 9, Man Utd: won 7, scored 22, Matches 31 Evans...... 0(0) Fouls committed 1 Drawn: 2, Sunderland: won 0, scored 4 33 Bebe...... 0(0) Fouls committed 3 Fouls awarded 0 40 Amos...... 0(0) Fouls awarded 5 Last 0-0 draw >>> 42 Eikrem...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 At Man Utd (14/04/2006) Caught offside 0 Blocks 3 Last Sending off >>> Blocks 8 Clearances 1 (03/10/2009) Clearances 4 dob 09/11/83 Discipline 0 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 21/10/81 Discipline 1 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Sunderland Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Man Utd Lge FA CC Eu Tot Darren Bent...... 5 0 2 0 7 Played Dimitar Berbatov...... 6 0 0 0 6 18/10 Blackburn (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 West Brom (H) ...... 1 0 1 0 2 Luis Nani...... 2 0 0 1 3 23/10 Aston Villa (H) 7 7 Goals scored 16 9 20/10 (H) Michael Owen...... 1 0 2 0 3 31/10 Newcastle (A) 77 77 Minutes per goal 34 60 24/10 Stoke (A) ...... 2 0 0 0 2 06/11 Stoke (H) 26/10 Wolverhampton (H) How the goals are scored ...... 1 0 0 0 1 09/11 Tottenham (A) 30/10 Tottenham (H) Nemanja Vidic...... 1 0 0 0 1 14/11 Chelsea (A) 4 4 Right foot 10 6 02/11 Bursaspor (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 22/11 Everton (H) 1 0 Left foot 2 1 06/11 Wolverhampton (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Ji-Sung Park...... 0 0 1 0 1 cup competitions in italics 2 3 Headers 4 2 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 1 0 0 1 0 Clean sheets...... 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 Open play 9 7 Failed to score...... 0 0 0 0 0 Clean sheets...... 2 2 0 0 6 Scored 1 goal...... 3 1 2 0 5 Conceded 1 goal...... 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 Cross 4 0 Scored 1 goal...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 1 goal...... 0 0 0 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 2 0 2 0 2 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 2 0 2 0 1 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 2 0 2 0 2 Conceded 2 goals....3 1 2 0 5 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 4 3 1 0 10 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 1 0 1 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 0 1 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.17 game 1.17 0 1 Free-kick 1 0 2.67 game 1.50 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 1 0 1 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 3 3 6 yards 7 2 Darren Bent ������������ 23:51 Jordan Henderson 10 Darren Bent 7 Dimitar Berbatov 26 Dimitar Berbatov 11 Paul Scholes ������������10:17 4 3 18 yards 7 6 (vs Birmingham) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Fulham) 0 1 18+ yards 2 1 Quickest Card Darren Bent 3 Ahmed Elmohamady 9 Dimitar Berbatov 17 Paul Scholes 14 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Antonio Valencia n . . 17:58 Jordan Henderson 7 16 4 3 Home 9 2 Luis Nani 12 Luis Nani 10 ���������������������������������� 38:10 (vs Wigan) assists defensive clearances 3 4 Away 7 7 assists defensive clearances (vs Fulham) Last Gasp Goal Jordan Henderson 2 Titus Bramble 17 Luis Nani 6 Jonathan Evans 8 Last Gasp Goal Darren Bent ������������ 94:14 crosses defensive blocks 2 2 First half 7 2 crosses defensive blocks Ryan Giggs ��������������84:38 (vs Arsenal) Ahmed Elmohamady 24 4 5 5 Second half 9 7 Luis Nani 23 Jonathan Evans 6 (vs Newcastle)

Referee: C Foy >> Assistant Referees A Garratt & A Madley >> Fourth Official P Tierney

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Tottenham v Aston Villa Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Richard Hubbard 0208 506 9818 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Claire Huggins 07870 296452 Tottenham’s star may have risen over the last Aston Villa have only returned from White Hart Played 74 Won 37 Drawn 16 Lost 21 For 113 three years but they have failed to beat Aston Against 79 Lane on the end of a defeat once in the last five Villa at home during that time. Their last win Av Pts/game 1.72 seasons, and a win here would be their 50th over them at came on Biggest Win(s) Tottenham 9 Wigan 1 league success over the north club. Day in 2006 when Jermain Defoe scored twice (22/11/2009). Biggest Loss(es) Man Utd 5 Gerard Houllier has won his first two games in in a 2–1 win. Defoe will miss this game through injury, and Tottenham 2 (25/04/2009). charge of Villa, but he failed to beat Spurs during his last two he has been missed this season, with Harry Redknapp’s Gerard Houllier games against them as Liverpool manager. The last time he men managing just six goals from their six Barclays Premier Played 1 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0 For 2 Against 1 beat Spurs – in 2003 – scored. League games. Av Pts/game 3.00 Biggest Win(s) Wolves 1 Aston Villa 2 Barclays Premier League Record (26/09/2010). Biggest Loss(es) No losses found Barclays Premier League Record Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 702 260 183 259 957 938 Played....9 Redknapp...... 3 Houllier...... 3 702 267 212 223 896 821 Draws.....3 Goals 7 Goals 11 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 29/09/10 Champions League Group A 06/02/10 League 26/09/10 League 1 Gomes...... 2(0) 1 Friedel...... 6(0) Tottenham...... 4 FC Twente...... 1 Tottenham...... 0 Aston Villa...... 0 Wolverhampton...... 1 Aston Villa...... 2 Van der Vaart 47 Chadli 56 2 Hutton...... 1(1) 2 L. Young...... 6(0) Jarvis 61 Downing 25 3 Bale...... 6(0) Att: 35,899 3 Warnock...... 6(0) Pavlyuchenko 50 pen, 28/11/09 League Heskey 88 4 Kaboul...... 4(0) 4 Sidwell...... 0(1) Att: 27,511 64 pen Aston Villa...... 1 Tottenham...... 1 Bale 85 Att: 32,518 5 Bentley...... 0(0) 5 Dunne...... 5(0) 6 Huddlestone...... 6(0) Agbonlahor 10 Dawson 77 6 Downing...... 6(0) Wolverhampton: Hahnemann, Foley (Stearman Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Bassong, King, Assou- 7 Lennon...... 5(1) Att: 39,866 7 A. Young...... 6(0) 73), Craddock, Berra, Ward (Elokobi 38), Edwards Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Huddlestone, Modric (Lennon 8 Jenas...... 3(0) 9 Ireland...... 2(0) (Guedioura 81), Henry, D. Jones, Jarvis, Fletcher, Doyle. 82), Bale, Pavlyuchenko (Keane 89), Crouch (Jenas 66). 9 Pavlyuchenko...... 1(4) 10 Carew...... 3(1) Booked: Craddock 59. Booked: Van der Vaart 42. Dismissed: Van der Vaart 61. 10 Keane...... 1(3) 11 Agbonlahor...... 2(2) Aston Villa: Friedel, L. Young, Cuellar, Collins, FC Twente: Mihailov, Rosales, Franco, Wisgerhof, 11 Van der Vaart.... 3(0) Overall Head To Head 12 Albrighton...... 6(0) Warnock, Albrighton (Agbonlahor 67), Reo-Coker, Kuiper, Brama, Janssen, Ruiz, Landzaat (de Jong 69), 12 Palacios...... 3(0) 14 Delfouneso...... 0(0) Petrov (Sidwell 86), Downing, A. Young, Heskey. Bajrami (Chadli 28), Janko. Booked: Mihailov 40, 13 Gallas...... 2(0) Played... 134 Draws...... 33 0-0’s.... 10 15 Davies...... 0(0) Booked: Warnock 18, Sidwell 90. Kuiper 53, Rosales 80. 14 Modric...... 3(0) Tottenham wins 52 Goals 216 (1.6 per game) 16 Delph...... 0(0) 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 25/09/10 League 15 Crouch...... 5(1) Times failed to score 34 17 Salifou...... 0(0) Aston Villa...... 3 Blackburn...... 1 West Ham...... 1 Tottenham...... 0 16 Naughton...... 0(0) Aston Villa wins 49 Goals 203 (1.5 per game) 18 Heskey...... 1(2) Heskey 59 Givet 34 Piquionne 29 Att: 34,190 17 Giovani...... 0(3) 19 Petrov...... 6(0) Young 75, 77 Att: 18,753 18 Defoe...... 2(0) Times failed to score 29 20 Reo-Coker...... 3(2) PL Apps 149 19 Bassong...... 1(0) Biggest League win at Tottenham for each team: 21 Clark...... 2(0) PL Apps 164 One to watch PL Goals 5 20 Dawson...... 3(0) 24/09/1960 Tottenham 6-2 Aston Villa 22 Guzan...... 0(0) One to watch PL Goals 6 21 Kranjcar...... 0(2) 04/04/1992 Tottenham 2-5 Aston Villa 23 Beye...... 0(1) Michael Dawson 22 Corluka...... 4(0) 24 Cuellar...... 1(1) 23 Cudicini...... 4(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 25 Bannan...... 0(1) Mins on pitch 292 24 O’Hara...... 0(0) At Tottenham >>> 27 Osbourne...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 578 26 King...... 3(0) 29 Collins...... 4(0) Matches 18, Tottenham: won 7, scored 26, Matches Goals 0 27 Alnwick...... 0(0) 30 Lichaj...... 0(0) Goals 0 Drawn: 7, Aston Villa: won 4, scored 21 Shots on 1 off 0 30 Sandro...... 0(0) 42 Weimann...... 0(1) Shots on 1 off 1 Assists 0 32 Assou-Ekotto.... 4(0) At Aston Villa >>> 45 Lowry...... 0(0) Assists 1 37 Pletikosa...... 0(0) Matches 18, Aston Villa: won 9, scored 24, Matches 48 Baker...... 0(0) Fouls committed 3 39 Woodgate...... 0(0) Drawn: 7, Tottenham: won 2, scored 14 50 Hogg...... 0(0) Fouls committed 9 Fouls awarded 4 45 Caulker...... 0(0) Fouls awarded 4 - Butcher Last 0-0 draw >>> Caught offside 0 - Smith At Tottenham (06/02/2010) Caught offside 0 Blocks 2 Last Sending off >>> Blocks 2 Clearances 2 (14/10/2006) Clearances 3 dob 18/11/83 Discipline 1 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 12/12/81 Discipline 3 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Tottenham Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Aston Villa Lge FA CC Eu Tot Roman Pavlyuchenko...... 1 0 0 3 4 Played ...... 3 0 0 0 3 16/10 Fulham (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 Chelsea (H) ...... 0 0 0 4 4 ...... 1 0 2 0 3 ...... 2 0 0 1 3 20/10 (A) 6 5 Goals scored 8 10 23/10 Sunderland (A) Emile Heskey...... 1 0 1 1 3 ...... 1 0 0 1 2 23/10 Everton (H) 90 108 Minutes per goal 68 54 27/10 Burnley (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 30/10 Man Utd (A) 31/10 Birmingham (H) Luka Modric...... 1 0 0 0 1 How the goals are scored Luke Young...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 02/11 Inter Milan (H) 06/11 Fulham (A) ...... 0 0 0 1 1 ...... 0 0 1 0 1 06/11 Bolton (A) 3 2 Right foot 2 7 10/11 Blackpool (H) ...... 0 0 0 1 1 Sebastien Bassong...... 0 0 0 1 1 09/11 Sunderland (H) 2 1 Left foot 3 1 13/11 Man Utd (H) Jermain Defoe...... 0 0 0 1 1 cup competitions in italics 1 2 Headers 3 2 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 3 0 1 2 1 Clean sheets...... 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 Open play 4 8 Failed to score...... 1 0 0 1 0 Clean sheets...... 2 2 0 0 6 Scored 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 Conceded 1 goal...... 5 2 1 2 7 0 0 Cross 3 2 Scored 1 goal...... 3 1 1 1 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....1 0 0 1 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 1 0 0 1 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 1 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.00 game 0.83 0 0 Free-kick 0 0 1.33 game 1.67 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 0 0 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 1 3 6 yards 3 3 Gareth Bale ������������� 19:00 Gareth Bale 16 Roman Pavlyuchenko 4 Stewart Downing 14 Ashley Young 6 Luke Young ��������������� 8:36 5 2 18 yards 4 5 (vs Stoke) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Everton) 0 0 18+ yards 1 2 Quickest Card Gareth Bale 13 11 Ashley Young 7 Stiliyan Petrov 13 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Michael Dawson �� 29:01 n �� 11:29 Rafael Van der Vaart 5 9 3 2 Home 5 1 7 Ashley Young 18 (vs Wigan) assists defensive clearances 3 3 Away 3 9 assists defensive clearances (vs Everton) Last Gasp Goal Aaron Lennon 1 Gareth Bale 5 3 James Collins 12 Last Gasp Goal Alan Hutton ������������90:57 crosses defensive blocks 3 4 First half 6 4 crosses defensive blocks Emile Heskey ���������� 87:18 (vs Wolverhampton) Gareth Bale 24 5 3 1 Second half 2 6 Stewart Downing 22 3 (vs Wolverhampton)

