Bill Edgar
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@BillEdgarTimes Football writer for @TheTimes, focusing on stats. Books: Bill Edgar's Quirky Football Quiz Book; Back of the Net – 100 Golden Goals.
London, England
Joined August 2017
Opening goal of game in Man City’s 4 away league fixtures this season: Wolves: Haaland, 34th min Brighton: Haaland, 34th min Arsenal: Haaland, 9th min Brentford: Haaland, 9th min
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Nico O’Reilly, called up this morning, can become the first O’ (incl the apostrophe) to play for England since Mike O’Grady in March 1969.
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Coventry are the first team in league history (since 1888) to win successive games, in order, 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0. Past 3 league results: Coventry 3 Birmingham 0 Millwall 0 Coventry 4 Sheff Wed 0 Coventry 5 (Near miss: Notts Co won 4-0, 3-0, 5-0 in Oct 1930) @Clarriebourton
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This is the 1st time in 92 years that two teams simultaneously have unbroken runs of 100+ games without a 0-0 in all competitions while in top flight: Spurs 124, Liverpool 100 Previous case: March 1933, when Man City’s run stood at 192 and Blackburn’s at 164
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Most prolific strikers on English soil in Europe (prepare for a few shocks) No surprise that Messi, Ronaldo and Mbappé and are on the list — but they are joined by a former Arsenal player and a midfielder now at Crystal Palace | ✍️ @BillEdgarTimes
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No surprise that Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé and are on the list — but they are joined by a former Arsenal player and a midfielder now at Crystal Palace
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PL’s Midlands trio: Wolves: 1st time ever lost their opening 4 league games of a season (since 1888) Aston Villa: 1st time ever not scored in their opening 4 league games Forest: 1st time ever lost 2 games overseen by different managers within their opening four league games
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Highest average attendance over a full English top-flight season: 40,411 This season so far: 41,627
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The 2 players sent off in the Championship at the weekend were Ramsay and Ramsey (Charlton’s Kayne Ramsay, Leicester’s Aaron Ramsey) The 2 players sent off in the bottom two divisions were Edwards and Edwards (Plymouth’s Joe Edwards, Colchester’s Owura Edwards)
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Wolves are the 1st team in top-flight history to follow 6 wins in a row (which they achieved in March-April) with only 1 point from the next 8 games
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Highest proportion of goals scored in 2nd half in full PL season (since 1992): 58.6% (2007-08) This season: 64.9%
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Martin Zubimendi, 2 goals for Arsenal v Forest … The latest player alphabetically to score twice in a top-flight match since the league was formed in 1888
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Liverpool’s past 2 PL games: 1-0 win v Arsenal (direct fk) 1-0 win v Burnley (penalty) 1st team for more than 4 years to win successive PL games by a single dead-ball strike
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Chelsea (including at Club World Cup) have hit 32 goals since Aston Villa last scored one
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Arsenal v City, Sunday: in theory all outfielders left-footed (incl City’s Cherki, seen as 2-footed) Arsenal Hincapié Gabriel Calafiori Lewis-Skelly Odegaard Merino Nwaneri Saka Havertz Madueke Man City O’Reilly Ake Gvardiol Ait-Nouri Silva Cherki Foden Bobb Haaland Savinho
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Most top-flight penalties for one club: Ray Stewart, West Ham, 1981-88: 45 Mohamed Salah, Liverpool, 2018-25: 41 Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 2002-13: 41
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West Ham’s last 3 in top flight: W Ham 1 Chelsea 5 Forest 0 W Ham 3 W Ham 0 Spurs 3 Longest run of away wins or home defeats by 3+ goals in top flight (with at least 1 win and 1 defeat) since: Feb 1979: Spurs 0 Man City 3 Man City 0 Man Utd 3 Coventry 0 Man City 3
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PL this season: Most shots: Man Utd 70, Chelsea/Liverpool 60 Best shots difference: Man Utd 29 (70 taken, 41 faced), Liverpool 26 (60 taken, 24 faced) Most touches in opposition box: Man Utd 128, Liverpool 125
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Man City 2018-19 title-winning campaign (32 wins): Latest winning goal: 72nd min Liverpool 4 league games this season: 88th min winner v Bournemouth 100th min winner v Newcastle 83rd min winner v Arsenal 95th min winner v Burnley @Carra23
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