We look at the weekend's stats, including the end of a long Liverpool scoring run and details of Manchester United's worst start since 1986
We look at the statistics from a Premier League weekend which saw Chelsea, Southampton and Manchester City maintain their status as the leading trio, with Arsenal climbing to fourth on the back of their 3-0 win over Burnley.
Liverpool were beaten again, this time by resurgent Newcastle, while Tottenham came from behind to win at Aston Villa before Monday Night Football saw Sunderland end their away-day misery with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace.
Newcastle United 1 Liverpool 0
Premier League matches between Newcastle United and Liverpool have produced more goals than any other PL fixture (130). Indeed, there has never been a goalless draw in this fixture in Premier League.
Newcastle United have won three and lost just one of the last five home games against the Reds in the Premier League.
After failing to score in his first nine appearances (all comps) for Newcastle, Ayoze Perez has netted two in his last two.
Liverpool have kept just two clean sheets in their last 16 Premier League games.
Newcastle (35.6%) registered their lowest possession figure in a Premier League home match since they hosted Manchester City in October 2008 (28.6%).
Liverpool have failed to score on the road for the first time since November 2013 (v Arsenal), ending a run of 18 consecutive PL games in which they netted.
Mario Balotelli has now gone 689 minutes since his last goal in the Premier League.
Newcastle have won three consecutive PL games for the first time since November 2013, when they won four in a row.
Arsenal 3 Burnley 0
Arsenal have won their last four home matches in all competitions against the Clarets.
Arsene Wenger's side are unbeaten in their last 23 home Premier League matches, winning 15 and drawing eight.
Calum Chambers scored his first PL goal and provided his first PL assist.
Five of Arsenal's last seven Premier League goals have been scored by Alexis Sanchez.
Sanchez has scored 10 goals in all competitions for Arsenal in 2014-15, five more than any other player.
Burnley are the 10th side to fail to win any of their opening 10 Premier League matches of a single season - six of the previous nine sides were relegated.
Burnley have conceded 15 goals in their last five games in the Premier League - this after previously keeping three clean sheets in a row.
Chelsea 2 Queens Park Rangers 1
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games, winning 10 and drawing three.
Harry Redknapp has seen his teams lose all six league clashes with Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.
Oscar has scored three and assisted two in his last six PL games for Chelsea.
Cesc Fabregas has been involved in 10 goals (one goal, nine assists) in 10 league games for Chelsea.
Fabregas now has as many assists this season as Mesut Ozil managed in the whole of last season.
QPR have conceded in 12 of their last 13 Premier League away games.
Charlie Austin has scored 24 league goals for QPR since the start of last season (including play-offs), 18 more than anyone else.
Six of the Hoops' last seven goals have come in the second half.
Eden Hazard has converted all eight penalties that he has taken in the Premier League.
Everton 0 Swansea City 0
This was Everton's first goalless draw in their last 37 Premier League games.
It was also the first time the Toffees have failed to find the back of the net in their last 12 top-flight games.
Garry Monk's side have now won just one of their last seven Premier League games, drawing three and losing three.
Swansea's possession figure of 33.16% in this game is their lowest ever figure in a Premier League game.
Swansea have been on the wrong end of a league-high three red cards this season.
The Swans mustered a total of 12 shots in the game (including blocked) but none of them were on target.
Hull City v Southampton
Victor Wanyama has netted three goals in his last six Premier League games for the Saints this season, having failed to score in the previous 26.
Ronald Koeman's side have conceded just five league goals this season; fewer than any other team in England's top four divisions.
The Saints have now kept three clean sheets in a row.
Southampton have won their last five league games against Hull and lost just one of the last 17 in all competitions (W11 D5 L1), including a meeting in the Full Members Cup in 1986-87.
The Tigers have won just one of their last nine Premier League games, losing three and drawing five.
Hull's only two home clashes with Southampton in the Premier League have both ended in 1-0 defeats.
Leicester City 0 West Bromwich Albion 1
Esteban Cambiasso netted his first own goal in a combined total of 362 games in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League.
The Foxes have failed to score in four of their last five Premier League games.
West Brom have won eight and lost just one of their last 10 matches in all competitions against Leicester City.
No side has conceded the first goal in more games this season than Leicester City (8, level with QPR).
Leonardo Ulloa managed his first shot in a PL game since the Manchester United game in September when he netted a brace; he had failed to have a shot in his previous four appearances.