Referee: M Clattenburg >> Assistant Referees J Collin & S Ledger >> Fourth Official S Attwell

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 West Brom v Bolton Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact John Simpson 0121 524 3465 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Mark Alderton 01204 673 675 These two sides have met eight times in the Bolton have lost just one of their six Barclays Played 6 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 2 For 8 Premier League and four of those games have Against 11 Premier League games this season, and have ended in a 1–1 draw. West Brom have not Av Pts/game 1.67 scored five times on the road – a statistic beaten Bolton at home since October 2004 Biggest Win(s) West Brom 3 Birmingham 1 that betters the likes of Arsenal, Manchester when Kanu and Zoltan Gera scored in a 2–1 (18/09/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Chelsea 6 West City and Tottenham. Wanderers’ last win at win. The Baggies go into this weekend’s fixtures in sixth Brom 0 (14/08/2010). came in August 2000, when Isaiah Rankin place – unthinkable at the start of the season – with last and Gareth Farrelly scored in a 2–0 win. Owen Coyle’s men week’s 3–2 win at Arsenal the result of the campaign so far. Played 26 Won 7 Drawn 7 Lost 12 For 25 have drawn three of their last four away meetings with the Against 41 Baggies. Av Pts/game 1.08 Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Win(s) Bolton 4 Wigan 0 (13/03/2010). Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Loss(es) Sunderland 4 Bolton 0 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 5 (09/03/2010). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 12 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 1 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 10 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 158 30 42 86 140 262 Played....0 Di Matteo...... 0 Coyle...... 0 424 128 116 180 486 622 Draws.....0 Goals 0 Goals 0 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 21/03/09 League 26/09/10 League 1 Carson...... 6(0) 1 Bogdan...... 2(1) Arsenal...... 2 West Brom...... 3 West Brom...... 1 Bolton...... 1 Bolton...... 2 Man Utd...... 2 Nasri 75, 90 Odemwingie 50 2 Mattock...... 0(0) 2 Steinsson...... 6(0) Knight 6 Nani 23 3 Olsson...... 5(0) Shittu 82 og Taylor 67 3 Samuel...... 0(0) Jara 52 Att: 25,530 Petrov 67 Owen 74 Att: 60,025 Thomas 73 4 Cech...... 2(0) 4 Robinson...... 6(0) Att: 23,926 5 Tchoyi...... 0(3) 30/08/08 League 5 Cahill...... 4(0) Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Squillaci, Koscielny (Vela 6 Pablo...... 2(0) Bolton...... 0 West Brom...... 0 6 Muamba...... 6(0) Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Knight, Ricketts, 66), Clichy, Song, Diaby (Rosicky 56), Eboue (Wilshere 7 Morrison...... 4(0) Att: 20,387 7 Taylor...... 0(5) Robinson, Lee (Blake 90), Holden, Muamba (Davies 56), Nasri, Arshavin, Chamakh. Booked: Almunia 37, 8 Barnes...... 0(4) 8 Holden...... 6(0) 63), Petrov (Taylor 90), Elmander, K. Davies. Booked: Koscielny 52, Chamakh 63, Rosicky 80. 9 Bednar...... 1(0) 9 Elmander...... 6(0) M. Davies 80. West Brom: Carson, Jara, Pablo, Olsson, Shorey, 10 Miller...... 0(1) 10 Petrov...... 6(0) Man Utd: Van der Sar, O’Shea, Vidic, J. Evans, Evra, Mulumbu, Scharner (Reid 71), Brunt, Morrison 11 Brunt...... 6(0) Overall Head To Head 11 Gardner...... 0(0) Nani, Fletcher (Owen 71), Scholes, Giggs (Park 53), (Dorrans 78), Thomas (Tchoyi 83), Odemwingie. 12 Reid...... 0(4) 12 Knight...... 6(0) Rooney (Macheda 61), Berbatov. Booked: Scholes Booked: Olsson 9, Jara 53, Scharner 68. 13 Myhill...... 0(0) Played... 130 Draws...... 42 0-0’s...... 8 13 Lainton...... 0(0) 75, Vidic 84. 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 14 Thomas...... 5(0) West Brom wins 42 Goals 186 (1.4 per game) 14 K. Davies...... 6(0) 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round West Brom...... 2 Man City...... 1 17 Dorrans...... 3(2) Times failed to score 35 15 Riga...... 0(0) Burnley...... 1 Bolton...... 0 Zuiverloon 55 Jo 19 20 Shorey...... 4(1) Bolton wins 46 Goals 208 (1.6 per game) 16 M. Davies...... 0(5) Elliott 45 Att: 17,602 Cox 57 Att: 10,418 21 Mulumbu...... 6(0) 17 Klasnic...... 0(1) 22 Zuiverloon...... 0(0) Times failed to score 30 18 Ricketts...... 1(1) PL Apps 5 23 Meite...... 0(0) Biggest League win at West Brom for each team: 19 Moreno...... 0(0) PL Apps 107 One to watch PL Goals 24 Odemwingie...... 5(0) 08/12/1900 West Brom 7-2 Bolton 20 Blake...... 0(4) One to watch PL Goals 9 26 Hurst...... 0(0) 26/12/1923 West Brom 0-5 Bolton 21 Cohen...... 0(0) Gabriel Tamas 27 Mantom...... 0(0) 22 Jaaskelainen...... 4(0) 28 Fortune...... 3(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 23 Davis...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 474 29 Thorne...... 0(0) At West Brom >>> 25 Alonso...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 356 30 Tamas...... 5(0) 27 Lee...... 6(0) Matches 4, West Brom: won 1, scored 4, Matches Goals 0 31 Cox...... 0(1) 28 O’Brien...... 0(0) Goals 0 Drawn: 3, Bolton: won 0, scored 3 Shots on 0 off 5 32 Elford-Alliyu...... 0(0) 31 A. O’Brien...... 1(1) Shots on 2 off 0 Assists 0 33 Scharner...... 3(0) At Bolton >>> 35 Obadeyi...... 0(0) Assists 0 34 Downing...... 0(0) Matches 4, Bolton: won 1, scored 4, Matches Drawn: 40 Eaves...... 0(0) Fouls committed 6 35 Sawyers...... 0(0) 3, West Brom: won 0, scored 2 Fouls committed 3 Fouls awarded 1 36 Jara...... 6(0) Fouls awarded 7 37 Brown...... 0(0) Last 0-0 draw >>> Caught offside 0 38 Berahino...... 0(0) At Bolton (30/08/2008) Caught offside 0 Blocks 8 39 Allsop...... 0(0) Last Sending off >>> Blocks 6 40 Kiely...... 0(0) Clearances 4 Bruno N’Gotty (09/11/2002) Clearances 3 dob 09/11/83 Discipline 0 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 19/12/85 Discipline 0 Y 1 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics West Brom Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Bolton Lge FA CC Eu Tot ...... 3 0 0 0 3 Played Johan Elmander...... 3 0 0 0 3 16/10 Man Utd (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 Stoke (H) Gonzalo Jara...... 1 0 0 0 1 Kevin Davies...... 2 0 0 0 2 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 23/10 Fulham (H) 8 11 Goals scored 9 10 23/10 Wigan (A) Zat Knight...... 1 0 0 0 1 Jonas Olsson...... 1 0 0 0 1 26/10 (A) 68 49 Minutes per goal 60 54 31/10 Liverpool (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 01/11 Blackpool (A) 06/11 Tottenham (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 How the goals are scored Martin Petrov...... 1 0 0 0 1 Ibanez Pablo...... 0 0 1 0 1 07/11 Man City (H) 10/11 Everton (A) Ivan Klasnic...... 0 0 1 0 1 Simon Cox...... 0 0 1 0 1 10/11 West Ham (A) 6 9 Right foot 3 7 13/11 Wolverhampton (A) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 13/11 Wigan (A) 0 2 Left foot 3 1 20/11 Newcastle (H) cup competitions in italics 2 0 Headers 3 2 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 2 0 0 2 0 Clean sheets...... 1 1 0 0 3 6 8 Open play 4 7 Failed to score...... 1 0 1 0 1 Clean sheets...... 1 0 1 0 1 Scored 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 Cross 2 0 Scored 1 goal...... 2 0 1 1 1 Conceded 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Scored 2 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 2 goals....1 1 0 0 3 1 1 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 2 0 2 0 2 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 2 0 2 Scored 3 goals...... 2 2 0 0 6 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 1 0 0 1 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 1 Direct from free-kick 1 1 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.33 game 1.83 0 1 Free-kick 0 1 1.50 game 1.67 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 1 0 1 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 5 4 6 yards 3 6 Chris Brunt ��������������40:07 Peter Odemwingie 15 Peter Odemwingie 9 Johan Elmander 20 Chung-Yong Lee 3 Zat Knight ����������������� 5:22 3 4 18 yards 5 3 (vs Tottenham) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Man Utd) 0 3 18+ yards 1 1 Quickest Card Peter Odemwingie 10 10 Johan Elmander 13 Kevin Davies 24 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Jonas Olsson �������� 8:50 n Paul Robinson ����� 9:23 Gabriel Tamas 5 Jerome Thomas 10 5 2 Home 4 4 Johan Elmander 7 Kevin Davies 17 (vs Arsenal) assists defensive clearances 3 9 Away 5 6 assists defensive clearances (vs West Ham) Last Gasp Goal Chris Brunt 3 Jonas Olsson 9 Chung-Yong Lee 2 Zat Knight 8 Last Gasp Goal Peter Odemwingie 80:01 crosses defensive blocks 1 4 First half 3 4 crosses defensive blocks Johan Elmander ����� 83:24 (vs Sunderland) Chris Brunt 13 Gabriel Tamas 4 7 7 Second half 6 6 Martin Petrov 14 Gary Cahill 3 (vs West Ham)

Referee: P Walton >> Assistant Referees M Cairns & A Newbold >> Fourth Official T Bates

