Angel Di Maria's impact, Jordan Henderson's creativity and Laurent Koscielny's clumsiness feature in our review of the weekend's statistics.
We look at the statistics from a Premier League weekend which saw Chelsea move two points further clear at the summit with a 2-0 win over Arsenal, with Manchester City climbing above Southampton into second after winning at Aston Villa.
Manchester United go into the international break fourth after a third straight home success, while QPR slipped to the bottom as they lost at West Brom but both Burnley and Newcastle picked up a point.
Hull City 2 Crystal Palace 0
Mohamed Diame has scored three goals in four Premier League games for Hull City, the same total he managed in his last 25 games for West Ham.
The Tigers ended a run of five games without a league win at the KC Stadium (W1 D2 L3).
Hull's win also ended a run of eight league games without a win against Crystal Palace (D4 L4).
Nikica Jelavic has scored four Premier League goals already this season, the same total he managed in the competition last term.
Crystal Palace have conceded at least twice in four of their last five away league games.
Steve Bruce's side kept their first clean sheet on home soil since April (1-0 v Swansea).
The Tigers scored with both shots on target in this game.
Leicester City 2 Burnley 2
Jeffrey Schlupp scored his first Premier League goal and his first goal in any competition since New Year's Day (v Millwall).
Burnley have only kept one clean sheet in 23 Premier League away games.
Michael Kightly's goal ended Burnley's run of 565 minutes without a league goal; it was the 10th longest in Premier League history.
Leicester City have scored more home goals than any other Premier League team this season (10).
Ross Wallace's last-gasp equaliser was the latest scored in the Premier League this term (95:15).
Leicester have won five and lost none of the last eight league meetings with Burnley.
Nigel Pearson's side have lost just one of their last 19 league games on home soil (W12 D6 L1). They have scored in every game in that 19-match run.
Burnley scored as many goals in this game as they had in their last five Premier League away games combined (2).
Liverpool 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
Only four Premier League players have made more assists than Jordan Henderson (10) since the start of last season.
Adam Lallana scored his first Premier League goal since March 29, ending a run of 189 days without one.
Against no side has Lallana scored more Premier League goals than he has against West Bromwich Albion (2, level with Newcastle and Tottenham).
Saido Berahino has already equalled his Premier League tally from last season (5).
The Reds have kept just one clean sheet in their last 13 Premier League matches and are without a shutout in seven at Anfield.
Since the start of last season, Liverpool have scored 56 PL goals via English players, 15 more than any other team.
Sunderland 3 Stoke City 1
Connor Wickham's goal was his first in his last 10 Premier League appearances.
Stoke have kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 away PL matches.
Charlie Adam has now netted three goals against Sunderland in the Premier League; against no side has scored more.
Victor Moses has provided an assist in each of his last three PL apps, the first time the Nigerian international has ever done this.
Steven Fletcher's goals were his first in his last 14 games for the Black Cats in all competitions.
Fletcher has now both scored and provided an assist in five Premier League games.
The Scottish striker's goals came from his only two shots of the game.
This was the Potters' first away defeat in their last six Premier League games on the road.
This victory for the Black Cats was their first win in the top division in eight games.
This is only the second time in their last 21 Premier League games where Sunderland have netted more than two goals.
Sunderland scored with all their three of their shots (not incl. blocked).
Swansea City 2 Newcastle United 2
Wilfried Bony netted his first goal in his eight games for Swansea this season (all comps) after netting 25 in 48 games for the Swans in 2013-14.
Gylfi Sigurdsson now has six assists this season, after previously providing seven assists in 76 Premier League games.
Bony's goal was Swansea's first in the Premier League this season to come from a striker.
Bony has now netted three goals in two Premier League matches against the Magpies.
Papiss Cisse has now netted four goals in his three Premier League visits to Liberty Stadium.
He has also now scored more league goals this season (3) than in the whole of 2013-14 (2).
This was also Cisse's sixth Premier League brace and his second double against Swansea.
Nine of Wayne Routledge's 10 Premier League goals for Swansea have come at home.
Sammy Ameobi's assist was only his second in the Premier League, coming almost two years after his first (v West Brom 28/10/12).
The Magpies have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight Premier League games, shipping a total of 16 goals in those games.
Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 2
Yaya Toure has scored in his last three Premier League games against Aston Villa.
In fact, Yaya Toure's last goal before this was against Aston Villa in May 2014, ending a run of six Premier League games without scoring.
Sergio Aguero has netted three goals in three Premier League games against the Villans.
Aguero has found the net 11 times in his last 13 away games, and in each of his last five on the road.