Leicester have managed just one clean sheet this season, a league joint-low figure along with West Ham.
Conversely, only Southampton (6) and Swansea (5) have kept more clean sheets than West Brom (4) this season, and no side has managed as many shut outs on the road (3) as the Baggies.
The Foxes have now failed to score in three games (320 minutes).
Stoke City 2 West Ham United 2
Victor Moses scored his first Premier League goal since September 2013 when he netted for Liverpool against Swansea.
Enner Valencia has now scored in three of four away games for West Ham in the Premier League this season, only failing to score at Old Trafford.
Stewart Downing recorded an assist and a goal in the same game for the seventh time in his Premier League career and the first time with West Ham.
Downing already has twice as many goals (2) and twice as many assists (4) this season as he managed in 32 games for West Ham last season.
West Ham recovered from a 2+ goal deficit for the first time since coming from three down to draw 3-3 with West Brom in February 2011.
West Ham have now scored in nine successive Premier League games, their best run in the competition since Nov 2009 (10 games).
Carlton Cole made his 200th Premier League appearance for West Ham in this match. Only two players Steve Potts (204) and Mark Noble (202) have featured more.
West Ham have now scored eight headed goals this season, more than any other side in the Premier League. They've also had the most headed efforts (37).
West Ham have managed just one clean sheet this season, a league joint-low figure along with Leicester City.
Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0
No Premier League team has had more players sent off in 2014 than Manchester United (five, level with Newcastle, Spurs and Swansea).
Chris Smalling was sent off for the first time in the Premier League, becoming the 26th different United player to be sent off in the competition.
Smalling's red card was the earliest in Premier League Manchester derby history.
Only against Liverpool (9) have United had more players sent off than they have v City (6) in the Premier League.
Manchester United's first shot on target came in the 70th minute (Van Persie). City had had six by that point.
Sergio Aguero has scored 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League games.
The Argentine striker has also scored five in six league games against Manchester United.
Manchester City are only the second team in PL history (after Liverpool) to win four consecutive games against Manchester United.
Manchester City have won six and lost just one of the last seven Premier League Manchester derbies.
The Citizens have won four consecutive league games against the Red Devils for the first time since December 1970.
Thirteen points from ten games represents Manchester United's worst start to a campaign since 1986-87, when they had eight at this stage and finished the season 11th.
Aston Villa 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Andreas Weimann's goal ended Villa's Premier League goal drought of 547 minutes.
Weimann has scored (3) or assisted (1) 80% of Villa's five league goals this season.
Aston Villa scored with their only shot on target in this game.
Charles N'Zogbia assisted a goal for the first time since February 2013, in a 2-1 defeat at the Emirates against Arsenal.
Christian Benteke was sent off for the second time in the Premier League; his first came against Chelsea at Villa Park in May 2013.
Indeed, that instance was the last time any Villan was sent off in the top-flight; they didn't receive a single red card last season in the league.
Nacer Chadli has scored five goals in nine PL appearances this season; he managed just one in 24 last term.
Harry Kane has scored nine goals in 13 appearances in all competitions this term, though Sunday's winner was his first league goal of the campaign.
Tottenham have won nine and lost none of the last 12 Premier League matches against Aston Villa (D3).
Crystal Palace 1 Sunderland 3
Steven Fletcher's opening goal ended a run of five hours and six minutes without an away goal in the PL for Sunderland.
Since August 2011 Fletcher has scored 11 headed goals in the Premier League, joint-most along with Peter Crouch.
Sunderland keeper Costel Pantilimon did not have to make a single save in the first half vs Palace.
Only Man Utd and Swansea have seen as many red cards as Palace in the PL this season (3).
Since August 2013, Sunderland have scored 10 own goals, more than any of their players have scored at the right end in that period (Adam Johnson has the most, with nine).
Wes Brown now has six own goals in Premier League history, only Dunne (10) and Carragher (7) have more.
Brown has scored four PL goals at the right end so has a personal goal difference of -2.
This was Sunderland's first Premier League win on a Monday since April 1 2002.
Sunderland have won their last 11 Premier League games when they've led at half-time.
Lee Cattermole picked up his 67th Premier League yellow card in only his 214th appearance in the competition.
Steven Fletcher has scored four of Sunderland's last five goals in the Premier League.
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