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 West Ham v Fulham Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Greg Demetriou 0208 586 8117 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Sarah Brookes 020 8 3367488 West Ham’s season is finally up and running. Fulham are already the Barclays Premier League Played 6 Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 4 For 4 Defeats in their opening four Barclays Premier Against 13 draw specialists having picked up a point from League matches had the alarm bells ringing Av Pts/game 0.67 trips to Bolton, Blackpool and Blackburn and at Upton Park, but a draw at Stoke followed by Biggest Win(s) West Ham 1 Tottenham 0 held Manchester United and Everton at home. Saturday’s win over London rivals Tottenham (25/09/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Aston Villa 3 Former Hammer may be injured have helped to paint a rosier picture. However, Fulham beat West Ham 0 (14/08/2010). but another familiar face will return to Upton Park in the shape the Hammers for the first time in 10 attempts last season of defender John Pantsil, who spent two years with the east with striker scoring at both ends in his Played 6 Won 1 Drawn 5 Lost 0 For 7 Against 6 Londoners. Midfielder Danny Murphy is closing in on a mile- side’s 3-2 defeat. Av Pts/game 1.33 stone as he prepares for his 499th league appearance. Biggest Win(s) Fulham 2 Wolves 1 Barclays Premier League Record (11/09/2010). Biggest Loss(es) No losses found Barclays Premier League Record Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 16 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 10 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 6 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 10 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 584 196 147 241 684 823 Played....1 Grant...... 1 Hughes...... 0 348 106 100 142 390 464 Draws.....0 Goals 1 Goals 0 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 02/05/10 League 25/09/10 League 1 Green...... 6(0) 1 Schwarzer...... 3(0) West Ham...... 1 Tottenham...... 0 Fulham...... 3 West Ham...... 2 Fulham...... 0 Everton...... 0 Piquionne 29 Att: 34,190 2 Reid...... 1(1) 2 Kelly...... 5(0) Att: 25,598 3 Ben-Haim...... 1(0) Dempsey 45 Cole 61 3 Salcido...... 2(0) West Ham: Green, Jacobsen, da Costa, Upson, 4 Gabbidon...... 4(0) Cole 58 og Franco 90 4 Pantsil...... 4(0) Fulham: Schwarzer, Kelly (Baird 28), Hangeland, Gabbidon, Dyer (Barrera 42), Parker, Noble, Boa 5 Tomkins...... 1(0) Okaka 79 Att: 24,201 5 Hangeland...... 6(0) Hughes, Salcido, Davies (Kamara 71), Etuhu, Murphy, Morte, Obinna (Kovac 89), Piquionne (Cole 64). 7 Dyer...... 3(1) 04/10/09 League 6 Baird...... 0(2) Duff, Dempsey, Gera (Johnson 55). Booked: Salcido Booked: Boa Morte 38, Cole 90. 8 Parker...... 6(0) West Ham...... 2 Fulham...... 2 8 Johnson...... 0(0) 80, Duff 86. Tottenham: Cudicini, Hutton, Corluka, Bassong, Bale, 9 Cole...... 5(1) Cole 16, Stanislas 90 Murphy 47 pen 11 Gera...... 2(4) Everton: Howard, Coleman (Bilyaletdinov 88), Lennon (Keane 66), Huddlestone, Jenas, Modric, Van 10 Collison...... 0(0) 25/09/10 League 12 Stockdale...... 3(0) Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Neville, Fellaini, Arteta, der Vaart (Giovani 78), Crouch (Pavlyuchenko 80). 11 Hitzlsperger...... 0(0) 13 Murphy...... 6(0) Pienaar, Cahill (Osman 62), Yakubu. Booked: Pienaar 21/09/10 LC3 12 Barrera...... 1(3) Overall Head To Head 15 Kamara...... 0(1) 76. Sunderland...... 1 West Ham...... 2 13 Boa Morte...... 4(1) 16 Duff...... 5(0) 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round Gyan 41 Piquionne 35 14 Kovac...... 1(2) Played...... 76 Draws...... 17 0-0’s...... 6 17 Riise...... 0(0) Stoke...... 2 Fulham...... 0 Obinna 59 15 Upson...... 6(0) West Ham wins 34 Goals 124 (1.6 per game) 18 Hughes...... 6(0) Higginbotham 23 Att: 12,778 Att: 21,907 16 Noble...... 6(0) Times failed to score 18 19 Zuberbuhler...... 0(0) Jones 79 17 McCarthy...... 0(1) Fulham wins 25 Goals 112 (1.5 per game) 20 Etuhu...... 6(0) 18 Spector...... 1(0) 21 E. Johnson...... 0(3) 19 Sears...... 0(1) Times failed to score 18 22 Stoor...... 0(0) PL Apps 245 20 Faubert...... 3(0) Biggest League win at West Ham for each team: 23 Dempsey...... 4(2) PL Apps 90 One to watch PL Goals 7 21 Behrami...... 2(0) 03/02/1968 West Ham 7-2 Fulham 25 Zamora...... 4(0) One to watch PL Goals 3 22 da Costa...... 2(0) 26/03/1966 West Ham 1-3 Fulham 27 Greening...... 0(2) 23 Ilunga...... 4(0) 28 Briggs...... 0(0) 25 Stanislas...... 0(1) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 29 Davies...... 6(0) Mins on pitch 532 26 Hines...... 0(0) At West Ham >>> 30 Dembele...... 3(1) Mins on pitch 576 27 Spence...... 0(0) 32 Halliche...... 0(0) Matches 7, West Ham: won 3, scored 13, Matches Goals 0 28 Kurucz...... 0(0) 34 Dikgacoi...... 0(0) Goals 1 Drawn: 3, Fulham: won 1, scored 11 Shots on 1 off 1 29 Stech...... 0(0) 35 Elm...... 0(0) Shots on 2 off 0 Assists 0 30 Piquionne...... 3(3) At Fulham >>> 38 Etheridge...... 0(0) Assists 0 31 Boffin...... 0(0) Matches 7, Fulham: won 1, scored 5, Matches 40 Uwezu...... 0(0) Fouls committed 6 33 Obinna...... 3(0) Drawn: 1, West Ham: won 5, scored 9 44 Marsh-Brown.... 0(0) Fouls committed 7 Fouls awarded 5 37 Jacobsen...... 3(0) - Senderos Fouls awarded 6 44 Brown...... 0(0) Last 0-0 draw >>> - Kacaniklic Caught offside 0 At Fulham (23/12/2006) - Dalla Valle Caught offside 0 Blocks 11 Last Sending off >>> Blocks 12 Clearances 7 Kagisho Dikgacoi (04/10/2009) Clearances 1 dob 18/04/79 Discipline 1 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 20/06/81 Discipline 2 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics West Ham Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Fulham Lge FA CC Eu Tot ...... 2 0 1 0 3 Played Moussa Dembele...... 2 0 1 0 3 16/10 Wolverhampton (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 Tottenham (H) Frederic Piquionne...... 1 0 1 0 2 Bobby Zamora...... 1 0 2 0 3 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 23/10 Newcastle (H) 4 13 Goals scored 7 6 23/10 West Brom (A) Clinton Dempsey...... 1 0 1 0 2 Victor Obinna...... 0 0 1 0 1 27/10 Stoke (H) 135 42 Minutes per goal 77 90 30/10 Wigan (H) Zoltan Gera...... 0 0 2 0 2 30/10 Arsenal (A) 06/11 Aston Villa (H) How the goals are scored ...... 1 0 0 0 1 06/11 Birmingham (A) 10/11 Chelsea (A) Brede Hangeland...... 1 0 0 0 1 10/11 West Brom (H) 3 3 Right foot 3 4 13/11 Newcastle (A) Simon Davies...... 1 0 0 0 1 13/11 Blackpool (H) 0 4 Left foot 1 1 21/11 Man City (H) cup competitions in italics 1 6 Headers 3 1 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 2 0 0 2 0 Clean sheets...... 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 Open play 4 4 Failed to score...... 2 0 2 0 2 Clean sheets...... 2 0 2 0 2 Scored 1 goal...... 4 1 1 2 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 Cross 1 0 Scored 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 Conceded 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Scored 2 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 3 1 2 0 5 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 2 0 2 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....4 0 0 4 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 1 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0.67 game 2.17 1 1 Free-kick 1 0 1.17 game 1.00 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 1 0 2 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 1 7 6 yards 2 3 Frederic Piquionne 28:28 Victor Obinna 18 Carlton Cole 8 Bobby Zamora 11 Clinton Dempsey 7 Bobby Zamora �������34:33 2 6 18 yards 4 2 (vs Tottenham) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Blackpool) 1 0 18+ yards 1 1 Quickest Card Victor Obinna 11 Carlton Cole 10 Clinton Dempsey 5 Bobby Zamora 9 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Mark Noble �������� 19:16 n Brede Hangeland �28:46 Victor Obinna 7 Scott Parker 16 3 6 Home 4 3 Bobby Zamora 7 Bobby Zamora 10 (vs Man Utd) assists defensive clearances 1 7 Away 3 3 assists defensive clearances (vs Blackburn) Last Gasp Goal Mark Noble 1 Matthew Upson 11 Moussa Dembele 2 Brede Hangeland 12 Last Gasp Goal Scott Parker ������������ 84:14 crosses defensive blocks 2 5 First half 1 3 crosses defensive blocks Moussa Dembele �� 90:11 (vs Chelsea) 6 Matthew Upson 7 2 8 Second half 6 3 John Pantsil 9 Aaron Hughes 2 (vs Wolverhampton)

Referee: A Marriner >> Assistant Referees D Cann & M Yerby >> Fourth Official A D'Urso

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Wigan v Wolverhampton Saturday 2nd October, Kick-off 12.45pm, Live on

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Ed Jones 01942 497870 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Paul Berry 01902 687 029 Roberto Martinez Roberto Martinez’s side dug in for a morale- Wolves have made a start similar to Wigan, Played 44 Won 10 Drawn 11 Lost 23 For 39 boosting point at Birmingham last week and Against 92 with their only Barclays Premier League win appear to be on a steady upward curve after Av Pts/game 0.93 this season coming at Molineux against Stoke shipping 10 goals in their first two Barclays Biggest Win(s) Won 3-1 on 2 occasions Biggest on the opening day. Mick McCarthy’s side have Premier League matches. Charles N’Zogbia is Loss(es) Tottenham 9 Wigan 1 (22/11/2009). not won on their travels either and have taken also improving, but the Latics, who lie fourth from bottom Mick McCarthy only one point from three away matches, at Everton. They in the table, have still only taken five points from their first Played 44 Won 10 Drawn 13 Lost 21 For 39 will also be without Adlene Guedioura for up to six months six games and have yet to win a league game at the DW Against 66 after the Algerian broke his leg in the home defeat to Aston Stadium this season. Av Pts/game 0.98 Villa. Biggest Win(s) West Ham 1 Wolves 3 Barclays Premier League Record (23/03/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Chelsea 4 Barclays Premier League Record Wolves 0 (21/11/2009). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 6 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 3 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 6 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 2 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 196 57 44 95 189 299 Played....4 Martinez...... 2 McCarthy...... 2 82 17 25 40 77 143 Draws.....0 Goals 6 Goals 4 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) Birmingham...... 0 Wigan...... 0 16/01/10 League 26/09/10 League Att: 22,186 1 Kirkland...... 2(0) 1 Hahnemann...... 6(0) Wolverhampton...... 1 Aston Villa...... 2 2 Gohouri...... 6(0) Wolverhampton...... 0 Wigan...... 2 2 Van Damme...... 3(1) Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Jarvis 61 Downing 25 3 Alcaraz...... 6(0) McCarthy 60 3 Elokobi...... 1(2) Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bowyer (Zigic 61), Att: 27,511 Heskey 88 4 McCarthy...... 6(0) N’Zogbia 73 4 Edwards...... 1(1) Hleb (Beausejour 62), Jerome (Phillips 78). Booked: 5 Caldwell...... 0(0) Att: 27,604 5 Stearman...... 1(2) Wolverhampton: Hahnemann, Foley (Stearman Johnson 31, Dann 68. Dismissed: Gardner 89. 6 Thomas...... 5(1) 18/08/09 League 6 Craddock...... 6(0) 73), Craddock, Berra, Ward (Elokobi 38), Edwards Wigan: Al Habsi, Boyce, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Wigan...... 0 Wolverhampton...... 1 7 Kightly...... 0(0) (Guedioura 81), Henry, D. Jones, Jarvis, Fletcher, Doyle. 7 Di Santo...... 1(2) 8 Henry...... 6(0) Thomas, Diame (Watson 82), Stam (Di Santo 59), 8 Watson...... 1(3) Keogh 6 Booked: Craddock 59. McCarthy, N’Zogbia, Rodallega, Di Santo (Moses 90). 9 Ebanks-Blake...... 4(0) 9 Boselli...... 4(0) Att: 16,661 10 Fletcher...... 3(2) Aston Villa: Friedel, L. Young, Cuellar, Collins, Booked: Rodallega 31, Stam 40, Gohouri 45. 10 N’Zogbia...... 3(1) 11 Ward...... 6(0) Warnock, Albrighton (Agbonlahor 67), Reo-Coker, 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 11 Moses...... 1(2) Overall Head To Head 12 Hunt...... 0(0) Petrov (Sidwell 86), Downing, A. Young, Heskey. Wigan...... 2 Preston...... 1 12 Pollitt...... 0(0) 13 Hennessey...... 0(0) Booked: Warnock 18, Sidwell 90. Gomez 87 Treacy 23 13 S. Caldwell...... 0(0) Played...... 8 Draws...... 3 0-0’s...... 0 14 D. Jones...... 5(1) 21/09/10 League Cup 3rd round N’Zogbia 90 Att: 6,987 14 Gomez...... 0(1) Wigan wins 3 Goals 16 (2.0 per game) 15 Halford...... 0(2) Wolverhampton...... 4 Notts County...... 2 15 Cleverley...... 0(1) Times failed to score 1 16 Berra...... 5(0) Milijas 83 pen, Fletcher 92 Hughes 57 17 Jarvis...... 6(0) 16 McArthur...... 0(3) Wolves wins 2 Goals 12 (1.5 per game) Doyle 105, 119 Smith 114 17 Boyce...... 5(1) 19 Bent...... 0(1) Att: 11,516 After Extra Time Times failed to score 2 20 Milijas...... 0(0) 20 Rodallega...... 6(0) 21 Mancienne...... 2(0) PL Apps 81 21 Diame...... 6(0) Biggest League win at Wigan for each team: PL Apps 179 One to watch PL Goals 22 Mouyokolo...... 0(0) 2 23 Stam...... 4(2) 03/05/1986 Wigan 5-3 Wolves 23 Zubar...... 0(1) One to watch PL Goals 8 26 Al Habsi...... 4(0) 18/08/2009 Wigan 0-1 Wolves 25 Mujangi Bia...... 0(0) 28 De Ridder...... 0(0) 26 Hill...... 0(0) 31 Figueroa...... 6(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 29 Doyle...... 5(0) Mins on pitch 567 35 Golobart...... 0(0) At Wigan >>> 31 Murray...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 588 38 McManaman.... 0(0) 32 Foley...... 6(0) Matches 1, Wigan: won 0, scored 0, Matches Drawn: Goals 0 39 Mustoe...... 0(0) 34 Guedioura...... 0(4) Goals 0 0, Wolverhampton: won 1, scored 1 Shots on 2 off 4 36 Dunleavy...... 0(0) Shots on 2 off 1 At Wolverhampton >>> 38 Winnall...... 0(0) Assists 0 39 Batth...... 0(0) Assists 0 Matches 1, Wolverhampton: won 0, scored 0, Fouls committed 5 40 Hemmings...... 0(0) Fouls committed 10 Matches Drawn: 0, Wigan: won 1, scored 2 41 Malone...... 0(0) Fouls awarded 2 42 Spray...... 0(0) Fouls awarded 8 Last 0-0 draw >>> Caught offside 0 43 Reckord...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 None 44 Rooney...... 0(0) Blocks 4 Last Sending off >>> 45 McCarey...... 0(0) Blocks 2 Clearances 2 (16/01/2010) - Jones Clearances 5 - Cassidy dob 02/05/83 Discipline 1 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> - Doherty dob 25/07/75 Discipline 1 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Wigan Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Wolverhampton Lge FA CC Eu Tot Jordi Gomez...... 0 0 2 0 2 Played Steven Fletcher...... 2 0 1 0 3 16/10 Newcastle (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 West Ham (H) Antolin Alcaraz...... 1 0 0 0 1 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake...... 2 0 0 0 2 Hugo Rodallega...... 1 0 0 0 1 23/10 Bolton (H) 2 13 Goals scored 7 10 23/10 Chelsea (A) ...... 0 0 2 0 2 Charles N’Zogbia...... 0 0 1 0 1 26/10 Swansea (H) 270 42 Minutes per goal 77 54 26/10 Man Utd (A) Nenad Milijas...... 0 0 2 0 2 30/10 Fulham (A) 30/10 Man City (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 How the goals are scored David Jones...... 1 0 0 0 1 06/11 Blackburn (A) 06/11 Man Utd (A) Matthew Jarvis...... 1 0 0 0 1 10/11 Liverpool (H) 1 9 Right foot 4 4 10/11 Arsenal (H) Jelle Van Damme...... 1 0 0 0 1 13/11 West Brom (H) 0 2 Left foot 2 3 13/11 Bolton (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 cup competitions in italics 1 2 Headers 1 3 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 4 0 1 3 1 Clean sheets...... 2 1 1 0 4 2 12 Open play 5 3 Failed to score...... 0 0 0 0 0 Clean sheets...... 0 0 0 0 0 Scored 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Cross 1 2 Scored 1 goal...... 5 0 2 3 2 Conceded 1 goal...... 3 1 2 0 5 Scored 2 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 2 goals....1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Corner 0 1 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 0 2 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 0 1 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 0 1 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0.33 game 2.17 0 0 Free-kick 1 2 1.17 game 1.67 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 0 0 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 0 6 6 yards 3 3 Hugo Rodallega �����79:50 Hugo Rodallega 25 Hugo Rodallega 4 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 3 Jelle Van Damme ������9:18 2 4 18 yards 2 6 (vs Tottenham) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Fulham) 0 3 18+ yards 2 1 Quickest Card Hugo Rodallega 16 Hendry Thomas 12 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 6 13 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Hendry Thomas 10:47 n ��������� 18:57 Hugo Rodallega 9 Hugo Rodallega 12 1 13 Home 4 4 Matthew Jarvis 6 11 (vs Sunderland) assists defensive clearances 1 0 Away 3 6 assists defensive clearances (vs Tottenham) Last Gasp Goal Mohamed Diame 1 Steve Gohouri 10 Kevin Doyle 2 Kevin Doyle 3 Last Gasp Goal Antolin Alcaraz ������ 86:16 crosses defensive blocks 0 5 First half 5 2 crosses defensive blocks Sylvan Ebanks-Blake ���73:48 (vs Sunderland) Ronnie Stam 17 Steve Gohouri 3 2 8 Second half 2 8 Matthew Jarvis 15 Jody Craddock 5 (vs Everton)