It took 47 minutes for either side to register a shot on target in this match.
Villa had one shot on target in the whole match. They have managed just 10 shots on target in the league this season, 11 fewer than anyone else.
Manchester City have lost just one of their last 17 Premier League away games (W12 D4 L1).
Manuel Pellegrini's side have scored at least twice in their last seven Premier League away games.
Villa have failed to score in five of the last six Premier League games against City.
Manchester United 2 Everton 1
Ángel Di María has had a hand in six goals in his five Premier League appearances (three goals and three assists).
Juan Mata has been involved in 10 goals in his last 12 Premier League appearances (eight goals and two assists).
Manchester United have scored 86 Premier League goals against Everton, the most by a team against a single opponent (second most is Arsenal's 85 against Everton).
United had nine attempts - three on target, four off target and two blocked - at goal before Everton recorded their first, in the 39th minute.
Leighton Baines failed to score a Premier League penalty for the first time - he has scored 14 and missed one.
Baines failed to score from the spot for the first time in all competitions since October 26, 2011, in a League Cup match against Chelsea.
Baines has provided three assists this season, just one fewer than he did in the whole of 2013-14.
Baines has provided more assists (3) and has also created more chances (16) than any other defender in the Premier League this season.
The Red Devils have conceded seven penalties in 2014, more than any other team. They did not concede any in 2013.
Manchester United have kept two clean sheets in their last 10 Premier League matches.
James Wilson became the 30th player used by United this season, more than any other team.
United used 30 players in the whole of the 2013-14 season - only in 2008/09 (33) and 2011/12 (31) have United used more players in a season than 30.
Steven Naismith has scored with four of his five shots on target this term.
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Southampton 0
Tottenham have won their last five Premier League games against Southampton after losing four of the preceding five meetings.
Christian Eriksen has scored more Premier League goals against Southampton than any other team (three).
Eriksen's last three Premier League goals have been right-footed - only one of his first six goals were right-footed.
Nacer Chadli has been involved in five (four goals, one assist) of Tottenham's nine Premier League goals this season.
Danny Rose made six interceptions in this game, the most by a Spurs player in a Premier League game this term.
Spurs completed only 274 passes in this game - they have only completed fewer in two of their 23 Premier League home games since the start of last season.
Southampton failed to score in a Premier League away game for the second time in their last 17 trips.
Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0
Diego Costa scored his ninth goal in his seventh Premier League appearance. The only player to score more in their first seven Premier League appearances is Mick Quinn (10 in 1992).
Four of Diego Costa's nine goals this season have been assisted by Cesc Fabregas.
Fabregas now has seven assists in the Premier League this season for Chelsea, equalling the most that a Chelsea player had in the PL in 2013-14 (Hazard - seven).
Jose Mourinho has never lost as an opposition coach against Arsene Wenger in any competition (W7 D5 L0).
Arsenal have won just two of their last 12 league clashes with Chelsea (D2 L8).
Chelsea have kept four clean sheets in their last six clashes with Arsenal, conceding just two goals in total.
Since he made his Premier League debut, Laurent Koscielny has given away more penalties than any other player in the competition (seven).
Hazard has scored all seven of his Premier League penalties. Of players with 100% records, only Dimitar Berbatov (9/9) has scored more.
Arsenal have lost three successive league away games at Stamford Bridge for the first time since August 1970 (five defeats).
This is Arsenal's second worst league start to a season under Arsene Wenger (10 points from seven games) - the worst being 2011-12 (seven points from seven games).
Arsenal failed to have a shot on target for the first time in a Premier League match since September 2003 (Manchester United away).
West Ham United 2 Queens Park Rangers 0
West Ham have scored more goals from set-pieces than any other team this Premier League season (six).
Diafra Sakho is the first West Ham player to score in four consecutive Premier League games since Carlton Cole (five) in the 2008-09 campaign.
Sakho has scored in all five starts he has made for West Ham in all competitions, with four of these in the Premier League.
The Hammers have won the most corners in this Premier League season (53).
Queens Park Rangers have won one of their last 18 away London derbies in the Premier League (at Chelsea, in January 2013).
QPR have failed to score in nine of their last 13 Premier League fixtures. They have lost 10 of these games.
QPR have kept two clean sheets in their last 20 Premier League matches.
West Ham recorded their second clean sheet in their last 19 Premier League games.
Rio Ferdinand made his 500th Premier League appearance in this match, becoming the 11th player to reach this landmark.
Ferdinand has conceded two fouls and has not been given a single card in his last 36 Premier League appearances.
QPR have have faced 40 shots on target this Premier League - the joint-most with Leicester City.
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