Referee: L Mason >> Assistant Referees A Halliday & M McDonough >> Fourth Official M Atkinson

Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Chelsea v Arsenal Sunday 3rd October, Kick-off 4.00pm, Live on Sky Sports

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Steve Atkins 07590 771849 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Amanda Docherty 020 7704 4012 Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea`s 1-0 defeat to Manchester City at Arsenal`s recent record in this fixture is not Played 44 Won 32 Drawn 5 Lost 7 For 124 Eastlands ended their 100% start to the season, Against 34 great having seen Chelsea win the last three but they remain unyielding in west London. Av Pts/game 2.30 meetings, although a quickfire Carlo Ancelotti`s outfit share, with Arsenal, the Biggest Win(s) Chelsea 8 Wigan 0 brace did secure a memorable 2-1 win at joint-best offensive record on home soil with (09/05/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Chelsea 2 Man Stamford Bridge in November 2008. Arsene 12 goals to their name, while no other team in the Barclays City 4 (27/02/2010). Wenger is sure to drill his team thoroughly about the threat Premier League is yet to concede at their own ground. Arsene Wenger of Didier Drogba, with the striker having scored four of the Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba take two of the top four Played 530 Won 310 Drawn 134 Lost 86 five goals in 2-0 and 3-0 defeats for the Gunners last term, places in the individual goalscoring charts. For 1004 Against 477 `s own goal the other. Av Pts/game 2.01 Barclays Premier League Record Biggest Win(s) Won 7-0 on 2 occasions Biggest Barclays Premier League Record Loss(es) Man Utd 6 Arsenal 1 (25/02/2001). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 702 367 181 154 1169 664 Played....4 Ancelotti...... 2 Wenger...... 1 702 378 188 136 1215 632 Draws.....1 Goals 5 Goals 2 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 28/09/10 Champions League Group F 07/02/10 League 28/09/10 Champions League Group H 1 Cech...... 6(0) 1 Almunia...... 6(0) Chelsea...... 2 Marseille...... 0 Chelsea...... 2 Arsenal...... 0 Partizan Belgrade...... 1 Arsenal...... 3 Terry 7 Att: 40,675 2 Ivanovic...... 4(1) 2 Diaby...... 4(1) Cleo 33 pen Arshavin 15 3 Cole...... 6(0) Drogba 8, 23 Att: 41,794 3 Sagna...... 5(0) Anelka 28 pen 29/11/09 League Att: 25,000 Chamakh 71 5 Essien...... 6(0) 4 Fabregas...... 3(1) Squillaci 82 Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, Alex, Cole, Essien, 7 ...... 3(1) Arsenal...... 0 Chelsea...... 3 5 Vermaelen...... 3(0) Mikel (McEachran 88), Zhirkov (Sturridge 72), Kakuta 8 Lampard...... 3(0) Drogba 41, 86 6 Koscielny...... 5(0) Partizan Belgrade: Stojkovic, Stevanovic, M. (Ramires 61), Anelka, Malouda. Booked: Mikel 82. 10 Benayoun...... 0(3) Vermaelen 45 og 7 Rosicky...... 2(4) Jovanovic, Krstajic, Lazevski, Tomic, Medo, Petrovic Marseille: Mandanda, Kabore, Diawara, M’bia 11 Drogba...... 6(0) Att: 60,067 8 Nasri...... 3(0) (Smiljanic 69), S. Ilic, Boya (Iliev 83), Cleo. Booked: S. Etoundi, Heinze, Gonzalez, Cisse, Cheyrou (Ayew 59), 12 Mikel...... 6(0) 10 van Persie...... 1(2) Ilic 59. Dismissed: M. Jovanovic 56. Remy, Gignac (Valbuena 59), Brandao. Booked: M’bia 15 Malouda...... 5(1) 11 Vela...... 0(3) Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Djourou, Squillaci, Gibbs, Etoundi 27, Heinze 28. 17 Bosingwa...... 0(0) Overall Head To Head 14 Walcott...... 2(1) Rosicky, Denilson, Song, Arshavin (Clichy 84), 25/09/10 League 18 Zhirkov...... 0(2) 15 Denilson...... 0(2) Wilshere (Nasri 74), Chamakh (Vela 74). Man City...... 1 Chelsea...... 0 19 Ferreira...... 4(1) Played... 146 Draws...... 44 0-0’s.... 14 16 Ramsey...... 0(0) 25/09/10 League Tevez 59 Att: 47,203 20 Deco...... 0(0) Chelsea wins 43 Goals 183 (1.3 per game) 17 Song...... 5(0) Arsenal...... 2 West Brom...... 3 21 Kalou...... 2(3) Times failed to score 38 18 Squillaci...... 3(0) Nasri 75, 90 Odemwingie 50 22 Turnbull...... 0(0) Arsenal wins 59 Goals 210 (1.4 per game) 19 Wilshere...... 4(2) Jara 52 23 Sturridge...... 0(2) 20 Djourou...... 0(0) Att: 60,025 Thomas 73 26 Terry...... 5(0) Times failed to score 30 21 Fabianski...... 0(0) PL Apps 314 33 Alex...... 5(1) Biggest League win at Chelsea for each team: 22 Clichy...... 5(0) PL Apps 5 One to watch PL Goals 19 38 Van Aanholt...... 0(0) 27/09/1969 Chelsea 3-0 Arsenal 23 Arshavin...... 6(0) One to watch PL Goals 1 39 Anelka...... 5(0) 29/11/1930 Chelsea 1-5 Arsenal 24 Mannone...... 0(0) 40 Hilario...... 0(0) 27 Eboue...... 3(0) 41 Hutchinson...... 0(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 28 Gibbs...... 1(0) Mins on pitch 462 43 Bruma...... 0(1) At Chelsea >>> 29 Chamakh...... 5(1) Mins on pitch 456 44 Kakuta...... 0(1) 33 Randall...... 0(0) Matches 18, Chelsea: won 6, scored 20, Matches Goals 0 45 Borini...... 0(0) 34 Nordtveit...... 0(0) Goals 1 Drawn: 6, Arsenal: won 6, scored 22 Shots on 1 off 0 46 McEachran...... 0(1) 35 Frimpong...... 0(0) Shots on 2 off 1 Assists 1 47 Clifford...... 0(0) At Arsenal >>> 36 Cruise...... 0(0) Assists 0 48 Philliskirk...... 0(0) Matches 18, Arsenal: won 10, scored 28, Matches 37 Yennaris...... 0(0) Fouls committed 3 50 Sebeck...... 0(0) Drawn: 5, Chelsea: won 3, scored 24 41 Emmanuel-Thomas... 0(0) Fouls committed 5 Fouls awarded 1 62 Chalobah...... 0(0) 44 Murphy...... 0(0) Fouls awarded 4 Last 0-0 draw >>> 46 Lansbury...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 At Chelsea (20/04/2005) 49 Shea...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 Blocks 6 Last Sending off >>> 51 Sunu...... 0(0) Blocks 8 52 Bendtner...... 0(0) Clearances 5 Khalid Boulahrouz (06/05/2007) Clearances 2 dob 07/12/80 Discipline 1 Y 0 R Last Hat-trick >>> dob 10/09/85 Discipline 2 Y 1 R (23/10/1999) Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Nicolas Anelka...... 2 0 2 3 7 Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Arsenal Lge FA CC Eu Tot Florent Malouda...... 6 0 0 0 6 Played ...... 2 0 1 2 5 16/10 Aston Villa (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 Birmingham (H) Didier Drogba...... 5 0 0 0 5 ...... 4 0 0 0 4 ...... 4 0 0 0 4 19/10 S Moscow (A) 21 2 Goals scored 16 7 19/10 S Donetsk (H) ...... 2 0 0 2 4 Michael Essien...... 2 0 0 1 3 23/10 Wolverhampton (H) 26 270 Minutes per goal 34 77 24/10 Man City (A) ...... 2 0 2 0 4 30/10 Blackburn (A) 27/10 Newcastle (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 How the goals are scored Carlos Alberto Vela...... 1 0 0 2 3 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 03/11 S Moscow (H) 30/10 West Ham (H) Francesc Fabregas...... 1 0 0 2 3 John Terry...... 0 0 0 1 1 07/11 Liverpool (A) 13 2 Right foot 10 5 03/11 S Donetsk (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 0 0 0 1 1 10/11 Fulham (H) 4 0 Left foot 3 1 07/11 Newcastle (H) Laurent Koscielny...... 1 0 0 0 1 Patrick Van Aanholt...... 0 0 1 0 1 Vassiriki Diaby...... 1 0 0 0 1 cup competitions in italics 4 0 Headers 2 1 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 1 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 1 0 0 1 0 Clean sheets...... 4 4 0 0 12 13 1 Open play 13 7 Failed to score...... 0 0 0 0 0 Clean sheets...... 1 1 0 0 3 Scored 1 goal...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 1 goal...... 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 Cross 1 0 Scored 1 goal...... 2 0 2 0 2 Conceded 1 goal...... 4 2 2 0 8 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 2 1 0 1 3 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 0 1 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 3 3 0 0 9 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Scored 4+ goals...... 2 2 0 0 6 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1 0 Direct from free-kick 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 3.50 game 0.33 2 0 Free-kick 0 0 2.67 game 1.17 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 0 1 0 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 10 0 6 yards 4 4 Salomon Kalou ���������1:11 Didier Drogba 22 Didier Drogba 4 Samir Nasri 18 Andrey Arshavin 7 Theo Walcott ����������11:52 8 0 18 yards 11 3 (vs Blackpool) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Blackpool) 3 2 18+ yards 1 0 Quickest Card Didier Drogba 14 Didier Drogba 7 Samir Nasri 11 Alex Song 13 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Didier Drogba ���� 36:32 n �����22:38 Michael Essien 12 Nicolas Anelka 10 12 0 Home 12 4 Andrey Arshavin 8 Alex Song 7 (vs Blackpool) assists defensive clearances 9 2 Away 4 3 assists defensive clearances (vs Sunderland) Last Gasp Goal Didier Drogba 5 Alex 8 Andrey Arshavin 3 Laurent Koscielny 8 Last Gasp Goal Yossi Benayoun ������ 92:57 crosses defensive blocks 10 0 First half 6 2 crosses defensive blocks Samir Nasri ������������� 90:11 (vs Wigan) Didier Drogba 13 John Terry 5 11 2 Second half 10 5 15 Francesc Fabregas 3 (vs West Brom)

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Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Liverpool v Blackpool Sunday 3rd October, Kick-off 3.00pm

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Paul Tyrrell - 0151 2305721 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Matt Williams 0871 622 1953 Liverpool`s dreadful start to the season con- Blackpool were the last team to taste success Played 6 Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 2 For 6 Against 9 tinued last weekend as they were held to a 2-2 Av Pts/game 1.00 in this fixture with a 3-1 triumph at Anfield in draw by Sunderland to leave them fifth from Biggest Win(s) Liverpool 1 West Brom 0 1967 although it was not enough to stop them bottom. Roy Hodgson`s side have the joint- (29/08/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Man City 3 finishing bottom of England`s top tier that year. third lowest strike rate in the Barclays Premier Liverpool 0 (23/08/2010). The current crop of Seasiders have gone some League with just six goals to their name, with way to ensuring that does not happen this time around with scoring three of those. The last meeting between Liverpool Played 6 Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 3 For 9 Against 14 seven points from their opening six fixtures. Pool have the and Blackpool came back in the 1970/71 season when both Av Pts/game 1.17 worst defensive record yet the third-highest scoring rate on contests ended all square. Biggest Win(s) Wigan 0 Blackpool 4 their travels this term. (14/08/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Arsenal 6 Barclays Premier League Record Blackpool 0 (21/08/2010). Barclays Premier League Record Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 19 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 1 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 19 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 1 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 702 350 180 172 1136 678 Played.500 Hodgson.... 420 Holloway...... 0 6 2 1 3 9 14 Draws.. 80 Goals 866 Goals 0 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 09/01/71 League 25/09/10 League 1 Jones...... 0(0) 1 Rachubka...... 0(0) Liverpool...... 2 Sunderland...... 2 Liverpool...... 2 Blackpool...... 2 Blackpool...... 1 Blackburn...... 2 Kuyt 5 Bent 25 pen, 48 2 Johnson...... 6(0) 2 Coid...... 0(0) Phillips 85 Adam 20 og Gerrard 64 Att: 43,626 3 Konchesky...... 3(0) 3 Crainey...... 6(0) Att: 15,901 Emerton 90 4 Meireles...... 2(1) 17/08/70 League 4 Southern...... 0(1) Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, 5 Agger...... 3(3) Blackpool...... 0 Liverpool...... 0 5 Eardley...... 3(1) Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley (Phillips 84), Evatt, Cathcart, Konchesky (Agger 28), Poulsen (Ngog 61), Gerrard, 6 Aurelio...... 0(0) 6 Evatt...... 6(0) Crainey, Vaughan, Adam, Taylor-Fletcher, Harewood Kuyt, Meireles, Cole, Torres. Booked: Torres 59, Kuyt 8 Gerrard...... 6(0) 7 Clarke...... 0(0) (Grandin 66), Campbell, Ormerod (Varney 65). 60, Gerrard 75. 9 Torres...... 5(1) 8 Martin...... 0(0) Booked: Harewood 45, Taylor-Fletcher 90. Sunderland: Mignolet, Onuoha, Turner, Bramble, 10 Cole...... 3(0) 9 Harewood...... 3(2) Blackburn: Robinson, Salgado, Samba, Nelsen, Givet, Bardsley, Elmohamady, Henderson, Cattermole, 12 Pacheco...... 0(1) 10 Ormerod...... 4(2) Nzonzi (Andrews 66), Jones, Pedersen, M. Diouf Malbranque (Riveros 88), Welbeck (Gyan 81), Bent 14 Jovanovic...... 4(1) Overall Head To Head 11 Vaughan...... 6(0) (Emerton 46), Kalinic (Mwaruwari 76), E. Diouf. (Zenden 90). Booked: Mignolet 90. 16 Kyrgiakos...... 0(0) 12 Taylor-Fletcher. 4(1) Booked: Salgado 30. 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 17 Maxi...... 2(2) Played...... 40 Draws...... 9 0-0’s...... 2 13 Halstead...... 0(0) 19/09/10 League Liverpool...... 2 Northampton...... 2 18 Kuyt...... 4(0) Liverpool wins 18 Goals 72 (1.8 per game) 14 Grandin...... 5(1) Chelsea...... 4 Blackpool...... 0 Jovanovic 9, Ngog 116 Mckay 56 19 Babel...... 0(2) Times failed to score 8 15 Baptiste...... 4(0) Kalou 2 Att: 22,577 Jacobs 98 21 Lucas...... 3(1) Blackpool wins 13 Goals 62 (1.6 per game) 16 Varney...... 3(1) Malouda 12, 41 Northampton win 4-2 on penalties 22 Wilson...... 0(0) 17 Basham...... 0(1) Drogba 30 Att: 41,761 23 Carragher...... 6(0) Times failed to score 9 18 Euell...... 0(1) PL Apps 441 24 Ngog...... 2(2) Biggest League win at Liverpool for each team: 19 Sylvestre...... 1(1) PL Apps 11 One to watch PL Goals 3 25 Reina...... 6(0) 04/03/1905 Liverpool 5-0 Blackpool 20 Cathcart...... 4(0) One to watch PL Goals 26 Spearing...... 0(0) 13/05/1967 Liverpool 1-3 Blackpool 21 Gilks...... 6(0) 28 Poulsen...... 4(0) 22 Eastham...... 0(0) Stephen Crainey 30 Itandje...... 0(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 23 Phillips...... 0(1) Mins on pitch 575 32 Darby...... 0(0) No previous meetings 24 Edwards...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 572 33 Shelvey...... 0(0) 25 Almond...... 0(0) Goals 0 34 Kelly...... 0(0) 26 Adam...... 6(0) Goals 0 Shots on 0 off 0 36 Irwin...... 0(0) 27 Demontagnac... 0(1) Shots on 0 off 0 Assists 37 Skrtel...... 6(0) 28 Kingson...... 0(0) Assists 0 39 Eccleston...... 0(0) 29 Carney...... 0(1) 0 Fouls committed 2 41 Hansen...... 0(0) 30 Lawlor...... 0(0) Fouls committed 2 Fouls awarded 1 43 Bouzanis...... 0(0) 31 Keinan...... 2(1) Fouls awarded 0 45 Ince...... 0(0) 32 Barkhuizen...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 46 Amoo...... 0(0) 39 Campbell...... 3(0) Caught offside 0 Blocks 8 47 Wisdom...... 0(0) Blocks 2 Clearances 2 49 Robinson...... 0(0) - Mavinga Clearances 4 dob 28/01/78 Discipline 0 Y 0 R dob 22/06/81 Discipline 0 Y 0 R Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Liverpool Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Blackpool Lge FA CC Eu Tot David Ngog...... 1 0 1 5 7 Played Dudley Campbell...... 2 0 0 0 2 17/10 Everton (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 17/10 Man City (H) Steven Gerrard...... 3 0 0 1 4 1 for Leicester Dirk Kuyt...... 1 0 0 1 2 21/10 Napoli (A) 6 9 Goals scored 9 14 23/10 Birmingham (A) ...... 2 0 0 0 2 ...... 1 0 0 0 1 24/10 Blackburn (H) 90 60 Minutes per goal 60 39 01/11 West Brom (H) ...... 1 0 1 0 2 31/10 Bolton (A) 06/11 Everton (H) Leiva Lucas...... 0 0 0 1 1 How the goals are scored Gary Taylor-Fletcher...... 1 0 0 0 1 Milan Jovanovic...... 0 0 1 0 1 04/11 Napoli (H) 10/11 Aston Villa (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 0 0 0 1 1 07/11 Chelsea (H) 5 4 Right foot 7 6 13/11 West Ham (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 0 0 0 1 1 10/11 Wigan (A) 0 1 Left foot 2 5 20/11 Wolverhampton (H) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Brett Ormerod...... 0 0 1 0 1 cup competitions in italics 1 3 Headers 0 3 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 1 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 2 0 1 1 1 Clean sheets...... 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 Open play 6 9 Failed to score...... 2 0 0 2 0 Clean sheets...... 2 2 0 0 6 Scored 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 Cross 1 2 Scored 1 goal...... 1 0 0 1 0 Conceded 1 goal...... 0 0 0 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 2 0 1 1 1 Conceded 2 goals....1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Corner 0 1 Scored 2 goals...... 2 1 1 0 4 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 1 1 1 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....2 0 0 2 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 Scored 4+ goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 4+ goals.. 2 0 0 2 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1 0 Direct from free-kick 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.00 game 1.50 0 0 Free-kick 0 0 1.50 game 2.33 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 1 1 1 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 1 4 6 yards 3 3 Dirk Kuyt ��������������������4:52 Fernando Torres 15 Fernando Torres 6 Charlie Adam 14 Brett Ormerod 7 Gary Taylor-Fletcher 3 5 18 yards 4 10 (vs Sunderland) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls ���������������������������������� 15:32 2 0 18+ yards 2 1 (vs Wigan) Quickest Card Fernando Torres 9 Fernando Torres 9 Charlie Adam 5 Charlie Adam 9 shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won Quickest Card n Martin Skrtel ���������3:31 Fernando Torres 6 Fernando Torres 14 4 3 Home 3 4 Charlie Adam 9 Charlie Adam 9 n ��������������22:53 (vs Man City) assists defensive clearances 2 6 Away 6 10 assists defensive clearances (vs Wigan) Last Gasp Goal Fernando Torres 3 15 Charlie Adam 2 Ian Evatt 16 Last Gasp Goal Steven Gerrard �������69:54 crosses defensive blocks 1 3 First half 4 9 crosses defensive blocks Dudley Campbell ��� 89:17 (vs Man Utd) Glen Johnson 18 Christian Poulsen 5 5 6 Second half 5 5 Charlie Adam 23 Ian Evatt 6 (vs Newcastle)

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Statistical Information Andrew Lockwood Press Association Sport 01430 455256 Man City v Newcastle Sunday 3rd October, Kick-off 1.30pm, Live on ESPN

Club Media Contact Managerial Records Club Media Contact Rosie Bass 0161 438 7631 AT CURRENT CLUB (Barclays Premier League only) Wendy Taylor 0844 372 1892 Manchester City got their Barclays Premier Newcastle have failed to win any of their previ- Played 27 Won 14 Drawn 7 Lost 6 For 47 League campaign firmly back on track last Against 20 ous seven meetings with Manchester City, with weekend when they ended Chelsea's 100% Av Pts/game 1.81 their last triumph coming in 2005 courtesy of start to the season. City are yet to register suc- Biggest Win(s) Burnley 1 Man City 6 Michael Owen`s winner. You have to go back cessive league victories at Eastlands this term (03/04/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Everton 2 Man almost 10 years ago to the day - September 30 despite only conceding one goal on home soil. The Blues City 0 (16/01/2010). 2000 - for their last three points at City when hold the joint-fewest spread of goalscorers, with Newcastle, scored the only goal of the game at Maine Road. James Perch in the top 10 - with only Carlos Tevez, , Yaya Played 6 Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 3 For 9 Against 8 has seen the most cards out of everyone in the whole league, Toure and having found the net. Av Pts/game 1.17 five bookings. Biggest Win(s) Newcastle 6 Aston Villa 0 Barclays Premier League Record (22/08/2010). Biggest Loss(es) Man Utd 3 Barclays Premier League Record Newcastle 0 (16/08/2010). Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 14 Total Seasons in Barclays Premier League 17 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 9 Consecutive Seasons in Barclays Premier League (current) 1 Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Manager Head To Head Total Matches Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against 512 165 140 207 625 676 Played....0 Mancini...... 0 Hughton...... 0 622 249 166 207 893 785 Draws.....0 Goals 0 Goals 0 Recent Matches Squad Recent Meetings Squad Recent Matches Apps(sub apps) Apps(sub apps) 25/09/10 League 28/01/09 League 26/09/10 League 1 Given...... 0(0) 1 Harper...... 5(0) Man City...... 1 Chelsea...... 0 Man City...... 2 Newcastle...... 1 Newcastle...... 1 Stoke...... 2 Tevez 59 Att: 47,203 2 Richards...... 5(0) 2 Coloccini...... 6(0) Nolan 43 pen Jones 67 3 Bridge...... 0(0) Wright-Phillips 17 Carroll 81 3 Jose Enrique...... 6(0) Man City: Hart, Boyata (Boateng 88), Toure, Bellamy 77 Att: 42,280 Perch 85 og 4 Kompany...... 6(0) 4 Nolan...... 6(0) Att: 41,915 Kompany, Zabaleta, Silva (Johnson 77), De Jong, 5 Zabaleta...... 2(2) 20/10/08 League 5 Campbell...... 0(0) Toure Yaya, Barry, Milner, Tevez (Adebayor 86). 6 Johnson...... 0(0) Newcastle...... 2 Man City...... 2 6 Williamson...... 6(0) Newcastle: Krul, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose Booked: Zabaleta 35, Boyata 77. 7 Milner...... 5(0) Ameobi 44 14 pen 7 Barton...... 6(0) Enrique, Ben Arfa (Gutierrez 62), Barton, Tiote Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Cole, Essien, 8 Wright-Phillips.... 2(1) Dunne 63 og Ireland 86 8 Guthrie...... 0(0) (Ameobi 74), Routledge, Nolan, Carroll. Mikel (Zhirkov 68), Ramires (McEachran 80), Anelka, 9 Adebayor...... 0(3) Att: 45,908 9 Carroll...... 6(0) Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Collins, Drogba (Sturridge 75), Malouda. Booked: Mikel 65, 11 A. Johnson...... 3(3) 10 Routledge...... 6(0) Whelan (Delap 57), Whitehead, Diao (Fuller 49), Ramires 80, Alex 90. 12 Taylor...... 0(0) Overall Head To Head 11 Lovenkrands...... 0(1) Etherington, Jones, Walters, Fuller (Gudjohnsen 67). 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round 13 Kolarov...... 1(0) 12 Simpson...... 0(0) Booked: Diao 20. West Brom...... 2 Man City...... 1 14 Santa Cruz...... 0(0) Played... 148 Draws...... 35 0-0’s.... 13 14 Perch...... 6(0) 22/09/10 League Cup 3rd round Zuiverloon 55 Jo 19 17 Boateng...... 0(1) Man City wins 49 Goals 202 (1.4 per game) 15 Gosling...... 0(0) Chelsea...... 3 Newcastle...... 4 Cox 57 Att: 10,418 18 Barry...... 5(1) Times failed to score 42 16 R. Taylor...... 0(1) Van Aanholt 6 Ranger 27 19 Lescott...... 3(0) Newcastle wins 64 Goals 224 (1.5 per game) 17 Smith...... 4(0) Anelka 70, 87 pen Taylor 32 21 Silva...... 3(2) 18 Gutierrez...... 4(2) Att: 41,511 Ameobi 49, 90 22 Cunningham..... 0(0) Times failed to score 41 19 Xisco...... 0(2) PL Apps 65 24 Vieira...... 1(0) Biggest League win at Man City for each team: 20 Best...... 0(0) PL Apps 40 One to watch PL Goals 3 25 Hart...... 6(0) 18/01/1975 Man City 5-1 Newcastle 23 Ameobi...... 0(5) One to watch PL Goals 27 Jo...... 0(4) 26/12/1905 Man City 1-4 Newcastle 24 Tiote...... 2(0) 28 Toure...... 6(0) 26 Krul...... 1(1) 30 Logan...... 0(0) Barclays Premier League Head To Head 27 Taylor...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 575 32 Tevez...... 6(0) At Man City >>> 28 Kadar...... 0(0) Mins on pitch 582 34 De Jong...... 5(0) 29 H. Vuckic...... 0(0) Matches 11, Man City: won 6, scored 16, Matches Goals 0 35 Kay...... 0(0) 30 Ranger...... 0(0) Goals 0 Drawn: 4, Newcastle: won 1, scored 8 Shots on 2 off 0 36 Vidal...... 0(0) 31 Ferguson...... 0(0) Shots on 0 off 0 Assists 0 38 Boyata...... 1(0) At Newcastle >>> 32 Donaldson...... 0(0) Assists 0 41 Mee...... 0(0) Matches 11, Newcastle: won 6, scored 17, Matches 33 Soderberg...... 0(0) Fouls committed 3 42 Toure Yaya...... 6(0) Drawn: 2, Man City: won 3, scored 10 34 Tavernier...... 0(0) Fouls committed 2 Fouls awarded 0 43 Nimely...... 0(0) 37 Ben Arfa...... 2(1) Fouls awarded 3 45 Balotelli...... 0(0) Last 0-0 draw >>> 47 Inman...... 0(0) Caught offside 0 47 Poole...... 0(0) At Man City (11/11/2006) Caught offside 0 Blocks 10 49 McDermott...... 0(0) Last Sending off >>> Blocks 3 Clearances 5 50 Ibrahim...... 0(0) (20/10/2008) 56 Veseli...... 0(0) Clearances 5 dob 10/04/86 Discipline 2 Y 0 R 60 Guidetti...... 0(0) Last Hat-trick >>> dob 22/01/82 Discipline 1 Y 0 R None Leading Scorers Fixtures Fixtures Leading Scorers Goal Statistics Man City Lge FA CC Eu Tot Forthcoming Matches Forthcoming Matches Newcastle Lge FA CC Eu Tot Carlos Tevez...... 4 0 0 0 4 Played Andrew Carroll...... 4 0 0 0 4 17/10 Blackpool (A) For Ag 6 6 For Ag 16/10 Wigan (H) Joao Alves Jo...... 0 0 1 1 2 ...... 3 0 0 0 3 Gareth Barry...... 1 0 0 0 1 21/10 Lech Poznan (H) 7 2 Goals scored 9 8 23/10 West Ham (A) ...... 0 0 3 0 3 Gnegneri Toure Yaya...... 1 0 0 0 1 24/10 Arsenal (H) 77 270 Minutes per goal 60 68 27/10 Arsenal (H) Ryan Taylor...... 0 0 2 0 2 30/10 Wolverhampton (A) 31/10 Sunderland (H) Patrick Vieira...... 1 0 0 0 1 How the goals are scored ...... 1 0 0 0 1 ...... 0 0 0 1 1 04/11 Lech Poznan (A) 07/11 Arsenal (A) ...... 1 0 0 0 1 Shaun Wright-Phillips...... 0 0 0 1 1 07/11 West Brom (A) 5 1 Right foot 6 3 10/11 Blackburn (H) Peter Lovenkrands...... 0 0 1 0 1 Dedryk Boyata...... 0 0 0 1 1 10/11 Man Utd (H) 2 1 Left foot 1 3 13/11 Fulham (H) ...... 0 0 1 0 1 ...... 0 0 0 1 1 cup competitions in italics 0 0 Headers 2 2 cup competitions in italics Goals Per Game 0 0 Others 0 0 Goals Per Game Type of play For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts For Games W D L Pts AGAINST Games W D L Pts Failed to score...... 2 0 1 1 1 Clean sheets...... 4 3 1 0 10 5 1 Open play 6 5 Failed to score...... 2 0 0 2 0 Clean sheets...... 2 2 0 0 6 Scored 1 goal...... 2 1 1 0 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 Cross 1 0 Scored 1 goal...... 3 1 1 1 4 Conceded 1 goal...... 1 0 1 0 1 Scored 2 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 2 goals....0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Corner 0 0 Scored 2 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 2 goals....2 0 0 2 0 Scored 3 goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 3 goals....0 0 0 0 0 Scored 3 goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 3 goals....1 0 0 1 0 Penalties Scored 4+ goals...... 0 0 0 0 0 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Scored 4+ goals...... 1 1 0 0 3 Conceded 4+ goals.. 0 0 0 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 0 0 Direct from free-kick 0 0 Average goals scored per game Average goals conceded per 1.17 game 0.33 0 0 Free-kick 1 1 1.50 game 1.33 Own goals Clock Player With The Most.. 0 0 0 1 Player With The Most.. Clock Distance Quickest Goal shots offsides shots offsides Quickest Goal 3 0 6 yards 2 3 Gareth Barry ����������� 12:08 Carlos Tevez 23 Carlos Tevez 4 Andrew Carroll 19 Kevin Nolan 9 Joey Barton ������������� 11:57 2 1 18 yards 5 5 (vs Liverpool) shots on target fouls shots on target fouls (vs Aston Villa) 2 1 18+ yards 2 0 Quickest Card Carlos Tevez 14 12 Andrew Carroll 11 Andrew Carroll 17 Quickest Card shots off target free-kicks won shots off target free-kicks won n Patrick Vieira ���������6:13 n Joey Barton ����������17:49 Carlos Tevez 9 Carlos Tevez 9 5 1 Home 7 4 Andrew Carroll 8 Joey Barton 13 (vs Blackburn) assists defensive clearances 2 1 Away 2 4 assists defensive clearances (vs Man Utd) Last Gasp Goal Carlos Tevez 2 Vincent Kompany 10 Mike Williamson 2 Mike Williamson 10 Last Gasp Goal Gnegneri Toure Yaya � 69:22 crosses defensive blocks 2 1 First half 5 4 crosses defensive blocks Andrew Carroll ������ 92:50 (vs Wigan) 19 Kolo Toure 5 5 1 Second half 4 4 Joey Barton 25 Fabricio Coloccini 5 (vs Aston Villa)

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Fouls Y R Fouls Y R red cards yellow cards Fouls Y R Arsenal Gretar Rafn Steinsson...... 8 2 0 ...... 2 1 0 Laurent Koscielny...... 6 3 1 Gary Cahill...... 3 0 1 0.18 red 4.03 yellow Niko Kranjcar...... 2 1 0 Alex Song...... 13 1 1 Jussi Jaaskelainen...... 0 0 1 cards per cards per Suspensions: Jack Wilshere...... 5 2 0 Johan Elmander...... 9 1 0 None Tomas Rosicky...... 5 2 0 Mark Davies...... 4 1 0 game game Marouane Chamakh...... 8 1 0 Zat Knight...... 4 1 0 West Brom Emmanuel Eboue...... 2 1 0 Paul Robinson...... 3 1 0 Season Total Season Total Gonzalo Jara...... 9 2 0 Henri Lansbury...... 2 1 0 Tamir Cohen...... 3 1 0 Chris Brunt...... 8 2 0 ...... 2 1 0 Suspensions: Jonas Olsson...... 6 2 0 Manuel Almunia...... 1 1 0 None James Morrison...... 4 0 1 Suspensions: 11 242 ...... 4 1 0 None Chelsea Peter Odemwingie...... 4 1 0 Branislav Ivanovic...... 6 2 0 ...... 1 1 0 Aston Villa Didier Drogba...... 7 1 0 Suspensions: Stephen Warnock...... 9 3 0 Mikel...... 6 1 0 Marc Albrighton...... 9 2 0 Ramires...... 6 1 0 None Stiliyan Petrov...... 13 1 0 ...... 3 1 0 West Ham Nigel Reo-Coker...... 7 1 0 John Terry...... 3 1 0 Mark Noble...... 8 3 0 Richard Dunne...... 7 1 0 Alex...... 2 1 0 Carlton Cole...... 10 2 0 James Collins...... 6 1 0 Jeffrey Bruma...... 2 1 0 Scott Parker...... 8 2 0 ...... 1 1 0 ...... 2 1 0 Matthew Upson...... 6 1 0 Suspensions: Suspensions: Luis Boa Morte...... 5 1 0 None None Valon Behrami...... 4 1 0 James Tomkins...... 3 1 0 Birmingham Everton Fouls Y R Fouls Y R Julien Faubert...... 3 1 0 Craig Gardner...... 12 2 1 Marouane Fellaini...... 26 2 0 Roger Johnson...... 7 3 0 Johnny Heitinga...... 7 2 0 Pablo Zabaleta...... 5 2 0 Stoke Suspensions: Lee Bowyer...... 6 2 0 Tim Cahill...... 13 1 0 Vincent Kompany...... 3 2 0 Dean Whitehead...... 12 4 0 None Sebastian Larsson...... 5 2 0 Steven Pienaar...... 6 1 0 Patrick Vieira...... 2 2 0 Danny Collins...... 5 2 0 Scott Dann...... 6 1 0 Jermaine Beckford...... 4 1 0 Javan Vidal...... 4 1 0 ...... 7 1 0 Wigan ...... 6 1 0 Seamus Coleman...... 3 1 0 Kolo Toure...... 3 1 0 Ryan Shawcross...... 7 1 0 Steve Gohouri...... 7 4 0 Nikola Zigic...... 2 1 0 Dedryk Boyata...... 1 1 0 Robert Huth...... 6 1 0 Hendry Thomas...... 12 2 0 Suspensions: Mohamed Diame...... 8 2 0 Suspensions: Suspensions: Ricardo Fuller...... 5 1 0 None Matthew Etherington...... 3 1 0 Hugo Rodallega...... 10 1 0 Craig Gardner None Fulham ...... 2 1 0 ...... 7 1 0 Maynor Figueroa...... 5 1 0 Blackburn Brede Hangeland...... 7 2 0 Man Utd Salif Diao...... 2 1 0 Ronnie Stam...... 3 1 0 John Pantsil...... 5 2 0 Paul Scholes...... 14 3 0 Suspensions: Michel Salgado...... 9 2 0 James McArthur...... 2 1 0 Mame Diouf...... 6 1 0 Damien Duff...... 3 2 0 Jonathan Evans...... 6 2 0 None Steven Nzonzi...... 6 1 0 Bobby Zamora...... 9 1 0 Dimitar Berbatov...... 10 1 0 Suspensions: Morten Gamst Pedersen...... 5 1 0 Danny Murphy...... 8 1 0 Ryan Giggs...... 4 1 0 Sunderland None ...... 4 1 0 ...... 1 1 0 Darren Fletcher...... 3 1 0 Lee Cattermole...... 7 2 2 Gael Givet...... 2 1 0 ...... 1 1 0 Nemanja Vidic...... 3 1 0 ...... 5 2 0 Wolverhampton ...... 0 1 0 Zoltan Gera...... 0 1 0 Wayne Rooney...... 3 1 0 Steed Malbranque...... 6 1 0 Christophe Berra...... 13 3 1 Suspensions: Suspensions: Antonio Valencia...... 2 1 0 Kieran Richardson...... 5 1 0 Karl Henry...... 13 2 0 Adlene Guedioura...... 9 2 0 None None John O’Shea...... 1 1 0 Titus Bramble...... 4 1 0 Darren Bent...... 3 1 0 Jelle Van Damme...... 7 2 0 Suspensions: Blackpool Liverpool Cristian Riveros...... 2 1 0 Matthew Jarvis...... 3 2 0 David Vaughan...... 6 3 0 Steven Gerrard...... 8 2 0 None Paulo Da Silva...... 2 1 0 Jody Craddock...... 10 1 0 ...... 0 1 0 Kevin Doyle...... 9 1 0 Ian Evatt...... 8 1 1 Joe Cole...... 2 0 1 Newcastle Charlie Adam...... 9 1 0 Fernando Torres...... 9 1 0 Suspensions: David Jones...... 7 1 0 James Perch...... 7 5 0 Stephen Ward...... 6 1 0 Gary Taylor-Fletcher...... 4 1 0 Dirk Kuyt...... 4 1 0 None Dudley Campbell...... 3 1 0 Martin Skrtel...... 4 1 0 Joey Barton...... 8 3 0 George Elokobi...... 2 1 0 Kevin Nolan...... 11 2 0 Marlon Harewood...... 3 1 0 David Ngog...... 3 1 0 Tottenham Greg Halford...... 2 1 0 Shola Ameobi...... 6 2 0 Kevin Foley...... 2 1 0 Neal Eardley...... 1 1 0 Tom Huddlestone...... 11 2 0 Suspensions: Andrew Carroll...... 17 1 0 Sam Winnall...... 2 1 0 Roman Pavlyuchenko...... 2 2 0 Suspensions: None Alan Smith...... 6 1 0 ...... 1 1 0 ...... 5 1 0 None Fabricio Coloccini...... 2 1 0 ...... 1 1 0 Man City Michael Dawson...... 3 1 0 Sanchez Jose Enrique...... 2 1 0 Marcus Hahnemann...... 0 1 0 Bolton Nigel De Jong...... 12 2 0 Rafael Van der Vaart...... 3 1 0 Kevin Davies...... 26 5 0 Gnegneri Toure Yaya...... 9 2 0 Suspensions: ...... 3 1 0 Suspensions: ...... 15 2 0 ...... 8 2 0 None ...... 2 1 0 None

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Barclays Premier league table Leading Scorers HOME AWAY App Lge FA CC Euro Ttl Darren Bent (Sunderland) 8 5 0 2 0 7 Pos P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts PU David Ngog (Liverpool) 10 1 0 1 5 7 1 Chelsea 6 3 0 0 12 0 2 0 1 9 2 19 15 20 Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 7 6 0 0 0 6 2 Man Utd 6 3 0 0 9 2 0 3 0 7 7 7 12 22 Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd) 6 6 0 0 0 6 3 Arsenal 6 2 0 1 12 4 1 2 0 4 3 9 11 20 Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 7 2 0 2 2 6 4 Man City 6 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 11 20 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 6 5 0 0 0 5 5 Aston Villa 6 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 2 3 9 -2 10 21 Carlos Tevez (Man City) 8 4 0 0 0 4 6 West Brom 6 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 9 -3 10 22 Salomon Kalou (Chelsea) 6 4 0 0 0 4 7 Fulham 6 1 2 0 4 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 8 20 Andrew Carroll (Newcastle) 6 4 0 0 0 4 8 Tottenham 6 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 8 24 Theo Walcott (Arsenal) 3 4 0 0 0 4 9 Blackburn 6 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 8 19 Craig Gardner (Birmingham) 7 3 0 1 0 4 10 Newcastle 6 1 0 2 7 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 7 18 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 7 3 0 0 1 4 11 Sunderland 6 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 0 7 21 Kenwyne Jones (Stoke) 6 3 0 1 0 4 12 Bolton 6 0 3 0 4 4 1 1 1 5 6 -1 7 18 Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) 8 2 0 1 1 4 13 Birmingham 6 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 5 7 -1 7 18 Samir Nasri (Arsenal) 5 2 0 2 0 4 14 Stoke 6 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 2 3 5 -2 7 22 15 Blackpool 6 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 2 6 10 -5 7 22 Barclays Premier league assists 16 Liverpool 6 1 2 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 -3 6 19 17 Wolverhampton 6 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 2 3 6 -3 5 21 Player Team Assists Player Team Assists 18 Wigan 6 0 1 3 1 13 1 1 0 1 0 -11 5 19 Luis Nani Man Utd...... 6 Paul Scholes Man Utd...... 3 19 West Ham 6 1 0 2 3 6 0 1 2 1 7 -9 4 25 Didier Drogba Chelsea...... 5 Andrey Arshavin Arsenal...... 3 20 Everton 6 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 0 2 -3 3 18 Matthew Etherington Stoke...... 4 Wayne Rooney Man Utd...... 3 Fernando Torres Liverpool...... 3 Chris Brunt West Brom...... 3 PU – Players Used Marc Albrighton Aston Villa...... 3 Sebastian Larsson Birmingham...... 3 Barclays Premier league fixture & result grid live on tv

Away teams read across the grid

Home teams October read from top to Saturday 2 Wigan v Wolverhampton.

bottom Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Man City Man Utd Newcastle Stoke Sunderland Tottenham Brom West Ham West Wigan Wolves Arsenal – 14/5 16/10 2/4 6–0 4–1 26/12 1/2 4/12 16/4 4/1 30/4 7/11 18/12 5/3 20/11 2–3 30/10 22/1 12/2 Sunday 3 Chelsea v Arsenal. Sunday 17 Everton v Liverpool, Aston Villa 27/11 – 31/10 26/2 10/11 1–1 16/10 1–0 5/2 22/5 22/1 13/11 9/4 23/4 5/1 26/12 11/12 3–0 7/5 19/3 Blackpool v Manchester City. Birmingham 1/1 16/1 – 2–1 23/10 2/4 20/11 2/10 15/5 0–0 1/2 28/12 18/12 12/2 16/4 4/12 5/3 6/11 0–0 1/5 Saturday 23 Tottenham v Everton, Blackburn 1–2 21/11 9/4 – 19/3 30/4 30/10 1–0 1–1 5/1 23/4 14/5 12/2 26/12 18/10 2/2 22/1 18/12 6/11 4/12 West Ham v Newcastle. Blackpool 9/4 12/2 4/1 1–2 – 14/5 5/3 6/11 2–2 26/12 17/10 4/12 23/4 30/4 22/1 18/12 1/11 1/2 16/4 20/11 Sunday 31 Bolton v Liverpool, Bolton 23/4 5/3 2–2 11/12 27/11 – 22/1 12/2 0–0 31/10 22/5 2–2 20/11 16/10 7/5 6/11 26/12 9/4 4/1 1/2 Newcastle v Sunderland. Chelsea 3/10 1/1 26/2 15/1 4–0 28/12 – 4/12 10/11 5/2 19/3 18/12 14/5 2–0 14/11 30/4 6–0 23/4 9/4 23/10 November 14/11 2/4 26/12 16/4 5/2 10/11 22/5 – 19/3 17/10 7/5 3–3 0–1 30/10 26/2 5/1 27/11 22/1 11/12 1–1 Everton Monday 1 Blackpool v West Brom. Fulham 22/5 6/11 27/11 5/3 2/4 16/4 12/2 0–0 – 7/5 21/11 2–2 2/2 22/1 11/12 16/10 5/1 26/12 30/10 2–1 Liverpool 1–1 4/12 23/4 24/10 3/10 1/1 7/11 15/1 18/12 – 10/4 5/3 30/4 2/2 2–2 15/5 1–0 20/11 12/2 28/12 Man City 24/10 28/12 13/11 1–1 1/1 4/12 1–0 18/12 26/2 3–0 – 10/11 3/10 14/5 2/4 16/4 5/2 30/4 5/3 15/1 Man Utd 11/12 1/2 22/1 27/11 22/5 19/3 7/5 23/4 9/4 3–2 12/2 – 3–0 4/1 26/12 30/10 16/10 3–0 20/11 6/11 Newcastle 5/2 6–0 7/5 10/11 0–2 26/2 28/11 5/3 13/11 11/12 26/12 16/4 – 1–2 31/10 22/1 22/5 5/1 16/10 2/4 October Stoke 7/5 2–1 9/11 2/10 11/12 15/1 2/4 1/1 28/12 13/11 27/11 24/10 19/3 – 5/2 1–2 26/2 1–1 22/5 16/4 Sunday 3 Man City v Newcastle. Sunderland 1–1 23/10 2–2 1/1 28/12 18/12 1/2 22/11 30/4 19/3 1–0 2/10 16/1 6/11 – 12/2 9/4 4/12 23/4 14/5 Saturday 16 Aston Villa v Chelsea. Tottenham 26/2 2/10 22/5 13/11 7/5 5/2 11/12 23/10 1/1 28/11 0–0 15/1 28/12 9/4 9/11 – 23/4 19/3 0–1 3–1 Saturday 30 Man Utd v Tottenham. West Brom 19/3 30/4 3–1 28/12 15/1 2/10 16/4 14/5 23/10 2/4 7/11 1/1 4/12 20/11 1–0 1–1 – 12/2 1/2 19/12 November West Ham 15/1 16/4 5/2 7/5 13/11 1–3 1–3 28/12 2/10 26/2 11/12 2/4 23/10 5/3 22/5 1–0 10/11 – 27/11 1/1 Saturday 13 Stoke City v Liverpool. Wigan 28/12 18/12 19/3 5/2 0–4 23/10 0–6 30/4 15/1 10/11 0–2 26/2 1/1 4/12 1–1 2/4 13/11 14/5 – 2/10 Wolves 10/11 1–2 12/12 22/5 26/2 13/11 4/1 9/4 23/4 22/1 30/10 5/2 1–1 2–1 27/11 5/3 7/5 16/10 26/12 –

Barclays Premier league results Barclays Premier league on the clock How many times each result has occurred during the 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season (home sides score shown first) from the start of a match by a substitute 0-0 5 0-2 2 1-3 2 0-4 1 0-5 Quickest Goal Quickest Goal Salomon Kalou...... 1:11 Matt Phillips...... 0:49 1-0 7 1-2 5 2-3 1 1-4 4-5 (Chelsea vs Blackpool) (Blackpool vs Blackburn) 1-1 10 3-0 4 4-0 1 2-4 6-0 3 Quickest Card Quickest Card 0-1 2 3-1 2 4-1 1 5-1 7-0 n Martin Skrtel...... 3:31 n David Ngog...... 3:50 (Liverpool vs Man City) (Liverpool vs Man Utd) 2-0 1 3-2 1 4-2 5-2 6-1 Last Gasp Goal Substituted Being Substituted 2-1 4 3-3 1 4-3 5-3 7-1 Darren Bent...... 94:14 Mamady Sidibe...... 3:07 (Sunderland vs Arsenal) (Stoke vs Tottenham) 2-2 6 0-3 4-4 1-5 1-6

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Barclays Premier league team statistics & current form

Club Name Played Shots Shots Corners Hit Caught Offside Fouls Yellow Red Pens Pens Current Form Guide Last 6 On Off Woodwork Offside Trap Cards Cards Awarded Con W D L F A pts Matches Arsenal 6 65 53 55 4 12 23 70 11 2 2 (1) 1 3 2 1 16 7 11 LDWWWD Aston Villa 6 39 33 41 3 12 5 94 10 0 1 (0) 0 3 1 2 8 10 10 WDLWLW Birmingham 6 29 34 19 0 15 12 68 12 1 0 (0) 3 1 4 1 7 8 7 DLDDWD Blackburn 6 28 29 29 2 16 10 79 8 0 1 (0) 0 2 2 2 7 7 8 WDDLLW Blackpool 6 30 26 26 0 26 24 57 9 1 1 (1) 1 2 1 3 9 14 7 LLWDLW Bolton 6 49 25 32 1 8 21 84 12 2 1 (1) 2 1 4 1 9 10 7 DDLDWD Chelsea 6 57 47 27 3 13 10 51 9 0 2 (1) 0 5 0 1 21 2 15 LWWWWW Everton 6 51 39 39 2 15 15 81 6 0 0 (0) 0 0 3 3 4 7 3 DLDLDL Fulham 6 34 40 31 0 19 24 70 11 0 0 (0) 1 1 5 0 7 6 8 DDWDDD Liverpool 6 33 33 27 1 12 8 68 6 1 1 (1) 2 1 3 2 6 9 6 DLDWLD Man City 6 43 25 33 0 14 7 75 13 0 1 (1) 1 3 2 1 7 2 11 WWDLWD Man Utd 6 51 42 48 2 19 6 72 12 0 2 (1) 1 3 3 0 16 9 12 DWDWDW Newcastle 6 48 27 28 1 12 25 83 15 0 1 (1) 2 2 1 3 9 8 7 LWLDWL Stoke 6 37 35 31 6 10 8 75 12 0 0 (0) 3 2 1 3 7 9 7 WDWLLL Sunderland 6 21 40 27 0 10 12 60 11 2 3 (3) 1 1 4 1 7 7 7 DDDWLD Tottenham 6 63 32 44 1 8 13 54 8 0 1 (1) 0 2 2 2 6 5 8 LWDLWD West Brom 6 38 36 30 1 21 11 71 9 1 1 (0) 0 3 1 2 8 11 10 WWDLWL West Ham 6 43 42 36 3 19 5 68 12 0 2 (1) 1 1 1 4 4 13 4 WDLLLL Wigan 6 40 44 28 3 14 22 78 12 0 0 (0) 0 1 2 3 2 13 5 DLDWLL Wolverhampton 6 29 21 29 1 9 23 95 19 1 0 (0) 1 1 2 3 7 10 5 LLLDDW Offside Trap – number of times a side has caught the opposition offside. Pens awarded (penalties scored is shown in brackets). Pens Con – number of penalties awarded to opposition Barclays Premier league games since.. a win a home win win an away a defeat a home defeat defeat an away a score draw a no score draw conceding a goal scoring a goal conceeding more than 1 scoring more than 1 a keeping clean sheet failing to score winning games consecutive losing games consecutive gaining a point losing a point win by more than one loss by more than one

Arsenal...... 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 4 8 2 9 1 0 2 19 Aston Villa...... 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 17 0 0 2 0 3 4 8 6 0 1 5 4 Birmingham...... 4 2 8 1 18 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 16 13 0 0 49 1 Blackburn...... 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 10 0 0 3 0 5 10 5 3 0 1 17 15 Blackpool...... 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 21 0 0 0 2 2 1 7 0 2 0 2 1 Bolton...... 4 3 2 2 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 16 10 0 0 4 2 Chelsea...... 1 0 1 0 8 0 14 25 0 1 9 1 1 0 1 158 1 0 1 16 Everton...... 6 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 8 30 0 0 13 30 Fulham...... 2 1 21 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 17 6 0 0 18 6 Liverpool...... 3 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 35 0 0 8 4 Man City...... 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 5 2 0 14 1 0 3 0 45 0 2 1 14 Man Utd...... 1 0 3 11 5 8 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 10 5 53 0 0 3 17 Newcastle...... 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 25 0 0 0 4 1 2 8 39 1 0 4 2 Stoke...... 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 8 0 0 3 0 7 3 12 3 0 1 12 3 Sunderland...... 3 1 4 4 3 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 6 0 0 11 12 Tottenham...... 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 6 1 5 0 7 33 1 0 1 6 West Brom...... 0 0 0 3 13 1 2 38 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 42 0 2 1 5 West Ham...... 0 0 21 2 1 1 1 21 1 0 2 7 0 3 18 2 0 1 18 2 Wigan...... 3 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 7 0 0 43 4 0 0 24 1 Wolverhampton...... 5 2 6 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 5 9 9 5 0 3 0 13 1

Barclays Premier league referees performances late goals (in last 10 mins of matches)

Referee Mtch Yel Red Cd/M Referee Mtch Yel Red Cd/M Team F A Team F A ()...... 3 6 0 2.00 (Northamptonshire)... 1 4 0 4.00 Arsenal 4 1 Man City 0 1 Lee Probert ()...... 4 7 1 2.00 (Northumberland)... 3 13 0 4.33 Aston Villa 1 3 Man Utd 3 3 ()...... 5 15 0 3.00 (Lancashire)...... 3 13 0 4.33 Birmingham 1 1 Newcastle 2 3 Blackburn 1 1 Stoke 2 0 Michael Jones (Cheshire)...... 4 11 1 3.00 ()...... 6 27 2 4.83 Blackpool 2 3 Sunderland 2 3 (Tyne & Wear).5 15 1 3.20 (W Midlands)... 5 24 1 5.00 Bolton 2 1 Tottenham 2 0 (Wirral)...... 5 16 0 3.20 (Leicestershire)...... 2 10 1 5.50 Chelsea 4 1 West Brom 1 2 (W Yorkshire).. 5 14 2 3.20 (Warwickshire).... 4 24 1 6.25 Everton 2 0 West Ham 1 2 (S Yorkshire)...... 3 11 0 3.67 Fulham 3 1 Wigan 1 2 (Cheshire)...... 2 7 1 4.00 Liverpool 0 2 Wolverhampton 0 4

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Home Table first half Table Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Chelsea 3 3 0 0 12 0 12 9 1 Chelsea 6 5 1 0 10 0 10 16 2 Man Utd 3 3 0 0 9 2 7 9 2 Man Utd 6 4 2 0 7 2 5 14 3 Aston Villa 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7 3 Blackburn 6 4 2 0 5 1 4 14 4 Man City 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7 4 Aston Villa 6 4 1 1 6 4 2 13 5 West Brom 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7 5 Wolverhampton 6 4 0 2 5 2 3 12 6 Arsenal 3 2 0 1 12 4 8 6 6 Arsenal 6 2 4 0 6 2 4 10 7 Sunderland 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5 7 Newcastle 6 3 0 3 5 4 1 9 8 Liverpool 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5 8 Birmingham 6 2 3 1 2 1 1 9 9 Fulham 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5 9 Man City 6 2 3 1 2 1 1 9 10 Birmingham 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 5 10 Sunderland 6 1 4 1 2 2 0 7 11 Tottenham 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 11 West Ham 6 2 1 3 2 5 -3 7 12 Stoke 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 12 Tottenham 6 1 3 2 3 4 -1 6 13 Wolverhampton 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 13 Blackpool 6 2 0 4 4 9 -5 6 14 Blackburn 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 14 Bolton 6 0 5 1 3 4 -1 5 15 Newcastle 3 1 0 2 7 4 3 3 15 Everton 6 1 2 3 2 4 -2 5 16 Bolton 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 16 Fulham 6 1 2 3 1 3 -2 5 17 West Ham 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3 17 Liverpool 6 0 4 2 1 3 -2 4 18 Everton 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2 18 West Brom 6 0 4 2 1 4 -3 4 19 Blackpool 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1 19 Wigan 6 0 3 3 0 5 -5 3 20 Wigan 4 0 1 3 1 13 -12 1 20 Stoke 6 0 0 6 1 8 -7 0 away Table second half Table Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Chelsea 3 2 0 1 9 2 7 6 1 Stoke 6 4 1 1 6 1 5 13 2 Blackpool 4 2 0 2 6 10 -4 6 2 Man City 6 4 1 1 5 1 4 13 3 Arsenal 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5 3 Chelsea 6 3 2 1 11 2 9 11 4 Man City 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 Fulham 6 3 2 1 6 3 3 11 5 Wigan 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 5 Blackpool 6 3 2 1 5 5 0 11 6 Blackburn 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 6 Arsenal 6 3 1 2 10 5 5 10 7 Tottenham 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 7 West Brom 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 8 Bolton 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4 8 Man Utd 6 2 3 1 9 7 2 9 9 Newcastle 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 4 9 Bolton 6 2 3 1 6 6 0 9 10 Man Utd 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 3 10 Sunderland 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 11 Fulham 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 11 Birmingham 6 2 2 2 5 7 -2 8 12 Stoke 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3 12 Tottenham 6 1 4 1 3 1 2 7 13 Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3 13 Newcastle 6 2 1 3 4 4 0 7 14 West Brom 3 1 0 2 3 9 -6 3 14 Liverpool 6 1 4 1 5 6 -1 7 15 Sunderland 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2 15 Aston Villa 6 1 3 2 2 6 -4 6 16 Birmingham 3 0 2 1 5 7 -2 2 16 Everton 6 0 5 1 2 3 -1 5 17 Everton 3 0 1 2 0 2 -2 1 17 Wigan 6 1 2 3 2 8 -6 5 18 Wolverhampton 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1 18 Wolverhampton 6 1 1 4 2 8 -6 4 19 Liverpool 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 1 19 Blackburn 6 0 2 4 2 6 -4 2 20 West Ham 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6 1 20 West Ham 6 0 2 4 2 8 -6 2

27/09/2010 Wolverhampton .... 1 Newcastle ...... 2 Spray 78 McLaughlin 6 Arsenal ...... 3 Blackpool ...... 0 Airey 79 Aneke 71 Group A Emmanuel-Thomas 82 (pen) 28/09/2010 Sunu 90 Bolton ...... 2 Everton ...... 1 Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Aston Villa ...... 1 Sunderland ...... 1 Blakeman 41 Baxter 32 Berry 22 Cook 69 Obadeyi 45 1 Newcastle 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 7 Blackburn ...... 2 Man Utd ...... 2 West Brom ...... 1 Man City ...... 3 2 Wigan 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 5 Roberts 60 Brady 34 (pen) Mantom 42 Guidetti 18 (pen), 38 Hoilett 74 (pen) Eikrem 90 (pen) 3 Man City 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 Chelsea ...... 3 Liverpool ...... 1 Mee 82 4 Man Utd 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1 Chalobah 19 Eccleston 43 West Ham ...... 2 Wigan ...... 0 Borini 28 McCarthy 13 5 Bolton 3 0 1 2 0 9 -9 1 Phillip 77 Stanislas 53

Group b Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 13 4 9 10 Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 2 Aston Villa 4 2 1 1 9 4 5 7 1 Liverpool 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 3 Chelsea 3 2 1 0 7 4 3 7 2 Everton 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 4 West Brom 3 1 2 0 8 4 4 5 3 Sunderland 4 0 3 1 3 5 -2 3 5 West Ham 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 Blackburn 4 0 2 2 9 11 -2 2 6 Wolverhampton 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0 5 Blackpool 3 0 1 2 1 8 -7 1

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